[OPEN] fastforwarded to december 1. open house!!

[overstrain]

[ On December 1st, Hirajiro's residential district goes through a minor change, which is having Terry's two-story house appear right next to the Black Cat house. With Orien's help, Terry bought the land that the house sits on. Anyway, the house has two floors. The entire first floor has a living room, kitchen, and a bathroom with sink, toilet, and shower. When you climb up the stairs, you'll reach the second floor, which has four bedrooms with a bathroom connecting two bedrooms together. The bathrooms can be locked from the inside only. There is no master bedroom nor bathroom in this house. One of the rooms are soundproof, but Terry is not telling anyone which one it is. You'll have to find that out for yourself. AC and heater are fully functional.

Terry sent out a message to all the Guests. For those who don't have phones, Orien personally delivered the message to those people himself. The message is as follows:

We solved the housing situation. Terry will not ask anyone to pay rent, but the house isn't furnished at all except for a refrigerator and a fireplace. You'll have to buy supplies and furniture on your own. There are several conditions you need to accept if you choose to live here:

1) Please do not destroy the house or cause property damage. If you do, you're paying for the damages.
2) Clean up after yourselves. A clean house means no bugs and good standard of living.
3) Do not steal/take anything from the Black Cat house. (this needs to be mentioned because he had several door stealing incidents)

The address/general directions to the location has been mentioned, which is basically next door to the Black Cat house.

Feel free to make your own top levels and stuff. ]

Comments

[compendiem]

[ ...He remembers that from Terry's torture chamber, about asking if Minato would grant him death. Minato had said no back then, because he didn't agree with Terry's reason, and because he didn't want to have to kill another friend when he's already killed so many. ]

...All you need to do is stop drinking blood, right? When you get tired and there's nothing left.

[ Terry has a way out. Nobody's going to let him do it, and Minato can envision any of the people in this house tying him up and force feeding him blood so he won't die, but it's still an out. But for the both of them, a natural death is impossible. ]

[overstrain]

[ Despite being alive for so long, he has things to do. His survival mode has been flickering on and off as of late, but it's firmly in its on state now. He looks over at Minato. ]

That's not a normal way to die, nya...

[ Minato, pls. ]

[compendiem]

It's still a way. Like when animals stop eating when they're too sad to keep going.

[ And then there's Minato, who still enjoys food when he doesn't have to eat. He wonders if that's part of his drive to live too, despite wanting to sleep and never open his eyes again. ]

[overstrain]

[ Is he being compared to a dog again... Terry sighs and turns over to ruffle Minato's hair with both hands. ]

Is that your dream, nya?

[compendiem]

[ Minato makes a noise in the back of his throat that's supposed to be some sort of whine or groan, but it gets muffled when he tries to turn around to get away from the hands. It's very ineffective on hard ground compared to a couch. ]

I don't want to die hungry... That sounds miserable. I want to sleep and just keep sleeping.

[overstrain]

... No, I meant growing old with Souji, nya. Your hope would be wanting to sleep and just keeping sleeping, nya.

[ At least... he thinks so? Those two can be interchangeable, he thinks. ]

[compendiem]

What? No, I... sort of really want a dog.

[ What's what he told Sasuke his was, and that's basically it. ]

[overstrain]

[ ... ... ...

Terry looks over at Minato, pausing his hair ruffling, before starting it again. ]

Can't you Wolvaan Souji to being your dog?

[compendiem]

No. I want both a dog and Souji.

[ ...But he can always Wolvaan Terry. Yeah. Minato summons Ananke and casts Wolvaan on Terry. ]

[overstrain]

[ Terry turns into the samoyed he was just a week ago... he looks so done with Minato and paws his face. ]

[compendiem]

[ Minato immediately breaks into a grin, seeing him, letting Terry paw his face without bothering to get up off the ground or anything. Terry can crush him and he doesn't care. ]

Yeah. It'd be nice if you could stay like this.

[overstrain]

[ Seeing Minato smile gets his tail wagging a little, because he still likes seeing people smile. Terry huffs and curls up next to him. Him and his fifty pound fluffy self. He wouldn't mind being subjected to Wolvaan if it made Minato happy like this once in a while. He must really love dogs, huh... ]

[compendiem]

[ Yeah, he does. He was really happy to get those few dog memories of his back, but they just made him miss dogs more. Why doesn't this place have dogs... It's a travesty. ]

...He was my best friend. This dog named Koromaru... I got along better with him than with people, and I took him into battle and everything. He could summon his own Persona.

[ He truly is the best dog. He was the reason Minato liked coming home every day, to say hi to Koromaru and see if he wants to go out for a walk. ]

[overstrain]

[ A dog that can summon his own Persona... that sounds really cool. Terry wishes he could have seen that. He whines and puts a paw on Minato's arm. ]

[compendiem]

[ Minato looks over at Terry, and then puts a hand over Terry's paw that's on his arm. ]

It'll wear off eventually.

[ If Terry's asking Minato to turn him back, lmao tough luck. ]

[overstrain]

[ Terry huffs and just stays there instead. They can both nap in the room where the sunlight filters through the window. ]