[ ic // like the memory of a warm smile shining at you from a dream... ]

[mamakechi]

It happens suddenly, if not all at once. One moment, Akako is fluffing out her apron from the folds of her skirt, rewarding herself for a job well done with her son's rather expensive laundry (including his limited-edition premium Featherman obi), and the next, she's...here.

In a strange blue room filled with velvet. (At least she doesn't have to wash this type. Hopefully.)

Her hands go to toy with her headband, adjusting it and making sure the flower is where she remembers it being. How do I wake myself up from a dream, again...? Pinching works, right?

Interact with the lost woman?

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[mamakechi]

Akako's face shades deeper and deeper with disgust. "And he'd be using the power of cognition somehow to do it, too?" A snort, derisive. "I'd remark about Shido never changing, but it's more that he's changed like a glass of milk left out in the sun for far too long."

[rosemaudite]

Haru can't help laughing at that description. It's entirely apt, probably only more so from Akako's perspective.

"Via cognition, yes. I'm sure the only reason he's not doing it himself is so it's harder to trace back to him." Or because he doesn't have a Persona, and thank the gods for that. "I take it he's not in a position to cause you any more trouble?"

[mamakechi]

"Six feet under, with a significant part of his estate signed directly to me post-taxes." Akako's eyes glimmer brightly. "The best position for him to be in, if you ask me." Certainly better than any he had in bed.

[rosemaudite]

"...A change of fortunes indeed. Congratulations."

She certainly deserves it more than just about anyone else Shido would want that kind of money going to.

[mamakechi]

Akako lets out a laugh at Rose's reaction. "Thank you. The bastard's death was a great boon, but getting the court's ruling on the case was another pain in the ass entirely."

[rosemaudite]

"I can imagine - especially if you had to prove you had his unacknowledged child to pull it off."

He does, after all, have a habit if burying information he doesn't want found.