Rei grimaced a bit at the turn the little conversation took, it seemed the underclassmen didn’t find any amusement in her entrance. This group wasn’t off to a good start making her somehow wish she could just go back to the orphanage of all places. The girl gave a huff, leaning an elbow against the arm of the chair and setting her hand in her chin as one of the other girls started fawning over a blonde girls hair. [b][I]”If they're going to get cliquey this is really gonna suck...”[/i][/b] She thought to herself, mind wandering idly for the next few moments. 

That is, until a strange feeling began to intrude on her senses. A strange feeling that was now distinctly familiar. The girls eyes widened and she looked down to see the writhing mass of shadowy horrors down below that mirrored floor. She sprung up from her chair, quickly realizing the shadows had no intention of staying in their own little world this time. The voice once again echoing through her head only made her more anxious. Shadows, personas, strong emotions and monsters in peoples minds? It all sounded absurd.

Yet here they stood, those shadowy foes glaring down at the group of teens. And in the following moments, something stranger still. Several new, foreign figures burst forth into battle with the shadows. Were those personas? There wasn’t time to think about it, one of the shadows was already coming at her. The girl quickly fumbled in the bag at her hip, pulling a pocket knife from within. She flipped the blade open and swung at the shadow as it lunged with its claws. The blade sliced clean through its fingers, and for a moment she felt a surge of adrenalin. But it didn't last long, the creatures fingers mended themselves soon as the blade passed through. 

[b]”I'm not gonna die here... and I'm not about to trust these guys to keep it from happening...”[/b] Rei muttered to herself, her teeth clenched together and her body shaking from fear. The others were already fighting but these things just seemed to keep coming, there was no way of knowing when it would end. She wasn’t about to leave herself defenseless. She shoved the pocket knife away and replaced it with her mp3 player and headphones. With the enemy approaching once more she quickly shoved them on and thumbed through the player for a specific track. She took a breath and pressed down on the play button. 

[b]”Persona...”[/b] She stated tentatively just as the sound rang through her ears, causing her eyes to widen. In the next moment the wind behind her picked up causing to tense up. But she didn’t have time to turn to see the cause. Another voice rang in her mind, one unfamiliar from the others that had previously, and a pair of shadows lunged forward. [i][b]”I am thou... and Thou art I... From the sea of thy soul, I awaken...”[/b][/i] In that moment an armor clad figure stepped to intercept the lunching shadows, its blade cleaving through the enemies in a single motion which then sputtered and dissipated into the air. 

[b]”Dullahan...”[/b] She stated looking upon the figure as if by memory. Seemingly taking it as a command the persona turned and swung an outstretched hand over Rei's shoulder, the eyes of the severed head it held springing open and striking down another target that began to approach from behind. Looking around once again Rei tried to properly process all the stimuli coming from the monsters and the persona, but it was impossible. The entire situation was too sudden to even hope to understand in the thick of things.