[center][h3]Manor of Creation - Second Floor
10/5/2015 Sunday[/h3][/center]

The knight shadow barrelled through the party formation almost instantly and forced everyone to split. Chiaki's whip would only bounce off the armor, but a magic attack retaliation for Matthew and Leiko would be able to make it flinch even a little, but that wasn't enough. Fortunately this made it turn its back, and Rui could see that there were in fact cracks along the back of the armor.

[color=magenta][i]"Those cracks...!"[/i][/color],

[color=slategray]"Yeah, they might be a chance to do some damage"[/color], he responded. He motioned Chiaki to keep moving to another flank and get its attention, while Leiko and Matthew fled for their lives as the knight charged them initially. Before it could corner them though, Chiaki managed to get its attention. As soon as it raised its blade, the sound of wind and a blade cutting steel rang throughout the room, as it stopped in its tracks. Its armor splintered, but it seemed whatever Rui had done was not enough, though it seems he realized this, and instantly he came through to the front, slashing at the neck, lopping the helmet off. The red cracks began to deepen, and finally stop... However the knight was not yet done. With Rui's back turned to it, it raised its blade once more as a headless knight. Matt shrieked in fear which warned Rui of something strange happening, giving Rui a chance to turn around and see the blade swinging right for him. Just in the nick of time, he managed to block the blade with his sheathed katana, the scabbard taking the brunt of it, and his Persona beside him blocking at the same time. After a few moments where the blades grinded against one another, Rui managed push it back. Immediately following that was a barrage of spells from Chiaki, Matt and Leiko, before he cut it down the middle using Askr.

The knight began to crumble and splinter, the red ethereal energy beginning to dissolve into the air and leave the armor. There was silence as it turned once more into lifeless damaged armor.

[color=magenta][i]"It-I don't feel anything left of it. Good work! Let's keep pressing on"[/i][/color]

[color=slategray]"Understood"[/color], he responded.


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[center][h3]Manor of Creation - Throne Room
10/5/2015 Sunday[/h3][/center]

[color=slategray]"There's a throne room here...?"[/color], after beating the knight, and getting to the third floor, they had to fight through a gauntlet of shadows down one single narrow corridor, that told the last bits of the story on the walls. The main character in it was beginning to become more and more anguished as it went, but soon it appeared it became repressed... It felt like a happy ending, with the locking away of the anguish, but it wasn't satisfactory... In any case, there were large double doors at the end of the hallway, and upon entering, it made itself clear that this room was a throne room. In front of them was a familiar scene, just a different person. Rui immediately recognized who it was... Akane.