[b]Shizuka Otonashi || Seto: The First Step, Hyuga || July 22 WED[/b]

Walking along the deserted village with a watchful eye on their surroundings, Shizuka glanced back and forth between her upperclassman and the dusty house before them. Giving an occasional nod to show that she was listening, she pondered on what Sato had said about their team leader, Rui. Despite how everything about the Mirror World and the cult kidnappings felt unreal and right out of a fictional fantasy game, he seemed... too calm about it all. The younger student was snapped back into reality without taking a moment to reply when their current party leader spoke not too far off from where the two were.

As if approaching the glass shard triggered some kind of trap, it transformed into a Japanese mythical creature, oni. Shizuka's hidden eyes blinked, then blinked once more to see if she were seeing things. This might have been her second trip as part of the investigation group but if she recalled the last time, were there solid (?) hostilities like this one? She figured if things like personas were not merely a work of fiction, why not youkais or the like too. Whether it be a black shadowy blob or a threatening ogre, the oni seemed to be hostile so the group went into battle stances. The maiden just realized the upperclassman standing before her in a defensive manner as she felt a slight sense of security.

Feeling a little more confident with another by her side, she responded to Kami's order by bringing forth Inari with a swish of her magical girl staff onto the glowing Temperance card. [color=violet]"Inari! Matarukaja! Masukukaja!"[/color] The colorful cloak of her persona spread itself above the group as the team was enveloped by a strengthening aura and a speed boosting aura. It being the first time to actually use her persona abilities and using two of them simultaneously on the whole group, Shizuka felt a mental strain causing her to stagger a little.