[h2]Mako Moritomi//Seto, The First Step[/h2]
[h3]Thursday, July 23, 2015[/h3]

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After exchanging information with Ryan and Samuru (just in case- he couldn't rely on Rui all the time, after all), Mako began to follow Sato to their destination, shivering lightly as he glanced around the corrupted version of Warakuma around them. He didn't suppose he'd ever really get used to all of this... whatever this was. There were perks, sure, but they didn't make up for almost dying. Mako raised an eyebrow at Ryan's statement about his Persona- seemed like there was something new about this power they held. 

[color=0076a3][i]Our Personas can change? Fancy that. I wonder what that entails...[/i][/color] As he was pondering this fact, another topic of conversation was brought up by Samuru. Mako turned toward them to throw in his own thoughts on the subject.

[color=0076a3]"I was running an investigation of my own, before I joined these guys. No one who the team has rescued has been targeted again. Whether that means the cult thinks they've already accomplished their 'mission,' or they're afraid of police intervention on a repeat target, they don't seem to want to risk it at all. If they do try it, though..."[/color] Mako flexed his right hand, the links of the chain wrapped around it clinking and straining against each other quietly, [color=0076a3]"...I'll finish what I started the last time they tried to take me."[/color] A small, vicious part of him, left over from his Shadow, took pleasure at the thought of that. He smirked unpleasantly.

[color=0076a3]"Whatever the case, Samuru, I don't think we really have cause to worry, anywhere but in here. But in here? We're the dangerous ones. Fun turnabout, wouldn't you say?"[/color] As he was finishing his statement, Mako noticed their surroundings. Particularly the huge torii, and the stairs underwater just behind it. [color=0076a3][i]Curious. Did someone's Shadow spawn this? Or is it something else?[/i][/color] His surprise and confusion was only enhanced as the group walked down the stairs toward their destination.

[color=0076a3]"Hopefully we can get some good training in, while we're here. Not just because of the cult- I'd like to try and see what those 'meals' at the Velvet Room entail. With the rewards they grant, I'd imagine there's quite a challenge to getting them."[/color] He locked eyes with Sato, waiting for his lead, considering he'd been here before.