[h3][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6peD5RnatZA]Sato Hashimoto // Seto: The First Step - Field Trails[/url][/h3]	Sato watched as Mako and Ryan decimated the two Unicorns with their magic, a torrent of winds and a grave of ice tearing the shadows into nothing but a mist of glass and darkness. Though, Sato had to admit that Ryan's new persona was the star of the show, brilliant wings radiating an indignant holiness as it summoned a windstorm. He'd never even considered the idea that their personas could evolve like that... But if they're reflections of your psyche or something, wouldn't that require a drastic shift in paradigm? What had evoked such a change in Ryan? That was probably too personal to ask, so Sato opted to ignore it for now and he walked over to the others. Mako seemed to be berating Samuru for trying to foolishly negotiate with the shadows.

	"Don't be too harsh on him, these shadows are unusually sentient contrary to what we've seen before." Sato said to Mako, though he gave a scolding look to Samuru as well. "You're fortunate that these shadows weren't very strong. I understand what you were trying to do, but from here on out, you can't hesitate in this world. No matter how strong you are, we have to be careful at all turns." Sato rolled his neck, turning back towards the hut they've found. "Either way, I agree-- let's go check out what they seemed to be defending."

	Sato walked over to the front door of the shack and tried the handle. The metal on the lock seemed to be so unkempt that the whole door didn't seem to work, so he gave it a hard push with his shoulder and it basically collapsed in on itself. The force of blow sent a hurricane of dust at the party, making it impossible to breath or see for a few moments. Once the dust clear, the group stepped into the hut and looked around. It seemed to be pretty much empty besides a sole chest resting in the middle of it. They had no incentive to [i]not[/i] open it, so he cracked it open and looked at the only thing inside: a small stack of cards.

	"They're just cards...?" Sato muttered. Who would just put a couple cards in a chest and nothing else? A little confused, he drew a card from the top of the deck and looked at it. Upon seeing the illustration on the front of the card, though, Sato felt a sharp jolt in the back of his head. A new understand flooded into his mind: whatever it was, these cards granted them new abilities. As the others each drew a card, Sato slid the card into his pocket (which, similar to the Velvet Key, seemed to disappear into the ether once out of sight) and turned towards the others. "Did you guys feel that too? It feels like my Persona was granted a new power through these cards..."

[center][color=royalblue][b]> Chronos learned "Rakunda"![/b][/color][/center]

	With that done, the group exited the dusty hut and looked on at the second challenge they had to face. The large shadow guarding the bridge watched them back eerily, as if waiting for them. There didn't seem to be any other good way to go, so there was only one route of action... Zeke screeched above them, as if to let them know that it was ready to help at a moment's notice.

	"Should we open with Zeke's carpet bombing, ability... thing, or should we save it for when we really need it?" Sato asked, watching the hawk circle them above. He drew his bow as they waited to initiate battle with the big shadow.

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