[color=bc8dbf][b][h3][center]Nicola Khumalo[/center][/h3][/b][/color]

Naturally, it didn't take them too long to stumble across some weird and wacky villains. It seemed each one of them had a shtick, but at this point, Nicky couldn't muster enough care to pay attention. All they were to her at this point were a representation of what was ever so deeply wrong with this place right now. She gripped her axe tightly, expecting to have to defend herself, but before any of them had to lift a finger, the one called the "Dorm Mouse" showed up to take them on herself. Nicky was A-okay to leave it all up to her. Even if she was psyched up for a fight, she was still dreading the advent of one deep down. She would have had more concern for her safety, but she had no idea how she could help at this point, so she just got out of there like the others.

Not long after getting out of there, they came across even more hostile creatures. There really was no escaping the hostility in this world, was there? The worst part was, as one of the others discovered, their weapons didn't even work! Apparently they had to do something with them first. Nicky started to worry that she was going to do that "losing control of her emotions" thing round about now. They were right in the heart of danger and they had no way of defending themselves.

[i][color=fdc68a]"You have to push back."[/color][/i] A voice echoed in the back of her mind. [i][color=fdc68a]"They'll kill you if you don't. You can fret and worry later."[/color][/i]

Nicky had no idea what she was hearing, but it just sounded right. She couldn't just lay down and die here. She had every intention of going on living. She brought out that watch thingy she had been given and flicked it open. Even as all the flashing lights and wacky patterns erupted around her, all Nicky could think of was a pure desire to keep going. [color=bc8dbf]"Persona!"[/color] She cried out, knowing not what she was even saying. In a flash of saffron, something came to her. They were bald, but definitely female. More than anything, she filled Nicky with nothing but confidence. 

[color=fdc68a]"Thou art I, and I am Thou. From the sea of thy Soul I cometh. I am Kundalakesi, the resolute monk. We shall not die here."[/color] Those were the words she spoke to Nicky. Filled with determination, Nicky instinctively focused, and between her and her "Persona" they called a mystical light forth that enveloped one of the slimy creatures, which perished within. Not missing a beat, Nicky readied her axe once again, knowing deep down that this time, every swing would have feeling behind it.