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Sagamiyama - Sakuhana Park

Sunday - Deep Night




The fighting within the park was chaotic, the sound of lightning and the roar of hollows rang out almost constantly. An assault on eyes and ears, and with a clap of lightning Tatsuha would try to strike Regalhorn yet again, only to be rebuffed. What was this? Through his eyes, he saw raging flames surrounding the Hollow... Truly, he was overflowing with reiatsu. Consuming his kin was giving him strength, or at least that's what it appeared to him. In that case, Tatsuha changed his focus, now was a good time too, considering...

"Bakuto, and Kael too huh? Never been gladder to get some backup", his eyes were quick to spot Bakuto's zanpakuto, especially as he released it in front of him. His eyes were wide with surprise, but realizing his allies were now stronger than he anticipated he smiled.

"Alright then, got just the job for ya Bakuto. Skewer Regalhorn with all your might, while I confiscate his food. Kael, back him up", swinging his zanpakuto, shaped like a bat, over his shoulder he gave a confident smile. Hope had come. He grit his teeth and clenched his fist, pumping his muscles as if to break away a sluggish torpor, before he sprinted off towards the horde of Hollow surrounding Regalhorn, giving a powerful yell before jumping into the air, and landing with a powerful blast of lightning.

There was no time to think about who else was coming, when, and what their status was. There was an instinct, intuition within everyone who finally made it... Time was short. But for what? What was happening at all? For some reason, all present felt it was a good idea to not find out.



@LadyAnnaLee - Sara Nicholson

Oblivion is my song
Cursed be the audience...
The singer cursed evermore
Where do I belong?
Please, hear my song...
My song of oblivion...


As if spurred by Sara's declaration the shadows around her appeared to come alive. Tendrils of darkness darted out with pointed tips, attempting to skewer her rapidly. A whole array of them would chase and hound her, if she did not keep moving then it would surely catch her. Each tendril seemed to criss cross with each other as the array rapidly chased her until she reached a distance where the tendrils just... Stopped. Her eyes would follow those shadows, turning from jagged and hard to twisted, curved and sinister, organizing themselves as they cam around, becoming the black cloak as she beheld it's form... Unlike last time, it revealed itself a lot sooner.

"Aahhhh~... You've come back...~ Won't you.... Listen...?" Her song rang out again, it had an odd quality to it this time though. Whatever it did to hypnotize victims, it was amplified tonight. A singular note ringing out would have enough effect to briefly daze all nearby, and even fully hypnotize those who were not trained enough. But no sooner did it finish that it resumed it's attack, sinking back into the shadows, it's song becoming gradually louder, indicating it's shadowy approach... Where would it come from? Those tendrils can become sharp like blades too, but they could also twist, whip and grab...
I can do that, though it's just one little bit left which is interacting with the shadows of the small town, and then stepping back into the real world.

I don't know exactly what people want out of the real world sections, did you all just want excuses to hang out? Or does an objective seem more appealing?
Hachiko Town

20/4/20XX
MONDAY





"There'll be no need, though the idea has merit it would be wasted on him. We can just shoot his phone out and send him off. He has no loyalty to this gang besides money, and who knows if we can trust him ourselves anyway. Plus there's no information or usage he has that is worth the effort", referring to the idea of turning him into an inside man, Noblesse continued. It would be framing the man, it didn't seem like he knew where they came from either, someone was inserting them into their operation pipeline.

"Besides, we don't know where these are coming from... And I doubt him telling us when they pass through would help", or even if this was the key into the main city in this Metarealm. So what to do? His hand slipped over his revolver, he wanted to just shoot the phone and send this guy on his way, whatever way there was into the heart of this realm, it wasn't with this guy.

"I-if you guys wanna... Bust this whole thing, I dunno if it's... Any use but, I got something about this world... If you guys will let me go after", Noblesse pulled his hand away from his holster and turned his attention back to the thug. "Oh is that so?"

"S-so there's... Shadows here... In this town", of course there were, such a phrase only made Noblesse tilt his head in confusion, as if requiring elaboration. "Not like, the ones you guys just fought but... They 'live' in this town... There were instructions to... Not listen to a word they say. I thought it was weird, but they kept saying to give them back the station..."

Noblesse pursed his lips... Well, they could go out and check all of this right now. It would also be a lot better than just going home right away, seeing as they got some answers on how to navigate this world. Now they were being told there might be residents of this world too with their own communities.

"Interesting...Alright, Hiroto Goya, I think I can let you go. Are we all agreed?" He turned back to the group, it seemed that they had some choice words earlier but he wondered how they felt now.

"Though as for these drugs... Can you tell me how that bag we got was meant to be transported?"

"Ah... W-well, there's a courier shadow here, they take them to a major terminal in another town"

"Hm, I see... You all may disagree, but I think we should let this get sent for now. The Sovereign has no idea we're here, so let's keep it that way. As for you Hiroto, I think you should consider a new phone", Noblesse's reasoning was to stay undetected, there was merit to this. They weren't here to destroy a single bag, in fact they weren't even aware of this going in. Noblesse had suspicion this was signs of something starting, afterall Chimeratix was not known at all to deal in narcotics, but they had such a network setup now... Them deciding to delve into things more organized crime syndicates did systemically was the most likely scenario unfolding. Now as for their Chimeratix guest... The last words Noblesse gave him connected in his head in real time, as he looked at his phone in shock.

"Huh? H-hey wai-"

BANG!


The gunshot rang out with Noblesse holding the smoking gun, cutting the young man off as he burst into red flames that were associated with the app. Leaving behind nothing but a phone with a hole through it, nasty cracks through it typical of a bullet through glass. Everyone present had the distinct suspicion he wanted to keep his phone untouched for... Reasons, but sadly that was not in the cards, not ever.

"Now then, should we see what these 'Shadows' of this town are about?"
Kotone getting added to P5X people. She still lives.
Hachiko Town

20/4/20XX
MONDAY





BATTLE OVER


The sound of flames burning out and grunts from a disgruntled grunt were the knell that signaled the conclusion of this encounter. A situation under control, enough that the two girls in the back were able to casually walk up to the Chimeratix grunt on the ground as Noblesse began to tie him up with some rope nearby. Hands and arms bound, and seated up against the back wall of the dusty old station, and his phone out of reach which Noblesse had already begun scrolling through. "... Well well, your old fearless leader's been a naughty boy it seems..."

"H-hey... Whatever you do, please don't check my p-pictures",

Noblesse appeared to be about to say something, opening his mouth yet he stopped, frozen. Closed his mouth and shook his head a little. "Your tastes are barely anything to be ashamed of, I've seen worse... But I'm after the chats anyway", he began to scroll through what appeared to be a chatlog on a special app. After a few seconds he pointed at a carriage on the train.

"Someone check the second carriage. There should be a box wrapped in cloth and rope. It's not very big, or shouldn't be, bring it here."

There was a brief wait as one of the group went and retrieved it. Seeing as Baron was the big man here it was most likely him to go and get it. There was a particular tension in the air, why this box? More importantly, what as in it? Noblesse once the box was settled pulled out his saber and cut into it, exposing the lid from the cloth and rope, before prying it open. He simply reached into it, his arm sinking into the veritable pile of fake gold, before he pulled out what appeared to be a satchel. The Chimeratix grunt seemed to appear dejected.

"Man, this was meant to be an easy job..."

Noblesse produced from the satchel what appeared to be well... First of all, there was some expensive cosmetics, money, some loose jewelry, there was even some cans which one had to guess was also stolen. For the moment, it appeared that these trains were being used to transport stolen goods, likely to a fence. And then his demeanor changed, "well well, would you look at that."

It was a small bag of powder. The Chimeratix member looked up, there was a reaction, shock.

"W-wait! I wasn't- No one told me about that stuff!"

"Yeah, you're probably right. I've actually been looking into your group, narcotics weren't your thing... Until now that is", there was an odd sense of relief that this super powered group wasn't about to abuse him for something he didn't know. The Chimeratix member piped up again.

"I-I'll tell you everything I know... Lately the boss of... This place, the 'fixer', 'mastermind', 'planner', whatever, he uses this to transport goods we steal. You steal, enter metaverse, drop it at a station and it gets hidden in the cargo. Goes all the way up to the big building. My job's really just to sit around and make sure the shadows keep workin'..."

"I see, and now the big man's looking to 'level up' his game huh..."

"Y-yeah... I guess... Guess he is"

If anyone had anymore questions for him now was the time. As for what was to become of him, Noblesse planned to simply let him go. Probably just destroy his phone as soon as the interrogation was done too. He had the information he wanted, it confirmed his investigation. If the representation of areas was to be believed, the 109 in the real world was the base of their target, but it couldn't be that easy right...? There was no way they could just storm the 109 to find who-the-hell-knows.
Sagamiyama

Sunday - Deep Night




"Of course, I packed extra, here...", as Bakuto had asked, Shoko obliged, pulling from her sleeves a handful of soul candies. Taking one would restore a bit of reiryoku but not a lot. It was meant to be a small pick-me-up afterall, a cure-all bean is a thing of fiction. After the candies were distributed for those who wanted some, she turned to Rei,

"Considering the message and urgency, my guess is this is about Regalhorn. Something unexpected must have happened... As such, we have no time to lose. Best we be on our way", she began to usher Rei and Bakuto to get a move on, while Sara was already on her way, giving a little message before running off into the darkness of the streets.

"Of course Sara, we'll be not too far behind"



Sakuhana Park



As one would approach Sakuhana Park, the sound of roaring Hollows and thunderous lightning would become more and more apparent, the latter being obvious almost immediately. Those who have seen Ouga's Shikai would instantly recognize it, and the fact that it was blasting off it's ability meant he was in a battle. One difficult enough that it required his zanpakuto's true form. It was just background noise as one ran down the residential streets, and then as they would arrive in downtown, hordes of Hollow and lightning strikes would be visible were one to look up, that was not to mention what appeared to be a cascade of light rising from where the park was. Was he killing all of these? There had to be maybe a hundred here tonight.

Then, turning the corner and with the park itself in view, the first thing one would notice is the bright light rising into the sky. It was quite bright, but one could see the black-clad Shinigami delinquent smacking away lesser Hollows with a bat. The most surprising part though, wasn't that Regalhorn was present, in fact everyone kind of expected that. No, the most surprising part was watching him snatch nearby Hollows and consume them. On the bright side, this meant they didn't have to actually fight so many lesser hollow, but on the other... What brought about this feeding frenzy?

Either way, those first on the scene would be greeted immediately by lesser hollows, nothing a bit of elbow grease can't fix. Hollows so weak a single swing was all a semi-experienced Shinigami needed. However the most interesting part of this was the great big sakura tree. The one that bloomed infinitely. The very center of which was glowing, several feet high from the base of the tree. The feeling of the energy it exuded was... Unusual, to say the least, but those who entered the park and were bathed in it's light would feel an intense power overflowing through them. The effects of which were not entirely clear, but for now they could take advantage of that...



@LadyAnnaLee - Sara Nicholson

When Sara strode off into the night towards Sakuhana park, the quiet of the night began to settle around her. She could feel it, all around here there were Hollow in a frenzy, moving towards the park... Just what could possibly be happening there? Despite being a spirit, each step upon the asphalt of these familiar streets echoed around her, giving weight to the feeling of loneliness. The street's house walls creating for her a clear path to follow, and the rooftops above giving her a way to bound through and ignore having to go around some places. A tugging feeling in the back of her mind began to make itself known... Intuition. Something was wrong... Something wasn't right. When Sara passed by a familiar sign twice, she began to realize what was happening...

Her fears were confirmed, when a familiar singing began to ring in her head, and the darkness of the streets began to close in around her...
@EnterTheHero Please do.
Damn where's everyone gone.

Also obligatory Persona news.

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Honestly starting to get the urge to write up a new Persona idea.
Hachiko Town

20/4/20XX
MONDAY





The Inugami and remaining Garm were almost unceremoniously dispatched as Baron and Signora's combined attacks skewered and chopped them down. A violent surge of red flames erupting from the Inugami as Baron's kukri sliced clean through it's elongated body, howling in anguished defeat, while the Garm looked to it's side at Baron, witnessing it's officer be defeated before an arrow would pierce it's throat, erupting into flames and then turning to dust. With the remaining shadows defeated, there was only one target left, and it felt like at this point it was a forgone conclusion.

"Shit!" It was just him and four Persona users, and not just any normal one like him. These were the 'special' ones. The ones that were a cut above the rest, it made his blood boil, that four of them would be gathered here and ganging up on him.

"Alright you special fancy schmancy bastards! Get a load a-"

*BANG*

GUN


"Wha-", by now the sound of that gunshot was familiar, it was Noblesse's. The Chimeratix member dropped their phone onto the floor, the gunshot grazing their wrist as Noblesse kept his gun trained on the Chimeratix member. As a reflex, he attempted to kneel down to grab his phone again, only to be stopped by a few more gunshots following. It appeared he was avoiding shooting the phone and sending him back to reality, however even as he was doing this, Ippon Datara was still summoned. Though it could not be issued commands without it's user and the phone.

"Alright let's end this!" Two things to be done, an all out attack on the Persona, and then grabbing and restraining the Chimeratix member. He sprung into action as he grabbed his saber, sprinting past the Ippon Datara and slicing into it as he ran to tackle the Chimeratix member. He need only someone to help grab him once he was on the ground, while everyone else can get rid of his Ippon Datara.

My apologies for anyone waiting it's been a busy week but I should be able to drum up a post this weekend.
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