Sho Minazuki

Persona - The True Self

Yeah, Shizu will be making all the DLC costumes.

Persona - The True Self

I'll give it a little time maybe. Will still send PMs around.

Persona - The True Self

Purging time or nah?

Persona - The True Self

I should do another purging.

Persona - The True Self

Cave of Solitude
7/6/2015 Sunday

As the party went around investigating this little trap, Sato with the TV triggered a few sparks but nothing more with the TV. A similar result was achieved when trying to interact with any of the other electronics. Kami would also find that the family pictures began to become increasingly disturbing the further through the repeating rooms they went through... Kotori would also find that the books would not budge. The stove would always violent light in a pixelated flame, while game-like, the heat was very real. Rui soon found the one thing that wasn't abnormal, and that was a TV guide. Though the contents were strange and disturbing, there was a note inside for a specific channel. Once they put it in, the TV began to respond.

It was what appeared to be Ayano's life, but painfully and cheesily done in a drama fashion, complete with dramatic music and cheesy lines. It went through her school years, birthdays, soon it was of any of her times with Kami, and then it was a single shot of her sitting in her bedroom on the computer... The channel wouldn't change, she wouldn't move, but other ambient objects would move, signifying this was indeed still going.

As the silence uneasily set over the room, they began to feel it warp, the TV screen enlarged, until it engulfed the entire view, and pretty soon they were in the room depicted in the TV itself, and getting out of the chair, the one they thought was Ayano, was beginning to elongate as she turned and sat up from the chair. Each step taken, making the shadow taller, larger, lankier, until it was nothing but a silhouette with eyes towering easily a dozen feet above everyone else. As the party began to back away to prepare to fight it, they would hear laughter behind them.

They turned, the Ayanos from all the other scenes were there, standing behind them, laughing, their faces changing, and pretty soon they took on a similar appearance to the first that they saw. It was a bad fight, they were already surrounded, and with no communication-

"I-I've gotten through! Are you all okay?... Wait these are Shadows! And they have you surrounded!",

"Excellent... Everyone, attack from all sides. Break their formation", he ordered. Basically... Go wild. They needed to break the formation somehow first, before they can mount a winning battle.

Persona - The True Self

Cave of Solitude
7/6/2015 Sunday

"So this is where she is...", he muttered. Kami was already quick to rush in. Sato and Kotori were new to this, but he explained to them briefly to simply follow his lead.

This dungeon looked probably the most familiar out of all the dungeons they've been to so far... It was a house, Rui didn't recognize it, but Kami made a note that it looked exactly like Ayano's house save for the foreboding atmosphere and the fact that it looked pixelated. Sure enough emerging from it's doors was Tadao and Riku. Riku looked a little pissed, while Tadao was as calm as usual. He explained Riku was pissed since he wanted to keep going, but without support and more party members it was too risky. The

"It's strange though... It looks exactly like a normal house inside, but it also goes on and on forever... It doesn't feel like this dungeon has an end, which is unique", that was true... So far all the dungeons had a progression. It was likely this one did too, but this winding style they described was likely just one of those stages.

"Well, we should get going, before Kami decides to go it alone...", he recommended.

"Akane, be ready to rush in, in case we call for back up", with that agreed, the party headed on through the doors.

It was as they said... It didn't look too different from a normal house. Of course, Kami would know it was Ayano's house, recognizing every single detail. At the same time akin to the exterior of the house, many features seemed to have a retro pixelated style. This portion seemed to be just... Walking around the house, it didn't feel at all like a dungeon... It was quiet. At the same time it was also as Tadao and Riku said, it went on and on forever. They went through door to door, and everything repeated...

"These must be some kind of trick... Everyone take a look around, there's probably some shadows hiding out", it was probably the doing of some shadows... They just had to find them.

"Megumi, run a scan for this area",

"... Can't... Out!... zzzzz.... bzzzt..."

"Huh...?", this was strange, their communications were being jammed or...? Well in any case, at least they can depend on Kami's fervour for this. He had already begun looking for a way through. After a bit of searching it turns out the next area to go to is the second floor, and as Rui can predict, Ayano's bedroom...

"Looks like communications aren't working...", he muttered. It was troubling, but there was only one way, and that was forward, not to mention Kami wouldn't have it any other way.

Persona - The True Self

Abandoned Warehouse
7/6/2015 Sunday

"I saw them...", he said.

"I saw them, and I didn't do a thing!", Kami was definitely beating himself up over this. He explained earlier that he saw the cultists take Ayano, which was why he called everyone here. He spent all of Saturday calling everyone to go on that very day, but Rui reasoned that he needed to calm down and approach this carefully. If they went in such an emotional mess, they would surely do more harm than good. Today Kami seemed more calm.

"They had masks, so I couldn't identify them, and when they turned the corner, they were just... Gone. I suspect they have a truck and were immediately ready to move... Why would they even take her? What is their motive...", there was silence. No one knew the answer to that.

"Rui, take me with you this time", it wasn't a request. It was an order, but it wasn't like Rui was going to refuse this time.

"Understood, but if you do anything reckless I'll stop you myself", he warned. With that figured out, they watched as Kazuki and Megumi emerged from the big mirror.

"I've managed to confirm where she may be, Tadao and Riku are already on their way there, so we should take a bit of time to prepare to move", with that agreed, the party began checking their inventories.\

The team was two stronger this time. Sato and Kotori showed up too this time. Rui was still thinking of the party to take along, but it looked likely the party was going to be Kotori, Sato and Kami. He would have Akane in charge of the backup crew though, since Kami was in the front line with him.

Persona - The True Self

You guys can enjoy the Saturday a bit more I guess.

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

I WILL ANSWER THE CALL.

Wish me luck.

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

Jack Orpheus | Brewing Storm Mission

"Agreed", he commented as he strode over to the terminal. Everyone was quite cautious around the terminal for some reason and it didn't sit well with him. Grimm can't use pieces of equipment like this, unless there was some kind of massive intelligence evolution. This had to be some of the survivors. He pressed the answer button and began to speak,

"We are students sent from Beacon on a rescue mission, if anyone is there, please respond", with that, he let go in order to listen to any response if there really was anyone there. If they can get a lead on one person as soon as this, they can work this to more efficiently rescue the other survivors, not to mention it might be likely these survivors know what happened, and thus they can get an idea of what they may be facing. The more information they can get before going into the unknown, the better.

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Varius Gilver | Beacon Docking Bay

"So she is the exchange student?", he asked. Varius was late, he arrived to the docking bay moments after Kiran with the new team mate did. He was visibly fiddling with his katana on arrival. It looks like he was doing some cleaning and maintenance on it, thus his lateness.

"Apologies for my lateness, it had been awhile since our last mission, so I wanted to make sure this sword was up to scratch", he stated coolly.

"In any case, I am now ready to depart. Also... As I read, Noelle, according to our documents... It is as Kiran says, we are not ones to enter silently. You can be sure to have a blast if you ride with us", he confirmed to her as he strode past in order to enter the ship. While Varius was the most subtle of the team barring Noelle, whom he did not know well enough, even Varius preferred to brute force through most situations, which was what his set of skills and equipment allowed. Compared to his team though, he had the most simplistic weapon, in fact it looked incredibly outdated, but he earned his spot as the team's clean-up, and it was a well-earned spot too. Before he reached his seat however, he turned to the girl, having forgotten a basic formality,

"Ah yes, forgive my rudeness... My name is Varius Gilver, I hope we can watch each other's backs", and with that he turned back towards the ship and entered it. It was strange though, the way he spoke was serious, it appeared polite, but it was also full of some kind of arrogance, even if it did not seem that way. In any case, everyone accepted that this was simply how he spoke, since even in the least serious circumstances, that was how he was.