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[It's been almost a week since Orthrus' lucky escape. Almost a week, of all calls to Heisenberg going (metaphorically) to voicemail. Almost a week, to rest and recover from the harrowing losses of the previous Friday.
It's been almost a week. And the storms are getting worse.
You know the locked door on the first floor? The one that goes into the center of the tower, right across from the great entry hall doors?
Today, there's a heavy iron key sticking out of the lock. With a familiar crest on the head.
The key is sticky with wet yellow paint, and wetter blood.]
It's been almost a week. And the storms are getting worse.
You know the locked door on the first floor? The one that goes into the center of the tower, right across from the great entry hall doors?
Today, there's a heavy iron key sticking out of the lock. With a familiar crest on the head.
The key is sticky with wet yellow paint, and wetter blood.]
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1/2
Everyone, stay clear and be prepared. There's something in one of those doors. And I'm about to open it.
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One, he unsheathes the blade he's currently carrying completely so that he can grip it in one hand.
Two, he pulls the door open but immediately moves to the side, preparing to stab at whatever comes running out because he absolutely thinks it's something non human. If it was something more sentient, it would've started speaking by now. But clearly hasn't.
Also if this is nothing I will laugh but hey. ]
FIGHT...START!
And then, a cone of icy cold wind and snow roars out, filling the corridor between the cells.]
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But that doesn't matter now, Felix will move so while he's still some distance from being close up in front of the door, he has some vision of what could be inside of the door. But instead of his initial plan, he switches things up, summoning forth a spell, and a magic circle appears in front of him before a blast of intermediate level lightning (Thoron) shoots outwards, into the open cell/doorway.
He is hoping to stun the monster first. ]
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Snow? An elemental spirit?
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Or an elemental monster—
[ He gets cut off because he gets rushed by a monster and has to focus on that now. ]
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And then a huge, mange-ridden wolf with a cybernetic eye and a cannon mounted on its back charges out of the door in a burst of flame and barrels into Felix, jaws snapping and slobber flying as it barks wildly in his face.]
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I mean, if a huge-ass wolf is going to barrel into Felix like that, even with his shield he's going to lose his footing. Realistically speaking, even though it is fortunate he has Aegis Shield held out in front of him to absorb the blow from the sudden rush.
It's definitely not an elegant moment, but he's still going to try to regain his footing so he can have the opportunity to attempt to stab it right in the face because with it that close it's a no brainer to aim towards the closer and biggest target. Naturally, he's going to need some help here, though... ]
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[He's counting on them to cover anything else, because the most pressing problem right now is this enormous, cannon-equipped wolf. Later he'll spare a thought to wonder what the hell was wrong with its creator. Right now, the priority is getting it away from Felix and getting him some space. He sweeps his sword to throw a blast of elementless energy towards its side, half distraction, and lunges in the wake of that to swipe at its ribs with his dagger.]
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It bares its teeth in a snarl, and lowers its front toward the ground, as the cannon on its back begins to draw in energy.]
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You're all under arrest!
[Don't pay attention to him, it's customary for Persona 2 characters to say some line when entering a battle, it's a necessary part of his canon. Better this than 'Police, everyone freeze!' har har har.
What matters here is that Helios appears. Katsuya wastes no time giving silent orders to Helios, who raises its arms and aims at the cannon, directing a physical attack at it, like a very strong bullet. Katsuya's intent is to make the cannon aim away from everyone -- stopping the cannon would be ideal but if you're in a pinch, at least making it miss is a good option too]
Where did this thing come from?!
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She flips open her grimoire and starts casting. ]
Sun Sign "Royal Flare"!
[ A ring of hard sunlight concentrates around the four of them, hopefully splitting them off from the creature. Spikes begin to emerge from the side of the ring as it rapidly rotates around, hitting anything it touches with raw sun magic. ]
What in God's name is that?!
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The monster is fully twice, maybe three times the height of a man, with two pairs of wings, one scaled and leathery like a dragon and the other black and feathered. The beast is covered in scales that are the color of midnight and reflect the light of stars. It has long, clawed fingers, and the full head of a dragon.
And it rips the cell door off its hinges and throws it directly at Patchouli.]
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Well, whatever the case. They are not weaklings. They can handle this.
Case in point where Felix moves immediately to block the tossing of the cell door, the Aegis Shield's ability coming in clutch so that when he thrusts it forward, the cell door bounces straight off, leaving Patchouli safe from harm. ]
We need to take that thing down, now!
[ Since it's in the way, it'll need to be defeated before the other two lingering within. He immediately switches blades, to the Sword of Moralta and his next movement would be to try to attack at it's legs. ]
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[Let alone if there's more in Heisenberg's clown car of a monster cell. Nuadha hopes she has a spell that can work for that.
Nuadha takes in as much as he can about the monster as he darts in from the other side. It's dragonlike, and dark; elemental weaknesses in his world don't tend to be terribly nuanced, so he leaps up to slam his sword towards a wing with a burst of light energy in the hopes of stunning as it connects.]
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At this point, from behind it, a massive green serpent with wicked-looking horns slithers out of the room, its glittering blue eyes scanning the four enemies (five, counting Katsuya's fur- I mean persona).
When it sees the knife in Katsuya's hand, it stops, raising itself up, and hisses. And attempts to meet his eyes.]
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Do sunglasses protect against, like, turning into stone or something like that? Guess we'll find out, because he sure hasn't ever fought anything that can hurt you by attacking with the eyes, haha]
Go!
[Regardless of what happens to Katsuya, Helios acts, a burst of fire magic popping where the enemies are, a classic fire spell to hit all foes at once. Can be dodged, though, it sure isn't infallible, hah]
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Oh no.
Patchouli refocuses on keeping the wolf creature inside the room. Hopefully Katsuya can handle the serpent. Her magic circle whirls to life under her feet as she braces herself to cast a stronger spell. This amulet, whatever it was, it was helping. She felt...energized in a way she hadn't felt in a long time. ]
Earth & Metal Sign "Emerald Megalopolis"!
[ A line of emerald pillars burst from the ground, angling to block the doorway and keep the wolf contained. It can smash through them, she's sure it will, but she needs to buy some time to charge up a stronger spell.
While she does that, she turns to the others. ]
Felix! Nuadha! Katsuya! Tell me what bodies you found!
[ The urgency in her voice says she's doesn't want questions. ]
There was a book in the workshop about making monsters out of corpses--I need to know what bodies were missing!
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The serpent is not so lucky and gets quite burned, its beautiful green scales flaking and turning black. But it lunges forward with a hiss, toward Katsuya,, and looks him in his eyes as it looms over him. Images begin to appear in his mind.
Knife. The very blade he holds in his hand. Forgemaster. Heisenberg.
The serpent is irritated at being damaged, but seems to wait for an answer.
The angel, on the other hand, is about done with this shit. With another deafening screech, it drops from the ceiling onto Felix and bites his shield with its powerful draconic jaws, shaking its head viciously to make Felix lose his grip and go flying.
From behind the emerald wall, there is a whining and the sound of claws scratching at emerald.]
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Though that being what it is, Felix has to reorient himself, before glancing upwards to catch where the creature has stuck itself to the ceiling. He steps back, but he doesn't anticipate that the wretched thing would aim for the shield, so he has no counter for that, and shaking him off is not unlike how a palm tree quakes a coconut off from its perch violently when the earth shifts beneath the ground.
He goes flying and unceremoniously connects with the wall back first. Then, he rises to his feet and summons protective magic for both Patchouli as well as Nuadha (this is one way to get in practice with the gifted item, since if she has her amulet he must have his ring.) But, he's kind of feeling that for obvious reasons (he is not a tank, people), so he has to take a moment before having himself back on the offensive. ]
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Fortunately he's not too disoriented to take in what Patchouli is saying. There's no time to curse as the possible implications of that sink in and he eyes the giant monster warily again.]
Red Velvet. Stella, Olive. Fern. Does it matter what they were before?
[Because they already know at least some of the souls are elsewhere, and Nuadha isn't about to lie down and die politely out of sentimentality. He turns towards Felix and the angel with a look of exasperation as Felix's shield settles over him.]
If you have that, use it on yourself!
[But if he's shielded now anyway, then he may as well pull aggro. Until he has an answer from Patchouli he's no longer fighting to main, but he lunges in to take a swing at the angel with his sword and pull its attention from Felix.]
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Anyway.
The Angel, on all fours like a beast, fixes its draconic gaze on Nuadha. It lets out an angry sound, and its eyes begin to glow purplish black, as blindness begins to creep in at the corners of Nuadha's vision.
The serpent still just waits in front of Katsuya.]
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..........
Heisenberg, you made these things, didn't you? Do they look at you favorably, or do they want you dead? Katsuya can't tell]
He's most likely badly injured. There's blood way above us. He could be in some dark place, on the verge of death.
We don't have him.
[Well at least he tried to be diplomatic]
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It might!
[ Patchouli puts a hand on the emerald pillar closest to her, keeping an eye on the strength of the spell. She can't cast anything too strong without making this one fade, but she can try to give Felix a hand. Patchouli waves her hand sharply, and a cluster of swords fly towards the angel, intent on striking it in the back. ]
I think this is--[ a huff, trying to catch her breath ]--Loki, Jasper, and Zenos!
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cw: disembowelment, cw: gross
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cw: mummified remains
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cw: mummified remains continues
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wait the runes are chalk lol
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