Post by Isaac Strazos on Mar 4, 2014 23:12:39 GMT -5
Disappointing.
That was all the Shadow could think about. Loki was so disheartened by the scene unfolding before him that he flicked open his pocket watch for the umpteenth time, unable to focus on collecting the data that he'd been so keen on obtaining just a few hours ago. The Shadow himself was perched on a fairly large outcropping, overlooking the airfield below. A pair of humans- an adult male armed with an assault rifle, and a younger boy with an ethereal figure hovering over his left shoulder, were locked in combat with the ever-increasing army of Shadows gathered in the area. For each Shadow they slew, two more took it's place. The group had originally started with five members, and now even the two survivors were weakening. Soon, they would be no more. But, Loki hadn't expected this outcome. Perhaps one or two losses, certainly, but for all five to fail in their task? This entire exercise had been a waste of time. This five hadn't been worthy enough to advance to the next level. He knew that Persona were capable of undergoing an evolution, but under what conditions? Extreme duress? No, if that were it, it would have happened already. Or perhaps that was the trigger, but it merely needed a catalyst for the reaction to take place?
Loki sighed and tracked the second pointer of the watch with his eyes, not bothering to look as the remaining two humans fell to the hordes of darkness. He would simply have to find another group of humans to send out... and if they failed, then another. And another. Somehow, he would discover the secrets of this process and create conditions to artificially recreate it for other Users. That was the plan, anyway. Either way, it was too hard to concentrate with the humans screaming in the background. The Shadow merely smiled slightly as he focused his full attention on the watch in his hand. "How noisy..."