The Moon Comes Over the Tower [Mod]

[Seiji Dalton]

Finding the tower was easier the second time around. His last encounter in the building had nearly cost him his life, so Seiji had spent the last few nights preparing for his next foray into the uncharted wasteland outside the blockade. The bastard sword in his right hand was heavy, as it should be given the kind of weapon it was. There was nothing innately special about the weapon Seiji had purchased at Mosaic City's weapon shop, but he had made the weapon special with a little help from his brother. Both of them had a bit of aptitude for jury rigging, and they had managed to rig an electrical current to run through the blade, powered off of a battery taken from a scooter. Said battery was in his backpack, the wiring running down to the blade. Its leather scabbard was hanging at his side, but Seiji elected to carry the sword instead. Part of him feared a shadow attack at any moment. The executive building was up ahead. Strangely, the front entrance seemed to be open today. How convenient it was that it had been sealed off during his last visit to the place. Walking inside, he found the building to be in much the same condition as it had been during his last visit. Hopefully, he wasn't the only person exploring this building. There was potential here, or so Seiji hoped. Either there were answers or a possible location to rig a ham radio at the top.

Making his way up the stairs, he took a moment to lean against the rails and observe the lobby below again. He saw where Sir Gareth had fought off the shadows. Considering the knight was a part of Seiji, it had been a team effort. He wasn't the only one to feel improved since his last visit. Something inside him felt stronger. There were new doors opened, he felt new possibilities for attacks to fend off the shadows. Today, Seiji wasn't seriously exploring so much as he was looking for a fight. He wanted to test out his skills on the shadows. And oh boy was he ready. Despite how calm his face was, even stoic Mister Dalton would have admitted readily that he was ready to test his new toys and powers out. During his time on the Okinawa military base, he'd played quite a few role playing games. There were times he'd buy new gear and his party members would learn new attacks and he was just rearing to get them into a random encounter so he could test their powers out. Wandering the second floor of the lobby, hopefully he would find something to do...

[CallmePappy]

A pack of Shadows appeared!

Sturdy Table

• Rakukaja
• Bufu

Rs: None Wk: None
Hearty Magus

• Agi
• Marin Karin

Rs: Strike, Fire Wk: Wind
Wobbly Table

• Agi
• Zio

Rs: None Wk: Ice, Wind

[Seiji Dalton]

Right when he turned the corner, three shadows appeared as if out of darkness to greet Seiji. Their appearances were odd, to say the least. Two of them resembled tables with a flame over their bodies. Draped over their sides were cloths bearing masks. One mask was blue and had an I on it, the other red with an II. The last two shadows he fought had similar markings. Between them both was a claoked figure, floating in mid-air and constantly spinning. Beneath the hood, another mask sneered at him. Summoning up his inner strength, he breathed in heavily and summoned Sir Gareth. The card appeared in mid-air and Seiji struck it with his sword, shattering it and causing the familiar sound of a wine glass breaking. "Persona!" He exclaimed as Gareth materialized in a wave of blue light. Waving his sword, the proud looking knight hoisted it and prepared to charge. For some reason, the words 'arm chopper' kept popping up in his head. Arthur drifted up and attempted to bring his blade down swiftly on the table with a blue mask. Seiji, meanwhile, had charged as well. Holding his sword with both hands, he brought his blade down on the table with the red mask swiftly. Unfortunately for both of them, the table with a red mask only laughed, casting a spell that made all three shadows much more rigid. Despite the electric current running through Seiji's blade, it still failed to do much damage to the table. All he managed to do was hack off a bit of its edge and make it very angry in the process. Gareth seemed to be having better luck, if only slightly. The hooded mage in the midst of the battle was momentarily ignored, which proved to almost be the folly of both persona user and persona. It shot flames in Seiji's direction, flames which caught the edge of his uniform jacket on fire. The flames burned his skin, searing them and making him wince.

Sir Gareth soon rushed to his rescue, standing like a shield between Seiji and the three shadows. All of them advanced menacingly on him, intent on devouring the human that was invading their territory. The knight bowed, cupping his hands with the blade in the middle. A large beam of light shot out and hit the shadows. They all winced in pain. The light had both blinded and distracted them long enough for Seiji to slip his backpack off enough to tear off his jacket and toss it to the ground. Charging from behind his Persona, he charged right for the blue masked table as it wobbled. Seeing the human charge in its direction, it shot out a bolt of lightning at him. Staying focused, he gripped the bastard sword with both hands and cleaved forward. His body convulsed from the shock, but the brunt of the attack had been avoided. Charging again, he struck the wobbling table with enough force to knock it down. Looking back at his armored Persona, he nodded before turning his attention to the Mage and the sturdier table. Both of them focused their attacks on Seiji. Behind him, he heard the sound of Gareth's sword burying itself deep within the table. He imagined that small shadows dispersed around the area satisfactorily. Fire and ice alike were aimed at him as he tried in vain to dodge. An ice shard grazed his side, cutting his shirt and drawing blood. Sit Gareth flew forward and unleashed another barrage of light. Afterwords, both the mage and the table looked exhausted. Looking at one another, Gareth and Seiji nodded, raising their swords and charging.

Their swords struck in unison in opposite directions, slashing the two shadows into pieces. Just before it was vanquished, the mage seemed to wink at Seiji. Sheathing his sword, he found that he felt lovestruck by something. It was the strangest feeling that he'd ever felt. Groaning at the strange sensation the shadow had left him with, he picked up his jacket and scanned the area for more shadows. Once again, he felt satisfied.

[CallmePappy]

You killed the things with your thing!
Yaaaaaay!

[Seiji Dalton]

Once again, the area seemed clean and devoid of shadows. More likely than not, there were more of them waiting just around the corner to take him by surprise now that he was weakened after a fight with their cohorts. But hey, that would just mean more experience points practice with his new toys. The first pangs of exhaustion were beginning to flare up. He'd taken a few hits in the battle but it wasn't nearly as bad as the first time he'd visited this building. With Sir Gareth gone, he was once again all alone. Part of him wondered if he should bring out the Persona more often. The thought was quickly subdued by the realization that Gareth was a part of him either way. The young knight just needed to flex his muscles whenever something tried to eat Seiji's face or otherwise calm him ham. Partly out of a sense of obligation and partly because he still had time to waste, he patrolled the second floor of the lobby to make sure there were no shadows there at the moment. Who knew, perhaps he'd cleaned the second floor out given that there were many more floors in the building.

Once he was satisfied with his search, he once again made his way back to the safe part of the city through the sewers. This time though, he dropped his stuff off at Takeda's and went out for a burger. There was never a bad time to go out and eat a hamburger.