Getting Cultured [MOD]

[Tatsuma Kirihara]

If Tatsuma would have to choose the city’s most boring place, he would say a museum sounds to provide the least amount of fun for him. You couldn’t enter with roller-skates on (though there probably weren’t any place you could enter with those), you had to be quiet, and any kind of ruckus were forbidden. It was the search for irony and his curiosity that made him enter the museum of the Shadowlands, and maybe, just maybe, it was a little bit of rebellion on his part. There was a museum he could go wild, and he could prove himself wrong on his views about these kinda establishments.

Stepping through the open doors and getting inside the abandoned building, Tatsuma observed his surroundings, searching for shadows within the shades of the walls. One of the posters pasted on the window of the receptionist was offering a tour through the Buddhist exhibition. Tatsuma couldn’t help the annoyed grunt that left his throat. He already found irony, and it seemed to be the one that usually haunts him and slaps him in the face with facts he didn’t want to know about.

He was half-intent on shouting out and drawing the attention of the shadows, but he had a feeling that wouldn’t be necessary. He didn’t want to sneak around, at least not yet. He figured it is best to get to know these creatures by interacting with them directly, and that usually meant fighting. Yes, that was something he was okay with. He barely cared about injuries as long as he could get behind the secret of the outer circle and the creatures he found out about not long ago. Behemoth was clawing at the walls within his mind, it also wanted to have some fun, to sank its teeth into whatever shadow that would show up.

[Erithania]

Behold!

Picasso de Maya

Skills
Fatal End
Agi
Mudo

Null: Darkness
Weakness: Ice, Light

[Tatsuma Kirihara]

Tatsuma didn’t have to wait long for the awaited shadow to appear. The quiet slithering from behind him as he was glaring holes into the Buddhist exhibition poster was a tell-tale sign he was noticed. All the better, at least he didn’t have to search for the enemy. It made sense. They usually searched for their prey themselves.

Turning around he cracked his knuckles in anticipation of the fight. The black blob was getting nearer, and it was obvious it would attack as soon as he was in range. Tatsuma would not wait for it though. His Behemoth was already eager to get out and taste the Shadow, so he summoned the beast almost immediately. Behemoth stood near its human, and howled into the empty hall of the museum. Black force enveloped and crashed down on the enemy, but to Tatsuma’s annoyance, it didn’t seem to phase it. "Tch!" He gritted his teeth, because he knew he wasted his opportunity for a head start in the fight. The Shadow noticed it too, and sent its own dark force in his way. Tatsuma couldn’t avoid it, and the darkness collided with him, but luckily enough, that was something he could withstand for now.

"Well." He breathed out as he and Behemoth circled the Shadow, the persona bearing its fangs at the enemy. "I guess darkness isn’t something either of us can use now." He jumped to the side as the Maya was lazily slithering his way, waving its black hands around in an attempt to cause a simple wound. He wasn't fast enough, so it managed to scratch his side. Tatsuma ordered Behemoth with a shout, and the persona slashed at the Shadow with a Cleave attack. Tatsuma knew those kind of attacks would wear his body down easier, but for some reason he liked the exhaustion they caused.

The air around the Maya flashed red, and fire enveloped Tatsuma’s vision for a moment. Behemoth was there, getting the burnt of the attack, but he could feel on his left hand that the Shadow’s Agi connected, and hurt much more than the darkness. Of course, Tatsuma thought to himself, darkness seemed to be something he was more accustomed to.

Behemoth snarled at the Shadow, its maw pulled back on its teeth as it growled, another Cleave connecting and tearing at the black ooze that was the Maya’s body. There was a high pitched shriek, but the opponent didn’t go down yet. In a single, quick movement it was in front of Tatsuma, and its oversized, grotesque hands came down on him with a force that was yet the strongest he felt from a Shadow. He staggered back and he felt his body hit a wall, the force of the attack made him see stars for a moment. He shook his head, refusing to loose consciousness so soon. Just like his persona, he snarled at the Shadow, and a low shout was enough to make Behemoth attack again. Its claws tore the Maya’s mask to shreds this time, and with a hollow yell, the Shadow evaporated into nothing. Behemoth howled, standing above the dissipating corpse of the fallen enemy.

[Erithania]

Oh hey. You lived.



Guess I'll have to try harder next time.

[Tatsuma Kirihara]

As Tatsuma had his back against the wall for support, he concentrated on slowing his breathing and heartbeat. He leaned his head back and slinked to the ground with a heavy sigh. That was certainly different than what he imagined. It was only one enemy, and he still got too exhausted to continue onward in the area. Looking down at his burned left arm, he was debating going on further anyway, but a low growl directed at him made him look up at his persona. Behemoth was looking at him as if he knew what he was thinking. Who was he kidding? Of course Behemoth knew what he was thinking. But the persona didn’t agree with him, and Tatsuma reluctantly nodded. Of course. He was reckless, but he didn’t need to die right on his first time out in the outer circle.

He pushed himself up and off the dirty floor and headed toward the door as Behemoth’s form faded back into his mind. He needed more information, and he needed more time. He didn’t have either, at least that’s what it felt like for him. But he was advised to stay on his toes and get stronger. Tatsuma grinned, remembering the card he received. Soon, he will be a worthy opponent.

He sneaked back to the city and back to his apartment to rest and get out once he is fully healed.