Shrine in a Bind [Full Moon]

[Za Bossu!]

It was rather chilly outside; especially on the mountain that overlooked the entire city. At the shrine on the mountain, the local shrine maiden could be found inside taking a nap; completely defenseless and prone. However, that is not interesting in any way so the details shall be omitted. Outside of the shrine, the full moon shines brightly on the ground below. It also happened to be a Blood Moon as well, not that it mattered what color the moon was. Shadows didn't really care for colors.

As the time hit midnight on this little mountaintop that overlooked the city, time seemed to visibly stop all around. The shrine itself began to shine with a pale purplish light until a figure began to rise up from the inside. The figure had the appearance of some sort of powerful entity; almost godlike in looks. A thick purple miasma shrouded the figure, circling around it like smoke. The figure then floated up above the shrine for a moment before setting foot back onto the ground. As its foot touched the surface, the ground started to distort and gain a purple hue. Any grass, weeds, or so forth under this immediately wilted and disappeared within seconds. The figure, which seemed almost human-like in shape, had bright white eyes than shone as it looked around the clearing before turning around to look at the shrine for a moment. It seemed to have caught an interest in the shrine itself for some reason. And thus, the shadow began to walk back over towards the shrine with slow, almost weightless steps that spread a purple ground over everything it stepped on.

OOC: We will be allowing 2 antagonistic shadows to enter at max. Friendly shadows may join at will.

[Akira Nakajima]

Akira was primed and ready when midnight struck. What he was not ready for was the location which he believed he was getting those vibes from. Okay, sure, Shadows appeared anywhere- graveyard, school, shopping center- but he really was not expecting the shrine. After all, what the hell else could have possibly been in that direction? Either way, he brought his evoker out of his vest, summoned Alpha Elma, and the two soared through the air. It would, at the very least, save the crossdresser the effort of climbing those stairs. Even if he was fit enough that the climb itself did not bother him, he was not the sort to enjoy needlessly strenuous chores when they could be avoided.

Like paperwork! He could avoid it now by shoveling it onto his unsuspecting vice president!

Either way, the crossdresser-dominatrix duo landed perfectly and gave the scene a look over. The Shadow was nasty. And probably poisonous, going by the fact that the plants were dying just by being around it. Yeah, it was probably going to be an annoying little bastard to deal with. Oh well. When were they not? Either way, the boy in drag stretched, leveled his scissors, and willed for a Heat Riser.

"Shrine, dungeon. God, Shadow. Doesn't matter. Turn up the heat for everyone coming, Elma. We're gonna burn this asshole down!" With the questionable words of the crossdresser, the succubus unleashed an empowering wave over him and all Users that came within the reach of the spell.

Action: Heat Riser. Should be a given now.


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[Shirako Tachibana]

It hadn't been too long since Shirako's list of things to do had a new item crossed off. Whether the fight had pushed her, or the experience strained her mind, was irrelevant. All that mattered was that the woman felt as though she were more powerful then than she had been since entering the city. It wouldn't be long before she reattained the powers she had wielded before her injuries. She had not taken a break at all despite her accomplishment. Instead, she continued going out every day in hopes of finding new paths in the executive building, or new leads to follow. No luck so far. She could tell that her marks were there. They had to be. But where and when she'd find them was something entirely beyond her capabilities of determining.

After another fruitless search, though one with practically zero Shadows bothering her, the woman was making her way back through the streets of Mosaic before that sensation of "that time" enveloped reality. Another powerful Shadow had appeared. She wasn't too worried. If there were a multitude of Users like Ayakura or Luka, then there was little doubt that everything would go well. However, perhaps there was a chance for one of her marks to appear? Acting on that consideration alone, the woman opted to involve herself with the battle, despite knowing how much of a mess it would be.

She tracked the sensations down and eventually made her way up the steps to the shrine. She was not one to cast her hopes to nature or supposedly heavenly beings. No, the only reason she was heading up those steps was to engage a powerful enemy and try to find a lead. It was doubtful, but she had to leave herself open to opportunities. Besides, there was the chance that one of the other Users could point her in the right direction, no matter how small or unlikely that might have been. Upon giving the grounds a look over, she drew her blade and manifested Yaksa. Wordlessly, she willed for a Sukukaja. The aura was brief, but it would envelop all others among the Users. Even if she did not directly attack the enemy, she could contribute.

. . . and if she did not directly attack the enemy, then she could use her freedom to look around and pick people out of the building crowd.

Action: Sukukaja for now.

[Luka Kurokawa]

Luka was already more than prepared for the fight that would be taking place this night. She had already been aware of when it would be taking place and made her preparations as needed. What she did not plan for was a trek up the mountainside. Her destination seemed to be the shrine as she made her way over. As she climbed up the stairs, she began to think back to the last time she visited the shrine. Thankfully, she wouldn't need anyone to carry her up and down the steps this time.

With a quick dash towards the shrine itself, Luka caught a glimpse of the figured that was obviously their opponent this time. It was some sort of godly looking figure. Well, to be precise, it looked more like some sort of evil or corrupted god. But how should she go about the fight? There was a good chance that this thing completely nulled darkness or worse. Of course, Luka felt a familiar presence wash over her. Looking off to the side, she noticed Akira and that Shirako woman. The both of them seemed to use buffs, meaning nobody had attacked it yet. So if her attacks healed it like they did a few fights back, it probably wouldn't do anything. Deciding this to be he best course of action, Luka opened with a dark attack. Willing her persona to her side, Hel launched a dense ball of dark energy at the shadow.

Action: Chaos Element

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[Alouette Pendleton]

Ally made a quick dash up the stairs of the shrine as she kept an eye out for her new target. Of course, the slowly forming group of people who could actually move gave away the target's location pretty easily. The shadow seemed to be some sort of godly looking figure straight out of a book.

Looking over the other people who were present for the fight already for a moment, the girl pulled out one of her bombs and tossed it at the shadow. They were her most powerful weapons so it would likely be the best one to try first. This contrasted with her last fight in which she spent a majority of the fight simply buffing everyone. But this fight? It seemed that everyone's speed was as high as it could go. That was convenient.

Action: Auto-Sukukaja, Level 3 Strike Attack

Crit Roll
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[Ringo Shiro]

Ringo slowly awoke from his quick nap as his eyes slanted toward the window. He quickly grabbed Bakuzan replica, sheathe and all, and threw on his coat as he ran out the door. Tonight was another full moon. As someone who already participated in three of these unique nights, he knew what was coming. All that was left to locate it....which wasn't that hard what with the purple light he could see even from his own apartment building.

"Found you." Ringo's eyes began to glow as he saw the shadow producing the purple haze. His eyes tilted over to the other participants. It seems he was just in time. "Tokoyo!" Ringo's persona seeped out of his body. She drew her sword and then soared over toward the shadow, planning to split the head of the shadow of she could.

Action: Fatal End

[Amane Mana]

Amane ran up the shrine stairs. It was at this point she was somewhat thankful of all her frequent trips to the stratum. For one, they provide her with the exercise and stamina to climb up these stairs without too much effort on her part. She took a breathe as she reached the stairs and looked over at her target. Her eyes glanced over at the people present. As expected, Ran was there and was buffing everyone with heat riser.

"Time to go..." Amane's eyes glowed and she crushed her persona card. "Silky! Garula!!" The red dressed fairy seeped out of her body and launched a blast of wind toward the shadow. She was worried about the purple smoke it produced since it seemed to be killing the plant life around it. She didn't want to push the chance that it could be deadly poison.

Action: Garula

[Aleister]

Aleister whistled as he casually walked up the stair case. He wasn't in any hurry. He knew where tonight's shadow is. He gazed up at the full moon and snickered. It was his chance to see if it was unique in affects of the moon. As he walked he took out his pistol and checked if it was loaded. Aleister looked around as he finally found the shadow.

Thanks to his cheap binoculars, he already recognized a few of these people from the last time. However, today he was not here to ask if they were going to leave this one alone. Aleister was interested in seeing how these things bleed this time around. He aimed his gun with both of his hands and aimed for its body and fired a shot. He might as well test this thing's reaction.

Action: Level 3 Pierce attack.

[Vice Ysal]

It felt a lot clearer now, that much could be taken in from a glance. Not to mention that moving around from here on out seemed to be a lot easier.There were a lot of other questions that he wanted an answer to, but for the most part having the memories of his human managed to answer at least some of the less important ones. Shaking his head, leaping forward rather than simply running---not that he'd be getting tired with this kind of presence, the red eyed Shadow had moved with a purpose, or at least close to whatever a purpose was.


Hiding in the forested area, seeing a donation box, and rummaging through enough memories to tell him that the shadow of the full moon was heading up to the shrine. Of course, along with this presence would be those of the other users that always somehow managed to bring themselves to the area. Not that it was a bad thing really, it'd be fun to see something like an all out war with him being on the other side of the battle. For now though, making sure that his face mask was tightly secured, hair overshadowing his eyes, and a fully hooded black parka to completely cover any other defining features that he could have missed, Vice would decide to observe, if only for a moment to check out just who'd be arriving.

And maybe a Mind Charge. That was always fun. It was like using Nasty Plot, and with how he was more or less hidden from almost everyone present, it made him feel a bit more sinister. He'll have to make an appearance to get a clear shot from everyone though, but for the time being, this should do.

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Action: Arrival

Antagonist Shadow

[John Nicholson]

John walked up to the shrine. He had never been all that much of a religious man, but he wasn't here for prayer. It had been quite easy to locate the shadowy intrusion once it had manifested. One simply had to follow the sounds of destruction in the otherwise currently dead-silent city. He arrived on the scene to see quite a few of the people who had been present the previous time had already initiated combat with the shadow. John took a moment to size up the rampaging abberation. It seemed to constantly exude some sort of noxious gas. That was certainly something to be cautious about although it was highly probable the monstrous figure would have quite a few other tricks up its sleeve.

John, powered up by the repeated waves of power washing over him, immediately set to whittling away at the the giant shadow's no doubt impressive endurance with a blast from his trusty shotgun. However, he had the nagging feeling something sinister was watching the scene, nevertheless, he focused on the enemies that he was sure weren't phantasms from his mind.

Dodge roll for slash :
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[Kyle Shibata]

This time around, Kyle'd taken Phoebe's advice and circled the date of the full moon on his calendar. So when midnight struck, he knew where he oughta be.

The shrine at the mountain was a bit of a surprise for him but he managed to make it in time, just as that massive, godlike thing was rearing itself up. He clicked his tongue when he saw it and lowered his axe. As he did, he flexed his shoulders, now clad in something... a bit special. Vice's jacket. He'd decided to give it to Kyle, for whatever reason - he'd cited 'it's time you got something better' but Kyle had a niggling feeling there was something more to that. He hadn't seen the biker in a while.

Anyway, he felt quite safer wearing that thing. There were other users there already (of course). He didn't see Phoebe yet but no doubt she'd show up, all fired up for a fight.

"S'up everyone!" he chuckled, trying to hide his nerves. "Big fella this time! Well... let's get him. C'mon Sitri!"

He chopped his card in two and Sitri appeared in a flash of blue light, roaring and snarling in excitement. He crouched and roared as Kyle willed the opening: A straight up attack. Since the others had already taken care of the boosting spells, he just went with it. Sitri swung his paw, bringing a heavy, guillotine-like energy down with it, that slammed into the Shadow.

[[Action: Fatal End, 25% boost (Sukux3, Taru + Raku x1)]]

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[Ayakura Alisa]

The ever-familiar haze and aura came from the shrine this time. I curiously wondered if the local shrine maiden was alright. I knew that it would come on this day at this point, given the predictability of full moons. As I went back up the stairs it had occurred to me that the last time I went here for any extended duration of time was way back a couple of months ago. Recalling Chidori made me clench my fists as I realized that she wasn't coming back, and it was up to me to make the best of the current situation. Once I made it to the area, I saw what I figured would be the next target. Some sort of corrupted deity. Mishaguji? Hell if I know. I didn't care. I looked around and saw that once again a few people had already arrived to begin the chaos. Ringo, Amane, Isolde, Luka, Ran, Shirako, even Kyle, they were all there, including some unfamiliar faces.

Soon I realized that I could not offer any support aside from providing my own attacks. Willing forth the vengeance of Hell Biker, I procured my knife and let loose a devastating slashing wave with my horizontal slash.

( action: Vorpal Blade )

[Holly Mason]

Holly had been dreading this day.  She knew that powerful shadows had been appearing on the full moon thanks to the other users, so unlike the last few she was prepared for this one.  But even that preparation wasn't quite enough to truly mentally prepare her for the battle.  This month there was even a blood moon.  It was as if the entire universe was taunting her.  She was sure that the other users could take care of it, that they would take care of it even. There was no need for her to go there.  There was no need for her to get more blood on her hands, and she knew it.  Yet, she was going to go anyway.  People would get suspicious if she didn't and she was pretty sure they wouldn't buy that she ate some bad chili or something.

Despite her angst, Holly raced up the stairs like nothing was wrong.  As usual there were several users here.  At least this time there was only one big shadow.  She didn't bother looking too deeply into the symbolism or whatever, though the fact that it seemed to kill everything it touched was...very concerning to put it mildly.  Still, she was sure they could all win.  They always did.

Thus, she did what she always did.  Everyone gained a good amount of power just by standing in her presence, and that shadow was going to be a lot weaker than it would be otherwise.

Action: Auto-Tarukaja activate
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Auto-Sukukaja activate
Debilitate

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[Pyxis]

Pyxis was getting used to this phenomenon by now. Even when had never experienced it before, thanks to Alisa's intel she had been able to prepare for it two months ago. And last month, it was simply a matter of finding it once time stopped. This time, she had scouted out a few possible locations ahead of time and looked for a location that would provide the shortest distance to all of them and waited until midnight there. The readings of the massive shadow presence came from the shrine this time. It was the most distant of the locations she had scouted, but there was only so much she could have done about that. She still made good time getting there, even if she (rather surprisingly) wasn't the first to arrive.

Pyxis looked over the shadow as it came into view: almost humanoid, but massive, and killing the plantlife around it just by its mere touch. What was it, like the evil spirit in a place of worship that tried to corrupt the hearts of believers? ...No, that was probably too game-like.

She then turned towards the others who had showed up, giving them a mock salute and calling forth Elpis in the same motion. The mere act of summoning the spirit of hope caused a gadget embedded in Pyxis's gauntlet-like hand to light up, sending an empowering aura out over the other fighters present. Her own weapons quickly charged up, building up an immense amount of power in the span of a couple seconds. She released it through her Persona, calling down a rain of burning rocks to pummel the shadow from above.

[Auto-Tarukaja and Power Charge from accessory]
[Action: Agneyastra]

Confuse roll on Agneyastra, just in case:
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[Layla Amare]

By a stroke of luck, Layla found herself more prepared for the looming fight than she could ever have imagined being. An extremely powerful weapon had come into her possession after she defeated a shadow taking the form of Death itself, and a bit of work from the weaponsmith in town had restored it to its original glory. Now, Layla carried it into its first battle, rolled up around her waist along with a small shield. All she had to do was wait for midnight and find the place. That, as it turned out, wasn't too hard. As soon as time froze, she sensed an extremely powerful presence from up on the mountain. As she climbed up, she saw the massive humanoid figure on the grounds of the small shrine at the top, and made her way towards it. Once she reached the shrine, she felt the empowering auras of several other Persona users reach her, enhancing her strength, sturdiness, and speed all in one go.

Yes, this was the place.

Layla pulled her shield from her waist as she got in range of the shadow, slipping it over her left arm and grasping Vayavastra's hilt in her right. She pulled it from her waist, letting the motion unravel the whip-like blade, spun, and lashed out towards the shadow. A devastating gale followed on the edge of the blade, slicing the air and, hopefully, the shadow as well.

[Action: Level 6, +25% Wind attack]

Dodge - Slash:
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