Subway to Hell (Demon Portal)

[Xain]

When Xain went to go explore, he wasn't expecting to hear a strange song or have something strange go over his radars. He had encountered the feeling before, but he couldn't place where. He knew it wasn't a shadow, but he doubted that it would make a difference. Whatever it was, it was big.

He wandered along the subway rails, trying to locate the source of the music and feeling. He hoped someone else would come along, as he doubted he could handle this- whatever this was- on his own. He moved back his hands and slid out the spears concealed within his arms before giving a few practice thrusts.

He had a feeling that he needed to be as ready as possible for this.

[Kyle Shibata]

I hear them. They call for blood.

Where?

The place known as the Terminal. Kyle, you must go.

Huh? Why?

They must not be allowed through.

Who mustn't? What you talking about?

Beings that would be my servants and my kin.

What, demons? ...Sounds like you want to pick a fight.

They must be fought.

With that, Kyle'd gotten out of the house and headed to the old Super Hiroshige Terminal. Damn place had been shut down since the perimeter was established but he knew full well that it had become a hotbed for Shadows and visited by Users. He'd never heard Sitri get so agitated before and it made him wonder. But still, a good fight was just what he needed to get stuff off his mind, so he made his way there and bypassed the warning signs and fence set up to keep people out.

Yeah, right. Like anyone could keep him away from where he wanted to go.

He wasn't entirely surprised to find someone else there. "Huh, it's you," he said dryly, seeing a familiar face.

And then he saw the spears coming out of his arms and almost jumped back with his axe raised defensively. "Whoa whoa! Okay, what the hell are you?! Are you one of them goddamn sentient Shadows or whatever!?"

[Vincent Celosa]

Today was just supposed to be a routine check up on the outside. To try and get more intelligence about the surrounding areas and just how bad things were. That said, Vincent wouldn't have minded if he could pick up a new weapon or maybe a few more upgrades for his current armour. So far, it's been quite the boon for him and being able to negate the amount of damage he got from fights allowed him to do so much more than last longer in a fight.

Prepared as he was, the android had even been planning on running his course in one of the areas he had yet to properly explore, something had caught him off guard the moment he stepped into the terminal. Something felt…different. His sensors were picking up a different frequency but no matter how much he tried to classify it, nothing in his memory banks could give him a proper match. The rotation of his wrists and the clanging of his chains against the rail tracks echoed out…which was surprisingly returned by some kind of shout from the distance.

His destination more or less set, Vincent made his way to where the sounds were originating from and marginally calmed down when his optical gear picked up on two different people. The faces had already been recorded, though the taller of the two males carried much less information than that of the blonde haired user. Clanging his chains on the ground to garner their attention, mostly so that he'd be acknowedgled rather than anything else, the red clothed android tilted his head to the side as if to give a nonverbal question of 'What was happening?'

[Tatsuma Kirihara]

What the hell, Behemoth! Can’t you let me rest for just a little bit? It wasn’t unusual that Tatsuma felt an urge to visit a Stratum because his persona was getting edgy in his mind, but venturing out almost every day was making him feel uneasy. If he ever met up with another persona user, and does feel like it, he would ask if it was hard for them to control and hold back their other self as it was for him. Seriously, he was debating getting a leash for himself this time around.

Funny thing is, Tatsuma wanted to spend the day in the city for a change. Though he didn’t dislike going to the shadow infected parts of the city, it had been a long time since he had a day to do roller-blade runs in the city. Oh well, he will do that another time. Behemoth was eager, and that made him drive for adrenaline too.

Nearing the terminal, Tatsuma could hear a song echoing in the tunnel. He stopped to listen, but couldn’t determine the origin of the song. He wondered if Behemoth was picking it up even before he could hear it. Maybe that was why he was so uneasy. That would explain a lot of things, except it was more confusing at the same time.

He could also pick up a familiar voice. Wondering what the hell that guy was doing here, and also fully intent on teasing the taller one for the rest of the day, he headed toward where he heard Kyle’s voice from. He had to stop and stare, seeing as Kyle was ready to maul another person with his axe. Tatsuma looked at the blonde he remembered seeing at the battle during the full moon, and he made him remember Brynhild and Crux from the time they were fighting against the Thinker in the art gallery. He laughed, seeing the display, but barely did anything else at the start. The third guy there was also familiar from the full moon battle – he hadn’t seen him elsewhere. He just walked up to them to see what Kyle would do with that other poor user.

[Brynhild]

Time for another night of exploring the subways. After the giant shadow in the art gallery, Brynhild avoided going out that far into the Shadowlands. Sticking to the catacombs and this terminal satisfied her need to fight, without taking as much of a risk. Twice in the last two weeks she had to deal with overly powerful Shadows, too strong for her to handle alone. A few days of avoiding the larger threats wouldn't hurt anybody.

Immediately her attention drifted towards a strange noise that hadn't been there earlier. It almost sounded like music, which meant someone had to be playing the song. Most electronics did not work down here. This part of town was too dangerous for such an. . . interesting sound. She needed to get this person to safety. Brynhild wandered through the subway, focused on finding the source.

She did not expect to find four guys standing around, weapons ready, one visibly more upset than the others. Nothing good would come out of this. Instincts told her to try rescuing somebody, but honestly could not figure out what they were doing. Trying to guess would only lead to her assisting the assaulter.

The Danish girl did her best to approximately stand in between all four of them. “Relax boy, he's not your enemy here.” The statement had to stay vague in order to work. Ideally the guilty would react more than the others.

[Amane Mana]

Amane started to walk down the subway tunnel again. It was time again for her to head to the gap, plan from there, head to an area of the stratum and hopefully find some clues as to what is going on. Maybe find out more about the demons. It appeared peaceful...but...

"Whoa whoa! Okay, what the hell are you?! Are you one of them goddamn sentient Shadows or whatever!?" Amane shuddered and quickly ran over to where the noise was coming from. Already her eyes were glowing and in her free hand was her floating persona card. Thankfully as Amane arrived another arrived to clarify the situation.

“Relax boy, he's not your enemy here.” Amane's eyes stopped glowing and she lowered her staff. Amane has come to recognize some of these people from the battles at the previous full moon. She, of course, didn't know their names. This was indeed quite the gathering. Amane was also sure they have noticed her so she found no point in retreating to her previous location. She simply stood their and observed, not wanting to say anything quite yet.