Night at the Museum (Exploration)

[DJ Mcloud]

He had scavenged for supplies in the executive building's lower floor and had sought out shadows in the sewers, the only other place left unexplored that seemed relatively safe for him to explore with his fledgling new-found powers was the mueseum that people had recently begun talking about in the gap. Without a team or many allies he relied on rumors, word of mouth and various trading to survive and strengthen himself in this area outside the city. Just recently he had bartered for a necklace that was supposed to increase the power of ice magic, which made him already feel a bit stronger even though he didn't have much experience.

He would have to trust in that new-found strength as he looked around now. The art gallery was the only place he was able to find the entrance to and as such decided to take a look around on his hunt for shadows and his self-imposed training and small amount of clearing duty. He placed a hand on his new necklace and the other on his sword, ready to call forth his persona to help defend him at any time as soon as he saw something. The paintings in the gallery that were probably beautiful by themselves looked rather disturbing in their dark abandonment. He was seriously creeped out as he moved carefully through the building, on edge and looking around for anything that might do him harm.

[Erithania]

Behold, bad things.

Paint-smeared Gigas

Skills
Viper Smash
Skewer

Null: Strike
Weakness: Wind

[DJ Mcloud]

DJ stepped carefully around the art gallery, examining the paintings as he passed them. He looked at one in particular which looked like a bunch of paint blobs randomly thrown at the canvas. He understood why people didn't like that kind of art but he always sort of liked just throwing paint at stuff, it was cathartic and he'd done it a few times as part of his therapy. The longer he stared at the painting the more one of the blobs expanded and pressed out from the wall. It formed a black mass which then turned into a large muscular shadow covered in paint, definitely much tougher-looking than the Maya he fought before.

"Shit..." He grabbed his sword and held it up to defend himself but was plowed into by the creature's massive fist. He went flying back with a cough and struggled to right himself. The thing hit like a truck. He pulled out his card and crossed it over his chest. "Arianrhod!" His persona appeared behind him as the Gigas rushed towards the boy. "Cleave!" the female knight passed by the musclebound shadow and slashed it with her sword. The Gigas took damage but in the end it barely flinched. Spikes appeared on its fist as it punched DJ again, this time with a Skewer attack.

The spikes hit him hard and threw him against the wall, causing him to slump over and wince, coughing as he sat on his knees for a moment. "D-Damnit..." He pointed outwards and aimed at the Gigas. "B-Bufu...!" The spear of ice shot out and hit the Gigas, shattering on impact as again the creature took minimal damage. "Damnit... even with my ice magic enhanced by this accessory... I can't do much do it..." He winced as the Gigas picked him up by the head, leaving the rest of his body dangling helplessly.

He slashed away with his sword weakly but it might as well have been bee stings to the large shadow as it quickly tossed him across the room. He blacked out for a moment but quickly woke up, feeling blood run down the side of his face. "Damnit..." He groaned, feeling his vision go dark as he saw the Gigas' large feet stomp towards him.



Something inside him broke again, something he had been trying to hide for a long time. He stood up, fuming and shaking with anger. He gripped his sword tightly, his Persona standing behind him. "CLEAVE!" She raked her sword across the Gigas again, leaving a slightly larger cut this time. "You have a lot of defense fucker, but everything can be broken through. He laughed maniacally, twirling his sword and jumping to the side of the Gigas' large fist, slashing at it as much as he could. With his inhibitions and rage unlocked he felt free to go wild on the beast. He turned to his Persona with a sadistic grin. "Cut his legs off... Cleave, CLEAVE!!" He laughed as Arianrhod slashed at the backs of the Gigas's knees.

The shadows legs stayed intact but the dual spells caused the giant to fall to his knees, then falling backwards to the ground the a loud thud. "YOU'RE MINE NOW!!!" He shouted as he hopped onto the beast's muscled chest and pointed his card at its neck. "Bufu, Bufu, Bufu, BUFU, BUFU, BUFU, BUFU!!!" He shouted maniacally, each spell getting more frantic than the last as half a dozen spears of ice lodged themselves into the creature's upper body, covering the shadow in frost. Arianrhod disappeared and DJ quickly fell backwards, blacking out again, exhausted from the overuse of spells.

He wasn't sure how he got home that night, merely stumbling back home the best he could, blacking out intermittently with flashes of street corners and various moments. He could barely remember defeating the shadow when he woke. He could barely move from how tired he was and took the next two days off from school. All he knew was that he had to find a way to get stronger as well as a way to suppress the bottled up rage inside him.

[Erithania]

And now. . .



. . . we're done here.