Expertise (Mission)

[DJ Mcloud]

DJ sighed softly, he had no idea really why he was doing this but he had lost reasoning for many of the things he did ever since he awakened his Persona and his world was turned upside-down. He had no idea who the strange blonde-haired woman was who approached him with this request or why he had been paired up with someone else for this relatively simple task. Nor did he quite understand what kind of stand was giving away a large Jack Frost doll (though he was somewhat a fan of the mascot himself) or why the doll was required in the first place.

He shook his head and sighed once more, so much he didn't understand, but he decided not to question it too much as he walked along the pier looking for the desired stand. He glanced towards his partner for this mission, they seemed alright enough though he felt a bit awkward being forced to carry out this task with someone he didn't know at all. He just felt weird about everything that he was in the dark about. "Well it's gotta be around here somewhere, just keep your eyes out for the giant snowman doll." He said to his partner and put his hand on his hip as he perused the stalls.

[Kyle Shibata]

Kyle had been a little dubious concerning this 'mission'. However, Phoebe had told him that it was a good way to rack up experience and get money, so when he was approached by the mysterious blonde lady, he agreed to take up the job. He did odd jobs around the city anyway. Another kind of odd job wasn't really that surprising. It's just... he didn't expect to be asked to go retrieve a plush toy with a partner. That caught him off guard.

Well, the kid wasn't bad, at any rate. Kyle could deal with him. He seemed a little... well, squirrely but that might've just been Kyle. He would've felt uneasy if he was a little squirt and he'd been partnered with a tall dude carrying a goddamn axe.

"Damn fool woman," Kyle muttered. "Sending us out to fetch a doll. If she didn't pay well I would've told her to cram it where sun don't shine..." he huffed. "Well, no use complaining. Let's keep looking. One of these stands ought to have that thing."

He hesitated for a moment. "...I'm Kyle, by the way. Nice to meet you."

[DJ Mcloud]

DJ blinked a bit as he kept looking, in a trance as his eyes scanned the stalls, the woman had said that the plush doll was rather large and the Jack Frost mascot was fairly recognizable so he wasn't too worried about missing it but still he wanted to find it as soon as possible. He was so focused on his search that he didn't notice at first when his partner began to speak and he jumped softly. He heard him badmouthing the woman that gave them this mission, he didn't know her at all so he didn't feel the need to join in or stick up for her either way and risk getting himself all riled up.

"At least we're getting paid and the money's good, no use complaining I suppose." He smiled lightly, not wanting to come off as rude or get off on the wrong foot with anyone. He blinked as the other male introduced himself, he hadn't realized that up until that point they had been going through with this without one anothers' names. "Oh... yeah. I'm DJ, nice to meet you too." He nodded and smiled softly before resuming his search for the doll. "Jack Frost's pretty popular and the woman said the doll was pretty big so it shouldn't take us long to find us... though I don't know what they want us to do to win the grand prize so that may be another story..." He shrugged softly.

[ChromaticTruthsayer]

As you reach the pier, you find a stand that has a Jack Frost doll as the grand prize. A shady guy looks the two of you over. He seems to think of you as a potential customer. Wanna have a go? First one's on the house. If you make 3 balls into this basket, you can have the grand prize. The idea itself seems simple, but anyone with half a brain can tell that its rigged. But this seems to be your only way to get the doll for now.

[ ] Each of you attempt to get all three balls into the basket. (Roll a D20)_s7Cxu9o

[Kyle Shibata]

Kyle sighed. "True enough, money's never a really bad incentive."

He nodded absently at the kid's name and kept scanning the stands. "Tch... damn shady bull, all of this," he huffed. "We're sooner gonna get pick-pocketed than get something straight. We're probably gonna have to play one of the stupid games."

As his eye ran over the stands and their shelves, it came to rest on a particularly big Jack Frost doll displayed as a grand prize in a stall. Yup, that had to be it. He frowned at the stall itself, the proprietor and the proposed game. He's always hated fairgrounds games and this dredged up somewhat rotten memories he'd done his best to forget. He kept his thoughts on the money and shrugged.

"Sure, whatever. I'll have a go," he said and picked up the balls to try it out.

Not like I think this is gonna do anything, but still... he thought. As soon as I'm sure this dude is stiffing us... I might introduce him to my axe.

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[DJ Mcloud]

DJ smiled softly and nodded. "That's the spirit." He chuckled lightly as they scanned the area, If they were going to do this they might as well find a way to have a positive attitude about it. His partner saw it first but it was such an obvious site that it didn't take DJ long to notice the stand with the large Jack Frost doll either. "Hey looks like we found it. Our job's already half done." He smiled softly and nodded, trying to stay upbeat. If he ended up getting pessimistic he might get angry, and he didn't like himself when he was angry.

He listened to the rules of the stall and nodded in confirmation, sighing softly. He wasn't particularly good at these games but he had to give it a shot. He watched his partner go first, keeping his eyes on the prize, literally as he scanned the Jack Frost doll. It was quite big and cute, he could see why the odd blonde woman would want it. After his partner had taken his turn he decided to give it his own shot, grabbing the three balls. "Come on, we've got to get it eventually." He smiled, a bit more naive than the other male and not realizing the fixed nature of the game. Still he gave it is best and three the balls as carefully as he could.

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[ChromaticTruthsayer]

The two of you make you shots at the stand; both of you fail horribly. Toooo baaaaad. Want to have another go? It isn't that expensive. The man grins and chuckles to himself. The prices are actually quite high.

However, before you can say anything a couple of weirdos jump the stand and knock the stand attendant out. They raid the cash register and steal a few prizes. . . for some reason. One of them being the Jack Frost Doll. Afterwards, they run out the back and begin to escape. Looks like its time for a chase. (Persona use is disabled in the city.)

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[Kyle Shibata]

Kyle groaned; they'd have to try again and he was already tiring of these stupid games. He was just about to whip out his axe and threaten that asshole in the booth for the stupid doll... when a pair of idiots had the same bright idea. He held his arm out to keep DJ back without even realizing he was being protective... and then he started cursing.

"HEY! WHERE DO YOU THIEVING ASSHOLES THINK YOU'RE GOING!?" he shouted and without really thinking about it took off after them. "GET BACK HERE, BUCKETHEADS!"

He was really angry now. He'd had enough of this bullshit and these two idiots were the last straw. He caught up to one of them and managed to grab them by the back of his shirt's neckline. He pulled backwards and the dude whipped forward like a dog reaching the end of its chain suddenly. He then threw the guy on the ground with a meaty thud. The next moment he was on top of the guy; the knife the thug tried to pull from his pocket went skidding along the ground. Kyle served him a left cross punch that a pro boxer would've envied. He furnished him with a few more of the same ilk.

Somehow the guy managed to kick him off and scrambled to his feet to make another run for it but Kyle whipped back up, incredibly quickly and tackled him back to the ground. After the initial impact, Kyle grabbed the guy by the hair and slammed his face into the ground, hard. There was an ugly crack and the guy flopped to the ground limply with a lengthy groan and a few twitches. Yep, he was out cold.

"You fuckers are lucky I didn't just pull the axe out..." Kyle grumbled. "Where's that goddamn doll?"

He wiped his nose on the back of his arm and looked up in case DJ needed some help with the other guy.

[DJ Mcloud]

DJ sighed softly at their failure, shaking his head. He was a little disappointed now but there wasn't really much he could do about it besides try again. However just as he was about to ask how much it would cost for a second shot the two goons broke open the stand and made off the the prizes. What kind of robbers broke into a stall and stole the plush toys? He suppoed there was no sue questioning it, they had to get them back all the same. Kyle extended an arm to keep him from going after them but he saw the second thug splitting off from the group and had to go after him or he'd get away.

He took off after the man with a soft huff, running after him as he zigzagged through stalls and hopped over a bench. DJ wasn't the best runner but he was decent enough from his baseball days to keep in sight of the man. Ironically the man himself was wielding a baseball bat. Eventually when he saw that DJ was sticking to his tail he stopped, turn and swung the bat hard. Being a bit short DJ ducked under his reach, grabbing his sword. It was still sheathed so it acted much like a bat too and luckily he knew how to use a bat.

He swung the sheathed sword into the man's stomach, knocking the wind out of him before jumping back to avoid another swing from the bat. He didn't like attacking people, it reminded him too much of the day he blacked out and beat the kid at his school with a baseball bat. However he was here for a mission and as long as he could stay in control of his emotion everything would be fine. The man clutched his stomach, he may have cracked a rib with that last swing but he couldn't afford to get careless in a street fight.

The man swung the bat downwards and DJ blocked it with his sheathed blade. The strike was light, he was definitely feeling pain from his stomach. He swung up to throw the bat off him, swinging at his leg to give him a quick limp. The man hopped around in pain but tightened his grip on his bat as if about to swing again. In his instinct he almost swung at full strength but managed to restrain himself a little bit and give him a hard knock on the back of the head, knocking him out with a soft sigh.

He gathered up the other dolls and money that the thugs had stolen and returned them to the man. "We're just looking for the big one, you can have these back." He sighed softly and looked to see if Kyle had found the large doll or if it was on the one he had taken out.

[ChromaticTruthsayer]

After beating up those weirdos that decided to steal the man's money and doll, you decided to return it all. It would have been smarter to just take your rewards and leave, but okay. The man thanks you and let's you have the doll for not only saving the money, but for beating those guys up thoroughly.

Mission accomplished!

You received your reward: Tier 1 Weapon Damage Modifier of choice and 500 FP