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 Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:35 pm
Yuuki's dungeon is a long corridor of a house the leads to a main room. Everything is black though and random things like flowers coming off the wall. As you walk down the corridor you will see teddy bears ripped apart and cotton coming out of them. The cottons will turn into random shadows. Once at the end of the corridor there will be a key hanging from the door knob which you have to use to unlock the door to the main room.
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Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 3:51 pm
Soji Seta, Investigation Team Leader
Following Rise's directions, it didn't take the Investigation Team under Soji long to locate the Dark Wonderland where Yuuki had been taken and hidden away from them; from the way that it appeared it didn't look all that unwelcoming, which was a bit strange for a dungeon...reminding him something of the Heaven dungeon which his sister had created when she was kidnapped. The inside seemed almost like a home with the lights turned out; black walls and adornments such as flowers, ripped up teddy bears...a lot of ripped up teddy bears, actually. Frowning as they made their way into the long corridor, Soji was surprised to note that it didn't seem as though there was any upward progression in this place...he could almost feel it, though he didn't know how he could...but they still had a ways to go down the corridor if they were going to get to Yuuki and her shadow. "Rise, scan ahead," he ordered quietly, suddenly coughing a bit as he ventured into the first section of the corridor with his eyes looking sharply from side-to-side, "everyone else let's move ahead slowly. We need to be careful for traps, but the sooner we get the operation finished, the better."
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Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 5:33 pm
 N A O T O S H I R O G A N E As Soji had followed Rise through the area to reach the dungeon she herself had followed along, keeping a steady pace behind Soji. Upon entering the dungeon she gazed at the sight before her. She could agree with Soji that the place was very unwelcoming. As she let her eyes wander about the area she took sight of the teddy bears that were around the place. Many of them were torn. The area reminded her a bit of a child's place, or at least area. Though, she had to say it would be a demented child. Surely though, this girl was in her class, so it couldn't be a child's area. The last time a child was here was Nanako, and that wasn't the best experience either. As Soji stopped she stopped as well, hearing her order Rise to scan ahead. They couldn't just run blindly since it could lead to some trouble. As Soji then said to move ahead slowly she nodded her head as she held her gun ready in her hand. She had to stay aware of Shadows, and in case any of them would ambush them. She began to look around from her spot as well, trying to see if she could spot any traps. It was best to finish the area faster since being too long in a dungeon could be straining. Then again, it was straining either way since she was once a victim herself.
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Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 6:36 pm
Rιsє Kujικɑωɑ  ▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀
Feeling relieved to some extent, Rise followed her team into this. . . What looked like a broken down house or something similar to it. She was behind them as she looked around, finding that it was odd that the area held a strange sense of nostalgia. Shaking her head, the idol focused on the layout, and what she could find. "The end is fuzzy, sort of blotted out, but there are a bunch of shadows nearby, so be careful." Frowning, Rise tried to extend the reach of Kanzeon's power, but to no avail. "That's so weird. . . Sorry, but we might have to wait a bit before I can see any more."
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Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 6:52 pm
~Alice~
A young girl, clearly foreign, with long, pale blonde hair and a dark blue dress walked along behind the group, keeping quiet and doing nothing out of the ordinary to bring attention to herself. She was just out of sight, in fact, at least until somebody actually turned to look behind them, perhaps noticing, if they were very observant, that there was an extra set of footsteps with the group. One moment, there had been nobody there, and the next, there was. Technically, Alice knew, she was really only supposed to come out when called for... but this seemed like fun, and these people could actually see her. It was a shame she wasn't really allowed to play with them, though. Well, she'd get to have fun with any monsters that showed up, that was for sure.
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Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:18 pm
Soji Seta, Investigation Team Leader
Nodding grimly as Rise's vision with her persona could only tell them so much, Soji realized that there was something strange at work in this dungeon. Usually she could tell him where there were hidden treasures, which path was the right one towards the door, and most importantly, she could located the exact locations of their enemies in the dungeon. They were immensely useful skills, and very powerful...if something were blocking them out, then there was definitely a trick to this place that they hadn't uncovered just yet. Looking at his team behind him, he was mildly surprised to see that the Fiend Raidou had left with him had let herself out of her tube [again] in order to walk behind them to their destination. 'Guess she wasn't kidding about having her protect me,' he thought with a half-smirk, though he still admitted to himself that there was something just a little bit unusual about her. Didn't really bother him, but well, he could understand if the others got jittery. Maybe he should introduce her? 'Nah,' the leader thought, stifling a chuckle both as if keeping a secret and to preserve his aching chest the jostling, 'it might be more fun to let them find out themselves.' It didn't pay to be completely nice all the time, did it? No point in not having a little bit of fun to try and take the tension out...and to take the attention of the rubbish state of his body. "Let's go ahead, then. Naoto, cover Rise when she scans. Everyone else, stay close," he ordered as he began down the corridor, slightly losing his balance as he did. It was hard to tell exactly what had caused him to lose his balance...but whatever it was, he seemed content to look a particular bear on the ground and give it a half-hearted glare to make sure they knew why.
The team was progressing a few meters into the long dungeon...and then a few more...and the further they went the bears around them continued to multiply, not a shadow in sight. Eyes shifting from side-to-side, he kept on his toes in anticipation of the trap that he knew was coming...and sure enough, his paranoia was proven right. Suddenly, many of the bears around them in the small corridor began to twitch violently, cotton pouring out of them as they toss about, stuffing practically bubbling. And then, from the severed joints of the teddy bears, the cotton turned black and oozed out, forming into a wall of shadows that surrounded the team. Immediately falling into a defensive stance, he winced as he lifted his weapon and prepared for the assault. "Naoto, protect the rear! Everyone else, thin them out with spells in the front!" he commanded evenly, realizing they weren't likely to defeat every one of the shadows that closed in upon them, "we'll make a hole and escape. Ready?" Nodding over his shoulder to his team, he summoned his blue card into his hand and crushed it quickly. Above him, Izanagi-no-Okami arose and twirled its red wand expertly, casting a wave of blue energy that smashed a fair portion of the shadows in front of them, bringing them closer to opening a path to their goal. Beneath the persona, however, the team's leader felt a powerful backlash and nearly buckled inward into himself...his free arm curling into his chest as the power began draining him of his already sapped strength and wearing on his already tattered body. It hurt like Hell, but he needed to keep fighting...this was nothing compared to what the others would endure if he didn't save them...and when it was put to him like that, this...was nothing.Quote: With Sweet's permission, we may progress through the corridor towards her shadow...
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Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:33 pm
~Alice~'Nothing' would have to be continued to be resisted by Soji when a shoe connected with his head from behind. "What part of 'do not push yourself' didn't you get?" the Fiend asked, landing lightly on the floor. For some, they could easily mistake her for Teddie dressed up as a girl... but the voice was all wrong, and the shape was a little curvier, more... feminine. Alice glanced over one shoulder a moment later as the Shadows approached, then smiled. "Die, trash." she said. Moments later, dark energy slammed into the shadows, wiping what they called life from their bodies. She hadn't blasted the whole area, of course, limited as her power was, but there was now a decent clearing around Soji where no Shadows yet lived; perhaps half of the Shadows that remained after his attack. The girl grabbed Soji's ear a moment later, quite tightly, and tugged him down somewhat; a fairly amusing thing for a girl her height to be doing if she hadn't been exhibiting surprising, and in fact very disproportionate, physical strength. The only reason he hadn't been yanked down was explained by her next statement. "I was sent here to guard you, and I'm not going to put up with anybody hurting you, understand? That specifically includes yourself. You can fight if I say so, and not before, or I'll drag you out of here even if you're kicking and screaming like a little child. Understood?"
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Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:21 pm
Soji Seta, Investigation Team Leader
It was almost comical to see the smaller spirit jump and plant a kick in the back of the head of the silver-haired leader, then drag him down by the ear to her level so that she could threaten him like a tiny, lolita mother in some weird anime; that is, it was funny to look at...if you weren't the one being verbally berated by said tiny girl. Of course, nobody else even knew exactly who or what she was just yet, which made the whole scene that much more ridiculous. For the leader of hte team, though, the situation was neither funny nor ridiculous. She was asking him for something that he just couldn't do. Going back wasn't an option...and not pressing forward, to him, wasn't an option. Whether it be Raidou's orders or not, his standing around like a useless tumor on their squad while everyone else was fighting for their lives was completely out of the question...he would fight and hold up his share of the bargain. Otherwise, he was just baggage. "I'm sorry," he began, extricating himself from her grip gingerly, so as to avoid having his ear ripped clean off by her surprisingly iron grip. His words sounded initially like some sort of succinct apology for disobeying Raidou's will and entering into battle, but there was something about his defiant and torn look that told her such a thing wasn't simply the case. "But we don't have time to argue. Someone in here needs me...my team needs me...and if it's your job to keep me safe, then you're going to have to come with me because I'm going ahead," the Senior told her sternly, not intending to give ground on his ability to move forward. If she wanted him not to fight, then she would have to be willing to take on the enemies before him...and if that didn't satisfy her, they were destined to be at odds.
Having recovered well enough to move, he turned and looked at the thin lines in front of them, motioning for Kanji to unleash a Maziodyne spell on them and clear the way. Watching as the former delinquent broke open a hole for them to pass through he gave the signal to move on, staying close to the group as they moved in a bit deeper. Their luck was running low, however, and as they made their way a bit further they were ambushed by another group of enemies similar to the last. Seeing they were becoming surrounded again, he repeated the same command as the last one but fell back instead of rushing forward himself. Deciding not to completely provoke Alice's ire too fast, he pulled out a couple of Magatamas...one of them a gift which he had received from Daisuke, if he remembered...and saying a small thanks to the enigmatic young man who had given them to him, he tossed them forward and took out a couple of the enemies in front of them to thin the lines. 'Nice one,' he thought, picturing Daisuke Yamamoto's face in his mind's eye, 'thanks, Daisuke...'
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Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:54 pm
~Alice~
The Fiend was watching carefully, and suspiciously, but didn't seem to object to Soji using items. It seemed she only took offense if Soji was hurting himself with his powers, not if he chose to start hurling things towards the enemies without causing injury to himself. A fairly reasonable interpretation of her mission, all things considered. "I don't have a problem with you moving." the girl said, calmly keeping up with him. She simply backhanded a Shadow that got too close, barely seeming to notice it was there, and it vanished. Her nonchalant attitude suggested that she was used to dealing with spirits of a far higher order, and indeed she was. "...I wouldn't stay with any Raidou who didn't trust me, you know." A casual comment from the little girl... with exponential amounts of meaning behind it. She was, in effect, telling Soji that there was nothing wrong with relying on his companions to protect him when he needed it most... and that it was hard to be with somebody who didn't see things that way. She herself was present because Raidou trusted her to accomplish a certain task without the Summoner's supervision; a display of true trust if there ever was one. Soji, however, seemed to think that he couldn't ask anybody else to do anything else when it was actually important... and the little spirit girl didn't think that would end well for him. He didn't truly trust or rely on his companions... and it made him weaker.
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Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 10:01 pm
Soji Seta, Investigation Team Leader
"Then let's not work against each other; let's work together," the silver-haired leader suggested to the demon, not opposed to working in conjunction with anybody as long as it lead to the job getting done. In fact, there was quite a bit of presumptuousness and plain-stated inaccuracy in that statement and her assessment of him as a whole; Alice, for what she had learned of him, didn't seem to understand that the very power he wielded was a result of the trust that he had in his friends. If he didn't believe in his friends, there was no way that he could have achieved the things that he had, formed the bonds that he did, or obtained the power that he now needed. And that spoke nothing to the fact that he left rescuing one of their trusted friends in the hands of Yosuke and the other team, coming into this dungeon with the other group only to do his part and be there in case the worst came to pass. After all, even a Devil and a leader had to know when there were enemies that could not be overcome by a certain level of strength...and trying to do so without making changes was akin to beating your head against a brick wall in hopes that it would step out of the way. She hadn't been there the first time they were confronted by Hetero's group...she didn't know that, as they were, the entire Investigation Team wouldn't last five minutes against Raiden alone. They needed time, power, a new weapon to combat their enemies...they needed the power that only Soji had right now. And that's why he couldn't stay behind, no matter what. Resisting fighting while he was here, well...that was just a matter of protection. If Alice seemed to think she could protect him from the regular shadows, he had no reason to doubt her, but for the sake of his other friends, whose strengths all relied on one another, he wanted to do his part as well. After all, they definitely worked best as a team...otherwise, he wouldn't have let any of the rest of them come at all.
Still...all that being said, she had managed to strike a chord of truth somewhere in her unfavorable perception of him. He knew how important his friends were and how much he trusted them with; lately, though, he had felt inexplicably compelled to handle more and more on his own. Not because they couldn't handle it, necessarily, but because it was his duty to protect them. Or maybe not protect, but...well, he didn't really know exactly what it was that drove him. Maybe it was fear? He had been thinking a lot lately about how he had come to be loved by so many people, and he wondered often if he were to cease to be such an important part of their team...such a reliable leader....if they would still care. Or maybe it was guilt for all of his recent failures...which he hadn't known before, when their operations seemed to go off successfully one after another. Whatever it was, though, it was like a sickly little feeling in the pit of his stomach...or a quiet little voice whispering in the back of his head. Something ever-present, that he couldn't shake...the drive to do more, to be more like the person that they wanted him to be...the person they needed him to be. Caught in his own worries, he only barely noticed as Naoto and Kanji seemed to open up another hole for them to move through towards the end of the corridor. Taking the opening, he motioned for the team to follow him and made his way past the remaining shadows. He didn't watch them, leaving the stragglers which lunged at them to the capable hands of his demon companion. Focused instead on the path ahead of them, he noticed that the room where Yuuki was likely being held was actually only a short distance away from them.
Skidding a halt as they reached the entrance, he saw the key on the wall and wondered if it was all some sort of trap. 'This was too easy,' he thought, looking at the corridor and the shadows still creeping up towards them. Seeing a few coming a bit too close, he pulled out a few pinwheels and threw them at the monsters, wincing as he did [but knowing from the past spells that they were weak to wind and would fall by the item's hidden spell]. Yeah, something definitely wasn't right about all this...just one long hall which had lead them to the room, a few ambushes by shadows between the entrance and the destination...what in the Hell was going on, here? Soji tried to dismiss it as paranoia, but the more that he tried, the less likely the whole thing seemed. No, there was something going on here...he just couldn't put his finger on it. Whatever the case, Yuuki was beyond the door...and so he reached out and took the key, looking at the team with his usual, serious expression. "I don't like this," he told them simply, knowing that they probably felt the same way he did about the far-too-easy progression, "be ready for anything once we go inside. This was all definitely too easy..."
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Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 3:17 am
Once the Investigation Team would unlock the door and enter they will find Yuuki sitting on a bed and her shadow sitting right next to her. "Oh, look Yuuki~ People are here to supposebly save you," the shadow said with a smirk imphasizing on the word save. This made Yuuki look at the door and stand up from the bed, but the shadow pulled her back down. "I don't know what you are thinking, oh wait I do." Yuuki actually looked scared and she didn't know what was going on. Shadow Yuuki took enjoyment out of it and laughed. "I'm lonely and the only reason why they are here is just so they could have another member on their team. They don't really care about me, hell they don't even pay attention to me in school," she said as she put a hand on Yuuki's shoulder. Yuuki just slapped it away. "Shut up! That's not true!" Shadow Yuuki laughed again and smirked. "Oh really? Name one thing that they have done for you?" Yuuki was about to speak until she couldn't think of anything. Maybe this person was right? Was she really lonely? "Yeah, that's what right. You are nothing but loneliness this is who you are and you just have to accept it. Those people standing by that door don't actually care for you. They are probably going to just call you a friend because they are here to save you. Well, hate to tell you but they are just liers. You know how you truely feel, so why don't you just admit it. You really have no one to help you." Yuuki looked down towards the floor and she thought about it. Why were Soji and everybody else here? They didn't really know her so why save her? "You know you're right....You are me...No, you are the REAL me...."
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Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 7:55 am
~Alice~
A little girl appeared next to the Shadowy version of Yuuki and tugged on the Shadow's sleeve. It was not immediately apparent when Alice had gotten there. "You know, you're right." the girl said, her eyes innocently open. "I don't really know you at all, but you're more like me than everybody else here. Can you be my friend, at least? I'm kind of lonely here without anybody to talk to." she seemed to actually want such a thing, and was talking directly to the Shadow, not the real Yuuki. After all, when you thought about it, it was true enough that Alice was a spirit, not a little girl, and she could connect the easiest with other spirits.
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Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 1:55 pm
Soji Seta, Investigation Team Leader
Walking into the massive bedroom where Yuuki was waiting on them with her shadow, the Senior leader of the Investigation Team glanced around at their surroundings and took note of the ripped up bears, the bed, and the way that the shadow sat comfortably next to the person they had come to save. His instincts continued to scream at him that something wasn't right; regardless, he knew that there was no question as to whether or not he was going to keep moving forward. Sometimes the only way to deal with a trap was to walk straight into it and then fight your way out...though there was no guarantee this place was or wasn't one. Listening to the shadow talk, however, he was beginning to get a familiar vibe. At the outset, nothing seemed to be out of the ordinary...even the way that the shadow berated its originator and her sharp refusal were the same. "Yuuki, we're here to help," he called out simply, chancing a step forward. Somehow, though, the shadow seemed to be trying to undermine their ability to convince her to return; she was vulnerable to its words...he could almost sense it...otherwise, she would have remembered him a bit more fondly. Right? The shadow told her that they didn't care and that they didn't do anything for each other, but only a while ago, the two of them had spent their time together at his birthday party having fun. He had invited her there, and she had enjoyed herself...why didn't she seem to remember that? Taking another step forward, he listened as she began to fall under the shadow's spell...but before he could reach her, he heard as Yuuki said something different...something dangerous.
"Yuuki, don't!" Soji reached out to try and stop her, but by the time the words left his lips a dark energy began to envelop both the shadow and Yuuki. Power swirling and thrashing about her violently, even Alice would be forced back by the sheer intensity of it. Yuuki and her shadow were undergoing a change...something different, more sinister than the awakening of a simple shadow or the way that a victim obtained a persona. And as the aura died down the power still swirled about her feet...the shadow no longer visible beside its origin...and the eyes of Yuuki Haruko glowed an unearthly green...
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Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 2:37 pm
Teddie
Teddie stood next to Souji in a ready stance "Here we go!"
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Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 2:41 pm
Yuuki yelled a little as the aura appeared and she felt a change going inside of her. She just closed her eyes as she felt her thoughts changing and just everything in her was going under change. Yuuki opened her eyes again that glowed an unearthly green as the aura died down. Yuuki just smirked a little, the same way that her shadow would do. "Oh, Soji-kun, you and your team are so naive. I realized the only help I can get is from Hetero. The only way to gurantee that I will not be lonely without being hurt," she said as she took a step towards him. Yuuki snapped her fingers as shadows started to surround her and the Investigation team that was standing in front of her. "Do you think that you could really save a person like me, Soji? I have already fallen into darkness since Hetero took me away," she said to Soji. Then some of the shadows started attacking the team.
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