Shadow Event Log

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▼ A Feast of Shadows

 

Who: Anyone
Where: All over the city
When: December 16-20
Summary: The Shadow Event has begun! Follow the link for the event summary and post your threads here if you want. You're still free to make network posts of your own if you'd rather do that, though!
Warnings: Characters' darkest and most shameful secrets within, along with plenty of combat. Please mark any threads that will contain triggering content appropriately, since some characters have darker secrets than others.
Music: IT'S JUST AS BILLY JOEL WARNED

Comments

[terminally_clever]

I hardly see how that could be the case, considering you haven't started working on anything yet.

[empiricalpride]

Perhaps not... but it'll happen soon enough. As far as the others were concerned, it did. Nothing was ever good enough.

[terminally_clever]

Geniuses are seldom appreciated in their time.

[empiricalpride]

I thought I was one. But am I just deluding myself?

[terminally_clever]

Let your work speak for itself. You'll never get anything done just sitting there moping.

[empiricalpride]

Hm. Perhaps you're right. I do have things to do.

[He sighs, brushes his hair out of his eyes - revealing their colour - and stands up.]

[terminally_clever]

[Fumi raises a curious eyebrow at the unexpected coloration of his eyes, but decides to keep quiet for the time being.]

Good. That's much better. You can't fail if you don't try, but you'll also never succeed that way, which is far worse.

[empiricalpride]

It'd be nice to think that I could, for once...

[terminally_clever]

As I've said, get your results first. If they're flawed, revise your experiment. No one ever said science was easy.

[empiricalpride]

No. You're right. It isn't. If I am to be good enough...

[He smiles, very slightly.]

It's time to start work.

[terminally_clever]

Best of luck.

[So it's a Shadow. So what. Fumi can't stand people not living up to their potential. She sees nothing wrong with this conversation.]

[empiricalpride]

Thank you.

[Even can't stand it either. And therein lies his problem...

The Shadow starts to move away.]

[terminally_clever]

[Fumi sighs and begins moving along herself.]

[empiricalpride]

[Shortly, from an entirely different direction...

Even's wandering past, but as he sees her, he looks over and gives a nod in greeting.]

[terminally_clever]

[Well now.

That sure is a thing.]

...Don't ask, just answer. This is our first encounter of the day aside from work, correct?

[empiricalpride]

[Even just raises an eyebrow-]

Of course.

[terminally_clever]

Well then, you may be interested in pursuing your yellow-eyed impostor that just left here headed in the other direction about five minutes ago.

[empiricalpride]

[Yellow eyed impostor. Didn't he hear something about...?]

This way?

[And he starts moving.]

[terminally_clever]

Yes. I think he may be headed for the MAGI facility, based on our conversation.

[Which means she's coming with. Ain't nobody gonna mess with her stuff.]

[empiricalpride]

It's as logical a place to start looking as the next.

[terminally_clever]

We should hurry, then. There's no telling what he might compromise.

[empiricalpride]

Indeed.

[Even steps up the pace, his heart racing in an entirely unfamiliar way.]

[terminally_clever]

[And Fumi races right along beside him.]

[empiricalpride]

[Approaching the building, Even spots blond hair heading in through the door - it takes him a moment to register that he's seeing the back of his own head-]

Stop right there!

[terminally_clever]

[Fumi goes even further than that - summoning a rather ominous looking Persona from the Death Arcana card as it floats down in front of her. She is in no mood.]

Do what he says.