[Game Opening, Part 3 - A Call To Action]

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Who: (Everyone OPEN LOG)
Where: (City Hall)
Summary: (After your Arrival and being Explained the Situation...things start to get a little...tense)
Warnings: (Action)
Style: (The text is in prose, but feel free to write back in action tags if you feel more comfortable.)

After questions were answered, a man finally appears into the room, after having talked with his daughter.

"I apologize for making you all wait."

After introducing himself, Takeharu begins to explain in more detail what they've learned from this world. He goes on about the life in the city, the hurdles they had to overcome...and the strange phenomenon of the 13th hour.

"...and once midnight hits, a 13th hour commences. We had a name for a similar phenomenon in my world; the Dark Hour. However, this one doesn't seem to be caused by rampaging Shadows. We are still investigating as to why it exists...and in due time you might aid us in this task. You will all be able to observe it for yourselves quickly enough, although I would strongly suggest doing so in your own apartments. Not only are you all new visitors, previous Persona users or otherwise, but the moon is full tonight, which means the demonic population will be at a dangerous, aggressive level."

"Now before we continue, we should talk about the--"

Aries Sector : SECURED.

Taurus Sector: WARNING! SECTOR F1 CURRENTLY COMPROMISED!

Gemini Sector: WARNING! SECTOR E8 & E9 CURRENTLY COMPROMISED!

Cancer Sector: SECURED.

Leo Sector: SECURED.

Virgo Sector: WARNING! SECTOR A7 CURRENTLY COMPROMISED!

Libra Sector: WARNING! SECTOR G5 CURRENTLY COMPROMISED!

Scorpio Sector: SECURED.

Sagittarius Sector: WARNING! SECTOR C4 & B4 CURRENTLY COMPROMISED!

Capricorn Sector: WARNING! SECTOR A3 CURRENTLY COMPROMISED!

Aquarius Sector: SECURED.

Pisces Sector: SECURED.

"I repeat..."

"Damn! Six out of Twelve," A gruff-looking man stepped into the room. Judging from his outfit, he was important.

"I only know one group who's able to pull this off...the Anoli."

Takeharu looks at Kiyoshi and both men nod silently.

"We were going to talk about this later, but we don't have much time to explain who they are..."

More men appear; members of the city's Special Assault Team. About half of the men have a small flame insignia on their uniform's elbow; this signifies they are Persona users.

While Takeharu explains to the new arrivals, Kiyoshi is busy on some screens, and is talking to others by holographic projection.

"Give me a status report!"

"Sir! I've got two men down here. The doors are holding but we'll need backup as soon as you can give it to me!"

"I've got a group in route, and soon a Persona team as well."

"Reiko and myself are holding, but I believe they've been sending the blunt of their force here and in the Gemini area. No doubt to steal the prototypes we've been working on..."

"We should be able to fight them back for now, but I can't tell how many they are."

"I've got team Beta heading over. I'll send a team of Users as well."

"Sir! Massive attack in the Virgo Sector! They've broken some of the fences holding back the demonic population. There's risk of civilian casualties at this rate..."

"DAMMIT! Send a team of Wands there to patch that up as soon as they are available. I'll send a team with them to protect while they do their work."


"Sir! The Gemini Power Plant is under attack! I think they're attempting a blackout so they can get into the Laboratory."

"This is a nightmare. And where is--"

"--he went off to fight them."

"DAMMIT! We can't let him get harmed. I'm sending a team after him."

"Libra's Coin Office Tower is under attack, Sir! They're trying to get to the upper levels where we have the monetary databanks."

"A heist as well...damn they really went all out for this one...trying to cripple us from all angles."

When he's finally done, he turns over to the entire crowd. His voice is as booming as his body language. Despite the crisis he is calm and collected, easy to see why he is the Commissioner General.

"Alright listen up, since I can't repeat myself twice! We have a major crisis our hands. Anoli have broken into six sectors and my men can't fight all of them at once. None of you know me and I only know your names. Most of you haven't used a Persona yet, but I bet you've all got a few tricks up your sleeves. Magic, Weapons, Technology, whatever it is, bring it with you and we'll form you into teams. We were going to do this much more quietly later, but it looks like the Anoli have a different idea."

"Priority number one is to protect all civilians and to keep deaths as low as possible, even against the Anoli. Disarm, disable, diswhatever, as long as it's not kill and destroy. I'd rather let them in jail and face justice than to spill even more blood from this conflict." He turns around and starts to leave,

"If any of you lack weapons, talk to Q. I'm sure he'll be happy to provide you with some."

Policemen swarm around him and they start to go off in work and prepare, leaving you a bit of time before you are all called out in groups.

[OOC - Groups will be rolled later tonight, and then each mission will get it's own log. Those who wish to join in the first mission must do so in the sign-up post [LINKED HERE], but signing up doesn't mean you'll get picked - only that you are okay with joining this mission.]

Comments

[endears]

The tone's a little unexpected, but it helps to keep him from reacting too badly to the whole idea.

"... That sounds like an RPG I've heard of." What was it? Nokémon?

[otakuro]

Pokymon, he thinks it is. "I guess it's not the most original idea out there. ...And it's a little less fun when it's happening to you."

[endears]

"I... can imagine." Except he makes it really obvious that he can't and that this whole thing is way out of his depth. "So, you can tame those demons?"

[otakuro]

"Sort of. We don't ever pick up... wild demons, but you can... purchase them. Or fuse new ones."

This sounds so much less sane when he talks about it out loud.

[endears]

More like not sane at all; he blinks in confusion.

"They were... on the market?" He's not even sure what to say about the idea of 'fusing'.

[otakuro]

"Auctioned. ...I guess they were sort of uploaded straight into our COMPS is how it worked."

[endears]

"Your COMP? Like the ones we have here, you mean?" These computers can do stuff like that?

[otakuro]

"No. The COMP from home. I... don't know why they're called the same thing. It's kinda jarring." Atsuro shakes his head and pulls out the device he had shown Aoba earlier.

[endears]

"So... that's what those symbols before were earlier?" In other words, that was his first look at what demons actually were?

[otakuro]

"The pictures? Yeah. ...I put Badb Catha and Laksmi on my team earlier." Atsuro pauses briefly. "Right, I should mention that these demons; they all seem to be from stories. Mythology. Japanese, Greek, everything."

[endears]

"... Should they really be called 'demons' if that's the case? Is the God you mentioned before a demon too."

[otakuro]

"Aha... We've got a whole family of demons called 'Divines' and we still call 'em demons. I think it's just 'anything supernatural'. ...Not that the angels are on our side, either."

He shakes his head. "I don't think... God counts as a demon. ...Doesn't really feel right."

[endears]

"It sounds... really odd to me. It must have been pretty weird for you to deal with."

[otakuro]

"Y-Yeah, weird. One way of putting it. It was completely unbelievable at first, even just the idea that these things were real."

[endears]

"And Tokyo was locked down at that time, huh... So you were trapped with those things as well. ... I'm really impressed you were able to keep going in those circumstances, Kihara-kun."

[otakuro]

"N-No, it wasn't anything, but a fight to survive. Everyone else had to do the same... We just had different... degrees of success."

[endears]

When he says 'different degrees'... "... I see." The reality of just what Atsuro's describing suddenly sinks in. Did. Did Kihara-kun really go through something like that?

[otakuro]

Atsuro keeps quiet for a few moments.

"But hey, look on the bright side! How many people can say they had the chance to talk to God?"

Not that he had, but Remiel was close enough.

[endears]

"Huh?" The sudden statement seems to surprise him a little, if only because of how amazing it sounds.

"You spoke with him? I mean, after he... tried ending everything?"

[otakuro]

"Well. Not exactly. I spoke with his mouthpiece! ...His mouthpiece's mouthpiece."

[endears]

"I'm... not even going to ask you to explain these things anymore, Kihara-kun. I don't think understanding these things is possible for me."

[otakuro]

"I-It was an angel that was... possessing a human. Who was also possessed by a demon at the same time. ...I don't get it, either."

[endears]

"... Yeah, I think I'm having trouble seeing the difference between 'angels' and 'demons' at this point. Was the person okay?"

[otakuro]

"...I'm not sure. But if anyone could go through something like that and come out OK on the other side, it's her." Atsuro shakes his head slightly. No point in getting into Amane's rather tragic life story right now.

[endears]

"... I'm glad to hear it." It's hard to figure out what to say in these circumstances, really. He ponders for a moment before speaking again. "So, what did God...'s voice say to you?"