04 - A vacancy for a meatshield is open~

[drakenguard]

Who: Yamato and YOU
Where: Taurus Ward
Summary: Yamato feels like he is The Only Sane Man and he is so sick of scorpions. So sick of them.
Warnings: Er, fight scenes, maybe some cussing.

Somehow in the span of a few days the entire population of Hinoto-Ri had gone insane

It left Yamato feeling a bit wrong-footed really, because everything was devolving as quickly as it had back home. Although there was no void devouring the entirety of world, or aliens invading, there was still the raw panic of people mindlessly reacting to a dangerous situation. Some were screaming in hysterics, some were downright psychotic and violent - and now, on top of all that, strange scorpion like creatures had morphed out of nothingness, vicious and deadly with snapping claws and poisonous stings.

Also Yamato's demon, Arioch, was being difficult with him, enough so that he simply didn't bother summoning him any more. It was just him and Remiel now.

Perhaps it had been a mistake to go out when all of this chaos was unfolding, but Yamato was no the kind to cower or hide when shit went down. So he had strolled out into this insanity, determined to get to the bottom of it...

And somehow ended up getting in skirmishes, retreating and fighting, all the way to the Taurus Ward. Hiding back in his room was sounding more and more appealing with each passing second, especially as he and Remiel were both low on energy - both physical and spiritual. Remiel could only use their physical energy to replenish their spiritual for so long before it began to be more of a liability than anything of use.

So now, to put this tl;dr log to an end, have a somewhat exhausted Yamato and Remiel resting under a protruding eave of what could be a strip club for all he cared. The entrance was closed, and the interior quiet - it was still the middle of the day, after all, despite the nightmarish insanity going on.

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[drakenguard]

Yamato regarded the strange woman with a contemptuous stare. "Persona are still effective against them," he said coldly. "Why didn't you use it?"

[travelingtheworlds]

Sasha could feel the contempt in that stare. Ouch. Being caught messing up by someone who clearly did not tolerate mess-ups did not feel good. "My natural magic is quicker and easier for me to use... but apparently it's not effective on enemies in this world. Must be due to different Mana levels, or something." She paused to huff out a sigh. "I thought it was weird that my Persona had fire skills when my natural element was fire... I guess this is why. Maybe Persona magic is more in line with the energy here than my normal magic is?" Oh, as if she hadn't already goofed enough, she was starting to go on about world mechanics now too. Open mouth, intend to insert foot, kick self in face instead.

[drakenguard]

Yamato's cold stare didn't thaw any, and instead he actually let out a quiet harrumph. "At the first sign of ineffectiveness, you should have resorted to use of your Persona, instead of repeatedly using your useless magic."

He turned away from the woman then, flipping open his phone to check on Remiel's stats. The angel was severely flagging at this point. Yamato had enough every to cast prayer, maybe use Angel's Stigma to top up their spiritual energy a bit more...

[travelingtheworlds]

Oh, geez! It wasn't just Sasha derping up at play here. This man was scolding her, and Sasha didn't always take well to being scolded. "My magic is not useless! It's just not very useful right now, thank you very much! Besides, summoning a Persona takes precious seconds extra that those things could've used to swarm me. Wouldn't you try the faster tactic at first, too?"

Sasha, just admit that you screwed up and really should have taken those few extra seconds out to use your Persona, swarm or no swarm.

[drakenguard]

"Are you still barking, woman?" Yamato drawled, glancing over his shoulder at her. "I have no time to deal with your foolishness."

He certainly wasn't going to point out how summoning the Persona, precious seconds or no, was still the better choice than using ineffectual moves. Like, come on.

[travelingtheworlds]

Okay, that did it. "Foolishness?!" Her hands balled up into fists at her sides. "Okay, fine, I screwed up! I admit it! Are you happy now? I was actually going to use my Persona, but then you wiped out those things anyway! I was tired of running and I was going to stop and use my Persona, but I didn't get the chance to!" Yep, she was still barking. Except now she was barking mad. Beware the angry tiny woman!

[drakenguard]

Yamato gave an irritated sigh, looking back at his phone. He shouldn't have encouraged her by acknowledging her like that. He flipped the phone closed and lowered his hand, staring down the darkness of the street.

He didn't have time to be dealing with annoying women. He needed to find Kaito - and possibly Shijima if he hadn't gotten himself killed already.

"Are you done? If so, leave to wherever you need to be. I have something I need to do."

[travelingtheworlds]

If Sasha could think of more to holler at him, she wouldn't have been done. For better or worse, she couldn't, and so she just gave up, throwing her hands up as she did. "Fine. Bye. I have better things to do than get lectures from jerks, anyway." With that, she walked off, fuming all the while. Maybe she should have tested to see if her magic worked on him... it may not have been so effective on monsters, but hey, fire is fire.

[drakenguard]

Yamato doesn't pay the woman any mind, stalking off down the street. Sorry Sasha, he just wants to find Kaito.