The 13th Hour - GENERAL LOG

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Who: EVERYONE who is in the Scorpio Event and not doing the boss battle.
Where: The Entire City
Summary: 13th hour. The Perfect Link's Mutation Skill is unlocked and now people have a chance against the swarming Scorpions. Unfortunately, for some, this just means the paranoia hit a new low....you can group and join each other's posts and try to hold the city down and protect everyone!
Warnings: NPCs, Attacking, Battles.

13th Hour.

The city was in chaos. As it hit, the population attempted to return home, but it was too late. The scorpions continued to swarm, the police force trying to help as many as they could. You might even spot the Anoli once in a while...although they were only helping those that had Persona. Regardless, they were, at least, doing something.

The corpses of millions of scorpions were littered in the city streets. But once the 13th hour hit...the remaining ones mutated. But that was not the worst of it...

Oh no...

The Scorpios of the city now had a Scorpion tail dragging behind them, capable of causing Poison and Paralyzing damage. On a normal human, this was already terrible enough...

On a Persona User....they needed to be taken down.

Quickly.

And yet even in this Hour, there is hope. Power surges in a select few, and with a new skill at their tips, the battle may be won yet. But remember your mission; you came to protect this city. That includes the people living here. With so much chaos, you'll also need to help them and reduce the number of deaths as much as possible...and try not too look too closely at a looming figure in the Scorpio Ward...

Comments

[gforceinmyfaaaace]

Pit's been fighting almost non-stop since he left his apartment earlier today. He had only stopped once, and that was to die.

He got better, though! But his fighting partner wasn't too pleased with him... Which is why he's fighting extra hard to make sure she doesn't get hurt and doesn't have to overexert herself because WOW does he feel guilty exploiting his angel powers only to freak someone out. The problem with fighting extra hard, though, is that he's been dashing and dodging a lot, without keeping an eye on his stamina.

Which means he's suddenly stopped to catch his breath.

Leaving him completely vulnerable to the stronger monsters.

[plunderbunny]

Elaine's original plan was not to leave the general vicinity of the Libra apartments until she cleared out all of these scorpions. Hours later, they were still coming, and she realized her clever plan was not working out as she intended. And now they were even more dangerous. It really is going to get worse before it gets better, she thought with a sigh.

It was just as well, she decided, since she didn't feel right straying too far from Guybrush considering the state he was in. At the very least, she could try to keep him and anyone else inside safe for the time being.

Thus, anyone who stops by will find one cutlass-wielding pirate lady outside the apartment building, stabbing at scorpions with extreme prejudice.

[dancingonapin]

Visiting the Velvet Room had been a good idea. With things going totally haywire in the city, monsters crawling on the streets, and certain people being apparently brainwashed into attacking civilians, it did well to have a Persona that was good on the offense along with Eve who held up on the support and defense.

Though he had to admit the coincidence behind the identity of this Persona felt like a bad joke.

"Principality, use Holy Arrow!" Thrusting out his free hand, the angel Persona appears behind him and rained down arrows of light onto one of the scorpions, not leaving much of a dent but causing it to stagger on its feet in what appeared to be a state of confusion. In his other hand, Aziraphale holds a great flaming sword, which he uses to strike down another scorpion coming up behind a civilian. The civilian thanks him and runs off to the safety of the indoors as Aziraphale turns on some of the other scorpions.

While he isn't being swarmed, he could use some help protecting other defenseless civilians caught on the streets.

[greatseal]

Minako is not one of the few whose power is increased as midnight hits, but she can't ignore the situation. It's chaos and panic the likes of which she hasn't seen since Nyx's arrival. After reluctantly leaving Shinjiro and Mitsuru to stay in the apartments, she came out here with some of the sane members of SEES, hoping to rendezvous with the rest.

But the streets, once reached, don't make that simple. There are scorpions and Scorpios everywhere and civilians who need help. Undoubtedly some splitting up will end up happening.

Minako moves as efficiently as she can, sometimes vaulting piles of monster corpses and slicing through stingers with her naginata, others mowing down encroaching hordes with fire from Orpheus, wind from Quetzalcoatl or ice from Lakshemi. It's tiring, but she can't afford to rest. Every time she does she spots another elderly man trapped in his car, or a young woman beset by mutated scorpions on a fire escape. Any help in these endeavors would be very much appreciated.

[maxwells_silver_scythe]

Duo had wanted to help, but with no persona there was only so much he could do. So where psychological magic failed, plain old technology made do.

Taking no chances, Duo shot one of the scorpios with a stungun from the high vantage point of a fire escape. He was a bit alarmed to see that the response, rather than agonized twitching followed by unconsciousness, was slight twitching followed by a death glare. Half a dozen of the monster scorpions followed his glare, then started marching on Duo, climbing the wall of the building.

"Well crap."

[blitzkriegzwei]

Just how long had Ludwig been fighting? He must have been at it for hours, at this point... he was starting to feel some serious wear and tear. It didn't help that the scorpion monsters were now stronger than they were before, thanks to the 13th hour's influence. If anything, Ludwig was in a bit of trouble now. Neither of his Personae had any healing abilities to speak of. For now, Ludwig figured his best tactics were defensive ones. He hid in an alley where it seemed few if any scorpions wanted to travel down, and waited for his energy to come back.

[fools_journey]

Like his sister, Minato is out here during this chaotic battle, doing what he can in conjunction with any other former members of SEES. He shifts fluidly between personas to call forth whatever is best suited to the task at hand - Pale Rider to sweep away scorpions, Yamato-no-Orochi to clear debris and clear paths to get civilians to safety, and Messiah to both knock out Scorpios he encounters (Mudoon and Hamaon prove most useful in this respect) and to heal anyone he comes across who needs it.

If you're injured and he sees you, don't be surprised if you feel a sudden wave of healing energy by way of the spell Diarahan. He can even be found bringing unconscious people (or at least, unconscious people lacking in scorpion tails!) back to groggy wakefulness with Recarm. After all, every little bit has got to help, right?


Unfortunately, however, as the night wears on, his energy really starts to flag, and he has to pause often to rest, ducking out of the way of scorpions to recover his energy enough to take on the next wave or heal another person injured in the fray....