[Game Opening, Part 4 : Mission 5 - Taking down Twin Trouble]

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Who: Naminé, Minato, Maya, Simon, Raidou, Sissel, Misery, Naoya Toudou, Kohta
Where: Middle of the E8 in Gemini; Power Plant
Summary: Gemini Mission
Warnings: Third Wise Men Appearance



When you arrive, the situation already looks dire; this is where the main explosion you heard in the city hall came from. There's a fire that needs to be put out and people rescued from the blaze on the left. To the right, the remaining part of the Power Plant is being attacked by a bunch of armed men.

The current police and firemen force assembled there is doing a commendable job, but it is clear they are overwhelmed. As your vehicles touch down, there is always a a barrage of fire sent your way. One of the army men comes close to your group contact you on the Government COMP Codec number and patches you in.

"There ain't much time! At this rate, the plant's gonna blow up in twenty minutes if the central area isn't cooled down. We need that fire put out, don't care how you do it, as long as it can't spread out even more!"

Another voice breaks in, although you can barely hear anything due to the static.

"....wise ma...tak.........hosta....went down alone........get him back..."

"Damn it, figures he'd go down by himself to stop this. I need a group on his ass ASAP. He'll be able to recover the power with you."

A few scientists are standing outside, being covered against the ask and they warn you that the explosion removed some of the gates keeping a horde of zombies being researched on from escaping. They might be everywhere.

Just be careful not to get infected.

Problem was, right now, you first had to be able to carve a path to yourself into the Power Plant.

[OOC: As with every log like this, you are free to start your own sub-thread and have your characters stop swarms of zombies on your own. Don't forget to write your character's Persona awakening as well!]

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"Miss!" The fireman looks at her without questioning her looks, his own Persona lumbering above him (it looks like a giant eight-legged Dalmatian) and points to the far right. "There's part of the main city's river that runs 'bout five minutes away from here. We're using that to combat the fire but the thing's going up way too fast..."

[misery_hates_company]

"Then clearly you're not fighting it fast enough! You should be thankful I'm here to help you, then!" she snarls. She looks around. "Oh, never mind. I'll locate something myself!"

She vanishes at that moment. Literally. One minute she's there, the next she's not. Where did she go?

[itswhoopasstime]

Maya steps forward with one of her pistols in hand, her expression one of firm resolve as she watches the flames continue to mount. She can feel that her Persona has changed, somehow, since coming to this place, but...

"My Persona had water magic before I was brought here. There's no reason it shouldn't now, right? It might not be enough, but it's a start -- especially if I pair it with Raidou's ice."

[aboyandhiscat]

Raidou tips his hat, nodding, as he whips out the pipe - a green web-like light flashes and soon a figure appears. Maya and Minato would recognize it as a Jack Frost, but it's wearing a uniform similar to Raidou's.

"We got a fire to put out."

[fools_journey]

That interests Minato.

"You've had a Persona before," he starts to ask, but then Raido's Jack Frost shows up, and that distracts him. "That's -- ... Jack Frost?"

[itswhoopasstime]

"I have -- oh!" Maya smiles a bit as Raidou summons Jack Frost, and she offers the demon a wave. "I know him! But enough of that -- you're right,m we've got a fire to put out!"

She fixes her gaze on the flames, though something about the sight itself makes her stomach twist into knots. The feeling alone was almost enough to make her recoil, but she couldn't afford to do that now. They had an important mission, after all. She took a cleansing breath, forcing herself to remain focused on the blaze as she clenched one hand into a fist and laid it over her heart, before thrusting it forward, fingers splayed.

I am thou. Thou art I.

"Persona!"

The creature that emerged above her appeared inorganic in a way, the figure itself both feminine and partially obscured by the full robes that flared out around her legs, eyes hidden from view.

"Maia! Go!" Maya instructed, causing a deluge of water to put out the patch of flame nearest to them.

[aboyandhiscat]

"I'm not just a Frost, I'm hees succe-"

"That's enough - it's time to act - Mabufula!" The Devil Summoner cuts him off, pointing at the flames.

"Oh Ho... You got it!" The fairy creatur spins in place as three large balls of ice appear over sections of flames, the ice instantly melting from the heat, adding to the deluge. "Don't make me get too close, Raidou, ho!"

[fools_journey]

Right, no - now isn't the time to get distracted by things like Jack Frosts in costume - nor by Maya's Persona. But even with the adrenaline of this situation and worry about his friends sent on other missions, he's still having difficulty staying entirely on track. His sleepy-grogginess hasn't entirely worn off, even with all the excitement and fire.

But he has a task. He hasn't quite found a way to reach his own persona yet, and given what he can sense through the blurry fuzz in his head, he's not sure it would help, anyway. The persona he thinks he hears never had any ice or water skills, and healing and hama wouldn't do anything helpful against fire, either. So he turns his attention from the flames to scan behind and around, looking for any enemies to pick off with his laser.

[misery_hates_company]

We really hope you brought your raincoats kids. Why raincoats? Because all of a sudden, there's a massive waterfall from above, dumping down directly on the flames.

If you can peer through the smoke, you can see the source: a certain blue-haired bwitch, chanting a spell which seems to be keeping an ENTIRE TRUCK CONTAINER LEVITATING IN THE AIR, dumping the last trickling bits of fluid.

It vanishes again for a bit, along with her.

[aboyandhiscat]

SPLASH! Raidou thanked Yatagarasu that Gouto was not here right now as he got soaked in the splash. The demon sputtered and shook.

He grits his teeth and looks at the cleared section. He'll have words with her late. "Let's go!"

[itswhoopasstime]

Maya sputtered briefly, wiping water from her eyes with the back of her hand after the downpour has subsided. Well, better soaking wet than on fire, at least! She looked to Raidou as he urged them forward, giving a decided nod in reply.

"Right! We have a lot of work ahead of us!" she agreed, starting towards the path they'd cleared. There would be more flames to douse up ahead, but fire be damned -- they seemed to be in good shape as far as dealing with it, even if it was one patch at a time.

[aboyandhiscat]

He calls out for Minato to continue, as he's careful to keep Raiho close to him so the poor creature won't melt. Pausing for the demon drop more ice. Having a Persona would be helpful, but he has to focus on what he can do Now.

"We should go find the device they use to keep this place cool first to buy some time."

oh hi I spaced out on this thread. ^^;

[fools_journey]

At the signal, Minato starts forward, taking point just in case anything jumps out at them in front. He can't do a thing about any fire, but if there are any zombies? They're toast.

"I don't think looking for an air conditioner is going to help... We need to get the power on line first."

[misery_hates_company]

The waterfall occurs again, this time a little further away and at a slightly different patch of fire. Say what you will about the woman, her magical energy must be something to be able to support objects several times her size like that.

It is tiring, though. Hopefully, they can finish up this nonsense soon and take down the idiots who attacked the place in the first place.

[aboyandhiscat]

"Oh... right, you know what to do." Raidou sighed, trying to keep focus. "Raiho, hold off - conserve your energy."

[itswhoopasstime]

Maya nodded, briefly glancing towards Misery as more water douses the flames. "It looks like we should be able to get the flames contained at this rate, but that doesn't mean they can't spread again... so, how do we go about getting the power back?" she asked, looking to Minato for some kind of direction. He looked fairly leaderly. Not that she hadn't had experience in that area, herself, but she didn't know much at all about power plants.

[fools_journey]

"They said there was someone who ran ahead to get the power back on. We should try to catch up and help, even if it's just protection and putting our fires in the plant." He pauses to survey the group as a whole. "Do we have anyone who has a persona that scan ahead?"

A time like this Fuuka would be really helpful... But not everyone here (himself included) has awoken or reawoken their personas, so he won't be surprised if no one can scan. They'll make due if not...

[itswhoopasstime]

Maya anxiously glanced towards the plant before shaking her head. "I don't, but I can keep putting out fires along the way. Even if we have to run in blind, we shouldn't wait very long."

Persona awakening in 3... 2...

[misery_hates_company]

Another waterfall, another appearance by the blue-haired witch. This time, she sets the container down, wiping her forehead a bit. Bother it all. How much more was this going to take?

She lands for a bit to rest. "Urgh. This is already proving to be quite an atrocious..."

Something cracks, right above her. She looks up to see a beam falling right on top of her.

"...night..."

Re: Persona awakening in 3... 2...

[aboyandhiscat]

"Look out!" Raidou calls out as he heard the ominous crack, reaching for another summoning pipe. He has to help-

I am thou...

[misery_hates_company]

Later, she would recall it as if time itself had slowed down. A peculiar thing, really; she could have teleported out at any moment, and she had certainly been in more near-death situations working for the wretched possessors of the Demon Crown -- and, in some cases, ACTUAL death -- than this one. But somehow, she found herself unable to move as the beam descended...

...and a strangely familiar voice echoed. I am thou...

The beam falls closer.

...Thou art I...

"...I... will... not... be stopped HERE!"

Her hand flings out, and a larger presence intercepts the beam. A strange-looking man, by all accounts, with orange skin, and what seems to be a congenial smile on his face, his eyes closed. Then his eyes open, and the glint of madness is readily apparent.

The beam is flung far away, seemingly disregarding any bystanders. Whether this is Misery's desire herself or not is hard to say; she seems to be rather in a state of shock, actually.

She whispers something, almost inaudibly. "...Uncle?"

[fools_journey]

On instinct, as he hears that crack, Minato's hand goes to his side where his Evoker should have been. Except that of course it isn't there. But thankfully it proves unnecessary anyway as Misery calls forth her Persona. And afterwards, she seems to be pretty shocked. That's not too surprising, all things considered, but now's not the time to dwell on her persona - there's fire and reportedly zombies and who knows what else...

"That's your Persona. It will protect you when you call it. ... we have to keep moving. Are you going to be okay?"

[misery_hates_company]

"My... Persona..."

For a moment, she's tempted to try to shut it down, to push it back into the deepest part of her psyche before he destroys everything. And yet in spite of the glint in his eyes, he doesn't seem inclined to do anything she doesn't tell it to.

She ponders this, and then snorts, a slightly bitter chuckle. "How ironic," she mutters. The man whose power she attempted to control, who ended up leaving her in chains for years. And now she controlled him, in a way. Life truly has a twisted sense of humor.

"Don't worry about me. I'll be quite fine, thank you." She looks up at "Uncle," then back at everybody. "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's finish things up already, hmm?"

[itswhoopasstime]

Maya nodded at the suggestion, offering Misery a small but genuine smile of understanding. It wasn't that long ago that she had first summoned her own Persona -- well before the stress of the fire had urged her to call on it here, but by all accounts, not long at all. She remembered the shock she had felt afterwards. No doubt Misery was feeling some kind of disconnect, too. Learning to summon your Persona could be a little jarring.

"Right. Let's get moving."

She glanced over her shoulder, frowning as a number of undead husks shambled along the ground that had been cleared of flames.

"Looks like we have company!"

[aboyandhiscat]

Raidou slides a pistol from his holster - spinning the chamber as he turns to takes aim and fires at the husks. There are people here, there's the Wise Man they have to extract.

He needs to focus... focus.

"Raiho - Freeze them!" He commands sharply. "You can go on ahead, I'll catch up soon enough."