She was going to die, wasn't she? Again, after all she'd been through? She survived from the day she'd returned to her duties, to the Collector attacks, only to be killed off by some no-name monstrosity? Damnit. Damnit. She couldn't afford to, not when she still had so much to do--
...In that moment, for her, time seemed to stand still, even as the voice that bellowed in her mind began to speak.
Thou art I, and I am thou--the time has come for you to realize your potential... The power lurking within seemed to only just start welling up, even as she stood there like a deer in headlights--waiting for her to call out to it. A familiar light forms under her, as if cued just for this moment. Grasp the strength hidden in your soul...and unleash it!
She couldn't help the vicious grin that spread across her expression for a sec, as she finally felt the courage to move. Was this it...?
...Oh, hell yes, it was.
"If you think I'm going to let myself get killed like this, you're sorely mistaken..." With one finger pointed straight at the hapless Cyclops that would have assailed her, she uttered a single word--no, shouted it...
"Persona!"
Something burst forth from her soul, alright--lashing out at the monster with a vicious Arm Chopper that knocked it down; when the dust settles, her other self was standing right there where it stood, ready for more. It...resembled some sort of mummy with how ragged and damaged it looked; its legs looked like they were set aflame for a long time, the tattered bandages that would have covered them replaced with little more than embers that endlessly fell. Its arms fared no better, even though they were more carefully wrapped than its lower half...yet, everything else about it seemed fine--from its torso, all the way up to the mask that covered its face.
Pretty? Far from it. Intimidating as all hell? Yes.
THAT IS FINE, JUST ENJOY THE SUDDEN BADASSERY
...In that moment, for her, time seemed to stand still, even as the voice that bellowed in her mind began to speak.
Thou art I, and I am thou--the time has come for you to realize your potential... The power lurking within seemed to only just start welling up, even as she stood there like a deer in headlights--waiting for her to call out to it. A familiar light forms under her, as if cued just for this moment. Grasp the strength hidden in your soul...and unleash it!
She couldn't help the vicious grin that spread across her expression for a sec, as she finally felt the courage to move. Was this it...?
...Oh, hell yes, it was.
"If you think I'm going to let myself get killed like this, you're sorely mistaken..." With one finger pointed straight at the hapless Cyclops that would have assailed her, she uttered a single word--no, shouted it...
"Persona!"
Something burst forth from her soul, alright--lashing out at the monster with a vicious Arm Chopper that knocked it down; when the dust settles, her other self was standing right there where it stood, ready for more. It...resembled some sort of mummy with how ragged and damaged it looked; its legs looked like they were set aflame for a long time, the tattered bandages that would have covered them replaced with little more than embers that endlessly fell. Its arms fared no better, even though they were more carefully wrapped than its lower half...yet, everything else about it seemed fine--from its torso, all the way up to the mask that covered its face.
Pretty? Far from it. Intimidating as all hell? Yes.