Conquestum Paradisi

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Conquestum Paradisi

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What: Closing Arena Ceremonies, Part 2
Where: Aries Arena & Televised
Summary: 1/24/10AC
Warnings: This could get serious...but who knows.

Finally it was time for the mayor, Kazuki Sakahagi, to speak up. Not even an thirty minutes left to the celebrations, but seeing him go appeared to be lighting up a spark in the citizens. It wasn't too hard to see why; his enthusiastic grin and way of walking could easily melt anyone's worry away.

He walked to the center stage as cheering broke out, two men in black and Junko Tanako behind him.

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[pistolsakimbo]

Rune stopped dead when she heard the rather loud thud, one gun raised by her face, the other poised to fire at Mochizuki again. She... honestly, she never imagined any of them getting this badly hurt; they were the heroes here, after all. They'd beat the bad guys and go home and celebrate kicking ass over a nice warm meal, and...

...but Ferrus was on the ground. Ferrus wasn't moving.

"FERRUS!!!"

It took Rune a moment to realize she had screamed, and by the time she did she was already shaking, arms lowering to her sides. No, no... this wasn't real... this couldn't be real.

After a moment, she turned a fierce gaze to Mochizuki as she brought her guns up again, shaking slightly as she managed to keep them trained straight on her.

"You... you bitch," she snarled, pretty damn shocking considering she rarely swore. "We were invited here, and the people of this city welcomed us. We agreed to help this city... but you people bring chaos and death to something that was supposed to be fun, and you say you have a moral right?! There's nothing moral about you!"

Rune shook, slowly pulling her guns away from their view of Mochizuki as she crossed her arms over her chest. She was trembling from rage, fighting to keep herself from exploding. She didn't want this... she didn't wan to let this horrible thing out. The fact that her soul was burning blue around her was a pretty good indication that she's past her limit of tolerance.

"You like death so much?" she hissed. "I'll show you what death looks like on a world struggling for breath!"

Her soul exploded around her as Undine faded -- oh, I'm sorry, did you think the pretty water maiden was her Soul Persona? Nope; instead, the hulking monstrosity that seems to be a massively huge floating manatee with teeth is her Soul Persona.

[hinoto_ri]

Mochizuki feels a swell of pride when her efforts pay off. She doesn't even care if the gas mask is still alive. Getting him off of her back allows her a chance. The Anoli even ignores what the other girl is screaming. It's all too pathetic. She is the least of Mochizuki's problems. Escape is the only worry she has right now.

But then... when she turns to face the girl. And catches sight of the new Persona. Her loud panting grinds to a halt.

"No, no, no" she starts, holding her hands to her head. "No no no, what is this?"

Mochizuki starts laughing. This wasn't Undine. This is - this is something she has never seen before. Her only reaction is to laugh.

"You - You damn fool! Don't you dare! You were just going on about death -"

Her laughter comes back around, loud and crazed, but there is fear in her voice too. Her mutation drained her energy. Even if she wanted to bring Azrael back out, she couldn't. Run? Impossible. Absolutely impossible. No exits.

"Did they ask you to come here? No, they didn't! They just take you! I know all about your kind!! I know how this city works! You're vision is blinded by this - this Stockhold Syndrome. They're using you! You are a guard dog!"

She takes a step back. Mochizuki is repeating herself. None of this is working.

She reaches for her mask and rips it off. throwing it on the ground. Her face is the epiphany of fear.

"Do you think I enjoy this? The killing? I don't, but there's nothing I can do! It's absolutely necessary! It's our only option! It's - "

Another step back. She balls her hands into fists.

"You'll see what I mean. One day you'll understand, and you will regret ever going against me and saving that damn reporter! You'll wish you had listened to me! This city will abandon you, just you wait."

She knows this is over. Begging for her life would be pointless. But she's trying to think of something, trying to give herself more time as she continues to walk backwards.

[pistolsakimbo]

"SHUT UP!"

Rune couldn't stand this; she couldn't think. This is too much... this is way too much. Her friend was dead... she never lost anyone that she cared about like that, never even had to deal with the thought of someone dying on her, and this... this stupid witch was spouting on about how they were being used and... just none of that made sense! All that made sense was Ferrus was dead.

"I know what it's like to be used," she continued, her voice low, cold. It was weird hearing her own voice so serious, without any of her usual enthusiasm. "Being in this city... in this beautiful place? That's not what being used feels like!"

With a wave of her hand, an interface popped up before her -- part of her Persona, no doubt, seeing as the skills listed were all spells for a support Persona. A few attack abilities stuck out however, especially...



...oh.

"I'm done playing with you now!"

Her finger stabbed down on the command, and the Creoth Beast behind her moved, drifting past Rune. Once it cleared her, some strange, sort of purplish-black haze appeared beneath it, bolstering it up into the air and leaving its shadow molding the occasional discarded food item beneath it.

And it was heading straight for Mochizuki.