[OPEN] I detest weaknesses

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Who: Miyako Hotsuin (capitalbackup) and you!
When: Backdated to March 14th, 13th Hour.
Where: Sagittarius district.
Summary: After being caught off guard by a monster, Miyako awakened her Persona.
Warnings: Fighting monsters and usual Hotsuin issues.

Miyako Hotsuin disliked weakness. By extension of that, she also dislike—no, hate being weak.

But for all of her skills with the sword, as well as her control over her spiritual and magical powers, she’s becoming more and more aware of her weaknesses. She knew and acknowledged her poor social skills and tact. Miyako was also aware that she’s not a very likeable person to some people. She acknowledged and accepted those.

What she did acknowledge and believe in was her own strength. When it comes to the skill with a sword, Miyako’s vastly superior to Yamato. It’s both a fact and something she secretly take pride in. It’s one of the reasons why, without the shackles of pretending to be her brother, she can easily stay at the top in a meritocracy. Losing to anyone shouldn’t be an option to her.

But she lost not only once, but twice.

Miyako had mostly calmed down since her loss against Hibiki Kuze’s group. When she can calmly (in other word, not being angry again at Yamato and Alcor) analyse that battle, she could see how they won. She could see, but it didn’t meant she have to like it. It’s only what happened afterwards that soured her feelings about her defeat.

But she had calm down and forced herself to ignore it. It’s not normal or healthy, but she don’t want to dwell on it too much.

All was well, even after Yamato’s return from a tower and she left him alone. He didn’t want to talk about it, she will leave it be.

It’s when she lost the duel against Mordred Pendragon that something in her snapped. Fortunately, she didn’t lash out to Mordred immediately after she lost. But it didn’t change the fact that in a duel with swords, without the help of any magic or her demons, fighting with just their skills, she lost.

She lost.

With the skills she took pride in, the same skills that made her stand on her own from Yamato’s shadow, she...lost. It’s more than enough for her to continue her nightly training, but her approach was more agitated and almost reckless. Several times, she forced herself to calm down and remember the discipline in the way of the sword.

Tonight, she’s going out again to train. So she can be strong enough to defeat Mordred Pendragon and avenge her loss. So she can be worthy again to uphold her ideal. So she can stop feeling so utterly pathetic about herself...!

[SAGITTARIUS DISTRICT]
Tonight was just another night of training. Go to Sagittarius, defeat whatever monsters in her way and return back to her apartment in Pisces. If she’s forced to, she would summon her demons as support. But Miyako would try to fight as long as she can without her demons, as a personal test towards herself.

The night went well. After a single trip, she was heading back when she noticed her movement’s growing slower. What the--?

That’s when a large skeletonal monster came out of the shadows and struck her with its bony limbs. Because of the Slow spell it cast on her earlier, Miyako’s reaction was slower than normal and was unable to dodge.

“Ghk--!”

The blow knocked her back a fair distance and her body fell to the ground from the hit. Unfortunately, her katana was also knocked out of her hand. When Miyako no longer feel the familiar weight and the handle’s shape in her hand, she started...panicking and forced herself up, reaching for her phone quickly. As she did, the monster moved very quickly after her. No, she can’t summon in time at this rate--! A lapse in judgement, not being good enough, not being strong enough and now she’s going to die…?!

No!

“Get away!” A single word came to her mind, whispered by a voice she didn’t recognise. But instinctively knew was her ally. “Chamunda!”

Her Persona materialised in front of her, and then Miyako just knew what it—she can use. A Persona that primarily provide support, but it’s not entirely defenceless. The goddess raised her arms and took the brunt of the Abaddon’s tackle, protecting Miyako and giving her a moment to move away. At this close distance, there’s no way the Abaddon can avoid her Magna spell, which was enough to distract it.

With the fighting and noises going on, it’s bound to catch someone’s attention and lead them to see a girl forcing herself to stand and a woman—her Persona—summoned out. Oh, and a large skeletonal monster staring down at them.

Lend a hand?

Comments

[destinedwaters]

Ever since she stopped working with the police, she'd adjusted her gone around during the 13th Hour. It was a way to keep her skills sharp outside of training the younger Keyblade bearers in hers and Terra's care. It wasn't something she was accustomed to yet, the red sky... but the conditions always seemed to match somewhere she fought in before. So to hear a fight already in progress below, she couldn't help but fly a little closer to the ground on her glider (it was safe to assume that the fangirls weren't out at this time of night).

As she flew closer, she could pick out the monster and its would-be prey. Without much thought, she shifted her Keyblade from Glider form to its normal weapon mode and twirled, green mist falling with healing petals of a Curaga spell. It should take most of the edge off whatever injuries Miyako sustained.

"Are you alright?" Because she was more concerned for the fellow warrior than the monster, while her Keyblade shifted yet again to Glider form and she took aim. It was always a fifty-fifty shot, using this skill... but might as well try an arrow of light?

[demifemme]

Since Shura had been feeling better, she had started walking through the city at night again, during the 13th hour. She would chat up friendly demons, run with the Frosts, and beat up hostile demons.

Demon like the one Miyako was facing right now.

At first she thought it was Yamato, so she ran over to help. Once up close, she realized her mistake, but it didn't stop her from jumping right into the battle, between Yamato's sister and the monster. "Are you okay?" she asked as she stared right back at the monster, fearlessly.

[honordyne]

Lucky for her, this particular monster is weak to fire, and there's someone nearby who's good with it.

A large blast of fire hits several of the monsters, weakening them considerably.

"Need a hand?"

and then i tl;dr'd

[drakenguard]

Yamato could admit that he had been rather self-centred this past fortnight. Focusing mostly on his own issues, dismissing his sister and wallowing in his own reckless emotions - honestly, it was unsurprising that he had been blind to Miyako's own turmoil. He barely understood what he had been feeling, and the faint unsettled emotions coming from his twin merely got confused in the mix up.

However, Yamato was finally beginning to place his own emotions in order, to regain some semblance of control and sanity - only for him to realise that not all was well with Miyako. He had left her alone for the past few days, though. Although twins, they were still somehow quite distant from one another. Each other's problems were left to the other to deal with, unless it began to affect their judgement or competence. Yamato merely left it alone.

Yet during the 13th Hour, when Yamato was decided to stretch his legs and get back into the swing of fighting with Cerberus by his side... it was like a thunderbolt. Anxiety, fear, panic - he had never felt such keen emotions from his sister before, and before he had even fully processed it, he was already following the tug to where his sister was, only to arrive just as a skeletal monster squared off at Miyako - who appeared to be injured and struggling to stand.

Cerberus moved without instruction. The great beast - far bigger than any average Cerberus - swallowed up the distance between them and the creature within seconds, lunging and crashing into it with a bellowing roar. As the two monsters collapsed into a great tangle of limbs, followed by bursts of fire spewing from Cerberus's maw, Yamato quickly made his way to his sister's side.

"Miyako, are you injured?"