[mostly open] friday's partings

[jumyouboshi]

Who: The entire Devil Survivor 2 cast, as well as Alcor (AU) and you!
Where: Around Sagittarius Ward.
When: April 26th, at various times (but namely the 13th Hour).
Summary: It all started with a kidnapping and a few crazy cast members before it got completely out of hand, involving even those who never wanted to be.
Warnings: Violence, injuries, and possible property damage.

When the 13th Hour struck, sheer chaos unfolded. Frankly, everything was in chaos already, but that just added to it even moreso. And in the midst of this whirlwind of confusion and frenzy were a couple of individualswho were unfortunate enough to bump into each other during this time, while under the influence of the Taurus event.

It started out simple. Well, as simple as one could get in this situation. Io was just going to kidnap Kaito (being possessive of anything that held value, nothing big), and the Hotsuin twins had a scuffle, but the twins of them happened to come across the aforementioned kidnapping, which certainly didn't go well with either of them. And when Io Nitta came under the threat of harm, a certain overprotective watchdog Septentrione with his (somewhat) protective characteristics kicked into overdrive didn't take that too well either. Not that he had a choice. A tool has no free will, after all.

So, due to the effects of the Zodiac event, not only is Alcor compelled to cause havoc to add to the general mayhem of the city (with his 3 demons milling out and about as well), the complete opposite of how extremely passive and obedient he was before, he's also very strongly compelled to protect Io Nitta, who was under attack by the twins, at all costs...which is driving him to try to destroy anything that could be labelled as a threat to her as well. (Just in case the bull horns on his head didn't already give it away that he was one of them.)

Even other Visitors.

So when that building near you is hit by a Mazandyne, don't take it too personally. If there's a spell flung in your direction, don't take that too personally either. And if you come across those two light-haired twins who are fighting the culprit of this particular mess and look like they're fighting a losing battle instead, will you help them or not? No matter what, tread carefully; a sword of the absolute is not to be taken lightly.

[ooc: While some of the threads in this log will be closed between certain people, as a sort of catch-all post, you're certainly free to just tag in/start new threads in this post and have your character(s) run into Alcor and try to stop the rampaging Septentrione! Here is a list of his abilities (scroll down to Canon Powers), and don't worry about defeating him! That'll be dealt with, in the end. Also, please let me know how severely he can injure your character, if given the opportunity.]

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[closed] io & kaito

[jumyouboshi]

late as hell

[awww_yeeeeeaaaah]

The good news was that Kaito wasn't flipping out as much as he has been these past few days. How embarrassing...and he was cowering in JP's headquarters in front of Fumi too! Although, she was probably freaking out just as bad...

The bad news was that...he was still in the middle of getting kidnapped by Io (of all people), complete with being slung over her shoulder and being held in an iron, almost monstrous grip. So, he was still flipping out pretty badly, for obvious reasons.

"SOMEBODY HELP MEEEEEEE!!!" Oh Kaito. No one can help you now.

[operationbox]

Io's rationality had completely left her, and to be honest it probably had several days ago. Only one thing mattered to her now, and that was the safety of her precious, precious boyfriend.

The others wouldn't understand, would they? They'd just try to slaughter him instead.

"But I am helping!!!" she almost screamed, her voice muffled through the mask she now wore.

[awww_yeeeeeaaaah]

"This isn't helping!!" How was this helping!? He was almost being crushed, dammit.

"Let go of..." Kaito attempted in to pry her hands off, only to have it be in vain. This was worse than with Lugh...

"How did you even get out!?"

[operationbox]

High Strength comes in real handy sometimes. She's not going to crush him, of course, but there's not going to be a way for him to get out.

"That doesn't matter! I don't need anything but you~", she said, conveniently dodging all of his unreasonable requests.

[closed] yamato & miyako

[jumyouboshi]

[drakenguard]

Work waited for no man, and this was especially true for Yamato. Or rather, the recent events made him work even more, if only to try and understand what exactly it was about these 'Zodiac Events' that made people go batshit insane, and monsters rampage through the streets. Kanno's behaviour as well was deeply worrying, and putting a stop to her rambling delusions of child sacrifices was probably necessary for the security of this city. He didn't want to lose a valued subordinate due to impulsive infanticide anyway.

He left work just before the 13th Hour, however, mostly due to the fact that in Zodiac Events, that time was a lot more dangerous than usual - and who knew when the 'Final Boss' would arrive? He had been planning on going to JP's HQ in the next district over, partly because he wanted to browse his library, and partly because he wanted to make sure Kanno hadn't gone out to kidnap children in his absence... so that was where he headed towards, the Leo district.

Before he could reach that district, however, the 13th Hour descended. Yamato almost sighed. Of course. His luck was always abysmal... he did stop to take stock though, to see if there were any emotional of mental differences in himself, but, aside from the distant noises of skirmishes from demons, crazed Taurus infected, and the bull monsters, he felt perfectly fine.

Although he had an odd feeling... he couldn't put his finger on it. A hunch, maybe. Instincts. Something was off - what happened in the last Zodiac Event, during a moment like this anyway? Shijima had flipped out over the network, and Kaito-

Hm. Yes, Kanno was probably too frightened to go outside to kidnap children, so she should be fine. Maybe he should try to track down Kaito instead, just to make sure he was perfectly fine. He got chased last time, after all. Yes, that sounded like a plan...

[capitalbackup]

Throughout most of the week, Miyako was relatively unaffected by the changes she observed on other people. Some were mildly amusing, while others, such as Kanno's, were worrying. But otherwise, she was unaffected and unharmed.

Until the 13th Hour descended tonight on the 26th, and she found himself drawing out her blade upon others. A number of demons fell before her blade, backed up by her demons when she found that she cannot use her ice magic or her almighty-charged technique. No matter, that meant she have to rely on her swordsmanship in battle more.

After a rough encounter, she was forced to escape with her best option at hand.

Yamato may start hearing the sound of a chariot going down along the road...

It's Miyako, riding on Mara's chariot.

[drakenguard]

Upon hearing the noise of a chariot, Yamato automatically summoned his own demons - the streets were dangerous now, it was better to be prepared in case of an ambush. Cerberus and Remial burst into life, energy crackling from their arrival, and Yamato held up his phone, eyes narrowed-

Before he saw Miyako sitting atop of Mara, the demon trundling down the cracked road. Yamato lowered his hand in confusion, and his demons relaxed as well. What on earth...?

"Are you fleeing from someone?"

[capitalbackup]

Fortunately, she immediately notice Yamato and ordered Mara to stop. The chariot slowed down to a stop, merely a few metres away from Yamato and his demons. Miyako slide off her large demon, looking a bit roughened up but otherwise, she's fine. Her hand was resting on her katana's hilt.

"...Yes, a rather strong opponent."

Which severely bugged her, as her instincts all but told her she would lose. However, her annoyance was briefly pushed aside as she stared at Yamato. "However, that's not what's important right now..."

There's an odd but dangerous tone to her voice, before Miyako's katana unsheathed and she pointed it at him.

"Yamato, ready yourself."

[drakenguard]

Yamato's demons tensed up again, and he lifted up his phone automatically at the blade pointed towards him. Although Miyako was prone to springing surprise spars on him, this was hardly the time or place - and she normally gave more warning than this! At the very least, they didn't fight in the middle of the street, with dangerous, crazed humans and beasts everywhere.

"Miyako? What's the meaning of this?!" he snapped, an uneasy feeling settling in his stomach. Cerberus pressed closer to his side, the demon letting out a low, confused growl. Honestly, Miyako was not acting like herself... randomly attacking him. Why? What purpose...

[capitalbackup]

"I want to utterly defeat you." It's a simple reason. While she did seek out strong opponents to fight earlier in the 13th Hour, there was only a few people she want to overcome. Yamato, whose shadow she had to live under until his declaration for meritocracy, and Alcor, for his influence in their life and their loss against him. "Tell your demons to back down, now."

Normally, she would stick to their typical spars, rough but ultimately non-life threatening, but Miyako's not being her normal self. She seemed...almost obsessive.

[closed] twins & alcor

[jumyouboshi]

[jumyouboshi]

...There he was, having arrived silently and suddenly, materializing right in Yamato and Cerberus' way. Alcor made no sudden movements, and said nothing that acknowledged the presence of the Shining One. Instead, his attention was focused on those two threats. Though Io didn't directly give him the order to get in the way, the urge to protect at all costs rose up once again, and if Io Nitta wanted the Shining One, she would get the Shining One.

A tool only exists to be used by its master. That was how it was.

He simply stood there and stared at the charging Hotsuin twins, unmoving and unafraid.

[capitalbackup]

No matter how focused she was on her brother, Alcor's presence was undeniable. Seeing him in front of them, ahead of Yamato and Cerberus's fleeing form, a scowl appeared on her face.

Alcor. Alcor. One of the damnable walls in her life.

After that battle against him and Hibiki's companions by the terminal, she'd be wary of dealing with him.

"Alcor."

A hiss, almost impossible for anyone but herself and Mara to hear. Before she gave the order to go around him. But will it be possible?

[drakenguard]

Well this was what Yamato needed - as well as having to clash with Miyako and a possessed Nitta, he would also have to contend with a possessed Alcor. Admittedly, Yamato felt a smidgeon of fear, but he refused to cower.

Yamato tightened his grip into Cerberus's mane as the beast skidding to a halt, its long tail whipping about in agitation. As Mara roared closer somewhere behind him, Yamato pressed his heels into the beast. Cerberus blasted a glob of fire at Alcor - Yamato had no idea how much good it would do, but he just needed Alcor to be distracted long enough to slip past.

[jumyouboshi]

There was a reason Makoto Sako commented on his inhuman skills and power, and he would certainly show it to the Hotsuin twins.

It was all too familiar for him. A snap of the fingers, and the huge figure of Black Frost materialized into view right in front of him, reflecting the fire back at the two, and adding injury to insult by following up with a Mabufudyne, stopping the twins right in their tracks with a long row of large ice spikes.

No dice. They'd have to do better than that.

[capitalbackup]

Seeing the reflected flames coming for her, Miyako immediately press a button on her phone and cast Makarkarn. The barrier nullified the flames, while Mara absorbed them into his body. Unfortunately, both of them don't have a natural resistance against ice.

In other words, the Mabufudyne spell hit them hard. Miyako's knocked off as her demon's forced to stop. She tried to roll onto the ground and lessen the impact, but tch. Pushing herself up, Miyako glared at him.

Behind her annoyance and anger at Alcor, there's a hint of fear. She knew very well how powerful he can be.

[drakenguard]

Yamato immediately rolled off of Cerberus the second he saw the Black Frost materialise, using his demon's body as a shield when the flames were reflected back at them. The air was suddenly sharp then, Yamato hearing the high pitch crack of a snap freeze. Cerberus twitched and vibrated anxiously, its long tail whipping about from the show of ice. Tch.

What a pain.

Yamato curled his fingers into Cerberus's fur and hauled himself back to his feet, glowering past the row of ice spikes at Alcor. He was in his way. He was being a nuisance. But what about that was new? Yamato grounded his teeth together, his mind racing. Remiel was returned to his phone when he went out of range... he still had Arioch...

That wasn't getting into the fact that the longer they remained here, the further away Nitta got with Kaito.

Yamato summoned Arioch. The Vile demon crackled into being, its belly splitting open to let its long tongue dart out to taste the air. Chaos Breath would work nicely here - and it did. Arioch swung its blade, seemingly hitting just air - but the force of a Deathbound hammered towards Alcor as if the demon was right before him.

[closed] daichi & yamato

[hetried]

So. Crisis averted? Kaito was safe, Saiduq wasn't going crazy anymore, Io was...probably gonna be OK-- oh, and Yamato and Miyako weren't fighting anymore? So yeah that was good. Honestly, Daichi didn't know the full story of what had just happened, all he knew was that his friends had been in trouble.. by his er, other friends, and he had to do something about it.

He was pretty sure the 13th Hour was close to ending-- at lesat he hoped so. The firetruck was still in tact (so Q hopefully wouldn't string him up over it), though it had seen better days, so it was currently parked on the side of the road. The others had gone off on their own, so Daichi figured the truck could probably use a rest. At least it didn't end up like the one he crashed into Dubhe.

And so, after a ridiculous hour that seemed like it was running for a week, Daichi had taken a seat on the edge of the sidewalk, an arm propped up on his knee and leaning his head on his open hand, as he let out an exasperated groan.

Goddamn, he was tired.

[drakenguard]

If Daichi was tired, then Yamato was exhausted. And wet. And bruised. And all round Done.

Without really explaining himself, Daichi was swiftly joined by Yamato sitting down heavily beside him on the pavement, the man still dripping with water, his hair flattened from moisture. He didn't say anything at first, just staring at the carnage left behind from his battle with, well, everyone, it felt like. Alcor and Miyako were two opponents he didn't particularly want to go toe to toe with by himself ever again. Several organs felt like they'd been liquidised from having the shit kicked out of him.

"Your arrival was very timely," Yamato began, "If you had been a moment later, I think I would be dead right now."

[hetried]

Daichi had been more preoccupied trying to will away his oncoming headache, so he didn't notice Yamato's presence until the other teen spoke. When he did however, he jumped slightly in surprised, turning his neck to give his attention to Yamato.

And uh... try not to laugh at how soaked the guy looked. It was kind of his fault but it was still kind of funny-- ok no right, focus.

"Heh, no problem...! I guess I'm just lucky I got the idea in the first place-- uh, and that Saiduq didn't kick my ass I suppose." Because that was definitely a distinctly real possibility. "Still, I'm glad you guys are OK and everything."

[drakenguard]

Yamato made a quiet snort, tugging at his rumpled collar. "I guess I can be tentatively called 'okay'. I think my insides have been puréed, though."

He rubbed the back of his neck then, tilting his head to the side until something popped loudly, a quiet grunt leaving him. Everything was popping and cracking loudly. He felt like he'd aged several decades in the span of that one, single fight. Heh, well, having Alcor as an opponent certainly shaved off several years of his life.

"...why did you steal a fire truck, anyway?" Yamato finally asked, turning his head to stare at the vehicle.

[hetried]

Alright, he couldn't resist a snicker at that. "I'm sure everything'll re-solidify if you give it some time. Kinda like jello."

Actually that sounded kind of gross.

The question of the firetruck makes him stop a moment, as if thinking about how to answer that exactly, and then... gave a grin as he lowered his arm and learned back on his hands.

"It was my friend's idea! Before I ended up out here, I met this guy named Eikichi, who has a Persona that uses water attacks-- he tried attack one of those weird bull monsters that showed up, and it did way more damage than any of our other attacks. We figured that the monsters must have been week to water or something, so we took a firetruck from Leo District so we could get access to the fire hydrants!"

Give him a few minutes after the 13th Hour and he'll realize that this was a really stupid idea, but right now he was pretty damn proud of himself.

"Since I've been working at Caduceus, I knew where they kept the keys, so we snuck in and borrowed one."

[drakenguard]

Yamato eyed Daichi for a very long moment, partially amused, and partially amazed. Shijima was acting very cocksure, which was a miracle in and of itself. Stealing a fire truck to use the water was a wise idea, but he honestly didn't think Shijima would have the audacity to do it without fretting all the way through it.

"My, you surprise me, Shijima...it seems you managed to find some confidence during your adventures," Yamato smiled thinly, "Can't say I dislike it."