[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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[drakenguard]

Yamato and Remiel stoically tolerated the rebounded flare of Judgement, and he began to run. Remiel flew from his side, the angel's hands glowing with power as it focused its second round of Holy Dance upon Mara, while Cerberus attempted to latch its jaws onto Miyako's forearm, fangs snapping and ripping at her sleeve.

His sister would have to suffer the pain of being ditched, sadly. Yamato had more important duties to deal with, and they didn't include her... so Yamato ran past the brawling demons and Demon Tamer, and down the street. He needed to find Kaito...!!

[capitalbackup]

Miyako gritted her teeth and quickly pressed a button on her phone, just as Cerberus's fangs get dangerously close to her sleeve. A short moment later, Norn came out and struck hard at Cerberus. If only she can use her spells, but unfortunately, she's unable to use Mabufudyne.

Mara bore the brunt of Remiel's Holy Dance, his pain and injuries alleviated by Norn's healing spell. Miyako quickly glanced over at Yamato, seeing him running away from her. Completely unamused by it all--which Yamato may sense--she picked up her dropped katana and attempted to chase after him.

[drakenguard]

Cerberus was slammed off of Miyako, and the beast roared in defiance - only to, oddly, turn and run after Yamato, leaving Remiel to stall Mara and Norn with rapid fire Holy Dance - and the occasional Drain. All too soon the beast overtook Miyako and drew up beside Yamato.

Who then, with clearly experienced moves, leapt upon the demon's back like the beast was his steed. Fingers tangled into Cerberus's mane, and legs tight around the beast's waist, Yamato spared a quick glance over his shoulder and smirked. As fast as Miyako may be, she was no match for the speed of a retreating Beast demon.

[capitalbackup]

She don't have a Beast demon on her--her favoured one, much less--and upon seeing what's going on, Miyako did the next best thing.

With her phone out, Norn returned fire with Force Dance's powerful winds. Moving back, Mara steered his chariot and drove it towards Miyako, picking her up with one of his tentacles once he's close enough. Straddling the Tyrant's back and gripping the demon with her gloved hands, Mara immediately chased after the retreating Cerberus, possibly leaving behind wheel marks.

[drakenguard]

the most embarrassing chase scene in history

Yamato 'tch'd quietly, looking away from the pursuing Miyako. She could chase him all she liked, the Beast demon was second only to Wilder-class in terms of speed. He dug his heels in a bit more though, and Cerberus put on an extra burst of speed, its claws gouging shallow grooves into the tarmac as it skidded around corners.

Yamato recognised his surroundings quickly enough. They were going towards JP's HQ. Cerberus probably though - tch, Miyako had access there! Yamato needed to find Kaito anyway, not Fumi (she'd be useless anyway in her state). He yanked at Cerberus's mane, and the demon growled, darting down a narrow street away from the JP's HQ-

Into a sprawling street where Yamato spotted Kaito being hauled off by an obviously possessed Io.

Oh.

"Kaito!"

[awww_yeeeeeaaaah]

One would think that Kaito would have freed himself by now, but there's clearly something preventing him from doing so.

He also started up his desperate yelling again when he noticed that Yamato was there, so he definitely abandoned his cool, unbotherable facade a long time ago.

"YAMATOOOoooooooo!!!" Shit, they're getting away!

[operationbox]

Oh, this could hardly get any worse. This is exactly what she was trying to prevent. She'd noticed how interested Yamato had been in Kaito from the beginning, and that obviously meant that he had some kind of romantic affection for him.

This. Would. Not. Do. And for that reason Io simply, wordlessly, starts running faster.

[capitalbackup]

Hearing his shout, Miyako immediately spotted Kaito and Io once she's close enough to see them.

Hmph, too bad, Yamato. Kaito Watari seemed a bit preoccupied to help you escape from her.

The golden chariot behind Yamato continued to chase him and Cerberus.

[drakenguard]

This was the very last thing Yamato needed for fuck's sake.

With Miyako charging up behind him, and Kaito being hauled away by a possessed Nitta, it was obvious that there was going to be a messy conflict. If he ran away, Kaito would be stolen, yet he could lose Miyako after a while, and possibly double back to find him. Cerberus has a strong sense of smell. On the other, if he chased after Kaito, he could rescue him immediately, even if it meant he would have to fight both Nitta and Miyako at the same time.

If this had been any other time, Yamato would have abandoned Kaito to rescue him at a later date. As this was during 13th Hour, where Yamato's obsession with Kaito was ramped up to eleven, Yamato did the stupid thing.

Cerberus exploded after Io, the beast's powerful speed swallowing up the distance between them at an alarming rate, uncaring of Mara roaring after them. With a flip of his phone and a rapid edit to allow-

Zandyne. The howling tempest crashed around Nitta immediately. Sorry Kaito, but Yamato had confidence that you could survive a direct Zandyne attack.

[operationbox]

It looks like the Persona she picked up while 'brainwashed' would come in handy after all. The buffeting winds had little effect on Io herself, thanks to that.

Crush him, urged the voice in her mind drowning out all else.

Omoidon appeared from her in a surge of red haze, and its power created a wall of stone around him.