Shin Megami Tensei Persona: Dissonant Strain (Private RP)

[Rosen2012]

Kojiro tied the rope around his waist as not to lose it on his way through. HE turned back and smirked at their new teammate. "Hasegawa-senpai...if I never did anything crazy, we wouldn't be here right now."

He turned back around and jumped into the portal. This time he braced himself to be abruptly spit out into the factory so he wouldn't totally land on his face. Once through he found another secure metal trailing to tie the rope to.

Three tugs. It was time to start exploring.

 

[Daren58]

Rin took a deep breath to calm her nerves after she saw the rope move three times. She carefully inched her way towards the portal. She wasn't to excited about going through this thing and finding out if anything was on the other side or not. She glanced back at the others momentarily before she jumped through like Kojiro.

 

[Cinnonym]

Fridmund/Yamada/Mizushima:

The five sets are oddly quick on their feet--perhaps because they aren't actually using them. They hover like ghosts with all the substance of a brick wall. The fire surrounded them. It reflected back and scorched Eber, who leaped backward and yelled, dropping his knife.

"No more of that!" He flung out his hand, ignoring the burns, and shouted, "Magaru!"

The burst of wind scattered the floating things and pushed them back long enough for the trio to regroup before the next attack.

They lurched forward, all hands and teeth.

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Ishikawa/Yoshida/Junsui/Hasegawa:

As your team proceeds through the portal, one by one, you're each aware of a wet, almost gelatinous material sliding over you like a second skin. Once you're free, you see what Kojiro saw the last time he was here: a factory of some sort, all dingy metal surfaces and odd machines, the purpose of which you can only guess at. The name of the company appears to have been spelled out, but most of the letters have worn off now.

___N___ __C

Despite being completely devoid of workers, with rust and cobwebs gracing the equipment, there still appears to be a substance of some sort in the vats...

 

[NeoAC]

Shiori looked into the swirling vortex, where the factory loomed in the distance. 'OK. Come on. You can do this. You're stronger than anything in there. You're the right one.'

She took a short sprint towards the portal and leaped into the hole. After falling through, she had the put on the brakes to try and avoid hitting Kojiro. She just barely managed to accomplish this, stopping right in front of the squad leader.

 

[Rosen2012]

Kojiro waited for his teammates to make their way through. Once everyone was together he turned back to the factory. "There doesn't appear to be anything else around....at the moment. So let's be careful...Maybe we can find clues to take back with us."

He glanced over at the vats. "I'm not sure what that gunk is...but until we can get some more answers, no body touch it. I don't want someone getting poisoned..." He started to slowly make his way down the path deeper into the factory.

 

[ShadowFolk]

Kumiko gasped, covering her mouth with her hands. She winced as the fire flicked at her comrade. "SORRY!"

'Well if that's out of the question...' There was no way she was just going to let the accidental burn slide. She may have cast it, but it was the mutant freaks that reflected it back onto Eber. She charged one near her, leaping into the air she brought her knee up to collide with it's face. Or one of them.

 

[NeoAC]

Shiori followed after, keeping her bat tightly held at the ready. The path was a lot more ominous than she though as she approached it. The vats bubbled on each side, sending splats of goo up above the lid level. She just turned her head back towards the back of Kojiro's head as they pressed on.

 

[Daren58]

Rin kept pace with Hasegawa partly to share her light with her and partly because she was on edge. She hoped this trip would be a quick one, but sadly doubted it would work out that way. "So um any ideas as to what we should be looking for?" She asked her question to the group to see if anyone had any good ideas.

 

[Cinnonym]

Fridmund/Yamada/Mizushima:

Eber kept at Kumiko's back--beautiful as she was, he wasn't going to be on the receiving end of those legs when they were kicking. A Shadow's head rolled past him and disintegrated... So, definitely a good plan.

The reach of their arms was longer than his with his knife, but he took a cue from his companion and jumped, foot snapping upward into a jaw. His weapon came down on its twin, cleaving it in two. Still three left. Ne-Zha burst forth from the recesses of his mind and a storm of wind ripped another to shreds.

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"Nooooo idea..." Isoroku grimaced at the goobeldy stuff in the vat. "Unless this place makes yen or cake, I can guarantee you that I won't find anything in here interesting."

He joined the others as they wandered, keeping close to Rin. ...You know, for protection. Obviously "Legs" over there could take care of herself.

You continue to explore the factory. There are several small containers of various sizes and materials scattered around. Most are empty with the lids off, but a few are still closed tight, containing the same tarry black substance as what was in the vat.

Something rumbles.

"God, Kojiro, is that your stomach?"

It rumbles again--the ground shakes. It shivers the walls of the factory and the rusted chains that dangle from the ceiling. Isoroku slowly turns, eyes widening.

"I... think I found something interesting."

The creature that crawled from the vat wasn't covered in the black liquid--it was the liquid. It dripped over an invisible frame, shifting to where it was needed to flex in lieu of muscles. It had no eyes to speak of, but its toothy maw glistened, tar fangs and an abstract jaw.

The Rage
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Party:
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Hasegawa:
PERSONA UNLOCKED--
MA'AT

4 Skill Slots/2 Open

Mazio
Skull Cracker
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The AMP doubles your strength!
The AMP doubles your endurance!

Fight!

 

[Rosen2012]

Kojiro took a step back from the monster. "Ugh! These shadows keep coming up weirder and weirder!" He drew his sword and stood at the front of the part. "Alright Quetzalcoatl! Let's shock this slop monster!" He waved his arm and Quetzalcoatl appeared and raised his wings before letting out a bolt of lightening.

 

[ShadowFolk]

The enemies weren't too tough and it was much appreciated. But Kumiko still felt she had to get rid of them quickly before she slipped up and had something bounced back to her of her friends.

'Two more to go!' She got herself pumped for her next attack, her target a bit further away. Revving up, she bolted towards one and pushed off the ground to swing her leg in a butterfly kick down on a Killer Twin. When her balance recovered she backed up.

 

[NeoAC]

Shiori slowly stepped back as the horrible mass of goop emerged from the vat. "Oh....my....god," she said, staring at the beast. "That, that is pretty gross." She couldn't take her eyes off it, it commanded the attention of everything in the room, and the smell was horrible. She twirled her bat once in her hand, bringing it back to the ready position, but knew it probably wouldn't be much help on something that appeared to be pure sludge.

Ma'at seemed ready to go. Shiori released her Persona and Ma'at responded, coming forth and unleashing a lightning bolt from her hands, similar to the one that saved her in the tunnels just a couple of days ago.

 

[Daren58]

Rin stumbled back a few paces and cringed. It looked disgusting and Rin found herself staring at its mouth in slight fear. Giving a quick shake of her head she focused on helping the others. Summoning Inari fourth she swung her right hand forward. "Bufu!" Inari danced back and fourth as happy as ever and sent shards of ice flying at the shadow.

 

[Cinnonym]

Fridmund/Yamada/Mizushima:

Eber followed up her butterfly kick with a quick stab, twisting the hilt and ripping it across the now bisected middle; one left. It was flanked by the two of them.

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Ishikawa/Yoshida/Junsui/Hasegawa:

The spells hit the beast and fizzled or pierced through its liquid flesh--the holes patched themselves up and it roared. The spells seemed to do minimal damage.

Isoroku followed up the barage by summoning Leviathan. The serpent king shrieked its endless rage and curled around it, sinking in its fangs and tearing the structure apart. His bullets went straight through it.

"************!"

The black monster spat its fluid at the party of four: the thick liquid was acidic, and fabric began to singe within moments.

The Rage
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Party:
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[Rosen2012]

Kojiro took a step back and sneered. "Ugh! Don't let that stuff on your skin." He pointed his sword at the raging shadow. "If Lighting won't work! Then strike it down Quetzalcoatl!"

Again the snake good burst forth and charged waving its wings to pierce the shadow.

 

[ShadowFolk]

It was a great feeling to defeat a group of Shadows and have one remain. You could almost see it panic. They had the advantage and she took the opportunity. Again, she had a running start to add power to her assault. Her knee once again crashed into the Shadow. Upon landing, she quickly gave it another blow in the form of a roundhouse.

 

[NeoAC]

"Damn it," Shiori cursed as her jacket started to fizzle. "All right, fine. If the electricity doesn't faze it, I guess I'm going to get Ma'at to swing for the fences."

Ma'at took the cue from its host and held its rod in both hands, much like Shiori's bat. It swung at the sludge beast, mirroring one of Hideki Matsui's famous home run swings.

 

[Daren58]

Rin frowned at the poor effect magic seemed to be having on the shadow. But unlike the others her persona didn't have a psychical attack as well. Thinking quickly as she watched Hasegawa and Kojiro attack again. Rin summoned Inari and casted another spell of bufu. It might not be that effective, but it seemed it was the best she could do for right now.

 

[PresqueVu]

Yamada was amazed at how off his game he was. For some reason something about the shadows had bothered him today, maybe it was that, but the fight had gone by so fast and Mizushima and Eber had defeated the enemies faster than usual. He was impressed with them both and found, not for the first time, that he felt like a third wheel.

He started to go for the last one, but Mizushima made quick work of it. He vowed to himself not to fall behind again.

 

[ShadowFolk]

It was only after the rush of defeating all those enemies that Kumiko took notice of Yamada's actions. Or lack thereof. She glanced behind her to figure out what was keeping him. Was he daydreaming or something? Whatever it was, if he wasn't pulling his weight, she preferred him back there. Spacing out far from an enemy was better than doing it on the front lines.

She shook her head and shrugged. "Let's go guys!"