towerofanimus | [o5] ♪ Death's icy breath.

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AU Minato Arisato & people, then later

AU Jin Shirato and more Persona users.
Setting: Early Afternoon on July 3rd, toward the afternoon/early evening; all over-ish -> cathedral.
Format: Action. Prose will be far too slow for this, sorry.
Summary: Minato goes crazy thanks to finding his sister gone and falls victim to a certain Cerulean blood's mind control.
Warnings: If you confront Minato after a certain point, your character WILL have a VERY HIGH CHANCE of dying! Here is the OOC info post. Feel free to backtag into forever if you like once I get this up.

[ The floors he visited had begun to ice over. Anyone who wandered near where Minato was would find it almost unbearably, bone-chillingly cold.

In fact, the walls froze around him as he walked, searching.

For what?

People. People he thinks he can... 'fix'. Or save. Perhaps his inability to do so during their time in the Pods had gotten to him.

... He had Thanatos, didn't he? Why not listen? Why not let him go? After a month of enduring Thanatos and Samael's persistent voices, he no longer had any desire to be what he now viewed as cruel. Killing people was a niceness, here. Surely, it was nice. A kindness. They'd thank him. Even if they didn't realize it. Dying was better than that. It would be better to die. If he killed them, with Thanatos, then perhaps they'd stay dead. Perhaps they'd no longer suffer...

... He was prepared to do it by whatever means, and however much pain had to be caused. Pain was good, too. Pain told them they were people, you see? That they had personalities...

Yes, he did like people.

He liked them enough to freeze them slowly and let his Persona rip them apart... ]

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N-Not our real...? [Tara shakes her head.] W-What does that have to do with anything? Um, besides. They are. Trust me, I, I-I've been outside my body a few times. I know what it feels like.

[She studiously ignores the Evoker. It's not really a gun. She knows that. It can't hurt her. So she just very, very obviously tries to ignore its presence. Besides. The ice certainly does a good job of giving her something else to focus on.]

...Minato, w-what's gotten into you?

[ He sighs, here. ]

It's not going to be like something you recognize. Why would it be?

[ ... Probably a lost cause. If people won't help him, then he'll do what he has to do. He just steps away from Tara, puts the Evoker up to his temple, and fires, summoning Thanatos.

... You might want to get out of the way of the giant fist of his Persona coming at you, Tara. ]

[She would love to get out of the way. It's just guns, you see. tara has something of a complex, about guns. Especially gunshots. They reach down into her mind and flip the switch marked "freeze in place".

...so by the time she realizes that she should be moving, it's already too late to dodge. The best she can do is not take the blow full on to the body, but even getting clipped sends her skidding down the iced over hallway, with a cry of pain that fades to coughing.

But, if Minato cares to pay attention, he'll probably hear Tara trying to speak very, very quickly.]

...p-protect me from th-this attacker, l-let my hand be your shield and m-my fate...

[ He can tell it's some sort of incantation; he doesn't know what might happen from it, he's seen some of Willow's magic, but...

He's not worried, he's sure he'll be fine, so instead he uses a Mind Charge, which will mean he will need to wait a bit before using more magic, but he's fine with that. ]

... It will only hurt more if you try to fight.

[Tara laboriously pushes herself into a sitting position, and then a crouch. It's a laborious action because she's using only one hand. The other is held out in front of her, to ward off the next blow.]

...th-thought it hurt because y-you hit me...

Just, just l-let me leave.

... Oh, I'm letting you leave. That's why this has to be done.

[ He smiles. It's... horrifyingly mechanical and plastic in nature, though. Whatever is going on, Minato is not entirely here.

Even now, he simply allows his Persona to let loose a huge column of ice, rushing straight for Tara. ]

[Tara sees the column coming, fights down her initial impulse to just run and instead braces herself more firmly against the floor with her free hand. And this time...

...well, this time Thanatos won't be so lucky. The ice hits an invisible wall and splits across it, a not-quite-so-unstoppable force having met an invisible immovable object. The heightened force sends Tara sliding back on her heels a bit, but she's otherwise unharmed. And, as long as Minato keeps coming at her from the front, she'll stay that way.]

[ ... Tara is making this more challenging. He's interested, now--how to get her to turn around? The smile doesn't leave, though; it's kind of creepy. ]

Are we going to have to make a game of this?

I'm n-not having fun.

[Her teeth are chattering from the cold, now, even if she'd managed to prevent the wall of ice from crashing down on her.

Of course, her mind is turning. If she can get just a bit closer to Minato again, she knows a spell that could lay him out long enough for her to get away. Provided she's still able to run, by then. But it requires getting closer...

...finally, she starts to inch forward, step by tiny step. She's safe, as long as she keeps her hand up.]

[ He laughs, holding his ground. Oh, so that's how it's gonna be...? ]

What a shame. What do you think?

[ --Was his Persona there a minute ago...? Is he... talking to it? ]

Does peace really frighten you that badly?

[No, it hadn't been there a minute ago, not that Tara had seen. And yes, he does seem to be talking to it. Which means that the huge black thing has some level of intelligence.

...wonderful.

Still. If he's talking to it, maybe he's not quite as focused on Tara. And so, when she's less than ten feet away from Minato, Tara suddenly breaks into a stumbling running charge to close the distance between them. She lifts up her other hand as though holding something there, and blows out a puff of air, and white dust will appear in the frigid air being propelled towards Minato's face. If it hits, he'll hopefully be just that bit too dazed for the next thirty seconds to hit Tara as she runs away.]

[ ... Oh. A dizzy-like condition...

... Well, he has to admit, her plan was fairly intelligent. By the time he's stable enough to pursue her, she's gone. What a shame.

Why do they always have to fight, he wonders...? ]

...

[ He'd... get back to her later... ]

[o5] ♪ Death's icy breath.

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