MINATO ARISATO。 ✜ 【有里 湊】 (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
fractus_animus) wrote in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
towerofanimus2012-07-03 12:53 pm
fractus_animus) wrote in towerofanimus2012-07-03 12:53 pm
Entry tags:
- [au1] enoch,
- [au1] jin shirato,
- [au1] ken amada,
- [au1] minato arisato,
- [au2] shinjiro aragaki,
- [ou] eikichi mishina,
- [ou] jun kurosu,
- [ou] kanji tatsumi,
- [ou] lisa silverman,
- [ou] maya amano,
- [ou] naoto shirogane,
- [ou] naoya toudou,
- [ou] sayaka miki,
- [ou] tatsuya suou,
- [ou] yu narukami,
- [ou] zelda (oot)
[o5] ♪ Death's icy breath.
Characters: 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... ]
[ OOC:LET ME GET THE COMMENT HEADERS UP for the sub threads first, then you can reply. POSTING DONE, go reply to the sub threads and have fun. :) Be sure to verify a location on the first one! Some responses may be from deatharcana, by the way. ]
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... ]
[ OOC:
deatharcana, by the way. ]
no subject
Sh... Shit...! [It was a bit more strained and pathetic sounding as he would've liked, but he was already dealing with another onslaught of Almighty energy from the Megidolaon attack as he tried to prop himself up.
His arms gave out on him the first time, but he couldn't give up now; the Mediarama at least gave him the energy for another attempt to prop himself up, which at least got him to his knees Some time of struggling got him back to his feet. He was bleeding, he was slumping, and every part of his body was in pain, but he wasn't giving up.
He jammed his hand into his pocket and pulled out a grenade, sticking the pin in his mouth and unceremoniously ripping it out as he lobbed it at their opponents (he'd regret that movement for the next few seconds until the next adrenaline rush hit), while Moros unleashed a Magarula spell-- the least he could do in regards to Moros was make sure it was actually using spells and not just going totally berserk. Funny how the pain was almost sobering.]
no subject
Suou-san!
[He reaches out, and the moment he does it's like any sort of compassion he once held is gone in a flash. It's just another change, his gaze growing colder than usual. It took a lot to get under his skin, but with it being so soon after their return from hell... he couldn't help it, anymore. Whether he screamed his Persona's name near the top of his lungs or not, he doesn't know... What he does know is Samael's weakness, and why not remove one obstacle while he could? It's only logical.
Izanagi-no-Okami appears, standing before him with that still-cracked mask. He barely feels the Magarula, compared to his Persona's appearance. It hurts- it hurts to see his other self in such shape, but he guides him onward as the naginata twirls in a complete circle, casting Mind Charge before realizing his whisper isn't exactly a whisper.]
Agidyne.
[Fire forms around Izanagi's gauntlets and blade as he holds he reaches out with his user, aiming for Samael and his user. There will be no more attempts to negotiate, only full-assaults and attempts to stop them. That is all that matters right now, because there are others he has to keep safe. Holding back has only detrimented that, and he knows it. Sorry, guys. His head's back in the game, now.]
no subject
He keeps her around instead of switching, swiftly casting Mediarama for the team. Minato will continue giving support, everyone, until this is over.
Oh, he will give support, as Parvati ready herself with a Mind Charge. Since Yu is using fire spells, that means Samael is weak against them. The goddess disappear, returning to the sea of his soul, as he draws out Suzaku's majestic form for a spell.]
Maragion.
no subject
All the things the others do... it doesn't quite hit as hard as a wind spell on HIS version of Samael might have, but it doesn't matter, really. Thanatos IS weak to Fire, but this does not deter it. Minato's actions are oddly mechanical even when the pain registers; he makes no noise whatsoever. Instead, he simply falls, but it isn't his Persona that goes first.
He is conscious, but barely; bleeding badly. Yet he slowly attempts to stand again--and as he does so, the Death Persona lets out a vicious scream and cuts everything around it in unbelieveable speed, breaking free. It is in pain, but somehow it just shrugs it off, and ice shoots out around it, attempting to quell any form of fire that may so much as go near it again.
... Why can't he hear anything?
Even though Minato is now incapacitated for the most part, his Persona is far from that; in fact, it seems to be only getting angrier. Crazier.
... He isn't even aware of the battle at large right now. He feels--out of place. Not here. There's... pain. Pain in his head, and it is that that causes him to fall back to his knees (as Thanatos and its rage build), clutching it. Now would be a great time to probably try to kill him. Just... saying. Though you might want to hold him down first, because the way he's violently writhing might now means he will probably still be extremely dangerous. ]
no subject
It's a good thing that Apollo's here, because if there are three things he won't abide by, it's
1) His charge being hurt
2) Thanatos and
3) Thanatos trying to kill his charge.
And Apollo is very...very angry, rising from the depths of Tatsuya's mind without actively being summoned.]
YOU DARE ATTACK MY CHARGE, THANATOS?!! CEASE THIS POINTLESS BLOODLUST AT ONCE, YOU RABID CUR!
[And then he cast Gigantic Fist. ...Which is just a fancy way of saying that Apollo punches Thanatos in the goddamned face. Maybe it doesn't hurt much, but it gives Tatsuya enough of an opportunity to free himself, dropping to the ground and going into bursts of coughing after that choke hold.
God...okay. One shot. One to two seconds to stop this.
He runs right at the Minato who's freaking the hell out and grabs him by the collar. This will either be a really stupid move or a smart one.]
Pixle is jumping in after me when she can
Thanatos, however, reacts far more violently, letting loose a huge spinning sort of assault all around it, making the same sort of ghastly noises as before.
... Even as Tatsuya grabs Minato, he's--muttering words, eyes almost glowing a bright sort of blue--but he's probably not paying attention to that, is he? ]
Only the dead have seen the end of the war... he is but the oarsman of the Styx... let them free of this prison... of their shackles... to save... all must fall... to Tartarus...
[ ... Whatever that means????
... And then Thanatos also lets loose a Mamudoon spell as Minato says this. ]
no subject
There's something wrong with his eyes.
It is the first thing Naoya notices when he manages to get himself close enough to shooting range. Suddenly he feels his stomach tense up; the Strega leader looks so far gone that there is no way they'll be able to stop him. It is painful to see him muttering words (which Naoya thinks he's heard somewhere but can't place either), crazy and delusional. He bites his lip in anger from stopping himself to scream out in frustration. It seems unfair that they have to do at all despite the battle, despite the wounds which he's sporting from it, bloodied mouth and outfit. And, for some reason that he isn't sure, there's also a part of him that doesn't want to do this at all. That hesitation...why? He's never had a problem like this before...
Remember that his life will be returned to him tomorrow. If we let this continue, Thanatos will deepen his rage until nothing in this tower is left standing alive. Do not let attachment hold you back.
Vishnu's voice tries to offer him solstace, and Naoya nods, not quite fully understanding the meaning of his words. His determination returned, he gives a nod to the leader still gripping Minato's collar.]
Tatsuya, move now!
[The order is firm, but he doesn't want the other to accidentally get hurt from his fire. One death is enough on his hands.
There never was any joy or honor in killing. Not for Kandori. Not for Minato either.
Even as he hesitates, he feels his finger sliding on the trigger...and when Tatsuya is safe from his shooting path, he pulls it, uttering a few words in Japanese.]
ごめん
[He aims right between the eyes. With the submachine gun's firing power, three bullets enter from the short second he held it down, and at the distance he was firing, there is no way he could have missed.
When it is done, Naoya looks to the floor, his hand slowly lowering his weapon as if the task weighed heavily upon him.]
no subject
'I'm sorry.'
But what he isn't sorry about, however, is what he is about to do.
Izanagi-no-Okami stays behind him as he stares down at Jin, gaze cold and hardened since he knows; it'll either be suicide or suicide-by-proxy by this point... wouldn't it. Somehow, this one didn't seem too able to do much other then spout curses and words of destruction now. Yu hated it on principle, considering his own other self's legend. So to see someone he'd suffered alongside in the pods like this...]
After all of this, you can't stand up on your own, huh.
[He tsks, and like Naoya... he slips into their native tongue-]
可哀想に
[-before lifting the sign and smacking Jin with the familiar bus stop sign in the face like it was (almost) nothing. At least, it would have been were it not for the pain hidden deep within his gaze.
'That was for Shinjiro and Minako, you idiot.'
...
Vengeance never was sweet. The sign leaves a mark in the floor and ice as he lets it smack against the ground mere inches from Jin's form.]
no subject
Minato--!
[He reflexively took a step forward to go towards them, but was blocked in his path by Yu. He didn't are for Izanagi-no-Ookami, simply fixing his glare on the persona-user before him.
What Yu was saying however seemed to visibly shake him-- both making him a bit shocked, and just making him more angry.]
What... What the fuck are you--!
[His listless protests were quickly cut off however, when bus stop sign slammed right into his head. There was more than one cracking sound at the impact; one was the sound of his glasses breaking, the frames snapping and the lenses shattering, a few pieces flying away and to the ground, and a few more lodging themselves into his face and eyes.
Another crack was the sound of the bones of his face making contact with the metal of the sign, breaking his nose and at least one cheek bone under the pressure.
One more, final crack was the sound of his neck snapping from the force with which the sign hit him. Despite the rest of his gruesome injuries, it was death on impact.
Moros disappeared in an almost spastic and violent flurry, and Jin's empty fell to the ground beside the sign.]
no subject
no subject
[...]
[
no subject
'I'm sorry... Jin.'
...What do they do, now? Because he's not interested in any of this crap. In fact, his emptiness probably just increased because they were both...
...
Nope. What is being able to handle behind the mask when Izanagi vanishes?]
no subject
There is only an dulled feeling of regret and disappointment.]
no subject
Do you feel any better?
The way he suddenly lets go of the hold he still had on Minato's corpse and remains eerily silent suggests that no, this has done nothing to make him feel any better.
Nyarlathotep is laughing at him. He can feel it.]
no subject
The silence after the battle causes his ears to ring. After his gun is lowered, he quietly goes over to Minato's corpse and closes his eyes, taking his coat and using it to cover him, before doing the same to Jin, despite how badly damage the latter's face is.]
Minato's eyes were an odd shade of blue. Almost glowing.
[He speaks clearly, without emotion. Regret and disappointment can come later, he needs to share this information. ]
He didn't even look at me when I confronted him. His gaze was lost. Considering the insanity he displayed, I think he was under a spell. Even Thanatos unleashed could not have caused this.
[There was anger in that tone; something...or someone had caused all of this in the first place, and they could currently do very little about it.]
no subject
[There is... something off about his voice, but not even he can exactly pinpoint it. Hell, he probably wouldn't be talking at all if he could help it. Yet... his other self would hate him for it, if he hid the truth they'd sought for so long. Wouldn't be able to face the others if he said nothing.
Because he could still see them all, their bodies being controlled in his mind's eye.
Yu bends down, gently removing the remains of Jin's glasses so he can close his eyes. It's simple, but this death... both of them... was meaningless if they didn't-]
Arisato wasn't in his right mind last night, lost in his grief over last month and losing someone precious to him. ...I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm not going to stop until I find the truth of why it had to be like this. Why anyone had to die because of this-
[If that's all it was. Yu's fists were clenched tight. He could almost hear Adachi's laugh in his mind as he stands again, picking up the street sign again.]
...It'd be a betrayal, otherwise.
no subject
They need to find out, if only to prevent any more tragic and meaningless incidents like this.]
...We have to find the cause behind this "spell". Whoever, or whatever, gave him that push into this.
[Would Minato forgive them if they investigate? He don't care, Minato of SEES doesn't want to turn his eyes away from this.]
no subject
On the other hand...if this involved taking advantage of someone mentally...well, he knows all about how that goes and...what if it happened again? To someone closer to him.
(it's Joker all over again causing havoc in the tower of all places no no not again)]
...Yeah. [He has idea of where to start looking too. Assuming that tentacled asshole is still around.]
no subject
His grief...might had led to despair. And I know all too well an entity that thrives on that emotion...Nyarlathotep.
[He pauses, thinking.]
However, he is more the type to brag about his accomplishments. Had it been guilty, it would already be here, taunting us about what we did, as he did during Kandori's defeat.
Unless he's switched strategy.
[He can't just quite remove the possibility either...]
Getting answers may take a while, and I doubt either of them will want to speak with us once they return. But I am in agreement; I want to know what caused this so it doesn't happen again.
no subject
[Nyarlathotep... He almost doubts it, but nothing can be ruled out so soon; not without more evidence.]
...Izanami hadn't for centuries. [True, not all deities are the same, but aren't they similarly stubborn? He pauses before speaking again.] ...We're missing something.
[Even if it takes months to get closer to the truth... Yu doesn't mind. He can't give up on this. Not when others could be used in similar manners.]
no subject
[Minami's disappearance is a factor behind Minato's behaviour. The other him obviously cares about her. That's unmistakable.]
We need to trace back his steps, before he was under a spell, and figure out what happened.
no subject
Cowardice was just as much of an awful human trait as every other terrible thing. But still...]
Hmm. Yeah, that seems like the better bet.
no subject