03 | I apologize

[alephbet]

Characters: Aleph, you, and special guest Mara!
Setting: Any floor of the tower. Any.
Format: Starting with action brackets, will match anything.
Summary: Aleph lets his demons out and about sometimes. This includes Mara.
Warnings: Mara is a giant green penis in a chariot.

[During your stay in the tower, while going about your daily business, you run into this. It nods its... head... in acknowledgement of your presence.

What do you do.]

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[blankplatform]

......................uuuuuh.................

[Staring... at it... and just... staring... I... guess.]

[alephbet]

[Soon enough an actual human shows up, looking embarrassed.]

Sorry, he didn't give you any trouble, did he?

[technologic]

[What.

The.

Fuck.

April would say something but she's too paralyzed by "OHGOD WHAT THE HELL IT'S A GIANT DICK IN A CHARIOT" to do anything but stare.]

[alephbet]

[Aleph pokes his head around a corner and approaches.]

April. I can explain.

[absolute_perception]

[Going about his routine with his cart, he just emerged out of the bathrooms and turned the corner. The rumbling of wheels from the cart almost masked the presence of that... thing. If it wasn't the chemicals messing with his head, it's the creeping mushroom spores or something. The little person young teen just walks on by with a shake to his head.]

[alephbet]

[Aleph watches him go and sighs. That was one awkward conversation he didn't have to have.]

[midgarhorizon]

[Reno seems to be bottling his latest round of moonshine in the cafeteria.


Was that a giant green penis monster in a chariot that just rolled by?

Yes. Yes it was.


Shrugging, he turns his attention back to his task at hand.]

[alephbet]

[And following it, Aleph stops to look at something more interesting.]

We finally have alcohol?

[grislytragedian]

[Doot dee doo just minding his own business, wandering the tower and l-- dear god that is a giant green penis in a chariot what. What.]

[John rubs his eyes, maybe this is some really, really bizarre hallucination or something. Nope. NO there is definitely still a chariot-bound giant phallus in the middle of this hallway.]

[What does he do? Fuck he has no idea. Just stand here and be baffled, I guess? Is it a monster? Should he attempt to...punch...it? Yeah no he's not touching that thing. Dammit hammer-scythe, why are you still broken? It doesn't seem to be attacking though so maybe it's...a friendly penis?]

[alephbet]

[When Aleph pokes his head around the corner - crap, it's someone young. He is the worst Messiah.]

Mara, why don't we have this conversation without you right here? Thanks.

[With another nod, the giant dick disappears in a burst of light, back into Aleph's arm terminal.]

...Right. Um. I'm very sorry.

[papadojima]

*Okay. Okay. He was just minding his own business, coming back up from the cafeteria, when he came face to head with... this thing. Now he had seen Yu used strange creatures as his Persona, but never something like this at all.* Uh...

[alephbet]

[Coming up from around Mara.]

...So this is awkward.

[skullphones]

[So... there sure is a giant green dick sitting in a chariot over there. Normally Beat would chalk it up to hallucinations after whatever the fuck happened to his head when he woke up with busted headphones in the meadow, but he hadn't been seeing any before now, and it was a couple days away by this point. So, ever one to follow the crowd, Beat stops skating and just looks at it for a second.]

[And then he laughs.]

[alephbet]

Is that a good or a bad kind of laugh...?

[Aleph's just confused.]

[outforheroblood]

*...how hideous. The last thing Ghirahim expected when she descended to her room was...this thing.*

What a disgusting creature. And in front of a lady, no less--! I'm appalled.

[alephbet]

I'm sorry, miss. He wanted a bit of air.

[At least Aleph looks contrite.]

So Buddism and Hinduism had a few rough patches and...let's not forget his meeting with Mara ergo...

[imperialsun]

[ANNOYANCE.

LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH I'VE COME TO BE ANNOYED YOU SINCE I FIRST SAW YOU BURSTING OUT OF YOKOUCHI'S STOMACH.

THERE ARE 100,000,000,000,000,000 ANTS IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW. IF EACH OF THOSE ANTS HAD THE WORD ANNOYED WRITTEN ON THEM, IT WOULD STILL NOT BE ONE ONE-BILLIONTH OF THE ANNOYANCE I FEEL FOR YOU AT THIS INSTANT.

ANNOYANCE.

ANNOYANCE.]

Mara...

[alephbet]

[Mara growls. Aleph, on the other hand, just blinks.]

You've met?

[fingerbangingood]

....No.

[He turns around, walking away from the thing.]

No, I'm clearly drunk. I did not just see a talking penis on a chariot. No no nope, not at all. Booze making Yusuke crazy.

[alephbet]

I'm really not sure whether to tell you if you're right or wrong...

[This was such a bad idea.]

[worldrestored]

[Oh man. Oh man oh man oh man is the so-called "great demon" back for round two after Naoki thrashed its bloby bits into oblivion? And it looks like it's not a half-summon this time either...nice chariot dude.

He doesn't really question where Mara came from, just that it's here and he's here and he has been aching for a proper fight lately. Might want to tell him Mara's not there for that.]

[alephbet]

[Mara quivers with anticipation, spinning his wheels.] You seek to challenge me, Mara? You seem strong, but do you have the stamina to outlast-

Mara. I said no fights. [Aleph glances up from what he had been doing and gives his demon a sour look.] Tower monsters only.

[xroyal_bratx]

......

[ Ishtar you are still asleep, because obviously you are staring at what appears to be the strangest thing on the face of the earth...not even the weird monsters at Facility can compare. ]

.....What....the hell...is that?

[ BRB her brain might have broken a little.

IT JUST NODDED ITS HEAD......WHAT? ]

[alephbet]

That's a demon. One of mine. Its name is Mara.

[Sigh.]

[sawthelockdown]

[Guess who isn't horrified? Huzzah for being from the SMT-verse! At any rate, Asako just...facepalms.]

Okay, Mara, who let you out in public?

[alephbet]

...That'd be me. I'm regretting it. I'm regretting it a lot.

[faithstaynight]

[...

There are some things a Holy Maiden should never have to see. This is one of them. In a flash of light, Jeanne's casual clothes are replaced by her armor, and her sword materializes in her hand.]

W-What manner of foul beast is this?!

[alephbet]

[The chariot's wheels burst with flame as Mara answers.] My visage is not foul but glorious-

Mara, I told you not to get into fights. [Aleph looks between the two of them.] Sorry. He's one of mine.

[crouching_sin]

[... That sure is Mara. Naoya just raises an eyebrow and continues sipping his tea for a moment before he sets it down.]

I didn't expect to see you here.

[alephbet]

Why not? What other demon would be better to bring to this long tower and penetrate its mysteries?

[Aleph just sighs.]

[firstofthefallen]

Getting a bit of exercise?

[Louis is just amused. More at the fact that you still take such care of your demons even in an enclosed environment like this, not so much about Mara. Really.

Who would find anything funny about a great demon lord such as Mara? It'd be far too rude.]

[alephbet]

That's right. Care to join us for a while?