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[fuhgeddaboudit]

Characters: Labrys and you~!
Setting: Room 3-07, floor 3
Format: Either or, depending on your preference.
Summary: What even is going on.
Warnings: WHEEE PERSONA 4 ARENA SPOILERS ALL UP IN HERE



[Room 3-07]
[Unexpected shutdown detected. Running diagnostic.]

[Motor functions impaired. Hypothesis: system failure. Reasoning: possible stress overload on emotional subroutines.]

[Attempting recovery...attempt two...att-]

[The girl's eyes snapped open, interrupting thirty seconds of systems fumbling and scrambling for a reason as to why mechanical limbs refused to respond. The too-pale girl blinked too-red eyes widened with surprise; nothing she could find in her memory or data banks could explain this. Hadn't she only just been in a car with Aigis and the others?]

[Reviewing current records... no lost data found. Hypothesis: New location. Contradiction: Impossibility.]

[It didn't make sense. One didn't just blink and wake up elsewhere, the incident in the TV world notwithstanding. Where were Aigis and Mitsuru, that funny guy in the cape or the younger girl with them?]

[For that matter...where was she?]

[Floor Three]

[Having shed the unusual outfit she awoke in, a girl wandered the tower, every movement making quiet mechanical whirring noises as she went. She could have sworn she was wearing her Yasogami uniform when last she was aware at all...for that matter, where on earth was her axe?]

[Wherever this was...everything was in ruins. It made Labrys nervous, honestly. Some kind of catastrophe had taken place here, and imagining what could cause this kind of destruction made her metal hands fidget nervously. This...wasn't the world behind the TV again, was it? She didn't really recall getting thrown in the first time, so...]

[She shook her head, looking down at her hands. Still metal, no illusion or dream making them seem like flesh and bone. Labrys was still Labrys, no matter what. They'd taught her that much, and if she had to face Shadows or anything else she wouldn't forget herself in the process.]

[Hesitantly, Labrys called out a few names as she continued walking. Maybe they'd answer, or maybe they were miles away.]

Aigis? Mitsuru?

[A pause.]

...Yu? Y-Yosuke? ...C'mon, anybody.

Comments

[Floor 3] Howdy. :3c

[fractus_animus]

[ Music could be heard filtering through his headphones, loud as ever. All the monsters, all the destruction... it had been a bit crazy, but it was easier to ignore it all now. Minato, however, was pleased for there to be some peace at this point. ... He was getting tired. There had been a lot of fighting, a lot of Persona summoning, a lot of injuries here and there. A lot of bullets too, he supposed. He was about out... it was nice to have a break, but damn did the library get tossed around.

Then he heard the voice of the girl during a pause between songs. Yu? Yosuke? ... She knew Narukami's team, and Narukami himself? Minato pauses, turning his mp3 player down and removing a headphone before approaching.

... He's immediately on-edge when he gets a good LOOK at the girl, though. He doesn't trust anyone, especially not someone who looks like a Kirijo construct. He makes sure his Evoker is gripped tightly, here. If he has to fight, he will, but... ]

... You know Narukami's team?

[ Then she's from his future. Must be. ]

sup

[fuhgeddaboudit]

Y-yeah.

[She didn't look hostile, despite her construction. Labrys was a little hesitant, speaking cautiously.]

You seen 'em?

also this is depressing HOW don't we have an Aigis yet

[fractus_animus]

You could say that.

[ This robot... this girl. Doesn't sound anything like Aigis, but--

Aigis also saved his sister's life.

He doesn't trust anything Kirijo made, but he also knows how his sister would've felt. ]

... He's here. You part of his Persona team? Wasn't aware he had a Kirijo-made construct with him.

soooooob

[fuhgeddaboudit]

Well, I kinda...I only just met 'em all kinda recently. We're friends, but we ain't done too much far as bein' on the same team or anythin' yet.

[fractus_animus]

[ ... Mm. Well, whatever--he isn't sure he can trust her, but he has no reason to fight an android who isn't openly going YOU ARE MY ENEMY HERE HAVE A FACE FULL OF LEAD, and he's exhausted and Thanatos is kind of mad at him already, so... ]

... You kind of showed up at an awkward time. A giant space whale just destroyed half this place.

[ He says it so naturally, too. Like the weather. ]

Last I know, Narukami was doing something with his team. Probably fighting. ... I'm guessing you have a Persona? Or some means of defense?

[fuhgeddaboudit]

I heard somethin' about the whale, yeah.

[Weird shit, what can ya do.]

I got a Persona, yeah...hey, you ain't seen a big ol' axe around here, have ya?

[fractus_animus]

[ He pauses, thinking briefly. Axe... ]

What's it look like? If it's a big weapon they probably wouldn't have let you bring it in from home, if they're... even able to keep that system up right now. The admins kind of have a limit with what they let us show up with.

I know a few axe users, but...

[ They're SEES or IT and he doesn't wanna talk about them. ]

[fuhgeddaboudit]

It's this kinda big extendable thing with thrusters on it.

[fractus_animus]

[ Give him a moment to think. ... Nope, not ringing a bell. ]

You... might have to function without it for now. Do you have any other means of defense aside from your Persona? I haven't seen them bring us weapons that won't fit in the trunks we got before the mess here, usually, so...