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towerofanimus2012-09-07 03:04 am
imperialsun) wrote in towerofanimus2012-09-07 03:04 am
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You've Really Lost Your Mind
Characters: Naoya and YOUR BRAVE PARTY OF anyone who wants to help with his Shadow
Setting: Forest Level, 12th of September
Format: Starting with prose, but we can switch it up
Summary: Someone's realizing his so-called twin brother is not really the twin he was looking for.
Warnings: BROTHERRRRRRR
How could he have been this foolish and let it linger on for so long?
Even if he already knew the answer, Naoya's steps felt heavy with each he took, Amon-Ra and Vishnu trying to reassure him that they'd defeat him. He already knew it was his shadow now...so why was it still here?
The forest area, he had said. Old memories if when him and Maki had walked on the journey to meet another shadow a while ago...this was no chance selection of the battleground. And he was right; the place had been completely transformed by the fog and the Shadow's will. The trees took on an 8-bit pixelated look, pink in color.
But even worse, an old model of the MSX machines stood before them; he'd spent countless hours on it, playing games...
After reading it, his hand clenched into a fist.
"He's right. I can't risk any of you in this." After all, the first time it had only been him and Maki.
[OOC- Anyone can join at all if you'd like!]
Setting: Forest Level, 12th of September
Format: Starting with prose, but we can switch it up
Summary: Someone's realizing his so-called twin brother is not really the twin he was looking for.
Warnings: BROTHERRRRRRR
How could he have been this foolish and let it linger on for so long?
Even if he already knew the answer, Naoya's steps felt heavy with each he took, Amon-Ra and Vishnu trying to reassure him that they'd defeat him. He already knew it was his shadow now...so why was it still here?
The forest area, he had said. Old memories if when him and Maki had walked on the journey to meet another shadow a while ago...this was no chance selection of the battleground. And he was right; the place had been completely transformed by the fog and the Shadow's will. The trees took on an 8-bit pixelated look, pink in color.
But even worse, an old model of the MSX machines stood before them; he'd spent countless hours on it, playing games...
After reading it, his hand clenched into a fist.
"He's right. I can't risk any of you in this." After all, the first time it had only been him and Maki.
[OOC- Anyone can join at all if you'd like!]
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"It's not exactly like he's the next Prime Minister candidate, y'know," is his very stubborn reply. "I'm kind of just a stubborn asshole like that. It has nothing to do with him."
Really, it didn't. He was just being well, himself. Push people away, keep them at an arm's length, then you won't hurt them, you know?
"So in other words you posed entirely as his brother just to be an even bigger pain in the ass? Wonderful. Anything else you'd like to share?" Of course, this is all said as he fires a Ziodyne next, the winged serpent that is his Persona hissing and beating its wings.
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[REFLECT]
Part of it went into Nanjo and he winced in pain again, but the other was reflected right back at Minato.
"Oops! Guess that bond with his old dead butler made him pretty strong eh? You know what, I'm feeling generous, let me tell you what he's strong against instead of just wanting you fail over and over...he reflects fifty percent of any elemental spell, along with force."
And then to add insult to injury, Nanjo's shade cast Diarahan on itself.
HP [████████████░]
SP [██████░░░░░░░]
Back to square one with the health. Without waiting for the other youth to shoot again with his evoker, he used his own advantage to rush in with his sword.
Think fast, Minato.
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He backs up and switches to Thanatos now--physical skills might be the key here. Dangerous, but... the only option.
"If you're going to play it this way," he begins, making sure to dodge anymore on-coming attacks even as he summons, "then I guess I'll be getting dangerous. Persona!"
Enjoy that Gigantic Fist, Not-Really-Nanjo.
"You know, you're wrong. They're still his friends. YOUR friends. However you treat them isn't going to change that. And I'm not going to give up until I die or we win." And that's all there is to say on the matter.
1/2
[BLOCK]
"Unfortunately? Pointless. This is where I show you how all of your hard work you've put into this wasn't worth shit."
HP [████████████░]
SP [██████░░░░░░░]
The shade's Persona came out and in a horrific display, both of them combined into a strange unholy monster. Four arms grasped the sword and the spear. With one part it cast an magic buff on itself, and with the other, it prepared a Makouha. The holy damaging spell gathered in his hands into a white ball of light, and it threw it at the other youth. The magic spell left a trail of burning pixelated grass.
"At least you're lucky! The spell won't leave you suffering for too long! Too bad you failed, huh?"
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[REFLECT]
Naoya's shadow sounded absolutely furious.
"NO! There's no way that attack could have been blocked, let alone reflected!"
And yet the damage was there. The shade collapsed from the force, its skin on fire and burning, one of the hands having come clean off, and the metallic wings behind it tumbling to the ground before disappearing. It coughed up blackish blood.
HP [████░░░░░░░░░]
SP [████░░░░░░░░░]
"That doesn't change anything. You're still a weakling that's out of his league. Once it gets up it'll destroy you!"
But as he spoke, a voice rang out inside of Minato's head. It was Nanjo's voice, this time not distorted like when the shade had used it, but clear from Naoya's own memories of their time spent together...
...Man is an emotional creature, I suppose. We can split hairs all we like...but the ultimate decision is made by one's heart....
...People can't live in isolation. If things are hard, just look around.
We'll be there for you....
Energy reached into Minato's body and completely healed him, before a surge of power to his persona increased its attack power. The shade, shaking off the pain from the reflected attack, raised its two weapons into the air, and jumped directly at Minato again. Only this time its movements and speed were much, much slower than before.
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He has to fight. He HAS to win.
"... I might not be the most sterling example, but Naoya is a Persona user... and I promised I wouldn't let anyone get hurt anymore."
Even now, Thanatos is... almost different. Somewhere inside himself he feels a weird sort of... control, almost. Maybe he's just too stubborn to give up. Maybe Death has its own ideas. After all, it will never let its host die like THIS.
Either way, Minato just wipes his face and the sweat and injuries off and straightens again, ready.
"I won't let you ruin what both of you have worked so hard to recognize," he says, even as he twirls his Evoker and Thanatos makes a roaring sort of noise, raising it's free hand and pointing it's sword straight ahead.
"... You might be part of him, but everyone has problems like this. It's human nature. My friends and I make mistakes all the time... we've done things wrong. Killed people. Done terrible things with no remorse. We've made the decisions no person would ever consider if they had any morality, just to survive, just because someone has to bring those decisions up! Even then... I won't allow you to act like you have any right to decide how his friends did or didn't feel, what worth they were. You don't replace people and you can never, EVER take what they did away! Thanatos, now!"
His Persona rushes in toward the shade, ready to fight it one-on-one and tear it to pieces. He would show this Shadow... he WOULD show it what the Death Arcana could do.