Endgame: This is the Way the World Ends - RUANA

[animusmods]

Characters: open to those who want to fight Ruana
Setting: the lower administrative levels
Format: action, please!
Summary: It's time to take control of the Tower.
Warnings: physical and psychological horror, violence

When everyone is assembled, Zo opens up a portal--rather, he rips into space violently, as if doing anything less will cause it to snap back shut again. The way the portal quivers and shakes at the edges, it really might. He'll hurry everyone through--and they'll all step into a bedroom. The bed in the center is decorated in pink, with a large canopy and curtains surrounding the bed itself. The curtains are closed. It's silent, but the pressure is so thick in the air it's a living thing all its own. It's completely silent.

Comments

[miseris_socios]

We're going to beat her.

[He'd been so small when he first came here. He was young and angry, and still frustrated at losing his chance at killing Shinjiro. He had been frustrated that he couldn't enact his vengeance.]

[... He'd grown. Now he's taller, older, stronger, and knows more about what things to hang on to and what things to let go. He's seen so much here, so many terrible things... but also things that were wonderful. Having a family. Having friends. Being able to eat as much as he wanted, and having a warm bed to sleep in. Even if some of those things had been illusions, they were valuable.]

[But the time to end them all is now. He has things he has to do at home. People to protect, and a dream to chase after. He spins his spear in the air and catches it, nodding to the rest of the group.]

... Thank you. All of you.

Let me know if you need a shield or healing during the battle. I'm going to hold back on Zio skills until I can see an opening.

[floreatnoctem]

[Never good with meaningful words in the presence of others, Chidori doesn't say much. Instead, she squeezes Ken's shoulder, leaning gently against his back for a moment. Then she slips toward Naoya, and all she can do is settle her hand into his and squeeze, her expression set in careful neutrality. Anything else might give away the fact that she's tired and actually a little bit frightened.

But most of all, she's worried.

Worried about Ruana, worried about them, worried about living. She knows the exact moment when she began to fear dying more than anything, and while she wouldn't trade it for the world, she dislikes being afraid.]

None of you will fall if I have any say in it.

[She will keep them together as well as she can, given how good at healing Hecate's become.]

This much I promise you.

[evokingfool]

[Minato looks at each of them, seeing the determination in their eyes, their stance and words. And the promise for all of them to not die. He nods, grateful to have them fighting by his side. It gives him courage and a stronger drive to survive.

He always intend on living, and see how things will go if--when they win. But Minato can't deny that he's afraid. If he's alone in this, his fears might be more obvious and easier to use.]

If there's anything we're missing, I'll fill in the gap. Let me know if you feel the support spells fading.

[He will renew them, so they can finish this faster. They can fight longer. They can do something without falling too soon.]

Let's do this.

[animusnpcs]

[The room is ominous, to be sure, but it's also silent except for the words they speak. It doesn't seem as if anything is coming out to meet them.]

[slightlyoblivious]

If you need a healing spell, I've got them, too. I can go either way - full damage-dealing or full healing.

Right. I was reminded upstairs, Ruana's weakest if she uses Dax's powers. That's going to be our best shot at taking her out. We just need to play it safe till the weakness shows up.

[Yukiko takes a deep breath.]

Let's go.

[She takes a few steps forward, keeping her guard up.]

[notsogrimreaper]

Wait a second!

[Ryoji tries not to raise his voice above a whisper as he hurries forward, joining the group. He immediately sticks to Yukiko's side, but he offers a small smile to the others.]

I'm here too. I won't let any of you get hurt if I can help it.

[slightlyoblivious]

[She steps close and shifts her fans around so she can take his hand.]

I know. There's not any doubt in my mind.

[imperialsun]

[Okay enough of that. Naoya removes his grabs from his gun to Maki's necklace for a few seconds, trying to feel that beat, that power that was once swelling inside it that allowed them to enter Pandora's lair. Even if that was gone now, what it represented still rang true to him.

He'd made a doll for Ruana once, when him and Chidori had made clothing for Zo and given him his own video game collection. Idly, he wonders if it's somewhere, or if she never bothered to take it.]

I think it's time.

[His persona appears behind him, wand read as he makes it go first, to see what exactly was hiding behind the curtains.]

[animusnpcs]

[As the persona approaches the curtains, they begin stretching out toward it, as if to entangle the persona.]

[evokingfool]

[Minato tightens his grip on his evoker. The curtains aren't moving that fast, so Naoya's Persona can possibly avoid it...

Still, he raise his evoker, ready to shoot at himself.]