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Post by nutty on Jul 9, 2018 19:20:09 GMT
~Futaba's Palace~
"What you are seeing is real, I'm the only one with no mask or even a hat on the hide who I am..." Kenneth explained looking at Futaba with some rather red cheeks, however as the card was being made there was the whirring sounds of propellers as "Bowser" and his children all came floating up in their Koopa Clown Cars. "Bowser" looked rather angrily at Daniel as "Jr." remarked. "Now you've gone and done it. You're going to make Mama very angry with all of us!" Multiple Koopa Troop airships flew in seemingly ready to attack when Kenneth slowly stood up and looked at the Shadow Koopa Prince telling him. "Did you forget? Peach isn't your mother and Bowser lied to you so he could go after Mario while he was on vacation! You framed Mario for committing a crime!" "Bowser" chuckled before remarking. "We're not talking about Peach here..." Kenneth's eyes burst open in shock. "T-then...if it's not Peach...who is it?" Suddenly the structure started to violently shake.
Within the darkness a large gryphon paw seemingly swiped "Bowser" and the whole Koopa Troop fleet sending them flying away and out of the picture, Kenneth stood up still lacking a mask and his hat trying to quickly find where the hand had came from before jumping out towards the darkness summoning his keyblade firing icy shots from it. The same paw that took "Bowser" out slammed into Kenneth sending him tumbling back down onto the blue girder and landed right in front of Futaba, his SOUL cracking further with the white sunlight.
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Post by StardustXtreme on Jul 9, 2018 19:58:40 GMT
-Futaba's Palace-
"What..." Daniel's eyes traced where the hand was conencted to and he saw... a giant humanoid-liek woman modeled after a sphinx except she wore a top half red dress and had white feather wings, the head was a black ahired spectated human head and his jaw did drop. "the hell...?" Dnaiel managed to say, he seen monsters in his time but this took the surprise factor since that's proabbly the most human-like person he seen so far.
"Okay.. Big four-legged human-like beastie... not exactly what I imagiend would happen after all the other bosses..." Daniel muttered, the creature obivously had an intent to kill by the psyhcopathic intent in its eyes and shifted into a fighting stance. "Dragon, call the shots!" Daniel said immeidately, no doubt this was the thing that was suppsoed to be protecting Futaba Sakura's Treasure.
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Post by WhiteRose-Aki on Jul 9, 2018 21:31:12 GMT
-Futaba's Palace-
"Futaba, stay here!" Chelsea shouted, heading out with everyone. She ripped off her mask to have Principality cast Tetrakarn over everyone, examining the massive creature that shouted to stay away from the pharaoh's tomb and misfortunte would befall them. 'Let's see, what we could here....' Chelsea thought, noting a lion body, a pair of eagle wing, and a woman's head, the face likely being Futaba's mother, Wakaba. 'A Sphinx, a creature with two variations, one known in Egypt and the other in Greece with that myth of a guy who killed his own dad and married his own mother. Hmmm.' "Considering how much that thing loves to fly around apparently..... Everyone, use your guns and any and all skills that are far-ranged! That's our best hope of beating this thing!" With that, she switched her Persona to Lilim, casting Bufala on it with Yusuke while everyone began to use their spells or guns in order to fight the creature.
While everyone went to fight, Futaba looked at Kenneth next to her and shook, unsure what to do. At that moment, her Shadow appeared, showing her the hieroglyph of the men in black suits showing the suicide note from her mother, she asked, "Do you remember?" "This is the suicide note....." Futaba said, looking down. "The men in black suits read it right after Mom died....." "That's correct." Shadow Futaba said, showing the next one. "Look at the next one." She showed the hieroglyph of her mom falling before her death. Futaba looked and held her head, "This..... this is when Mom jumped in front of that car....."
"That's right." Her Shadow self said, showing the next one. "Now the next." "No....." Futaba said, showing her head. Her Shadow told her, "Don't run. I thought you made your mind up after you talked with the Phantom Thieves." "Ok...." Futaba said, sighing. "I'll look." She saw the hieroglyph of her complaining to her mother, ".... It's me complaining. Mom scolded me for bothering her.... " "Yes." Shadow Futaba said, agreeing. Futaba held her sides, shaking. "I knew it. It was me who killed Mom. I was a bad daughter. I weighted her down and she hated me for it. It's just like I remember....." "Are you sure?" Her shadow asked, Futaba was confused and her shadow told her. "Remember everything. Don't avert your eyes. When did this happen?"
Futaba held her head, "Just a little before Mom died...... I whined about wanting to go on a family trip. But she scolded me and said no." "Was that all she said?" Her shadow questioned. Futaba said, "Mom said, 'I'm too busy right now. I need to finish my cognitive research as soon as possible." "And what did you do?" Shadow Futaba asked, Futaba told the shadow, "I threw a tantrum. Told her she thought her research was more important than I was. That's when she scolded me...." "What did she said afterwards?" Her shadow asked. "There was more." Futaba gasped, remembering. "Did she say.... 'My research is almost over. Once it's finished, we can go wherever you like. I'm sorry I left you alone for so long, Futaba. Please try to understand though. This research is really important. I need to complete it, even if it costs me my life.'"
"Did she hate you?" Her shadow asked, Futaba held her head, "She didn't..?" Looking at the hieroglyph, Futaba was confused, "She smiled..." She groaned, holding her head. "My head..... it hurts... Which is true?!" "Your memory is...." Her Shadow said, disappearing and Futaba heard something call her and she headed outside to the others.
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Post by nutty on Jul 9, 2018 21:49:30 GMT
~Futaba's Palace~
"Seriously, are you going to go down that easily to a giant winged monster?" A familiar voice remarked as a certain blue hedgehog walked up to Kenneth and slowly lifted him back up onto his feet. "Fight dude, you said you were going to keep her safe." Kenneth slowly looked over at the Shadow copy of Sonic before another voice said. "You've helped all of us, now it's our turn to help you." Kenneth looked to see Shadow versions of Pac-Man, Mega Man, and lastly Mario. Mario walked up and placed his hands on the brunette's shoulders telling him. "I know you said that you're not like us...but you now have a reason to fight. Go fight for her and protect the princess..." Kenneth nodded and slowly turned around walking up to the large flying Sphinx, his SOUL appearing outside his body cracking, his brown eyes looking up as the SOUL seemingly shattered in a bright light blinding everyone around him, a roar of "La-Lionaaa!~" echoing through the air.
When the light vanished, Kenneth stood atop the Pyramid clad in a more knightly and regal attire that was colored almost like a sun with a starry cape, he rode on top of a white and gold lion with blue eyes that looked otherworldly. Kenneth looked forward and merely said. "Go..." The Lion creature roared and ran quickly towards the edge flying off and running in midair cloaked in a white light, he went behind the creature before he said. "Use Sunsteel Strike and knock that thing into the platform." The feline roared and began to glow with an intense sunlight before ramming the sphinx full force in the back of the head and forcing it out of the sky, Kenneth landed atop the pyramid still on top of the Lion in his new form.
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Post by StardustXtreme on Jul 9, 2018 22:05:08 GMT
-Futaba's Palace-
Daniel cast Eigaon upon Shadow Wakaba, she was quite sturdy desptie her appearance until kenneth's assualt had the wind knocked out of it for a time but there was no certainty she won't try and use the sky to her advantage. "Attack with anything you got whiel she's staggered!" Dnaiel said, combining his move with Ann's Agidyne and Makto's Feidyne, the dark fiery blast slamming into her.
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Post by WhiteRose-Aki on Jul 9, 2018 23:32:07 GMT
-Futaba's Palace-
Chelsea swapped her Persona to Pisaca, to cast Mudoon on the Sphinx while Hermione had Erik use Maeiga, the two brunette using their Curse Skills onto the Shadow cognition of Futaba's mother. Futaba appeared and saw the Sphinx, about to approach but she was confronted by the voices of those who accused of her killing her mother. Chelsea ran to her and held her, "Futaba!" "It's my fault...." Futaba said, looking at the floor. "It's my fault that Mom......." "Futaba, no, don't think like that." Chelsea said, pulling her close for a hug. The Sphinx shouted that she did kill her, Yusuke was surprised since they hadn't clearly seen a image of her face.
Morgana reasoned that her guilt and desires probably distorted her cognition of her mother, along with the wish of her mother being alive with some eerie jeers. The Sphinx shouted that Futaba was nothing but a demon who stood in her way and wished that she was never born so she could have announced her results without her time on Futaba. She screamed that she poured her being into her research, and it could have been the discovery of the century. Hearing it scream that Futaba was going to die, her life was nothing and no one needed her, Chelsea gently patted Futaba on the head and stood in front of her, protecting her.
Futaba looked down, recalling the men in black reading the suicide note and telling her that she was a bother to her mother and hearing a distorted voice of her mother. Makoto pondered that because she thought that she had killed her mother and deserved to die, Futaba had a Palace where her mother wanted to kill her. Everyone tried to convince her that her mother truly loved her and the monster in front of them was a illusion based on a false memory, Futaba groaned, recalling the men in black telling her cause of her, her mother destroyed all her work. Then her shadow appeared, ordering, "Futaba Sakura! Remember!"
Finding herself alone with her shadow, her shadow spoke, "You're the reason she committed suicide. You were just getting in the way of her research. Why did you think it was suicide?" "Because of the note....." Futaba said meekly. Her Shadow said, "Exactly. The men in black suits read her suicide note and what was written on it?" "All of her complaints..... about me....." Futaba said, looking down. The shadow said, "Yes. The shock and pain led you to avert your eyes. But they kept reading it aloud in front of your relatives. Think hard. Was that suicide note real? Would the mother you loved so much truly have written that? Did she ever say such horrible things to you?" After thinking about it, Futaba stood and narrowed her eyes, "No! She scolded me whenever I had tantrums, but she cared for me!"
"Then what about the suicide note?" Shadow Futaba asked, Futaba said, "A total lie!" "You were used!" Her shadow proclaimed, "They forged her suicide note and laid the blame of her death on you! They trampled all over your young heart! Get mad! Don't forgive those rotten adults!" "It's because I couldn't face myself or Mom's death!" Futaba said, realizing it. "Even then, why did they have to yell at me like that?!" Feeling a resolve, Futaba stood up and stepped next to Chelsea, looking at the creature with her mother's face. She felt a pain in her head, hearing a voice, "What denies you is a illusion..... A curse put on you by the heartless..... You knew from the very beginning..... And yet, you cowered in fear." "That's right.... I knew, but...." Futaba said, groaning.
She listened to the Shadow cognition shout it was her fault and now she was going to die, the voice asked, "Will you die as you are told? Who will you obey? Cursed words spat out by a seething illusion? Or the truth in your own soul?" With the Shadow continuing to shout, and sending a wind, Futaba decided, "I won't let those distorted lies deceive me anymore.... And I won't be let astray by others' voices either... I'm going to trust my own eyes and my own heart to distinguish the truth from the lies. There's no way you're my mom! You're just a fake created by those horrid adults! I'll... I'll never...... I'll never forgive them!"
With that, Shadow Futaba floated into the air, changing into a UFO with tentacles coming down and lifting her into the UFO. "Contract..... I am thou, thou art I....." A voice spoke, Futaba looked at her new surrounding, floating in a digital space, her outfit now being a skintight black bodysuit with fluorescent neon green glowing strips and matching black boots with neon green soles. She chuckled, tapping a space as the voice continued, "The forbidden wisdom has been revealed. No mysteries.... No illusions shall deceive you anymore." "Futaba?!" Hermione shouted, Futaba spoke, "I'm OK!" Everyone was awed at the new Persona, and the fact there were two awakenings in one day. Futaba asked, "Please, help me! That's gotta go!" "You got it!" Chelsea said, summoning Orpheus to send a attack.
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Post by StardustXtreme on Jul 10, 2018 20:12:24 GMT
-Futaba's Palace-
"Huh.. that's... a unique Persona..." Daniel said, looking up at Futaba's newly awakened Persona and breathed before turnign to face Shadow Wakaba and prepared himself. "That's good and all but if she flies away again, she's certainyl got an advantage there while we're grounded." Daniel stated unelshign another Eigaon upon the monster-liek woman, it was true, they coudlnt' fly and she could retreat whenever she pleased.
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Post by WhiteRose-Aki on Jul 10, 2018 20:48:57 GMT
-Futaba's Palace: Boss-
"Don't worry, I've got it!" Futaba said, summoning a ballista with a arrow. "Dragon, give someone to use in order to shoot that monster fake out of the sky. It will give you a clear shoot at beating it." "Got it!" Chelsea shouted, looking at the fighters. She looked at Kenneth, "Ken, you take control of that thing and shoot that monster out the sky!" She changed her Persona to Principality to heal everyone then switched back to Orpheus to raise everyone's Defense to protect them from the Shadow's powerful attack.
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Post by nutty on Jul 10, 2018 20:55:48 GMT
~Futaba's Palace~
Kenneth merely nodded and ran over to the Ballista that seemingly appeared out of nowhere, he quickly began to target the large Shadow before walking and pulling back on the launcher to fire at the large Shadow.
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Post by StardustXtreme on Jul 11, 2018 22:42:09 GMT
-Futaba's Palace-
Dnaiel gaurded from the attack from Wakaba as Chelsea had the deency and forethought to buff up eveyrone's defenses because knowing the sphix's wieght and garvity it'd hurt alot, though, the ballista will eb abit tough to wind up repeatedly and when Wakaba wa sin sight and clear shot, the Ballista would eb fired and piercing through Wakaba, satggering her on the platform as Chelsea comamdned everyoen goes all out attack, the rampant beating and poundign intot he Shadow was noteowrthy with amuch bigger group, Fuataba even buffed up their attack power too as Wakaba was losing ground.
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Post by WhiteRose-Aki on Jul 12, 2018 2:21:41 GMT
-Futaba's Palace-
When the Sphinx was groaning and down by the ballista, Chelsea changed her Persona to Orpheus Picaro, using Agidyne, the changed it to Izagani Picaro, having it cast Zionga before having it slashed through the gigantic monster, along with her firing a shot from her handgun and it fell to the bottom of the pyramid. Exiting her Persona, Futaba sat on the ground, exhausted. Hermione and Makoto went to her side, worried. Though Ryuji was in awe of her skill, Chelsea helped her stand up and Futaba took notice of her new attire, noting it was skintight and Chelsea noted her mask was a pair of large googles with orange lenses. 'That's a interesting attire.' She thought.
Suddenly, another figure showed, Wakaba before she died. She thanked her daughter to choosing to remember the real her and Futaba apologized for being so selfish, but Wakaba stopped her from coming over, telling her that it wasn't where she was supposed to be. Futaba started to cry cause she could see her mom again, Wakaba teased that she was being selfish again and the two told their love of each other, then she should get going. So Wakaba disappeared, and Futaba remembered to deal with Medjed, deciding to go home. Chelsea looked at Kenneth, "Kenn, could you get her out of here? She probably doesn't know how to use the Nav."
After they left, the place began to shake. "Uh, what's going on?" Hermione asked, Morgana explained that Futaba was the Treasure, if a person was to enter their own Palace, they became the Treasure and as well, she also awoke to her Persona so the Palace would collapse at any moment. Chelsea sweatdropped, "Oh crap........ Let's get out of here!" Everyone ran down the side of the pyramid and Ann tossed Morgana into the air, having him change into his car form and caught everyone as they was tossed off. Makoto took the wheel and drove everyone out in a rather bumpy ride, trying to avoid the falling bricks.
-Shibuya-
Ending up in the alleyway, Chelsea breathed and shook her head, as Sojiro came out. Makoto suggested that they get some coffee, hitting Yusuke in the side when he said he wasn't thirsty. Then Makoto took Daniel and Chelsea, to see Futaba and Kenneth.
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Post by nutty on Jul 12, 2018 2:32:22 GMT
~Futaba's Room~
After having left the Palace with the sheer exhaustion of not only awakening but actually having jumped and bounced around as though he was Mario, the brunette had gently placed Futaba in the bed in her room and gently tucked her under the covers. Once finished Kenneth sat down in the chair near Futaba's computer and looked at the orange-haired girl for just a moment before grabbing the nearby pillow and placed it on the desk, he laid his head on it and shut his eyes going to sleep.
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Post by StardustXtreme on Jul 12, 2018 21:08:31 GMT
-Shibuya-
Daniel rbathed as the refrehsign cool air of SHibuya was noteworthy, the Palace crumbling and running like a bat out of hell was certaianly a way to exercrise, still, at least ti wasn't liek with kanehsiro driving off a floating platform, though... he dar enot think about how they entere dteh bar through supposedly, Morgana's butt.
Makoto suggested they go and grab some coffeeand then plannign to see if Futaba and kenneth amd eit otu okay, still Futaba's attire as a Phantom Thief or rather Metaverse was.. well, skintight and such, showing her dvelopign curves and all, he had to wodne rhow old she was to be even wear something like that, ANn was udnerstandbale cause she wa sodler and probably at the age of consent to wear such a thing.
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Post by WhiteRose-Aki on Jul 12, 2018 22:15:24 GMT
-Sojiro's House-
Seeing Futaba asleep in her room, Chelsea nudged Daniel. "Don't you know a doctor or someone like that? Think she can come by and see if Futaba and Kenneth are okay?" Having Takemi check on Futaba and Kenneth, she let them know they were okay, so Makoto thought the circumstances of their awakenings was too much. Chelsea crossed her arms and said, "I'll go get Boss. He need to know about Futaba's condition."
She walked to the cafe, Matatabi talked with her. "You seem really rallied up during that fight against the cognitive Shadow." 'No mother would wish their child to be never born.' Chelsea thought. 'Being a mother myself, I guess I got a little carried away.' "'A little' is a understatement," Matatabi said. "With all the Personas that you use."
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Post by StardustXtreme on Jul 13, 2018 20:24:41 GMT
-Shibuya-
Daniel stretche dhsi arms out, luckily Sojiro didn't see kenneth sleeping in Futaba's room so they ha dimmeidately moved him to the cafe lest he gets the wrong idea and Daniel sagged in the seat a bit, sipping some fresh cold water after the stuff they been through. "Well, Takemi says Futaba's condition is fine, just probably sleep deprivation and most likely her body clock is otu of it so she might need to catch up on some some much needed rest." Daniel said to them.
"Still, wonder why things changed in the Palace like that... well at least it ended well." Daniel said on a ptostive note.
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