Persoan: Spiral of Doors(kingdomkeylight X Noel)

[kingdomkeylight]

(ooc)
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Haritama High School a small located in small town whose population neared the border of what would be considered legal enough to even have its owns school. However the school was well active, and quite popular even having some students who were out of town learn from it do to its high regards in the educational system. A town that had quiet a bit of outdoor activity for the younger generations to enjoy as well.... unfortunately for a certain group of friends these sun filled days were currently being wasted at the oddity of two friends arguing on a small rumor that had been passing around on the internet.... it was called the Persona game, and due to its strange nature on the site it had become so popular to those who surfed the web that one such friend had suggested trying it out. The idea was debunked by Mato when Alex the one who had told everyone else about it discovered it. In the usual norm a argument brock out and a bet was placed.... unfortunately fours others were dragged into.
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"How did we get dragged into this again," Terence sighed as he sat down on the bleachers awaiting like everyone else on Alex who had to hunt down a apparent required sixth person for the game. The glasses wearing teen kicked his boxing bag around quiet annoyed how he had been pulled into one of Mato's arguments... especially since he had enough of them with her on his own terms.
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"Oh come on I think it sounds exciting don't you Abel..... I mean we barely get together like this anymore anyways so its kinda nice," Sakura hummed as she turned to Abel for her thoughts on the matter.
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"AHAHAHAA I found one," everyone's attention would suddenly be grabbed by Alex's childish like girly voice as she opened the gym door dragging behind a probable very confused student who a few of them probable recognized. Alex didn't exactly go to the school and was in fact home schooled. Unknowing that the victim was in fact the new guy Terence face palmed as Sakura chuckled a bit.
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"Oh dear it seems Alex has dragged in the fresh blood for this little quarrel."
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"READY TO EAT YOUR WORDS MATO?"

[Noel]

Even with most of their little group gathered Mato was still preoccupied pacing back and forth in front of the gym bleachers, an occasional irritated grumble mingling with the slightly unnatural thuds of her steps caused by the prosthetic leg she wore. ”The hell is taking so long... you're just gonna be wrong any way, hurry it up so I can get outa' here.” The girl who was still dressed in a gym track suit, albeit with an arm town off and sewn shut was muttering to herself in irritation, stopping every so often to look to the door and tap her good foot against the floor. Of the many things the slightly disheveled girl was, patient was certainly not one of those things. She gave a bit of a sidelong glare when Terence kicked the boxing bag. What'd he have to be annoyed about? Its not like he was the one stuck with debunking absurd theories!

Abel gave a low hum as she watched, her right leg crossed over the left in an L shape so she could rest her hands against it while watching Terence and Mato make a fuss about the entire situation. Abel tapped her fingers against her leg and adjusted her glasses when Sakura spoke up. ”Even if its just a hoax I think it could be interesting. These stories always come from somewhere and that may even be more interesting than the story itself” The androgynous girl dressed in a plain males uniform responded matter of factually but her voice still holding a decisive neutrality to it. Soon another voice sounded through the room, one which was certainly more feminine, and much louder than her own. It was accompanied by the gym doors being tossed open.

The first to be seen was Alex followed by an unfamiliar face who looked understandably a bit confused. After entering the room and Alex's rather enthusiastic taunt Marcus stepped forward, looking around quickly. ”Woah woah woah! Slow it down alright!? I'm totally cool with helping you guys but would you mind explaining what I'm helping with?” Marcus sighed while looking around at the hodgepodge group he had been dragged into to.

Mato stepped forward quickly when Alex finally showed up, looking over the new guy with a look of light irritation, to which he simply shrugged and grinned lightly. ”Einstein over here seems to think some crazy rumor off the net is real. You're a real piece'a' work if you really think anythings gonna happen.” Mato looked over Alex with somewhat of a dull expression, planting her hand on their head and jostling it around just a little too roughly before shoving her hand back in a pocket. ”Well lets get this over with already. Hurry up and explain it already.”

[kingdomkeylight]

"Ya well we'll see that attitude out the window when you see I am right..... oh that's right... I simple grabbed you and ran," Alex started laughing as said person looked to latest victim Marcus. It was true Alex had literally spotted Marcus, and without even a warning ran up right to him and started pulling him toward the gym. It seemed the groups random element had just pulled the newcomer right smack into all this without even a warning as to why.
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"Trust me run while you still can," Terence spoke up as he watched the whole event play out in front of him. "I know you.... your the new guy who came in yesterday, names Terence your kidnapper is Alex these to lovely ladies next to me are Sakura, and Abel. The one with the attitude issues is Mato... don't expect much from her.... she's as bitter as they come," Terence added as he introduced the whole group to the new kid. It wasn't much a introduction as more then a "lets speed this up process" Mato, and Alex had dragged them all here, and while it was nice to be all together.... Terence himself had boxing practice in about twenty minutes.
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"Forgive Alex he... she......Alex can be quiet the straight forward person," Sakura spoke up oddly gender confused in her statement in the one how had dragged Marcus which probable even added more confusion to the whole situation. Though while this was all going on Alex kept a glared eye on Mato until a soft ahem from Sakura caught the attention of all in the room.
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"Huh... OH RIGHT. Ya its called the Persona game it's like the biggest craze on the net right now..... it just poof out of nowhere I tell ya," Alex said giving Marcus a very unnatural smile as they added. "Pretty much a group of six or more people each bring a valuable item of their own we all get into a circle," Alex suddenly started to drag MArcus again as Sakura, and Terence got up to walk over to the center of the gym. Situating Marcus Alex walked over and stood next to Sakura and Mato. In a circular order it was Alex, Mato, Marcus, Abel, Terence, and Sakura. "Then everyone offers up their valuable item to the person to the right." Alex pulled out a small white book and handed it to Mato... it was most likely a diary it seemed as it had a lock keeping it from opening. Terence handed Sakura a old rustic pocket watch, and Sakura handed Alex a simple silver ring with a lone sapphire gem. "Now everyone has to chant a saying and at the end say "Now come to me PERSONA, PERSONA," once done with the expo Alex motioned at Sakura to start it.
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"Oh my I am not so good on the spot Alex.... um."
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"Sakura come on its simple just something random... the whole idea is to set the mood so we can summon the Spiral so we can be granted a truth that we didn't know about in our lives," Alex whined revealing what the whole game was supposedly about. Terence chuckled a bit rudely on the side as Sakura went into a thoughtful gaze trying to figure out what to say.
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"Alright here I go...... I sing to the sea, my breathe is my song, with the sound of my voice all fall in love.... to that sea in the outside the window I call now come to me PERSONA, PERSONA," she said singing the last part in the sprite of the mood. Terence looked at her like she was crazy but Sakura giggled as she felt like it was sort of fun. Realizing he was getting a puffy pout look from Alex the glasses wearing teen let out a annoying sigh before apparently giving in to this nonsense.
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"How did I get drawn into this again.... My word is my bound, my fist is my strength as my intelligence is my gun, I move for no one now come to me PERSONA, PERSONA," Terence said in a dull annoyed voice before adding. "I blame you Mato for dragging me into this."
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"ALRIGHT my turn ahem, My soul is bright, as bright as the sun, my friends are grand, and my inspiration is young now come to me PERSONA, PERSONA," Alex joyfully said clearly quiet in the mood as Sakura clapped to Alex's statement before getting a look from Terence saying "don't encourage this". "Alright Mato your turn... unless your willing to admit this isn't nonsense," Alex said glaring at Mato.

[Noel]

”So are you guys the occult club or something? My last school had one of those but all they did was sit around reading stuffy old books.” Marcus spoke quizzically with a light laugh after listening to the explanation of what he was dragged here for. Defiantly not what he would have expected but it didn’t seem like he could excuse himself even if he wanted too. Next came the verses from the first three members which caused Marcus to scratch his head. ”Man this is real out there...” He muttered to himself finally.

Mato groaned clutching her thumb and index against the bridge of her nose. She snapped the book up when Alex handed it to her, tucking it under her arm and rifling through her pockets. She pulled a locket which was scratched and dented to the point where nothing could hope to open it, then shoving the object to Marcus while giving a sharp glare. Marcus gave a faint grin and pulled the headphones he wore from off his neck then passed them to Abel who in turn produced an old fountain pen from an inside pocket and passed it off to Terence. ”Eh shut it Terence, blame sparky over 'ere for not bein' able to see nonsense as nonsense.” Mato paused, giving Terence a light shove as she passed by over to Alex. ”As if. The more I see of this the more it looks like a load a' crap.” Mato tapped a foot against the ground in thought, her expression still being one of dull irritation. All that flowery poetry definitely wasn’t her cup of tea. ”My voice beckons, My gaze reaches far, My path can not be blocked, now come to me PERSONA, PERSONA.” Mato recited the impromptu verse with a practiced disinterest. She waved her hand dismissively, signaling the next member of their group to go.

Abel stepped forward and adjusted her glasses, giving an ahem to clear her voice before speaking up herself. ”I am shadow, ever present yet uncertain and wavering. I am everyone yet no one. I am a fleeting glimpse in your vision , now come to me PERSONA, PERSONA.” Abel spoke softly as she always did, removing her glasses afterward and producing a cloth from her pocket to casually begin cleaning the lenses as she fell silent.

Marcus stood silent for a few moments when it came to his turn. ”I've got it! You guys are the drama club right!? Thats how you came up with all that on the spot! Hm, me huh...” Marcus stood thinking for a moment later before snapping his fingers, a grin spreading across his face. ”How about this...” The young man grabbed the zipper of his coat and quickly yanked it down, throwing his right arm out dramatically causing the coat to ruffle a bit. ”I have known no peace. I have known no home. I who could not belong will wander the far stretched mountains, now come to me PERSONA, PERSONA!” Marcus began his recital in a hushed dramatic voice, drawing his outstretched hand back to his chest, hanging his head a bit. As he continued to speak he rose to tone of his voice until finally peaking at the word persona, jutting his arm upward and striking something of a triumphant pose. He held the pose in what he would consider pause for effect for a moment before letting his arm drop with a laugh. ”I knew some of the gals from the old drama club back there.”

Abel watched the performance with quiet amusement while Mato was quite the opposite, feeling dumbfounded by the new guys enthusiasm. ”I think Alex may have found one which could rival their own antics. However this is a rather interesting story, I may have to do some further research later...” Alex spoke while taking a glance to Sakura, humming lightly at the thought of where the story may have emerged from. Mato groaned once more at the banter, glancing around the group.

”There we did your lil' ritual and nothin' happened. Happy now? Mato concluded, taking a few steps towards the gyms doorway as if to say 'we're done here'

[kingdomkeylight]

"I don't believe it.... Alex found another of their kind," Terence said completely dumbfounded at Marcus's apparent theory that they were all apart of the drama club, and thus in his own theory had dramatized his own poem like summon for this thing called a persona. Terence was even further amazed as the boy known as Marcus added in a dramatic posse causing Terence to face palm himself as he mumbled something about being surrounded like idiots. Sakura laughed as she nodded in agreement to Abel's statement about further research on this rumor of the web. "Do we look like we are a organized group buddy?".
"I bet it has quiet the hype behind it... and be nice Terence he's just being... well Alexy," she giggled as she watched Alex await for the apparent epicenes that was suppose to prove Mato wrong... yet after a few minutes of nothing happening it seemed Alex was defeated as Mato started to walk off adding a small tingle of a burn to Alex's already shattered hopes. "That's not very nice Mato, sure she was wrong but....," without warning the lights died finding a suddenly terrified Sakura clinging to a probable non expecting Abel. It was clear Sakura had a strong fear of the dark as she wasn't willing to let go of Abel.
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"Alright I get it I am a loser Mato don't be so cruel turn the lights ba.....," Alex's words were cut short when they noticed Mato wasn't even at the door yet, and quiet far from the light switches.... suddenly their was smile on Alex's face. "OH heavens I AM SO RIGHT.... EAT YOUR WORDS NOW MATO," Alex yelled in victory before like everyone else suddenly found their items for the ritual pulled out roughly from their grip as said items started to glow. As they grew brighter and brighter they started to swirl in a circle right where the group had before the ritual. A large clanking noise would catch Mato's attention as a vine like chain appeared around all the exit points of the gym each one creating a X like shape in front of the doors with a single heart shaped pad lock at its center that released a loud clicking noise. As the circle of light grew brighter Terences voice yelled into the air.
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"How are you doing this Alex," he said clearly having no way to scientifically grasp what was going on in front of his eyes. Yet before anything else could be said a large flash would send Alex, Marcus, and Terence flying onto their backs as the items apparently converged on each other. Sakura gripped tighter onto Abel in fear as the scene played out in front of them... when the light settled as if being created out of thin air.... six doors in a circular shape would be seen each one made in a very unique way and color. the most noticeable thing however would be right where the doorknob was... was a small picture of each item that had been used in the ritual.... the actual items themselves were nowhere to be seen though.
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"Terence, Marcus..... Alex," Sakura called out still a bit blinded by the flash as she finally let go of Abel at the signal of the lights coming back on. Yet at the call of the names were no responses at first... until a clearly excited voice spoke out.
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"HAHAHAHA I told you Mato, I told you it wasn't some crazy rumor its real THE PERSONA GAMES REAL," Alex laughed in victory as they were laid out flat on the ground from the blast as they got up Alex dusted their pants off before looking for Mato to rub this fact into her jerk face. A soft growl would reveal Terence wasn't as quick to recover as he stayed on the floor still trying to register what had just hit him. After a few seconds it seemed like he wasn't going to get up soon.
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"Thank goodness.. their alright," Sakura breathed a sigh of relief before a foreign voice spoke up in the room... a voice that would send a shiver down everyone's spine at its stoic yet static voice bellowed into the room.
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I grant thee in their call of the game the persona's Centaurus, Golem, Apollo, Doppelganger, Siren, and Dullahan..... these shall be the main weapons you shall use to discover your own truths........ the persona Athena shall be the judge at the end of each trial..... if one fails..... all shall fail..... and you shall rot away at the hands of your own shadows....... may you find Self truth in the clouds of your own masks... or parish in the weight of your own denials...... to call your persona's all you must do.... is call their name The voice went silent as its presence slowly disappeared from the room.

[Noel]

Marcus gave a shrug of the shoulders at Terence's comment, still chuckling lightly to himself after his little performance. ”Hey you can't judge a book by its cover. And real artists come in all shapes and sizes!” The new guy said with a nod, gesturing around their little group as if it was still evidence despite his questions being already rebuked. But as several minuets passed it seemed like nothing was going to happen which seemed to cause a bit of tension between the group.

”Hey don't blame me, wasn’t my bright idea to try this jun...” Mato began to reply in irritation, craning her head to look back to the group just as the lights suddenly clicked off. Mato blinked and glanced around in the dark while Abel jumped a bit, not because of the lights going out but because of Sakura suddenly grabbing ahold of her. ”The hell are you on about? I didn't do... anything...” Mato began with a snap when Alex began to accuse her about the lights, her voice trailing off at the end when something unexpected began to happen. The items began to float with a glow spreading light through the room, a heavy clang of chains causing the girls head to snap back to the door then back to the floating items. ”Ey what the hell?! Give me back my necklace dammit!” She barked, watching the glow of the items grow more and more vibrant and begin to spin.

Abel's eyes widened a bit and a light grin spread across her lips, watching the events unfold even as three of her friends were sent toppling to the ground by an almost blinding flash. The androgynous girl began to laugh faintly while watching the six doors form out of nothingness. ”Its real... its really real.” She said in a hushed tone under her breath, her voice sounding a bit excited while glancing at the doors even as the other girl clung to her still.

Marcus meanwhile was pushing himself upward with a groan to be greeted by the sight of the doors. His jaw simply dropped at the sight, if he hadn’t been knocked on his ass moments ago he would have been sure this was all an elaborate prank. But it defiantly wasn’t, which was only confirmed by the laughing shouts of Alex. ”Girl I dunno if you can call it alright, my brain might just decide to up and check out with what I just saw.” He spoke, a bit of humor still in his voice but clearly being preceded by surprise and awe.

Mato had fell uncharacteristically silent after the formation of the door, rubbing her hand over her eyes and pinching her own cheek. She looked over to Alex, the normal grimace she held replaced a stoic and baffled look. ”This is fuckin' nuts... did I hit my head or something...” She ran a hand through her hair with a sigh just before a distinct unrecognizable voice sounded through the room. When the presence faded away both Mato and Marcus were left standing baffled.

Abel however swiftly moved to examining each of the doors thoroughly, making note of the familiar icons upon them, reaching her own finally and stopping before it. ”Each one is marked with an item, so this one is mine.” She spoke while running a finger over the door, an odd unexplainable sensation coming from it which seemed to make her skin quiver. ”Persona... self truth... the name...” She spoke faintly to herself before standing straight and taking a step back from her door and extending a hand outward. ”Then... Doppelganger.” Abel spoke, and as if instantly another chill ran down her spine, her head felt light and it seemed her breath was robbed from her. A light faint flash shown before her hand, a sort of face seeming to stare back from the inside of her glasses. Quickly she pulled her arm back to her chest with a gasp, the light being snuffed out. ”How very interesting.” She spoke with a faint grin, despite her heart pounding and body quivering.

[kingdomkeylight]

"No, but you just got utterly crushed by me, and my REAL INTERNET RITUAL," Alex laughed as they pointed at Mato with all the amusement they could muster in their friends defeat. However it was at that same time Alex noticed the chains on the door. Titling there head in confusing Alex went up to the door and tried to open it which became a utter failure as pull after pull didn't even budged the door. After what seemed like a ridiculous amount of energy wasted Alex gave up looking at the door confused. "What the hell... this wasn't on the sites explanation," Alex said scratching their head as they shrugged their shoulders. "Oh well doesn't matter lets try the doors," Alex said completely excited as they headed over to where Abel was standing. "Wanna try yours first," Alex said with a smile full of enthusiasm to match Abel's faint grin of amazement. With a new found curiosity Alex's hand reached to open Abel's door before another hand caught their hand as well as Abel's shoulder before pulling both away from the door. Right behind them was a fully awake Terrence who after recovering from being knocked over was now freaking out inside his head yet trying to stay calm on the outside.
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"I think we have had enough of this Alex how do you undo this insanity.... Mato get over here will you and help me out rather then stand all dumb founded for once for being wrong. Abel are you alright," Terence asked with a raised eyebrow as he held back a fidgeting Alex. Abel looked like she had just seen something... very unnatural compared to what had already happen to them all. He sighed as he gripped harder onto Alex who continued to fight comically to try and reach Abel's door. "Are you insane we don't know what is behind those doors.... besides I don't think any of use want to know," Terence said looking at Mato for some back up as he tried to fight Alex from getting any closer to the door. This was all insane it was to be some simple silly test to amuse Alex's insane idea's of grandeur. Yet now insane was a word that couldn't even describe what was going on at this moment... the voice... the chains.... and even the doors with their missing items was just to much for the intellectual teen.
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"You alright," Sakura asked Marcus as she helped him up from the ground. While everyone else was making sure Alex didn't touch the door it seemed Sakura's curiosity had grown to a new height from the names the voice had told them to use. She chuckled a bit as she thought about which one sounded to best suit her. "Siren sounds like my style of girl... GAH," the moment she had said the name a orb of blue light appeared in her hand just like it had when Abel had said Doppelgangers name. Inside the orb was the face of a mermaid like entity smiling at Sakura quiet erringly as if waiting for something to happen, or for Sakura to do something. Sakura in a mild panic suddenly tried to crush the orb which shattered easily in her hand as a blaze of blue light circled about the girl. This light would easily catch everyone's attention if Sakura's scream had not.... yet what would immediately cause reaction in everyone was the sudden appearance of a beautiful mermaid like being above Sakura that seemed quiet happy to be free and about. The entity turned to Sakura and spoke in a voice almost hypnotizing to all those close to her. "I am thou, and thou art I... I have sprung from the sea's of yours soul of the lovers arcana..... my name is Siren and I will gladly protect you with my voice and doom your enemies," the entity said with a smile before turning oddly to the gym's main door as if waiting for something to happen. Sakura herself seemed ready to have a panic attack at the very sight of the entity above her that seemed to speak directly to her. Terence, and Alex who had stopped struggling stared completely baffled to the point beyond repair as this all happened in front of them.
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"Best.... day.... EVER," Alex suddenly screamed in delight as they broke free from Terence's grip and ran over to Sakura to get a better look at the behemoth figure above her. "Sakura how did you do it," Alex asked with a gleeful look at this new phenomenon happening to the group.
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"Abel please pinch me... cause I think I have snapped," Terence said with a emotionless voice clearly unable to process anything anymore. As he seemed to try and walk up from this insanity he never noticed the black ooze slowly coming out of the cracks of the gym's main door that the entity called a persona was currently watching. A sudden shrilled voice came from the exit door as a black globed creature appeared with multiple appendages... and knifes in all of its hands. The creepiest thing was the fact for a face the creature was wearing a strange blue mask that currently had its sights set on Mato. The creature let out another terrible sound as it started to crawl towards Mato spinning its knifes to ready an assault. Sakura in fear screamed as the entity above her seemed to react unleashing a powerful songful note into the air... in mere seconds a collection of what appeared to be ice shards were sent flying at the entity some stabbing into it and others barely missing as the monster reacted by crawling away from Mato and freaking out at the damaged caused.
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"MATO SNAP OUT OF IT AND RUN," Terence yelled at the girl as a lapse of hesitation was clearly in the monsters mind after the unexpected attack.
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"Sakura how did you do that quick think," Alex started to panic as the creature seemed to snap out of its fear. "Make it do it again make it attack DO SOMETHING WOMAN OR TELL USE HOW TO," Alex said starting to shack the common sense out of a frightened Sakura. As this event transpired the monster seem to halt in its tracks before seemingly inclosing on itself.... at first it seemed like it was going to explode before suddenly it seemed to expand into a even bigger creature in the form of a scorpion with massive pincers and a deadly looking tail... most of its body was still black besides the tail and pincers that now had a dark blue armor like appearance that made them seem to be mechanical. The creepy mask was now located on the tails bladed tip seemingly staring down at Mato. Right then the tail went forward threatening to impale Mato, yet at the last second Terence tackled Mato to the ground saving her from her brush with death.
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"SAKURA THINK HOW DID YOU SUMMON THAT THING," Alex yelled still trying to get a response out of the terrified Sakura.... yet she seemed responsive enough to give a small answer.
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".... I just said its name.... and broke the orb," she whimpered as Alex raised a eyebrow before going wide eyed as Sakura screamed. "GET RID OF THAT THING, PLEASE I CANT TAKE ANYMORE OF THIS" Sakura screamed which in turned seemed to cause the entity known as a persona to react as it went flying at the scorpion shadow. AS it got close it release another spiked block of ice at the shadow this time however the shadow deflected the attack with its pincers before trying to assault the persona with tis massive tail. Yet with each strike Siren easily evaded clearly the faster of the two as it kept the shadows attention away from Terence and Mato. As Terence watched this insanity unfold in front of him he heard how apparently Sakura had summoned this thing.... with a bit of hesitation, and a bunch of voices in the back of his head telling him he was crazy he extended out his own hands and mumbled a name.
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"Golem....," just like with Sakura a blue orb appeared in Terence's hand as a robotic like entity seemed to look right back at him with glowing red eyes. Terence seemed hesitant to accept the things currently happening. However he looked at Mato, and with a mumble in his voice about something he shattered the orb in his hands as a blue flame circled around him... and his persona was summoned. Without warning and from the glare Terence gave the Scorpion the persona Golem launched at the shadow delivering a powerful bunch that broke through the scorpion's pincer defense and sent it flying into the bleachers. "I am Thou, and thou art I..... I am Golem creation of the Arcana of Strength.... my strength is yours," the persona said in a mechanical voice as some steam escaped the persona's punching hand as if preparing to follow up at the voice of a command. "Are you okay," Terence said turning his attention to Mato.

[Noel]

”Will you shut up you little prick. Being wrongs got nothin' to do with it either. This is fuckin' insane.” Mato muttered to herself absently under her breath. She didn't both to look at either of the two who had addressed her, eyes drawing from the chained gym doors to the strange doors suspended impossibly at the center of the gym. Her mind was awash with a series of rapid thought on the matter, it was far out of her normal behavior but the strange events seemed to drag her into a deep cycle of thought.

Abel blinked a few times before removing her glasses and pulling a cleaning cloth to rub over the lenses slowly. She lightly shrugged Terrance's hand off her shoulder. ”I'm quite alright.” The girl stated flatly while replacing her glasses upon her face. Without bothering to look back at Alex she extended an arm outward and lightly flicked his forehead, crouching down and examining the door once more afterward. ”Settle down, you can't just rush in when dealing with the supernatural. Thats how people lose their soul you know.” Abel spoke in as flat a tone as ever, the first part of the statement being series, the second part being a dead panned joke. Though considering the crazy situation they were now In that may as well have been serious as well. Abel stood once more and took a glance over to Sakura who was helping Marcus up to his feet.

”Alright enough I guess.” The young man said with a bit of a huff, wondering just what the hell he'd been dragged into by a group of strangers. A brow rose at the girls next comment followed by yet another strange event. A 'woah' left his lips when an orb seemingly containing a creature of legend appeared in the girls hand. The brought light flowing outward as the orb was crushed drew Abel's attention as well as causing Marcus to hop backward with something of a start. ”I'm defiantly off for a trip to the loony bin.” He said seemingly in awe at the entire situation. This sure as hell was not what he was expecting from his first day at a new school. Not by a long shot.

In response to Terence's concern Abel reached over and pinched the skin on his shoulder between her index finger and thumb. Then the malicious mass of shadow caught her attention. The thing moved at Mato but was swiftly stopped by a volley of ice, for the moment at least. In a matter of moments its shape shifted entirely into a much larger and more menacing form. Even as the rest of the group grew frantic Abel kept calm, carefully attempting to examine the thing with a critical eye.

After the change Mato turned, broken from her thought by the shouting, looking up to see the creatures tail looming over head. She looked to the thing defiantly which seemed to only hold bloodlust, glaring sharply. ”You cheeky little fuck...” She growled out before being knocked to the side, barely out of the way of the lunging tail. Things move quickly in the few moments it took for Mato to push herself up. Another strange creature summoned and sent the enemy flying violently into the bleachers. She groaned in irritation as she had to carefully work herself to her feet with only her single arm and good leg. ”Do you know how hard it is to get up with only half your limbs.” She scoffed, looking over to the now battered bleachers, then between the two summoned creatures.

Abel meanwhile stepped up to Marcus, gesturing towards the door from which the shadow emerged. ”Summon and cover the door. Terence hold the enemy down.” Abel spoke first to Marcus who gave the girl a rather baffled look, then called back to Terence who had already called forth a creature which obviously held considerable strength.

Marcus scratched his head recalling what Sakura had said about how she called her own creature. He extended a hand outward and bit the inside of his cheek. ”Uhh... Centaurus?” He spoke as if unsure anything would really happen, but sure enough something did. The orb appeared within his hand, a shielded face seeming to stare back. Nodding to himself Marcus smashed the orb with a flex of his hand. The vibrant blue light circled his body as yet another voice whispered outward. ”I am thou, and thou art I... From the sea of thy soul I awaken... I am Centaurus of the Fortune... and we shall walk together.” Marcus stood with jaw agape for a moment as the mechanical appearing, four legged persona appeared before him, its stature tall and blade brandished in hand. He pumped his fist and grinned in silent triumph before pointing towards the gyms door. ”Uh...yeah OK then. We're on door duty buddy!” Marcus stated looking up to his persona before shuffling off to stand before the doors.

Meanwhile Abel had begun looking over the toppled shadowy creature which laid stunned against the bleachers. After a moment of contemplation she held her hand open as well. ”Come, Doppelganger.” She said firmly, crushing the glowing orb that had appeared. Just as with the others she was wrapped with striking blue flames, a strange voice whispering against the groups ear. ”I am thou, and thou art I... From the sea of they soul I awaken... I am the hermit, Doppelganger... Your pale comrade, the mimicking specter.” Behind Abel her persona emerged, a pale lanky form not much taller than herself, a single black eye placed within the center of its featureless face. Slowly a wide menacing grin spread upwards revealing a set of tall ragged teeth. Without a word or single motion. The persona crouched and leaped onto the still stunned shadow, its thin body shifting in effort to pin the enemy down for the moment. Its disturbing maw opened and a vile giggle came from its mouth, a sickly green and black toxic tar seeping from its mouth onto the enemy. Abel merely trotted over to incapacitated enemy, carefully looking it over while it squirmed against her persona's struggling grip.

[kingdomkeylight]

"Abel Don't get to close um," Sakura called out to Abel as the highly creepy person seemed to release a strange liquid unto its back which added with the fact Abels Persona was clinging to it was slowly killing its movement. Sakura watched completely not sure how to process this situation as Abel shouted out some orders to everyone. Sakura walked over to Abel looking at the creature that had attacked them. "What is this thing?"
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"Don't know don't care it tried to kill us I say we return the favor," Terence spoke harshly as he walked over to Abel with his nerves fully returned even amongst all this insanity. hitting his fists together Terence would notice he was being followed by the robotic persona as it followed him in suit each step creating a small tremor causing everyone to feel quiet a bit shaken up. "Alex you remember anything mentioning something like this in your little summoning ritual?" Terence asked as he pointed at the creature... it wasn't a moment later a fist came down upon the shadows head seeming to eliminate any more will left to fight as the shadow stood still completely dropping to the ground at the massive impact the fist delivered. Terence was a bit shocked at this he had meant for the persona to hold it down not crack its skull... yet it worked for him... apparently these persona's were harder to control then one thought... you had to be more direct it seemed when giving more direct commands to them.
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"Um..... no I.... oh wait at the end of the ritual there was a page of stuff... I mainly skimmed it but there was a warning saying beware the shadows.... is that it," Alex shrugged as they were dazzled by the killer punch Golem derived to the creature now titled as a shadow. Terence stared at the girl/boy as if they were crazy.... they had skimmed the warning..... it didn't matter if he thought it was all a hallucination or fake.... Alex had avoided vital information in what they were now trapped in. Like a nightmare locked into this place like caged animals. Terence mumbled something as he tried to register everything down. Persona's were good and on their side clearly, so did that make these shadows the opposition? "Oh and to finish the ritual everyone must get there self true.... so I think we have to go through all the doors one at a time," Alex added causing Terence to face palm as he screamed into his hand causing Alex to suddenly hide behind Abel like a shield. "Don't let him kill me... I like living."
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"So all we have to do is retrieve these self truths, and we will be let freed from this," Sakura asked as she turned toward the doors. They were so ominous it scared her a bit to think what could be inside them. So much actually found herself latching onto the much braver Abel. Then without warning the shadow freaked out screaming to shake off the Persona doppelganger.... apparently it still had fight in it. Using its tail it wedged the Persona off it and flung it at Golem sending both Persona's crashing into the ground without warning Terence keeled over in pain as his persona hit the ground... was he feeling its pain? There was no time for reaction as Sakura found herself face to face almost with the Shadow as Abel had a similar action apparently. With a load scream the sudden melodic voice of siren created six ice columns that pierced each of the shadow Scorpions legs completely pinning it down to the floor this time with only its tail now free. Sakura fell to the ground as she felt her energy leave her.... it was as if with each spell it was slowly making her more tired. It didn't take long for the tail to lash out at both Sakura and Abel before Golem caught it fighting against it as Terence let out a held in breath. It would take more then phantom pains to take him down. With that thought in mind a strange aura appeared around both Terence and Golem as the glasses wearing teen felt a sudden surge of energy as Golem shockingly ripped the tail off the shadow. As it fell to the ground everyone would watch in awe as the tail dispersed into a black powder that evaporated out of sight. Following right behind the whole shadow faded away after all the damage it had received.
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"Wow."