"Oh right, almost forgot," Nagito said as he sheepishly rubbed the back of his head. He turned to Joey, "Right. I mentioned something earlier about things called Shadows? Well they're like the embodiment of negative human emotions that try to eat your psyche. A bunch are right outside, so you'll probably get to meet 'em soon enough. To battle these guys, we use Personas."

He gestured to Karna, Pixie, Kurama Tengu, and Alice - the 4 Persona currently standing idly by. "Long story short, they're like Shadows since they're basically made of our emotions and inner psyches and all that psychological crap, but they're 'tame', I guess you could say."

Nagito had a coy grin on his face as if he was planning something mischievous. "Speaking of which, let me show you something cool..."

And with a quick speed, Nagito's Evoker was in his hands, directly pointed at Joey's head. Due to their close proximity, there was probably no way he could've missed unintentionally if it were a real gun, which, for all Joey would know, it was.

Nagito pulled the trigger.

Ulisses had been outside his apartment complex , tending to his Honda CB550 since the early hours of that day. For the most part his bike had been performing to par based on spec standards , but the ride felt somehow less smoother than he was accustomed to. He was going over some finishing touches, applying finishing wax over the exhaust pipe, when out of the corner of his eye an unusual sight began to invade his periphery, commanding his attention rather abruptly from his present work. It seemed he was stuck in middle of an episode of the twilight zone. Shadow-like entities began to coalesce in his vicinity

"What the fuck did you pull that gun on me!?" Joey said "for all I know it could've been loaded with real bullets!" He struggled to get back up. "And why did that "thing" just pop out of him when he shot himself with one of those?"
Joey pulled himself together, and took a good look around at all the people and their so called personas.
Everyone had their own persona, but there was one persona that stood alone. "Whose persona is that?" Joey asked.

"Huh?", Seraph looked back and saw Marcus and his Persona, Kurama Tengu. It did not matter, he continued to shoot at them. But he thought for a second that it would be hard to finish all these Shadows by himself.

Mike drop down into the safe building in front of the others with his duel blades dropping in after him which he caught and pushed them back into their holders, the sniper rifle came next where he grab it and put it back as well. After that Demon jump down, with Mike. The wolf was unaffected by the Dark hour as part of Mike persona lived within it. Mike open his eyes before he stood up and said to Nagito "Report"

Joey saw mike enter,"hi" he said " I'm Joey." Joey stuck out his hand in a friendly manner.

He still had gotten no answer from Nagito, so he asked again, "whose persona is that?" "and why'd you pull that gun on me for god's sake!?"

Nagito Takanashi

The short brown-haired young man was busy slamming his Evoker with his palm. "Friggin' thing," he muttered, "you jam now of all times... Frickin'... Didn't even know these damn things could do that!"

And then Joey piped up about an extra Persona.

"Huh? Oh? Eh.....Ne, think that might be yours," Nagito pointed out, lifting his head up and not slapping his Evoker, "everyone's got theirs here before, I think, except for you. So... Yours." The short brunet twirled his Evoker on his finger before pretending to fire off a shot by pretending that recoil pushed his hand back.

"'One of those' are Evokers," Nagito explained, "you shoot yourself with 'em to summon your Persona."

Mike the Bloodwolf said
Mike drop down into the safe building in front of the others with his duel blades dropping in after him which he caught and pushed them back into their holders, the sniper rifle came next where he grab it and put it back as well. After that Demon jump down, with Mike. The wolf was unaffected by the Dark hour as part of Mike persona lived within it. Mike open his eyes before he stood up and said to Nagito "Report"

"Huh? Report?" Nagito asked, "I dunno. Same shit as always, except there's the new guy, Joey, as you can see." He pointed his thumb at the blue haired fellow. "Boss ain't here, though. Probably at the hospital across town, it's that time 'o' week again, ain't it? Anyway, she's probably got it all covered on her end."

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Sayaka Kishinami: 12:00AM

A small smile creeped up onto the face of the hospitalized brunette as she saw the moon turn green and puddles of crimson forming on the ground. Throwing aside the infirmary bedding, she walked out of her room and through the halls of the hospital.

She had work to do, after all.

Sayaka Kishinami: 12:05AM

Dark Hour, the hidden 25th hour of the day. She always remembered these, even if she were to forget everything, these hours the night turned green and Shadows stalked the streets were what she'd always remember. Her Evoker was strapped to her thigh, ready to be drawn at any moment.

Sayaka Kishinami: 12:15

Shadow activity. Apartment complex. Someone who decidedly was not a coffin who had yet to notice the threat to his psyche. Obviously, the situation wasn't all too favorable to the young, dark-skinned man being targeted by the Shadows.

Fortunately, the odds were about to be tipped in his favor. With her Evoker drawn and directed at her head.

A single shot, and then a single word: "Lancelot."

The monochrome knight stood behind the girl, armor shadowed in a way that made it appear black in the dark, yet white in the light. The red trim remained the sole constant. Sayaka smiled before issuing her command.

"Assist the man and clear out the Shadows."

The knight charged into the group of Shadows, blade in hand slashing with inhuman strength and speed.

As Lancelot went Butcher Pete on the Shadows, Sayaka decided to concern herself with the radio messages that had been relayed to the entire group as she began to approach the increasingly safer area. A new member, it seems, was located in the Iwatodai Dorms along with the rest of the group. She doubted she could get there, make nice, and back to the hospital in time.

She gave a casual shrug to herself. 'It's not as if I can do anything about it. I suppose I'll just have to meet the group tomorrow and get a debriefing,' she thought, giving a cursory glance at her Persona killing off Shadows before directing her attention to the young man.

"Oi. You okay over there?" She called out.

Joey stepped towards the persona, "So you're my Persona?" He turned to Nagito, "can it talk?"
Nagito didn't even have the chance to answer, or the brown haired robot-like creature said "Thou art I... And I am thou... From the sea of thy soul I cometh... I am Orpheus, master of strings..."
Joey mumbled to himself "That'd be a yes then." He lifted his gaze towards Orpheus, "So you're Orpheus, And you are my Persona..."
He turned to Nagito, "and I can summon him with that Evoker thing, I get that. but what are these shadows you keep talking about?"

"Well..." Nagito began as he walked towards the exit, "you'll see." He opened the door, revealing the battle scene of Seraph, Tyrael, Marcus, and Kurama Tengu vs Shadows. "What they're fighting. Feel free to raise hell," he advised with a cheery smile, "happy hunting~"

In the back of his head, Joey knew this could go horribly wrong, but on the other hand, he was confident.
He saw two short swords hanging on the wall and decided to take them, "better safe then sorry" he thought, he signaled Orpheus to come with him, and threw himself into the fight.

"It's better if I end this fast...", Seraph thought. He launched his Evoker at his head. "Megidola!!", he declared as he pulled the trigger. Tyrael summoned an energy sphere above the Shadows, then the sphere fell and exploded in a burst of energy. Not many Shadows were defeated, as they kept coming. "Huh... how it could possibly...?!", he hesitated.

Mike saw all the battles and pulled out his evoker and said rather calmly "Virtue, I summon thy". He then pulled the trigger summon an angel behind him which smiled before she joined Mike in his attacks cutting down Shadows to clear paths for the others to escape if they had to.

"What did you do to get some many on your tail?" Marcus yelled out at MIke as his persona took out his horn and put it in it mouth. "Garu!" he cried out as his person blew into to it firing a ball of compress air at a group of shadow that explode on contact.

Mike chuckled and said "I'm guessing they go after me cause they know I'm second in command". Mike span round his evoker as he commander Virtue to attack. The two of them used Sword dive to cut though enemies.

Joey hacked and slashed away, when he saw Orpheus just standing there... doing nothing he said to Orpheus "well? What are you waiting for? Bash 'em in the head!" All of a sudden Orpheus started hitting the shadows with the lute he wore on his back. Joey thought to himself "so I have to command him before he does anything..."

Amren walked down to the lounge casually. "Hey all what's up!" As he was downstairs he could hear the battle with the shadows outside was raging on. Without a second thought pulled out his evoker and as soon as he was out the door he placed it to his head and pulled the trigger. "Fenrir!" A large, and fierce looking white wolf appeared from behind and let loose a thundering howl. "Cleave em in half Fenrir!' Fenrir jumped in to battle tearing into shadows with his claws whilst Amren put on a clawed gauntlet on his right arm and followed suit.

Seraph shot more enemies as Tyrael kept slashing them. He noticed the others fighting, and then decided to secure their safety, even if they were Persona-users like him. "...Marakukaja!!", he declared and pulled the trigger. Tyrael raised his sword and then, a blue aura raised under everyone, raising their Defense. After that, he continued to shoot.

Mike kept fighting off the armies of the shadows as Virtue was keeping his health and damage levels high which made things a lot easier on him.

After what seemed like an eternity of fighting, there came a silence over the group, the moon turned white and the coffins disappeared, "Was this it?" Joey asked himself "are there no more creatures?"

Marcus was kneel on the ground,panting and sweating after the dark hour was over. "Is(pant) is it over *Pant pant" He asked sounding quite tired.