Gruffydd remained a combination of confused and dubious as they followed the rabbit-headed man. He grew even more dubious when they reached the doors. He began to internally panic when the fairy appeared. He was, like most other people, familiar with the image of fairies that had arisen in Victorian England, to which Trish bore a great physical resemblance. But he was also familiar with several older stories. From small children being kidnapped and replaced with look-alike fairies—called Changelings—for shits and giggles, to the Knockers, referred to as the Bwca in his native Wales, who were either pranksters who would knock on the walls of mines to signal an imminent—and often deadly—collapse, or malevolent spirits who would actively take hammers to supports in a mine to cause a cave-in. His ancestors had called them the "Fair Family"—the actual Welsh being "Tylwyth Teg"—out of fear of accidentally offending one with a less unambiguously good name. He had previously thought them largely fictional—a result of conversion to Christianity and the distance of centuries turning the stories and beliefs of pre-Roman Europe into something fanciful. Now, it was clear that assumption was wrong, and now he was terrified.

Granted not all stories had them being horrible malevolent creatures, so maybe this wouldn't be so bad. Who am I kidding? This place hasn't decided to give us a break once. We're all fucked. She seemed to be distracted by an argument with Rabbit-Head.

Fairy-World? Well, if all the fairies we've had any interaction with were the ones who were banished, then all the frightful stories actually make a lot of sense. Gruffydd nearly jumped out of his skin when Kazuo made his "fairy-dust" comment, but she thankfully didn't seem to notice.

He took to Jonathan's idea as a very welcome distraction. "Yeah, I know what you mean. Well, I met mine in some kind of clearing, but I'm ninety percent sure that was all in my head, before throwing up that black gunk. Wind and Lightning, he's got this massive sword, and something about strengthening defenses." He sighed before continuing much more quietly, "And now one of the Tylwyth Teg—erm, that's the fairy. This is all so crazy."

Bride smiled at his classmates, as they were able to feel better because of him and Mikko he actually helped. He stood up carefully and nodded at everyone and gave everyone as well a happy gentle smile. “oh sorry again….” He didn’t mean to sound rude as he asked Johnathan to stop swearing, he bowed his head and apologized to him. It was a small habit to blush when someone thanks him so he did indeed blush when his classmates thank him for the heal….it was nice that he had a chance to heal everyone up. Then turned to the bunny man. Poor bunny man seemed so sad and lonely...it must kind of scary living in this scary place…. Then he realized something….they fell through a hole and there was a bunny like Alice in wonderland! What a coincidence.

They soon started to follow Mr. Bunny man though he wasn’t sure as well about it. It doesn’t seem right to follow a bunny man through this scary place but then he believed that maybe bunny man can be really nice he did sound sad earlier…it be nice if Bunny man can smile and be happy. Bride wasn’t hesitant to follow along; he looked at Bunny man with a lot of curiosity wondering who was this bunny man. He seemed to know a lot though he had a hard time understanding what he was saying at some parts like healing their spirit first….was does that mean though he does feel tired but not like physical tired but something more in him.

“Mr. Bunny…if you don’t have a name why don’t we give you one if you like.” Bride smiled at the Bunny man with a lot of optimism almost like he wasn’t afraid anymore of this twisted world of Nichibotsu yet he was still afraid but he had nice and really cool around him to forget how scary this palace was in the first place.



The bunny man led all of them into a building that had a really big spring and a…fairy? She looked so pretty even for her very…powerful attitude she still looked so pretty. “…So pretty…” He muttered out not knowing he said that it just she was a fairy and just looked so pretty just like the books he had read before. Bride then looked around the place, it was so amazing, and the music was peaceful, plants everywhere now this was his type of place. As soon as Bunny man and the fairy names Trish started to fight about something eh didn’t understand he went closer to the spring looking at it. It looked so clear and refreshing…. though he heard there was charge to use it.

The guys began to talk about their personas and what they remembered from it. He remembered only some bits but he got an idea what he and Mikko can do. “Oh…Well I sort of feel I can heal everyone…also incase of anything bad happened not sure how t-to explain it but I can sure s-someone when something happens to them….also those shadow stuff I also got a feeling m-maybe…with so, light I can stop them….do I s-sound crazy? I am sorry this all so new as well…” It was true though that what Bride felt like he can do with his persona.

Maybe it was fine to walk around a bit and check the place out; it looked safe enough as it is. Bride began to wonder around after talking to his classmates. As he started to walk around a bit he noticed some flowers on the side of the spring, immediately he ran over there excited to finally see some flowers near by then suddenly he slipped from something unknown then landed right in the spring. “AAhh!”

It wasn’t that deep, just like some fountain but still they way he landed in there totally soak him to the bone. He slowly sat up, drenched form the spring water, It was actually nice, it felt rejuvenating and relaxing like some really hot spring…almost like that tired feeling he had in him disappeared that for sure. (Regain 7 sp) “…oh dear…” He sighed out realizing that he fell into the springs and now he has to pay for it…he didn’t have any money with him what can he do!? Also…wet clothes…not nice at all… "uhh.....s-o..sorry..."

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hp=35/35
Sp=85/85

"You need some help walking for a bit? Or do you got it?"

"No, its.." Not wishing to trouble her roommate anymore, she tried to take a step forwards, only to find herself almost toppling to the ground. Feeling very self conscious, especially after her roommate reached up to pat her head, Natsuki nodded. "I think I do. Sorry."

They listened to the rabbit man speaking, though his expositions meant nothing to her at the moment. She shifted uncomfortably on her feet, the broken twisted feeling still persisting in her legs, despite her constant glance at it to assure herself that it was.

"You said you and the others were pulled into this 'alternate world'. Are you suggesting there exists another world outside of this?"

"There is." Natsuki said simply.

"I can't really think of anything. If it's not too much to ask, maybe all of you can think of a name for me? Ahhh, but there's no time for that right now."

If anything, thinking up a name for the rabbit man was easy. Easier than dealing with the horrors just now at least. It was painfully obvious which name suits him best, considering he was wearing a white rabbit head, looks well dressed, and carries around a nice looking pocket watch. Any more obvious and Alice herself will tumble out of the sky and do a musical number.

She didn't get the chance to speak to him unfortunately, as the group marched away to wherever he was leading them. Silently she followed the group, assisted by Yamada. After a while, she felt slightly better, and gently stopped Yamada, signalling she was fine. "Thank you."

They entered another area surrounding a spring of some sort. If what she could make of the rabbit man and fairy's bickering, it seemed to be a healing well of some sort. Natsuki briefly wondered if she would gain power and knowledge if she hung herself from a nearby tree and stared down the spring. Considering where she was, she didn't feel inclined to try it, in case she lost one of her eye for that. Come to think of, why was the fairy here? Was it banished from it's court? Speaking of fairies and fairy tales...

"Shiro Usagi," she spoke to the rabbit man. Clearing her voice, she spoke again, to make sure he heard it over his row with Trish. "Shiro for short."

A splash suddenly came, drenching her trousers and breaking her train of thought as one of them fell in. Well, at least now they know it's not harmful to them.

Shinku was glad her roommate accepted help, even if it was for a relatively short while. "Any time, Ito." Shinku said before a slight chuckle, letting Ito walk off on her own?

Once they arrived at their "destination" Shinku could not help but show on her face a small bit of surprise at seeing a fairy. She was a cute little thing. . . If not greedy sounding and aggressive. Any sign of amazement she had was taken away by the arguement that started between the the fairy and the rabbit man. "I guess this is the type of thing I should expect from this place isn't it?" She muttered with a slight sigh.

She looked around at the others at this point though, some were talking about their new powers. . . Others, well, were inspecting the little fountain spring. Well, fell in might even be the right thing to say. The one girl. . . Mint? Fell in the fountain. Shinku was worried about the fairy's reaction when she found out. Not wanting much trouble to go, Shinku found that she might as well help the poor thing out. It's not like she meant to fall in (well, that's at least what it looked like.)

She made her way to the spring and held out a hand to the one in the fountain. "Come on, lets get you out and then we'll figure out what to do." Her face was typically as rough as she kept it, though a slight bit of gentleness bled through as she extended her hand. "Alright?"

Masako did'nt like the situation that they were in and yet she followed them, she did not feel that it was necessarily smart to follow the rabbit man and she did'nt believe that what they were doing was necessarily conductive to living a long and prosperous life. But of course they had no real other options did they? It was that fact that bothered her more, she was okay with fighting monsters, she was okay with trying to survive and all, she was okay with trying to save their teacher. All of these seemed to be reasonable goals and such almost heroic in a way but, they weren't chosen by her. The cruel hand of fate forced them upon her with little want nor consideration towards her own feelings, she did not care for nor appreciate this sudden loss of freedom, the sense that she was in control of her life was all suddenly whisked out from under her. Yet the only way out was forward right? That was what was driving her forward at this point, the inciting idea of being able to punch whoever dragged them down that hole in the first place.

The group were eventually lead to a building which held a spring of some sort within it. And it was apparently owned by a fairy? Considering what Masako had seen that day by that point she shouldn't of been so surprised by it but still a fairy really? The world they had stumbled into apparently had some very loose rules on what constituted as a real thing and a work of fiction. Fiction yeah the more she did think of it the more it was starting to become like the damn book, or any fantasy book kids fall down hole, go to magical world, get magic powers and apparently save the world yeah sounds like a blast right? Turns out those books left out the part where some of the kids get taken over, and evil shadow things try to kill you and the like. Yet the rabbit man and the fairy seemed to know each other and they both haven't started cackling evilly and trying to murder all of them yet so that was always a good start. As the two began to argue the group began to talk among themselves having a chance to think.

One of Masako's classmates Saito deiced to test the water with his finger.



"Well considering the disposition of the Fairy in regards to our Rabbit friend, I'm guessing you should probably wa---" Masako was cut off as Minto fell into the pool emitting a large splash as she entered. Masako turned and looked and then looked back at the Fairy who hadn't seemed to notice just yet and so she spoke to the rest of the group.".....Is that our signal to run before the fairy lady roasts us alive or whatever for using the springs without paying?" Masako asked the rest of the group in a whisper.

When Johnathan suggested they talk about their newly acquired power, Kazuo nodded and told him it was a good idea to learn about what they can expect from one another if and when they run into another fight. Johnathan explained his Persona's abilities and then is followed by Gruffydd and Minto; the latter of whom proceeded to inspect the spring while the rabbit-headed man and Trish continued their heated argument. Gruffydd seemed a little anxious about something. He sighed and talked quietly about Trish, calling her one of the "Tylwyth Teg". After that, Kazuo explained the details of Agi, Cleave, Sukukaja, and Tarunda to the others - the abilities of his Persona. Meanwhile, Ito approached the rabbit-headed man and interrupted the argument by bringing up a name suggestion for him: "Shiro Usagi," or simply "Shiro" for short. Trish rose an eyebrow, confused as to what Ito was talking about.

"Shiro Usagi... Shiro..." He contemplated the name for a brief moment. "I... I have a name."

"Huh? What the hell are you talkin' about?"

"Don't you get it, you insufferable pixie? I have a name!" Shiro seemed ecstatic about his new name.

"What did you call me, you deadbeat furry—" Trish's train of thought was swiftly interrupted when she heard a loud splash coming from behind her. Turning around, she saw a most unpleasant sight: Minto had fallen into the healing fountain. Shinku arrived to help him out of the fountain while Masako suggested this was the signal for them to leave. Kazuo couldn't agree more. The energy in the room quickly became ominous... and dangerous. Electricity started crackling all over Trish's body and her face became quite red from what can only be assumed as pure, unadulterated rage. The next thing that happened: the door of the building flew open and everybody was kicked out forcefully. Trish also threw a piece of paper at Shiro's face. "And don't think about showing your ugly mugs here unless you have money! But before that: a thousand curses upon your houses!" Trish then slammed the door shut. That... could've went better.

Shiro removed the paper from his mask and looked at its contents. He gasped and nearly fell down when he saw that it was a bill with an amount which he won't disclosed to the others. "B-But why did she charged me...?" Shiro sulked before placing the bill into his waistcoat pocket. Unfortunately, Shiro's plan of "mending" the group's spirits had failed. Now apparently cursed, Kazuo turned to Minto who is still soaking wet.

"Sorry," Kazuo said before giving a nod. He then proceeded to embrace Minto with a hug.

> Full SP restored

Kazuo couldn't believe it actually worked. He soon released Minto and now his clothes are somewhat wet. "Hmm, a good idea but," Shiro revealed a glass jar containing fountain water, "I took the opportunity to retrieve some water while that fairy was busy 'charging up'." Hearing that, Kazuo crossed his arms and turned his face away from the group; closing his eyes while he does it. It's difficult to tell if he is embarrassed, flustered, or what. Shiro looked to the others. "Anyone who hasn't been in prolonged contact with the water should take a small sip of this. You'll feel restored afterwards." After everyone's spirit was fully healed, Shiro led the group onward to Ms. Sasaki's location. They soon arrived at this world's version of the Wonder Mall in Nichibotsu. "Here we are. The shadow dragged that woman in here." The air felt heavy. There seemed to be an impending sense of doom in the atmosphere.

Kazuo walked forward but was stopped by Shiro. "Please wait. Allow me to go in and analyze the situation first. If any of you were to— No, I shouldn't think like that." Shiro volunteered to check the situation inside before putting the others in peril. He walked through the entrance, leaving the group to wait for his return; Kazuo observed the door in silence. Half a minute later, Shiro was thrown violently through the foggy glass entrance; landing at the group's feet. "Ugh..." He groaned in pain before slowly getting up with the assistance of Kazuo. "I-It's still in there... It has the woman you're looking for..." Kazuo entered the building, avoiding the glass shards as he does so. Inside, he is greeted with the sight of a supersized shadow with six arms; its mask slightly differs from the ones the group had encountered before.

Kazuo look to the side and noticed Ms. Sasaki lying there unconscious. There's no feasible way of getting to her without dealing with this gargantuan shadow first. The shadow eyed him and bellowed out a terrifying roar which prompted Kazuo to remove his baton from his belt. There's no way around it: they have to fight. Soon, the others came in as well and saw the situation they have to deal with. Shiro came in with support from Minto. "You're spirit... It's unlike the others. I believe you can discern a shadow's weaknesses when it comes into contact with a specific type of attack. You should support the others in this way if there is any hope of winning this battle," Shiro explained to Minto.

HP: 99
Sp: 20



Saito barely paid any attention to the others while he glided his hands in the spring water, only looking up to the group once he heard a loud splash and the sudden lightning sparks flying around the fairy. And she looked pissed off, and cursed their houses a thousand times, good thing they all live in dormitories so all the curses are spread out to all the other students.
He thought in a absent minded manner as he flew though the halls of the springs when the group were outside Saito landed square on the face and slid a short distance, leaving a red scrape across his face that receded quickly but still sting badly, (roll = 20 CRIT) Saito had somehow gotten critically hit by the street floor which caused 8 earth damage.

"Owwww..." Saito grumbled as he rubbed his scrape, "damn...that hurt so much..." He growled under his breath. And his anger he didn't hear the masked man, who apparently now Shiro Usagi hugged Minto which confused Saito.

"Uhh what did I miss about you two?" Saito asked the hugging pair. Suddenly Shiro pulled out a glass jar was of spring water, Saito stared at it and the masked man, when did her get that? But Saito didn't get an answer since he didn't ask and simply took a drink of water and it healed his 8 HP of damage.
And suddenly the group started following the man again.

While the group was walking he was next to Minto who was a Boy? That's what he could remember anyways, but he looked very... Feminine, cute would also work. He grabbed the collar of his shirt, he hasn't really spoke to anybody yet, maybe he should open up a bit more, and Minto seems to be still wet from falling in the spring.

"So uhh... Minto right?" Saito awkwardly asked the feminine boy, "uhhh.... So you can heal right...?" Saito asked him, he brought that up since he can also heal but he's not as strong as Minto In that area. "I can also heal, not as effective as yours, I can also increase others attacks and I can release a frozen blast, I think, and I can hit hard..." Saito rambled on and he grabbed his collar, Saito is not used to talking to somebody like Minto, attractive he meant. Even if he is a he. Which makes it a bit more difficult. He awkwardly looked away and to Saito relief the busy Shiro was threw out of a glass window and confirmed Ms sasaki is still alive.

Saito spin the pipe in his hand and gotten ready to play the hero, besides reliving his worst memories this was weirdly fun and exciting. And when they went in they seen a six armed shadows blocking the way to sneak in and save ms Sasaki from the fight, Saito gotten ready and went into a fighting stance and he bounced on the balls of his feet and got ready to fight to save Ms. Sasaki. Saito ran up ahead and swing his pipe at the Shadow.

(Roll = 1 Critical Miss) Saito swing the pipe too quickly and he threw himself off balance and he landed on his butt and he was DOWN for until he could regain his balance, hopefully the shadow doesn't attack him.

"ow..."

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HP:99
SP: 21
Status: Down

With everything having transpired, being thrown out, and all that, it didn't seem like there was much left to do but follow the rabbit. Johnathan had a bad feeling about it, he knew something was going to happen, most likely something bad. However the heroes, despite their fears pressed on, as Johnathan held his crossbow close to him.

"Here it comes... we'll save you Ms. Sasaki..." Johnathan spoke to himself, working up the determination to fight as they arrived at the ruined version of the wonder mall. Before johnathan could nominate himself to go inside, the rabbit decided to instead, and in but an instant, the rabbit was thown out again, causing Johnathan to scream in surprise, aiming his crossbow to the attack. A huge, six armed shadow, putrid and disgusting. It was a horrid monster, and it had Ms. Sasaki close by.

"These shadows aren't dumb... this one was waiting for us... She was the bait... I'm positive..." Johnathan announced, ready to fight, but that's when Saito ran in like an idiot and ended up tripping over himself. Fearful of what could happen to him, having fallen over RIGHT infront of the shadow, Johnathan rushed ahead to fight, and with a gasp, he called out his persona.

"ALBINADI! ZIO!"

*ROLL 13*

With an outstretched hand, his Persona does the same, calling forward lightning from his persona, which deals a whopping 53 points of Elec damage!

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HP: 40/40
SP: 76/80

Bride was about to cry, he didn’t mean to let this happen but he had to slip, he was happy when Shinku helped him up but he didn’t mean for all of them to get kicked out and Mr. Bunny to have to pay for it. It was very painful when she kicked them out but he could only blame himself for trying to pick up pretty flowers. Even when Kazuo hugged him he blushed yes by the sudden hug but it was really nice but he couldn’t help but to have some tears at the corner of his eyes.

He really didn’t mean to let that happen that for sure, he just slip…oh he wished he could pay back the fairy but there was no way he could. The others didn’t even get a chance to heal up as well because of him. “I..I-I am s-sorry…” Bride bowed his head to everyone and went towards Mr. Bunny and bowed his head as well, he really felt bad for him as well. “I c…could pay as w-well…just t-tell me the price and I wll t-try to pay b-back.”

Then beside him was Saito talked to him about his power, how he seemed to able to protect himself very well he could just heal and such plus he wasn’t that strong so with the rake he could use wont do much he wasn’t that strong at all. Saito seemed nervous though talking to him, he wonder why he hadn’t said anything bad did he? “Wow…you sound so cool Saito w-with your powers, I will try my be-best to help everyone out though…I ma not that strong…b-but if I can heal others that is fi-fine…” He smiled sweetly at Saito and everyone though he was still sad for letting that happen plus…still wet clothes… it was uncomfortable that for sure. He took of his jacket and squeeze out whatever spring water was there. He wasn’t sure how he can continue like this all wet and such but he shouldn’t complain at all it just…hard…plus wet sock and underwear is not a nice feeling at all.

After walking away and him leaving a small trail of water behind him it felt really weird to walk in wet clothes but then his discomfort was change when Mr. Bunny was slammed through the window! Bride ran up to Mr. Bunny and helped him get up, whatever…that thing threw Mr. Bunny must be a really strong thing…this spelled bad news to him that for sure then when he went inside with the others…his fears were true...it was a scary blob masked thing! With six arms and behind it was Ms. Sasaki! He ran behind Kazuo a bit scared, trembling a bit as well. He wanted to help so badly but there was no way he could actually do something strong like.

Then Mr. Bunny said that his spirit was different; he can know the shadow weaknesses once hit by an attack…can he really do that? Can he really help the others with that skill? “Can I..r-really do that Mr. Bunny?..If I c-can…how?” He asked as he looked up to him, wondering if he can actually do that and if he can he can really help the others.

Everything went about like the speed of light, and after what happened today so far, he wasn't sure if he could muster up enough surprise to see a fairy in a store selling some kind of spring. It was too bad they got kicked out before he could test the waters – both metaphorically and literally. He really wanted to hug that Trish fairy like no tomorrow. She was was just so adorable! Although, there was a nagging feeling he’ll be deep in debt like the newly-named Shiro Usagi if he ever did.

As Dai rubbed the bruise forming on the back of his head – while throwing a curse right back at that fairy who got a mean throw for something so cute – his mood instantly brightened when Kazuo hugged Minto and saw the feminine boy flushed red with tears peering from his glistening eyes. Whoa, Kazuo got the skills. Dai stood, dusted himself off, and walked over to the transfer student who has his back turned. Whether the guy was did that out of embarrassment or something was hard to tell, but nevertheless Dai poked Kazuo’s cheek and grinned. “Niiiiiice.” He then winked, and whether it was implying something or not was up to Kazuo to decide.

Dai turned on his heels and took off after the bunny, a playful grin on his face; although, that enjoyment didn’t last long. Shiro was suddenly thrown out of window. Before Dai could yelp his surprise and concern, a terrible… Thing appeared.

“HOLY CRAP, IT’S BIGGER. WAS IT LIKE THAT BEFORE?” He knew it was stating the obvious, but it was kinda hard not to gaped at the six-armed monstrosity that held Sasaki by its creepy sides. He could've sworn it was much smaller the last time they saw it drag Sasaki away, but then again, it was rather fast and quickly flashed away from sight before they could get a good look. It didn't make it less horrid though. Heck, the closer he got a look at it, the blond couldn’t help but cringe. The strange entity whipped its arms to and fro like aggravated snakes and made sounds that were similar to disconnected joints and sacks of flesh crashing into each other. Grown men would scream on sight. The only thing that kept him from screaming like a little girl was his male pride and the exposure to this world - like getting attack by his fellow classmates. Yeah, he got a bit of a grudge with that event.

Was it bad to say that Sasaki was fortunate enough to be unconscious so she wouldn't stare at the horrendous thing?

Quickly, Dai ignored the shakes in his hands and whipped out his bow and arrow; although, he nearly stabbed himself with the pointy weapon when he had the sudden need to face palm. Saito fell. He fell. How could you miss hitting something that HUGE? Nevertheless, the blond tossed Saito a concern glance and aimed his projectile.

That monster may be gigantic with Dai being small and insignificant, but he needed to fight. He has to try. If the others could muster the courage to do this, then so could he.

“Show him what we got! STUART LITTLE! AQUA!”

A surge of power came forth. Dai gasped as a mask suddenly formed around his face. Where the heck it came from was a mystery all on its own. It felt strange as it rested against his cheeks yet it felt both warm and familiar. It belonged; even if Dai couldn't see the mask itself, he knew what it was – a mask of a mouse.

[Rolled 17]

Stuart Little appeared in a brilliance of light that quickly faded away. With a blue cape that bellowed with the non-existent wind, the mouse raised his little pin needle, and with an attack that is not of his size, a giant column of water crashed heavily onto the enemy, dealing 45 Water damage.

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Dai
HP: 65/65
SP: 51/55

HP: 68/68
SP: 52/52

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Gruffydd stopped breathing when Bride fell in the fountain. He was visibly shocked, and remarkably still. His mind was another matter entirely. As soon as he saw Bride in the fountain, he knew this wasn't going to end well. When the airs of the room changed, he slowly turned his head to see the enraged fae creature.

Their eviction had pushed his breath from his lungs, and sent him careening a short distance where he landed roughly on his back. The fairy was screaming about money, but Gruffydd wasn't paying any attention. We aren't dead? She's not going to kill us? Not even—

"But before that: a thousand curses upon your houses!"

"Curses. A thousand of them. Wonderful. It was nice knowing you guys." Given that whatever horrible magic this "Trish" had cast on them wasn't taking any immediate affects, Gruffydd decided to stand up. He felt considerably less horrible than he though someone who was just cursed by a fickle fae sprite.

“I..I-I am s-sorry…”

Gruffydd turned his head to Bride. With the latter drenched, and the former no longer panicking, it became self-evident that Bride merely dressed like a girl. And possessing a somewhat feminine appearance. Or she hadn't developed much yet. Nobody else is reacting, so it probably came up while I was possessed.

“I c…could pay as w-well…just t-tell me the price and I wll t-try to pay b-back.”

And now Gruffydd felt like shit. Bride was crying and here he was wrapped up in his own thoughts. Kazuo seemed to have the situation well in hand, and Gruffydd wouldn't really know what to do regardless. This didn't sit well with him, but there wasn't really anything to do about it now. But Gruffydd's rumination could not continue, because Shiro was leading them to Ms. Sasaki. Ultimately, ut turned out to be this world's version of the Wonder Mall.

When Shiro was thrown through the window, Gruffydd was quickly at his side. Bride had already helped him to his feet, and he went in after Kazuo with the two of them. He flinched on seeing the shadow. It was even larger than Herne had been. Gruffydd brought his shovel to bare, but he didn't think it would do him much good. But then he remembered what Herne had told him.

"Call on me when you have need, and I shall strike down what assails you."

Stepping in front of Shiro and Bride, Gruffydd dug within himself. The image of a stag's face appeared over his—a mask. "Herne" The massive form of the Wild Hunter appeared before him. The nonexistent breeze that blew through his hair intensified. Herne extended his hand towards theshadow that dwarfed even him, and real wind could be felt.

[Roll: 6! Herne used Garu! Weakness Hit! 90 Wind Damage Dealt!]

The massive shadow was blasted by the force of Herne's gale, and Gruffydd's mouth grew into a grin. As Herne vanished from sight, leaving Gruffydd looked at the gargantuan shadow once again, only to see that it had fallen, and was in a very vulnerable position. His grin growing manic, he spoke, "Alright. Let's see what you're made of you thrice-damned ink-stain."

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HP: 68/68
SP: 48/52

Everyone fought their best, he was clueless what he can do...should he try to attack? But most of his skills were sup[port and healing and that attack he actually have he was weak...how can he help his classmates at this? Then Bride felt something different when the others attack, like something click in him and he soon called out his persona. “Mikko!” He clapped his hand again like a prayer and closed his eyes as the butterfly mask appeared on his face once more. Mikko approved above Bride as he knelt down on the floor so as Mikko and even though his eyes were closed Mikko covered his eyes with his hands. “…An…alysis…”

Everything felt different, like each attack his classmates made had a certain effect on this blob thing… was this Mr. Bunny was talking about? He can spot the weakness of this monster? Johnathan attack seemed to do a=okay damage to the thing while Dai as well with a water attack normal damage but then… Gruffy attack… something about it pulled chills in his spine. That attack…it was….

“It weak against w-wind!” Bride called out to everyone as Mikko was still covering his eyes, he had the spirit to help his classmates, he had to continue like this even if he cannot attack….at least he can help know the weakness of this monster and save Ms. Sasaki.

Shinku: HP: 90 SP: 30

Aside from being kicked out of the Fairy's place, now was the time for action. The enemy seemed to have been knocked to the ground by the wind attack from the boy with the hard to pronounce name. Seeing an opportunity Shinku called out, "Alright guys! I think it's time we go All Out!" With the agreement from most of the team, minus Saito who seemed to have fallen down himself, they all charged at the creature with all their strength. The combined attack deals 129 damage to the monster. "Good job guys!" Quickly catching her breath, Shinku smiled as she started the small ritual to summoning her persona, "Be my blade, Jeanne d'Arc!" Power Slash Shinku feels small prickles all over her body, and some of her physical energy being transferred to her persona as the being raised her sword and brought it down on the shadow dealing 49 damage to the opposing creature.

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HP: 85 SP: 30

Once Gruffydd's Garu spell connected with the gargantuan shadow, it suddenly slumped over as if it had taken an especially powerful blow. Then, Minto - with his Persona active - called out to everyone that the shadow is weak against wind attacks. Kazuo looked to Minto and thanked him for the invaluable information. He did the same for Gruffydd but with a quiet nod rather than a verbal acknowledgement. Shiro looked at Minto with amazement - not that anyone can tell from behind his mask. "That's it! You've done it!" Shiro exclaimed to Minto in excitement. Weakened greatly, the shadow looked like it was open to be attacked by all of them at once. That's when Shinku suggested vocally that they go "All out" on the giant shadow. Kazuo gripped his baton tightly and, along with everyone else aside from Minto, Saito, and Shiro, rushed at the boss. Their frenzied attacks kicked up a heavy cloud of dust that looked very cartoonish from afar and it only settled once everyone distanced themselves from the shadow again.

That felt good and the shadow seems to have taken quite the heavy damage from their unrelenting all-out attack. But now the shadow once again perked up and let out another deafening roar. However, it didn't seem interested in counterattacking just yet. Perhaps it's recovering from its injuries. In any case, now's not the time to let up their assault: it's Kazuo's turn. "Persona!" As the rabbit mask formed over Kazuo's face, Sigurd appeared and flew towards the shadow. Kazuo could feel a bit of his life energy being drained for this next attack.

> Kazuo's HP: 84 HP --> 80 HP
> Rolled 18

Sigurd held his sword high in the air and brought it down directly onto the shadow, dealing out a Cleave attack.

> 50 Slash damage to Colossal Maya

Once Sigurd disappeared, the massive shadow lifted three of its six arms up into the air and began flailing them wildly at the group. "It's the Axel Claw attack!" Shiro warned.

> Target: Kazuo; Rolled 1
> Target: Johnathan; Rolled 12
> Target: Gruffydd; Rolled 15

Kazuo managed to cleanly dodge one of the flailing arms coming directly at him but the same can't be said for Johnathan and Gruffydd who took direct hits from the two other arms. Fortunately for Johnathan, it seems the attack didn't do as much to him as it did to Gruffydd.

> 20 Strike damage to Johnathan
> 40 Strike damage to Gruffydd

The shadow didn't stop there however. It then cast its eyes on Gruffydd (Pulinpa).

> Target: Gruffydd; Rolled 15

Once Gruffydd stared into the shadow's swirl-like eyes, his own eyes turned the same way. Now looking around, all Gruffydd could see are blotchy shadows everywhere. He can't distinguish between friend for foe and he's sweating profusely.

> Gruffydd became Confused

This doesn't look good but Kazuo can't seem to calm Gruffydd down with his words alone. Perhaps someone else on the team can. Right now, Kazuo turned back to the shadow and summoned his Persona again. This time, Sigurd summoned an orb of light that seems to weaken the shadow (Tarunda). Kazuo can feel a bit of his spirit draining as a result of using that skill.

> Kazuo's SP: 36 SP --> 24 SP
> Colossal Maya's Attack decreases for 3 turns.

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Kazuo
HP: 80 / 84 HP
SP: 24 / 36 SP

After they had knocked down the boss, Johnathan acquired a moment of positive joy as they were able to rush in with all their strength to riddle the boss with each of their weapons, dealing a significant amount of damage in the process. Johnathan needed to keep himself on his toes though, at any point, someone could end up attacking him just like now.

"It's the axel claw attack!" screamed the rabbit. Johnathan, raising his arms, was able to absorb most of the blow, but the heavy strike almost entirely winded him, sending him back several feet in the process with a painful nod. His heart increased in the amount of beats he was producing. He got hurt, and it stung bad. Johnathan's eyes sweltered up with tears, but he kept the fear away. He needed to live, He needed to make sure everyone could survive.

Gruffydd got an attack delt to him much more painful than Johnathan's, and soon after, his eyes gazed into the shadows, knocking him into a moment of pure hysteria and confusion. It was then Johnathan remembered his ability to use Patra, and decided he was going to help his friend, rather than heal his own wounds.

"PATRA!" he shouted, calling forth his persona.

*Roll 8*

It cured@zendrelax gruffydd of his confusion.

"Hey! Hang in there... We... need to stay strong!"

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HP 20/40

SP 73/80

Well, it made sense that they were kicked out of the place after what that boy did.

This place was starting to wear down on her, the initial elation of breaking out from that strange place was fading. Soon there will only be that bleak realization that they may never escape this place. There wasn't even any indication there was food here. Or water. Maybe there was, but there was also no guarantee it wouldn't be polluted with those shadow creatures. Again, she followed the group, lead by Shiro to wherever the teacher was. At least rabbitman was happy with his name.

What they found upon arriving at their destination wasn't exactly soothing on the eyes; Sasaki was trapped with a very blobby odd looking shadow thing that she wasn't entirely sure wouldn't reenact some parts of a few manga she had read before.

Natsuki froze, staring at the thing before the others somehow got it down and called upon her to start beating it up.

"Tch" She can't be frozen just like this. Not when the others was fighting that thing. While she didn't really care about the others, she wouldn't be able to sleep at night if she just let Yamada fight out there alone.

"Nacien." Natsuki held up the stick before her, closing her eyes in concentration.

"Leave it to me!"

The blue garbed mage reappeared behind her, casting out a gust of wind, though it missed the target entirely. This was harder than she expected.

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HP:40/40SP:76/80

After the group kicked up a dust storm as they rained beat downs after beat downs onto the shadow, Dai quickly backed away to gain some distance. Soon, the dust cloud faded away and the young man assessed the situation. Nearby, the foreign exchange students - Johnathan and Gruffydd – were not looking so hot. In fact, they looked halfway near death, mauled from the heavy attack that the many-armed monster handed out earlier.

The backpack shifted on his shoulders. If Dai could smack himself without doing heavy damage, then he would do so right now. Crap! How could he forget? Reaching into the bag, he felt a cool dampness against his fingers. There were two bottles of the caffeine-filled drinks in there. Maybe, just maybe, the caffeine would be enough to jolt the wounded some energy…

…Okay, maybe that made no sense, but if a magic spring ran by a fairy could exist as well dead shadowery corpses spewing from the mouth of his teammates, then Dai has every right to make his own logic. Hell, if he has to bend to this world’s logic, then this world has to play by his logic as well!

He stared at the item and gazed onto his teammates. Suddenly, the drink felt heavy in his grip. Oh crap, who does he throw it to first? Both of his classmates were in pain and they were good people – even if one did smack him with a shovel; although, understandably possessed. One has the monster’s weakness while the other could heal.

Oh wielder of the backpack, how heavy thy duty is. Dai made a face while he made a mental note to give the bag right back to Saito. The guy seemed level-headed enough to prioritize, and hopefully more knowledgeable on when to use these items on who. Dai was a person of feelings and instinct; logic is not thy middle name. It just didn’t feel right to heal someone just because of their usefulness since both of them have their strengths as far as he could tell. Welp, here goes nothing. Time to suck up and decide.

“Heads up, hot stud! Drink!” Dai ran a few feet and tossed the bottle of iced coffee over to Johnathan. From the looks of things, the guy looked as though he couldn't risk to take another hit.Once the drink is used, Johnathan would feel a surge of energy, recovering 30 HP and 10 SP.

Dai fumbled with the backpack once more while he kept an eye on the monster, a bow in one hand just in case. Hopefully, the Welsh student could hold out and stay alive until he could get this stupid coffee out or if someone used their healing mojo on the guy.

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Dai
HP: 65/65
SP: 51/55

HP: 99
SP: 21

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Saito watched the group fight the massive shadow while trying to get back his bearings, after everybody was done attacking the monstrous shadow in a big almost cartoonish group attack which left it in a weaker state.

Saito stood up once the shadow attacked three people, one of the foreigners and the chubby guy. Saito sighs to catch his breath, he hasn't done this yet but he will need do try and summon his persona, the others didn't go insane like before when they used it before. Saito moved his hands over his face and suddenly the wolf mask appeared on his face and his eyes glowed yellow and he yelled out "Beowulf!" Sudden a large man in armour with a sword appeared behind Saito, a voiced echoed in Saito's head.

"I am thou and thou art I, I shall be your sword to fight back against the monsters in the shadows!" The voiced spoke and suddenly Saito cast Bufu (Rolled 12), which appeared as a giant pillar of ice above the shadow in the air and it suddenly crashed down but it shrugged off the attack, as it only did 19 ice damage.
Saito looked shock, it didn't react normally like with the other attacks.

"Oh crude."

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HP: 99
SP: 17

Bride kept it up, he continued to use his persona to help with his classmates, h notced that Saito attack wasn't effective at all with the blob monster... it must be strong againt it he fleet it after that icy blast. "Its strong a-agaisnt ice..." He said to everyone hopefully this would help them in their aid. Hewish he coudl help he could sense everyone energy and spirit was getting and if anything he could use Media to help them but he had to reamin focus and help his classmates. He kept it up, as Mikko shielded his eyes his vision was indeed different, he had to keep it up for everyone sake he got to.

(sorry small post)