Persona: New Awakening

Terri cocked her head to the side, following after Holden as she slowed picked up her pace when he began to run. I wonder what happened. She was sure they still had enough time to fight at least one more Shadow, but she decided not to question and to simply wait until the reached the entrance of Tartarus. Hearing a growl behind her, Terri quickly looked over her shoulder, seeing several Shadow beside them and following after them. They know we're leaving. Seeing one suddenly lunge at her, Terri spun on her heels and swung her weapon sideways, making contact with the Shadow to only send it crashing into another. She then quickly continued running, catching up with the others, soon spotting a green glow in the distance. "It's there!"

OOC: No being sexist to her. B|

 

OCC: Gotta love that sexism ;D


BIC:"I've been awake for quite a while actually," replied Vincent as he stared at Leila, confused as to how she didn't become a coffin like everybody else. "I was out late and then...this happened." Rubbing his head in confusion, he tried to figure out what all of this was but in the end, he couldn't come up with anything. Rational thought obviously isn't going to help me figure this out. Turning his attention back to the girl, he asked, "What is all of this? And what was that woman that you were in? Seriously...somebody needs to explain all of this to me."

Hearing footsteps coming from inside the tower, Vincent turned towards the entrance to see a guy with a sword and gun in each hand running down the corridor in his direction. With all of the stuff that he had seen tonight in this dark hour, he honestly wasn't shocked and just turned back to Leila and said, "Let me guess. A friend of yours?"

 

OOC: I said no being sexist! D8<

BIC:

Terri raised her eyebrows as she arrived at the first floor of the tower. She looked behind her and saw a much larger green Access Point, the one she had seen before she had gone up the stairs. So that's what it is. She looked around the floor, noticing Leila wasn't inside so she headed out, seeing why Leila had demanded them to head down. She found someone.

Leila crossed her arms and looked towards Holden and the others, glad they had returned quickly and safely. "He is a friend, yes. And so are the rest of these people," she answered Vincent, turning her attention towards him. He has the potential. She narrowed her eyes and lowered her arms down to her side as she turned her back on them and began to walk away. She raised her hand and motioned for Vincent and the others to follow her. "Don't worry, I'll explain everything to you, but right now we have to get off the grounds of this tower." Reaching just the other side of the gates, she turned around and looked at the others before looking up at the tower. "It's about to change."

 

OOC: >A>;;; -Sigh-

BIC:

It happened quickly, as soon as he stepped onto the Access Point the blinding green flash transported him back to the first floor of Tarturus. There the rest gathered around a another male possibly his age. As he walked making his way closer to the group the structure of the building began to shake. With many twists and turns the walls moved about as the school gate rose from the floor, then everything returned to normal. They sky above returned to its black blue self with a silver moon, no trace of blood on the floor or coffins surrounded them. Just as Leila had instructed, Tarturus only lasted an hour. Arthur returned his attention to the other new member or so he figured, why else would the group be called back? I wonder how many others have the potential then..

 

Haruka had been sitting in a chair at the time trying to do homework in the eerie moonlight.
Since no electric was working... this proved difficult, and she never was one to be good at homework anyway. She often found her mind distracted by other things.
Suddenly, everything changed and the power came back on.
Where a coffin was before, now stood Officer Kurosawa. The man never really showed surprise but even he was taken aback by seeing Haruka sitting there when she hadn't been before his transformed state.
"Nice sleep?" she asked a little amused.
"...Hmm?" he sounded, whether he was feigning innocence or not, she couldn't tell, of course, he wasn't aware of his state as no one without the potential would know.
"I need to talk to you about something..."
"..Go on. I'm listening." He said, sitting down. It had been ten years since he had met and taken in the young girl, he had gotten use to her company. She never seemed to look so serious though... one of the few times he had seen her this way was when she was a little girl of seven, begging not to be taken away... when she had insisted that she had to stay, that answers to her past had to be here. In Iwatodai.
He had to chosen to believe her, how a young girl her age in a stressful situation, not even knowing who she is could be so serious and sure of something. Well, he knew there were strange things in Iwatodai... this girl and her circumstances were another is all.
"Well..." she began, telling him about the events of the recent nights, the way all power seemed to turn off and everything changed, including people turning into coffins and how he himself in fact had been a coffin moments before. He kept a mutual expression on his face the whole time while she told her story.
"...do you believe me?..." she asked him, surprisingly timidly for the type of girl she normally was.
He stayed quiet for a few seconds as he put his hands together in front of him.
"Yes. Believe it or not, I've heard stranger things being a police officer."
"...do you know anything about this?"
"No." his answer was instant and not the least bit suspicious.
"...Right." she sighed, obviously a little disappointed.
"You've got school in the morning, I won't mind that you've been up late tonight since we had something to talk about."
She stood up and nodded, yawning slightly, her usual demeanour back. "Mm'kay. Well, G'night."
"Night." he said as he sat in his chair, her walking out of the room.
He sat there for a few minutes, just doing nothing before he pulled out his phone and dialled a number.
The tone dialled and then a voice on the other line could be heard.
"Akihiko Sanada. We need to talk.
...Yes. I'm sorry it's late, but there is something you'll want to hear."


OOC: Long post is long, but it's important lol
Yay for characters from the game being mentioned! lol
For those of you who have never played the Persona 3 game. Akihiko Sanada was one of the original members of SEES along with Mitsuru Kirigo.
He and Kurosawa are contacts in the original game, so yeah lol

 

Sakura was in her room at the dorm, rubbing her stomach. She sighed and wished she could have helped during the mission. But she understood why she was held back. Everyone was concerned about her condition. She would try and talk with them some other day, rubbing her stomach. She wished she had never met that man who violated her.

 

OOC: Thank you, Bushy-Brow. XD

BIC:

Leila's eyebrows raised as she saw Tartarus slowly return back to their school. As much as she had seen both the school change, and return to its original structure, she somehow felt the need to be a little surprised by all of it. She sighed out quietly and turned back towards Vincent, tilting her head slightly. "My name is Leila. I go to this school as a Senior," she began, motioning towards Gekkoukan High. "Would you believe me if I said that everyday consisted of more than just twenty-four hours?" She paused for a moment and shifted slightly where she stood, carefully eying Vincent. She knew the question would throw him off and simply confuse him more, but she continued with her explanation. "You see, what you just lived through is called the Dark Hour. It's a time between one day and the next. Those coffins you saw all around the city are people who have been transmogrified into what look like coffins. In the Dark Hour, there are creatures called Shadows. This group here, including myself have the power to summon a Persona, which is the only thing, besides a weapon, that can be used to destroy these Shadows."

Leila took in a deep breath and looked towards the group, smiling slightly at them, glad that most of them had the strength to summon their Personas in Tartarus. "You," she said, turning her attention back at Vincent. "You have that power. You weren't attacked by the Shadows so it means you have the potential. I want you to think about what I've just told you and consider taking my next offer. I want you to join me and this group in defeating the Shadows. Think hard on this." Leila took a step back as she was about to walk away, but stopped and looked at Vincent. "I can tell you more back at the dorm, just follow me the others." She smiled at him before turning away again and now turning her attention to Holden. "Thank you. I'm sorry I made you leader without asking you about it first, but thank you for not turning it down. You did wonderfully in leading the group."

EDIT:

OOC: Once this is over, is everyone alright with a time skip?

 

"Me?" asked Vincent as he pointed at himself, raising an eyebrow at what Leila had just told him. "You're saying that I have the ability to summon something like that woman that you were inside of?"

As Leila and the group started to walk away, back to the dorms, Vincent stood still, looking down at his feet, thinking about the offer that Leila gave him. Join her and the group and help defeat these Shadows. Well in the end, it's either attack or be attacked by the Shadows and I'm not going down without a battle. Lifting his head back up and taking a step forward, he followed the group back to the dorms.

 

OOC: Time skippinggggg.

Current date is May 17, 2020, Sunday. Free day so everyone can do whatever they want.

BIC:

Leila stared down quietly at the ground, her arms crossed around her chest as she recalled the other night. For one thing, she was happy Holden had done a wonderful job leading the group. The only thing that bothered her was his comment when she thanked him. She sighed quietly as she turned her attention towards a small suitcase that held an Evoker specially made for Vincent. Knowing she found a Persona user had stunned her, and even Ms. Kirigo when she called to inform SEES's advisor.

"Then there's..." Leila sat up straight before standing up from her chair. She turned around and looked at a different suitcase that held a different Evoker. "It's like Persona-users are popping up left and right." She had already informed Terri to keep an eye on Haruka after hearing from Ms. Kirigo about this next person. "Today I'll have to finish explaining everything to Vincent."

Leila breathed in deeply and turned towards the door of her room, walking out. She turned to her right as she walked towards the staircase, heading down to the second floor, which was where the boys' rooms were. Reaching the last step, she slowly began heading down the small hallway and kept her eyes set on one door specifically. Reaching it, she quietly stood in front of the door, staring down as she slightly hesitated whether to knock or not. Figuring she needed to ask, Leila raised her hand and gently knocked on the door. "Holden, are you there?"

Terri sat quietly down at the lobby of the dorm, one of her many books in hand. Every once in a while she'd look up away from her book and look around, usually wanting to know if someone had come down to the lobby without her noticing. And every time she saw no one, she'd simply return to her reading. I wonder if anyone has even gone out. For a moment, Terri looked up away from her book once more and closed it, staring off into space. I should probably go out and do something. She could possibly work until evening, watch a movie or possibly go to her favorite bookstore and buy another book. Then again, she didn't have a lot of money left since she already spent part of it on several books several days ago. Maybe I should just stay here.

 

Sakura came downstairs and looked at Terri. "Hey, there. Terri........." She smiled when there came a kick from her stomach, with a sigh, Sakura went to the couch and sat down. She started to think to herself, 'Can I take care of this child on my own? How will I be able to fight Shadows once I have the child?' She suddenly remember the night her Persona power awakened and leaned back, rubbing her stomach.

 

Arthur was busy with homework trying to prepare for the college entrance exams that loomed near. The young man then began to reflect on the previous events that had happened, from the day he was nearly killed by a Shadow and up until a few days ago when he and the group had taken their first steps into Tarturus. The connection between the events was visible but at the same time Arthur questioned it. The appearance of many Persona users just in the area of Iwatodai still seemed all to strange to be a mere coincidence, or perhaps the blond was over thinking this as usual. Putting away his books and notebooks he headed downstairs where he spotted the juniors Terri and Sakura. "Hello" Arthur greeted, "I thought you two would be out shopping or whatever it is that you do" he continued as he took a seat next to Terri.

 

Leila suddenly felt her body tense up as Holden opened his door. For a moment, she simply stared at him before shaking her head lightly and smiling. "G-Good morning, Holden." She tilted her head slightly and watched him lower his gaze, beginning to wonder if she had bothered him. She kind of felt like apologizing and leaving, but she also felt like she needed to talk about what was on her mind. "I hope I didn't interrupt you or anything, but I need to talk to you. Can I come in?"

Terri's indecisive train of thought was cut short as she turned her attention towards Arthur, watching him come towards her and Sakura. She hadn't even noticed Sakura until Arthur had showed up. She looked at her and smiled faintly, waving her hand before looking towards Arthur. "I was actually wondering about that," she quietly said, placing her book gently on her lap. "Are you going anywhere, Arthur?"

 

Leila nodded her head and slowly walked into Holden's room, looking at his bed then his desk, seeing all of the books that sat where he directed her. He must really study. Standing just a few inches away from Holden's bed, Leila slowly turned around and shook her head lightly at Holden, smiling. "It's alright. I won't stay long," she said quietly, slowly lowering her gaze down to the ground. She wasn't quite sure how to say what was on her mind, feeling a little nervous and shy for some strange reason. She lightly tugged at the bottom of her dress while her hand fixed one of the straps that had fallen from her shoulders. Breathing in deeply, Leila raised her head and looked at Holden, brushing a few strands of her hair away from her face. "Do you really want to be the leader of the group, Holden?"

 

Leila tilted her head slightly and perked an eyebrow, staring at Holden, noticing he wasn't paying attention. She looked away and shifted where she stood, feeling her cheek warm up a little. "Um..." She shyness and nervousness only got worse now, something that had never really happened to her before. She took a step back and quietly sat down on the edge of Holden's bed, adjusting her blue dress as she crossed her legs. Standing, it only reached up to about her knee, however when she sat down, it was about just little over an inch away from her knee. The dress even showed quite a bit of her chest. "I'm asking because of what you said the other night. I didn't want to make someone a leader if they didn't want to be one," she muttered, keeping her gaze down at the ground. "And I really don't want you going in Tartarus alone either. It's not safe. I don't want you getting hurt, or even worse, killed."