Disclaimer: I do not own JoJo's Bizarre Adventure or Shin Megami Tensei: Persona Series.
Author's Notes: School work has kept me busy and it's good to be back!
Chapter 18: Hooked-up Lone Wolf
~ RANDOM HALLWAY, GEKKOUKAN HIGH, LUNCH, MONDAY, JUNE 7TH ~
Minato Arisato was never a loudmouth. Sure, back in America, he made many enemies through single-word quotes and inappropriate hand gestures alone thanks to his attackers' short-fused tempers and dark alignments. {ORPHEUS}, {EURYDICE} and Hamuko (with her treasured naginata and knuckles) always had to help him clean up his messes completely. His most prized trophy was the one with the annoying biker gang's signature helmet. Good times…
Now? It's biting his ass by tainting his remarkably dirty record.
A rather mingled Hidetoshi stood in front of him, accusing him of smoking - a habit he got rid of ever since Hamuko and Mitsuru began to ban the usage of tobacco and unsavory items in the dorms. "I've stopped smoking that shit since I moved here. Can I go now?"
"Nuh-uh, you're helping me solve this case if you want to prove your innocence. Why can't you be more like your sister, Arisato?" The Emperor sadly asked.
"Fuck you. We both have our talents."
An exasperated Hamuko walked up to the towering males. "Minato, Hidetoshi, no need to bash heads."
"She didn't do anything, Hamuko-chan. Yet. I'm just recruiting him for my investigation so I can cross him off my suspect list." Hidetoshi said with both arms crossed.
Minato cracks his neck in a non-threatening fashion. "Forcibly. Now can we go? I have kendo and she has naginatajutsu today."
"You are fooling no one, Arisato! In fact, I'm not even afraid of you!" A vein popped out on Minato's forehead. "Hamu, do me a favor and call Kaz. I'm gonna be late today."
Instead of taking out her phone, Hamuko stood beside Hidetoshi and his brother. "Hidetoshi-kun, if you would just politely ask my brother, he might've agreed to help you with the case!"
"As if anything would go through this blue-haired buffoon's head!-" A swift sucker punch from the blue-haired buffoon silenced him good. Massaging his wound, he tiredly sighed once more, "Do you even know how to say please?"
"Minato!"
The student councilman raised a hand to Hamuko, stopping her from talking. "No, Hamuko-chan… It is my fault that I cannot control my temper and nature for accusations," He looks at Minato and to everyone's surprise, bowed towards him. "Please help me find the culprit. I cannot do this alone… So please, I require your skills!"
After a prolonged moment of silence, the bluenette chuckled, "This is priceless…" His sister slaps him in the back. "Alright, I'll be counting on you as well."
The two shared a manly handshake. This warms Hamuko's heart a little. "Awww, nice to see you two become friends." The two quickly released each other's hands and comically looked against each other.
'It's so entertaining to see you like this.'
'Shut the fuck up, manequinn.'
'I am thou, thou art I… Remember?'
'…Fine. You win this round.'
Velvet nose, velvet nose, Igor go, Igor long nose~! 'Such a development! Your Emperor Social Link had reached level 2! Don't break any of them, or you'll have difficulty fighting in the future.'
"You better remember our contract, delinquent."
"Hmph," Seeing the boy being emo was certainly entertainment for our young auburnette here.
~ IWATODAI DORMITORY, EVENING, MONDAY, JUNE 7TH ~
A bluenette, a pair of auburnettes and another pair of blacknettes walked into the reception area. On each person's hands were their test papers labelled with different scores. Next to them was Aka Manah in cleaning gear with a silent vacuum cleaner in his hand.
"Phew… Least I got a pass on PE." A capped idiot spoke. The girl in pink only sighed, relief heard from her shallow breath. "How I got into top 10 is a miracle… How about yours, Hamuko-kun?"
The ponytailed Hamuko snickered evilly, raising her sheet towards Yukari's face. "5th place! And this time I'm sure poor Minato's lower than me-"
"Top of year 12."
Silent surprise… except for Kazushi the samurai cheering for him. "Nice, man! I got a solid 12th in the class."
The female twin stayed where she was, unable to say a word due to her constant stuttering. Shortly after, she flipped a nearby table, causing a nearby Aka Manah to scream with disbelief. "AHH, THE TABLE! THE GODDAMNED TABLE!"
Waking up from her rage fugue, she quickly became aware of her violent actions. Quickly, she apologized. "S-sorry!" Exhausted, the goat demon flipped the table back up with his thumb and got back to vacuuming the carpets.
"Now that we're all here, I wanna let you guys in on something I found." Yukari mentioned. "What? The ghost said it still had standards before it could eat you?-" The boys snickered until a small brick landed on top of the capped idiot's head which dematerialized shortly after impact. "OW! What the hell, {IO}!?"
The cow-riding figurine puffed, "I'll drop a chair on you the next time you insult us." She and Yukari high fived each other as the others sweatdropped (sans the curse-muttering Junpei).
"I did some digging," The brunette continued. "And wondered: why did the rumor spread so fast if this was the first time anything happened?"
"Three victims are no small joke." Said a deductive {ORPHEUS}.
Yukari smiled. "Correct! But yeah, I was a bit surprised when I found out the reason." She continued. "Over the next few days, there were two similar incidents, all three of them hospitalized. No wonder people were talking."
"The victims are in different classes, and they don't seem to be connected." She made a sharp turn. "BUT, they did have one thing in common. What was it?"
"Uh… they're homies?" Junpei said with uncertainty. Kaz responded, "What's a 'homie'?"
"HOMIE - INFORMAL NOUN FOR ACQUAINTANCE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD; IN THIS CASE, IT REFERS TO A PEER OR MEMBER OF A GROUP." {ACHILLES} explained in its robotic voice.
"If that's what Junpei meant, then yeah. They got in with a bad crowd, and were always out late. So, to find out what happened, we're gonna do some field research."
Junpei immediately realized where this is heading. "Y-you're not suggesting…"
~ IWATODAI BACK ALLEY, EVENING, MONDAY, JUNE 7TH ~
"I wanna go home…"
"At this point, we're jailbait compared to the beasts here."
The gang arrived at the infamous Port Island Back Alley. The area was moody, filthy and littered with trash. No wonder these vermin gather here…
Everyone's {STANDSONA}s were tense and ready for self-defense. And by self-defense, we mean breaking people's jaws and snapping spines Bane-style. Add a few extra points to being burnt alive, sliced into sashimi or shred to pieces by a powerful wind vacuum.
One of the thugs stared at them menacingly. "Hmmm? Check out them rags… we got some Gekkos walkin' on our huntin' grounds."
"Great, now the whites are invading…"{IO} spoke with an annoyed tone.
"Wait, why DIDN'T we change?" The capped moron asked, to which his fellow teammate replied, "They're beast-blooded, remember? Even in other clothing, they can sniff us out without effort, considering where these guys are from."
A floating {HERMES} tilted his helmet. 'Oh yeah, forgot about the savage part. Kaw!'
"Can we focus? The sooner we go home, the sooner we can get rid of this stench." An impatient {EURYDICE} replied. To no one's surprise, the other S.E.E.S. members shut their traps.
Thug A walked up to Minato and sniffed the air twice. "Mmmm, weird-smellin' flock we got here…" Unimpressed, Junpei replies, "Look, we don't want trouble, man. Just give us some dirt and we'll be outta here as soon as possible."
"If you punks don't give us the information we need, these guys are gonna kick all your asses!" Yukari exclaimed.
The boys paled. "Why would she say that…?"
The beasts laughed. Thug B forced the formerly daring brunette to stand behind the towering boys as he moved up to Junpei's face. "Or else what?"
"Beat it, Goatee!" Thug A exclaimed. Sighing, 'Goatee' tiredly replied. "Don't make me do this…"
Out of nowhere, Hamuko stood up to the thugs. "We don't need your permission to be here." The capped boy panicked. "Don't! We'll expose ourselves…!"
The men perversely looked at the girls' more… attractive features. They licked their lips with their inhumanly sharp tongues. One tried to touch both of them and guess what? Thug C got a broken arm from Hamuko and bonus points for Yukari with her razor-sharp Garu cutter tested upon Thug A.
"Nice technique."
"Thank you, Minato-kun. I actually got the inspiration from an anime."
The arm-broken thug (Thug C) cried and backed off with a broken arm. "MY BASEBALL CAREER!"
"Then you shouldn't have touched her, cunt."
Thug C snapped. In a moment of silence, new patches of light brown hair grew alongside his skin. His face began to contort into a snout of a wolf and the teeth underneath it began to elongate and sharpen. Just like his nails, they slowly turned black as time passed on. The delinquent's eyes turned cyan yellow and swollen like a feral beast from the native forests. His ragged clothing rapidly tightened thanks to Thug C's enlarging body.
By the time Thug C's transformation had completed, he was 2 metres tall, packed with lean muscle, a pair strong hindlegs and that wet dog smell from American hotdogs. The others transformed as well, the species ranging from vultures, bears and rats.
"JESUS FUCK, I THOUGHT THESE THINGS WERE MYTHS!"
The others lunged at the twins who were already more than prepared to fisticuff their way through the horde of-
"{HYPERION}!"
The beasts were blasted towards a wall by a miniature solar flare, frying parts of their fur and flesh. Everyone, shocked as hell, turned to see Katsuya Suou aiming {HYPERION}'s exposed palms at S.E.E.S's attackers.
"Aw shit, it's the fuzz!" Thugs A and B yelled.
The police duo ran up to S.E.E.S. and the twins, checking the latter for injuries. "Thank god you're both fine… {APOLLO} and {ARTEMIS} would flay me for getting you guys hurt. But just in case, have some Media."
A soothing green light enveloped the gang in a healing light. Even though they weren't even hurt in the first place, S.E.E.S. felt healing warmth travel through their skins comfortably.
"Down to business," Katsuya titled his glasses and walked towards the thugs in his white and striped tuxedo. "Now- (*Aggressive jumping*) What was that?"
The blast also seems to have attracted new attention, shown by another coated presence jumping off the ceiling of an apartment and onto the floor.
The moonlight revealed a brown werewolf in a maroon peacoat and dark brown beanie. His fur was shaded in brown and deep brown, unlike the light browned thugs (Thug A and C) or dark grey (Thug B). It was clear he was way bulkier and larger than the other werebeasts.
"What's with the ruckus!?" The suspected alpha said. He glared at the Gekkoukan kids. "And what are you punks doing here? Don't you ever watch the news!?"
"Punks…? Wait, that outfit…"
"We met you back at the hospital!" Kazushi exclaimed. "During Akihiko-senpai's visit!"
The alpha werewolf sighed, scratching his teeth with his rigid claws. "That's good and all, but you dipshits need to leave before One-Armed Willy here goes on another bloodthirsty rampage again."
Just like that, the werewolf Thug C lunged himself at the unguarded twins. "Shit!-" To the humans' surprise, the claws did not reach their destination when a large hand gripped its wrist. A flash of brown instantly headbutted Thug C unconscious and created a small tremor.
"He got his butt kicked! KAW!"
The werebeasts' leader licked his hands clean of blood, shouting, "Take him back home, and make sure he gets his meds."
"Got it, boss." The wearbears headed off first, next the female werevultures and finally the last wererat in his gangster hoodie. Right now, the only people left in the valley were S.E.E.S, their leaders' older uncle and the alpha werewolf. The beast turns to them. "All of you go home; and tell Aki I ain't goin' back to his stupid club of his anymore. And to lay off the protein."
He begins to walk off. Until Hamuko the brutal auburnette stopped him in his tracks. "Know anything about the girls who passed out at our school?"
The beast sighs and growls. "Fine, they were assholes. All they do is come here, shoot up and rant about how they were fucking with this Yamagishi girl who was trying to help them. That enough to make you leave?"
"Um, no, that should be all-"
"Fantastic," The beanie-wearing werewolf grunted.
The beast turned his back for a second time. "You know, despite how he looks, he's actually a pretty nice guy-"
"Huh!?"
"Okay! Leaving! Bye!" Kaz and the girls quickly ran out of Supernatural Alley like hell, now that they've gotten their information. The adult and his boys followed suit.
"Ugh, fuck it… I'm going to bed."
~ MEETING ROOM, IWATODAI DORMS, NIGHT, MONDAY, JUNE 7TH ~
Every teenager back in the alley (sans Minato) was sweating buckets in front of two disappointed Suous, glaring Mitsuru, obnoxious Akihiko and an ashamed {PENTHESILEA} tapping her ice rapier with her sharp fingernails.
"Off all the asinine…" Mitsuru scowled with scorn. "…Reckless…" What next? "…Idiotic methods you chose to gather information, all of you decided to walk into Iwatodai's most infamous alleyway-"
"Of werewolves."
"Thank you, Akihiko." Mitsuru sarcastically replied. "I want you all to know how difficult it is to take care of irresponsible children like you. And I thought Minato here was the more responsible among the age group… It appears more surveillance is required on my part."
"Kirijo's right. Now that Nyarlothatep's back, he'll be sure to do everything in his power to kill all of you for his sick game. You're lucky he's still hiding in the shadows, slowly recruiting followers…" Tatsuya the younger brother added with an intense growl.
"I'm afraid I must intrude your conversation, my friends."
Everyone turned to see Vohu Manah without his disguise entering the conference room. Katsuya was the first to draw his gun at the righteous knight, only to be calmed down by his own brother.
"Calm yourselves, Champions of Philemon; I am no foe, but an ally to your relatives."
Tatsuya scowled, "Who are you? And how do you know about Philemon?"
"Uncle Tatsuya and Katsuya, meet Vohu Manah - the god of positivity. (Light change.) He's here to help us kill Shadows and protect mankind. He's also our Shadow-weapon blacksmith." Hamuko explained.
The family-friendly cop lowered his firearm. Not that it would do any harm to his acquaintance. "You mentioned Philemon. Where is he now?"
A wave of nostalgia hit the Amesha Spenta. "Philemon… I haven't seen him for a while after his fight with the Crawling Chaos… He did a good job keeping this world from cataclysmic harm."
"I don't believe you."
Rolling his mechanical eye, Vohu extended a hand, which the Suou brothers reluctantly shook. "Katsuya Suou."
"And {HYPERION} at your service, milord!"
{APOLLO} facepalmed. "I'm {APOLLO} - this idiot's successor in the sun god business."
"Tatsuya Suou. Be nice, {APOLLO}, even if we don't like beings of higher existence…" He silently muttered the last part.
"Philemon couldn't interfere because of his gamble. I, on the other hand, travel with my brother and maintain equilibrium by making sure this world does not go stagnant."
"Like Mass Effect?" Junpei asked.
"The very same." Vohu plainly replied.
As they shook hands, a malicious shadow sneaked up behind the gang as silent as a human with furry slippers. Wary of the foreigner's existence, everyone (sans Vohu) jumped back as the brotherly officers attempted to shoot the shadow.
{HYPERION} threw a Mahanma at its direction, only for the 'shadow' to grasp it loosely with its newly formed hand and disintegrate the tiny flare with a flick. "Lookin' for these?"
The shadow then grew a skeletal mouth and proceeded to swallow the stolen guns whole. It then took on the form of the nefarious Aka Manah, where he bowed politely at the twins' awkward relatives. "Aka Manah - brother of Vohu Manah - at your service!"
Even with the regular presentation, the Suous couldn't shake off the uneasy feeling of being near him. Meanwhile, said entity took a pipe out, wearing an uncaring look as he breathed. "I am under the assumption that you're goin' to be difficult," He breathed from his mouth a small cloud of smoke. "Let's get straight to the point: I'm bored so I'm screwin' with gods. Was that clear?" At the same time, he offered a hand to the Suous, to which they instinctively denied.
"If I still remember one thing from my last journey, it's to never shake a hand with an unchained demon. So forget about it." Tatsuya coldly spoke. Katsuya added, "I will politely decline as well."
In the end, no hands were shaken, much to Akoman's disappointment. Vohu coughed, "Now that we've settled this diplomatically, shall we proceed, mistress Mitsuru?"
Said mistress nodded, "Thank you, Vohu Manah. Back to the matter at hand, we've identified two of the victims of Apathy Syndrome to be close companions to Natsuki Moriyama."
Hamuko raised a hand. "Wait, the girl with so much makeup that she might as well be Britney Spears' long-lost lovechild?" Every human in the room turned to her with confused faces. "Who?"
"American singer, songwriter, dancer and actress. She also has tanned skin. I still don't get why her albums have those electronic voices, though," Vohu replied.
"I also heard she's got a mean streak of bullying. Hmm, no bullying… what a joke." Kazushi added, remembering Toriumi's last lesson regarding that topic.
"Then we may now conclude this meeting. Dismissed!"
The rest of the group (minus the adults) stretched their arms and proceeded to head to training. Before they're off the hook, however, Tatsuya and Katsuya still weren't entirely forgiving for their reckless act. And the demon-recruiting shtick as well.
"We need to talk."
"Is this about Aka Manah?" The cops nodded. "We're temporary allies. Besides, we didn't sign any contract; he even going as far as to say he's doing all of this for, and I quote, 'for the LOLz'. If you have any more questions, he's right behind you."
Katsuya quickly jumped back to reveal multiple elongated heads surrounding his sides. All of them spoke simultaneously. "Try livin' for eons more than the numerical system can count, then you can ride the high horse all day long." Each head retracted back and fused into a single skull.
The younger Suou cracked his knuckles. "I hope you meant what you said. If my little nieces (We're 16!) end up hurt, you'll be begging for me to end you." And with that, the duo of cops left with a vicious glare pointed at Aka Manah.
"Racist fucks." Vohu landed a hand on his brother's shoulder. "We're not professionals when it comes to reputations."
~ STAFF ROOM, GEKKOUKAN HIGH, MORNING, TUESDAY, JUNE 8TH ~
The S.E.E.S. juniors hurried to the staff room after some conspicuous witnesses of a pissed off student council president leaving a trail of ice as she walked towards there.
After successfully following the ice path, the boys were first to bear witness to a terrified Ekoda and weeping Natsuki Moriyama in her usual slutty makeup. "Mitsuru-senpai, what are you doing here?" Kazushi was the first to speak.
"Same reason as you all, Miyamoto," Mitsuru turned her head towards the infamous teacher. "Mr. Ekoda, what do you know about Fuuka Yamagishi?"
To everyone's surprise (yes, even Minato's), Natsuki was the one to answer. "N-no! I never thought it would turn out like this!" Everyone stared at her. "What did you do to Yamagishi?"
"Hold on, Mitsuru. This isn't an interrogation session; Natsuki, you have no need to tell them. Besides, you don't want to give her the wrong idea."
"Fuuka…" The brunette in makeup stuttered. "…She always looked so frazzled whenever I gave her a hard time…" The others kept staring. "Then I realized that despite her title as an honor student, deep inside, she's just the same as us. I knew exactly which buttons to push, but we were just messin' with her!"
"By messing you mean bullying her," Minato's cold reply made the ex-bully wince sadly. Ekoda glared at the boy sternly. "This doesn't concern you, boy."
Before said boy could walk closer to him, his sister's soothing aura calmed his nerves. "Shhh… calm down."
Natsuki continued. "May 29th… we took Fuuka to the gym, and locked the door from the outside…"
The junior gang's jaws dropped onto the tiled floor. "YOU DID WHAT!?"
"W-we locked her in the gym closet from the outside…"
"YOU BITCH- MMFF!" Junepi's mouth was instantly covered by {ORPHEUS} and {EURYDICE}'s hands, making him sound like a choking walrus.
"That night, Maki returned to school alone. She was afraid we'd get in trouble if Fuuka committed suicide. But, she never came back... and the next morning…"
"She was found unconscious…!" {IO} and Yukari gasped.
"I went to the gym to let Fuuka out, but the door was still locked… So, I opened it and went inside, but she wasn't there… We all freaked out. Starting that night, we all went looking for her. But every night, another one of us went missing… and they each ended up like Maki!" Moriyama sobbed with immense fear and regret. The snot and tears gave away the mood.
Our giant protagonist, filled with stoic rage, slammed his fist against the office wall, creating a medium-sized crack on it. The brunette next to him checked for any injuries. Thanks to their powers, the male Arisato only got a light bruise on his pale knuckles. "Sorry about the wall."
"I'll get to that later," The Princess of Kirijo professionally approached the silent Ekoda. "By the way, Mr. Ekoda… All this time, you've attributed Yamagishi's absences to 'illness'. But in reality, she was missing. You must have been aware of that, so what was your intention?"
"I was thinking of the students, of course. Surely you children would at least possess an ounce of understanding for the concerns of the student community."
Mitsuru crossed his arms as a frosty aura cloaked across her. There's also a transparent {PENTHESILEA} sharpening her rapier which really helps to emphasize the danger the teacher will face. "Yet you chose not to report this to the police… Just to protect your career, not only did you ignore your responsibility as a teacher but you are willing to endanger your students' lives to accomplish this!?"
"I-I… uh…" Ekoda's soiled pants had been frozen in an instant. "I-"
"HOW DESPICABLE!"
A rapier made of ice stabbed through Ekoda's table. Ignoring the dormmates' traumatized expressions, the silent council president approached the lamenting Natsuki. "Did you notice anything unusual before the incidents?"
Reluctantly, the ex-bully spoke. "There was a voice… a creepy one calling their names before they went missing… and lying right outside the school gates."
Junpei Iori was, miraculously, the first person to piece the puzzle together. "Sweet circle in Tetris…"
"C-could it be…!?" Hamuko silently muttered. Her twin nodded back. "The Shadow Tome just spoke to me. You were right…"
Mitsuru walking towards them with a grim look only served as further paranoia fuel. "There's no other possibility. No doubt about it…"
'If I may, my female acquaintance?' The twins' Shadow tomes both mentally spoke to the rest of S.E.E.S. 'Proceed.'
'You should know by now that Earth's Shadows are sentient cognitions given metaphysical forms. As Carl Jung had correctly speculated, they all originate from the human ego, specifically the entire realm of the human unconscious known as the Sea of Souls.'
'Those blob things are small fragments of a whole human mind. When a huge mass of them gather together, their intelligence and behaviour changes drastically, allowing them to create a more concrete connection to our world where the realm of pure magic is directly connected to. This, combining their unorthodox nature and unstable existence, allows them to harness magic better than humans can.'
'Remember this: To see a Shadow as a natural enemy is a common misconception. These things shouldn't exist in this plane; they are no different than Space Invaders albeit hungry for human minds and much more aggressive.'
Kaz scratched his head which had overloaded with information. "When Yuko said your past mistakes will bite you back in the ass, I didn't know she meant all of… this."
'Do not fret, meaty fleshbag. Once you are able to comprehend the basics, you will find this topic much easier than ABCs' Akoman's tome ended with an eerie laugh.
"So what now?"
Ignoring the bluenette, the redhead looked at Natsuki. "Stay at our norm tonight; it's the safest place. If you hear the voice, tell us immediately and don't leave the room no matter what. That should guarantee your safety."
"We'll meet after school in the Student Council Room to discuss tonight's operation." Mitsuru coldly commanded. There was a small hint of urgency in her voice.
"W-wait, tonight TONIGHT?" The boys asked with wide eyes. Nodding didn't calm them down. "But we have a Gnomeregan run today!"
An exasperated {PENTHESILEA} pinched the males' cheeks with her cold, metallic hands. "No excuses, messieurs. I'll see you all by tonight. Plus tard."
Feeling a soothing Media flow through their cheeks, the powerhouses sighed. "Goodbye Thermaplugg gear; hello Dark Hour…"
AKA MANAH'S MIT BITS
~ JUNPEI'S ROOM, IWATODAI DORMITORY, NIGHT, SATURDAY, JUNE 6TH ~
LOGGING IN…
WELCOME BACK,
ChadTheHunk
Class: Warrior
Specialization: Two-handed Arms DPS
Race: Male Troll
Level: 33
Talents:
Level 15 - War Machine
Level 30 - Double Time
Professions (primary):
Apprentice Blacksmithing
Apprentice Mining
Professions (secondary):
Apprentice Cooking
Apprentice Fishing
Equipment:
Head - Princess Poobah's Tiara (Uncommon)
Neck - Heavy Golden Necklace of Battle (Rare)
Shoulders - Tablet-Bearer's Pauldrons (Uncommon)
Chest - Lord Vyletongue's Satyrplate (Rare)
Waist - Skulk Rock Belt (Uncommon)
Legs - Agamaggan-Blessed Greaves (Rare)
Feet - Revantusk Boots (Uncommon)
Wrists - Bracers of the Fallen Crusader (Rare)
Hands - Strip-Thorn Gauntlets (Rare)
Ring - Engraved Truesilver Ring (Uncommon)
Trinket - Arena Grand Master (Rare)
Weapon(s):
Korg Bat (Uncommon)
Transmog:
Head - Glitchbot Helm
Shoulders - Missing Diplomat's Pauldrons
Chest - Smashing Breastplate
Waist - Skulk Rock Belt
Legs - Agamaggan-Blessed Greaves
Feet - Aku'mai Worshipper's Greatboots
Wrists - Nubly Bracers
Hands - "Jenny's" Gloves
Weapon - Merciless Axe
Junpei Iori, the butt-monkey of S.E.E.S, is grinding for experience (EXP) for some MMORPG called World of Warcraft. He had just shared the wondrous experiences he had with his fellow compadres. The girls pretended to be uninterested whilst the males said they were busy with training. Saddened by his friends' reactions, the capped idiot now sits on his lonely desk, guiding ChadTheHunk to Red Cloud Mesa.
And out of nowhere, a warlock by the name of EmoBluesword ambushed him by the spot.
"A wild Demonology Warlock appeared! Don't you fail me, rare drop Korg Bat…!"
In a split second, ChadTheHunk was already surrounded by Dreadstalkers, Felguards and Voidwalkers. Junpei scoffed arrogantly. "Pfft, big deal. I have AoE spells."
~ ONE MINUTE LATER ~
6 Minutes until release
Right now, ChadTheHunk's corpse is being defiled by teabagging demons and a scummy player. The horde of demons scaling up to Level 44 had overwhelmed his damaging capabilities. Just then, the capped idiot angrily shouted, "DAMN YOU, EMOBLUESWORD!"
~ TWINS' ROOM, IWATODAI DORMITORY, NIGHT, SATURDAY, JUNE 6TH ~
CHARACTER
EmoBluesword
Class: Warlock
Specialization: Demonology Minion DPS
Race: Male Human
Level: 45
Talents:
Level 15 - Demonic Strength
Level 30 - Doom
Level 45 - Dark Pact
Professions (primary):
Apprentice Enchanting
Apprentice Tailoring
Professions (secondary):
Apprentice Cooking
Journeyman Fishing
Equipment:
Head - Shadoweave Mask (Uncommon)
Neck - Kelsey's Necklace (Rare)
Shoulders - 7th Legionnaire's Mantle (Rare)
Chest - Gossamer Robe of the Owl (Uncommon)
Waist - Opulent Belt of Intellect (Uncommon)
Legs - Spellshock Leggings (Rare)
Feet - 7th Legionnaire's Footcover (Rare)
Wrists - Deadwalker Bracers (Rare)
Hands - Hands of Consequences (Rare)
Ring - Brainlash (Rare)
Trinket - Mindtap Talisman (Rare)
Weapon(s):
Bloodrazor (Epic)
Transmog:
Head - The Postmaster's Band
Shoulders - Almost New Shoulderpads
Chest - The Postmaster's Tunic
Waist - Beach Party Thong
Legs - The Postmaster's Trousers
Feet - The Postmaster's Treads
Wrists - Pawn's Bracers
Hands - Belly Rubbers
Weapon - Broken Silversnap Bottle
Minato had just beaten a Horde warrior named ChadTheHunk and levelled up his human warlock to Level 45. The arms warrior put up a good fight, but their level gap was too distant to have a fair battle. Ah, such is the savage nature of PvP…
It was also the time to pick a new talent. Yay! "Burning Rush or Dark Pact?"
"Dark Pact." Hamuko, on her bed after an exhausting period of training with {CHI YOU}, tiredly replied.
Before Minato could select his new talent, a booming voice echoed through the dorm walls. "DAMN YOU, EMOBLUESWORD!"
The sentence rang through the twins' ears like ping-pong balls. "What the hell was that?"
"Just Stupei shouting- wait…" The bluenette entered Detective Mode. With a short analysis, his eyes widened in shock. "Oh god, Stupei's ChadTheHunk."
Hamuko raised an eyebrow. "Why would he name his avatar like that, and why a Troll?"
"That's what he is in real life: an reckless, egotistical troll. (*BOP!*) Ow…" {EURYDICE} punched him on the head while Hamuko huffed. "That's not very nice of you."
The bluenette scoffed, "He gave me a hole in my chest. If anything, I'd say he deserved it."
~ COMMAND ROOM, IWATODAI DORMITORY, NIGHT, SATURDAY, JUNE 6TH ~
The monitors flared up to life as a redhead in the dark turned on the monitors to start up . With a click of a few buttons, the logo for World of Warcraft displayed itself brightly on the 4 metre-tall screen.
"No one must ever know…"
LOGGING IN…
WELCOME BACK,
SN0WQUEENRULZ
Class: Mage
Specialization: Frost Intellect DPS
Race: Female Blood Elf
Level: 80 (MAX)
Talents:
Level 15 - Bone Chilling
Level 30 - Ice Floes
Level 45 - Rune of Power
Level 60 - Frozen Touch
Level 75 - Ring of Frost
Professions (primary):
Grand Master Enchanting
Grand Master Tailoring
Professions (secondary):
Journeyman Cooking
Apprentice Fishing
Equipment:
Head - Wrathful Gladiator's Silk Cowl (Epic)
Neck - Hyjal Savior's Pendant (Epic)
Shoulders - Wrathful Gladiator's Silk Amice (Epic)
Chest - Wrathful Gladiator's Silk Raiment (Epic)
Waist - Wrathful Gladiator's Cord of Dominance (Epic)
Legs - Wrathful Gladiator's Silk Trousers (Epic)
Feet - Wrathful Gladiator's Treads of Dominance (Epic)
Wrists - Wrathful Gladiator's Cuffs of Alacrity (Epic)
Hands - Wrathful Gladiator's Silk Handguards (Epic)
Ring - Signet of Manifested Pain (Epic)
Trinket - Nevermelting Ice Crystal (Epic)
Legacy Set Bonus(es):
Increases Intellect by 25.
Increases the damage done by your Arcane Blast, Fireball, Frostbolt, Scorch, Pyroblast, Arcane Missiles, and Frostfire Bolt spells by 5%.
Increases Intellect by 75.
Weapon(s):
Staff of Endless Winter (Epic)
Wrathful Gladiator's Grimoire (Epic)
Transmog:
Head - Wrathful Gladiator's Silk Cowl (Epic)
Shoulders - Wrathful Gladiator's Silk Amice (Epic)
Chest - Wrathful Gladiator's Silk Raiment (Epic)
Waist - Wrathful Gladiator's Cord of Dominance (Epic)
Legs - Wrathful Gladiator's Silk Trousers (Epic)
Feet - Wrathful Gladiator's Treads of Dominance (Epic)
Wrists - Wrathful Gladiator's Cuffs of Alacrity (Epic)
Hands - Wrathful Gladiator's Silk Handguards (Epic)
Weapon - Greatstaff of the Nexus (Epic)
End note: Anyone fancy the ideas of imbuing some Overlord elements to World of Warcraft?