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Welcome to Tartarus (IX)
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Day: 02/Sunday Month: August Year: 2009
Tomorrow
"Damn prophetic dreams..."
With each passing night the dreams about the black mask seemed clearer and clearer, that mask seemed terribly familiar to me, but try as I might it felt like something was slipping away from me, I wanted to believe I was just paranoid, but ever since I fell In this world anything could happen.
Wanting to clear my mind a bit I went to the Velvet Room to greet Igor and Lazuli, to my surprise there were a couple of new additions when I arrived, Mavis floating around happily being chased by 3 girls, one was a blonde girl around 13 years old, another a chestnut, maybe ten or eleven years old, finally a girl who did not seem the same age as the previous one, she had green hair and pointy ears, unlike the first 2 who had normal clothes of the modern world, this last one she had on a pink outfit that seemed to be a medieval style.
Looking around I saw Riku who was quietly reading and Sora who was playing a board game with other guests, were they…Robots? I think they were robots, they had a cylindrical body, a spherical head, long arms and short legs, they didn't seem to measure more than half a meter and there were 3 of them playing with Sora, they didn't do well, but that didn't seem to matter to Sora and they kept playing , seeing them tickled the back of my mind from trying to remember the origin of these.
"The place looks much more lively" I told Lazuli who had approached me
"Certainly, normally it is only the contractor and master Igor who can enter this site, but it fills my heart with joy to see so many different people interact" he replied with his usual light smile
"I always had the impression that you could go out of here to the real world"
"Yes, but it is limited only to where our contractor lives, with so many people from such different places, I recently visited a passing city from where Sora and Riku visit us"
"Something interesting?" I asked seeing her growing excitement
"Lots of shops all very colorful I met a redheaded girl named Anna in 5 different shops I think she teleports"
I was about to say something but it wasn't worth it, where there's gold there will be an Anna to try and get it so I'm not surprised they even found a way to go to places outside their sphere of influence, next thing I know Anna will set up a counter here in the Velvet Room.
"Something happens?" asked Lazuli pulling me out of my thoughts
"Nothing, just random things I had in mind, but you're right, it looks much livelier around here."
"Tyron! Tyrone! Here!" Mavis greeted me finally noticing my presence and approaching with her child entourage
"Are you a Cloak? How do you do this place? Why do you have so many strange books? Is it a shaker power? Or do you do it with some kind of Tinkertech?"
The petite blond-haired person was the first to approach me, she spoke so fast that it took me a while to register what she said, the terms she used tickled my memory just like the robots, but again I didn't get into that part. of my memories
"I…emmm…am I a magician?" I finally replied waiting to see her reaction.
"Cool!" she said simply, and I saw how the other girl slapped her face at her response
"Anyway, I think the introductions are in order, I'm Tyron Miller, a pleasure"
"I'm Victoria Dallon and this is my sister Amy. Nice to meet you!" Introduced Little Blonde Imperative
"Hi" repeated his sister
"And Tiki is Tiki!" said the only one of the trio that she could really recognize
"Aren't they adorable? I hope that one day they can join Fairy Tail!" Mavis told me as she floated around the three girls
I just snorted in amusement, I was sure the girls couldn't quite understand that this place was metaphysically non-existent, somehow the four of them had restarted their game, then I saw how Sora and Lazuli seemed to be giving the little robots a few pokes.
"Look Tyron, it's Tantan, Tenten and Tintin, aren't they great?" Sora told me as he finished her arrangements.
"Tell me those aren't really their names" I answered blankly
"Tantan!" said the first in a soft robotic voice, this one had a belt with a red star buckle
"Tenten" that was the second, much calmer and with a higher pitched almost feminine voice, she had a blue bow on her head
"Tintin!" the last of the group that had a deeper voice than the first, this one had a green tie
"I guess it's a pleasure"
I looked at Riku who just shook his head, but the smile betrayed how amused he also felt with the situation, I joined Sora's game with the little robots taking the robot with the green tie to sit on my lap, the one with the belt sat on Sora's legs and the latter was taken by Lazuli who joined the game
Even though I did not gain any new arcana I still had a lot of fun hanging out in the Velvet Room, a bit of quiet before resuming my stamina training to use my PERSONA weapon, I had almost doubled the time to 10 minutes before running out of Energy.
"The car and Justice follow... after the confrontation of SEES against Strega..."
In the afternoon I said goodbye to everyone to continue my day, it was when I said goodbye to Sora that I remembered that letter he gave me when we met, so I decided to see it.
"I will eat my bandana if this is not a prophetic sign..."
The card had changed, one side was still the same as the Tarot cards, but on the other side where it used to be blank, there was now a gold frame, I have no idea if that is good or bad...
Day: 06/Thursday Month: August Year: 2009
Night
"Are you ready Tyron?" I wonder Makoto
"As ready as can I be?"
Checking that I had a reasonable amount of ammunition, I went with the others to the meeting room to wait for the dark hour, today was the night of the full moon, so we all prepared ourselves for what was to come, just when the time came, Fuuka summoned his PERSON to locate the shadow.
"Did you find anything Yamagishi?" Mitsuru asked Fuuka
"Yes, I have located it… a large shadow"
"Where?"
"It's next to the deserted houses in the northern part of Iwatodai, but it's strange, it seems to be underground... about 10 meters"
"It must be in some kind of basement" Yukari reasoned.
"According to my records, there is no structure in the area that matches those criteria, however in the past there was a military installation that was used by the military," Aigis added.
"Military? That is true?"
"Well, the architectural and geographic data of the area was loaded onto the ship from his memory, then again the information hasn't been updated in a decade," Ikutsuki said.
"That's right" replied Aigis
"It is a good idea?" Junpei asked doubtfully.
"There is no way to know until I go there" Fuuka said
"It seems that the scars of the war may be deeper than we think, the situation is still not clear at the moment, it will be best to prepare the strategy once on location"
Hearing Mitsuru we all nodded and headed north to Iwatodai, once we were there you could see an abandoned underground military facility, we walked deeper and deeper into the facility, when we look around we see a lot of old abandoned military equipment as well as skeletons of soldiers, I don't know if it was due to the effect of the dark hour, or if it was really abandoned in this state, looking closely it seemed that the equipment should have been important even then, I would take something, but my area of expertise was in another thing.
"Hmm?" I stopped thinking
"What's up buddy?" Junpei turned to see me
"I feel like some things are familiar to me, but most of it escapes me"
"Something important?"
"Just a little tug, but nothing concise…again"
"I'm sorry friend"
"Don't worry, everything will come back in time"
Guided by Fuuka our group finally reached a large corridor, just thinking about the number of people who must have died in this gas chamber at the end of the corridor was something that made me shudder, it was once we crossed the doors to go to the Chamber. heard a voice familiar to both Shinji and me.
"Well done, it's good to see you again" he said when Takaya saw us
"Do you know that person?" I wonder Yukari
"We met the other day, he seems to know a lot about us"
"How is it possible that Lucia didn't feel them until now?" Fuuka wondered
"Their names are Takaya and Jin, they like to be called Strega and they haven't been spying for a while" Shinjiro told us
"Speaking of being creepy"
"Thank you for reminding us, from what we hear you have waged a righteous battle to save the world, but we have come here tonight to put an end to that dream, you have gained new allies, but this land is still riddled with sin, Tartarus rises so high. beautifully as always" said Takaya like a religious fanatic
"Why the hell would you want to stop us?!" yell Junpei
"Simple, if the shadows and the dark hour disappear, then we will lose the use of our power and we can't let that happen now right?" Jin replied
"Can? Do not tell me you're a Persona user too!"
"Why don't you use that pretty little head of yours for a change? Only a select few wield the power of a Persona and the dark hour is a frontier that is only ours to explore…just like the tower of disappearance."
"Is that your reason?! Re crazy?! There is no telling what will happen if we don't do something about the shadows!" Yukari snapped at them
"What difference does it make? There will always be disasters, whether they are caused by shadows or arise from human madness, no one can predict the future anyway, but that is beside the point, surely you will recognize the sense of importance that the dark hour has given you.
"You!"
"Don't waste your words Yukari, what that guy smokes completely dried up his brain a long time ago" I told her
"We must not lower ourselves to insults, I'm sure you enjoy this as much as we do" Takaya told me
"Yes, of course, don't stick me in the same bag head of grass, no one enjoys this, that's something I'm sure of"
"Everyone has their own reason to fight, JUSTICE is just an excuse And that makes them all hypocrites! So I say to hell with you!"
With that last sentence the duo proceeds to close the doors leaving us effectively locked, they tried to open it, but they had no way to make a grab from the inside.
"Dammit"
"We'll be fine, instead of wasting energy I suggest we deal with the shadow first," Aigis reasoned.
"The shadow moves! He has noticed us!" Fuuka warned us
"Alright, let's focus on our original goal, we can find a way out after winning, everyone prepares for battle"
Temporarily leaving Strega aside we began to follow the footprints that seemed to have been left by the shadow, we continued along the corridor until we reached the central area of the gas chamber, not far away was the tank-shaped shadow, the upper part It was a pipe that has a large mask with angel wings, together they were the Chariot and Justice.
"Everyone prepares for combat!" ad Makoto
"The enemy is using the tank as armor!"
We all started to surround him, but the damn thing was much faster than you could believe, Fuuka began to analyze it until she realized that it was two enemies working together, Akihiko and Shinjiro use their Persona together to cause the most damage , also Aigis joins them in that fray.
"Not even a dent," Akihiko shuddered.
"I can't get a good reading from the shadows!"
"All our attacks do not damage. The shell is too hard!"
"None of our magic seems to be doing anything either!"
We were all still attacking but the shadow was not taking any damage which left me incredibly baffled, this was a relatively easy boss compared to others in the game but now it's the opposite, Makoto and I attacked from behind but again with no luck, I started to inspect more closely until I noticed a dark aura seeping between the car and the barrel
"What's that?" I asked myself
Just at that moment I couldn't help but remember the dreams of the last nights, that black mask that keeps appearing in my head, while I was distracted I realized that the shadow moved to hit Akihiko and send him flying, Akihiko was grabbing his shoulder sore, then the shadow shoots at Mitsuru who was on his way to help him, the blow knocking them both out in the process.
"Mitsuru, Akihiko!" Yukari scream
"Bastard!"
"Not Junpei!" I try to stop him Makoto
"Let's go! Saint George!"
I quickly got in the way and took Junpei away from danger, by the way he had managed to deal a strong blow to the shadow finally making him back a little.
"Keep your head in the game Junpei! Or you're going to get yourself killed!" I yelled
"I'm sorry"
"Junpei, Yukari, you help cover Shinjiro, Tyron, and Aigis to the front. Aigis uses berserker mode!" Makoto instructed us
"Initiating berserker mode!"
Blue energy starts pouring out of Aigis as she starts running towards the shadow, long range attacks keep the enemy busy while Aigis and I with my King Arthur sword start damaging the enemy.
"The enemy is starting to take damage! Keep in that way!" Fuuka encouraged us
With finally good news we began to intensify our attack, just as I was about to hit with my sword both shadows separated, the dark aura that was hiding between them releases a force that throws me back, just when I looked up I started to sweat cold, in front of I found a humanoid body with a dark aura with the same black mask as the one in my dreams, then the body splits into 2 and merges with the 2 shadows, their masks then changed to the same black mask.
"Everyone comes back! The shadow seems to be getting stronger!" Fuuka yelled in alarm
"What the hell?!"
Shinji tries to hit him, but the body of the tank throws him towards the wall, he used his person to soften the blow, but the force was too much for him and he falls unconscious after stopping.
"This cannot be happening!" Junpei said
We all kept fighting, but the shadows had much superiority in strength, Junpei quickly fell unconscious due to the lack of magic, Aigis started to spark from the overload, Makoto was hit and left unconscious, Yukari who cared for Makoto was hit after leaving her In the same state, Ken and Koromaru were also knocked unconscious from exhaustion, finally my weapon had returned to a rifle, which meant that my limit was also near.
"What the hell is that…?"
The two shadows run to me, I didn't know what was happening, it seemed that all I could do was stand and wait, I didn't have the slightest idea what that black mask was, there were so many things I didn't understand, but I felt very Tired, my eyelids closed slowly, the two masks passed through my mind, the white mask... was of Philemon... the black mask... of... Nyarlathotep... no...
"No... I won't die like this... We won't die like this!"
The others who seemed to be recovering barely managed to look in my direction when I yelled.
"I am you…"
A fiery blue Tarot card appears in front of me... the same one Sora gave me...
"You are me…"
My Persona King Arthur appears behind me wrapped in the same blue flames...
"You can end this chapter!"
A magic circle appears behind King Arthur… the fusion magic circle…
"Give me your power as I call your name!"
A spear-tipped chain comes out of the magic circle and impales King Arthur and me in the chest, King Arthur's chest starts to open to the side like a giant mouth...
"Tyron!" Makoto scream
I started coughing up blood, the pain was excruciating, but it still wasn't as excruciating as the first time I woke up, so I held out my hand to the card...
"Armored Full Connection!"
With that last word all the light disappears for a moment, but I could still feel the active magic circle, after a few seconds I can feel everything around me again, I could feel a wave of power washing over me, I look down to feel that I have the same King Arthur's armor, just like the sword in my hands, I looked at the enemy full of energy and ready for battle.
"Full armor King Arthur!"
I let out a war cry while holding my sword in both hands, the blade started to light up giving off a glow that started to revitalize all my comrades, I ran to the Justice cannon forcing it to hide back in the four-legged tank.
"All! Keep him busy with magic! Aigis, can you use berserker mode again?"
"Affirmative, starting Berseker mode!"
"Very well! We have to get that thing up in the air! The bottom of the tank is its weak point!"
Aigis and I move and together we somehow managed to lift the tank, I jumped back preparing my sword, charged with energy I launched myself again piercing the belly of the tank, the shadow tried to resist, but I continued to apply force, once it was inside the shadow finally my attack was fully charged.
"EX-CALIBURT!"
The energy builds up quickly as I swing my sword to the right, a glow pierced back and forth through the shadows effectively slashing them, with the shadows defeated they began to scatter, at the same time Junpei jumped for joy.
"We did it!"
"I'd say we barely survived," Akihiko said.
"Looks like he's gained another new power..." Mitsuru looked at me.
So my armor disappeared as I knelt down panting, the stabbing pain in my chest was still there, but there was no apparent injury, when I looked up there was Makoto giving me his hand to get up.
"You're not going to pass out again, are you?"
"Believe me, I've spent a lot of time in the hospital, and I don't want a card for being a frequent customer"
"Dude that was awesome! How did you do it?!" I wonder Junpei
"The truth, I have no idea, it was my survival instinct driving me more than anything"
"Interesting... even so I think you should get a medical checkup, you never know what hidden problems it can leave you with" said Mitsuru
"Yes, but for now I think we should find a way to get out of here."
"I'll call Ikutsuki so he can help us"
"I'm curious about that black masked shadow, it almost seems like it made both of them even stronger," Makoto reasoned.
"I only felt the biggest shadows, I didn't even notice the third shadow until it was too late" Fuuka told us
"I managed to communicate with Ikutsuki, he's on his way to let us out."
"Very well! Let's get down to the exit while we can."
"Let's go"
With the help of Shinji and Makoto I managed to get more or less to my feet as we started to go down to the exit, even so there was a lingering feeling of discomfort, I was very sure that it was far from being the last time we would see that black shadow .
We had all managed to get out of the place with the help of Ikutsuki who had opened the door for us, so we managed to return to the mostly complete dorms, I felt my steps very heavy since I had really overexerted myself in this fight, but there was still one thing left persistently hovering above my head.
"Nyarlathotep... Where have you heard that name...?"
Day: 07/Friday Month: August Year: 2009
Night
"This is the last… Armored full armor… Atalanta…"
After resting and waking up until almost noon I proceeded to go to the Velvet Room to find out more about the letter, but Sora had no idea where it came from since I gave it to him in the first place, he just told me that when more I needed it, it gave him the power to use his most powerful key blade, without anything clear I could only look at the card again, which now also had a keyhole adorning the center.
Then during the dark hour I began to use my armor on each person, with each new armor I felt like I was pierced horribly, but I fully gained my persona's abilities as well as their knowledge of the hero they represented, it was both mentally and physically exhausting, but I had managed to go through all my people in a single hour without fainting in the attempt, the last one was Atalanta and it was strange the sensation of extra appendages in the form of tails and ears in addition to the greenish tone that my hair gained, while I played a Little by little with my coordination of these new limbs, the roof door opened, Mitsuru who looked at me strangely.
"Um… Hello?"
Embarrassed was little for my current situation, I had been focused on using all my People that I had ended up seriously drenched in sweat, as such I had decided to take off my shirt, which essentially meant that I was naked from the torso up with cat ears and tail right in front of Mitsuru.
"This is shameful…"
"What were you doing?" Mitsuru finally asked
"I was training the new skill I used yesterday, using it with all my persona"
He looked at me a little more before approaching and stretching his hand to my ears, I had a small involuntary spasm, but Mitsuru kept playing curiously, I won't lie, it felt a bit relaxing the way his hands moved gently over my ears, for a moment I was almost sure I gave a cat-like purr.
"Fascinating…"
"Mitsuru, it doesn't feel bad or anything... but it's a bit awkward..."
I slowly let go of my ears and I finally came out of my combined form with Atalanta, with that a wave of fatigue hit me and I fell sitting on the floor, Mitsuru kindly handed me a bottle of water that I had brought with me to the roof.
"Tyron, I'm happy with your dedication, but it's not something I want to see at the expense of your health."
"I am sorry…"
"I'm not mad… just take care of yourself, okay? I'll help you get to your room."
Mitsuru carefully put my arm over his shoulder and helped me move, I can tell that it was uncomfortable in several ways, Mitsuru tensed for a few moments when he felt my shirtless torso, I could proudly say that I gained good abs and muscles with the constant exercise in the athletic club, the mock fights with Akihiko, the trips to Tartarus and a good healthy meal, it was embarrassing for both of us, for Mitsuru who did not know where to put his hand to help me, as for me to see the face Mitsuru's red color filled me with secondhand shame.
"Hey Mitsuru, we haven't gone shopping yet, right?" I said in an attempt to divert the attention of the two
"Only you could think of things like that in your current state" she told me a little amused, but accepting the lifeline
"Yes, that's me, what do you think? Let's invite Yukari this time to join us tomorrow"
"It's okay…"
"Great, I'll invite her tomorrow"
"Let me do it, anyway tomorrow morning I need to inform everyone to go to the meeting room later that night anyway"
"Then I leave it in your hands"
I could already imagine what we would do tomorrow, Mitsuru is too cautious all the time, hopefully Yukari and I can bring out her more feminine and childish side, before going to bed I took a look in the mirror, the huge scar was still something I wasn't used to it, but I had learned to live with it.
Day: 08/Saturday Month: August Year: 2009
Tomorrow
I hadn't slept so well for a long time, the dreams related to the black mask finally ended, on the other hand I also felt in excellent condition, I could feel my body being in tune with my Persona, as I stood up and stretched I heard a knock at my door
"Sorry to bother you, can I come in?" listen Mitsuru from the other side
"One moment!"
Learning from my mistake last night this time I got dressed rather quickly before running to the door to open for Mitsuru.
"Looks like you recovered well"
"I feel very good"
"I see..."
"Come on Mitsuru, you don't have to worry, everything I do is on my own initiative, and I know where to stop"
"Am I that easy to read?"
"I think that only those who live with you for so long will realize"
"…"
"Mitsuru, although it was your grandfather who caused this disaster, I don't think you should be the one to feel guilty about this, at least not at this level, and your friends are here to help you"
"You always seem to know what to say"
"Although many times I feel the opposite, but on a side note, did you invite Yukari?"
"Yes… but it seemed that she already had plans with another friend…"
"Ah, she's quite popular, well, she's fine, let's go together"
"Mmm, very well, I will accept your invitation"
"Cool! Besides, I have a lot of gossip to tell you."
"Gossip?"
"Not bad. Come on!"
Ready I grab Mitsuru by the hand and we headed to the Paulownia mall to do some shopping, it seemed that since the last time we went out he had been reading fashion magazines, obviously he copied most of the styles, but it seemed that he was slowly winning terrain to do it her way, hopefully she won't end up having the villain style in the future.
I'll definitely have to bring Yukari next time to avoid any fashion disasters, so after walking for a long while we sat down at Chagall Café, Mitsuru seemed tired, but on the other hand it seemed like she had a lot more fun than last time.
Afternoon
"Uff, today was quite fun"
"It certainly looks like you had a good time, now your fashion sense is much better, less villainous"
"I-was this what I looked like with my first outfit choices…? That's so embarrassing."
"Less dominatrix, but on a side note, is it just me, or have Makoto and Yukari spent much more time together?"
"Now that I think about it… yes they have"
"Do you think it could be because of what happened in Yakushima? She seemed quite jealous to see Aigis around her, even the morning after we returned they were fighting in her room"
"So that's why Yukari requested that Aigis have her own room"
We continued laughing and chatting at the expense of Yukari and Makoto's "relationship", I had never seen Mitsuru enjoy herself so much, she usually has a serious and somewhat strict demeanor, but at this moment she seemed like nothing more than a normal girl enjoying time with a friend.
"But how are we sure if they like each other?"
"We could ask you separately"
"That would be a good idea, but I don't think Yukari would like talking to me right now..."
"Nah, I think it's just because you have a very professional attitude most of the time, I'm sure she would go crazy to see you so relaxed like now"
"Maybe you are right…"
"Don't think about it too much, I'm sure you'll get used to acting this way over time."
"Yes, it's much more fun spending time this way... with you..."
"But if you're still worried I'll be the one to ask her and I'll give you the details later"
Night
When we arrived from our shopping trip, most of them were already in the meeting room, the only ones missing were Aigis and Junpei who didn't take long to arrive, Koromaru was sitting right next to me letting me pet him.
"Well we're all here, what's wrong Mitsuru?" Makoto was the first to ask
"It's to tell you that summer classes start next week, I'll see to it that you graduate one way or another."
"T-that's good Kirijo, you almost got me there" Junpei tried and failed to escape
"Oh no kidding, we'll be taking crash courses, I've already applied for all of us, I know how hard it is to balance school and our night raids, as such you haven't had much time to study, I apologize for that, for that the president has agreed that this is a good idea, I thought I mentioned it to Takeba and Yamagishi"
"It's the first time I've heard of that..." Junpei slumped.
"I'm sorry... I forgot to mention it" apologized Fuuka
"Oh!" so Junpei died
"With your grades you should be thankful" Yukari said reproachfully.
"This sucks don't you think Makoto?"
"Totally…"
"W-well, just for a few weeks anyway."
"I still need to improve my grade"
Junpei and Makoto looked at the floor puzzled while I shrugged, it seemed that the end of summer would be harder than it seemed...