I woke up to a world of pain.
That's the last I remember, pain.
And now I wake up with it again.
I wonder…
Nah…
I feel…
So sleepy….
It Hurts…
[000478:59:20](?)
System Reinitializing…
Warning! Power Malfunction may have caused data corruption and order accomplishment delay, please refer to administrator for further instructions.
[0000356:57:14](?)
Error margin estimated by ? thousand Hours, attempting to connect to administrator for further instructions…
[000343:55:00]
No instructions received, proceeding with final orders, Initializing: FRAGARACH
Along the island, machinery woke up for the first time in more than a decade, power plants, damaged as they were, still turned on to feed the large amounts of systems that populated the island. Those systems barely managed to restart the main power plant (a couple of gigantic engines and solar panels) before dying, having suffered through the tsunamis that had beaten against them, only the thick steel doors almost buried in the rock having stopped the massive amounts of water that would have destroyed everything in that tiny island.
And despite all that, it had survived, the machinery sealed inside the facilities were still operational, and with renewed power supply, they began working, using preset routines written by the late master of the island.
Equipment began being assembled by various robotic arms, that while primitive by today's standards, they still performed they job well, cases were opened and various still shiny-new pieces of steel were put together to make some of the most impressive pieces of hardware created.
And in the deepest parts of the facilities, a glowing tube, having rested vertically for the last decade, was picked up by a crane before being carried somewhere else.
And so, the purpose of the facilities would be fulfilled…
Soon.
…
The Hushed casket unseals…
To unleash that which came before
The case cracks open…
So soon the Reveille begins…
A Humanoid figure was pulled out of the viscous liquid inside the tube, steel parts adorned the joints and forearms, its legs looked as if light armor covered them. As two robotic arms finished pulling the figure out of the liquid by the shoulders, another pair was busy cleaning the liquid, an ingenious creation that blocked any component that might've cause degrading to the figure in the tube. The arms retracted as the last of the liquid was washed away.
The figure's upper chest was stripped of its armor, and then it opened to reveal several synthetic equivalents to organs, capable of emulating the body functions so anyone close by wouldn't notice the differences the figure presented to a human body.
Yet, looking at the insides of the chest, a part usually essential in living beings was missing.
The heart.
Another robotic arm lowered, carrying a bright crimson crystal sphere of some sorts. The crystal glowed even in the relative darkness of the facilities, a testament of its power. The robotic arms holding the crystal deposited it in a bowl-like receptacle inside the chest of the figure, a few anchors keeping it from moving as several ports attached to the crystal before it began feeding them power.
Another arm carried a blinking green crystal, this one, looked as if it was made from the feathers of some ethereal bird, but the other colors dancing across it surface made it difficult to know those tiny details. This crystal lowered itself behind the head of the figure, the back its head opening before another receptacle accepted the crystal before sealing itself. This one allowed other systems to begin system diagnostics.
Other arms covered the figure's arms and legs in more machinery, armor began covering its torso and other devices were locked on its back.
A helmet, black as any other thing connected to the figure, was lowed into the figure's face. The helmet automatically assembled itself to cover the head completely. The figure's armor gained some crimson detailing, giving it a quite good intimidating factor.
Data was loaded into its processes. One primary directive to follow.
[000000:14:41]
System preparations complete, FRAGARACH Protocol has been fulfilled.
Enkidu Project Status: Preparations Complete, Directives loaded, weapon systems loaded and ready, armor has finished assembly.
Main objective: Complete Annihilation of the Kijiro Group.
Primary Objective: Facilities and Research, Complete Anihilation
Secondary Objective: Head of departments and researchers, No Survivors.
Tertiary Objective: Kijiro Family…
…
…
No Survivors.
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Persona: Wanderer Soul
Chapter 1: John 11:44
Gekkoukan High School, the most popular school sponsored by the Kijiro Group, was bustling with life, as its surroundings, Tatsumi Port Island. Some of the Events that happened there over three years ago devolved into legends, like the moonlight suicides and the 'Revenge Request' website…
However, this time, the island itself would devolve into legend.
Students went into their lives, ignorant of the end that years ago a group of people wished… would finally come.
The students in next to the windows noticed it first, a high-pitched whine that hurt their ears, before the sound of choruses singing began. Then in the sky, a black figure descended.
Clawed hands at its sides, and a horned helmet that sent chills to those who looked at it, a single red-lit slit serving as a visor glowed with intensity.
On its back, crimson wings made of light emerged, giving it the appearance of an angel of death…
As they would realize soon.
Its hand raised, and a white halo appeared over its head, the sunny day that was before was overtaken by the sudden formation of dark grey clouds. Lightning coming from them was visible.
And the figure lowered its hand it muttered one phrase that still could be heard by anyone close by:
[System Change: Shinden* Ultimate]
And so it came.
The storm called by the being unleashed its fury on the island, targeting all. Lighting struck buildings and people as if they were bullets from a machine gun, anything on the streets was vaporized by the power of the lighting.
The School fared no better, the extensive electrical installations served their purpose, sending the electricity of the coming lightning strikes to everywhere in the facilities. In less than one minute, 90% of those in the school were dead, and the other 10% were barely hanging in there, as the severity of the burns caused them to go into shock, and without anyone else alive in the island, it was impossible to survive.
The figure still floated in the air, unperturbed, it kept feeding the storm until no building stood, focusing the most in the High school and the train station.
It observed, and in accordance to its tertiary objective, corrupted as it was delivered, it changed its weapon in order to ensure no survivors remained.
[System Change: Tenrai Unlimited]
Its left hand morphed into a cannon, where remaining energy from the previous lighting strikes gathered, and not only there, but in six other orbs floating in a circle around it.
It fired, and a stream of highly condensed plasma burned the already charred remains of the island. In the end, only dust and ashes remained.
But it would not stop there, the figure, before its attack, had hacked the systems of Gekkoukan High, locating the archives from the times it wasn't a high school, it ripped apart the locations of similar Shadow testing facilities.
Their locations marked, it left, as the sound of screaming at the sight of the island turned blazing inferno and glass, began.
Since no survivors remained, no one could tell how Tatsumi Port Island along with all of its inhabitants, was erased from existence.
No one, but the camera of a couple in the mainland's beach, who were quickly seized by the Kijiro Group, the recording, turned to their HQ for further analysis.
Whatever they could get before they died too.