CU-Pagoda, 2f, Edge's Stall, Yesterday

-Ren promptly drops a five-digit bill in Edge's Jar.-

Ren: I'll double that if you can show us where to get those gems. Triple if you actually get them for us.

-Mendel blinks at the bill in the jar.-

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Eterna

Scherezade: No, probably just me being paranoid with this glitch around.

Shirin: -notices the fight between the Yanmega? and Malice.- <Looks like that one guy's pokemon is in trouble!> -Dive bombs the Yanmega?-

All are significantly abnormal in a normal world... All are significantly normal in an abnormal world.

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Dune: ... You know at this point Edge doing stuff like this is routine. That scares me.

Galvani: <Man, why can't either of us have physics-defying ancestors?! I don't even know if I have ancestors, and your ancestor is off having a good time with his wife!>

Des isn't in his cowboy attire, fyi.

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"Oohf! Dhaff's fhow I gof here! Dhaff fink Hiffowdon lied to me!"

Waits patiently.

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"Oh, Edge! I've heard of you. I think they buried you in Ecruteak. What is a fellow undead such as yourself doin' here?"

GIVE ME YOUR FACE

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Edge: -He pulls out a fake curly mustache and places on his face, and begins to twirl one of the ends- <Oooohohoho. See, Ren knows how to tip.>

-He looks at Des- <If I was buried in Ecruteak that'd make me happy, since as I last recall, my corpse was left on a beach in Undella, desecrated, slightly eaten, and looted for science. Having a proper burial makes me happy.>

-He looks back at Ren, twirling his fake mustache- <Hm.... well I can tell you where they are, but they're actually affixed to parts of the dungeon itself, immovable.>

<... In the next room over, the keystone that activates all of them is guarded by another Mot, two Ghouls, and two Pixies. Activating it will let you activate the others in the room with the key. Those have to be activated in a specific order otherwise the time warp will render you unable to reach the key. ... I mean, unless you just fly over the gaps, which I suppose you could do, but I would... advise against it. Cheating death draws its gaze.>

"If there is no way to win, I will simply force a way."

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Dune: Okay, so, get the- Wait, "it"? What's gaze? Oh, wait...

-Dune checks his pockets. He pulls out a pair of dollars he had change from lunch the other day.-

Dune: What is the thing whose gaze we need to avoid?

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Cheating death...

Draws its gaze.

"....LOL."

GIVE ME YOUR FACE

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Edge: -He removes the mustache and smiles at Dune-

-A wide Cofagrigus smile-

-He leans over the booth so he's right in Dune's face-

<The Reaper.>

<The Reaper haunts these halls. If you hear the sound of chains, run. Even if you all had your Persona, the Reaper would still slaughter you all within moments.>

<I like to think I'm pretty tough, but the one time I had an encounter with one I was nearly dead before I managed to slip away.>

"If there is no way to win, I will simply force a way."

Eterna

Malice:<Thanks.>

Etran: Malice, Phantom Force!

- Malice vanishes-

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Dune: ... Hm.

-Dune scratches his chin.-

Dune: He must be Jacob's subconscious self-defense mechanism. Or a representation of his nihilistic tendencies. To be honest it could be both. Or neither. I didn't go to college.

Ren: -sudders briefly at Edge's words while dropping the other two bills into the jar- Thanks for the warning, Edge. Although considering the theme of this dungeon, I'm not surprised there is something here based on the concept of the Reaper...

-As soon as the bills touch the bottom of the jar, Mendel's display gets new intel and Pythagoras displays a silhouette of a Togekiss-like demon.-

Mendel: Ummm... Pixie, a Fairy/flying demon with Pixilate as its ability... As for the Reapers... Ummm...

-Mendel gulps.-

Mendel: I'm not getting anything back except an empty profile except for the name... I usually at least get a silhouette... That can't be good.

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CU, Pagoda 2F

Lisa: <...Why must you bring that up...>

<And what is Jacob's problem with flying, anyway? Did it kill his parents or something?>

Eterna

-The Yanmega is struck by Shirin and retaliates with a Tinted Lens-boosted Bug Buzz-

"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every

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Edge: <Nah, it's just bypassing the necessary steps is usually not a good thing. Now then! That's all the time we have for today! Thank you for supporting Mot's!!>

-He closes the shutters on his booth, and somehow is completely gone-

Verax: "... So wash, rinse, repeat of last time, yeah? Go in to the next room, kill all the demons, turn on the thing, then go get the key?"

"If there is no way to win, I will simply force a way."

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Dune: Alright. Man, I wish most of Jacob's demons didn't have abilities that countered physical contact.

Eterna

-Malice attempts to strikes the Yanmega with Phantom force-

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-the rainbow pollen washes over the group, and as before the hallucinations set in. This time, however, they're rather...different-

-Verax and Jacob, for instance, see their brother as Bisharp, four-armed and vicious-

-Dune's vision goes black, and he feels the sensation of sand burying him from all sides. He can neither move, see nor speak; he can breathe, and is visible to the rest of the party, but is buried alive-

-Galvani moves as though she's a video game character with a constantly shifting set of controls. Her actions only occasionally correspond to her intentions; when she tries to move right for instance, she ends up turning herself upside down. When she wants to move left, she discharges electricity. And so on and so forth, with everything she wants to do, until the controls are "re-mapped" seconds later-

-before Ren appear a small mob of numbers. 5 appears to be the leader, but flanked on either side of him is 2 and 8. There are about twenty numbers all told; they have very sharp teeth-

-Mendel's hearing is toyed with; it seems to go through troughs and crests. For a minute or two, the sound is so soft it's almost inaudible, whereas other times it's a towering edifice of noise-

-Sleepyhead is faded into static; it's as though the landscape was a screen on an old television that lost its signal. The other party members are only vaguely visible, as black silhouettes-

-Lisa finds herself as a World War I-era Fokker Triplane, painted a vivid red. There are explosions and bursts of artillery all around her, but she can thankfully defend herself-

-a Cofagrigus appears before Des as though it were a jump scare in a horror movie. It opens, and reveals its spikes. In the distance, the faint sound of Rapidash hooves can be heard-

-Lane is put in a corridor; black, but flashing with neon lights forming various arrows, sign posts, and words spelling out "THIS WAY"-

-Joseph, meanwhile, can only see what has come into appearance before the group; an imposing forest of thick black pines-

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Another green world.

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-There may or may not be a disturbance in Cid's area-

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Lane:Huh...? Oh for fucks sake...

-He walks toward the THIS WAY sign-

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Dune: ... ~Shitshitshitshit~

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Galvani: <Dammit.>

-*fwip!*-

Galvani: <Dammit.>

-*Zap!*-

Galvani: <DAMMIT.>

-*Clonk*-

Galvani: <FUCKING COME ON!>

-*Brackbrackbrack*-

Galvani: <FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF>

[Redacted]

-Cid looks up, honestly expecting another phantom room or visitation. He picks up a top off of his desk before he leaves to look for the disturbance.-

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-Turns out, he doesn't need to look very far, outside the nearest door is a haggard looking blue haired man.-

Man:My my my...quite a quaint little place this is.

-He chuckles-

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Ren: Dune, Seiten Taisei is a Monferno. You have Ember, Flamethower, and Fire Spin at your disposal. And at least you have three good options. Izanagi had one. Rock Slide. Shock Wave and Metal Burst don't help because one is a special attack and the other is a counter.

-Mendel idles at the rear of the group review his current intel as he waits for the for the group to move on.-

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-Ren blinks at the numbers.-

-Mendel screams in pain as the noise cresendos and pants when it hits it's lowest.-

Ren: I hate this place...

-Ren hears Mendel's screams, although he can't see him.-

Ren: -in thought- And there goes our support...

-out loud- Izanagi!

-Izanagi swings his spear-glaive, sending a Rock Slide at the numbers.-

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Dune: And Iron Fist. Which goes completely to waste against enemies that can either Cursed Body the moves or Mummy away the Iron Fist in the first place.

-Dune looks more bummed than argumentative.-

Galvani: <At least Yurlungur can take care of those Pixies!>

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-Cid gives a little frown.-

Cid: And yet I seem to attract more supernatural beings than all of Cardiff. What do you want?

[[REDACTED]]

-The man chuckles again-

Man:Supernatural. You can tell what exactly I am...interesting.

-He gives a cheeky bow-

Kusaru:Kusaru Ameno. Last of the line of Ameno, heir to Fontaine.

-He straightens up and stands-

I've done my sort of research. I heard tale you know of a most...fascinating process. The means to turn one's friends to foe.

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-Cid massages his temples with his free hand. He seriously considered taking up smoking for a moment before letting out a sigh.-

Cid: Shadowification. An old process that I, personally, did not invent, but one I still continued to perfect. The process of closing a Pokemon's heart and suppressing most of their social cognitive features, making them into a special "type" that exudes killing intent, something few Pokemon let alone people can truly experience without proper training or elevated emotions. Yes, that process.

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Verax: "Well, what are we waiting for?"

-He heads off into the next room-

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Jacob: "GAH!"

Verax: "GAAAAH!!"

-Verax, still hanging from Lisa, starts summoning Take-Mikazuchi, trying to hit the Bisharp beast with lightning-

-Jacob, meanwhile, is trying not to get hit by lightning, which is odd for a Bisharp, and burn the flying Bisharp off of Lisa-

"If there is no way to win, I will simply force a way."

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-Kusaru's grin widens-

Kusaru:'Excellent. The we are on the same page!

-He chuckles-

I believe that makes my intentions clear enough. You see, I have a slight...probelm. One in the form of four quite...unique...Pokemon. Sadly, they're quite...stubbornly attached to a bit of an enemy of mine. All I need is the means to change their feeble minds.