Starving Mad [Open, party of 2]

[Kyle Shibata]

Kyle wandered into the supermarket. He blinked at the fact that he was able to do so and not trigger any alarms. Sure, it probably only lasted while this Dark Hour thing was going on but he might as well take advantage.

He'd been wandering around, managed to fight a couple of these Shadow things and he'd worked up an appetite. He was going to get back home soon and wanted to get a late night snack. He was amazed that he still had an appetite after seeing all those coffins all over the place. It was like the damned things didn't really bother him.

You'd think I'd be more worried about this, he thought. But if nobody else seems to be, then why should I?

He paced the isles of the snacks section, pondering what to help himself to. He was going to leave some money in place of the missing foodstuffs. Actually, that thought made him chuckle. The owners and staff would probably freak out from this peculiar ghost activity.

[Lucretia Odovacar]

This wasn't Lucretia's final stop for the night, she just wanted to get some Skittles before she went back to the spire to start exploring the top of it.  It was so much easier to come now because her mom didn't give her an allowance and she was putting away the money she got through...other means for safe keeping.  She had to be careful about doing this too often because she didn't want to cause any kind of panic when the owners started noticing that a lot of things were going missing suddenly.

On her way to the candy isle, she came across an unfamiliar person.  She thought that she met everyone at the recent meeting, so the real question was whether he was new or just didn't show up.  There were a few shadows approaching, so she'd find out soon.  In the mean time, she quickly analyzed the new user and continued to the candy isle.  Once he could see the creatures she'd at least have the decency to give him their information.  His response to her telepathy and the creature's information should tell her everything she needed to know about his experience level.

[Satanick]

Eggo Eagle
Resist: Wind
Weak: Strike
Skills: Magaru, Matarukaja

Berry Beetle
Resist: Dark
Weak: Strike
Skills: Mudoon, Bufu, Marakukaja

[Kyle Shibata]

Kyle almost jumped when a girl came out of seemingly nowhere near him. He gripped the axe tighter and sized her up. He was still a bit surprised that he wasn't the only person who could walk around during this time - then again, that Kate lady had indeed told him there were others.

Guess it pays to work at a coffee shop, he thought.

"Huh. Yo," he said hesitantly to the girl. "You a Persona user too?" he continued, watching as she seemingly ignored him and carried on down the isle. "Oookay," he muttered at that.

He might've gotten a little offended but the scene was promptly crashed by two freaky monsters; a weird-ass bird thing with a mask on its face shaped like a goddamn egg and a berry-colored, giant beetle. They advanced on them menacingly and Kyle cursed.

"You fuckers want to mess with me?" he growled and brandished his axe.

It was good talk, but secretly, Kyle was pissing himself. He didn't like these odds and he didn't think the girl was going to be any big help - although the ease with which she seemed to wander around struck him as probably having its source in confidence. She was likely more experienced than him.

That just annoyed him though.

The bird thing flapped its wings hard and crowed, causing a bright yellow light to dance around itself and the bug. Which promptly attacked Kyle by creating a blast of ice that struck him. He swore and covered his face with his arms, stumbling backwards a bit. He rallied quickly though and attacked the beetle thing with his axe, swinging overhead and bringing it down on the stupid thing's horn. It landed with a crunch and made the creature stumble. Before he could swing his axe back for another blow, the bird crowed again and unleashed a powerful gust of wind that barreled towards him. Kyle didn't think it would do him anything but bizarrely it really hurt! It even knocked him flat on his ass and that just made him angry.

He jumped right back up and felt his rage hit a peak. It manifested promptly in the form of his Persona, Sitri. The winged leopard came out of nowhere, tensed and roared at the bird thing, spreading its wings and calling down a bolt of lightning that struck the bird. It was stunned long enough for Kyle to reach it and start swinging. His axe made rather gruesome noises as it came down on the thing repeatedly.

He killed it, just as a blast of dark energy hit him from the bug. It hurt much less than he'd expected and he summoned his Persona again to call a bolt of lightning down on the bug. It stunned it but it returned with another blast of ice. It hurt and Kyle was swearing profusely by then, but he finished it off with another chopping frenzy.

All it all he was proud of himself. He was sore, his nose was bleeding and he was exhausted, but he'd won!

"Hey, girlie, you alright?" he asked, still running on adrenaline.

[Lucretia Odovacar]

Lucretia continued down the aisle as though there wasn't a battle going on.  With the damage these creatures were capable of she wasn't really concerned.  Even if he couldn't handle it, she could easily out heal these creatures' damage.  She just continued to watch the battle through her third eye as she grabbed the candy she wanted.  Even if she didn't have a visual on them, the movements of the group was more than enough for her to understand what was going on.

In other words, he was definitely a newbie.

Lucretia casually walked back to the area the battle took place in order to stop any bleeding he might be doing.  She could at least do that much for him, since it was important to have friends. 

"I am fine.  You look less fine."

With a wave of her hand her persona, the somewhat demonic looking eyeball monster that had been following her around, healed his wounds.  There'd be a few scrapes left, but he probably wouldn't feel it and she didn't see the point in healing wounds so small right now.