Just Like the Setting Sun [Open─Party of Two]

[Ariane Ivers]

With her last trek out here actually proving pretty useful in the training department, Anne decided a little more wouldn't hurt.  She was certainly feeling quite a bit stronger, which was good.  Even the big creep from before didn't seem as hard as she expected it to be.  Sure, she still had some pretty massive bruises on her arms from it, but all in all it was not a bad day.  As it was going, it seemed like she may have to start exploring areas that had a little bit more challenging enemies if she really wanted to get good practice in.

For now, however, the little guys here certainly didn't hurt.  Who knows, if she got 'lucky' maybe she'd get another big guy like the Shrek she 'lit' up last time.  Anne's lip curled up in a snicker at her own mental pun, somewhat disappointed no one was around to tell it to.  Well, no one around close enough to tell it to at any rate.  Her emerald eyes narrowed as she saw someone coming closer, but didn't move to wave or give any sort of huge greeting until she could actually see them a bit better.  It wasn't as though they could miss her, anyway.  The floating woman in the deer skull mask next to her kind of gave her away.

While her outfit wasn't quite as ridiculous as her skull-clad persona's, it did the job.  That is, kept her clothed, which was about all she cared about.  Just a boring old gray tank top over jeans this time, and her usual heavy boots.  She learned early on not to wear 'nice' clothing out to fight the creeps around here, not unless she wanted to have to throw it away afterwords.  Even her hair today was lazily done in a pigtail, since all she was out here to do was kill some faeries and maybe do a little investigative work.  Anne had a feeling they wouldn't be too far off, either, which was all the better.

[Tristan Carter]

Tristan wasn't surprised to see that there was someone else out hunting the same night he was. After all, there had been every time he went. He was slightly more surprised by the fact that there was a thing wearing a skull as a mask right next to the person. He was far more surprised to find that the thing was familiar.

As he approached, he saw it was the woman who had introduced herself as "Anne" before, the one that he had blurted out his thoughts to. He gave a friendly little wave and a distant smile then looked around. It looked like she had been there a while, and it was only a matter of time before some of the youkai appeared. Still, it would have been rude to not make conversation while preparing. "So, Anne, right?" he asked, sure of his memory but not wanting to show too much confidence. "How's it been? Kill anything fun lately, meet any interesting people?"

[Alice]

Got a Sprigg-in my step.

Spriggan
Resist: Physical
Weak: Light, Dark
Skills: Fatal End, Viper Smash, Agi.

[Ariane Ivers]

Once the person finally came into sight, she smiled in greeting.  "Yup, that's me.  Hey, Tristan,"  she hesitated a moment before saying his name, pulling it from her memory.  She was admittedly pretty bad with names usually, but meeting people under the circumstances she had been did a wonder for helping her remember.  With a shrug she tilted her head, "Eh, I'm still standing, so that's good at least.  Other than a big ol' troll and more varied small fries, no fun kills I can account for.  No one more out of the ordinary than we are either. How about you?  Staying out of trouble?"  

As she replied, she caught sight of the inevitable creeps that came with staying in this portal too long.  Groaning, she cracked her knuckles as they came into views.  "I think maybe next time we meet maybe we should find somewhere that isn't crawling with things trying to kill us.  Maybe we can talk a little easier that way." 

Looked like it it was back to small fries.  The fact it was by itself, however, certainly didn't bode well.  Regardless, she was feeling stronger and much better than she usually did here.  It should be a cakewalk, regardless.  Of course, she just had to go and think that.  No sooner than she did, the strange little imp's hands began to glow red.  "Shiiit."  Of course it had to be fire.  Gritting her teeth, she tried to jump to the side a moment too late as the fire licked across her arm.  Gasping in pain, she spun around to face it.  She really didn't want to get too close to it so she'd have more room to maneuver the fire if it decided to try it again.  "Cery, Hama!" The golden blade lifted up, refracting light from seemingly nowhere as it struck the imp.  It howled in pain, and Anne raised an eyebrow.  "Hey, certainly doesn't seem to like light.  So that's a start."  

It shot another fireball, and this time Anne was ready and waiting as she vaulted to the side to avoid it.  What she would do without Cery's agility spell, she had no idea.  Flicking her wrist towards the Hind as she flipped back to her feet, her Persona shot another flash of light at the creature.  Thoroughly angered and in pain now, it rushed Anne, fist back to punch her.  The bugger was fast, but she was able to get her arms in front of her to keep herself standing from the hit.  It wasn't near as bad as the fire at the very least.  Standing straight, she rounded and kicked the spriggan as hard as she could in Tristian's direction.  She couldn't have all the fun, now.  The kick certainly didn't to do much damage to it's stone body, but it did push it towards her companion.  "Heads up─he's all yours."

[Tristan Carter]

Tristan grinned. A troll? That was a new one, he had to admit. Of course, he didn't get a chance to respond as another spirit thing appeared, seemingly drawn to them. Anne revealed that the thing wasn't particularly fond of light, and Tristan just barely remembered that it wasn't exactly happy with darkness, either. The woman kicked it towards him, and it didn't seem too happy with that. It attacked with claws, which did little to Tristan.

With a smile, the young man summoned his Persona. Odysseus appeared behind him, a ball of darkness in hand. The Greek warrior threw the manifested darkness at the creature, which seemed to fade into it. Didn't I use to have issues with those things? the boy asked after excusing himself. Funny how I seem to be getting stronger quickly.