Are We Cool Yet? [Open] [Party of 2]

[Kate Minola]

Kate was back in the vicinity of the museum on yet another night for some target practice. She was happy that she was getting better at her archery skills and she was also learning how to handle her Persona better. She knew now what Antiope could do, what were her strengths and weaknesses and she also knew that her Persona would probably evolve new skills as she grew more experienced.

She kicked a lone, empty can along the street idly, rather looking forward to an encounter with the Shadows. It was about time she drew their attention but although she felt their presence around her, they weren't quite close.

Not yet, anyway. She drew an arrow from her quiver and absently started to twirl it in her fingers like she did with pens and pencils over her worktable.

She wished she hadn't thought of her worktable just now. She wasn't in the mood to face the blank pages yet.

[Tristan Carter]

Tristan was back at the museum to take a look around. He didn't think he had been there since the fight with the ogre. Or was it before that? He wasn't sure, but it had been a short while. The boy decided that taking a look couldn't really hurt.

He hadn't been walking around for long before he found that woman again. Kate, was it? he thought to himself. Cathy? Eh, something along those lines. He gave her a small wave before taking a look around. The shadows of this area weren't too strong, but they might still be able to deal some damage if they caught the two off guard.

[Satanick]

Old Magus
Resist: Fire
Weak: Ice
Skills: Maragi, Matarukaja

Volatile Book
Resist: Elec
Weak: Wind
Skills: Mazio, Assault Dive, Masukukaja

[Tristan Carter]

Tristan simply stared at the incoming creatures. They really didn't pose any sort of threat. He was simply here to test out any new abilities, not to push himself. The woman, though, may have come for another reason. As such, he didn't want to deal with the both of them.

He selected the book-looking creature and summoned Odysseus. The Greek warrior raised his hand and the entire room became noticeably darker. Several runic symbols appeared in the floor underneath the book. Suddenly, several spires rose from the runes and created a towering mass of pure darkness around the book. Odysseus lowered his hand, and the darkness and book creature disappeared.

[Kate Minola]

Kate noticed that kid she'd seen before - Tristan, wasn't it? That name was memorable. So he liked to waffle around the museum too, it seemed. She greeted him with a wave and a small smile. She was actually about to go speak to him when two creatures reared their ugly heads and attacked them.

Of course.

Kate squared off against the mage, recalling from a previous encounter that fire hadn't fazed them much. That meant alternate methods. Which meant just straight up beating the everloving shit out of him. She summoned her Persona and Antiope rushed forth from the light, wielding her shield in front of her and as she reached the magus, she spun around and delivered a powerful, vertical slash with her spear that knocked the magus back.

Whoa! That's different from her old way of attacking. It's like a guillotine! She must've gotten stronger and learned a new skill or something, Kate thought, beaming.

That succeeded in throwing the mage backwards, but he got right back up and made some arcane gestures in front of him, causing yellow light to spring up around him, which seemed to power him up.

Kate frowned. She wasn't gonna let him get tougher. She nocked an arrow and fired, hitting the mage straight in the mask. The mage responded with a wide wave of fire and Kate, despite trying to dodge, was hit, but she shook it off and returned fire - so to speak - with another overhead swing of Antiope's spear, which did the trick and killed the mage.