Dirty Closets (Party of 2; Open, view notes)

[Frederick Cooper]

Frederick had a small hiccup on his last adventure to find Professor Asshole's hidden secrets. Well, fortunately, there was still plenty of time before he'd need any dirt on the guy. But, still. Second time was surely gonna be good, right? He'd be a little pissed if things ended up on a “Third time's the charm~! Tee-hee~” note. It was fine with his waifu, but not in reality. In any case, after his meeting with Kate Minola, he had given up on trying to search around. He wanted to get the job done without any apparent witnesses. On the plus side, his nerves had somewhat steeled since that evening. He was good at adapting to horror games. Maybe he was just pretty strong to shock-factors overall, and he developed the new resistance?

Would be nice.

Either way, Riki was twirling his ax around. He'd gotten pretty confident lately. Hell, he was sure he could likely solo anything normal that came his way. Maybe not another bone-lizard. He'd like a little more time before trying something stupid like that. But these normal guys? Unless they nullified Zouchouten's new trick, they were right and truly screwed. Honestly, while he hated this RPG shit, he starting to get into it. It was like being forced into a match with some cocky newbie in something, and then promptly head-shotting them with a pistol from the other side of the arena.

No pics, but it did happen once.

Either way, the man was strolling through the halls of midnight-Waseda with a lot more confidence and comfort than he had previously. In fact, he was whistling a warm, fun tune. It was as though life was beautiful. And, really, it was. Once he got dirt on Professor Asshole, he'd probably head home and fire up an emulator. He was feeling like the classics. Fuck sleep. He was psyched.

Notes: Primarily looking for people Fred has yet to explore with. People in bosses he's been in do not count. Also, Level 1's are welcome.

[Luka Kurokawa]

This college was always some place that Luka saw from time to time but never got to actually enter before. She always thought the place looked interesting from the outside, but she never had any reason to go inside. She never went really attended formal school and college years were still a bit out of her reach. This would be a nice opportunity to do some sightseeing while doubling up on some extra training in the mean time.

While she was in one of the corridors, she noticed a big guy twirling an ax. Actually. . . didn't she know him too? He was at that Cerberus fight. He could hit pretty hard too from what she remembered. That made him prime material for teaming up while hunting. While Luka did like having a healer around, and often found herself enjoying the company of the ones she got to know, having another combat focused person made things run a bit faster. Perhaps things were a little riskier, but going in with raw power was always fun. And if things got done faster, it was clearly more effective. Hey. You were at that fight with the dog. I don't suppose you mind doing a little 'clearing house' with me? I mostly came here to see what it looks like inside but I think we could mow down these guys pretty quickly. One they got to fighting, there wouldn't be much to stop them from continuing.

[Alice]

Welcome to Publishers Clearing Houses.

Dubious Sand
Repel: Pierce
Weak: Strike, Slash
Skills: Tetrakarn, Makarakarn, Magaru

Deadly Wheel
Resist: Fire
Weak: Elec
Skills: Fatal End, Counterstrike, Infuriate

[Frederick Cooper]

It would seem that Fred's luck was really not that good lately. Well, it was good fortune overall, sure, but it simply wasn't lining up for him with the whole “get dirt on asshole” objective. She was, who? Right, right. The dog fight. She was the one that was going mad and hitting it a lot. Personally. Scary little girl. Riki was fine with using Mechazou, or even throwing things at it, but getting up close and personal to that big doggy was a little intimidating, in hindsight. Fortunately, she didn't say anything about his choice of clothing back then. Good! It seemed not everyone remembered that! Excellent.

”Yeah, sure, Miss. Speaking of, looks like we've already got our first wave to clear.” Her timing was convenient, at the very least. He knew she could dish it out, quite like he could now, so there was little to worry about in terms of firepower. ”I'll tackle the ring-thing that doesn't roll!” With that, he summoned Zouchouten. There was nothing major to say. After all, there was only one thing to do! ”Go-go God Hand!” With the issue, akin to a firing order, released, the mecha fired its fist with terrible force, the projectile bludgeon slamming into and through the Sand with zero issues. Zouchouten's hand gradually reformed.

”Hell yeah!” He thoroughly enjoyed that. Hopefully that'd continue, even later on. Either way, that trip to find dirt might've been a bust, but he did potentially find a battle partner, if only for a little while.

[Luka Kurokawa]

Seems that this guy was good for some exploring. With a smile, Luka nodded. This was actually gonna be fun. Her adrenaline was already pumping. Alrighty. Guess I'll take care of that wheel then. Drawing her sword, she charged in at the scary-looking wheel. She took a long swipe at it before drawing back a bit. Glancing over, it seemed that the other guy just smashed the other thing with a single blow. Well shit.

Well, that only made her want to kill this thing faster. Turning back, the wheel rolled right up against her and tried to cut her. Naturally, that wouldn't do anything to her. With the enemy at such a close range and vulnerable, she spotted a vantage point and struck a critical blow on it. Plunging her blade through the side, she violently pulled it out and slashed it once more. The wheel had already stopped moving by that time but Luka decided to kick it down on its side for good measure. Stupid wheels thinking they can roll with the big boys.