MARCH DUNGEON

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There is nothing important about the time. It just happens to be later in the afternoon when everybody meets up at the castle in the forest, all crowded together on the first floor around the ofuda door. Souji stands in front of the Velvet Room door, back straight and hands clasped behind his back. Minato is perched up on the throne, sitting on one of the arms with his feet on the seat, slouched and yawning. Hiroto paces nervously at the edge of the crowd, fiddling with his sleeves and shifting his weight from one foot to the other as he tries to see what's going on through between people's legs.

Akira does the honors, placing the last two ofudas in the slots on the door where they give off a faint blue glow around the edges before the paper turns into stone, fusing with rest of the stone door.

A beat.

And then the world goes dark.

Light disappears from the Velvet Room door to leave behind an empty frame as the ground shudders beneath their feet. Turning to stare up at the sky, everybody can see the blazing sun in the sky crumbling and breaking apart, blue-white fire raining down over the town and leaving behind a pulsing mass of darkness at the core. At the same time, there's a rush of wind at their backs as black sludge pours out of the ofuda door and rushes away from the castle like a flood.

Without another word, Hiroto tears himself away from the group, fan brandished to conjure up a gust of wind that intercepts the flames before they can strike the town, trying to gather the fire and send it back up but he's too small and he's struggling. "Get up there!" he shouts, staring wide-eyed up at the core in the sky, "The Kotengu- make him stop!"

"We'll take care of the Shadows," Souji says, already summoning Izanagi to stem the flow still pouring endlessly out of the ofuda door, Minato with a laser gun hoisted over his shoulder and Orpheus at his back as he runs off into the woods in pursuit of the Shadows that have already escaped. "We won't let any of them reach town. Get to the Kotengu. We'll meet you up there."

→ Kotengu Encounter

With the remains of the sun hanging suspended in the sky, the team will have to rely on rely on those Personas who can fly— but trying to summon their Personas with the omamori proves to be useless, the Personas do not come out, just as they had expected. And with that expectation, the team has prepared for this moment, practicing how to summon without the use of an omamori. The Persona is their own power, after all, and when united by a common goal, all one needs to do is to look inward and take their partner by the hand, call their name, and command them to come forth and fight side by side in one last battle.

KOTENGU (小天狗)
Type BOSS	Reflects Light, Dark	Absorbs Fire
『 Pesky little Daitengu... I have suffered enough by your hands— now it is your turn to die! 』 Floating in the sky at the center of the core, the Kotengu spreads his arms, white-blue fire forming in his palms before they shoot down at the ground in pursuit of the Daitengu trying to blow the fire away from the town, the flames turning away from the barrier he sets up surrounding the town but it's not going to last, not forever. The flames bounce off the invisible barrier and streak across the sky, liable to hit any of the Persona users flying up towards the Kotengu. 『 Do you mean to interfere? Leave. I have no further use for you. 』 Without batting an eye, he gestures to the void behind him. The passage home...? You will have to take the plunge in order to find out. Those who wish to leave may run away and throw themselves into the void, leaving those who wish to fight to stay behind and try to reason with the Kotengu. Any attempts to talk, however, are only met with a hoarse barking laugh, the Kotengu brandishing his scythe and swinging it at anybody who invades his space, blade leaving behind a trail of darkness that lingers in the air and burns like fire if touched. The darkness and the flames around him grow, slowly spreading across the sky, the darkness dripping off his scythe poison to anybody who touches it, and the cursed fire draining people of their strength the longer they linger near it. 『 I have been imprisoned long enough! Do not get in my way! 』 For those who have died or have fallen into ego death three or more times, their Persona begins to be surrounded by black smoke, struggling and going on a rampage in an attempt to break free of the Kotengu's influence. With their power boosted but attacking wildly and at random, they pose a threat to the rest of the team who must help get them under control. Even with the host knocked out, the Persona remains manifested, eyes glowing the same gold as the Kotengu, and it is clear who they must defeat to calm the Personas down. 『 I gave you the chance to walk away. Now you must die. 』

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⬥ Characters have the option of: 1) remaining in the forest and town to defeat normal Shadows and protect the town, and optionally join the Kotengu battle later; 2) waiting for the flood of Shadows exiting the ofuda door to end and leaving through the door to go home; 3) leaving through the void behind the Kotengu to go home at any time during the battle, or 4) immediately fight against the Kotengu.
⬥ Characters who are corrupted by the Kotengu (having died or fallen into ego death at least 3 times) will find that their Persona does not listen to them. The Personas will not actively target other characters, but rather, they become overpowered and go on a rampage and become destructive to everything around them. Harming the Kotengu loosens his influences over the Personas.
⬥ Once the Kotengu has been defeated, a new mod posted toplevel will go up for speaking with the Kotengu and Daitengu together, to determine the fate of the world. The characters will be presented with their choice of endings: go home, remain in Hirajiro and help the town rebuild so they may live here, or follow the Attendants to the Sea of Souls (details to be posted in a separate log post-game).
⬥ This log marks the end of Cetana as a structured game, but the community will remain open as a sandbox for all players and characters. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you so much for playing with us and making Cetana such a wonderful experience. --Ichi & Cardori

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I - return of the dragon taxi

[ It doesn't take long for Terry to summon Vassago. Terry has practiced summoning him, and there were times when Vassago would just come out on his own, like him being exasperated at him and then dismissing himself. This time, Orien joins the fray. He seems... bigger than usual. ]

Vassago can take you up there!

[ He tries to look assuring by summoning his longbow in his hand. He's a magical archer. It'll be fine. Probably.

"I'll catch anyone if they fall. I can also take hits for you if need be."

And that's Orien's cue to turn into a huge snake, just like that the time before he ate Kano, leaving a huge imprint in the forest with his sheer size. He'll be careful not to wreck any structures or people on the ground. ]

II - a day in the limelight

[ Terry doesn't need a dragon taxi to be able to take shots at the Kotengu. He's staying on the ground with his longbow, firing seeking arrows, rain of million arrows, etc while making sure the arrows are avoiding his allies. He does a good job of doing that, so there won't be any close calls.

This is why he's standing on the ground, nocking another arrow while sipping on a plastic red... juice box? When released, the arrows forms into a thread that skewers multiple Shadows at once to help the others every once in a while.

Then he uses the limelight to attract Shadows' attention to himself--he's hoping the Kotengu is affected too in order to take his attention away from everyone else who's up in the air. However, the mob Shadows get to him first and he kicks one away like a kickball. It's probably gonna hit someone in the face if they're not careful. ]

III - some sort of side story

[ Meanwhile, there's Terry 2 who's still in town and watching the battle unfold. He stole some weapons from Terry's arsenal--namely the ziodyne taser and the shortbow with reusable kouha arrows. He stole some of Terry's tools too, which he throws at the horde of Shadows. It's a hypno mist, and they all start sleeping.

Neato. ]

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Edited 2020-03-03 20:06 (UTC)

[ Minato's out there having a field day blasting apart Shadows with his laser gun, but he comes back to the castle to check on whether the Shadows have stopped coming out of the door yet and gets smacked in the face with black Shadow gunk. The thing doesn't die from the impact, but it plops to the ground, takes one look at Minato, and starts screeching while it runs.

...He blasts it on the back of the head and it falls apart.

It's been like this, the Shadows running away from Minato while he's forced to play tag with the Shadows who refuse to engage him. Tiring. ]

...Can I have some juice?

[ What the fuck is that--

Terry stares at the laser gun in awe for a second before looking up at Minato. Ah. Oops. Minato probably didn't mind, but he'll say it anyway: ]

Sorry for that, and...

[ He gives Minato a Look. ]

... this isn't juice, Minato.

[ Then he kicks another Shadow at him, expecting Minato to perform a home run or something. ]

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