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MARCH DUNGEON
MARCH DUNGEON
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→ 3/1 3:33 PM
- 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. 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. 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. | ||
→ MOD NOTES
- ⬥ 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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[Since the Kotengu was the one controlling his Persona, thanks.]
I don't think Hiroto wants you locked up forever either. Right?
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[ Hiroto is quick to agree, nodding to Sasuke and then dipping his head so he can look down at the cage and address the Kotengu inside too. ]
The other Daitengu... I don't think what everything that they did was right. I don't want to lock you up, and I understand your anger. But this town and its people are so precious to me, I don't want to let them be hurt either. I wish I knew what would make you less angry...
[ BESIDES the complete annihilation of the town, which was what that temper tantrum from before was. ]
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[ Hiroto spreads his arms out so that they're on either side of him, and the cage grows that much bigger too, from palm to palm and about the same length out, a sphere of light that still isn't very big, on the account of Hiroto not being very big. ]
This is about as large as I can manage.
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[Keeping the Kotengu in such a small cage probably won't help their argument, either...]
Kotengu... We all decided to help protect Hirajiro, as well as to save the souls of the others you brought here.
In the past... you wanted to protect people too, didn't you?
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M- mm... He brought war to the town, but it was because he wanted to make the people strong, so they can defend themselves if something happened. But we thought that was too dangerous, and only led to pain and death, and so we stopped him.
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They should be free to fight to protect themselves if they must, but that doesn't mean they have to war with others, either. There's other ways of gaining power, through alliances and negotiations.
After all, with both of you looking after them, I doubt you'd let any other place just walk all over them. Right?
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Mmhm... If only I were stronger, maybe we could have struck a balance, just the two of us.
[ He looks crestfallen, little wings drooping a little on his back. But he lifts the cage up a little more, looking at the crow. ]
What do you think? Would you-
[ He's interrupted by a series of angry cawing and puffed up wings. ]
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What's wrong now?
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He says he would kick my ass before working with me. Maybe he's just still so angry, and will calm down later...
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What... were things you liked to do before you were sealed away? You lived closer to the people than the Daitengu. Did you see them often, then?
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...He was a leader to the people. He was happiest when he was training them, and got to watch them grow stronger and more confident. He was always down here with them, sometimes in the town, sometimes in the forest...
I could only watch from up in the mountains with the other Daitengu. They were always so wary, that because the Kotengu was down there with the people, he could influence them so easily. They were scared of that, and thought it made him dangerous.
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U-uh huh... I know... Um...
[ He peeks up at Sasuke through his bangs, and then lets his gaze drop back down to the cage. ]
We can if you think it'll help change his mind. But, um... He says the people there, even if they're doing well, it doesn't mean anything because we've blinded them and covered their ears. And he's right. Right now, I have put a spell over them so they don't panic or get scared, they won't think anything about the sun breaking apart and fire falling from the sky.
The Kotengu was able to open their eyes for a bit a while ago. They could See, and- and they were scared, weren't they? Of your Personas. He pushed them a little, too, and made them angry...
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[ He blinks at Sasuke in surprise, like he hadn't ever considered it, but he looks in parts fearful and excited. ]
Do- do you think I can? The other Daitengu, they stayed outside because they oversaw everything. The mountains and the forest and the animals living in there too... They said not to go to town too often, because then we'd influence the people too much, and they would influence us...
[ And, proud Daitengu as they are, they do not want humans rubbing off on them. ]
But I want to try! It seems so fun... and everybody's been so kind. [ The Kotengu lets out a single caw. ] Oh... I suppose it's because we made them that way.
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Both of you have been influencing the people in your own ways, though. As a human... I don't really like it. [Just. Admitting that upfront.] But... I don't think it's such a bad idea to live among them and protect them, either.
It would be best if you could get to know them without smothering them, I think. They can make their own decisions about their future, but if you want to help them once they've decided... I think something like that would be okay.
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We all worked hard to make the future safe and peaceful... That's what we wanted, and what we thought they wanted. We hear their prayers, you know? Everything was nice and peaceful... because we made it that way.
[ Who would wish for war?? Humans, apparently, even if he doesn't know that. ]
But I'll try being here and living with them! Then I can hear things that aren't offered as prayers. [ More truthful things, maybe. ]
Do you want to talk to the rest of your friends and come up with a decision together?
[ It's the finish line. All we need is a decision now. ]
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