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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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[It's immediate and he's not changing his mind. He and Rei have already started building their life here. They moved out of the Black Cat House and into her old home, a tea shop.]
Rei... Rei might die, again, if we leave.
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We'll figure out a way to handle this... I have to work hard to fix everything too.
[ He pouts a little, looking down into the cage. ]
I wish we could work together, you know? I could really use your help.
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Why are you angry?
[Then he turns his attention back to Hiroto.]
If he's just mad because he was imprisoned, maybe he's learned his lesson and he won't do whatever he did before if he's free.
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...he doesn't think it's his fault. And... I don't think it was either, not all of it. We should've have imprisoned him for so many years. We were just hiding our problem, not fixing anything...
[ At least in Hiroto's eyes, the Kotengu's fury is justified. If he's free now, revenge would also be justified. He can see the Daitengu's fault in all of this, but the Kotengu is proud and can't yet see his own. ]
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[Toki points at the Kotengu.]
People make mistakes! It's okay to be angry, but like, revenge is bad! It just... perpetrates the cycle!
[He doesn't know what that means exactly, and it's definitely the wrong word.]
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Haha... [ It's a weak laugh. A "oh no, don't say that, you offended him" laugh. ]
He's a god, Toki. I- I know what you mean by "people," but with his pride, the Kotengu believes he's above that. The Daitengu did too- that's why this cycle kept going, you're right. Neither side backed down, because ...gods are divine. They don't make mistakes. That's what they believe.
[ Gods are shitheads, Toki. Stubborn and very hard to reason with, and so all smt games go with beating them up until they bend to the winner's will. ]
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[He doesn't know what he's going for by the end, and it's likely pissing the Kotengu off even more. But he's has enough of this.]
Look at you! You're a little tiny crow! You may not be dead, but you don't have much power right now and you can't go demanding things and expect that anyone's going to give you what you want! It doesn't work that way!
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[ This is just Hiroto asking, wide-eyed and in awe of Toki until he said his mistakes were erasing people, because, um.
But that doesn't matter! We're not talking about Toki right now, we're talking about the Kotengu who is cawing again. ]
Mm... He says he still has power. He can- he can keep bringing people here if we lock him back up. Oh, please don't, you can't take more people away from their homes... Um. Oh! I don't know...
[ He sort of mumbles, listening to the Kotengu. Sorry, we're having a different conversation now, just to speed things up. ]
Hm... He says that he'll leave this place alone and never come back if we let him leave. To the Sea of Souls. He will take Minato and Souji with him as promised, and then he would be free to exit and exist elsewhere. Away from me, the Daitengu, and all of this.
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See!? Compromise! I will accept this.
[Toki crosses his arms and nods in confirmation. Like this was his idea all along.]
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Compromise!
[ he parrots back, pleased that they're coming to a conclusion(?). What do you want to do, guys... ]