[OPEN] 12/3 IN MY RESTLESS DREAMS, I SEE THAT HOSPITAL

[flowerclips]

THE HOSPITAL

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→ 12/3 LOCKDOWN

On the same night of the first snowfall in Hirajiro, a cold gust of wind blows through the town when the Lockdown begins. Although early, it appears that this may be the final dungeon that will contain the Daitengu. After all, the only reason a new dungeon appeared every other month was because the Daitengu was always defeated so late. Now that Yashiro-no-Shugosha has been killed, it only makes sense that a new dungeon has appeared immediately the following month.

Following the wind, it leads to the Hirajiro General Hospital. The dark windows are locked shut and reveal nothing but pitch darkness inside the building. The front doors are ajar and they give a loud unpleasant squeal when pushed open. This is it. It's the final dungeon. It should be the end, right?

Rei is no longer found in town.

→ FLOOR 1 - THE PEDIATRIC WARD

Descending the stairs to the first floor, a large sign attached to the wall reads "THE PEDIATRIC WARD". Underneath it, a rusty but otherwise colourful sign reads "NO RUNNING IN THE HALLWAY". With nearly half of the lights on, even with their erratic flickering and the nauseating pale blue hue that they give, it's easy to see the floor's surroundings. As appropriate for its name, bright and cheerful colours paint the walls, although parts are stained and chipped off, and giant stickers of various different animals line the hallways, albeit falling apart and torn. It's eerily silent, asides from faint sobbing that comes and goes from nowhere, but stepping with too much force on the chipped tiles will cause them to break and send a piercing cracking sound that echoes throughout the floor. If anyone is foolish enough to ignore the earlier warning sign and begin to run, a Shadow will seep through the fractures of the floor tiles.


ICHIMATSU
Type Shadow	Resists Physical, Dark	Weak Light
Attracted to loud sounds, these doll-like Shadows pop out of the ground and act as a physical stop for runners. If they're bumped into, even with the slightest touch, they let out a loud rattle that is followed by disgusting squelching. The doll begins to rise higher and higher until it takes a completely new form and reaches out with its arms to swipe and grab hold of Persona users. If caught, they pull their prey into their bodies and suffocate them in black rotten mud. If the runners are fortunate enough not to bump right into the Ichimatsu, it will simply let out a laugh then shrink back into the ground, awaiting the next time someone tries to break the rules. A broken Ichimatsu doll and mannequin arms can be collected as loot.

Although the ward is littered with doors, only a select few will open. A majority of doors are either locked, broken, or barricaded from the other side. Three will creak open for entry.



DOOR ONE


The first door leads to a pitch dark room. Any source of light is immediately rendered useless, only illuminating no more than what the source occupies. Before anyone can leave, however, a pair of invisible hands reach out and pull the intruders in, shutting the door behind. In the complete darkness, multiple hands push everyone seemingly further and further away from the exit until it's impossible to tell where it is. Left might be right and forward might be backwards. In the pitch dark, it's difficult to navigate, especially as the shoving is nonstop and inconsistent enough to prevent any preparation to fight back.

Numerous voices echo throughout the room, seemingly garbaged all together, but those with careful ears will differentiate four voice: the first, a woman, speaks about not needing a second child and that a second child is unwanted; the second, a man, rejects fatherhood and wants nothing to do with the unwanted child; the third, a man, refuses responsibility for another man's child and refuses to acknowledge them; and the fourth, a girl, spits venom about a bastard child and that she'd never be sisters with one. These voices become louder and louder the further somebody is pushed into the seemingly endless void. Escape or rot here until the Lockdown ends and spits you back out.


DOOR TWO

The second door leads to a long hallway with childish drawings and paintings lining the walls. The soulless eyes of the artworks seemingly follow those who wander down the hall, but when glancing at them, their eyes look away. Finally reaching another door at the very end, it reveals an arts and craft room. Small circular tables with matching chairs line the area, each littered with used crayons and markers, but nothing is up on the walls. Chipped and bleached paint covers them, leaving them empty, but for a single crude drawing in the center of the room. On closer examination, it's a crayon sketch of a blue monster. After staring at the picture, it begins to take a life of its own and form a new Shadow.



BLUEBELL
Type Shadow	Resists Physical, Dark	Weak Light
The hands and arms rip through the sheet first. Then its head. Then its entire body. The demon stands tall at seven feet and immediately moves to stomp on any nearby prey. By holding either the Persona or its user under their heavy feet, it rips and chews its victims with their sharp fangs before unhinging its jaw to swallow them whole. Stay behind and fight or run out of the room and down the hallway. It'll chase behind at an alarmly fast pace, but stop the moment it approaches the main exit. It slams itself against the door a few times, causing it to rattle, but eventually, it stops. It seems as if it cannot escape from this hallway. Sharp fangs and eyeballs the size of dinner plates can be collected as loot.

DOOR THREE

The third door leads to a playroom, containing numerous amount of toys. Upon entering, the door makes a loud audible click. Trying to turn the handle is fruitless as it has now been locked from the other side. Faint footsteps running away from the door can be heard from the hallway, but before anything could be done about the situation, the room is plunged into darkness. A grandfather clock rings out a chime before a thundering voice speaks.

"Oh, you silly little girl, did you lock me in? Did you forget that I know you hid a key in here?"

With every ten seconds that pass, the grandfather clock rings louder and louder until it becomes physically painful to listen to. Search around the room and find the key needed to unlock the door. Physically breaking it down is impossible as it is impervious to all kinds of attacks. The key is the only way to escape and looking through and in all the different types of toys will take time. It simply comes down to luck and, if by chance, someone takes the rabbit doll with "NIKO" written on the bottom foot and rips off its head, an old bronze key will be found. Use the key and unlock the door to escape, but for the unfortunate ones, once the clock strikes twelve times, they're simply trapped. The room falls into silence and the Doctor appears. Using its large clamps, it grabs hold of characters and laughs.

"Haha, you naughty children. Patients are not allowed to leave their rooms."

Those caught by the Doctor are then immediately knocked out before being dragged to the third floor...
The entrance to the second floor is locked with heavy bars that make it impossible to break down. A key is needed to open the gates and a simple lockpick won't suffice. For the fortunate ones who have found the key in the rabbit doll in the third room, the same key will work on the gate. The door swings open and allows passage to the next floor.

→ FLOOR 2 - THE ONCOLOGY WARD

The second floor is marked with another rusty sign that reads "THE ONCOLOGY WARD". Underneath it, another sign is posted that says, "SHHH, SILENCE PLEASE". Unlike the previous floor that was filled with colourful, abliet faded and dated, walls, the oncology ward is bleak and plain. Only a quarter of the lights are on, still taking on a sick pale blue hue and flickering without any sort of pattern, and paints the floor with a despressing outlook. In addition, unlike the previous floor that was devoided of wandering Shadows, two different types of enemies lurk down the hallways.


NOPPERA-BO
Type Shadow	Resists Physical, Dark	Weak Light
Although they're technically two separate Shadows, the patient and nurse are often seen together. If one is found alone, the other is not far behind. In fact, a majority of these Shadows travel together in groups, comprising as few as four or as many as twelve. Although they slowly lurch down halls and into rooms, they become extremely fast when reacting to sound. Even a tiny whisper will capture their attention and they will immediately track down the source. Should they find an individual, they use their vast numbers to grab hold and drag the captive to the third floor. Any sort of struggling is faced with an injection from the nurse that drugs characters to sleep or toxic fumes from the patients that render characters paralyzed. Syringes with drugs that cause sleep and give a boost of energy can be collected as loot.

Once again, the exit to the next floor is barred and nearly all of the doors in this ward are unaccessible. All, but three, refuse to budge due to either being locked, destroyed, or barricaded.



DOOR ONE


The first door leads into a regular private room with two beds that are laid side-by-side. It's a plain and empty room, but setting foot inside will cause the door to suddenly close. Standing in front of the exit is now a new Shadow, one that's surprisingly very human, with her hand on the lock.



YUKI-CHAN
Type Shadow	Resists Physical, Dark	Weak Light
A young girl, no older than nineteen and dressed in a hospital gown, stands in front of the now-locked door. With brown hair tied in a braid and thrown over her shoulder, she approaches with a hammar in hand. "You won't leave. You'll never leave. With extraordinary strength, she'll pin down the closest person with the intent of hammering their hands with nails into the floor. Anyone who interferes will be dragged away by another Yuki-chan. From the shadows, more and more Yuki-chans appear until the room nearly reaches max capacity. Using their fearsome strength and numbers, they pin down intruders and proceed to nail every part of their body into the ground. They can't be reasoned with and they will not stop until there is not a single spot left that they can't stick a nail into. Hammers and metal nails can be collected as loot.




DOOR TWO

The second door leads to another plain room with two side-by-side beds. Yet again, the door will be locked from behind and cannot be broken down. Searching for clues will reveal a short book about senbazuru: one thousand origami cranes. It details that an ancient Japanese legend promises that anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish by the gods. As a result, those who fall seriously ill are often the recipients and/or creators of a senbazuru. Tucked in between one of the pages is a single crane that has already been folded, but flattened in the book. Looking through the drawers of the room reveals thousands of origami paper with instructions on how to fold cranes.

If it isn't obvious, a thousand cranes must be created in order to escape from the room. Whether they're perfectly folded or clumsily made, it does not matter. A thousand birds must be made and if characters succeed before they are kicked out of the dungeon or starve to death, the door will unclick and open. Just like the wish given after the creation of the senbazuru, absolutely nothing happens.

DOOR THREE

The third door leads to yet another empty room with two beds. On the bed furthest from the door, next to the window, a plastic ring lies on the pillow. A bronze key is tied to the toy with a string and by examining it, it appears to unlock the gate that leads to the third floor. However, the moment the ring and key are picked up, a dark shadow appears behind the holder.



JUON
Type Shadow	Resists Physical, Dark	Weak Light
This dark shadow has no defining features. Only comprised of black scribbles, this void simply moves to engulf characters in its embrace. Surprisinly fast, it swallows entire beings and puts its captive's mind through overwhelming feelings of despair and agony. As their minds go through their worst nightmares, infected characters will move on their own and proceed to attack others in the room. Those who are trapped under the shadow's influence will only return to normal after either being forcefully removed, being knocked out, or the Shadow being defeated. Nothing can be collected as loot.

Those with the key may proceed down to the third floor...

→ FLOOR 3 - THE SUGERICAL WARD

With a sign that marks the floor as the "THE SURGEICAL WARD", another sign underneath reads, "NO OUTSIDE OBJECTS". Before proceeding into ward, a small weight sensor is placed on the last step of the stairs and on the right, a garbage chute is affixed to the wall. Only those who throw everything asides from the clothing their back will be allowed to go through the gate. After disposing of everything, including their omamoris, the door will open and allow for visitors to go through.

Out of the previous floors, the surgical ward is the darkest one so far. Only a handful of lights are on, though these take on a sickly yellow tint and hardly flicker. In addition, the floor abandons the previous layouts and takes on a completely open concept with only two doors: the entrance and the exit. Large plastic sheets hang from the ceiling and the air is hot and sticky, filled with a terrible odour that is a mix between blood and rotten flesh. Occasionally, loud ear-piercing screams will be heard throughout the floor and those who were unfortunate enough to be captured on the previous floors, they will be brought down here for their operation.


THE DOCTOR
Type F.O.E.	Nulls Physical, Dark	Weak Light
The captured will be strapped to an operating bed with an overly bright light hanging over them. The Doctor parts the plastic sheets and stands before the bed, speaking in a thundering voice. "Don't worry, you're in good hands. I'll fix you up." Those who have been captured together or roughly around the same time will be placed in beds next to each other while the Doctor operates on one patient at a time. Cutting open his patients with various medical tools, he pokes and prods inside. He pulls and snips at organs, saws off limbs, drains the blood, and performs any sort of "surgical procedures" that he can get away with. Even if the straps have been pulled apart, the Doctor's large imposing size makes it difficult to resist. With the strength of a F.O.E., the Doctor will not submit to simple, weak attacks and with various medications in his pockets, he can heal himself at any given moment. Occasionally, the Noppera-bo nurses will come to his aid and fight alongside with him. It is best to avoid him rather than fight, though for the ones already captured... there's not much else to do, but scream.

As tempting as it is to rescue those who are undergoing the Doctor's cruel operation, without any omamoris or weapons, it'd be impossible to take him down. The best solution is to navigate through the floor while not attracting the attention of the Doctor or his nurses. When the F.O.E. isn't operating on a character, he'll tear apart various Shadows instead, occasionally throwing out pieces or entire bodies when he's finished. Nurses will roam the area to wheel in new patients strapped to beds and take the dead bodies out.

In each corner of the floor is a waste pile, containing dirty clothes, discarded surical equipment, and the occassional body part. Digging through them will prove fruitless as none of them will contain the key to the exit. The more daring ones who come to take a closer look at the Doctor, whether from the operating table or from the sidelines, will notice a string tied around the Doctor's ankle. The string holds a lock of hair wrapped around a bronze key. Grab this key and escape before the Doctor catches on.

→ FLOOR 4 - THE MORGUE

The final stairway has no lights. Going down the stairs will be a cautious task as there is no indiciation on where the end is, but upon reaching the bottom, a single light just barely shines on the last door. All the belongings that have been thrown into the chute from the previous floor lie by the door. Bolted to the front of the entrance, a metal plate reads "THE MORGUE" and a note is taped underneath it.

"To Niko-chan, please rest in peace, Yuki."

The final key is taped behind the note and can be used to open the door. Upon entering, the area reveals an oversized morgue with multiple lockers, each containing the name of every character in Hirajiro, including Rei's. On a gurney in the back of the room, Rei(?) sits in the back with Ananke, rabbits resting in their laps.

There is nothing else in the room.

→ ICHI NOTES

⬥ Characters who die in this dungeon may either wake up in the morgue and in their respective locker or thrown out of the dungeon once the Lockdown ends.
⬥ The level of gore and severity of the Doctor's operations will be left up to the player's discretion.
⬥ The Doctor may appear randomly throughout the floors, wandering around and looking for new patients. He may be fought but it will be difficult to kill as he will heal or retreat if he needs to.
⬥ Throughout the first three floors, ghosts of Rei may be found. On the first floor, she will appear as a young child. On the second floor, she will appear as a teenager. On the third floor, she will appear as a teenager, but with a shaven head. All three versions of Rei will never face the characters and immediately run away, fading into the darkness, if chased. Occasionally, she will scream and attract the attention of Shadows. If quietly followed without an attempt to capture her, she may lead to the correct areas that will contain the keys.
⬥ If your character really wants to get through an inaccessible door, just let me know and I will create a new horror scenario for you. I cut out a lot so I am filled with ideas for all these gremlins...
⬥ The top-level to speak with Shadow Rei will be unscreened once at least one character manages to get through the third floor and down to the fourth. Please let me know when that happens.
⬥ This dungeon will last until 12/14 at the latest. Please indicate dates in your top-levels to keep track.
⬥ Threads from this log may be used for the dungeon requirement for AC.
⬥ Have fun! Don't die.

Comments

[overstrain]

I'm sorry.

[ It's the first thing he says right away when Niko finishes speaking. Right now, he can only tell the truth, but all of what he will say here might as well be the truth anyway. ]

I wanted to tell you... that I was sorry for the longest time. I messed up so much. Every time I saw you in your ego death state, I felt so guilty for playing a huge part in that. Every day, I wished you would come back to us. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry... I missed you so much...

12/8 - wildcard (Jiro)

[windbreakers]

[ Seto hasn't tried any of the locked doors down on the second floor. So far, two of the doors on the first floor have been busts, so he wanders downstairs to try one there. However, it's difficult to break any of them open when even the slightest sound of a pin dropped will attract Shadows. That's why Seto tries to look into lockpicking rather than kicking down a door. The only thing is that... ]

[ ... he has no idea how to lockpick. ]

[ He once read that you can use something as simple as paperclips, but that's as far as his knowledge goes. While Hachiko is standing guard, Seto is doing his best to use two paperclips to fiddle with the lock. It's... not going very well... ]

[flowerclips]

[ Niko continues to sit still, just embraced in Terry's arms. She shakes her head. ]

It's not your fault. You wouldn't have done that if you weren't pushed to your limits, right?

[overstrain]

[ Rei was always so understanding, and maybe Niko is the same. Terry lets go of the hug, but still stays close. He did that, fully prepared to be stabbed like what she tried with Kido, but something feels off compared to last time. ]

Yeah... I snapped. Things got really hard and I couldn't take it anymore. But still... that's really no excuse as to why I did that. I couldn't stop myself.

[ ... ]

Did you know? I had a Shadow too. It came with a Dungeon and everything. I was a mess. Lots of people died because of me. Then after that, I went back home... but in the end, people didn't want me there. They all wanted me dead. I had to live through that for thousands of years, because I made a horrible choice. When I came back here, I thought... maybe I could be happy here. I wanted to be happy here. With you. I never forgot about you during all those years. You were my hope. All those years, I clung onto the hope that I could see you again and it got me through.

[windbreakers]

Hachiko!

[ The Persona barks and starts to make work of the Shadows that just keep on coming. With his hearing and sense of smell, it's easy enough for Hachiko to maneuver and attack. As for Seto, he activates his eye ability, reading the minds of everyone currently in the room. He really hates having to do this, especially with Yamato around (he hates using it on people) and the Shadows (they have a lot of... unpleasant thoughts and feelings), but it also gives him an idea where everyone is. He uses that to move out of the way and kick a few Shadows while moving back to the door. ]

The door's locked!

12/8 - wildcard

[windbreakers]

[ Time to head back into the dungeon and actually die this time. Seto didn't actually do a lot of resting because, surprisingly, it's hard to sleep when you got fractured ribs that make even breathing painful. It's fine, he'll power through. ]

Do you have any ideas where Rei's Shadow might have run off to?

[flowerclips]

[ She listens silently as Terry speaks, looking downwards. Her bare feet dangle off the side of the bed and they remain just as still as she is. ]

... did you ever wish that you could die, though? To escape all that pain?

[yokeye]

[She's sending him away. He squeezes her hand; it may be the last time he touches her.]

Will you wait for me, before you leave?

[If he goes to bring everyone here, and she's gone when he gets back... There will be no hope left, and yet another Shadow.]

CW SUICIDE

[overstrain]

Yeah, I did. Plenty of times. Even nowadays, I still feel like that sometimes. I can't communicate as well as I want to, I mess things up for people all the time, I lose my temper on the stupid things, when I try to fix things I only end up breaking it more... I thought that maybe it would be better if I wasn't here anymore. I lived way too long... I'm not meant to live this long without breaking.

[ Terry shakily breathes out. ]

... But I learned that it's okay to have hope again. Even now, I hope that you'll come back to us. Then we can do all sorts of things. I still haven't forgotten about how you wanted to cook breakfast for me, and how takoyaki is the shape of happiness. I want to do so much more with you, Rei.

Minato told me once that when I'm down, I drag everyone with me because of my personality. But that personality is also the reason why I'm strongly connected to everyone. I think... it's the same for you. You're strong, but it got tiring to keep it up. I get it, because I also feel that way a lot. I don't have anywhere to go if I leave Hirajiro either.

In the end, I wanted to keep living and have more happy moments with you, Rei. We're a family now, remember? I was also happy, because I never had a family. I cherish you, and I want to do my best so that you can live happily. When there are bad times, you know that I will do my best to be there for you.

[ It makes him think of the moment when he gave her the orchid flowerclips, and he hopes that she will remember that moment. ]

[flowerclips]

[ She squeezes his hand in return and nods. ]

I'll wait for you. I promise.

[ She leans in and gives him a kiss on the cheek. She pulls back and finally gives a small smile. There are still traces of sorrow behind it, but she's genuinely happy that she has someone who cares and loves her to this extent. ]

Thank you, my prince.

[astralchain]

[ Yamato is determined, mostly. It's hard to find anything else in his immediate mental space that isn't determination or a strong will to survive. He has to live, for many reasons, but the most immediate one is that his Legion will proceed to puppet him if he dies and that doesn't end well for anyone involved. ]

Then we'll break through.

[ Remembering that Personas are especially effective against Shadows, he commands Bishamonten to try and keep their attention. He shoves his way to Seto's side, roughly pushing against the door. ]

[cicadashell]

[Jiro hasn't tried any of the locked doors on either floor; less interested in exploration than getting straight to the end. Now that Shadow Rei has fucked off and no one knows where she is, the locked doors are in play.

Is Seto... trying to pick the lock? It's the quiet floor, but knocking it down or something still seems like the faster way to Jiro. There's no warning before a tendril of smoke drifts by Seto to wrap around the doorknob and try to rip it out of the door.

Someone has to take the doorknobs when Kano's not around.]

[yokeye]

[The kiss and that tiny smile, the hint of something breaking through, is enough to give Toki hope that she'll still be here when he gets back. He kisses her hand before letting it go.]

I'll bring them. I love you.

[And before he can change his mind, he's running off to find everyone as quickly as possible.]

[flowerclips]

[ If this was Rei, she might have started crying as Terry talked about his struggles and his hopes. All of this is touching and hearing it from him means a lot, but Niko can't find it in herself to cry again. She used up her tears earlier when the physical pain got so difficult for her. Instead, she just feels a lingering and seemingly hollow pain inside her that makes it hard to believe that all this hope for happiness won't be ripped away from them. ]

... but are we still a family? Even after everything that happened? Between all of us?

[ She immediately fell into her ego death after the incident with Terry and Kido's Shadow. She doesn't know that they've made up. She's also referring to how she just tried to kill Kido and Terry in a selfish attempt to drag them to the afterlife with her. ]

Hope isn't a guarantee. Hope is just a wish that may or may not come true and when it doesn't, you're only left with bitterness and despair.

[ She grips the edge of the bed a bit tighter. ]

I had a lot of hopes when I was still alive, before Rei came into existence. I hoped that my mother would come back, that she'd regret leaving me behind, and that I'd be able to have a family. I also hoped that I would be able to find my Prince Charming, to fall in love, and get married. I even had small hopes, such as being able to well enough leave my room and go to the school nearby to visit, even if it was only for a short while. But none of that happened. Niko died with none of her hopes coming true.

[ She then looks up at Terry. ]

I don't want to have that happen again. Not to me and not to anyone else.

[overstrain]

Life is always unfair.

[ He gently puts his hands on top of Niko's that grips the edge of the bed. ]

You're right. Hope isn't a guarantee. I also hoped that things would be okay for so, so long, and when I returned, I had that torn away from me. I thought that was the end of the line. I wanted to die. I wanted everything to disappear. I had enough of everything. I thought that Hirajiro was just as bad as where I came from, where everyone wanted me to die--where it would be a place that would be better off without me.

But I talked to other people. They convinced me that even though I hoped for so, so much and had it turn its back on me, it was still worth living. So even though I still think that I don't have a place here, I want to fight for it. I want to fight this unfair life, even when I'm down. There will always be suffering, but I want to make as much happiness as I can to offset the suffering. The small things make me happier these days, you know? When Toki brought lunch for me the other day, I was so moved that I cried. When Red told me that he would be willing to lend a shoulder whenever I was going through a hard time, I cried at work. Even without all that, I've been crying every night by myself. I wanted you to come back. I missed you so much. The family doesn't feel right without you.

[ Even now, several tears fall from his face. ]

In life, there will always be suffering, but that's what makes happiness valuable. You won't ever be alone again. You'll have people around you: your friends and family. We will make new happy memories together--so, so much that you'll become a stronger person. You were always one of the strongest people I knew. The suffering that you'll experience will only make you even stronger and you will always have our support when you feel like you can't handle it anymore.

[ Terry holds out his right hand to her, with a pinky out. ]

I promise you, that I'll always be by your side when you need me.

[reveilation]

[ Seto saying broken ribs are fine is making him top contender for Kido's stupidest family member. He's not a good liar, not like Kano, but even if Kido gives him worried glances every now and again, he doesn't bring anything up and neither does she, so long as he's still acting as if everything is fine. Kido is too, after all. Acting that she's fine. Even if she's terrified out of her wits at this entire place and needs Seto by her side no matter what so she can get through it. ]

If she doesn't want to be found, then it'll have to be one of the doors that don't open. But there's so many of them... We'd have to break them down one by one.

[ Hundreds of doors. At least they should be confined to the first two floors, she thinks, but that only narrows it down to a couple dozen. ]

There's no way you can search for just her thoughts, is there, Seto? Or would you have to listen to everything in the entire building in order to find her? I don't want you to have to do that.

[overstrain]

I'm... okay.

[ It takes a moment to shake off the grogginess, but he turns his head to find Seto strapped onto the gurney too. That's not a good sign. He tries to summons Vassago, but it's no use. ]

We gotta get you out of here--

[ Terry tries getting out of his restraints, but right. Orien sealed his offensive powers tonight. He curses under his breath and struggles a lot more. ]

12/11

[reveilation]

[ It doesn't take a lot of convincing to get Kido back into the dungeon if she knows the Shadow was the one who asked everybody to come in the first place, rather than having to seek somebody out who'd much rather be left alone and is actively running away. She's still nervous. She's still trying to think things through— how to get her thoughts and feelings across without dying in the process, because in a world that wants her dead again and again and again, she can't just take that lying down anymore.

Next time she dies, she's never going to wake up again. Not here. Not anywhere else. Maybe that's peace and happiness, but for Kido, it's just plain terrifying.

She comes to the hospital with just her omamoris, and a goho-m in her pocket. It'd be nice if she were able to go ho-m with Rei again too. ]

[yokeye]

Since the Doctor takes all possessions: after death, do the crows drop a replacement omamori, or does it have to be retrieved from the morgue?

[windbreakers]

[ Hachiko takes Bishamonten's lead and assists in the distraction. He barks consistently, drawing the attention of the Shadows away from Yamato and Seto. It's successful as the two Persona users are left alone in their attempt to break down the door. ]

[ Despite the searing pain across his side, he assists with eying to shove the door open. He uses the side that doesn't have the fractured ribs and throws his shoulder against the door. Little by little, it starts to break open until it finally let's go and grants them freedom. ]

Let's go!

[windbreakers]

It will be retrievable from the morgue! The crows will only drop a new omamori if the previous one is destroyed heavily and cannot be used/cannot be used as effectively.

[yokeye]

Noted! o7

[windbreakers]

[ The sudden smoke and the yanking is the doorknob takes Seto by surprise and he starts backwards by a bit. He looks around until he spots Jiro. ]

[ Will... Will Jiro be quiet about stealing the knob or will he just break the door to take it........ ]

[cicadashell]

[He'll break the door, and just drop the doorknob on the floor. This dungeon has already pissed Jiro off, both times he's been in here previously. He's no longer trying to follow the rules. Fuck this place. He has some things to say to Shadow Rei if they find her.

If Seto hasn't run off, he'll get pushed inside the mystery room before the Noppera-Bos get there.]

[yokeye]

A follow up on Haki's limb/body parts question. How does that work if they do die? Revived in the morgue whole, or...?