JULY DUNGEON

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→ 7/8: Lockdown Begins

At the stroke of midnight, the world plunges into darkness. From the stars in the sky to the lamps on the streets, it’s as if all the light in the world gets sucked away, sight adjusting to the darkness courtesy of a single source left in the sky: the moon continues to hang overhead, though its brightness still depends on the phase.

Regardless of where the characters are that night, they find that along with light, all other creatures have disappeared as well— from the townspeople to the bear in the castle ruins to all the cats overpopulating the town and its surrounding forest— replaced with the howling of the wind that picks up and continues all night long. For those who venture outside, they may find a breeze blowing by from time to time, the temperature plummeting until they step out of the path— and returning when they step back into it. Strange. Standing on the spot, one would find that the wind does not die down no matter how long they wait, more akin to a river than intermittent gusts of wind.

Following the breeze brings one into town (a godsend to those still in the forest, whether because they had just woken up in the castle ruins or because they decided to camp out in the forest overnight) and towards the school to flow past the school gates. The gates are still locked, but the roaming lights of the security guards are missing, and door to the high school building has been left slightly ajar. Will you jump the gate and enter? The decision should be made quickly, as those who linger to remain outside- or perhaps are still lost in the forest- will find the occasional mass of darkness approaching. Those caught by these Shadows will pass out, to awake unharmed the next morning, so run while you can.

Or learn how to fight back.

In an hour, Lockdown ends, stars blinking back in the sky and the lights and sound returning to the town as the people reappear. Those who were still awake at midnight continue about their business without any notice of that missing hour, and those who were asleep remain none the wiser. Over the course of the month, the townspeople become more and more lethargic, productivity in the town crawling to a stop near the end of the month. Perhaps it's a flu that's going around, or the summer heat finally getting to everybody... or perhaps it's those Shadows that come out each night during Lockdown, escaped from the dungeon to sneak into house after house, never staying very long, but checking each one as if looking for something.

It's anybody's guess as to what that might be, but with the way they will attack anybody outside the dungeon and knock them unconscious, they can't be anything good.

→ 1st Floor

Entering the dungeon during Lockdown, the front door to the high school building swings open silently, halls in complete darkness until one steps past the threshold and find their foot drops, a staircase leading down rather than the usual hallway inside the building. At the bottom of the short set of stairs lies another door that opens out to... outside. Rather than a school building with classrooms and festival decorations, all one sees under the starless night sky are fields of rice and barley and other grains, bales stacked high and bound together to form the entrance to a maze. Will you enter? Walking around the perimeter of the maze reveals no exit on the other side, with the possibility of something to be found within.

The maze is vast, the true path circling around several times before revealing a little shack resting in the center, but is not too difficult to navigate so long as one has the patience to try different paths and backtrack as needed, or the luck to choose the right path to begin with. For the cheaters among us, the walls are not too high that one cannot climb over them, but be aware that doing so will draw Shadows in towards the area. Now would be a good time to learn how to summon your Persona or pick up a pitchfork or other farming tools scattered around the maze, and fight back. Upon summoning your Persona, the darkness lifts slightly, allowing you to see the Shadows for what they are.

Common Shadows that can be found here include: BLACK RAVEN and HYBRID Shadows.

BLACK RAVEN
Type Shadow	Resists Wind	Weak Electricity
At first glance, these Shadows may appear to be regular animals, but as they swoop down from the air and swing their lanterns at unsuspecting heads, it becomes quickly clear that they aren't friendly. Gripped in their talons, they carry a small lantern that they'd use to strike against characters, but they're not shy at using their becks as well. Flying in flocks, they prefer to stay high in the sky where they cannot be reached, diving only to make an attack before quickly retreating back into the air. They're difficult to corner with the large open space and although they're small, they are able to conjure up great gusts of wind with a few flaps of their wings. However, when you're finally able to land a hit on them, they are quickly defeated. Their defences, so it seems, aren't very strong. Feathers and lanterns can be collected as loot.

HYBRID
Type Shadow	Resists Dark, Physical	Weak Fire
These large jittery creatures rarely stay still, jerking and twitching in seemingly unnatural movements. Their large bulgy eyes are constantly moving, hyper aware of their surroundings. The moment they spot an outsider, they unleash a high-pitched cry and begin to charge. They use their long legs to reach out and grab enemies with their long talons. Once they successfully take hold of someone, they will repeatedly slam them into the ground. Should they miss their lunge, they will instead resort to clawing or using their branch-like horns to inflict damage. Physical attacks will do very little to deter the creature, much less stop its rampage, but it will become terrified at the sight of fire. Fangs, talons, and feathers can be collected as loot.

Upon defeat, Shadows may drop items and/or a small gemstone. Those who have been to the forest shrine may recognize the gemstone as being similar to the ones left inside the offertory box, though these are brightly colored and well polished. Hold onto these for now, and press forward to the shack standing at the center of the maze, which opens up to another set of stairs leading down into the abyss.

→ 2nd Floor

The door opens up fields of rice and barley and other grains... bales stacked in full carts, houses in the distance glowing with the flames of iron furnaces that bring a little more light to the night, and large planks of wood bound together like shields set up throughout the field, broken arrows and the occasional intact bow scattered all around.

Better take a quick look around, because while there is no maze to obscure your path, there is also little preventing the enemies here from seeing you either, unless you use those shields to your advantage to approach the beginnings of a village, fires burning warm even though all the houses remain devoid of people. Bedding exists in some houses, old pots and pans and many sets of wooden chopsticks. A couple of iron sharpening tools may be found, if you need to sharpen your... pitchfork or something.

The BLACK RAVEN and HYBRID Shadows from the previous dungeon continue to be the most common Shadows on this floor, with the occasional ONMORAKI Shadow and the rare F.O.E. CHIMERA. F.O.E.s are at a much higher level than the characters, and it is advisable to avoid them, rather than engage.

ONMORAKI
Type Shadow	Resists Dark, Fire	Weak Light
You'd notice the smell before anything else. Reeking of rotting flesh, these Shadows can be found miles away before they can even be spotted. They come in packs, intensifying their stench and if that isn't enough to incapacitate characters, their loud shrill shrieks will. A plume of smoke follows them around and they use both the smog and darkness to conceal themselves from enemy eyes. In the shadows, they will breathe fire and engulf characters in flames. Dark attacks will be nearly ineffective against these creatures, but Light attacks will reveal their hiding spots and also be effective in defeating them. A scroll with an incomplete purification rite can be collected as loot.

CHIMERA
Type F.O.E.	Null Fire, Light	Weak None
Larger than any other Shadow, these F.O.E.s act as guards of the dungeon. While the Shadows are the disposable troops that wander the area and simply attack whomever they see, the F.O.E.s specifically seek out intruders and attack with the sole purpose of killing them. They lurk throughout the dungeons, using their many eyes and noses to track down Persona users and charge without hesitation when they spot one. Their physical strength is tremendous and a single swipe of their mighty paws or talons will surely knock anyone out. They are unaffected by fire or light-based attacks and they will shrug off most other attacks. Unless you have a death wish, it would be unwise to challenge them in your current level...

For whatever reason, the Shadows and F.O.E.s cannot enter the houses, so these would be good places to rest and recuperate... and hope the Shadows aren't waiting outside the front door for you to step out. Near the back of the village, however, stands a small nondescript building, a wooden gate barring the entrance. Through the windows, one may see desks and chairs and chalkboards, papers hung up on the walls that are too far away to be read clearly, outside of the gates.

You're all going to get really good at breaking and entering by the end of this month, guys.

The gate swings open, but rather than a straight path to the schoolhouse, it's another set of stairs that await. Down you go...

→ 3rd Floor

The acrid smell of smoke hits at the bottom of the stairs, thick and choking in the sweltering heat of this floor. The same houses stand as in the one prior, but this time on fire, painting the night sky dusty reds and browns, phantom cries of help audible beneath the crackle of the flames although nobody is to be found after the fire is put out and village searched through. The field has been cut down, small structures of metal erected in its place, walls still hot to the touch. Inside, basic swords, axes, and shields can be found, some rusted over with blood, all of them battered and well worn. It's just as well that there are weapons storages to be found here because regardless of how well or not they served the village, they will be more useful for the ones here and now.

On this floor, ONMORAKI Shadows and the F.O.E. CHIMERA are much more prevalent, though other Shadows from previous floors may still appear. This floor also introduces two new Shadows, which are much stronger than the ones previous: the KOPPA TENGU and the TOBI TENGU.

KOPPA TENGU
Type Shadow	Resists Wind	Weak Dark
Travelling in groups, these Tengu-based Shadows will flee once they see any sight of danger. They're less interested in fighting and more preoccupied with being safe, so capturing one may be difficult. They will fly high into the air and blow people away by conjuring large gusts of wind with their wings. They don't have a lot of attacks and their defense is low, so they are easy enough to defeat, assuming that they don't fly away first. Curiously enough, none of the other Shadows or F.O.E.s pay them much attention... A Tengu mask and a blank scroll can be collected as loot.

TOBI TENGU
Type Shadow	Resists Light, Wind	Weak Ice
Although they are solidary creatures, this Shadow is accomplanied by smaller versions of itself. It strays away from the other packs of Shadows and spends its company with a minimum of one to a maximum of three mini-versions, flying around the lower depths of the dungeon. It doesn't attack characters directly. Instead, it uses its mini-versions to cast a wide range of status ailments that either causes team members to fight among themselves or hinders their progress, such as sleep, confusion, charm, or rage. After you are incapacitated, it will rush in with Dark-based attacks, but as soon you are able to snap out of your afflictions, it will retreat and send its minions to immobilize you and your team once more. A Tengu mask and magical healing leaves can be collected as loot.

On the other side of the area, tall iron gates prevent the characters from reaching the palace behind it. A large number of F.O.E.s patrol the area around the gate and on both sides of it, preventing characters from getting close or they will attack. Perhaps there's another way past them, if not by brute force? Those who picked up the masks dropped by the Tengu Shadows may realize that the F.O.E.s ignore the Tengu Shadows, and may reason that by putting the mask on to disguise themselves, the F.O.E.s will not attack them either.

F.O.E.s are keeping a close eye on anybody who passes through the gate, however, and nobody is allowed past, regardless of whether they're a Shadow, F.O.E., or trespasser.

→ 4th Floor

The gate remains locked and heavily guarded until the 22nd, upon which characters may notice a certain increase in agitation from all the enemies around the area, along with a certain amount of distraction. Every once in a while, a masked Tengu Shadow will approach the gate with a shining weapon or a barrel full of gold on hand, payment to be allowed entrance past the gate and into the palace beyond.

In order to pass, each character must obtain a mask in order to disguise themselves as Tengu Shadows, along with procuring an offering of some sort for the ruler of the palace. From the types of offerings seen going into the palace, it appears that the sharper and shinier, the better. Strangely, none of the Shadows seem to leave the palace after their delivery... It may be wise to get as many people together, and make the first shot count.

→ Mod Notes

⬥ A mod-posted toplevel for Floor 4 will OOCly go up on 7/22 for the boss encounter. ICly, characters will be able to fight the boss from the 22nd through the end of the month.
⬥ To determine the outcome of the boss battle, a minimum of 20 threads across the entire player base from this post is required, with a maximum of 2 threads turned in per player. Threads may involve battling, healing, exploring, discussing, etc as long as the characters interact with the dungeon in some way and must contain at least five comments from you. Please report your threads in the mod top level below. They are due by the end of the month.
⬥ The first time the characters come across a Shadow, their omamori grows warmer and warmer until it's impossible to ignore. All it takes is a touch of the omamori and an intention in mind— whether that's a call for help, something to for defence, or healing— and the character's shadow disappears from under their feet, gets sucked up into the omamori, and manifests as their Persona.
⬥ After this initial summoning, the characters will have the same strengths/weaknesses as their Persona regardless of whether it is actively summoned. Personas may be summoned during the day, but will not be not as strong as they would be during the Lockdown period.
⬥ The Lockdown period of darkness only exists for an hour, to return each night at midnight. There are no portals allowing characters to bypass cleared floors, so it would be advisable to work together to clear out the Shadows and allow for an easier time to reach the lower floors. The Lockdown may end while the characters are still inside the dungeon; one of two things may happen, up to player discretion: 1) they may remain in the dungeon, but for every hour they stay, an entire IC day passes by without their awareness; or 2) they will simply pass out and awaken somewhere randomly inside the high school building in the morning. The security guards are back, so don't get caught!! Or, play it safe and make sure to leave before Lockdown ends.
⬥ For those who choose to remain outside the dungeon during Lockdown, Shadows may be found outside of the dungeon as well.
⬥ Around 7/15-7/18 when the moon is at its fullest, Personas may behave strangely and disobey orders. Personas appear stronger the brighter and fuller the moon is, though becomes unstable once it's the full moon. This is an optional mechanic.

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i. 7/8
[ It's the howling of the wind and the rattling windows that wake Kido up that night, jolting awake and throwing off the covers of the bed in the guest room she'd been allowed to stay in. Silently, she tip toes out of the room to check on the kids' room next door to make sure they weren't woken from the storm—- but the beds are empty. Kido runs to the parents' room, fist barely touching the door for it to swing open. An empty room.

Heart pounding, she heads back to her room, pulling both jackets directly over her pajamas and runs out of the house still wearing her slippers. It's so dark out, the streets are so empty, she can feel hot tears spilling down her cheeks as she looks from window to window and finds them all dark. ]

Is there anybody out there!? Answer me!! Please...

[ But her voice just gets swallowed up in the wind. ]

ii. 7/9
[ The first time she summons, it was completely by accident. Nekogami emerges from her omamori, black shadow under her feet turning into white smoke, the ghostly form of a large cat that barely has time to grin its fanged grin when Kido just

screams

and runs away.

If you've already figured out this whole Persona business, great!! Please advise. Or, maybe you just assume the ghost cat drifting lazily behind Kido is a Shadow and decide to fight it off— that'd be one way to get rid of it, but also, RIP Kido, you're now responsible for hauling around her unconscious body. ]

iii. 7/9-7/14
[ You know... sometimes you're facing a monster and your own soul monster scares you, so instead of calling for it, you reflexively give a Shadow an uppercut with your fist.

Surprisingly, it works, the Shadow stumbling back, looking just as surprised as Kido is. Unfortunately, her fists alone don't do much damage, so. Help? She'll be anywhere on the first or second floor kicking and punching her way through the Shadows, please save her from herself. ]

iv. 7/15-7/21
[ Darkness.

And then light, soft and warm as it hits her face, sunlight filtering through hazy windows on the hardwood floor Kido's lying on as she awakens to the sound of footsteps, to the school as it opens its doors for the morning and students start to file in.

Several black feathers lay scattered around her, and everything hurts, as if something large and fast had struck her in the stomach and knocked the wind out of her. Her head is throbbing, but all she remembers a glimpse of... something... She can't remember what.

With a sigh, Kido pulls herself back up onto her feet and goes to find some empty corner of the school to sit and pull out a sewing kit. Healing spells are useful and all, but that doesn't prevent clothes from getting torn up, and the purple hoodie she holds in her lap to mend is something very precious to her. The omamori hanging from her pants belt loop is supposed to be something like that too, she supposes, a white flower bud stitched onto a corner of an otherwise plain omamori, the beginnings of a design she hasn't yet decided how to complete. ]

wc.
[ Anything else you'd like to play out with me! Kido's Persona does have a healing spell, so anybody with an attack-oriented Persona who'd like a healer is free to grab her and just put her on healing duty while she covers her ears and pulls her hood over her eyes because she absolutely hates monsters, why is this, why is she even here (she's here because she's unfortunately made fools for friends and they'll get themselves killed in here without her, that's what she tells herself)

My plurk is

birdseed for anything you need! ]

[ Did she just literally punched a shadow in the face. Hibiki witnesses that, too slow to make his presence known. He blinks as well, just as baffled as Kido and the shadow (onmoraki??? if that's ok) that got punched. ]

I see that you're not all talk.

[ Hibiki says it like Kido didn't drag him across the school hallways or almost strangled him. A white tiger is standing just behind the boy, but contrary to Hibiki he's ready to attack. ]

Do you think you can do this again?

[ Because he sure is going to cast tarukaja on you, Kido... ]

[ She just punched a Shadow in the face, yeah. It's not something she wants to do again, for all her trigger-happy violent reflexes are serving her well, because punching birds is hard and it's breathing fire everywhere and Kido— with her three layers of clothes- is having both cold sweats and hot sweats, because she's weak to fire.

But what choice does she have when it's coming back for her???? It's a roundhouse kick that she unleashes this time, a stronger attack and wider range than her fists can reach, and she gets the Shadow right on the face. ]

Don't just stand there, Fool! Do something!!

[ Attack, don't just support, don't leave everything to her..... ]

[ He's not going to let her fight on her own, even if that might have been her first impression—Byakko pounces and lands just behind the shadow to drag it away from Kido. That's when Hibiki closes the distance between them. ]

Don't worry, we've got this.

[ So perfectly in sync with his Persona that it's almost irritating, Hibiki makes Byakko lunge for the Shadow while making sure that she's all right. ]

You aren't injured, are you?

heeeey mods

so if a persona goes awry during full moon phase and casts makajama (forget debuff) on a character, are they going to sport some spotty memories of that night? are they gonna forget to breathe? what's happening

The effects of the full moon on the Persona is up to player discretion, so you may play it however you like! Please don't forget to breathe... but if that's what you really want... nobody stopping you.

Hey hello mods it's me again!

If one hasn't actually confronted their Shadows (like, the proper ~*YOU ARE PART OF ME*~ event), would that mean their Persona won't really be listening to them? Will the Persona just not bother showing up at all? Is it possible for the Persona to 'fight' (be combative towards) the user?

The Persona will show up and listen to the characters without the proper ~*YOU ARE PART OF ME*~ event! The characters might not realize it yet, but it's mentioned in the FAQ in the arrival section that the characters have all played the Persona game, which grants them their Persona.

It's possible for the Persona to go against their user, though, especially during the time around the full moon, or when the user is emotionally unstable!

i. 7/9

[ Hello, darkness, my old friend.

Terry is generally used to his surroundings between pitch black. Spending nights in the wilderness for a long time will do that to you. However, what he didn't expect was that the lights just went out all of a sudden. He has no idea what time it is except that it's nighttime, obviously evidenced by the sky. He would have just brushed the weirdness away, thinking that it was a major blackout in the town, but there's something wrong with that:

He thought he saw a townsperson walking in the street, but all of a sudden, they vanished.

...

That's... not normal, is it? It's probably normal as him learning how to speak an entire language overnight. It's totally abnormal. He's pretty sure they were there and since there's some light from the moon, he can tell. His eyes have no problem adjusting to the dark either.

He's usually lurking around the town or forest at night like an unintentional creeper because he has no permanent lodging, or when he's not bedridden in the hospital for some reason. So that's why he finds it weird that the security guards are no longer scouting around the school. The school door is open from what he can see from the outside.

Just because something is strange, doesn't mean that he should just break in and enter, but everything about this place is really weird, and that's really something coming from an oddball like himself. So he decides to climb the gate. In the middle of climbing though, he catches a mass of darkness in the corner of his eye and that really startles him to the point that he loses his grip in panic and falls back outside of the school property. ]

Ow... what the hell is that...

ii. 7/10 - 7/14

[ Terry is pretty much running around in the first two floors to make sure people who came in here are doing fine, a-okay, and not dying. So here are some options:

1. There's a huge red, bipedal dragon behind him and Terry seems completely unaware. Are you gonna fight it? Drag terry away? Comment on it? Be his guest.
2. Alternatively, he's gonna treat the dragon like a dog and tell it to attack stuff. That's not exactly how you use a persona, but okay. He's never had a summoning power before, so he's not sure how this works, but it seems to be fine so far? Don't fix what's working already. He's got the omamori tightly in his hand though, and he's not going to let go of it.
3. On second floor specifically later on, if you see anyone throwing broken pieces of arrows like a speeding dart at the shadows, that's him.
4. or just gimme a wildcard on these specific dates. go crazy. ]

iii. 7/16

[ The full moon's out and if there's one thing you don't want to lose control over, it's a huge red dragon. Terry is in the middle of the second floor area and he's distraught by the fact that it's going nuts and stomping everywhere. By now he has no idea what the off button is for personas and just assumed they go away on their own when they're too idle. But a raging dragon is most definitely not idle. You'd expect a dragon to breathe fire or something, but it occasionally casts Psi and Makajama in random directions. If you're hit with Makajama, expect your character to forget one thing, whether it be trivial or important or anything in between, for about 5 minutes.

Also, Terry is not in the best of shape either. He should probably watch "how to train your dragon" at some point. ]

iv. wildcard

[ You know the drill. Give me anything. If you wanna hash stuff out beforehand, you can pm me or contact me over at celenza @ plurk. Also, if you intially had a decent thread with him in the intro log and want to see him kill something to drink its blood, hit me up beforehand. I'd like to limit this to 1-2 people throughout the month. ]

Edited 2019-07-08 17:36 (UTC)

Ahhh, I see!! I figured that they'd already have their Persona, but wasn't really sure how the Persona will respond! Thank you always, mods ♡

i am crawling here from being bludgeoned with breath puns... thanks mods

also i think i missed this somewhere, but can he buy a knife in the market? like small kitchen knife. im sorry my questions are shadier with each one i ask

You deserved it, Haki /:

Yes, kitchen knives can be bought in the market! Terry is just shady, we love and accept that.

I. 7/8: BY THE SCHOOL GATES

[ Mondo's used to the dark. He's grown accustomed to having only source of light shining from the window of the storehouse he's been sleeping at for the past week. But on normal days, it's not only the moonlight, there are also lights from other houses and buildings nearby. It's never been this dark, he thinks as he gets up from where he lied. Maybe it's power outage, with how the wind howls. Did something get knocked down?

He immediately regrets his decision leaving the building, because now he's fighting the wind, threatening to push him to a particular direction. He's too bulky to be blown by it, it's not even that strong. But the neverending squall and something that he can't quite make out pulls him in. Despite everything that has happened the past week, he hasn't given up on his instincts, and he follows where it's leading him ー

the school.

You'll find him standing by the gates, hands on the fence. He seems slightly dazed. ]

II. 7/9 - 7/15: FIRST FLOOR

OPTION A - MONDO AND THE BALESSTALK
[ Uh. He surely wasn't expecting this. He's about 99.9% sure he entered the school building. And this isn't what he would normally see. He's in a field? These plants are unusually tall, and as he walks further the denser they get. It's only after he meets a dead end that it finally hits him what this whole place is: a maze.

He looks up, trying to gauge if he can try climbing up the bales, knocking them with his knuckles to see how firm they are. ]

Hmm. Worth the gamble.

OPTION B - BOY (17) TRIES TO FIGHT SHADOWS WITH HIS FISTS
[ Yeah look, Mondo knows. Or more like, he's supposed to know. He's fought (read: mostly running away from) Shadows before, and he stands no chance against them with weapons, let alone with bare hands. But he's not aware that these are Shadows he's facing, and he's just. Ready to fight.

He had his reservations fighting the ravens, but this weirdass looking creature? He's good to go. Steeling himself, he gets into the stance, crouching like a tiger-- okay not really, he's just bending his knees, before finally releasing a strong POW! towards the creature. ]

Rrrraaahhhh!!! Keh! Real men fight with their bare hands!!

[ Well, it does actually cause some damage, but honestly? Not much at all. Someone tell him he will die... ]

II. 7/9 - 7/15: SECOND FLOOR

What in the fresh fuckin' hell's happenin'...

[ It's like he's watching a whole war movie set or some shit. Look, he's been to many, many worlds before through Wonderland, but there's no way it's not gonna throw him off his games. He'll try to find the 'friends' he's made here, cautiously going from behind one shield to another. Does it look like he's having some fun hide-and-seek? Join him!

If not, when caught, he'll be fighting off the smelly creatures with his newly found friend, awkwardly trying to get it to attack. Fight fire with fire, amirite?! ]

II. 7/9 - 7/15: WITHIN THE SCHOOL BUILDING

[ If there's anyone who'd make a wise decision, that person is most likely not Mondo, especially when he's on his own. A sharp, throbbing pain assaults his head together with some ringing in his ears as he comes to. Shit, he can't even clearly remember what happened-- he saw a golden light (read: The Chimera) and before he knows it, he's knocked out.

When he feels like he's regaining some senses, he tries to get up, and finds himself at the corridor of the high school building. Hearing some footsteps approaching, he immediately finds a classroom to hide in, and does the most cliche thing ever: hiding within a cupboard.

Are you maybe hiding in the same classroom? Are you in the cupboard? Did you spot him somewhere? Something else?? ]

III. 7/15 - 7/21: THIRD FLOOR

[ If the smoke isn't enough, the sight of the houses burning make him sick to the stomach, mind playing out memories he was never a part of. He hears all the cries, and it's definitely affecting him more than it should. He'll be navigating around, trying to find a house that's not burning, to see what's in there.

Optionally, you will find him either not moving a finger while a Tobi Tengu inflicts attacks towards him, OR going berserk with attacks without putting up much defense. ]

IV. 7/9 - 7/21: WILDCARD

[ You can find him in any of the floors running around doing something. He'll only be in the third floor at the later dates, though. Any ideas you want to run through me first, PM me or HMU at

tsubo! Otherwise, just fling anything my way! ]

[ a - pajama party-ready, first night. ]

[Living with a ghost, you learn to tune things out enough to sleep like the dead, so it takes a while for the storm to finally rouse Wyatt. In fact, it almost seems like the wind got impatient waiting for her and swoops on by, making her shiver and squeak.]

Cold! Cold, cold, cold!

[aaaaa, cold. But sudden streams of cold out of nowhere are just weird enough that she feels like she shouldn't ignore it. She pushes herself up, grabbing the topsheet off the bed she's borrowing to wrap around her and her pajamas as she leans out the window, then moves through the house onto the street.]

Hello? Um... Ghost?

[Another breeze, another yipe from the chill.]

Okay, okay! I'm going!

[And so she begins hastily making her way towards the school, looking a mess and talking to "herself".]

[ b - all around the mulberry bush, first night. ]

[She's debating what to do about the school gate when she feels the hair on the back of her neck stand up and hears the shuffle of...not something she's ever heard before. To her, it sounds almost like underwater movement, and when she turns to investigate.

Ah. Hm. Okay then.

Time to scream and abandon her current endeavor, running off to the side. She might...be going in circles around the school's outer wall for A While, howling "I AIN'T AFRAID O' NO GHOST" intermittently like maybe that will trick the Shadows into being intimidated by her enough to give up.]

[ c - backstreet's back alright, early on. ]

[OKAY. She's back. She's back and she's got something she thinks is made of iron, so hopefully that will have some kind of effect against evil spirits, and if not, she's got a purse full of salt shakers. In the past few days swapped out the pajamas for actual clothes -- a summer dress over shorts that have even more salt shakers in the pockets -- and she's got her hair up out of grabbing range in a messy bun. Ain't gonna get her this time, Shadows. She dusts her hands free of the absolutely nothing costing them, then determinedly grabs the gate and gets to climbing.

This time when she's interrupted by approaching spirits, her determined reach for the salt causes her omamori to activate and a young humanoid ghost skips into sight.]

WAUGH -- wuh -- wait! Are you -- helping me? [That's some kind of school uniform, over here, right? Wyatt's pretty sure she's seen something like it in an anime, or two, and this was a school she was being drawn to, so...] Th-thank you! I'll try to hurry!

[...Of course, without much direction, Hanako-san isn't capable of doing much to hold the line. Someone should teach Wyatt to fight.]

[ d - wandering and WILDCARD. ]

[Once inside the "school", Wyatt's nerves have calmed somewhat. She's got someone by her side, after all. Hanako-san... Maybe it's best to not mention how weird it is to see her out of her stall. And. Without a head or body. Maybe that's insensitive to ghosts, and she's already got enough of those pissed off at her, right now.]

We've gone from horror to...some kinda sub-genre. I guess survival horror? If this can even count as a weapon... Hey, Hanako-san! Do you know why I was brought here? Why isn't it a school anymore?

[...and other commentary like that can be heard as she wanders through the maze walls between stretches of fleeing from ghosts. At least there were plenty of twists and turns she could take. Or her chatter comes from inside a house on the second floor, as she quickly realizes they're a safe zone.

Anyway, she's going around talking to herself again is the takeaway. Bump into her anywhere, really. I'm at

goblinhood for any plotting!]

[ It really is irritating? Especially how Hibiki just bumbles about outside, but here, he's actually reliable, getting the Shadow away so that Kido can straighten up and have some breathing room. ]

I'm fine! I'm—

[ Surprisingly fine, actually? Even though there's fire everywhere, her hands and clothes aren't burnt, and things that would normally knock the wind out of her just feel like a kick to the shin, attacks from Shadows that would normally kill a person not being as severe as they normally would be.

Must be the adrenaline. ]

We'll be better off getting rid of that thing. Do you think your tiger is strong enough on its own to take that thing down?

[ Running down the street in slipper and two jackets over her pajamas, Kido follows the cold stream of wind to the school, tips of her fingers freezing for trailing along the breeze so she doesn't lose her way. With nothing but the moon overhead, it's hard for her to see anything— but somehow, the masses of darkness is even darker than anything else around, and sometimes she thinks she can hear them growl her direction.

She can definitely hear a thump near the school gates, but the wind rushing past her face means she can't hear anything he says, isn't close enough to see him, and the logical assumption is that this is also a Shadow and it's in Kido's way and so what's she to do besides pull her broken phone out of her pocket and pitch it hard at this Shadow's head? ]

Oi!!

[ This is probably the one rare time Mondo's thunderous voice works for something: it manages to cut through the ferocious howling wind, barely. At least it's audible enough. ]

Why're ya out here?!

[ Despite that, though, this definitely isn't the time and place for conversation. He signs for her to follow him. ]

[ Kido had finally made it out of the maze, not by fighting her way through it, but by keeping quiet and memorizing the layout when she makes a correct turn and sneaking by the Shadows when she can. So it's a shock and a disappointment, even though it should be neither of those things, when she comes down to the second floor and it's just... more field.

There's little to hide behind here, besides the wooden shields and houses in the distance, so while Kido throws a glance over her shoulder at the door back to the maze, she keeps low and gets behind one of the shields before anything can spot her. She's going to be slightly nicer to Mondo as she is to Terrence, and takes the slipper off her foot and throws it at him, hoping it'll hit but not startle him enough that he would yell.

Come over here behind her shield! And bring her slipper back! ]

[ Oh for the love of god, Kido. You want to cause another concussion??

Terry's reflexes are not what they used to be, so it's hard to block anything that comes his way when he's lying flat on his back from falling from the school gate. So he's going to get that broken phone slammed at his face. ~~one hit KO~~

He would have passed out on the spot, but no. All there is, is a trickle of blood coming from the smack dab middle of his forehead. No big deal--except if Kido remembers anything from their journey, he tends to bleed for a long ass time.

Everything hurts and nothing is beautiful.

When he refocuses his vision, he thinks he sees someone. He looks down at whatever hit his head and it's a familiar broken phone. Yeah... that's Kido's phone. It's hard to forget seeing a phone that had been broken to the possibility of no return. A drop of blood lands on the broken screen, because Terry's looking down at it after sitting up. ]

Kido...?

[ WHEN HE SAID THAT YOU COULD THROW PHONES FOR SELF-DEFENSE, THIS WASN'T WHAT HE MEANT ]

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[ Kido startles and whips around when she hears the voice, scrubbing her sleeves furiously over her eyes before she runs up to him. Loud as she can be, she really has to shout to be heard over the wind. ]

Why are you out here?! Where is everybody? Did they all evacuate??

[ Did they somehow miss the storm sirens, what is happening. The sky is dark with what Kido can only assume are storm clouds if she can't see the stars like she could on any other night here, but it hadn't looked like it would rain during the day. ]

I dunno!! Let's get somewhere and wait it outー follow me!!

[ For the past (half a) week, Mondo has been familiarising himself with the town. He might not know it as well as his back of hand, but he knows of some places where you can get in for free (or break in easily). The store house where he stayed was out of question ー it's too dark. They need to get somewhere where the moonlight reaches a bigger surface of the space, but it's still indoors: the greenhouse.

Does he have a permission to come in??? No but who cares at this situation? ]

[When Mondo climbs up the hay bales, he'll soon spot a familiar little yellow creature standing on top of one of the bales a ways ahead. His ears are up and alert, listening closely for any signs of other creatures as he studies the paths around him, trying to figure out the best way to guide his trainer who's waiting below to that little shack in the center. One of those ears twitches and he immediately turns back to look in Mondo's direction, expression brightening at the sight of the familiar face and waving a little paw at him.]

Pika pi!

[Enjoy this reunion before they all get swarmed by Shadows—]

[ OFFENCE IS THE BEST DEFENSE, TERRENCE

And the phone isn't the worst thing she could have thrown at him, anyways, because she had picked up a garden trowel from somebody's garden on the way here and that's the only reason she's brave enough to slowly inch her way towards the gate, steeling herself to shoo the monster away with a good hard whack if she has to.

So it's good that Terrence calls her name before she get the chance to do that, because she hears her name before she can fully make out his face, and drops her hands to her side. ]

Oh, it's you.

[ She picks her phone up and sticks it in her pocket because it's dark and she doesn't see the blood. ]

What are you doing hanging out here? It's dangerous.

[ She's the danger, it's her. ]

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