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[Sanaki knows no forms of physical combat. She also was not warned about the Dark Hour. This is a bad combination.

Thus, when her phone drops from her hand (her ridiculous poofy outfit has no pockets) it shows her being backed into a corner by a Shadow. She's obviously terrified by the expression on her face.

Suddenly, the space in between her and the Shadow is filled - by a kid in a ridiculous scarf. Who is still taller than her, natch. He dispatches the Shadow with his spear, then turns to the startled Sanaki.]

I am thou, and thou art I...
I am Setanta. As your knight, I will help you in your duties.

Se...tanta...?

[The Persona disappears. After staring for a moment, she looks at her phone again and turns it off.]

[Feel free to meet her in person as she heads back to the hotel.]

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[This shouldn't have been surprising. It really shouldn't have.]

[Really, Prospero messed around with the fabric of time enough as it was, right? And Personae clearly didn't follow along and maintain the proper appearance of who it was they were supposed to represent -- or perhaps they just borrowed a name and represented what their user believed, or some other thing that Lancer could not be assed to spend time thinking about. Not right now, anyway.]

[It was because he'd already run into himself as a Persona, you see. Because of that, he never thought he'd run into himself-as-a-child as a Persona. Not that he was admitting that kid was in fact him, but...]

[Speaking of kids, Sanaki (the kid in question) has an almost beleaguered looking man responding to her on the comm now.]

...You're joking, right?

I can hardly see what I've said that could have been in jest.

Not you, the other kid -- the persona.

I can't speak for him.

You can tell me that I wasn't hearing things. What did he say his name was?

[Seems like Lancer's on the move, judging from the background...]

Setanta. I remember that well.

[He manages to keep from scowling. It was unusual enough to see not!himself around. This? His brain's having a hard time wrapping around it.]

Right... Where are you? For that matter, who are you?

Sanaki Kirsch Altina, empress of Begnion and apostle of the goddess Ashera.

Outside the bookstore.

Alright, Sanaki. How much do you know about this island, Persona, and all those other details specific to this recent sudden relocation?

Extremely little. The people here have been remarkably poor in providing information.

Don't be too harsh on them; sad as it is to say, there's not a great deal of information to give.

Anyway, this place's a little island called Prospero. The ugly black thing that was looming at you a few minutes ago is called a Shadow. They only show up... well, at this time of the night. Only for an hour, too.

Good. I would rather not have to deal with them for very long while my magic doesn't work.

[Yeah... about that...]

Don't expect the magic to start working any time soon. Everyone gets placed at the same point, which is to say; regular human with persona-summoning ability. A few people have been here for about half a year, as well.

...How exactly do they expect a ten year old girl with no magic to survive in such a place?

Persona, probably. You could also hide in a building during the dangerous hour. Or maybe this 'they' are expecting adults to keep an eye on you.

[Like he's moving to do right now. Dammit.]

The situation is frankly a bit ridiculous nontheless-

[Oh, there's another one. And here's the kid with scarf and the spear, ready to strike again.]

No way I'll argue that sentiment. Not that I'd have too much trouble at that ag- [Oh hey right on time to shut him up. He'll just... watch "Setanta" blankly.]

[REALLY, Prospero? C'mon...]

[~~at least it matches the other one...~~]

[This time Sanaki is more prepared.] Setanta!

[And the Persona goes forth, attacking the Shadow. He's only level one, but it's only a weak Shadow, so there's not too much to be concerned about at the moment.]

Sounds like you're getting the hang of that.

[It's not quite a wince, but every time he hears that name there's a minor reaction. A drawing of his facial features, an odd glimmer in his eye, perhaps even a bit more force behind the exhalation of breath. Something like that.]

[There's also the sound of human footsteps coming closer, but Sanaki might be too engrossed to hear them? Who knows.]

Assassination attempts have not been unknown to me-

[She's mostly focused on the Shadow, true. It's a bit worrying.]

Ah, yes. Apostle. That's some kind of leader, right?

The leader of the most widespread religion in the world by far. So, yes.

Oh, a religious leader. Wait, why the hell would they try assassinating someone like that? [It's not like you're also an Empress or anything ~~oh wait yes you are.~~]

[He'll round a particularly noisy corner not too long after that question. Is it the correct one?!]

I am also an empress- [Looking up.] Oh, you've arrived. So suddenly?

What can I say? I'm quick on my feet. [Human or not, people of his athletic ability were few and far between.]

[The cocky smirk remains as Lancer glances over the area, noting that Sanaki seems to be relatively unharmed.]

Huh. Looks like that kid's doing the kind of job his name would suggest. Good.

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