⚓ 003; [video]

[estantiga.livejournal.com]

[It's the Dark Hour. Do you know where your Rider is?]

[Because as it happens, she is out and about fighting Shadows with no more than a pair of flintlock pistols. Which happen to be a pain to reload when your ammunition isn't magical in nature, so she might be in a little trouble. Not that she seems to mind, based on the huge grin on her face and all that laughing she's doing. Amidst the chaos of cackling and one last Visceral Maya that just won't go down, an ethereal figure about six feet tall appeared in front of Rider. With it came a sudden rush of water, dissolving the last Shadow and clearing the street.]

I̹̟̹̟ͮ ̺̤̻̜̞̼͖ͣͮͩá̤̥̣̻̓̏̿m͔̹̟̥͍͎̟̓͂ͫ ̭͎ͥ͛̒̚tͫḫ͈̫̳̗o̼̻̭̞u̺̳̬̝̺͇̜̎͌ ̠̣̯͚ͩ͋ͯ͌ā̹̟̭̙͆̉ͯ̔̚n͓͍̗̭͔̣ͭ̽ͨd̹̦̹̦ͤ͒̄̐ ͕̪̳̹̘̝̔̾̈́͑ͧ̅̓ͅt̖̮̗̟̺h͎͖͑́ͮ̓ó͎̯͕̝̹͇́ͬͪ̄̇̚ȕ̜̩͈͙̹ͤ ̼͋̅̎̀́a̟̹͕̗ͥ̍̈́r̮͂ͯͩ̆ͪ͂t̺̝͕̱̫ͅ ̫̤͉̪̤͖͍͑̆͋I͇̞̺̭͕͈͗̿ͣ̇͋̽.̓̆ͦ̌.̜̠̺̩̃ͥ͊.̼̪͎̦̍
̠̟̪̙̤̣ͅT͆̋͆̒ͥ̏h̻̞̗̑̓̇̌ͭ̓̚a͔̗̥ͮͅt̹͉͚̠̰ ͙͔̳ͣͅͅi̯̲̔ͅs͙̬͕͋ͫ̉ͮ̄ ̜̦̟̘̼̱̟̏̃́ͮn͉̞̦͈͚͌ͨŏ̼̥̙̥̟͇͒̅ͩ̔͑̍t̠ ̜̦̾͗ͭ̄d͙͇͌̂ͩ̓̒͑͊ẻ̚a̯̦͙̼̣͔̒̄̈́d̤̣̟̙̥̦ ̙̪̪̂̈̉ͩ̑ͭ̓w̰͎͙̲̤̦h̰̠̦ͮ͒̂̈́̌͊ͬi̘̇̈c̖̤̦̣̒ͪͅh̘̳ͩ̏̇͋ͭͦ ͇͎̉͐͑c͔̣̣̯̖͔͐ͤ͊ͅā̳ͫ̌ͯͩͫn͕ ̦̟̱̯͚̭̌̂ͅẽ͎̯̺̃ͤ̾̚t̜̆̏͋̉̇̍͌e̤̲͇̅̉́ͨr̺͕ͬ͊̀n͖̤͖̻͕̓̅ͩͅă̊ͮl̼̜̯ ̳̞̤̟̠̳̒͂̾ͥͅl͉͇̞͉̺͍̗͑i͆ë͇̻̹̰͖̗̒ͪ̓̄ͦͩͅ,̥̩̹ͬ͛͂͗ͧ
̖̇̉ͅẠ̫̝͒n̙͖̤͙̟̮͂̋́̽̆ͩd̥̹̯̳͎̆̽͋ͩ̈́̾̚ ͖̪̼̦ͮͪw͓̜̙̤̗̹̐ͥͪͤḯ̼̎t̻̪̬̘̯h̬̩̠͍̰́̂̌̏́̈́ ͔̳͑ͨͮͭs͚̬͚̿̊͆ͫ̈́ͬ͐t͇r̹̦̬̺̳ͩă̞̆͛n̮̤ͩ̋ͫͬg͖͉͙̃̂̎ê̑ ̹̩̫̞ͪͦ̐̎͒̒ͫa̮̻̳e̹͈̙̻̲͋̾́ͧ̊ͅo̟ͭͮͬ̚n̜̮s̭̲͋̊ͦ͌̓ ̹̳̥̘̌̊e̥̬̒̆ͨ̃͗̄̍v̪̥̫̥̥̈͂ͭ̔̏ͤͪe͎̞̓n ̘̭͈͍̋ͨͤ̍̉d̯̘͈̞̝ͦ̓͋̎ͬͮͤe̥͈ͮ̿ạ̾̍̐ͦ͊͊̆t̓ͯh̟̰̮̺͙̓ͮ̊́ ̘͍̘̱̲̺m̳͙̗̤̪̈́̃a͂̏ͦͯy̩͇͔̜̩̪͒ͨ̉͆̉̚ ͔͚̝̟͈̟̩ͦ̄ͤ͒͂̒̚d̲̜̉̋ͯ̓̐i̻̖̫̤̭ͫ̃̋̂ͭͬ̂e̝̦̮͖̼̽ͭ͛̍̈́ͫͫ.̻͇̹͎̓ͨ̂̋̆̽̃

...You want to run that by me again? [With that, the figure vanishes and the video cuts out.]

[...And turns on just after the Dark Hour ends, voluntarily this time. Rider seems to have taken over a couch in a house someone will find familiar (hi Waver~). She's got a cigar in her mouth and is smoking like a goddamn chimney.]

That was pretty different. Never had an octopus help me in a fight before.

Comments

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Hm, I like mine better.

[estantiga.livejournal.com]

That's cute, you think I give a damn.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

I'm only saying.

[estantiga.livejournal.com]

I've got a giant winged octopus. I think mine's pretty cool.

....So what is it, anyway?

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Did it ever give you a name? Most of them do.

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[princesszero]

[Wow, you can't go around making people lose their sanity like that, it's so rude.]

So you got a cryptic one.

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[estantiga.livejournal.com]

[Please register all complaints with the Great Old One in question. He will then drive you insane and probably eat you, rendering all complaints null and void.]

Looks that way.

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[princesszero]

The communication must be nice.

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[estantiga.livejournal.com]

If you call that garbled fuckup 'communicating' at all. I don't know what it even said.

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[profcharisma.livejournal.com]

[It was one in the morning, why were there voices coming out of his living room?]

[Waver walked out of his bedroom, clad only in boxers, and found his couch occupied by a pirate with two huge tracts of land. And she was smoking his good Cuban cigars.]

Wh--

[His good Cuban cigars, the ones that he'd had in his pocket with him when he came here, and ones that he couldn't get more of because of the United States' stupid embargo on Cuban goods.]

What the hell are you doing here!

[estantiga.livejournal.com]

Needed somewhere to get away from those Shadows, figured this was as good a place as any.

[Translation: 'I've been staking out this house for days.']

As for what I'm doing right now, sure looks like I'm smoking.

[profcharisma.livejournal.com]

So you decided to break into my house?! How did you even find out where I live?!

[GDIT WOMAN]

You are smoking my good Cuban cigars! And, even worse, you aren't doing it properly! Haven't you ever smoked a cigar before, or do you prefer to ruin it?

[He's going to take that cigar from you because goddammit if you're going to smoke his cigars, at least have the decency to smoke it properly.]

[estantiga.livejournal.com]

I circumnavigated the world, one city isn't any trouble. You were easy to find.

[don't you mean GDIT RIDER]

Hey--! The hell, I figured it out well enough!

[theheirofbreath.livejournal.com]

That was awesome, Rider! Was that your persona?

[estantiga.livejournal.com]

My 'persona'?

[theheirofbreath.livejournal.com]

Yeah! They're these mythological creatures that live inside your head and come out to help you fight shadows and stuff.

Or..... something like that. I think everyone here has them.

[estantiga.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, think I heard something about that.

Is it normal to not know what they're sayin'?

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[stagecontroller.livejournal.com]

[ He's interested, really. ]

What in the world could that be?

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[estantiga.livejournal.com]

Looks like a giant green winged octopus.

[Obviously, Billy ol' pal.]

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[stagecontroller.livejournal.com]

I could see that much, but I find my curiosity picked about its mere existence. [ Noting this kind of thing for future reference. ]

Judging by the expression of your face, you are not aware of what or how to call it again, am I correct?

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[estantiga.livejournal.com]

Something or other about a Persona. Though hell if I know what that mess of noise it made actually meant.

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[needsteaplz.livejournal.com]

[Have a stunned looking Saori because her poor mythology/folklore geek side just exploded from the awesomeness that is Persona!Cthulhu.]

I know Persona are based on mythology and folklore...but I had no idea it could apply to...I just honestly can't believe I saw that as a Persona.

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[estantiga.livejournal.com]

Hm? Do you know what it is?

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[needsteaplz.livejournal.com]

Well, Persona tend to manifest into creatures or figures of mythology and folklore. Your Persona took the form of Cthuhlu. It's a malevolent entity that was kept trapped in a sunken city. Some say he's the basic humanity's nightmares and is source of constant anxiety for mankind at a subconscious level.

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[estantiga.livejournal.com]

'Cthulhu'?

Is that a name or did you just sneeze?