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[spinoff]

Action, open to everyone. Dark Hour.

[ Last thing she knew she was on a train towards her new school. It was pretty late and things had been awfully calm so far. However, the moment the lights flickered wildly and then went completely black, Minako decided things were most definitely not okay. She couldn't hear the train anymore, nor the other few passengers around her, even with her headphones away from her ears.

Suddenly, she was standing in the middle of a town. Wait, when had she walked out? She had her bag on one hand, so at least not everything was lost, but where was she? And who the hell left those coffins around? She couldn't help but think she had probably fell into some bizarre horror movie. ]

No...that's ridiculo-- what was that?

[ And as if fate tried to mock her, the moment Minako uttered those words a group of three black blobs made their way out from an alleyway, greasy and semi liquid arms rising as the group slid its way towards a completely paralyzed out of surprise girl.

Something was most definitely wrong with this place. ]

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[emptysword]

King Uther!

[And then out of a sudden, a sort of giant armored figure leapt into the scene, hitting one of the blobs with a boy following after him.]

Hey! Are you alright?

[action]

[spinoff]

What the-

[ Wow, that was seriously cool. ]

Y-yes, thank you!

[action]

[emptysword]

[And when the fighting's done, the boy is going to return his Persona, which is evident with the armored figure disappearing.]

You should really be careful when wandering around at this hour, miss.

[action]

[spinoff]

And...what hour is this? What were those things?

[action]

[emptysword]

This would be the Dark Hour. Its an hour between 12 AM and 1 AM, and as for those monsters, they're called Shadows.

[Beat.]

You're new here, are you?

[action]

[spinoff]

[ She's just going to nod. How else do answer? ]

[action]

[emptysword]

[He should've known this is the case.]

Well, in that case, welcome to Prospero, er...

[Whoops he forgot to ask her name.]

[doudemoe]

[Lucky for her, some blue-haired douche just happened to be nearby.]

Stay back! Orpheus.

[Immediately, a certain harpist robot appears, setting one of the blobs on fire. Another is taken out by Minato's sword.]

[spinoff]

[ Gotta love the blue haired douches. ]

H-hey, what's going on?

[doudemoe]

[Sorry, talk later. Gotta take care of the last one. Which thankfully goes down with another Agi spell.

Orpheus disappears, having completed his duty. Relieved that nothing went wrong, Minato flicks back the sweat on his brow.]

That was close. Are you hurt?

[spinoff]

[ Well, whoa. ]

Yes, I'm fine. Thank you! How did you do that? You...called a big guy with an harp...Orpheus it was?

[doudemoe]

[Oh, right. She's a new arrival.]

That? It's a long story.

[spinoff]

Well? Start talking. It would be dangerous if I don't know what is going on, right?

[ Silent Protag, meet Chatty Protag. ]

[gaveupfeeling]

[Apparently she was in peril for a third time, or else we just have weird issues with thread order, for after a burst of fire took out some of the Shadows, a winged man approached.]

You shouldn't be out unarmed.

[spinoff]

[ Let's just say she smells good to Shades or something... ]

Wow! Are those really wings?!

[ Details, details. ]

[gaveupfeeling]

Yes. I'm an angel.

[Matter of factly.]

[spinoff]

...Alright.

[ Who is she to judge? ]

Are there...more angels around?

[gaveupfeeling]

One that I know of, though we haven't spoken much.

[spinoff]

That's amazing! What are angels doing down here?

And now for something... completely different.

[athngabla]

[Once again a shadow approaches, this time jumping out from around a corner! It's moving extremely fast, more so than you'd think it would be able...!]

...

[The shadow runs past you at full speed, emitting a shrieking sound like scratched vynil. On a second glance, it appears to be sweating profusely.]

...

Lousy little... coulda sworn it went this way.

[A man with blue hair rounds the corner, disgruntled expression on his face. He mutters to himself up until he notices you, and his expression shifts into a lazy smile, his posture becoming far more lax.]

Yo. New in town?

[spinoff]

[ What the fuck did she just see? ]

Y-yeah...you could say that...

[athngabla]

[Over-leveling, that's what.]

You seem to be keeping your composure better than most newcomers do: good for you, missy!

[spinoff]

[ She kinda feels bad for the Shadow now... ]

Well, I'm pretty surprised but I can't just freeze right? Whatever is going on though, I don't really know how to react.

[athngabla]

[That Shadow would totally dissipate if she tried whacking at it. Visceral Maya. Assholes.]

Not freezing up is a good first. Finding somewhere safe and getting information would probably be the best follow-up.

[spinoff]

[ Poor little cute small fry. ]

Okay, so onto it. What is going on?