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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?

[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.]

[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.

[action]

[spinoff]

What the-

[ Wow, that was seriously cool. ]

Y-yes, thank you!

[spinoff]

[ Gotta love the blue haired douches. ]

H-hey, what's going on?

[spinoff]

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

Wow! Are those really wings?!

[ Details, details. ]

[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. ]

[doudemoe]

[Thus began his dark days in Prospero.]

Well, to start, you were heading somewhere else on the train but ended up here, right?

[spinoff]

[ Don't worry, it gets better. ]

Yes, to Gekkoukan High. Which I assume is not around here, right? This is troublesome...

[doudemoe]

[Gekkoukan? Woah, deja vu time.]

Yeah...it's possible to leave. But, unfortunately things get more complicated. Because it's not just physical relocation that happens. They also draw in people from different points in time. It's March 2012 now.

[spinoff]

What? That can't be! We are on 2009 right? If this is a joke, then it's a very bad one.

[doudemoe]

My jokes aren't bad. [She wasn't actually commenting on your jokes, Minato.]

Anyway, that's not all. Did you notice any coffins on your way over, and how everything looks green?

[spinoff]

I wasn't commenting about your jokes. [ Well duh. ]

Um, yes? Why is it like that anyway?

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[doudemoe]

[Oh, well :|||]

Because of the Dark Hour. Every night at this time, there's an extra 13th hour, where it becomes like this. And those monsters pop out and attack anyone wandering around. We call them Shadows.

[spinoff]

...Seriously?

[ Excuse her if she sounds absolutely confused. But she can't deny what her eyes show her. ]

Every night?

[doudemoe]

Hnn. To fight them, you need a Persona. That's what Orpheus is.

[And he's brought out again, to demonstrate to the young girl.]

[spinoff]

And...where can I get one? Do they cost much?

[ Staring for a while at the dude. ]

[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.

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?

[doudemoe]

[wut]

You already come with it.

[action]

[spinoff]

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

[spinoff]

...I don't get it.

Like, at all.