ｉｉ． ⚔ ｖｉｄｅｏ；

[chastehuntress.livejournal.com]

[ While 'she' had made a brief appearance on the network before, this time the video shows her entire face and human-like features. Not a trace of ears or a tail in sight which might account for the frown of disappointment she carries on her face. ]

This realm is strange. [ Stating the obvious: check. ] It only allows me to be my true self for a hour and even then, I feel a significant loss of my power then. Has that father of mine thought so ill of me as to place me somewhere to be a mortal? An uncouth figure as always in my life.

It also appears as though I'm not the only Servant within this realm. How interesting would it be if we were all stripped of our Noble Phantasms and left as powerless mortals? Surely then no one would stand the chance to best me. Ah, such a thing was hardly an option available in the first place. Thine name is one of victory and power so it'd do you well to remember it.

You may call me Archer.

[ Oh look, another over-confident, ego-inflated Archer. Bonus: this one has boobs. ]

[007: Video/Action: During the Dark Hour]

[techno-logical.livejournal.com]

[When the video flickers on (looks like it got turned on by accident) it shows the image of April pressed up against a wall... with what seems to be pole skewered through the area beneath her shoulder, which is pinning her there. She looks more annoyed than in pain though as she tries to pull it out, but she's not having much luck. And standing in front of her is her Shadow, with electricity faintly flickering around it and chains laying at it's feet.]

Of course I would have to force to make you listen, we're always far too stubborn to go along with things we don't want to do.

[She doesn't give a reply and just stares coldly at her Shadow as she continues trying to pull the pole out.]

But you know I'm right. How could I be anything else but a monster after what I've done? After all the people I've hurt and killed over the years...

[April visibly winces at that, and there's now a look of guilt and pain on her face. The funny thing is that she knows how to get rid of her double, but she just couldn't accept it, not after keeping this all bottled up for years and years.]

... I-I know that-

And despite feeling guilty, I continue to hurt others. I couldn't be the daughter my parents or Quinton wanted, I can't be the leader my group needs, I can't protect those I promised to look after, I can't be the friend that the people I care about deserve. So I fight and kill, since I can't do anything else right. I want to help others, I want to be accepted and mean something to someone, despite what I am and what I've done, but who would care about someone like me? So I hide everything away; wanting to reach out to others but too scared of being thrown away again. A sad, cowardly, pathetic monster; that's all I am.

S-shut-up! Just stop it! I'm not- [And her sentence gets cut short by the chains that move from her doubles feet to wrap tightly around her neck; despite her attempts trying to pull the chains off, they don't budge and just seem to become tighter instead..]

... If you won't accept me, then I guess it'll be alright to kill you instead.

[In reply there's a few gasping and strangled sounds from April as she struggles to say something.]

What was that-

Ga... G-Garu!

[And with that, her persona appears and a violent wind knocks her Shadow back and the chains drop to the ground, as well as allowing her to finally be able to pull out the pole that was pinning her to the wall. She stumbles forward with a sharp, pained gasp and a few harsh coughs, before finally taking notice of the phone laying on the ground and reaching down to grab it. This is when the feed cuts off.]

(OOC: She'll respond to anyone that calls her back, but she won't be able to talk for long due to being busy with her Shadow.)

5th Pixel [Video]

[voidquesting.livejournal.com]

[The feed clicks on to show Mitsuo and his Shadow facing each other at a slightly askew angle.  Apparently he dropped his phone or something and it started transmitting.  At any rate, the two of them are standing outside the arcade near the school.  The Shadow is just staring impassively while Mitsuo gets more and more worked up.]

What the hell do you want?

[The Shadow merely stands and stares, making loud echoing breathing sounds.]

C'mon, say something already!  What's your problem, anyway?

My problem... is that I am empty.

Empty?  What the hell is that supposed to mean?

Empty... I feel nothing.  I have nothing.  I am nothing.

Uh, yeah.  Great.  Good for you.  But what's any of that got to do with me?

I... am you.  And you... are me.

S-shut up!  That doesn't make any damn sense!

You... are nothing.

Stop saying that!  I'm not nothing!  You're the fake around here!

No... I am the Shadow.  The true self.

Grrrr... I've had just about enough of you!  If you won't shut up and leave on your own, I'll just have to make you!  Persona!

[As Mitsuo's voice rings out through the night air, his Shadow responds in kind.  The two each call out an identical Persona at exactly the same moment - two black knights swathed in darkness and each wielding a bloody sword.  Once again, the two voices call out in unison.]

Mordred!  Agi!

[The two knights move as perfect mirrors of one another, leveling their swords at one another as fire begins to dance down the edges of their blades.  The energy gathers for a brief moment at the tips before shooting out.  The blasts meet in the middle, causing an explosion that blocks out any view of the scene for a few seconds.  Once the smoke has cleared, Mitsuo's Shadow is nowhere to be found, though perceptive ears will pick up a faint laugh echoing through the area.  As for the real Mitsuo, he's fallen to his knees, screaming and clutching at the side of his face as his Persona stands watch over him.

The feed cuts out there.]