2nd Cheer [Video]

[go-go-lets-go.livejournal.com]

[Well, it looks like a certain plucky cheerleader managed to find herself a room in one of the local dormitories. The feed clicks on at the beginning of the Dark Hour. Sakurako's face is lit by the eerie green light that pervades the town during this time of night, and for once she looks vaguely frustrated rather than mindlessly cheerful, her cheeks puffed out in annoyance.]

Did anyone else's power go out just now? I was trying to watch the late-night movie, and the TV stopped halfway through! This is like the third night in a row! The power company won't pick up the phone either, and they're supposed to have a 24 hour help line!

[Yeah, someone has never been outside during the Dark Hour. Also, despite the fact that she's been here for a week, no one has ever said word one to Sakurako about Shadows or Persona. A little slow on the uptake, this one.]

Oh well... maybe I'll just go to sleep.  But still, you'd think they'd do something about this.  It happens at the same time every night!

Comments

[go-go-lets-go.livejournal.com]

Wow, the electric company is really slacking off.

[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

It's less that, more... heck, I dunno what it is exactly. Have you looked outside at all?

[go-go-lets-go.livejournal.com]

Huh? Outside?

[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Go peek out a window, things are a bit weird out there right now. Dangerous, too.

1/2

[go-go-lets-go.livejournal.com]

Okay, hang on...

[The video points at the ceiling of Sakurako's dorm room for a few moments.]

2/2

[go-go-lets-go.livejournal.com]

[...And we're back!]

What the heck are those black blobby things?

[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

Uhm, I think the name everyone's been using for them is "shadows." We dunno what exactly they are. Either way, they're pretty mean, rude, and just generally nasty. On the plus side, they aren't usually indoors, so you should be safe where you are.

[go-go-lets-go.livejournal.com]

Oh! Well, then, I don't have to worry!

[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

Well, I wouldn't be too-- actually, you said you've usually got pretty good luck, right? Feel free to relax as you see fit, then!

I could bore you with details about what exactly is going on right now. Boring is boring, though; the short version is "Weird junk happens for an hour. Most people either dodge the blobby things for the duration, or fight them."

[go-go-lets-go.livejournal.com]

Yeah! I'm pretty confident in my luck. My classmates even call me Mahora's Daimyoujin.

Why do people go out and fight them if they don't come inside, though?

[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

Dime-you-jean? What's that?

To answer your question... well, I dunno. I guess the consensus is that they're the one thing us kidnapped people have in common, so they might have some kinda clue hidden away as to how to get home.

[go-go-lets-go.livejournal.com]

It's like a god of luck.

So if we fight enough of those things, we can leave?

[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

Oh! Right, I gotcha.

That seems to be the prevailing attitude, at least. Me? I'm a bit skeptical, but I don't have any better ideas.

[go-go-lets-go.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'll try it sometime too, then.

[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

Well, be careful if you do, alright? Luck is good and all, but those things are pretty nasty. Then again, if you have one of those Personae you should be alright.

[go-go-lets-go.livejournal.com]

Have a what?

[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

Persona. It's like... if one of those blobby-things wasn't a blob and was on your side, and you could summon it at a whim. A lotta the people on this line have one.

[go-go-lets-go.livejournal.com]

So they're like pocket monsters, then?

[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

Are pocket monsters friendly things that help people out?

[go-go-lets-go.livejournal.com]

Yup! You go on an adventure together and learn all about friendship by fighting other ones!

[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

Hmm... If it's "fighting with other ones" that sounds about right. Though I dunno if people with personae can even fight each other at all anyway.

Err, but yeah. That actually sounds about right. Just being here is an adventure, I'd say.

[go-go-lets-go.livejournal.com]

Well, it's more exciting than just sitting around the dorms all night.

[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

[Flatly] There is no way, shape, or form I can argue against that.

[go-go-lets-go.livejournal.com]

I can't believe I still have to go to school here. I mean, what's the point of that? I bet none of the credits will even transfer!

[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... Maybe it's to help you from falling behind when you get back home? Who knows how time works here compared to there.