THERE IS STILL A FEW HOURS LEFT FOR A SHADOW MIKI FIGHT IM NOT LATE AT ALL

[nomammano.livejournal.com]

Who: Miki and Her Shadow, after the fight, whomever wants to speak to either of them!
What: Acting like adults
When: Dark Hour
Where: The Streets of Prospero



[The final night in november and Miki is out prowling for shadows. After a few weeks of not having her own alien body snatching double, and also getting beat up by Kaiji's shadow a few days ago, Miki and Ares have been somewhat less gentle when taking out shadows over the past few nights.

It is not long after, though, that she is approached by a shadow that does look oddly familiar, though she is dressed a bit more maturely and her hair is cut shorter and is not tied back. Shadow Miki's golden eyes scowl at Miki when she finally notices her presence.]

Miki turns to the shadows with a somewhat more excited smile than she really should in this situation,

"So, my evil doppelganger has finally appeared, I've been waiting to meet you."

The shadow gives Miki a somewhat exasperated look and sighs, heavily.

"Will you just stop this? You know exactly what's going on. It's time to stop pretending this is some sort of movie."

Shadow Miki's tone is more polite and calm then Miki normal fast paced chatter.

"Don't try and fool me, evil-"

"OH just STOP it!" the shadow snaps back at Miki, "Maybe instead of pretending this is a movie for once, you can stop and actually try to understand a situation."

"What are you tal-"

"Or maybe you can just try and beat me up, since you never really could solve any problem without your fist anyway. Of course, I'm not a more successful person who you need to try and push around to make up for your own failings in life."

"There's nothing wrong with my life right now! I have plenty of fri-"

"HAH! Friends. They are only around because they are scared you'll beat them up if they do decide to actually tell you that they think that you're an immature waste of a person."

"HEY! That's not tr-"

"Oh, maybe I could hunt down one of the other loser guys here and actually be nice to them. You know, it's pretty pathetic that at 20 you've only been on one date, with that loser of a neighbor. Of course, you'll just attack me for that too, since you can't stand to see people more successful than you be happy."

"What are you-"

"Oh don't act that way with me, girl, you only hate Kaiji so much because he's going to end up happy while you're going to end up alone, just like your mother."


"That's not true at all! He's going to get someone hurt! And don't call me g-"

"Girl? Why not? You act like you're 12 rather than the adult you are. You probably don't even know how to act responsible. Heck, you were the one that abandoned Saori and left her along with Kaiji in order to go off and fulfill your girlish fantasies of being a hero."

At this point, Miki looks rather agitated. Her face is tightened into an angry scowl, her first clenched to the point where she is about to draw blood.

"I SAID STOP CALLING ME A GIRL!"

The Shadow laughs and moves into her own fighting stance. It is a lot more closed and graceful than Miki's regular stance.

"Ahahaha, Oh Miki, I just knew that this would come. Now I'll show you how to fight like a real adult."

Immediatelythe shadow calls forth Ares and the two of them charge Miki. Quickly, Miki call her persona and the two battle for a few minutes, but it soon becomes abundantly clear that the shadow has the upper hand in this fight. While Miki's movement are quick and haphazard, tinged with the rage biuld up from the conversation and days of things not going her way, the Shadow's movements are calm, as her and the persona only strike occasionally, when Miki lets her guard down enough for a brutal strike from her shadowed version. Eventually the Shadow lands a blow that knocks Miki into the air and into a nearby pile of trash. The Shadow spits at the now unconscious Miki before she walks off, laughing to herself.

"A fitting place for you to end girl. This is all you'll ever amount to."

[For the rest of the night Miki will be out cold in a pile of trash in an alley, unless you want to come and wake her. If you want to run into Miki's shadow, who is just wandering around for the rest of the Dark Hour, just say so and I'll have corruptedramen show up for a little chat.]

Comments

[nomammano.livejournal.com]

[Miki makes a mental note of this before responding enthusiastically.]

"Well yeah, but if you can take the advantage at the beginning of the fight, no one's gonna deny you glory if you still win in the end."

[athngabla.livejournal.com]

He tapped the side of his head with his free hand, still smirking. "I'd know about it. And in this case, that's the only person who matters."

[nomammano.livejournal.com]

[Miki seems please with this response.]

"Well if you feel it's the right thing to do, then that's fine. You gotta be strong to be confident enough to handicap yourself like that."

1/2

[athngabla.livejournal.com]

'Of course I'm strong, I'm Culann's Hound.' was what he'd first thought of saying. Then the realization that it was only a handful of people in this time and place who would even recognize that name kicked in. He could educate people on why he was Kind of a Big Deal some other day. More important matters going on now.

2/2

[athngabla.livejournal.com]

He shrugged and settled for, "Strength and confidence go hand-in hand, up to a point." A chuckle, "You've gotta be strong enough to keep from being overconfident, too."

Re: 2/2

[nomammano.livejournal.com]

Well you don't have to worry about overconfidence if you know you're going to win. Like that one Chinese dude said.

[athngabla.livejournal.com]

"Chinese dude?" replied the blue-feathered parrot. "There are a lot of Chinese people, unless my head's full of garbage and not-truths. Mind narrowing it down a bit?"

[nomammano.livejournal.com]

Err, the one who wrote that book on war.

[Miki seems to strain for a little bit thinking about this.]

Sun Tzu?

[athngabla.livejournal.com]

"Ohh, that guy. Y'know, I know of his work, but I never actually read it. Guess I've found something to do with all my free time."

He chuckled, hefting his lance over a shoulder.

"Anyway. Want someone to watch your back while you go fake-hunting?"

[nomammano.livejournal.com]

Not that I need it, but I guess it would be good to not have to worry about the other shadows when looking for her.

[athngabla.livejournal.com]

"Keeping the regular shadows in check seems to be all I've done the last week or two, so I don't mind. Lead the way, missy."

[corruptedramen.livejournal.com]

[Miki leads the way around some of the more dank alleys of Prospero. While she seems to be acting that she still has her normal level of super confidence, by doing things with dramatic flairs and exaggerated movements, her level of nervousness is betrayed somewhat by her jumping at small noises and (non-monsterous) shadows. She about clears a building when Shadow Miki appears, sitting on top of a dumpster, unnoticed until she spoke.]

"Uhg, you came back? Isn't it midnight? You should be asleep. But I guess for a child like you it's still exciting to stay up this late, huh?"

[nomammano.livejournal.com]

[After scraping herself off a nearby light pole Miki nervously responds to her shadow. She keeps herself in a ready stance, as if expecting the double to attack at any time.]

"I'm not here because it's exciting, I'm here because you need to be stopped!"

[athngabla.livejournal.com]

Lancer just stands there for the most part, though he nods at Miki (real edition) encouragingly. This is her fight, after all, one way or another. Codes of honor and all that, he won't jump in unless she requests assistance.

"All the interesting stuff happens before twelve-oh-one, girl. You know that."

...That doesn't mean he'll refrain from snarking a bit at the Shadow, though.

[corruptedramen.livejournal.com]

[Shadow Miki glances over at Lancer, annoyed.]

I know that. Why are you here anyway? You should know that this girl's a dry well. You'd have a better chance with a nun.

[nomammano.livejournal.com]

OI! You aren't here to mess with him. Talk to me! Or are you afraid that I won't fall for your tricks again?

[athngabla.livejournal.com]

"Don't care. I'm just here to be the vanguard or honor guard, something like that. Keeping the riff-raff out of her and your business."

He made a shooing, dismissive gesture at the Shadow. "Just pretend I'm not even here."

[corruptedramen.livejournal.com]

"Well you're a man so we already are."

Shadow Miki jumps down from her perch and starts walking over towards Miki.

"So are you ready for another beating girly? It's been a while since there has been a real adult around to stop you. It's too bad we only respond to violence."

[nomammano.livejournal.com]

Adult huh? Well then I have an Idea of how to deal with you then.

[With a proud roar, Miki summons her persona. The tall, Greek armored Ares stands there, ready.]

So said I needed to act like an adult, so I think I'll take a few tips from Mom.

[athngabla.livejournal.com]

Ouch, his ego. Only, not quite.

He'll quirk an eyebrow at Ares though, interesting Persona. He never woulda guessed, really.

[corruptedramen.livejournal.com]

[The shadow looks confused at Miki's comment.]

"Act like mom? So you're just going to try and hit me again? You saw how well that went last time. We do never learn do we?"

[nomammano.livejournal.com]

Heh, maybe you don't. But the reason Mom can defeat me is because I'm actually afraid of her! A feeling you're about to learn, doppleganger! ARES!

[Miki points dramatically at her shadow.]

EVIL TOUCH!

[athngabla.livejournal.com]

"Hn. Clever idea." He muttered through a smirk, pausing for a moment to lob a spear through a nearby spectating Shadow, a Primitive Idol, to be exact.

[corruptedramen.livejournal.com]

[Shadow Miki turns white as the energy from the fear attack wears off. She stairs at Miki, her mouth somewhat agape. She looks as if she was just caught in the cookie jar right before dinner.]

N...no...

[nomammano.livejournal.com]

[With a large smile Miki begins to charge in time with Ares, the two arrive at the near paralyzed shadow at nearly the same time.]

ARES! BASH!

[The persona comes down on top of Shadow Miki as miki come in with a kick to its face. As the dust settles, the shadow clone is gone, and Miki is breathing heavily where it formerly stood.]

Heh, heh, good.