Nothing like a dungeon run during Halloween week

[needsteaplz]

WHO: Saori and anyone who wants to join.
WHAT: Caliban crawl 
WHERE: ....Caliban
WHEN:  Oct 29-Nov 2 
WHY: Because some people want to relieve their stress and boredom by killing shadows. Oh and reaching out for the truth or something like that.
Rating: PG-13 for violence against Shadows and other things?

On the 29th, everyone on the network received a brief text from Saori:

"If anyone is interested in doing a dungeon run, I'll sticking around the entrance of Caliban for the next few days."

While she wasn't being affected by whatever was going on and the loss of a co-worker, Saori decided she was slacking the progress in exploring Caliban's depths. Regardless, she decided to camp out in front of Caliban's entrance, fighting the shadows that hung around there as she waited. And yes, her hair color is actually a dusty rose pink because of her costume for Halloween. Plus it would be fun to mix it up.

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October 29th

[needsteaplz]

[Boss fight time! This is outside of Caliban but it's a swarm of shadows instead of a colossal one.]

[misplacedxsheath]

*Big surprise, Margulis is showing up on the first day. He's only got one sword with him this time, but there's a cross dangling from his left wrist that isn't usually there.*

So, this is the turnout for the full moon. I'm beginning to wonder if the information I received about powerful Shadows on that night was pure falsehood.

[needsteaplz]

[Saori turns around when she hears Margulis. That's odd. She didn't remember him ever wearing that cross before. Never mind that though, there's some shadows to take care of.]

Trust me, there have been huge shadows before. Oh and there was that zombie invasion last year.

[Of course she would remember since she did die in it. Again.]

[misplacedxsheath]

*He quickly draws his saber and slices through the closest Shadow.*

This place even produces the undead? That's unusual...unless the animated corpses were those of people familiar to us Persona users, it seems like a strangely impersonal full moon effect for this place.

[needsteaplz]

[Saori starts off with a Maha Agi followed by several well placed punches. Burn all shadows!]

It was only that one time though. They were mostly the locals, the ones who disappeared earlier. Since then it's mostly been shadows of various forms with every full moon.I have to be honest, it has been a while since we dealt with a large shadow.

[misplacedxsheath]

Considering I've been present for several months by this point and have yet to see one, that statement should go without saying.

*He summons Paschar and follows her fire attack with a Maha Zio, simultaneously swinging around to bisect a shadow behind him.*

But I suppose we should count our blessings. As disappointing as a mere increase in the number of shadows is, it's at least more than likely more straightforward than dealing with a unique and unfamiliar larger one.

[needsteaplz]

I suppose. ...Though I never thought of you as someone who would count their blessings.

[Strange, he was actually acting different from last time. Then again so we a lot of people. At the same time, why was it only effecting only a few people and not everyone?

Never mind about that though. Time to lay the smack down on more shadows.]

[misplacedxsheath]

And why not? Even in a world such as this, there's still the possibility of God's graces reaching us.

*He's going to be so determined this never happened after the event. But for now, more shadows are getting electrocuted.*

[needsteaplz]

Um....okay? That's funny because you had this hate against anyone who called themselves a god when we went against that shadow copy of my husband.

[She doesn't even focus on the Shadows now, letting Brigid burn them all.]

[misplacedxsheath]

*Blink. That's right, he did have issues with deities before. But his mind quickly supplies an explanation that doesn't conflict with the rumor.*

That situation was different. I've had prior experience with someone claiming to act on God's behalf and in the end, he revealed that he had been manipulating me and my people the entire time.

*He's still slicing through Shadows, himself.*

[needsteaplz]

That's not exactly how I remembered it but if you say so. I just don't remember you wearing that cross ever.

[She galactic punts one out of here.]

[misplacedxsheath]

This?

*He pauses in his destruction of shadows to raise the pendant, making it difficult to miss the fact that the cross is upside down. Paschar takes up the slack, though, cutting through another shadow with a Zan-ei.*

It's not something I display constantly, but it's a symbol of my faith against unholy menaces.

[needsteaplz]

Unholy menaces? Do I even want to know qualifies as one?

[Brigid heals Saori before going back to agi spells and Saori backs her with a flurry of physical attacks.]

[misplacedxsheath]

I suppose these vermin we're disposing of right now qualify, but I would ordinarily be raising my blade against twisted mockeries of former humans that exist solely to sow destruction and spread their curse to other sentient beings.

*He pulls out another Maha Zio, kicking an outlier into range of the attack.*

[needsteaplz]

Such beings exist in your world? These Shadows aren't exactly the Mononoke back home. They're beings driven by their desire for power and consume souls for it. The more a soul goes through in its life time, the more potent it becomes for a Mononoke.

[Another Maha Agi takes care of a wave of shadows.]

October 30

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October 31 Halloween

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[ex_cashcow493]

[ It was refreshing to be out on the eve of Samhain, at least then she doesn't have to worry about no one celebrating it in the same way she did. Having remembered Saori's offer, she thought she might linger around the entrance herself to see how many showed up. After all, she is curious as to who still fights in this place and it seemed as good of a way as any to determine that. ]

[needsteaplz]

[Saori is standing around entrance to Caliban waiting if anyone wanted to take her up on her offer. Once she see Arturia, she waves to her.]

For a moment, I didn't think anyone would be coming. I haven't seen you in a while. How have you been?

[ex_cashcow493]

You offered, did you not? It would have been rude to leave you waiting here on your own.

[ That is the very reason she came. She was under the impression no one else might show up. ]

[needsteaplz]

In that case, thank you for coming. We haven't made much progress in exploring Caliban lately. I figured many of us are busy with Halloween plans and things too.

[ex_cashcow493]

Well, now I have a much needed purpose in arriving here as I did. Have none of the others arrived though? We would need a full group in order to explore as deep as I would like to.

[needsteaplz]

No one so far else, I'm afraid. As powerful our Personae are, they are susceptible to elemental weaknesses so a bigger party would be beneficial.

Strange, I would've thought Diarmuid would come along with you. Then again, it is Halloween so I can't blame him. There's also the fact I did tell him an old story that, well, I don't think sat too well with him.

[She did say she was sorry though.]

November 1

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[ecthelion]

[It was actually something of a coincidence that Ein was here tonight. He hadn't been paying much attention to the network the past few days, and today he just happened to be passing by...]

Oh, hey there! I don't usually see anyone else out this late.

[needsteaplz]

[Saori lifts her head when she hears someone and smiles]

Oh, good evening! You mean during the Dark Hour? Well lately it everyone has been busy doing their own thing lately.

[ecthelion]

Well, that's been true. I've kind of been trying out a few things... Not all of them really worked all that well.

November 2

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