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WHO: April and you!
WHEN: August 9th, Dark Hour
WHERE: Streets of Prospero.
SUMMARY: In which April awakens her Persona.
RATING: PG/PG-13?
WARNINGS: Possible derpness/ squee-ing over Personas.

The Shadows freaked April out, there was no question about it, but her curiosity over them, the changing building and this thing called a 'Persona' once again led her to go out during the Dark Hour. But despite all her years of fighting, despite all the enemies she had faced and defeated over the years, she couldn't stand up to the Shadows, not on her own.

It was easy enough at first, to use her handgun to take them down, but soon their numbers started to grow to the point that it started to overwhelm the redhead. And April has never been suited for close-combat, a result of being born with a weak leg which required her to wear a leg brace constantly; and any sort of attack to it could easily knock her down. So now she had collapsed to one knee with a group of the creatures surrounding her, handgun gripped tightly in her hand as she aimed at them. She should've planned this out better, she shouldn't have rushed in like this.

But April couldn't give up now, she could never give up and this time wouldn't be different; she needed to get home, she had people waiting for her and a goal to accomplish, and she refused to let these creatures get the better of her. Even with the cuts and bruises and bleeding, April just gritted her teeth and narrowed her eyes at them while keeping her gun aimed at them. The now steadily increasing pounding ache in her head wasn't helping now, but she couldn't give up, she can never give up, she had to fight back-

And at that moment, a flash of light completely covers her vision as the voice of a woman spoke in her head, while the sound of electricity crackling fills her ears;

"Thou art I and I am thou...
I am Iris...
The messenger of the gods and goddess of the colors of the sky"

When April's vision clears, the creatures are gone and instead a woman dressed in the colors of the rainbow floats in front of her and April can only stare in shock and amazement at her. This is probably the most amazing thing she had ever seen.

And then she was gone, leaving April sitting on the ground as she just blinks in shock, before a smile appears on her face. So... that was a Persona... and her Persona is basically a rainbow...

Awesome!

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Lancer knew what trouble sounded like when he heard it, and even with nothing more than a pair of metal pipes for weapons he intended to do something about it. In green and black armor as he so often was at night, the former Servant ran to where he thought he'd heard fighting going on...but nope, just a scratched-up redhead.

"Are you alright?" This wasn't the first time he'd run into someone that had just gotten themselves out of trouble, and it surely wouldn't be the last.

April blinks at him, and there's a moment where she gives him an almost wary look before realizing that she's seen him before and relaxes. So she shakily pushes herself to her feet and gives him a nod and a small grin.

"Ah, yep, I'm fine. Just a few scratches." She quickly takes a look at her injuries, though they're nothing serious. And she seems energetic at least, since she's still mentally fangirling over her persona.

"...You seem rather excited." Lancer remarked with some interest. That didn't seem like the normal reaction to the Dark Hour, at any rate.

April grins and laughs sheepishly. "Hehe, I guess I am. It's just... I've managed to summon my Persona and she is so amazing! She's like a rainbow!"

She miiiight be like this for a while. It may seem like a strange thing to be excited over, but April can't help but be excited about it.

"You have one as well?" he glanced around to be sure there weren't any Shadows trying to sneak up on them while they were distracted.

"I haven't yet been able to figure out how many of us have something similar--I'd ask on the network if 'has anyone hallucinated people fighting for them' didn't sound strange."

"Yep, her name is Iris." She continues to smile happily, though what he says next makes her snicker for a moment, before her expression turns thoughtful.

"Yeah, that would sound strange. Though it may be possible that all of use who've been brought here have one, since it seems like we're the only ones who can see the shadows and such. But then it could be that not everyone actually knows about them yet, since I only found out about Persona's because someone mentioned it..."

The sound of something moving nearby stops April from saying anything else, since she immediately shuts up and goes to reload her gun. While she may not have been on guard before, she certainly is now.

Lancer turned at the sound as well, twirling both metal pipes in his hands like they were the weapons he was so used to.

"Looks like we're not alone. Not that I'm surprised."

"Yeah. Seems like for every one of these things you kill, another one just appears in it's place."

A group of around 7 shadows begin to appear from the darkness and make their way towards the pair, though April is quick to take aim and fire at them, managing to take down at least one of them and drive back another.

"There really does seem to be no end to them."

Not that Lancer seemed to mind, immediately on the offensive. His attacks were careful and precise, not a single movement wasted as he took down two Shadows while staying out of April's line of fire.

April keeps firing at the Shadows, making sure to avoid hitting Lancer, and takes down another two Shadows. There's a moment where April mentally gives a whoop in victory since the Shadows numbers are quickly falling... until she again hears the sound of something moving, this time behind her.

"I think I can hear more of them!" Just gonna keep looking around to see if she can actually spot them.

"I heard them as well. Don't worry, I'm sure it's nothing we can't handle." Lancer was on his guard, ready to strike at the smallest trace of movement. He wouldn't try to summon his own persona, at least not until the situation got incredibly dire. That wasn't someone he intended to ask for help with any small matter.

April nods and grins as she readies her gun. "Right!" When the group of Shadows begin to appear, this time a bit larger than the previous group, April manages to take down two of them when she fires. While she seems to be doing well so far, April can't help but feel on-edge since she was not used to fighting like this, having relied on her powers so much before.

Lancer, on the other hand, seemed perfectly natural. His movements were calculated and yet still seemed almost natural--he fought like he'd done so his entire life, and took down two more in the process.

April was a bit envious at how he fought so naturally, but she was more glad than anything that he was helping her. April manages to take down another one, before her gun requires re-loading, something that makes her huff slightly as she quickly does so.

And it's at this moment that she summons Iris again and the rainbow Persona takes down another Shadow with Zio, which makes April smile and mentally fangirl again, before she returns her attention to the Shadows, though luckily it seems that most of them had been disposed.

"You aren't half bad at this." Lancer remarked with a smirk. "And you seeme to be used to your Persona already, I'm surprised."

April blinks, before grinning proudly. "Ehe, thanks!" And then April blinks, checking their surrondings again before speaking.

"To be honest, I'm still not completely used to it. But in a way, it kinda reminds me of the powers I had before, so my Persona feels... easy to use, I guess." Plus, it's a rainbow, and rainbows are awesome.

Homura was surveying the area. When the woman got jumped, the ex-magical girl began to step in, but then she saw the woman's Persona appear.

The Persona would protect the lady of course, but the shadows were still there, and the lady wasn't doing anything to fight them.

After her momentary surprise, Homura makes herself known with an Agi to the closest shadow.

She turns to April after disposing of it, "Don't let your guard down."

There's a moment where April just stares, since she's still trying to process all this, before she gives the girl a nod.

"Ah, right!" She's kinda annoyed at herself for dropping her guard so easily, but she manages to focus again and pushes herself onto her feet, summoning Iris again to use Zio on another nearby shadow.

Good, the woman was paying attention to the fight.

"Stand back," since she gave up her bow to Madoka she's relying on her own homemade weaponry.

Homura will pull out a bomb from a pocket, and look over at April, waiting for her to move away.

April quickly does as she says when she spots her pulling out a bomb, taking a good few steps back away from Homura while keeping watch behind them so that they don't get attacked from behind.

Homura throws the pipe bomb into the middle of the fray and runs back to avoid getting caught in the explosion.

The resulting blast manages to take out a good number of the shadows. The one closest to her gets another Agi aimed at it.

April has to restrain herself from yelling out in glee about how amazing that was, though she does look amazed for a moment, and instead focuses taking out the remaining Shadows, sending Zio at one while aiming her gun and firing at a few more of the creatures.

She'll look over at April. The woman looked alright after the blast.

With that assurance she'll aim another Agi at the closest shadow.

"Why are you out here?" Didn't this woman just arrive? It's dangerous during the Dark Hour. And it she just awoke her Persona.

April takes aim and fires at another Shadow, before she turns her attention to Homura.

"... To be honest, I was curious and I wanted to summon my Persona... Plus, I wanted to help with fighting the Shadows, but, uh, I didn't expect to get jumped so easily. So thank you, for helping me out."

She turns her gaze to April. Those were... decent reasons but she should have been more cautious.

"Don't be reckless next time."

April grins sheepishly, but she gives a nod. "Aha, I won't, I'll be more careful. But thanks for helping me, um... what's your name?" Since she hadn't actually seen or spoke to Homura the last time.

"Homura Akemi." That's right, Homura kept her identity rather secret when it came to the network.

There weren't that many people who would take a fourteen year old seriously, after all.

"Oh, so you're Homura! It's nice to meet you in person." April smiles happily and nods, though the sound of something moving nearby puts her on guard again and she readies her gun once more as she watches for the slightest hint of movement.

She nods as she watches their surroundings, "Likewise."

The sight of April's gun makes her wish she had one of her own. It's been a long time since she used that kind of weaponry.

Another group of Shadows begin to make their way to the pair, though it's smaller than the last group. But April is quick to fire and take down two of them, before unleashing Zio on another.

Homura pulls out another of her bombs.

"Stand back." She doesn't want to risk either of them getting caught in the blast.

April quickly back away, though she takes notice of how Homura has only been using bombs and the fire attack so far... April makes a mental note to ask if she can use a gun, though she will do so once the Shadows are destroyed.

She'll throw it into the middle of the crowd of shadows. Before backing away herself.

The resulting blast manages to take out a good portion of the shadows.

And April is quick to pick off any remaining Shadows around them, switching to using Zio when her gun runs out of bullets.

Once things have calmed down, she turns her attention to Homura. "... Hey, I'm just wondering, but do you know how to use a gun?"

She has to wonder where that question came from.

"I do."

"Oh, that's good! It's just I've noticed how you use bombs or your Persona, but you don't really have a weapon that's... precise, so it might be troublesome to fight in places with less space... But since you don't seem to have a gun..." April thinks for a moment, before smiling.

"Hey, if you want, I can get one for you!"

She used to have a bow, but she gave it back to Madoka. Homura might try her best to be there to protect her, but that doesn't mean she would always be able to. It was far safer for her friend to have some kind of weaponry of her own.

Homura's a little surprised at the offer. It wasn't often people offered to help her out like that. "... Thank you. I'd appreciate it."

Well hadn't Saber found someone else on the best moment ever?

Gladius swung over a shoulder, the former Servant closed the distance between her and the girl, apparently ignoring for the time being that she should keep her guard up at every moment. Saber saw no need of doing this, of course, as she was awesome, not to mention she was actually paying attention to her surroundings.

"You", called as she looked down on her, mostly because April was still on the floor. "How do I get one of those?"

April blinks up at Saber, before thinking to herself for a moment. "You just have to focus really hard on killing the Shadows, that's what I did. Then your Persona should appear to help you fight them."

After saying this she hops onto her feet and brushes herself off, since her injuries weren't that bad.

"Focus really..."

Well, she hasn't been taking it seriously, so maybe that's the explanation.

"Mind if I tag along for I while? I would like to know what comes out of this little experiment."

"I don't mind at all!" April smiles happily, and she reloads her gun before taking a look at their surroundings and decides to keep exploring.

Though it isn't long before another group of Shadows begins to approach the pair.

"Okay then, you keep an eye to the ones at the distance, I'll deal with the ones closest to us. And let's see if I can bring a Persona out."

Assuming she has one. Still, the moment a Shadow gets close enough, Saber cuts it with a swift movement, and from then on she's moving around, cutting whatever April doesn't shoot at.

"Right!" And April aims and begins to fire at the Shadows furthest from them and making sure to keep Saber out of her line of fire. She manages to succeed in killing off a few of the Shadows, before she needs to reload her gun.

Slash slash slash and oh man, looks like they are getting mobbed.

"Stupid little critters...were I an Heroic Spirit you would be begging for mercy."

Saber focus on her Persona, whatever it might be, but nothing happens. At least not immediately. She forces herself to stop for a moment, close her eyes, and actually try to reach for more power. To actually ask for help. And then she feels it, the surge of power coming from within her.

There is sudden flash around Saber, and then what can only be described as an angel (http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080715114527/megamitensei/images/thumb/b/b0/P3-Lucifer.png/395px-P3-Lucifer.png) appears in front of Saber, eliminating most of the Shadows in two clean sweeps before vanishing. Saber is speechless for a moment before she nods.

"Yes, this will most definitely do."

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