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[techno-logical.livejournal.com]

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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[techno-logical.livejournal.com]

"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.

[witchless.livejournal.com]

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.

[techno-logical.livejournal.com]

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.

[witchless.livejournal.com]

Homura pulls out another of her bombs.

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

[techno-logical.livejournal.com]

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.

[witchless.livejournal.com]

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.

[techno-logical.livejournal.com]

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?"

[witchless.livejournal.com]

She has to wonder where that question came from.

"I do."

[techno-logical.livejournal.com]

"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!"

[witchless.livejournal.com]

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."