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WHO: Ryuunosuke Uryuu and anybody else~
WHEN: Dark Hour, Aug. 14.
WHERE: the city streets
SUMMARY: After a month in Prospero, Ryuunosuke gets his Persona at last.
RATING: PG-13-R for language, violence that ends in death, and thinking about murder, possibly higher if Ryuunosuke decides to be even more of a creep.
WARNINGS: Ryuunosuke is a serial killer and will be thinking about this, possibly at length. There is a battle between player characters.

He was careless because he was frustrated.

Sure, he'd met a few cool people lately, and that had been fun! He wasn't even the only person killing now, and it was great to watch people die without having to do any of the work himself, but...

He liked being the best - well, no, that wasn't it. He liked being creative. He put effort into killing people. He wasn't just a thug, he did things with artistry. Especially lately, after he summoned Caster, but even before that, he prepared for everyone he killed and suited it to what he knew of them.

And now - what had he done? Killed two people in the same way, simple stab wounds. Anyone could do that, the Joker had done that within twenty-four hours of showing up when it had taken Ryuunosuke a whole month to get this far. Was that all he was good for now? He'd gone from turning people into real art down to the very basics of just making them stop moving? That was all? If he had one of those Personas, he could try killing in ways he never could before, but he didn't have one of those either.

Since he was thinking about this as he killed Shadows (disappointing, they could barely be said to die at all they were so boring), it wasn't too much of a surprise that he got into a bad place. One of the creatures leaped at him, and instead of skewering itself on Ryuunosuke's knife it knocked it out of his hands out of reach.

Why had he ended up with his back against the wall? Stupid. He scrambled madly for anything in reach to defend himself with. He didn't fear death and knew perfectly well that his own blood had a beautiful crimson color, but he was still looking for something even more enrapturing. He wouldn't find it if he died again, and he needed to be armed if he wanted to live.

Shit. Nothing. He was going to have to do this bare-handed until he could get at his knife again. Geeze, this was annoying. He'd have been a disappointment to that guy if he saw him like this, reduced to killing in only the most basic of ways, worried about just making it through the next few minutes-

Something unbelievably cool happened.

The Shadow that had been about to pounce upon him was suddenly lifted. It struggled in vain as something like an elephant, but armored and on two legs, held it by the throat. It had only a moment to struggle before the creature snapped its neck.

"Thou art I, and I am thou. I am Vetala, and your desires shall be my desires." His Persona's imposing features disappeared.

"That..." Ryuunosuke took a steadying breath. The other Shadows in the area had fled at Vetala's appearance. "That's seriously a demon I called... This is so awesome!"

Grinning like a kid in a candy store, Ryuunosuke felt around for his knife, then started to search the city for every last Shadow he could test out his new power on. Persona, demon, who cared what he called it? It was his, and he wouldn't have to be bored again for a long time.

[Ryuunosuke will be running around the whole city testing out Vetala, so feel free to encounter him anywhere, or to witness this event!]

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Damn. Lancer had hoped he of all people wouldn't have gotten a Persona--this was troublesome. Very much so.

He'd hoped Ryuunosuke would be less of a threat here than he was in Fuyuki, but with a Persona instead of Caster...no, that would surely not be the case. He was a threat now, rather than a potential ally with the ability to fight Shadows.

"Uryuu Ryuunosuke."

He had to be stopped. For the first time, he faced the former Master in full armor and with twin metal pipes as makeshift weapons.

"Master of the Caster-class Servant in the Fourth Holy Grail War."

A Knight of Fianna would not allow someone like that to do as they pleased. Someone had to get control over the madness that worked its way into the city.

"I as the Servant Lancer challenge you here."

"Huh, that's pretty formal."

As a contrast to Lancer's serious tone, Ryuunosuke seemed lighthearted as ever, shifting his weight on his feet with his knife at his side. He'd gotten a demon to summon. That definitely made his week at least. "Is there something I'm supposed to do? Is there a script they give you in Master school with the exact words you use to accept a challenge, and if you don't do it right you bring shame on your family's name for generations to come? 'Cause you know, I don't think my family likes me much anyway since I can't get a steady job, so that part's moot."

"Truthfully, a fight between a Master and Servant isn't something that's usually done."

Lancer shifted into a fighting stance, smirking.

"But I can no longer ignore the threat you present to this city and those in it."

"Threat, me? Well, I guess I've killed two people here, so you've got a point."

Grinning madly, Ryuunosuke raised his knife to defend himself. "Buuut if I can't kill humans at midnight and I can't summon this during the day, thanks for letting me do something really fun! Don't take it personally. I actually like you."

Man, Arthur or whatever her name was was going to take it kind of badly if Lancer died.

"Fortunately for me, the feeling isn't mutual. I have no problem cutting down a dishonorable person that murders innocents."

Without another word Lancer threw himself forward, swinging one of the two pipes he held at Ryuunosuke's head while defending with the other.

It was really hard to block a pipe with just a knife. At least Ryuunosuke avoided a serious head injury right there, but man was he ever pushed back by that. Fair fights were not his style.

Might as well test this out. "Vetala!"

Oh hey, you could summon these things behind the people you were fighting (not like there was any room between them)? That was awesome. Ryuunosuke directed his demon to smash its weapon - he was really going to have to get a better look at it, all he knew at a glance was that it looked heavy - into Lancer while he focused on not getting his face smashed in himself.

Oh shitshitshitshi--

It was only through the grace of Lancer's carefully trained instincts that he managed to jump out of Vetala's range, putting some distance between himself and the Master-turned-Persona-user.

If that was how Ryuunosuke intended this to go...well, Lancer would really have no choice. He'd avoided trying to call his Persona since that first night mainly because the assistance of that knight was not something Diarmuid would have requested lightly. That, and until recently he hadn't been certain it wasn't all a hallucination--now that he knew better, Lancer knew what he had to do here.

Please, I ask of you-- His thoughts were focused inwardly, though his eyes were trained on Ryuunosuke for any sign of an attack. --lend me just a little of your strength, Prince of Light. Lancer still didn't understand what magecraft could cause this. And he didn't care; fighting alongside or against Ulster's hound was like living a dream.

"Cú Chulainn--!"

Edited 2011-08-15 01:20 (UTC)

He appeared beside Ryuunosuke in a sudden flash, white armor shining in the twisted moonlight--the lance in the legendary warrior's hand was raised and lashed out in two quick motions.

Lancer would have been amazed if he wasn't in the middle of combat; this was truly a fascinating sight. When his focus was less on survival, the former Servant would most likely take a moment or two to be completely awed by the fact that such an honorable legend was so ready to answer his call.

So Lancer could do that too? That was fun~ Normally Ryuunosuke liked have more chances of survival, but this was weird and against what anybody would believe, and therefore pretty sweet.

It was less sweet to get hit in the arm with a lance. Thankfully it wasn't the arm that held his knife, but still it made him stagger backwards.

Attack the mystical demon-hero-whatever-it-was that showed up out of nowhere with just a knife? ...Nah, he'd just attack Lancer if he could get past his guardian. If Vetala distracted him/it, then - Vetala turned his assault on Cu Chutrain or whoever, and Ryuunosuke hoped it would keep doing that even while he dashed at Lancer.

Enjoy that Double Fangs coming right at you, Vetala.

Ryuunosuke, on the other hand, would be getting another pipe directed at his legs to knock him down.

Ouch. Bash in return - man, what level are these guys anyway? 'Cause Vetala doesn't have much chance as a level 1 against something much higher without some cool advantage Ryuunosuke doesn't know about. He learned that from playing Pokemon.

Ow, pipe to the legs. Ryuunosuke was kind of okay with getting somewhat knocked down for a second if it meant he could still stab-

"Normal people don't wear armor, godammit this is unfair!"

Stiiill getting used to this fighting business. It was safe to say that he wasn't doing as much damage as he wanted to.

The knife cut into his arm--a glancing blow, but one that stung and drew blood regardless.

"I'd say we're as evenly matched as we're going to get-!" Lancer swung again, scowling.

"Oww-" It was really hard to dodge like this, and metal pipes to the shoulder hurt. Right, change of tactics.

If Vetala came over to attack Lancer, that should at least give Ryuunosuke enough time to recover and get into a better position before Cu Chulainn caught up with him. Without even glancing at his Persona (mental connection, that was still cool, he was finding out lots of cool things) Ryuunosuke directed him to do that - maybe he'd catch Lancer by surprise or something.

Surprise a Knight of Fianna? Not likely, Ryuunosuke. It wasn't as if this was his first fight from a less-than-advantageous position, and escaping was something Diarmuid was very good at.

He dodged Vetala's attack a second time, and with little more than a thought Cu Chulainn was on Ryuunosuke in a flash with a counterattack of his own.

The idea of getting back up was really turning out to be unlikely. He'd been hoping that Vetala would occupy him for at least a little while longer, so Ryuunosuke was the one surprised by the attack, and ow ow shit that went way too deep and hurt like - oh, huh.

He hadn't really intended to get distracted, who did? He just was fascinated as usual with the vivid color of his blood, and a glance turned into staring. It hadn't lost any of its beauty from the last time he'd seen it spreading in a growing pool.

Vetala paused and then disappeared entirely, as its master no longer was paying any mind to keeping it around or such minor concerns as someone wanting to kill him.

Lancer paused for a moment--was Ryuunosuke really distracted by a simple injury? What was he thinking, or did he not realize Lancer had every intention of killing him?

He almost wanted to call Ryuunosuke's attention back to the fight so they could finish it fairly, but...in a human body with such slow reflexes, it was too much of a risk. Lancer had to finish this now in order to eliminate the danger he posed to anyone else.

Gold eyes darted to the knight in flawless armor, and without a word the lance flashed at Ryuunosuke twice more.

It would have been impossible not to notice being stabbed again, and someone so familiar with death understood the feeling of weakness that accompanied the realization that he was really going to die here again. It was a shame to lose, but-

"-That was fun. Thanks."

Why would he have anything against his killer? He hadn't going into this. With a bright smile, he let his eyes shut and went still.

While wandering about, Ryuunosuke can probably find a loud redheaded girl working up a sweat fighting a swarm of those glove-like things at a street intersection.

Asuka leaps forward and chops another Shadow down with her axe. Her technique is nothing special, still, but she's getting a good workout.

Oh! Hey, he knows that person!

"That looks like fun. Hey, can I try one?" Without waiting for an answer, Ryuunosuke grins and summons his Persona again, who smashes the nearest Shadow flat.

He could have done that himself, but he really likes showing off and playing with his new toys.

Asuka looks briefly shocked as her next target suddenly poofs into black mist. Briefly, because she then turns to Ryuunosuke and yells, "I was going to get that one next, jerk!"

She's knocked out of a rant before it really begins by getting smacked with a block of ice from one of the Hands. "Ach, verdammnt!" she yells, turning and obliterating the Shadow with Brynhildr's spear.

Her head back in the game, she still calls over to Ryuunosuke, "ABout time you got one! What the hell is it, anyway?"

"Don't know~ It's called Vetala, I guess I'll look it up later! You should call dibs on the Shadows if you want them."

Casually, Ryuunosuke stabs the nearest Shadow hard, and it disappears as well in a puff of mist. How boring.

It's not from obscure Jewish apocrypha or Germany, so Asuka has no idea on the name. She almost shrugs, before belting the last remaining Shadow across the knuckles with her axe, twice, and stepping back into a relaxed posture, breathing a bit hard.

"Just messing with these scheisskopfs for exercise anyway," she shrugs off the intrusion. "I shouldn't even bother with them anymore, but they're probably useful to a civilian newbie like you."

"Won't be a newbie for long. I'm already getting used to ordering him, it, something, around." Ryuunosuke whistles cheerily.

"Hm. Can it do anything besides smash?" Asuka asks. Yes, Personas are definitely 'its', not people what are you talking about. Just tools. Like Evangelions.

"...Snapped a Shadow's neck when I summoned it."

It's level one, don't expect a lot.

"Well, that's something," Asuka says teasingly. Harshly teasingly, even though all Brynhildr's done yet is stab things.

"Wait, do these things even have necks?" she suddenly wonders.

"I thought it did. Maybe it was a weird one?" Ryuunosuke suggests. ~~In this thread, his mun has totally failed to look up the names of Shadows and picture them.~~

"Well, they're all different shapes..." Asuka says. Man, this is going to bug her all night now.

"So've you got plans for your new superpower?" she asks, looking down all four streets from this intersection. Clear. She'll need to go someplace else to train.

"Yeah~" There's a happy lilt to his voice now. "I'm going to figure out every single part of what it can do, because I've never had anything like it. I'm not gonna waste something cool like this."

He's also going to kill a guy with it if he can.

It'll be fun.

"Glad to see you have a scientific mind, Mr. Uryuu," Asuka says, pleased herself that other people are trying out these fun weapons, and also completely oblivious to the fact that she's talking to a sociopathic murderer.

Ideally, they find out about the sociopathic murderer thing just when it's too late to do anything about it.

"Of course. I don't know if anybody here is going 'ho hum I make stuff with my mind now' but if they did, they'd have to be real idiots."

"In my experience, most people are real idiots," Asuka says with a weight of philosophical certainty. "I bet that Gilgamesh jerk would ignore his just to prove how much of a man he is without it."

Plus, he's from before the age of alchemy, let alone science.

"Yeeep. He's really an ass," Ryuunosuke comments honestly. Not like him, though. He's a nice guy.

"Anyway, if you wanted to team up now, I thought I'd do some more exploring in that weird building," she says. She'd prefer if he had some ability that could get around the defenses of those verdammnt Mayas, but fighting alongside a cute, intelligent male for once wouldn't be bad in itself. And besides, why wouldn't he want to join forces with her?

"Sure! It sounds like fun," he answers with a bright smile. Why not? She can kill things, she gets along with him, it works out.

(He'll split up with her later and then die.]

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Before Lancer's thread if necessary

He's so going to get himself killed there, so before would help!

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