>>27541488
"Sorry, about that. Is everyone ready to continue?"

Also How much exp did we get?

>>27541558
Hm...

3d100 seems fair.. First is Magic, second is Heavy Blades, and third is general.


I'll take the best of the first three rolls for it.

Rolled 18, 12, 37 = 67

>>27541692
Rolling

Rolled 17, 12, 70 = 99

>>27541488
come on 1

Rolled 42, 95, 81 = 218

>>27541692
Come on papa needs a new pair of shoes!

>>27541756
>Doesn't count, wrong post linked.

Rolled 29, 4, 75 = 108

>>27541692
Rollin

>42 Magic XP, 95 Heavy Blades XP, and 81 General XP.

>Want to spend it?

Rolled 97, 50, 83 = 230

>>27541692
one more shot

Rolled 37, 31, 54 = 122

>>27541984
Pour it into the magic

>Sheet updated for non-General XP

>81 General XP available.

>>27542150
Spend the General XP in Magic. I want to get the buff and debuff spells available as soon as possible. Those are essential to an SMT game. Assuming magic works like in the games, I suppose. It could be that Personas are more like Stands, and have their own specific power sets to unlock instead of learning from the spell list. Like, Yosuke could never get any of Jiraiya's skills from the game and instead unlock abilities along a ninja theme. Or Yukiko getting petal-themed abilities to go with Konohana Sakuya. That sort of thing. Still worth leveling it up though, either way.

>>27542150
Since we can't unlock anything anyway, could we just bank the GenXP for now? If not I agree with throwing it into Magic, but I really don't see a reason to spend it right now.

>>27542548
>You can bank it,yes.

>>27542548
Fine let's bank it until we're close to the next level

>>27542150
dump it all into magic

>Since you're split on it, it's getting Banked.


>"Sorry about that" for the response?

>Head onwards, or back to the door?

>>27543165
"Sorry about that" works for a response. And let's check the door. I want to see what fabulous prizes await behind it.

>>27543165
Check if everyone's okay if so then march forward.

Rolled 2

>Gonna just roll for that, since it's a slow night.

>1 >>27543300

>2 >>27543307


>Writing

>>27543542
Wait what door?

>>27543542
O god wat did I miss?

>>27543556
The one mentioned last thread.


Choice between killing mooks, and heading to the door. The players chose mooks.

>>27543598
Alrighty then, FORWARD!

>Apologize, press on.

"Sorry about that," You say, scratching your neck sheepishly. "Thought it'd be faster than hitting it."

"Ah, ain't a problem." Kanji shrugs, looking at you. "You didn't get me, after all."

Looking at the rest of your group, they seem none the worse for wear, aside from Yosuke seeming a bit tired.

"Alright." You say, pointing your sword down the hall. "We move."


The five of you continue in relative silence again, passing a number of short dead ends before you come to a door at the end of the hall.

Opening it, you see another dojo, like the one you entered at, again devoid of life.

>Enter it
>Go back

>>27543819
Enter the chamber of Shaolin.

>>27543819
>Enter it

"Be ready"

>>27543819
ONWARDS

>"Be ready"

"There's probably something in here waiting to drop down and kill us all," You say quietly, looking into the room. "Be careful."

The others nod, and follow you as you slip into the room.

...


...


Nothing.

There's nothing in here trying to kill you.

The door on the other side looks safe enough to pass too, though you have a gut feeling that there SHOULD be something here.

"...Teddie, do you smell anything other than us in this room?" You ask, turning to face him.

"Nope. This place is empty."

...

>Out the door.
>Let's examine this more closely...

>>27543954
>>Let's examine this more closely...

>>27543954
>Let's examine this more closely...

>>27543954
>Let's examine this more closely...

"Is it wrong that I'm starting to get disappointed there aren't horrible monsters everywhere? I don't want to have to fight them, but at least it would resolve the tension."

>Roll me 1d20 Investigate,then.

Rolled 13

>>27544024

Rolled 13

>>27544024

Rolled 15

>>27544024

>>27544034
>>27544044
2spooky

Rolled 9

>>27544024

Rolled 1

>>27544024
Lemme just roll dis crit right quick...

>>27544161
Okay, how did you do that? I checked, that's not a rigged roll. Are you a witch?

Rolled 5

>>27544024

Crit man crit

Also, get a job, wear weights, do sprints to school, go to a school class, do magic in the woods and shit. Study and shit. This is a persona, grind them skills.

>>27544161
Ahh, the sweet scent of failure!

>>27544161
Anon, I call bullshit, how do you check rolls.

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>>27544161


Welp.


>Writing

Rolled 9

>>27544198
>>27544228
Sorry my dudes, we're just meant to fail I guess.

>>27544244
Hey, as long as you can keep up the catastrophic failure I'm down. It's always fun to watch a train wreak in progress.

>>27544244
Them are quiting words, mate.

>>27544283
I won't quit until we're dead!

>>27544302
Who says we quitting when we dead, mate?

>>27544315
That is a fair point and this statement of mine should be ignored.

>>27544315
...b-but don't people die when they are killed?

>>27544349

Not in SMT, death is just another cycle but so long as you don't got aleph curse and your will is strong enough, death will not stop you, just hinder.

>>27544423
EVEN IN DEATH I STILL SWAG

>>27544423
It's pretty much a prerequisite that every SMT main character die at some point. Just isn't the same without it. My personal favorite is Digital Devil Saga 2, because every party member dies and is resurrected in that. Well, you can argue that Serph and Sera aren't resurrected, but they're there in spirit, at least.

>Investigate

>Natural 1


...Well, there's nothing in here.

"You know, I'm getting kind of sick of there being nothing here." You say, looking under one of the tatami and getting a nod from Kanji. "At least if we fought something, it'd break the tension."


"I know what you mean," Yukiko says, picking up a mat herself. "It's like a horror movie. You keep expecting the monster to strike, but it never does until that last-"

There's a loud creak from near the exit door, and you aren't quite sure who was facing that way with their weapon at the ready first.

....

..Though you're pretty sure it wasn't Teddie, since he's standing there, shocked look on his face at the array of weaponry pointed at him.

"I was just taking a peek!" He says, waving his stubby arms in an attempt to defuse the slight situation.

...

"Dammit, Teddie!" Yosuke yells, throwing the mat he was looking at to the floor. "You just HAD to do that right then!"

>Write in

>>27544669
Screw it, full speed ahead. We can't waste any more time. Let's just try to avoid anything that could be covering a pressure plate and be careful opening doors.

>>27544669
We should really get going, Chie is in danger
Also if we spar against party members here, will it attract the shadow?

>>27544669
Nod convincingly while patting our chest, "Whew!"

Then one last check around the room before moving on.

>Onwards, then?

>>27544736
Yes.

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>Onwards

As you wipe your forehead, the others seem to relax some as well.

"Alright," You say, looking around. "Nothing else to see here. Let's get a move on."

Multiple nods are made, and the five of you make your way out the door.

...Past a few more corners is yet another staircase, going downwards.

What a surprise.

>Write in

>>27544805
We're going in circles

Rolled 13

>>27544805
STOP THE RIDE, I WANNA GET OFF.

Lets do a fucking spirit check or some shit and use this 20 for luck.

>>27544805
>>27544819
Leave Teddie at this point and double time forward to check

>>27544805
Keep going

>Keep going?

>Do you want to ditch the bear?

>Are you sure?

>>27545015
Not ditch, leave as a mark. Or leave a shortsword

>>27545015

Yes, no, and yes respectively.

We could accomplish the same thing with graffiti, and we wouldn't be abandoning Teddie if we're wrong.

>>27545015
Yes to keep going.
No to ditch the bear.

>>27545042
>graffiti
We have no paint cans

>>27545015
Keep going, but instead of leaving Teddie behind we should have Kanji hammer a hole in the floor. Or Teddie claw up the walls, or Yosuke stick a knife in the ground, or something like that.

>>27545100
We have sharp things. We can carve graffiti just as well as paint it.

>>27545121
Is graffiti a proper term for that?

>>27545134

Probably not. Since everybody understands the intent though, the point is kinda moot.

>Keep going.
>Leave a mark

"Hang on a second," You say, summoning that card to hand and shattering it. "Izanagi!"

A blast of lightning later, and there's a hole in the wall, scorch mark surround it.

Seeing the expressions on your companions' faces, you shrug.

"I thought we might be stuck going in circles." You say, waving at the blast mark. "This way, if we ARE, we can tell."

They nod at this, and the five of you continue down to the next floor.

....


And find yourself in another hallway, leading to a T-intersection after a few corners, one path going right and the other straight ahead.

"Damn, I'm getting sick of these hallways." Kanji mutters, shaking his head.


>Write in

>>27545209
Where did we go last time? Go there

>>27545209
just keep going straight

>>27545209
Straight ahead. We follow the left wall, standard maze tactics. Which actually doesn't work if you have multiple floors, so it might be a horrible idea, but screw it, do it anyway.

>>27545209
go right, we went straight last time(i think) so let's try another way

>>27545340
But we're checking for loops!

>Go straight

" Follow my lead." You say, running past the intersection as the rest of the party follows.

Looking to the right, you catch sight of a handful of Shadows milling around...

And they catch sight of your group, too, beginning to move towards you at a decent pace...

>Evade (1d20 Acrobatics)
>Attack

>>27545426
Attack!

>>27545426

>Attack
charge!!!!

Rolled 6

>>27545426

Dodge and counter!

>Give me 1d20 for attack, and say if it's physical or magic.

Rolled 16

>>27545426
Evade. Let's keep moving.

Rolled 13, 11 = 24

>>27545610
zap zap Magic sword
both

>I've got one more update in me before I crash.

>Mind rolling so I can type it up?

Rolled 20

>>27545830
>>27545610
Sure thing. Replying to both posts, just in case.

>>27545842
....Physical or magic?

>>27545854
Physical. Standard attacks quickly decline in usefulness in the game, we should avoid that if possible in here.

Rolled 13

>>27545830
rolling.

Physical attack.

Rolled 20

Um....is OP asleep?

I wanted to like Persona Quest, but the namefags and youtube-tier roleplaying they pull ruined it.

>>27546855

If it makes you feel better, there are two guys apparently writing in depth interconnected quests based on Persona with a lot of original content/characters.

There's a question as to when they'll be ready (I believe it was mentioned they wanted this one to finish or die first so it's a clear field though) but it sounds cool as hell to me.

>>27546855
Wait what? What're you talking about?

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Rolled 18

>>27546920

Two quests, running at the same time, based in the same universe, with the events in one possibly changing the other?

Has a "Co-op Quests" concept like that ever been done before on this board?

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>>27546920

And where is this being discussed, exactly?

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Fucking stars...

They keep stopping being Right.

>Writing

>>27549107

2x20 GoldenOp
Time to break stuff.

>Attack (Physical)

You turn on the spot, giving a gesture to the others to do the same.


Drawing your sword, you charge towards the Shadows, and-

>Nat 20!

Slash through the first two with one swing, rolling past the others and catching them between you and the others.

Looking to them, you see they... Are doing fairly well. Yukiko and Kanji are working together to attack one of the ones you didn't get, taking it down fairly quickly. Teddie is clawing at another, wounding it...


And Yosuke is dashing forwards, knives ready to-

....Trip over a loose tatami mat.

Two of the Shadows remain unassaulted...

>Help Yosuke
>Help Teddie
>Help Yukiko and Kanji

Rolled 15

>>27549507
>>Help Yosuke

"Quit lying down on the job!"

>>27549507
Help Yosuke up, then together we'll hit the two remaining Shadows.

>Give me a d20 roll, please.

>Hang on, I need to run do something real quick. Should be fairly fast, though.

Rolled 5

>>27549881

Rolled 1

>>27549881

>>27549972
well then

there's the second 1 of the session to go with that extra 20

>>27550022
I'm the guy who rolled the 20, too. The dice gods seem to only be giving me extreme values. It's making Yu seem like some sort of savant. Either he's ridiculously competent and slays monsters with a single strike, or he's tripping over his own feet. I kind of like it.

Rolled 19

>>27549972
Theeeere we go...

Rolled 3

>>27550143
Close but no cigar.

>Oh, wow.

>Dodge or Parry? Give me 1d20 eithe way, and specify.

Rolled 4

>>27550365
Parry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5ab8BOu4LE

Rolled 19

>>27550365
Dodge

Rolled 14

>>27550365
How 'boutta dodge?

Rolled 9

>>27550365
Crit plz

Rolled 10

>>27550365
crit man please

>Writing

>>27550797
OP, when we use parry, we get more experience with Heavy Swords but when we use Dodge, we get more athletic exp right?

>>27550820
Roughly, yes.
I'm winging it for XP, alright?

>>27550825
Just use the rolls and turn them to XP OP.

>Help Yosuke!

...Crap, you think, running over to beat the three Shadows now descending on Yosuke off of him.

>Nat 1!
Of course, there's always a snag. Like the corner of that tatami mat your toe just found, sending you sprawling to the ground. Looking up, you see one of the Shadows coming down towards you, fast, in a brutal looking axe kick.

>Dodge! 19!

You push yourself into a roll, kick missing you and slamming into the floor, leaving a hole in it that would have probably hurt to be in you...


Yosuke seems to have recovered, having used one of the Shadows to pull himself back up. Yukiko and Kanji, working together still, have taken down another one, while Teddie struggles with his.

>Gonna have to call it for now. Just remembered that I have errands to run, so...


>I'll continue when I get back.

>>27544240
We really need shortened crit range or the ability to negate some 1s. The probability of a 1 with so many D20s is crazy.

>>27551682
So far it's been...

5 rolls. 4 were crits.

>>27551682
That's what makes it fun.

>>27551904
One man's fun is another shit. Having such a high rate of crit failure regardless of skill doesn't sit right with me.

>>27552082
>>27551904

Yeah, it's kinda fun/cool at first but In got tired of 'crits forever' back when Bleach-Quest was still good.

>>27547731

It was mentioned in an earlier thread.

>>27547268

I have no idea, honestly. I'm not sure how connected they might be though, just that the guys apparently know each other.

>>27552182
Theres another running Persona quest?

>>27551057
>Write in

Sorry, screwed up the posting.

>>27555424
help teddie

>>27555556
Kill teddy

>>27555424
Help out Teddie

>>27555424
Kill Yosuke Shadow and Then Tag Team Teddie Shadow.

>>27555424
Aid our furry friend.

>>27551057
Help Teddie.

>Physical or Magic for helping Teddie?

>>27556041
>Either way, roll 1d20

Rolled 18

>>27556041
>>27556066
Physical.

Rolled 15

sure let's go

>>27556066

Rolled 17

>>27556066
Physical

Rolled 2

>>27556066

>Help Teddie
>Physical! 18!
Pulling yourself back up, you duck under another kick from this same one you just dodged before dashing over and slashing the Shadow attacking Teddie, causing it to evaporate into smoke like so many others.

Looking over to the others, you see Yosuke, somehow, got one of his knives stuck in the wall, while Kanji and Yukiko are dodging the last two frantically, the former's grip on his side showing that he didn't exactly succeed at first.

Four Shadows remain.

>Write in

>>27556396
Guess we're gonna have to PERSONA~~!

Rolled 2

>>27556396
Save Yukiko and Kanji, Yosuke has a persona so he can fend for himself

>>27556396
Help Yosuke and Kanji with magic.

Seems a bit slow today

OP are Personae like in the anime or vidya?

>>27556819
It's unclear. We just got them, we don't know what they can do, yet. All we know is that Yu and Yosuke can summon lightning and wind, respectively. Anything else is a complete mystery for now.

>>27556819
Yes, they are.

>>27556396
>>27556396
Make Our Persona Attack Yosuke Shadow

While We Raging Lion Kanji Shadows

>>27556902
Are they like Persona Arena? Can we do Moves like Roaring Lion, Big Gamble and Swift Strike?

>>27556902
Great reply.

>>27556950
Personae cannot act independently.

>>27556999
I thought so.

>So, help Yukiko and Kanji, yes?

>>27557041
Sure.

>>27557041
yes

>>27557041
But We can Make it move and attack the shadow, not like it got a will of it own...unless we can't control where it moves or attacks?

Izanagi is not star platinum, it got some fucking range on how far it can be from us.

>>27557077
Yep. You feel like it'll work within line of sight, but you need to concentrate for more than just "ZAP"-type things.

>>27557101

The "Yep" is that you CAN make it move and attack, but it doesn't move and attack on its own.


Anywho.
>Writing

>>27557101
That can be a skill

Dual-Soul

The ability to fight by yourself while your persona fight someone else or to combine efforts to do more damage

>>27557157
>Only Dual

>>27557164
OKI GAME TIME

>Magic, right?

>1d20, please.

Rolled 8

>>27557189
CRIT

Rolled 12

>>27557189
COME ON CRIT

Rolled 18

>>27557189
Please

Rolled 2

>>27557189
SET SAIL FOR crit FAIL

Rolled 6

>>27557189
Getting there

>>27557189
>>27557224
Woo, 18!

Rolled 20

>>27557224
Use Fortune, Kill those fuckers dead, 26

>>27557253
TG DICE!

KUBO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>Help Yukiko and Kanji!
>Magic

"Izanagi!" You say, crushing the card again.

Lightning crackles around the blade of your Persona as it builds a charge.

>18!

The bolt flies forth, striking the Shadow assailing Kanji, giving him a chance to move to Yukiko's aid.

The two Shadows evaporate as usual.


Yosuke finishes off his as well, while Teddie launches himself at the last one.


>Write in

>>27557350

Sword the last one with Teddie, see how everyone's doing.

>>27557350
Use Izanagi to jump higher and do a Great Aether on that Shadow

Seriously, FE x SMT

Shit like Sol and Aptitude is godlike.

Rolled 14

>>27557350
Assist our furry companion for more XP!

>>27557350
Aid Teddie. Kanji & Yukiko seem to be able to handle Shadows at 2:1

>>27557435
We need to get them Personas as soon as possible. It seems having one just makes you stronger even without spellcasting. Maybe it's because having awakened your Persona you're not affected by the fog's weakening effect. Whatever it is, they need a power boost. And getting their Shadows resolved early would wreak all sorts of havoc on the timeline, which I approve of.

>Attack roll, then.

Rolled 10

>>27557543

>>27557520
Yeah, but we can't really control it.

We should recruit Dojima, too. Maybe the blacksmith. He said weird shit went on when he was younger.

Rolled 7

>>27557543

Rolled 16

>>27557543
Rolling.

Rolled 13

>>27557543
Allahu Akhbar

>CLEAVE AND SMITE SHADOW

Time to finish this.

You leap forwards, swinging your sword at the final Shadow as Teddie slashes through its side with his claws.
>16!

The swing clanks into its mask, shattering it as the Shadow lets loose a screech, before evaporating.


...

"Aw, crap." Kanji says, looking at his side. "Think I broke a rib..."

>Write in

>>27557814
Patch 'em up and send 'em home. He's no good with broken rib.

>>27557814
Damn. Broken ribs suck because you can't splint them. Barring Yosuke unlocking Dia, the best we can do is give Kanji whatever pain medication remains from the first aid kit we found and have him take it easy for the rest of this. He's gone above the call of duty so far, just by joining us in this adventure. Nothing wrong with him taking a break now that he's hurt. Besides, it's totally manly to be injured in battle rescuing a comrade. Emphasize that and it should quash any of his objections.

Rolled 14

>>27557879
This, but keep him in the rear we must save Chie!

>>27557939
This. We probably need a tighter formation.

>>27557814

Fuck, Yosuke or Yu going to be with him at ALL times if there no exit.

Ask the bear if there a exit for The girl and teddie to get him there. Yu and yosuke fight the boss by themselves.

>>27557957
True. We haven't really helped it with our tendency to charge into enemy formations. Kind of our fault, really. Okay, how about Yu and Yosuke to the front as our first strikers, Kanji and Yukiko in the middle as support, Teddie taking the rear because his senses will let him deal with anyone sneaking up on us? That work for everyone? We should work up more detailed formations once we have more Personas in the party, that would change things a lot. Like, we'd want Yukiko protected because of her healing skills, but we also want her to have a clear line of sight for her more broken fire spells.

>>27558084
>>>27558084
>Works. Kanji & Yukiko should work to keep us from being overwhelmed. When we leave a Shadow really wounded, we can move on and they can pick it off.

Rolled 5

>>27557814
Can we roll some more exp

>>27558413
Later.

>Marching order, continue, yes?

>>27558425
Yeah. Get a formation set, give Kanji pain meds and move on.

>>27558425
Yessir. Onward!

>>27558425
Until people start dropping.

>>27558425
Fooooorwaaaaard!

>>27558425
Nah, Kanji can't fight no more, he dead weight. He, and teddie can retreat,

Seriously, yukiko is needed for chie shadow

>Marching order, then continue

You sigh.

"Yukiko, could you give him what we've got left for pain from that medicine kit?" You ask, turning to face her.

She nods, and hurries to hand it off to Kanji.

Looking around, you see Teddie gathering up the masks from the evaporated Shadows, 'eating' them like he did at first.

"Alright," You say after a moment's thought. "We need a marching order."

Kanji nods at this, wincing as he does.

"No kiddin'." He says, shaking his head and looking at the damage around the area. "We need to not keep runnin' into these guys recklessly, too."

"I think Hanamura and I should take the lead, with you and Amagi behind us. Teddie should bring up the rear. That way, anything that gets past us can be finished off by you two, and anything trying to sneak up on us will be caught by Teddie's nose."

The others seem to think about it, before nodding their assent.

Though Yosuke seems to be in thought...

"Now, let's go." You say, turning and continuing the way you had been going before finishing the Shadows off.


After a few minutes, you find yourself at another door...

>Write in

>>27559144
>Yosuke constantly thinking
I don't like where this is going

Anywho, enter the room

>>27559144
>>Write in

Open it properly like a paranoid fuck. Open it without exposing ourself, move in if clear.

>>27559144

Ask Yosuke what's on his mind.

OP you really should have us roll notice when we should.

So we dont have to delay the game by spending 5 min voting on rolling and then rolling when theres nothing there to begin with. Or so you cant go LOL WHY DIDNT YOU ROLL NOTICE?

>>27559144
Tell them we going to break it at the count of 3.

If there shadows, cast magic and sweep clean with Izanagi just going straight to them and cleaving shit as well perv sensei.

If there shadows, if nit go in and roll notice.

>>27559375
But I want to do that...


Fine.

>Kick open the door?

>Roll Notice if yes.

Also, sorry. Dog had urgent need to be walked.

Rolled 10

>>27559868
KICK THAT SHIT IN

Rolled 19

>>27559868
>Kick open the door?

>Roll Notice if yes.

Rolled 3

>>27559868
>Kick open the door

Rolled 19

>>27559868

Crit

Rolled 15

>>27559868
Open the door
Get on the floor
GENUFLECT

Rolled 13

>>27559868
>>27559868

OP, we pass

Rolled 7

>>27559932
sure

>Kick open the door

You hold up your hand, keeping a closed fist for a moment, as you approach the door.


A sudden kick slams into it, and everyone rushes in...


To the empty room.

"DAMMIT!" Kanji yells. "Another empty room?"

You can see the annoyance on everyone's face...

Except Yosuke, who looks like he just figured something out.

"What is it, Hanamura?" You ask, turning to face him.

"I've got it." He says, shaking his head . "This place is a kung-fu flick's ending tower rush."

"The guys we were supposed to fight are at the bottom. They'd have laughed at us, scattered, and one would have stayed behind to beat our asses, if we came in the front door." Yosuke continues, pointing at the exit. "Like in Trial of the Dragon."

...

You hear a snort from Yukiko.

"...You're saying Satonaka's subconscious is the ending of a martial arts movie?" You ask, ignoring the start of laughter coming from Yukiko. "Why am I not surprised?"

...Yukiko continues to laugh.


"Aw, crap." Kanji says, looking at her. "She's still like this?"

>Write in

>>27560140
So, Yosuke- You watched that movie and are familiar with the Genre- where do we go from here?

Rolled 2

>>27560176
This, also point out at Yukiko at what's wrong?

nothing wrong with laughter

>>27560140

Where the fuck is she? I mean, we need to find the place for a martial arts showdown but where?

>>27560176

...Trail of the dragon. She almost busted your balls for that movie. Explain to me the movie and at the end,

>>27560140
"Maybe we can take advantage of that. Teddie, aside from the dopplegangers the Shadows don't seem very smart. You think that if we broke the script and came at them from the wrong door they wouldn't respond right? Because I bet they've got Chie with them, showing the heroes the captive fits the genre. We go in, ambush them, and...well, I guess defeating them would probably prompt Shadow Chie to show up for the dramatic final fight, wouldn't it? Well, we'll deal with her when she shows up, at least now we have an idea which way to go."

>>27560216
No, man, you're thinking about it wrong. The villains would show the heroes their prisoner as part of the taunting. She'd be down there with the mini-boss Shadows. Which might be a good thing. If they're waiting on the script, it means Shadow Chie probably hasn't had much time to work her over with the "deny me and grant me power" schtick.

>...Explain.

"Alright, you obviously know more about this than any of us does." You say, pointing at Yosuke. "Where do we go from here?"

"Well, if I'm right..." He says, ignoring the cackling laughter now coming from Yukiko. "She'll probably be at the ground floor, being guarded by her Shadow and, well, as many floors as we've gone down, minus one, bigger Shadows."

"Good enough. Remember anything else from the ending?" You shrug. Might as well ask.

"Not really. General tower jaunt, kung-fu stuff." He shakes his head. "Something about a hidden chamber, but nothing to do with the fighting."

"Uh, guys? Think we need to do somethin' for her?" Kanji asks, being ignored along with Yukiko's laughter.

"Hm..." You pause, looking to Teddie. "Think if we broke the script, we could catch them off guard? 'cause frankly, the non-dopplegangers aren't that smart."

"Probably!" Teddie replies after a moment. "They can bearly think without something strong controlling them, so it should be a cinch if we catch 'em off guard!"

...Yukiko's laughter continues.

>Write in

>>27560662
"...Yukiko, are you alright? I know this is a pretty stressful situation, and if you need to relieve some tension that's fine. But you're starting to worry us. Please respond so I know you're aware of your surroundings and aren't having a psychotic break."

>>27560662
Rush forward
Yukiko's laughter is probably not important. She laughs at everything

>>27560662

Grab hold of Yukiko and tell her to knock off the laughing. We need everyone to focus right now.

>>27560662
What's gotten you up in a fit, Yukiko? You know something or is the fact that chie's subconscious is a kung-fu movie?

either way, we need to hurry on.

>>27560662

Ask yukiko why she laughing

>...Amagi, something the matter?


"Amagi, is there something wrong?" You ask, looking over at the laughing girl.

She seems to stop to breath.

"It's just....Ha," She starts, wiping a tear from her eye. "That she... hehe. Never wanted to... hahahah.... Be the rescued one."

...

"Anyway." You say, shaking your head. "We need to keep moving. Satonaka's probably down there, getting a rant as we speak."

The five of you head out the door, turning a few corners and finding the expected staircase within five minutes.

...Descending, you get a feeling of unease about this floor your gut is telling you is the ground...

As you step out, you look around.

...This place has been wrecked. Bullet holes fill the walls, scorch marks mar the floors, and masks lay around, some shattered and chipped while others seem barely damaged.

"...Aw, crap. What sorta shit are we gonna deal with now?" Kanji asks, looking at the mess ahead of you.

>And with that, I'm calling it for the night. I'll try to run on Saturday, unless I'm not exhausted when I get back from work.

>>27561218

Now that golden op is done, is it time for parke quest?

>>27561401
>Bullet holes
Aww shit!

>>27561878
Got an exclamation point on there by accident, friend. .

>>27561980
What're you talking about?

>>27562029
"Aww shit!" is different than "Aww, shit."

One's happy. The other is "Spcial Friend Time".

>>27562061
Not necessarily. I'm just a tad excited to see that shit's about to hit the fan super hard