Saving (Private) Lune (Mission Thread)

Well at least two were dead now, that was a step in the right direction, but one manged to survive to try and avenge his fallen brethren. What was surprising was that Rinna tried to get their attention, and it worked! He wanted to yell at her to stop, but he was too far away. Regardless of whether the bird struck her he looked over to her with a look of concern, "Be careful Rinna you are injured enough! Don't put yourself at anymore risk." He said as he looked back toward that damn bird, and summoned Odysseus once more to strike at the flying bird. This time a club would appear in the Greek warrior's hand, as he charged forward bring the club down on the bird's head not once but twice. Hopefully, that would kill that damn bird once and for all, then they could attend to Rinna's wounds. If they were lucky then Shun's persona would have healed her too.

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Naomi would just give a little shrug of her shoulders, “I don’t know. This one seems pretty easy compared to what could be happening.” She was also used to Shadows and how much of a pain they could be. For her, this was easy. At least it was easier than when she first started out. Fighting was slowly becoming second nature. Not that she had a lot to plan. Intertwined could only throw rocks and she had a boomerang. Her attack strategy basically wrote itself. Hit the things and move on. It was simple.

Her eyes would glaze over as she saw Rinna become the target of an attack, “Oh my gods. Rinna, are you okay?” She saw Kurasawa heal her right away, and Sentinel was using it as backing to make her understand that she should stand back, but Naomi was filled with worry. That had to hurt. She knew first hand that it had to hurt. She had been hoping that they could take them all out before Rinna had ever been the target. She grasped her boomerang in her hand and tossed it towards the last Shadow in their way. It was time to end this fight.

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Sentinel relaxed a bit as the shadows vanished, "Good work everyone, but we need to get going, the more time we waste dawdling the more time Lewis has to do whatever he plans." The android said noting that their healer seemed to be moving ahead, which wasn't optimal though Rinna had moved ahead, which was probably the reason Kurosawa moved forward so quickly. Though the young man explained what a Persona was to Rinna, which was something Sentinel wasn't so sure he would have told her. There were a few things that didn't make sense about Rinna's story, though if they were both powerless then how was Lewis able to avoid the police if he couldn't fight off the shadows? Well he would get answers sooner or later, Rinna could be playing dumb and helpless. Was he being paranoid at this point? Probably, but protecting Maria has taught him not to trust everyone so easily. Granted, he had to come to his own judgement about people.

The android moved up, following Kurosawa as he passed Rinna he paused and looked at her, "Please do be careful from now on, Naomi would never forgive herself if anything happened to you. I appreciate your bravery, but we came to get you and Lune out alive. I'm not one to leave a job have finished, so please stay safe." He said remaining there to hear her reply before moving forward to join the healer to which he would glance over to him. "I appreciate you saying and speaking your mind. It is a rare trait, and a useful one at times. Personally I am interested in knowing if you felt as though there was any better way to handle that battle." The android inquired curious to improve his and the group's safety in anyway he could.

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“Come on everyone. We’re that much closer to finding Lune.” She seemed so happy to be able to say that. Intertwined would move next to her and begin walking as she did. She had to catch up with Rinna, who was still trucking forward. At least normal conversation began as the Shadows vanished. Naomi would raise a single eyebrow at Alphonse, “You know, I’m right here. Can I at least say what I will and will not forgive myself for.” She would look off to the side a little, “Not that you’re wrong, but my point still stands.” She wasn’t the kind of person who liked others speaking on her behalf when she was in the room. As for Kurosawa’s explanation of what a Persona was, it wasn’t wrong. It just wasn’t exactly the best way to explain something like this. Plus, she found it funny that her inner-self was a pair of teddy bears. She never really questioned what Intertwined was. She only cared that the two bears were there for her when she needed them. Plus, they looked like they belonged here. She thought it was nice that she got two smaller Persona instead of one larger one. It gave her some semblance of normality, despite them being able to through rocks and heal her over time.

There was something else that had been bothering Naomi this entire time. At first, she didn’t think anything of it, but it kept coming back up and it was starting to get to her. She had to approach this with some class and subtlety… Too bad she didn’t have either of those in her, “Hey, Rinna. I have a question. Who have you been listening to this whole time?” It wasn’t like she was hiding it very well. It was especially clear when they first found her and she was answering someone they couldn’t see. Plus, she kept looking off like she was either thinking or listening to something in the distance. She could see it in her behavior clear as day. She needed to know that Rinna as okay and not going crazy from this experience. It was bad enough that she insisted on fighting, even after seeing that she didn’t have any affect on the Shadows. She was making herself a target and it was putting her in much more danger than if she fought. She at least wanted to make sure it wasn’t whatever she was listening to that was making her put herself in so much danger.

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Sentinel expected Rinna to lash out at Kurosawa that was hardly a surprise anymore, they seemed to be seeking to banter between one another. He just hoped it didn't get any worse from here. When Naomi piped up about being able to speak for herself, Sentinel turned to face her. "I apologize I didn't mean to overstep my boundaries." He apologized to Naomi, the android felt like it had to be said, and he knew Naomi did not want to focus on the negative and was far better off remaining positive and happy. She seemed to shutdown or reject situations when arguments or negative emotions filled the air. His fellow techie seemed to operate and be more open to suggestion when her happiness was prioritized. Avoiding snakes was also important considering her trauma with them. Well hopefully these shadows and Lewis didn't know that, oh well the android would cross that bridge when they came to it.

When Kurosawa began to speak he seemed surprised that the android asked him such a question, but the newbie managed to give the android somewhat valuable information. Yes, the group's stratagem was rather repetitive, and it was of some concern to the android. Though it was effective against most enemies since they seemed to bowl them over with sheer brute force, but that would only get the group so far. Fortunately, he knew Sharaku and Naomi would most likely follow his orders as they trusted him enough to, when Kurosawa mentioned that regardless of his criticsm the group did well the android nodded, "You raise a good point though. I will keep that in mind, and I thank you for your feedback, it is always nice to have a new perspective about certain things." When Rinna mentioned Hyde, Alphonse would pause...trying to figure out how to explain what happened to him. Granted, he could simply say he made a very stupid mistake, and got himself detained by the police. The truth seemed like the way to go, but Kurosawa would whisper a good point to him. Rinna's mental condition was still unknown, and it would be difficult for them to convince her that he was good guy all in all. The android nodded, and looked toward Rinna.

"It appears that he came down with a bug or sickness of some sort, and in his condition I told him he would not be visiting this world. It would be unwise to bring someone who could not fight at full capacity here, they could slow the group down a bit, or their ability to fight would be greatly reduced. At least that is what I told him, since he asked me for my honest opinion." The android would explain to the young girl, glancing at the other silently ordering them to feed her the same story. "However, I'm sure he will be happy to hear about how we got both you and Lune out of harms way once we get back." Granted, there was no guarantee they would make it, but it was a best foot forward scenario. With that said he would move to catch up with their healer who seemed to be blazing the path.

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As much as Naomi was taken aback by what Rinna had just said, she understood her reasoning. This must have been very shocking, and everyone dealt with this kind of situation in his or her own way. Then again, she was also taking this better than most people. Yeah. Naomi had no idea what to think in this situation. She would just have to trust that Rinna could take care of whatever she was listening to. Then again, maybe she was nervous because the last voice she heard had told her to kill one of her teammates. Rinna wasn’t her though. She would just have to hope that the one talking to her now was going to help her more than anything, “I trust that you know what you’re doing.” Except when it came to fighting, but she seemed to be holding her own in every other respect, “Now let’s hurry along and find her.” It didn’t seem to be causing trouble yet, aside from getting her involved in fights but that was going to happen anyway. She had accepted that Rinna was determined a while ago. For now, all she could do was support her and find Lune so they could get the girls out of here.

She could hear the other three talking about changing how they attacked or not. Naomi didn’t feel like putting in an opinion, because she only had two ways to attack and she used them both already. She didn’t have an option in changing her strategy or not. Intertwined was great, but it only threw rocks and she only had a boomerang. Granted, it was both a long and short ranged weapon, but still… She would just have to keep switching between them and hope that she was doing something even remotely useful. She didn’t get why they were lying about Hyde though. They must have their reasons, but she didn’t see it. Rinna knew about him and she was just curious. Oh well, she would trust their judgment. For now.

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