A Chance to Cheer Up

The masked man continued to walk moved through the crowds taking aim at this person or that not caring if it was performer, civilian, or child he hit. He was going to punish as many as the gun would allow him to.

Click!

Tsk! Empty, huh? No matter. He one more round to go.

The man paused in the chaos and ejected the clip as if this was a normal thing to do. As the empty clip hit the ground, the guy reached into his pocket and pulled out another with the plan to resume his assault with this last round of bullets. He heard someone running towards him and looked up to see a girl with silver hair charging at him with a sword. Cold eyes watched her through the black glass of the eyes on the mask. Did this child really think she could stop him? Stop fate?

"Fool!" a raspy and hard to distinguished voice said to her as he swiveled the gun and leveled it right at the girl’s face. Such a shame, she was a pretty girl, but alas she had chosen to interfere rather than listen to her fear and submit. His gloved finger rested on the trigger and was about to pull it, but a flash of something come fast from his side was caught him off guard. His eyes turned to lock onto what appeared to be a crowbar coming at his face, he attempted to hop out of range, but the thing was too close to avoid.

The tip of that weapon ripped across the bottom half of his mask sending sharp pain and throughout the man's face and body. He was dazed and could not hold onto conscious as his strength left him and he began to fall to the ground. As he fell he felt something strike him in the back, but didn't mind it as the gun slipped from his grasp and hit the ground firing in the direction that Curore was, but whether said bullet struck her or not was not to be seen by the man.

As his head hit the ground, the left antler and the side of his mask shattered as sharp poisoned laced needles within the mask sunk into the scarred face underneath as the gun rolled and clattered along the ground coming to a stop where the invisible assaulter could grab it.

The man was already jerking lightly from the fast acting poison that the thorns inside the mask had been laced with, but the man didn’t seem to mind as he managed to get his messed up face to twist into a smile of pleasure as blood began to pool around his face. He had done what he needed to do, the ball was rolling and now fate and the others behind him would take up the flag, spread the word of the gods and save those who were lost. Yes a brighter day was ahead.

With a shuddering sigh of contentment, the last breath escaped the man's body and he became still with only that distorted smile remaining on the scarred twisted face under the mask.

[Messenger – Deceased. Killed by Horned Destroyer]

[Horned Destroyer – Deceased. Killed from injuries from last attack upon him and the poison within the small spikes within his mask.]

J-Jeez! What the hell was this even!? S-Shoot... The DJ pushed her way through the raging crowd, calling out Oki's name more. She had to find him... Her... It... Whatever! S/he was in danger! W-What if he got shot!? The DJ continued pushing through the crowd, dedicated in her task to try and find her friend. But... It was in vein... The blood... Holy hell the blood! The DJ shrieked and began running through the crowd, yelling Oki's name frantically. Where was he!?


Her breathing was sharp and pained, her clothes impractical for the task she was now partaking in. She never stopped though, pushing her way forward with as much force as she could expense. Then she heard his voice. Oki! He was coming for her and he came rushing towards her. He grabbed her gently, she didn't resist though, thankful that he... Or she was simply not hurt.

"Y-Yah... I-I'm fine... B-But what about you!?" she said with a still frantic voice, glancing over to where the man was at. What the hell was he!? H-He came OUT of blood! And where did that blood come from!? WHAT THE HELL WAS HAPPENING!? She did her best to stay calm though, gulping in a breath of air as she kept her breaths from becoming pained gasps. Oki was talking to her, and she listened. H-He wanted to get closer to the man...?

"I-I... B-But he's a freaking BLOOD BAG OF DEATH! Are you even thinking straight!?" she yelled over the crowd, glancing over as the man grabbed someone. What the hell was he...? And... She knew Oki knew something then. She didn't know how or why... Just that he did. When he took her hand, she didn't resist and followed him from behind. But... Fate would have it that the DJ and her knight in a news carrier's hat where to be separated. A man ran straight for them, knocking the DJ onto her side and kicked away from Oki.

She gasped in pain, slowly standing up and clutching her side with her arms. Her balance was off as her head spinned, she stumbled forward, muttering Oki's name in a pained gasp. It was then that she looked down and noticed where exactly she was standing. The blood... The DJ went pail as a song slowly drifted in her head. It was unnatural the way it resounded to the deepest part of her being, a faint sing-song voice heard within the song.


The DJ stayed still, unmoving and staring with shocked eyes down at the blood. What was happening? W-What was this feeling? Her head felt heavy, almost painful... She was so scared right now... She didn't know what to do... The song continued to progress slowly in power, it resounded within her mind and very soul... What would happen...? What was happening...? Could the DJ really do what was about to be asked of her...? Only fate and time would tell...

This was a nightmare. Plain and simple.

As Oki held onto DJ through the chaotic sea trying to get to a point where it could hide her, the inevitable happened as a panicked man smacked into the girl and ripped her grip from its clutches! Oki tried to turn and see if DJ was alright, but the flood of people from behind ended up carrying the being even further forward than it would’ve liked. Unsteady from the pushing and shoving, it was eventually knocked down where it had to crawl for dear life to avoid being trampled.

Once on the grass and away from the major crowds, Oki managed to hide behind one of the stands that had been left when the gunman caused a panic. The half collapsed thing served as a good shelter to regain its bearing. Taking a breath, Oki peeked around the corner of its hiding spot to scout the scene. Oki would find that DJ had been swept somewhere and while it really did want to find her it had a completely different problem at hand as green eyes landed on the being that had come out of the blood.

He and the cicus lady were having an argument of the sort that ended up with the lady in green ending up injured when the other grabbed the weapon she had and yanked it forward. As she went down in pain another attacker….or a ghost perhaps took a swing at the being from another angle, but much like the circus woman, the invisible one failed to as the weapon was grabbed and shattered and whatever was hiding out was struck? Oki didn’t know anymore, things had gone to illogical level that what was happening could even be questioned anymore.

All it had to do was get its thoughts back in ord…

The chaos in Oki’s mind ceased as a headache replaced it all. Growling lightly at the pain, thinking it was a bad time for something to go wrong upstairs, the moodiness left Oki immediately as Deva’s presence filled Oki and it could hear her speaking to it.

“I am not sure what brought him here, but if I live through this, I’ll be sure to investigate the source of this issue. Goddess, lend me your strength and help me drive back this force of malice,” Oki whispered back to the angel that spoke it. It could feel her energy and want to do something and so lining up with her, Oki began to act.

Looking around carefully, it found a piece of metal that had a relatively sharp end. As it picked the broken piece up, it felt that it was light enough to throw and while it probably wouldn’t harm Ananke, at least it would give the others a distraction if Oki could turn his attention to itself.

Moving carefully, it would stick to the out skirts of the area until it found cover nearby. It saw Ananke move and heard his words even though Fallen Angel didn’t mean anything at the moment to the being. Ananke seemed to use some sort of timer on the silvernette, an unpleasant omen Oki was sure.

However, instead of worrying about that, Oki would continue to move until it came to place where it was resting close to where the circus lady had fallen, still hidden for the moment.

Glancing from its spot, Oki would attempt to analyze Ananke, as the markings of the angel it served covered it and the tattoo on its back came alive. It's eyes would shimmer gold as Persephone channeled herself through Oki and allowed it to see what she could see as they became one for the moment. Regardless of what the results were there, Oki would eventually move from its hiding spot, take a few running steps forward, and hurl the piece of metal at Ananke with all its might hoping to do some damage should the sharp part of that thing hit.

Regardless if it worked or not, it hoped at least the thrown item would turn the being’s attention towards itself for the moment allowing the others to do what they could if they were going to strike back or retreat.

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Ah... S-Shoot... The DJ's head felt as thick as molasses. She couldn't stop looking at the blood... But then the song hit a climax that made the girl shout and jump back with one fluid motion her whole demeanor changed as she moved her hand to her ear, a blight blue light shining only to be replaced with a high tech headset with a small screen depicting a small, almost tamagotchi like Gothic rocker with a guitar. Words came to the DJ's lips as she heard the song for what it really was. She smiled cheerily, a glint in her eyes.


She called out, spinning with her arms outstretched as a shimmering form appeared above her. Her guitar axe fell into her hands as soon as she stopped spinning, holding it like one would normally a guitar. She was excited... She wasn't going to allow this punk to get away with what he did! Plus... Who didn't like the irony of this guy giving her powers that she in turn would use against him!? ... Wow, that was a lot of thinking... Um... Epic battle tiiiiiime!


She said as she began playing a wicked guitar solo on the guitar. She almost laughed at the whole scene. She was going to literally fight a super villain with music... Where was the Gent when ya needed him? Maybe he was stalkin 'bout? Eh, oh well... She needed to stay vigilant or somethin', right? She quickly analyzed the area in search of anyone else that was going to help in the battle. After a quick look around, she was prepared for Act One of this show!


She called out, a sound like shattering glass emanating around her as she walked closer to the man carefully. Though, she'd be easy to see and hear as the Gothic rocker began to appear and with her, an epic song being hear. The Rocker was quickly surrounded by green music notes that exploded into a small flurry of wind pointed towards the Blood Man. This would hopefully blast him back, but who knew? The DJ just knew her music was going to rock this not so mellow fellow!

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What had stared off as distressing was quickly looking up as it seemed people were banning together to fight this guy that had risen from the blood. There was the circus girl and the silvernette that seemed to protect her. Rita and Lia….were those the names it heard being called out? It wasn’t quite sure, but for now that would simply have to do. There was also the guy with the glasses that had come out of nowhere to attack. All three connect to the supernatural things known as Personas, but that was not all. There was another on the field…DJ.  Much like the circus girl who had awoken, it seemed that she too had woken up to her own power and was now coming at the guy with a musical attack and wind. The awakenings were not really that surprising to Oki or at least it seemed that way as the being kept a straight face and focused on the situation.It didn’t have to worry so much anymore with others being able to fight back in the same fashion as itself and the silverhead. Still, it was going to aid and keep an eye on peop—

“Watch out!”

Oki let out the warning more towards DJ since the silver headed girl had already seemed to have herself and the circus girl covered. Oki knew DJ wasn’t blind or anything, but still she seemed really into her music so it was a wonder if she would be focused enough to dodge or not. Who knew maybe she was better at multitasking than it knew.

In any case, as it yelled the warning, the being tensed and then threw itself at angle to the oncoming attack losing its hat on the way as it dodged the lightning, but in a way that was good. For instead of smacking into Oki, the attack took out its hat instead. A bit sad, yes, but hats could be replaced. At least it wasn’t the hat that Hyde had given it, so…yeah.

Coming up in a crouch, Oki would unleash Persephone, the large kitsune easily taking a stance before her master as she growled at Ananake before waving a tale with a child like face on it dressed in blue. As it did this, three ice shards would appear before the fox before the creature slapped its other 8 tails into the ground to send them flying towards the enemy.

Whether the hit or not was yet to be seen, but in any case Oki would speak as it hopped on its summons back.

“Careful guys, he got quite a bit of power, but if you have ice abilities try using that on him,” Oki said as it held on lightly to Persephone praying that the attack it had unleashed would serve as an example…if it hit….and if the guy didn't protect his weakness. He seemed to cocky to worry about that....

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((Forgot to subtract SP. SP should be 186-6= 180 now))

Yes yes yes! Feel that awesome jam! The wind had nailed Mr. Blood Bag head on and the DJ couldn't feel any more pumped! Her persona laughed liltly within her head, the song continuing to resound within her. This battle was going to be a piece of cake if Blood Bag kept on being so reckless! Though, the DJ ate those words very quickly to say the least... She heard the Oki's warning and gasped at Blood Bag's attack. It barreled towards her and hit her directly on. She let out a high pitched scream as the lighting painfully pulsed through her body. She was left kneeling as a result, gasping at the after effects.



To be entirely fare... The DJ wanted nothing more than to blast the punky Blood Bag with more musical wind! But... Doing so could end up terribly... She didn't want to die at her first battle after all! Oh the terribleness of it all! That's a word, right? Eh, regardless... Onward to healing! Wooo!


She called out, her evoker's screen shining bright again as the DJ's persona spun above her and began playing a beautiful melody. The melody resounded in green waves that landed onto the allies that where helping fight Blood Bag. And it seemed Miss. Circus and Glasses where helping too (And a silver girl! Did she have ESP too?)! Woo! That hum made her feel supa' fast! Awesome! This battle was going to go as smooth as a milkshake~.

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((Deshi, bear in mind the hat will definitely not be taking the hit for you. It is PvS still in regards to attacking and missing, so when you saw the counter not land on the number I chose, you know it hit you. Bear that in mind that you are now at dangerous levels of HP now. Another thing is that when Cuore used Masukukaja, she used it on everyone, including you. So you don't have as high of a chance to miss as you did previously. You only had to pick one number, not five. Be sure to remember that.))

((Made a typo, so assume it's the Almighty skill attacking under Ananke's stats, inflicting a possible 160 damage))