Cleanse the Polluted Forest [GM Practice Mission - Row Based Combat Testing]

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Map Key:
★ = Starting Point
★ = Shadows
★ = Sub-Bosses
★ = Velvet Room Access Point
★ = Mission Objective
? = Point of Interest

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After getting that text message from the velvet room, our 6 heroes in today's tale assembled just outside the vast forest. A strange pollution had been slowly turning what was once a beautiful and peaceful haven of wildlife, into a place which was now barren, and devoid of life. The vegetation however... was doing just fine. In fact, the trees seemed to prosper un-naturally well. In just a matter of days, the trees had grown to massive proportions. The forest was covered in a thick, sickly green fog ever since it had been polluted. Apparently, shadows had been showing up around here as well, and strangely enough, they seemed to have been affected by the pollution as well... Although in what way was not known... You have taken on the task of cleansing this forest of this unknown pollution. The source of it is hiding deep within...

As Shizuka entered the area and spotted the others. She felt relieved. Finding it great that she hadn't ended up alone in this... Place. It was rather unsightly just being her. Certainly gave her a sense of uncomfortableness as well. She didnt like the feelings she got here. especially from how... Disgusting the place looked except for its vegetation. The weird fog that she was seeing creeped her out slightly. Nevertheless.

Shizuka turned and began to address those with her.

Hello everyone! It's nice to meet all of you depite these.... Unfortunate circumstances. I look forward to working with you! She said with a smile and cheerful attitude

My name is Shizuka and it's a pleasure to work with you people. I'll be fighting on the front lines for this. Thats one of my specialties. She said analyzing each one of them expectingly. She hoped this would go well despite the above average headcount

Shizuka claims the Front Row Middle Spot.

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!" Nagisa's mouth dropped as he observed the forest in front of himself with a comically serious expression on his face. It couldn't even be called a forest anymore, it was a straight up jungle!!! Awww well anyways, that just made this little trip into a even bigger adventure! It was definitely gonna be funfunfun! He could feel his soul burning brighter than before all of a sudden and he turne to the others. Quite a big bunch they were, all different but entangled by the same fate that brought them into this adventure! His face streched into the widest of smiles!


He said loudly, waving his hands up to greet them all before realizing he hadn't introduced himself yet! "Ah, right! I'm Nagisa! Nice to meet you all!" He turned to the girl that had already said her name, Shizuka, with a bright smile plastered over his face. "Oooooh! I'll be in the front row too! Isn't that just awesome, we'll get to be the bestest of friends!" His childish jumping and goofy expression on his face contrasted their surroundings as well as his age. "I'll try my best to support all of you guys, so let's do this, okay? Happy faces, everyone!"


Nagisa claims the front right spot!!! Yay!

Akira entered the area, sighing a bit as she stepped onto the dirty floor. She had been tasked to assist a group of people in their attempt to clean a forest, which wasn't what she expected. The others had already arrived before her, so she would simply opened a bottle of her medicine, taking a pill before grasping onto her evoker. "Medea..." The little gem started glowing as her mage like persona appeared behind her. The persona waved it's hand and six purple orbs appeared in front of the blonde. "My name is Akira Ueda, I hope we all can work together in peace." One appeared to be an overview of the place and the rest of them were the faces of her allies with little bits of their information on the screen. "I have a quick map of this place here, just take a look but I'll be leading you through so you don't get lost." She'd smile a bit, allowing them to look into the orbs if they wished. "I'll be providing support from here, but I'll be talking in your heads, so don't worry about communication. If you get split up, I can still speak to you all and keep you in contact with eachother." The persona would laugh, holding her hand over her mouth. "Bit bossy much?" The blonde would have a face of distaste, turning back to her persona. "You be quiet."

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One: Shizuka: Decided to take the position of a leader.
Two: A kid named Nagisa. Decided to take the position of right hand man.
Both were tolerable to a degree as long as they did not touch or get overly excited. The extroverts were always iffy when in a group, but without them, where would morale be?

Three: A strange quiet child with a teddy bear. She didn’t seem to want to be bothered with the two mentioned and so stayed as far away as possible. She had a dark aura around her that begged exploring; however, this was not a trip to study such things in depth, now was it? No. This group had a job to do…or so he was told.

Number four….
A grin would appear on the face of the pale of the watcher who watched the group gather from his position on the branch of a tree above them. This one was a persona user and had already revealed her creature and position. She had even taken medicine before summoning it. Heh. What would happen if said medicine "ran out" while they were here? An interesting thing to discover; however, for now the watcher would play nicely enough. After all, he wouldn’t want to kill potential tools right off the bat, right?

So number four was named Akira and she was going to play support for them. Oho nice. Nice. Although….how "peaceful" this event would be was questionable enough. After all, the group below was a mixed bunch already, so throw him and one other in there and well….who knew what might happen?

In any case, might as well make himself known, huh?

The pale skinned man vanished from his spot as he let himself drop from the limb he was on. He would let himself free fall silently until like a cat he would land on the ground with the faintest rustling of leaves. Unharmed by such a drop, the man would stand up as he quietly moved from around the tree that hid him and came to a stop a few paces to the left of Akira. His mismatched eyes would gaze at the others casually before he would bow lightly to the them.

“My name is Rei. I can work on either the front lines or the back lines, so feel free to place me where you think I am best needed,” he said before turning to Akira and all her displays. He would drift quietly past each orb taking note of the displays before settling on the one that displayed the map. He took in the layout of the area for a moment before strange eyes would drift to the girl.

“Alright. I’ll count on you to keep us on track. Don’t want anyone to be wandering off the path and disappearing now,right?” he said with a grin that hinted at a bit of unstableness as he gave her a light wink. Still, he kept himself in check for now as he shifted back in his position and moved passed the others. He kept moving not seeming to exactly wait for whoever number last was or for the others as he moved into the fog and tall trees.

He wouldn’t drift too far though as he paused and waited for the crew to catch up. As he waited he looked around at the trees quite amazed at their size and beauty. He wondered, if the trees were like this then what happened to the wildlife or for that matter the shadows. Hmmm...

He would push off the ground with his left and float in the air as he shifted into a sitting position and folded his left leg over his right before reclining back a bit. A second later a very beat up looking book would appeared in his hand. As he floated in his relaxed position he began to draw in his book as he waited for the rest to catch up.

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To all that gathered, the sound of hooves striking dirt could be heard along with the soft strum of an out of tuned ukulele. Slowly the sound would come closer... as it did the sound of... frankly rather bad singing.

"If you're happy and you know it clap your hands!"  

Quite briefly the sound of clapping could be heard.... "What kind of idiot is joining us now? I mean seriously? All that singing and clapping was going to give away our position! And what's worse it was way off key! If I was the one sining it would be a LOT better then that! I mean come on whoever this guy is he's probably gunna be a total tool!" The odd slightly robotic voice would come from behind the group any who would turn would see a slightly shorter boy with spiked white hair and a rather flashy outfit. But there was one thing about him that seemed rather off... Oh what was it...  Oh it's on the tip of my tongue... Oh Yeah!... he aint got no arms!

"Nice to meet you all!" The odd boy would say as he made his way through the group"I am model number J-8D! Code Named GRINS! Human entertainment robot and Ice-Cream dispenser. I was sent here by the enigmatic Professor J himself to bring you all good cheer and laughter on this! Your mission to save the world!"

"If you're happy and you know it clap your hands!" the singing grew to a crescendo as a large cartoon horse being ridden by an equally cartoon Rabbit would round the bend and come into sight.

"I would if I HAD my hands! Nyuck Nyuck!" 8D would say as he dopled over in laughter.

"Sure thing boss!" laughed the rabbit as he handed 8D a pair of severed arms that clutched a tape recorder between them. Quick as a wink 8D attached the arms, turned off the tape recorder (silencing the music) and bowed to the group.


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She would cross her arms over one another, staring at the new arrivals. The upbeat boy was okay and passed her test, but she was very suspicious of the man who called himself Rei, and for a good reason too. Though she wouldn't say anything now, she defiantly would take into account that something wasn't right about him. Once he had left, she would be able to move her eyes from him to the group. "Alright, you all should be moving. There could be shadows at any point, and I can't help you with that." She'd snap her fingers as glowing purple light that formed a earpeice around her ears; headsets like hers would appear on each ally's ear. They would be unable to pull them off, but it wasn't something they could physically feel. Once they were all at least three blocks from her, she would begin to speak in their ears. "I hope you all can hear me; proceed with caution. I'll remain on standby until combat starts, then I'll begin taking my role." Though they were using headsets, they would not be able to hear each other through them until Akira allowed it, to prevent feedback sounds. Watching the orbs, she would remain quiet until she was needed.

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Shizuka smirked at seeing the funny young robot apparently come out. Quite an interesting young fellow she figured. Certainly would add a little spunk to this adventure they were stuck on. Ice cream dispenser.... She definently needed to ask the little guy about that later. She definently was not one to turn it down at all....Hopefully it was free. Now that everyone appeared to sort out their own composition. Shizuka decided now was the time to venture forth. They certainly had to take care fo the shadow that was a fair distance from them before it noticed them no? The last thing everybody needed at the time was being ambushed by it. Especially at the start. That certainly would spell Disastrous.

Alright Akira. Glad to have you helping us out from there then.She said gladly with a perky tone. She was appreciative of having someone of her role being of assitance in this dungeon. This wasn't the first persona user Shizuka had seen of her skill set. They weren't very common and rare gems that mean't life or death sometimes anyway from her own perspective.

Well guys. I am glad to have everybody all here! Shizuka said with a smile surveying each of them once again. She had faith in them despite how none of them knew each other or how they technically formed from nowhere. Though oh well. Nobody was perfect in reality. Not even herself.

Lets take care of that shadow over there before it gets to us! She said to initiate the assault onto it. As she ran over to the shadow she thought about alot of things. How her personas and everything varied. It was strange how similar her initial and prime persona were in her own thoughts. Then again these were extensions of herself right? To her it made some sense that they'd be very similar. They were after all based on her. It was fate simply. Nothing else that she had them. Her personas were based on Light and Physical attacked. She lamented on how that reflected from herself as she dashed torwards the shadow to initiate the assault. Figuring this is what made her a good front line fighter.

I'll start this off!Everybody follow me so we can deal with this thing! She said gracefully as she ran with poise and precision. She always maintained some form of grace in her strides. Not wanting to make any mistakes. It's only the first battle in this strange decrepid forest. The shadows would certainly be strange based on how this place looked as well. It certainly wouldn't be an easy fight for them....  A grin formed on her face as she closed the distance with it. Ambushing it. There was certainly one thing she enjoyed and that was the thrill of the fight. Unlike her brother who tended to be a pacifist to these types of things and rather unaccepting of these situations. Nevertheless Shi wondered what abilities the shadows here would possess. Judging from the enviroment.... These guys weren't exactly going to be a pushover.

Lets do this!The girl exclaimed as she gained the drop on the shadow. Calmly waiting on the others to join her as well as she took her battle stance and got ready to summon her persona. This wasn't anything new for her. Though she never really got used to the idea of this thing called a persona. Though the initial shock was out of her system. Now was the time to kick this things ass.

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Action:Moving 4 spaces torwards the block and entering block 3.engaging THe Block 3 shadow

Akira introduced herself. She seemed nice. Rei introduced himself. Odd, but like, Nagisa was also odd, probably... Or something! He waved at them. "Hai hai to you too! Look look, our team is already growing!" So, there were four of them there-Shizuka, Nagisa, Akira and Rei. Was that all or were they waiting for someone else to arrive?

And that's when he heard it...

*clap clap*

Nagisa's heart began chirping as the joyful song reached his ears from an unknown source. Slowly raising his head in surprise, he found himself already starting to clap as he turned around to look at the source of the sound. He rushed over to the boy as he noticed a small figure in the corner of his eye. A little girl, definitely younger than 10, stood there among them.

"...!" Nagisa found himself in a pinch all of a sudden. Why? Oh, why did he have to choose between two of such awesome things!? On one end, he had the new guy with the song and the weird rabbit thing (sure, rabbits weren't Nagisa's thing, he was more of a penguin kind of guy, but this one was cartoon! how cool was that?!) and, on the other, he had the adorable little girl with a teddy bear.


He exclaimed, clutching his head before turning towards the girl. The urge was too much, she just looked so so so cute! The new guy could wait, Nagisa had to pinch an adorable little cheek!

He reached out with his hand towards the little girl shouting...


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Everybody seems to have arrived now! Shizuka, the little girl, Akira, Rei <3 and Grins. Whooosh! They were gonna have so much fun, even if some of them were gloomy... He glanced over at the girl and pouted before moving on. "Hai hai, Shizuka! Let's go!" He followed the girl towards the Shadow overly excitedly, expecting everybody else to rush after them as the girl made a very good impression on him as a leader. So like, everybody else must've also fallen in love with her upbeat spirit the same as Nagisa has! That must've been that-there was no other way!!! But... what if he wasn't strong enough! What if he turns out to be less than she expected!!! Then... would they not end up as the bestest row buddies!? He wanted to pull her sleeve and ask her about that, but he opted not to. He would just have to prove her that he was strong in his own way on the battlefield! Besides, his specialty was supporting the team's attacks and maximizing their potential! That was useful! That had to be useful! He readied his weapon, a giant rainbow colored lollipop appeared in his hand and he swung it with newfound enthusiasm. His Persona was ready, there was no way he would not give 150% of himself in the fight to come! For all of them ~

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He waited in the semi-silence of the space he was in, drawing in detail what he could see and wrote down what he experienced. This place despite its tainted air was quite calming to the broken attendant as his eyes drifted upward to examine the tall branches of the trees. Such beauty in such gloom. Perfection.

Admiring would stop when he heard first the sounds of distance off tune singing…..perhaps the arrival of the last member. An odd way to arrive considering that was the best way to draw a lurking creature to them. Not that he was mad or anything. In fact, that would give him an excuse to be lazy for a while longer. Maybe he could even finish his drawing. Or not.

The sensation of a foreign power came around him and then he could hear their supporter’s voice. As he listened, he nodded.

“Right. Right. I hear ya,” he would respond back easily before becoming quiet once more. Once he could sense the aura of the others getting closer, he would stop drawing and watch as their leader, the happy go lucky kid, and the sulky one now with a flaming giant teddy bear (how awesome was that, huh?!) went by to engage a shadow up ahead apparently from what he could hear. Now he could’ve easily gone over there right away, but instead he chose to linger for a minute.

“Hey, chica. You can hear me right?” he asked in a quiet tone speaking directly to the supporter of the group as he landed on the ground and began to head to where the bunch was gathered. “How much do you think these guys are worth fighting for, hmm?” he would ask his voice slightly unsteady as he continued his path before resting once more. His eyes would focus ahead towards the others and the creature they had decided to engage; however, he would not move into battle just yet. He needed an answer to his question.

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"W-Well! This is a happy.... crowd...." To say these people made 8D uncomfortable would be an... understatement. First of all almost no one laughed at his joke... well to be fire it wasn't his best material. Sunshine Hair seemed alright, though he hadn't seen much of her to this point so 8D would have to reserve judgment. Leader Girl seemed alright to, though a lot more approachable then Sunshine Hair. His entrance made her smile so there was that going for her. Now Bubbles... Bubbles over there was such a HUGE ball of energy that 8D just couldn't help but feel they were gunna be good friends! Heck, he might even help out with a few jokes during. this mission.

Bear Girl.... ok she scared the oil out of him... Normally 8D likes little girls... But this one... Well it would take some time...

And finally Mr.Mysterio... He was mysterious... and looked rather uninterested by the whole ordeal...

"What do you make of this group Rabbit?" 8D would ask as he fallowed the group from behind.

"Well I think they're gunna be a buncha fun!" Crusader Rabbit laughed as he and his horse trotted along.

"Well We're about to find out! Hostiles sighted! It's SHOW TIME!"

8D burst into a fit of joyfull laughter as he charged the shadows with his team.

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