Standansen Rally: Shit Going Down

"Hrm... Well... if you say so. I'll back down..." His system was reaching critical levels anyway. He'd overheat any moment now... "I'd... suggest backin-" But before he could warn the others, his systems overheated. His eyes rolled back into his skull, and a hot cloud of smoke from the vaporized cooling agent erupted from all over the androids skin, as he collapsed onto his knees with a metallic *Clunk*.


He'd lie there, probably to the confusion of everyone else around who hadn't seen an Anti-shadow suppression weapon before. The steam itself wasn't dangerous, but it would most likely be really uncomfortable standing in, given it's intense heat. Touching the now overheated Phalanx without some protective gear, on the other hand, would surely singe any skin pretty badly. He knew the risks of using Orgia mode, and this would be his very first own overheat. Not a paticularly pleasant experience...

Everything actually worked out well in the end, even though he didn't disagree with how it all ended. Joshua had thought Azami was going to start attacking and he was ready to allow that familiar ache to happen again to summon Yamato-Takeru. But, she was able to stand down. Perhaps this was a blessing in its own way or a curse. No one knew.


Joshua looked down at the ground and said nothing for a while. Nothing really seemed to make sense to him about Simon anymore. He felt like screaming in annoyance at all of this, but this wasn't the place or the time for it. All he could say was a, "We'll see...."

Joshua glared at their fallen enemy as if to tell her with his expression that it would be unwise to not tell everything. But his scowl wouldn't last long as Zachary and Analee both decided to become relevant once more and what happened next occurred suddenly. But once the red-head retrieved YumiAmi and Zachary beckoned them to come up, his glare became ever more intensified. He had no words for either of them. But he did for everyone else.

"Let's go. Can't keep him wai--Whatthefuck?" he yelped as Phalanx finally collapsed, "...Oh for the love of Christ!"

The steam almost hit him as he jumped back in surprise. He stared at the thing incredulously. Shadows, Primordials, Angels, Demons, and Personas were a thing that he apparently knew for a while. But to think robots are also a thing? He wondered if there was no end to the madness in this world. At this point, he just wasn't going to be surprised at what's happening anymore.

Clearly that thing was going to be hot to touch and there was no way they could carry him normally.


The Persona returned upon his command, causing the amber color to return to his eyes once more. It carried Phalanx carefully while being unaffected by the heat for now.

"Let's not waste time. C'mon," he called out for everyone else to follow while starting to head inside the building with Yamato-Takeru and Phalanx in tow.

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Shunnosuke's remark stung. It was bad enough that Azami was forced to leave Yumi a threat, but now the Kurosawa had decided to pour salt on her wounds with his mockery. She shot him a glare and opened her mouth to reply with some sort of comeback or insult of her own, but no words came to mind. A sullen, defeated expression crossed her face and the humiliated girl would hurriedly turn away from him in an effort to hide it. "He's not worth my time," She'd think bitterly as she continued onward toward the tower. Thankfully it appeared that no further interruptions----


Son of a bitch.

A loud metallic clang rang out and reached the woman's ears. What was it this time? At this point it was getting to be more annoying than it was concerning. With an exasperated sigh, Azami would skid to a stop and turn to face the direction the sound came from. What she saw next, however, wasn't exactly what she was expecting. It seemed Phalanx had passed out and was releasing... steam? Was that steam? That definitely wasn't normal. And that clunk -- did that come from him? Her brow raised in confusion briefly before suddenly it hit her.


It was a rather dull reaction to such an odd revelation, but at this point it was all she could muster up. So much had happened in so little time to the point where she couldn't really say the existence of an entity like Phalanx was that shocking to her. For a moment she was worried that his lack of consciousness would prove problematic, but thankfully Joshua had things under control and used his Persona to pick him up. Giving him a look of gratitude, she'd nod in agreement with him and resume following him to the tower. Hopefully Zackary could shed some light on this whole situation. Though Azami did have to wonder... If shit hit the fan and they ended up fighting him, would things play out the same as they did with YumiAmi? Would Shunnosuke insist on sparing him as well? After all, to do otherwise would make him nothing more than a hypocrite.


All Azami could do was hope things wouldn't come to that. Conflict with Zackary was undesirable enough on its own right. She didn't want to have to deal with Simon, Lewis, and Shun on top of that. But if they continued to insist on sparing threats without concern for the consequences or ramifications of doing so then there wasn't any other option available to her. She'd have no choice but to fight.