Madness Continues [Alice Dungeon pt.2]

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Ava would enter the dungeon after having gotten as prepared as she possibly could have with all factors concerned. Apparently they were in for a strange madhouse of a world accordin gto what the mission said, however when Ava had entered the woman was simply taken aback by the delusions that infested the entire land. Woah.... This is some serious madness...Just what on earth was this team going to deal with inside of this madhouse?

As Ava had entered, she would notice Shiina apparently and the smile she offered torwards the tattoo'd disaster. Ava would offer one back to the woman and would begin to speak after she spoke of introducing themselves. Hi I'm Ava. I hit things and I hit them hard!With that, Ava's shadow weapon would nearly "flare" itself out, producing two blades standing out from each side of her neck for a second before putting them back.No really!I got this tattoo all over me...It seems to just hit things really hard, I can also heal us if we get hurt. For some reason it has this trick where it can detect valuable items throughout areas and lead myself to them.It was a rather strange and unorthodox shadow weapon in all honesty.This place is certainly rather... Unusual to say the least.

GioGio was the third one to arrive, few moments had passed between Ava's arrival and his. He was wearing a suit this time, as opposed to his regular more flamboyant clothing, this was supposed to be a serious mission and he didn't wanted to damage his best clothes while at it, besides, something more "serious" is fine sometimes too.

The young man would approach the group, with a smile on his face and say "Good evening, all. I hope we can work well together." He'd bow while placing his right hand over his chest, back in Italy they would greet others with kisses and hugs... but after 5 years in Endymion he learned such things make people uncomfortable in this country.

"Well, as you may remember, Osiris can be boost people's speed and it's a very resilient persona." He'd pause for a brief moment. "While i'm sure it has offensive abilities, they are very weak, i should stick to a supporting role."

Having to go through the forest at night was a harrowing experience. She was happy for her foresight in bringing what meager light her flash light would offer. After a trek like that, however, she found herself considering a lantern to go with said flash light.

I'm insane for doing this again, I'm absolutely insane for coming out in the middle of the night, at least at the simulation there was a more familiar setting and some small light from the environment, this forest and it's darkness is killing my nerves!

As for the bizarre nature of the environment upon her arrival, she chose to ignore it. It was, as the debriefing stated, likely the work of a Psyche Terrorist warping the field. That was all the information she needed.

When she caught up, she found herself finally letting go of her breath, and turning off her flash light. It probably will not be needed now that she found her group. From what she could conclude, people were giving introductions and a brief detail of their own abilities.

Looks like I'm the last one to arrive... I'll have to remedy that next time. I need to be sure that I arrive early from here on out... Night time missions are going to be frequent, aren't they? It was time to put on her poker face, making as stoic an expression as she could.

She took a quick look to evaluate her current team.

Perhaps I'm being too hopeful, but it seems this group is much better knit then the last group I was with. Let's hope it stays that way.

It didn't take her long to recognize one of the members of the team. Relief came, though she didn't realize she needed it.

"My apologies for my late arrival," she began, bowing low as she introduced herself, "Masako Mitsurugi. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance. As for abilities... I still haven't quite gotten the hang of my own abilities, but it seems I have an analysis ability as well as a technique that seems to slow down single target foes. If even that much will be an asset, I will gladly lend what strength I have."

It seemed everyone had managed to arrive, and with that they could now begin to progress through this strange maddening dungeon. The Gionathan person seemed to be familiar with this Shiina person apparently. While Ava had only been familiar with the masako person. Hey Masako, good thing this time around we dont have those morons from last time, they'd have started a real mess with us already.Ava said, clearly mocking her previous teammates who had taken the time to act like incompetent assholes bar Henry and the two of them. It was rather amazing to ava how absolutely retarded these people were capable of being, on the other hand this shiina person looked far more competent and like they were trying to actually act professional while taking charge.

Well alright then, not really physical skills, uh. It doesn't seem to "do a technique" or anything. I can make these fancy tattoos pop out of any part of my body nearly as they encompass the entirtey of it. See?To offer further clarity on that, Ava would have the tattoo on her right hand extend as some form of blade that was small, then the one that was on her head switch places and form a blade as well. It just does this, and I whack them with what it makes. To be honest that was a rather blunt description of her shadow weapon.

As she would follow Shiina over to another spot, Ava would stare rather baffled at everything else. Just how distorted were the P.Ts able to make things?

The only person there he has met before was Shiina, the other two were a complete mystery to him, but since they are cadets too they should be competent and not become a liability... as for judging their character, he'd reserve that for later, they are serving the Queen, but they could have taken the position just for the prestige.

"The feeling is mutual, Shiina." He'd nod at her, still smiling. "It's a pleasure to meet you two." He spoke to the other two cadets, they sure stood out, one was child and the other was a woman with tattoos covering most of her body, the former bothered him a bit, should a little girl really be involved in this? He'd have to talk with Shiina about it later.

"Scusi, you said 'main persona'... Are you telling me you have multiple personas, Shiina?" He'd inquire as he followed Shiina.

She was a little surprised by Shiina's display.  She understood somewhat from her studies about this phenomena about the Cadets...

Better to say she understood based off of what was available to her.

But this one... was this one suggesting she had multiple of what makes a Cadet a Cadet in most cases?

Don't dwell on it.  Just focus on the matter at hand.

Hey Masako, good thing this time around we dont have those morons from last time, they'd have started a real mess with us already.

That was Ava, alright.  Sure she's only known her a short while, but this was already beginning to feel normal to see from her.

"At ease," she replied simply, "I'm sure with time there could have been improvement.  Though, if you want my brutal honesty, I'm inclined to agree that there would have been much unnecessary friction."  Even if she could value the others as team members, her opinion of them as people has already been set in stone.  She would very much would rather not deal with them again for a while, at least.

She looked towards the man who greeted Ava and herself with an "It's a pleasure to meet you two."  She bowed and offered a "Likewise, sir," to him.

Initial evaluation: all very professional!  Even if the one with the rather unique talent is as much green as I am, I'm already feeling encouraged.

What happened next surprised her a little bit.  The one called Shiina Tsurinai offered her something to add extra use to her apparent skill set.  A bag... filled with... six things?  She wasn't really sure what to make of them.

//"Miss Mitsurugi, as it seems your abilities are more suitable for supporting us, I'd like you to take these.  They restore our spirit, you could say. It allows us to use more magical abilities during battle if we happen to use too many and get tired. Or something to that effect."//

A medicinal item?  I'll have to be sure to use these wisely then.

"I'll make every endeavor to use these wisely and strategically," she said with a stiff, military persona.  This one may only be a few days her senior, but it seems this one knew her stuff.  Masako would be wise to heed her word.

Oh ok, then I guess I am a physical and up front attacker yes.The shadow weapon simply hummed across Ava's body as she contemplated what their main plan of attack was going to be right now.Well alright. I'm ready whenever you guys are.She was gonna keep this pretty simple, there wasn't much for her to say on her end as the woman simply behaved like a soldier almost.

Well Masako, I doubt they will get very far in the cadets anyway, so there is no need for us to worry about them.She wasn't going to waste them calling those two idiots a f** this and a p**** and a *** *** *****. It really was not worth it due to the fact that they had a mission on their hands. When Shiina had practicalyl asked for her to activate her treasure skill, she had no problems doing so. Alright. here goes!

A large gleam would emit from Ava, as the party would now be granted vision of whatever treasure was within this dungeon. That should suffice.

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Ah, this ability. She's seen it in action before. It was how she got her hands on a revival bead. Does she still have it?

A quick check proved that, yes, it was still on her possession! It was only one, but maybe just having the one would be enough for now.

Mental note, these must be easier to obtain in some way, perhaps through purchase. Perhaps after this dungeon I'll start taking on those odd jobs. Then I should be able to obtain what I need for my purposes.

Wordlessly, she followed close behind, having summoned her katana so as to not be taken off guard.

I won't let anyone surprise me. Not once. If we are attacked, I'm analyzing them...

I only wish I could do it more freely than just once at the beginning. Then I'd be able to deal with any of my foes...

No, I shouldn't thinking like that. With enough practice I should be able to take this passive ability of mine and turn it into something more active. All I need is practice and time.

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"I'm ashamed to admit, but no, i haven't noticed."Despite Gionatan being very attentive, that passed under his radar, perhaps in the heat of the moment he got sloppy and didn't notice, either way it was a huge asset for the team, he was shocked how casually she acted about it, maybe she just didn't wanted people putting her on a pedestal. "That's an incredible power you have, Shiina." He spoke, wearing an impressed expression, although he wondered how she had achieved that power, if they could get more people like that it would be amazing.

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She tried to take what everyone was saying into consideration, but really it was unfair to assume that she'd be able to gleam much from just the very short amount of information she has.

… first impressions?

Well, she did seem to have much to go by in terms of just the first impressions alone.

Let's see now... Ava seems to be keeping it simple this time around.  I suppose that's good.  Miss Tsurinai seems to be taking this mission very seriously.  That's a comfort, actually.  The man... I don't think I've gotten his name... Persona... he said his persona was Osiris?  It's unprofessional, but I suppose for now I'll refer to him as Osiris until I get the opportunity to ask his name proper.  He seems to be a gentleman of a sort.  It's unprofessional of me, but I have to make this note.  This group is jarringly much much MUCH better than the last group I was in.  I can only hope that this is normal of our team members!

Then again, those two hopefuls... I wonder how they are doing?  I already made the commitment to ask about it tomorrow, once an opportunity arises.

With that said- wait... what was that she just said?

//"Hmhm... Gionatan, please save your compliments for when we finish putting an end to these poor souls' lives. Alice has been especially cruel to them, after all."//

Her eyes went wide at that implication.

Alice has been cruel to them?!  Then... these people have been her victims, in need of release?!  How long have they've been suffering?!  Have any of them been freed?!  Have Miss Tsurinai and Mister Osiris been forced to put some to their eternal slumber?!

Before she could ask, Miss Tsurinai had already made a dash towards a certain direction.  It seems she was as eager to be on the front lines as Miss Ava.

Suddenly, there was a burning fire in her eyes at the very thought of what may have been going on.

For now, she broke her own self imposed silence.

“I will not rest until every soul we've come across is freed from their torment brought upon them against their own will...”  Even if she was the weakest of their fighters, even if all she could do was just stand by and offer only support, she was now determined to put all foes out of their misery, whatever it took.

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