A Visit Gone Wrong (Cyril's Awakening)

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Shi was examined by Soki, checking if she had received any scars or bruises. Nothing abnormal, the other just seemed to worry about her constantly. But the boy “Who are you?” Well after the call to the authorities was completed, Shi would answer, steeping forward, now beginning walking towards the male “My name is Shi, that is Soki Tsurinai.” Shi stopped in her tracks, a few feet from the boy. She paused for a moment before speaking again. “Those creatures, they are called Shadows. They feed on the human’s fear which they inflict with just their mere presence. That is what happened to your mother here, if we hadn’t been here, she would be dead now.” Shi’s expression still dull as she stared towards the boy, her eyes like blank golden voids as she could simply say that death was eminent.

Continuing to speak, her voice was smooth as ever “You awakened to a Persona. A persona is a manifestation of your psyche. That creature you summoned is a part of you. Personas are used to fight shadows, you saw my partner use one. That gun she is holding, is an evoker, it helps her summon the little blonde girl you just witnessed. You summon a persona using a card. That card you crushed, it activated your persona. If you picture it, it should appear and all you have to do is crush it.” Shi would walk around to the other side of the boy’s mother, looking towards him “I’m sorry to bombard you with facts, but I speak the truth, this is no dream. You probably have friends who have already awakened to personas. You can never tell who they are though. Other persona users have other abilities; apparently yours can control the wind. We call these types of skills Garu. There is more to explain but, I’d rather not fill your brain with all this when with all the stress you’re emitting, you’ll probably forget the half of what I’m saying by tomorrow.” She street lights slowly flicked back on and everything was visible again, the driver of Soki’s car had been knocked out but only needed to be reawakened. Shi looked towards the lights that were turning on. Her golden eyes now more visible as they shined with help of the street lights.

He was waiting from an answer from the woman when the younger girl clad in blue showed up and walked a bit closer to him speaking. That girl's name was Shi. And as for the woman.....Soki Tsurinai. Damn that name was familiar, In more ways than one. Tsurinai. He could swear there was a certain group or organization with that name. When she paused he  "Tsurinai? That's...." he trailed off remembering. Tsurinai to his knowledge was some type of corporation, for scientific study possibly. It was big around here. Shi continued hurling expositions at him, but surprisingly, he was able to take it all in stride. When she finished her statement and warned that his mother could have died, he looked back at her to see her still lying on the ground breathing, but sleeping. That thing was draining her mind? What do these Shadows even want with that? He looked back a Shi's face as blank as a sheet of paper. He wanted to know more, about what Shadows really are, and what the motive behind tonight was, anything. But if they are only telling him this, they probably know only that much or are not gonna tell him. Either way, he continued to listen.

Shi explained about the Persona he had acquired, and how they are weapons against Shadows. When she mentioned what she referred to as an "evoker" he looked at Soki Tsurinai's hip where the gun was now holstered. "So you pointed it at your head to summon your Persona, is that how you did it?" he asked Soki. When she mentioned the card he held his left had out in the same fashion he used to grab the card as it fell. Nothing seemed to come at first. He would think on it in a second as she continued to explain. So his Persona could harness wind, and there are more than just the two girls who knew of this. He shook his head at her. "N-no, tell me all you can, I want to know all possible," he said putting a finger in his mouth and chewing on it a bit nervously when he finished explaining, before dropping his hand to the side of his body.

He was thinking to himself as he tried to remember what his Persona looked like. Some sort of humanoid, angel. It had a name, he remembered. He kept thinking of it, holding his hand out once more, and soon an azure blue card now all blue fell down over his hand, spinning. He thought for a bit, before he suddenly remembered its name. "...Aurai," he said, and then lifted his hand bringing his fingers together crushing the card making a sound akin to the shattering of glass. His headache grew a bit causing him to grab his head with his right hand and looked behind him, seeing once again what he called. His Persona appeared behind him with a burst of wind that wasn't deadly, but noticeable. It truly was his Persona after all. He would stare at it for a bit before shaking it's head in an attempt to wish it away, and soon Aurai faded from view, as if it went back into his own psyche. This was no joke at all. Shi was correct.

The sound of a cracking whip would stop the chattering between Shi and the young boy who was getting too curious with his questions. He didn't truly have a right to know, but he did have reason to want to know his circumstance. However, he didn't need to know anything about Soki's process of summoning her own Persona. That had nothing to do with his concerns. "Enough, Shi. We need to start heading back so I can write my report." In her hand was a whip she seemingly produced out of thin air. Grasping Shi's cheek, she'd begin to tug at her "assistant" and head back towards the car. She had previously taken her phone back from the boy which would hold the records of which hospital his mom would be in. Now it all came down to keeping tabs on her progress and recovering. She was a living, breathing test subject, after all. Even he'd need to be monitored, but from afar. She wished to know if normal life would ever return if one had a Persona they could possibly summon at will. Soki's driver pulled around infront of the driver and stepped out of the black car. Walking to the back, he'd open the back door for the Mistress and her guest. The sirens of the coming ambulance could be heard in the far distance making Soki's eyes narrow. There was no reason she needed to bring attention to herself by being seen here. "Shi, say your last words to this boy, we need to leave now. Oh, and boy, if you begin to use those new powers of yours irresponsibly, we'll be seeing each other again rather soon. Though, as adversaries. Ueitawa already has enough problems with people abusing their gifts, as seen with these disappearances. Whatever the case, you'll most likely be a target now that you hold this potential. Hone your skill, or other people you care about will be killed in your stead. These Shadows are merciless, but also others out there who hold this ability may take interest in you aswell. Your life is soon to become a spiral of deception and violence if you're not careful." With those final words, Soki would release Shi and enter the car. She'd await her young companion to finish her own explanation to the boy aswell. Once Shi entered the car, the two young woman would be off as suddenly as they had appeared.

And then the whip was heard, causing Cyril to jump taking a slight step back. His eyes shifted over to Soki who held it in her hand. Was it him, or did she always have that whip? He couldn't see it before. If that search before was what he thought it was, he can only imagine what goes on between the two when no one was around. But he shook his head looking at her keeping the thoughts from scaring him even more. He watched as Soki spoke to Shi, being rather pushy, or affectionate? At this point, it wasn't the weirdest thing that happened tonight. He saw a black car pull up near the two as a man stepped out and opened the back door. She was certainly living large at this point, and certainly had more to access than he did. The ambulance was getting closer, as he heard the sirens, which did bring a thin blanket of relief over his heart.

His attention turned to Soki as she gave her last epitaph to him. "Cyril by the way. Cyril Vaans," he said having particular sting on him being called "boy". Not really what he wanted to hear tonight. But the next thing he said surprised him more than it should have. "Using powers irresponsibly..." So people do have powers, and worse, use something like this for not-so-right reasons. "Wait disappearances? Huh..." he said not to loud as she spoke. The missing people had something to do with all this? Well it could make sense. He watched and nodded as she spoke. "Alright. Maybe we will see each other again," he said harboring some hope. If they met again, he might be able to get more information and learn about all of this. He paused a bit until she was already in her car thinking for a bit. "Oh, goodbye," he said out loud. He didn't really shout so she might not have heard, but it made him feel better at least.