I cannot stay idle and watch all this happen. And being unable to worldhop to any of these worlds that have the fog is beyond frustrating.

How do I get to those worlds? I need to go where Jak is.

[Hey, it's a Fuu! With bright green eyes and fully dressed. It looks like she's even wearing armor.]

First things first, I suppose. I... What I said yesterday. To everyone. I'm sorry. Terribly, terribly sorry. There is no way for me to properly voice how sorry I am.

Especially to you, Artemis... and you, Hikaru-san. What I said to the two of you was particularly horrible. If you never wish to hear from me again, I would understand it...

[Her smile grows shaky, and she lets out a sigh. After a moment of composing herself, her expression grows firm.]

However, it appears that there are more people in need of assistance. And I will not allow anything to happen to my friends. If anyone needs my assistance, I would be glad to offer my abilities.

... [A brief pause, a look as if she's going to say something else, before she reaches up and shuts off the webcam. Video cuts off, but audio remains. She sighs heavily.]

Now I will never be a bride.

[end]

We have many more newcomers, most of which have absolutely no experience with Personas. So, I propose that as we begin splitting off into smaller teams, we make certain that each of us "veterans" take a leadership role and guide the less experienced Persona-users in this next wave.

I propose we rescue the following: Starscream, Zel, Spain, Tidus, Lucas, Touya, Rock Howard and... Kaito.

I'll take Aoko-chan, Fuu-san, Issei-kun, and Kanji order to rescue Kaito. He appears to be the strongest one of this lot, from what I've seen. Senpai, I'll leave you to divide up the others and we'll tackle the rest of the Shadows as best we can.

Divide and conquer. That's our strategy. If any of you new Persona-users have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.

[another video, only this time it's Kaito (blue eyes and oh-so-familiar grumpy features and all) sitting at his computer, chin resting in his hand as he stares at the camera in annoyance. He's tapping a deck of cards on the wood of his desk. It's obvious in the way he speaks that he doesn't really want to say any of this]

Yes, I'm a jerk.

[tap]

Yes, I push people away. Hundred yen to whoever guesses where that comes from.

[tap tap]

Yes, I kinda think it's fun tricking you guys. Magician, remember?

[tap tap tap. Disgruntled sigh]

No, I don't think you're all worthless or weak.

[he leans back]

Yes, I'll answer questions.

[and then a flippant wave of his hand]

And no, outside of this post, I don't ever want to talk about this again.

[and the video feed cuts off]

The video shows nothing at first, just blackness-but slowly the camera comes into focus, revealing it to be the night sky, stars fading in. When Suguru speaks from off camera, his voice is quiet, soft and of a far lower pitch to usual.
"These are the stars that watched over my life."
The camera falls over sideways, Suguru's foot having kicked it. With this new angle, it's apparent that he is standing on top of a very high spot, looking out over Tokyo.
"This is the city that I grew up in."
A muscular arm reaches into view, to point.
"That is the school that treated me like a pig."
And the arm retracts. There is nothing but silence for a moment, and then, what looks like a steam roller hurtles past the camera, striking the point that the arm pointed at, smashing the building to pieces.
"Hate it."
And with more whistling and creaking noises, massive, heavy objects fly out over the city, landing with massive crashes, smashing places apart.
"I hate it."
After almost fifteen minutes of this, he has apparently run out of things to throw, and so picks up the camera, turning it to face him, showing his new mask.
"I hate it all. The world, the people in it, the places they live. The stars that looked over me and never said a word. I hate it. And if I hate it, I will fight it until one of us is dead. Because violence is the only real thing there is."
With a disturbing smile, the shadow pauses, before finishing his speech.
"So, if you can move, come fight me."

[It's a dimly lit cathedral, the pews bathed in a dim blue light that seems to come from floating in the air. On a raised platform, there's a raised organ similar to the one in the Vatican. Then, a glowing yellow light around someone that looks like Cross. However, something is different about him- wearing his old exorcist robes, and a golden cross dangling from his uniform.


Then, the hymn of Hail Mary starts to play. The eerie organ music wafting through the entire church, the stained glass figure of the Hanged Man seems to almost glow.

When he speaks, it's in Latin:]

( cut for talks of religion )

[ooc; first and foremost, I apologize if I got any of the scripture wrong 8( I'm not catholic and NewAdvent.com was my idkbff they all have different names in Islam and secondly. He'll constantly mention things in replies: lambs = Michael, Nena and Allen; the woman: the Virgin Mary, but all the women he's "cared" about - Anita, Klaud and Franzypant and I'll give you those notes when I'm replying.

8D Have fun with creepy cross]

U-um! Excuse me, everyone, I have an important question! How do I get a Persona? I want to help save my friends as well! It... it hurts, seeing them like this...

Things are a bit livelier of late, with the mist, and, well. Even as such, I have a simple quarry, if you will. When was the last time everyone has eaten?

So my Dear Dear Duckies, here's a question that's been burning in my CPU. Out all of you people who fight, what do or did you fight for? Some impossible concept of Everlasting Peace? Or are you fighting for those that won't be with you in the end? Or do you just like to fight?

What are you willing to do to attain it? Anything? Murder? Theft? Did you have some grand moral line you would not cross?

And I know we have gods and personfications of concepts so why don't you tell me your feelings on the matter of these foolish heroes? Do they amuse you? Do you root for them? Do you just want to hug them?

Or if you don't feel like answering that question we can do a tit-for-tat thing for any other questions. One has a ton of them~

So, uh, about how I was acting.

I don't want to quit my job.

And I know I'm a good cop. It's just Kid is that good of a thief.

I just get frustrated and that shadow thing went out of control with it.

...

Problems with Aoko are something that's between me and her, so I'd appreciate no one else asking about that.

Any concerns, I guess I'll answer them.

And thanks to you kids who help me get back to normal. And I'll help out in getting other people to normal.

I didn't know how else to contact broken_clock, but I'd like to thank him for his opinions, which got me thinking. If my deeds aren't enough to earn Megatron's respect, then I'll beat it out of him. However a little practice before-hand could prove useful if anyone's up for it.

((OOC: Rescue RL here. Will be assuming the other two))

[When the video cuts in, the view is of a large office, with deep red carpet, a large fishtank alongside one wall (with a real shark inside :>), and an entire wall of picture windows, showing a spectacular view of an urban sprawl. The view zooms in slightly, to a black office chair behind a large mahogany desk, and the back of someone's head. Almost as if on cue, the person sitting at the desk speaks]

...it's beautiful out there. At least...on the surface. But what sickens me about this is the fact that beneath that beauty, it's just as ugly as the rest of society. [The voice lets out a snort before continuing]

But it's only ugly because there're so many weak people out there. I want to help them, truly, I do, but they just can't seem to get it. And I'm not about to let anyone get in my way.

[And he stands, turning toward the camera. It's Rock, but he's not wearing his usual casualwear - in fact, he's wearing a white gi top and red hakama - the exact same outfit that his father wore when he died. The gi is opened up a bit more than it probably should be, exposing some of his chest, but it doesn't seem to bother him as much as it normally would.]

So, if you're planning on interfering, let me say this right now - make sure you're strong, because otherwise... you won't live to see another day.

(Follow-up post for rescue RL is here! Rescue Group so far for Rock: Aoko [Scanner] and Tidus [Fighter].  :>)