Embrace Your Isekai Fantasies // Locked to mountainfoggedlotus

[fogboundcrow]

This is it! Raven's chance to help the younger Ren experience his powers as a Persona user. They can fight together. Explore together. It's going to be great.

But the Metaverse is too unpredictable, and the Dark Hour fairly dangerous. So, naturally, the TV world is the best bet.

Thus, Raven leads his young compatriot to the Junes Electronics Department. How convenient that there's a little rack of glasses near the flatscreen TVs with a cute Teddie cutout nearby.

Raven glances at the selection. "You'll want to take one of these before we step inside. It'll help you see through the fog."

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[mountainfoggedlotus]

Oh! Raven coming in to take the blow for him...snaps him out of his feral rage for a moment. He turns to look Raven right in the eye. "Thank you."

And then he's right back at it, slashing away. "DON'T HURT MY FRIENDS!!"

[fogboundcrow]

"Hahaha... Yes! Slaughter everyone who stands in your way!" Is that unhinged laughter? A wild smirk? Why yes, yes it is.

The Halberie doesn't stand a chance. Before long, it dissolves, just like its comrade.

[mountainfoggedlotus]

"YEAH!!" Ren yells, laughing along. "No one stands in our way!!"

This...he looks back at Raven, grinning even wider at the smirk he sees on his friend's face...yeah, he could get used to this.

We're free to be, Wormwood croons inside him. That is what you fight for.

[fogboundcrow]

"Heh. You did well." He walks closer, sheathing his saber for now. "Do you want to seek out enemies as a priority? There are also a few chests we could scout out, or if you're feeling daring, a gold hand... but they are persistent pests that are mostly useful for the money they would drop in reality. Here, it's not quite so lucrative."

[mountainfoggedlotus]

Ren flicks his own knives back into his pockets. "It won't be feeling so handy after we're done with it."

[fogboundcrow]

"Very well. I take it you want to take the lead?" Either way, he'll guide Ren down the hall and toward a rather particular door that happens to contain a gold chest and a gold hand.

[mountainfoggedlotus]

"Yeah!" Ren follows him. "Ooh...shiny."

[fogboundcrow]

"Be careful," Raven whispers. "The gold hands are durable and will flee if not dealt with immediately." But, since he's the more experienced of the two, he rushes in for a back attack to initiate the battle before the hand can fully register them.

[mountainfoggedlotus]

"Yeah!" Ren hasn't fully registered Raven's words. "Hiiiyah!"

Ren aims for a slash at the stupid hand thing. And--

"Wh?"

It dodges out of the way at the last second, leaving Ren off-balance.

[fogboundcrow]

"Try again...? It resists all elements, but physical should be—"

The hand snaps its fingers, launching a Bufu spell that Raven swiftly intercepts.

[mountainfoggedlotus]

"Eeesh," Ren flinches back from the Ice damage. No thank you! "Uh, slash!"

Another lunge and--

"C'mon!! Seriously??"

--another dodge.

[fogboundcrow]

"I can help, if you want, but I don't want to steal your victory." He will, however, intercept another Bufu spell.

[mountainfoggedlotus]

"I just wish it'd hold-- still!" Another failed slash. "Wormwood! Eiha!"

[fogboundcrow]

Good news: The Eiha hits.

Bad news: it does barely any damage. The golden hand glances around, like it's about to turn tail and run.

Nonetheless, Ren deserves another try. "I know you can do this!"

C'mon, Ren! It's all up to you!

[mountainfoggedlotus]

"Yeah!!" Ren shakes himself off, preparing to charge. "I can--"

...Eat a critical Bufu and get frozen.

As the Golden Hand escapes.

[fogboundcrow]

Damn it! It's tempting to pursue, to blast a Megidolaon at that wretched Shadow, but Ren takes priority.

So... fine. Raven takes his beam sword and strikes the ice, careful to only hit it hard enough to free Ren without harming him.

[mountainfoggedlotus]

Ren is...kind of stunned. "Ow," he says, once he's freed enough to speak. "Cold..."

[fogboundcrow]

"Sorry about that. Those hands can be a perpetual pain in the ass if you don't have ball lightnings or Almighty attacks." But he places a hand on Ren's shoulder for support. It's okay.

[mountainfoggedlotus]

Ren blinks. Several times over. And shivers. "I need a support Persona."

[fogboundcrow]

"That was why I recommended Pixie, but it's a fairly common card in Shuffle Time." There, there. Just let him switch Personas real quick. "Kushinada!"

A woman with a lot of combs adorning her attire materializes, showering Ren with Dirama.

[mountainfoggedlotus]

"Hi there," Ren blinks at the new Persona. Raven really can just switch them out so quickly...

[fogboundcrow]

A warm, almost maternal laugh flutters out of the Persona. "Rest easy, young one. We all start somewhere."

And then she vanishes in a burst of sparkles.

Raven can't help but chuckle at Ren's reaction. "Gather enough Personas, and you can fuse some fairly powerful ones. It just takes a little time."

[mountainfoggedlotus]

Wow, that's impressive...Ren watches her flutter out of existence before turning back to Raven. "I should get on that," he nods. "Wormwood won't cover me from everything...need to start thinking strategy."

[fogboundcrow]

"Well, this dungeon isn't a terrible place to acquire new Personas." Hmm, but how to tackle it... Raven takes his chin in hand, humming. "What we could do is down a great deal of Shadows and keep triggering Shuffle Time to allow you to accrue more Personas, which you can then train and use for fusion back in the Velvet Room. It may be faster if I utilize my Persona abilities, but I think with enough patience, we can get you a bit more diversity."

[mountainfoggedlotus]

Ren shivers, his body still trying to fend the lingering feeling of being frozen off. "Sounds good to me!"