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IZOU'S PALACE

KYOTO BAKUMATSU PALACE
You find yourself in historical Kyoto at night. The city is shadowy and beautiful, elegant but hostile. It's a sophisticated city, but you don't belong there and it knows it. Everyone knows it. You are being watched.

Worst of all, a terrible demon haunts the streets of this powerful capital city.

Eli Walsh, Kirumi Tojo, Still Sunrise, Argenti, Yi Sang, Celeste, Mafuyu Asahina, and McGillis Fareed, do you dare journey into hell?

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[The shadow man cackles, raising his sword high next to his head in what is clearly a battle pose, if an odd one.]

HAH! JUST TRY AND MAKE ME, DOG OF THE SHOGUNATE!

[ Eli's sure this was coming no matter what, and so... ]

Nah, you got it wrong. I'm not a dog. Garm! C'mon!

[ Eli... isn't a fan of his Persona. He isn't. But he'd be kidding himself if he thought he could take a guy this big without his giant spirit wolf or whatever the fuck Garm is. Regardless, a giant red wolf leaps into existence, sending out a spray of deadly sharp icicles (10).

They... miss but, uh, it was a warning shot. Shut up. It's fine. ]

[Yeah shadow man thinks this is hilarious.]

HAH! REFUTES BEING A DOG BEFORE SUMMONING A HOUND? DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH!!

[The shadow attempts to slash at Garm in response, apparently unaware that Persona's are incorporeal and hits nothing. (1) The lack of physical contact makes him overextend himself and fall forward. Whoops.

Eli will get advantage his next attack roll.]

[ Garm is thoroughly unimpressed, Shadow Man. Eli, on the other hand, is just mad, but when is he ever not? ]

Maybe you should get your eyes checked, stupid, because a wolf ain't a dog!

[ He ducks in under the man's guard as he wastes his time swinging at his Persona, covering his brass knuckles with sharp ice and punching in and up to bury them in the shadow's middle with his Bufula (20) attack for medium ice damage. ]

[Very cool finishing line, Eli!!!

Did I say finishing line? Yeah. The moment the ice attack hits the shadow man, he explodes into void dust.

Eli must've hit him really hard.]

[ ...which startles Eli. With his fist no longer striking something solid, he staggers forward a step. ]

Buh? Wait. [ What? Huh?! ] Was that it?!

Huh. Well done.

[ The praise isn't sarcastic. McGillis does like watching people kick ass.

Even if the ass was very easy to kick. We'll just gloss over that. ]

Uh, yeah. Right.

[ Praise...? What is this? First Aubrey's palace, now this. People telling him he's done good is weird! ]

Efficiently solved.

[Nice, it was totally dealt with. Kirumi has no complaints!]

[Applause for you from the direction of the "maybe we should make a plan first" squad.]

My, he sure went down easy for talking so much.

I... guess so. I mean. I did punch him pretty hard. Right?

[ He looks uncertainly at Garm, who offers no answers besides a huff before fading away into the mists again. ]

You did, but one would think he could handle a few, no?

[But, you know, that sure sounded like you were looking for some praise there, my guy, so. Just. Gonna give one of those promised good boy hair ruffles as he walks by onto the bridge.]

[ slkdnfsd hey! ]

I said not to do that, Celeste!

[ Eli is ignoring the forced confession about liking headpats from before. He is ignoring it! It is ignored! Huff, puff, well, whatever, he'll cross the bridge after. ]

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[ An approving nod in his direction after he has soundly defeated this man. ]

It seems so...

But, I can only imagine the difficulty will grow from hereon.

Probably... Maybe all of Izou's allies were just a bunch of losers or something.

[ did his side lose??? eli bets they lost ]

...All bark and no bite.

[ someone had to say it. ]

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[ An amused look from over here. Help ]

...oi, are you making fun of me?!

[ eli no ]

Not in the slightest. Your bite was the one that took him down quite succinctly.

[ or: good job! maybe. ]

[ Eli stares at him suspiciously for a moment, but... he lets it go. Right. He meant the other guy. ]

But...

[ ...Wait this is one of those idioms, isn't it. Probably? ]

It means they may boast or provoke with verbosity, but cannot back it up with physical prowess.

[ crying in "yes he's explaining it" ]

Not that they were speaking much of themself except in comparison to the demon, or perhaps Izou. I wonder if this was a person from Izou's life.

[ Hmmm... ]

Thank you, Mr. Eli.

...you're welcome. [ Pause. Uh. ] I'm sure you'll get a chance to light Izou on fire. This guy wouldn't have been worth the effort.

That would depend on what happens.

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