Kirumi Tojo's Palace | The Ultimate Maid's Failures

[kandata]

By now everyone may be used to find themselves in bizarre locations, between going into palaces and visiting Nekyia. It might not come as a surprise that it has happened again.

What might come as a surprise, though...is how empty this place is.

All around you there's nothing more than a large, gray, featureless expanse. In the distance there seem to be bars, curving upwards to gather so, so high above you, possibly hundreds of miles above, so high it’s hard to distinguish.

It’s a cage. So unfathomably large. You could escape, were you to get to the edges of the cage, but...it would take forever. No matter how you look at it, you're trapped. The atmosphere is so...hopeless. Devoid of anything even remotely positive.

Not that you want to hang around for long, do you? After all, this is someone's palace. Not a place to stick around at. What to do, though?

It’s all so...empty. Silent. Featureless. A flat expanse of hard gray tiles.

Gather together, everyone. Gather and choose a direction. North, East, West, South. All directions look completely identical, but could it affect your time in this place, somehow? Probably not. But all treks start with the first step. Perhaps, if you get moving, you'll progress?

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[moonshaded]

[The discrepancy in numbers between utility-oriented Personas and fighting-oriented ones is pretty stark now, facing down the final battle. The list of skills Kainé can access that don't do damage isn't exactly long. She hits herself with a Rakukaja to raise her defense.]

You talkers and huggers try to do your thing.

[She will try to take some Kirumi aggro should she physically attack while the others are still trying negotiations. Despite her turning the flat of the axe head, Kainé is still on alert. The girl that would do anything to live is probably still here.

And...what would she say that would matter? She left Kirumi to stay mostly alone in that goddamn dorm for weeks, anyway.]