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12/14, action

[defragment]

[ They're pretty far from the castle by now, but still surrounded by the trees of the forest. ]

Have you cooled your head yet, Nero~?

[devilshocker]

Oh hell no. I still want to fight!!

[ chilling out doesn't exist in his vocabulary. 24/7 anger management problems. ]

Are you gonna start one here?

[defragment]

[ 45 laughs a little and doesn't say anything more. Her omamori has been strapped on her thigh so she doesn't need to reach over and touch it in order to summon her Persona, Malphas, a crow/demon hybrid. He's outrageously tall, shooting above two meters and pretty lanky, but he doesn't hesitate in casting Atomic Flare, a bright blue nuclear explosion in Nero's position with severe damage. ]

[devilshocker]

[ Nero knows how to fight but more importantly he knows how to dodge an attack or two. Atomic Flare manages to leave a few him with a few scratches and it's nothing too damaging. ]

Wow, nice! It's like one of those magician party tricks. You won't get lucky a second time.

[ He starts cranking up the gear on his sword while aiming it forward. ]

[defragment]

[ Right. It's daytime and Malphas's magic stat is shoddy. No wonder the strongest nuclear magic doesn't work as well. Change of plans. She has Malphas go... somewhere, but it looks like he's fleeing the scene. 45 doesn't look all that bothered though and links her exoskeleton onto her leg as easily as flipping a switch. ]

Luck doesn't matter if you have skill ☆

[devilshocker]

[ Something odd is going on because he can sense that his power is sealed away. Fighting under these circumstances isn't exactly ideal. Nero backs off for a moment.]

This isn't right. What the hell?

[He's standing there for a solid minute in confusion. ]

Maybe I'm getting carried away here. [ONLY NOW HE'S STARTING TO REALIZE a mistake. ]

[defragment]

[ 45 laughs. ]

If you can't handle fighting, you shouldn't have picked one in the first place~

[ 45 is also at fault, but she enjoys making people feel bad, so. Yeah. Malphas comes back, with 45's submachine gun. ]

Danke, Malphas.

[ She casually aims her gun at Nero. ]

Where were we... ah, yes. You were going to try and teach me some manners, was it?

[devilshocker]

I'm not chickening out!

[He huffs and puffs angrily. Nero's still standing in his fighting stance.]

Something is sealing my power and it's very annoying. I better finish this fast.

[Honestly the only thing he's gonna do is run up to 45 and attempt to disarm her.]

[defragment]

[ 45 has evasive equipment combined with how speedy she is in the first place, so she easily gets out of Nero's way and shoots his head several times with rubber bullets. Nothing fatal. ]

So you only pick fights when you think you have an advantage? That's real shameful.

1/11 - lockdown

[flowerclips]

[ It's the day before they venture into the new dungeons and Rei is nervous. She's trying to stay calm about the entire time, but she gets antsy and decides to go for a walk during the Lockdown to relax. For some reason, she's with Nero. Maybe they found each other wandering around town and decided to walk together. Whatever. The most important piece of detail is that Rei has her Persona out and Zhn ran off somewhere. He comes back after a few minutes with something in his mouth... ]

--is that a gun?!

[ Zhn just sits down in front of Rei and Nero with his tail wagging. He's a good boy. He found something useful!! ]

[devilshocker]

Are you blind? Of course it is.

[He gestures to the gun in Zhn's mouth.]

I don't know what you're gonna do with that. I'm having a hard time imagining you wielding a pistol.

[Rei and guns....Nero has difficulty processing the two together.]

[flowerclips]

I-I shot one before with neechan's, but I wasn't very good at it...

[ Yeah, she just barely missed Zhn. What a day. ]

But what should I do with it?! Maybe Zhn should just take it back to where he found it!

[devilshocker]

That's a bit of a waste. Did you know I'm also a gunsmith? I could probably fix it up into something else later.

[There was a ban on guns where he lived and he Still studied gun smithing.]

The parts inside can be used for other things if you don't want to shoot anything.

[flowerclips]

You can do that? What can you change a gun into?

[ She's still pretty !!! about finding one, though. She's nervously looking around. There aren't any townspeople during the Lockdown, but she's still paranoid. ]

[devilshocker]

I can stick some gun gears into a vehicle or another weapon.

[He holds up his engine sword.]

See? I made this by sticking motorcycle parts onto the sword's hilt. The possibilities are endless.

[flowerclips]

Ohhh, I see.

[ DMC is so fucking wild. ]

Um, then you should have the gun. I don't know what I'd do with it.

[devilshocker]

Are you sure? I'll probably just dismantle it and it won't be of use in that state.

[I can't wait for SMTV and we have some kind of smt: dmc joke again.]

Even the bullets can just be used for jewelry. Hey, if you pass it over to me I'll make you a necklace.

1/2 - lockdown for some good backdating

[flowerclips]

[ Engagement rings!!! They can only really look at them without being harassed during the Lockdown so that's exactly while they're in a dark jewellery store, looking around. ]

Do you see anything that you like?

YAAY

[devilshocker]

I'll need more time to look at them carefully. If I rush then it'll be a halfassed gift.

You can help too.

[He's just checking out the rings one by one. It is taking a really long time.]

[flowerclips]

Ehehe, that's true.

[ She's glad that Nero is taking this seriously. She squints as she brings her face close to the glass. It's hard to see when everything is so dark. It's really a shame that electricity doesn't work during the Lockdown. ]

It's really hard to see anything, though...

[devilshocker]

I've got an idea.

[Nero summons his persona and casts Zio on himself. There's a spark flickering off his metal arm and that might provide some light. It's not going to last very long though.]

Can you see now?

[Using yourself as a flashlight is a horrible idea.]

[flowerclips]

D-Don't do that! What if you hurt yourself?!

[ She's completely ignoring Nero's question to go WHAT THE FUCK ]

[devilshocker]

It's fine. See?

[He's just playing with electric currents and being an idiot about it. 0 braincells.]

My persona is resistant to electricity. I won't even feel it.

[flowerclips]

[ She looks at the arm, but she still looks dubious. ]

You still shouldn't do that, though. What if you break your metal arm by mistake?

[devilshocker]

That's normal. It breaks all the time. I've installed backups so I can just do this.

[His metal arm just drops to the floor and a newer model takes its place.]

Isn't it cool?