[X] Awake.
"I guess I feel..." You struggle to find the words to explain for a moment, "...More awake? Like, I've been half asleep before now."
"Half asleep...?" He repeats, "I see."
PRESENT...
[X] First time(s).
"Yeah, Dante said that the first time would be..." You huff out a breath, wiping your forehead, "...Draining. Heck, it still is if I don't keep it to short bursts!"
"Dante?" The Lost Samurai asks, "Who is that?"
"Oh, he's a demon hunter that recently showed up!" You explain, realizing that there's probably no way he'd know about Dante, "We dueled a little, I fought his brother, and long story short, we're friends."
"Ah." He simply nods, "So, he can do that as well?"
You blink. You've never really seen him do it...
"You know, I never really thought about it." You realize, "I don't know anything about him really, besides for the fact that he's a demon hunter."
"Perhaps you should confront him on that." Your teacher suggests, crossing his arms, "But I leave that decision to you."
"Yeah, maybe..." You nod thoughtfully, "...Okay, I think I'm good now." You hop to your feet, "Let's see about that--!!"
The world quakes under your feet as the sound of cracking glass echoes throughout the Training Grounds.
You hear a familiar voice.
It utters an unfamiliar phrase.
"Submit."
Your head begins to ache...
"Break!"
As you stumble back, you notice your nose beginning to bleed.
"KNEEL TO ME!"
"What is...?!" It feels like a spike is splitting your head apart...!
"SHATTER LIKE THE FRAGILE BEING YOU ARE!"
The Lost Samurai doesn't look at you as he shoved you away. Your vision is flooded by darkness.
(TRAINING RESULTS: )
(+3 END!)
(+ MAGATSUHI SCORE!)
(+1 ARCHANGEL...!(?))
(+2 STAT POINTS!)
[] Write in your stat growth!
(CHOOSE ONE TRAIT: )
[] Resist Light.
[] TRADE-OFF: Resist Lightning, Weak to Fire.
[] Physical Knack: Deal ×1.15 Damage with Physical attacks.
(CHOOSE TWO MODIFIERS.)
[] ROAMING DEMONS SEEM TO MULTIPLY...
[] KINGS SEARCH FOR HEIRS...
[] A HIGHER CHALLENGE, A HIGHER BOUNTY...
[] LET ME IN.
[] AN ECHOING CALL...
Then, you wake up.
You groan, wiping your nose, and find a small bit of blood on your sleeve. Aside from that and your rapidly fading headache, you're fine.
Yuma and Nagisa slept out here with you, it seems. Shoji is still sound asleep on his futon, silently tossing and turning.
...? There's a note next to your pillow. There's not much on it...
Yumi,
I'd like to talk. I'll be outside.
Kohaku.
...Hm.
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