*Skidding to a halt, Delta takes the time to actually examine his surroundings, noticing the plethora or animals and animal species roaming about, including the koala that was following him.*
*Somewhere between the inn and the outskirts of town, Kalib gave up on walking because koala legs are hard to get used to. Kalib is now just rolling on his side.*
Urf....dizzy....is this where that tiger went? He sounded oddly familiar.
The faster you accept it...the easier it'll be... Hello...young one! Uh...I'm a little lost and don't know how I got here...! Could...could you help me...?
Kalib? Really? But why are you a koala? I'll keep my hunger under control if I know it's you don't worry. I think I saw Gamma go into the inn here but... I kind of tried to eat him. Maybe you can go smooth things over? My head is still a bit clouded by the hunger.
*suddenly appears* ...why do I feel weird? *Notices that she is a Chameleon with a small turtle shell on her back* ... I'm a Yoshi, aren't I? Where did the shell even come from? Well, at least it's something​ for clothing... that's always a good thing...
I'll try to smooth it over...but for now, try looking for some fruit or something to tide over your hunger...last thing we need is you accidentally killing a friend.
Meerakat: I am not as young as you think stranger.
(He offers Kazuya his paw)
Meerakat: I'm afraid that I am just as lost as you. If you want you can follow me to the local inn. I heard they provide decent information for travelers.
*walks up to everyone* hey guys... I'm a Yoshi...that, or a Chameleon with a small turtle shell, which would make sense in that I pop up from time to time.
Well, I suppose we should introduce ourselves then. I'm Gamma, and the ferret next to me is Aqua. We got here a while ago, and I at least haven't the faintest clue why or how. But, now I'm a boar
*Star's tackle launches the squirrel across the road. The gold pouch has fallen out of his hands and he appears to be unconscious. A boar finally catches up to Star.)
Boar: Thank you so much miss for helping us deal with this thief.
(The boar takes the gold pouch and walks back to where he came from. In front of Star lies an inn.)
No problem. Just doing my job. Hmm...*enters inn* goddess of kicking asses over to amusement parks...umm... entering the building...I guess...fuck, I lost where I was going with that.
Oh great, more people I know. Well, I'm Gamma. I ran into this town about 15 minutes ago, and have NO IDEA what else is happening. Also apparently the tiger outside is Delta
OOC: Gotcha *notices he has a paw and sudden urge to laugh* Why do I feel like laughing all of a sudden. AND WHY DO I HAVE A PAW? *Joker is a Hyena, because... his name?*
Ostrich: Great yet another animal that can't appreciate my fine cuisine.
(He points at the inn.)
Ostrich: Where you just came from serves good enough meant. If you like that cheap and stringy crap. The rest of the meat sellers around town are trying to gather enough meat for the God coming in.
(A group of hamster carrying a tray approach Delta. They place the tray in front of him and take off the top of it. On the tray there is an entire gazelle leg.)
*Continues laughing* And Kaz is a bird. Oh that's rich *His laughing tantrum finally stops* So for real, what's happening right now. Why is everyone an animal?
A pleasure. Don't worry, if I eat anyone it'll only be Kaz. Hate to cut introductions short, but something important looks like it's about to happen here...
The party has decided to follow the rest of the animals.
(Running behind the stampede the group manages to make it to the town center. In the front of the group lies a makeshift stage with a huge pile of meat by its side. Around the center there are also a variety of torches and ceremonial banners. Each banner depicts a large bird and has the word Pyre underneath. Above the stage the sky is slowly turning bright red in color and increasing heat can be felt.)
(The heat in the surrounding area continues to increase. Within moments it looks like the sky itself is on fire and all the torches light up with it. The animals begin to make noises of excitement.)
(The living flames in the sky begin to form a bird like figure. As the figure grows more solid it screeches instantly sending another heat wave across town. Once it's form finally solidifies the figure opens it's pure red eyes. It then lands on the stage with a certain gentleness and looks at the crowd.)
Pyre: Kind animals you may rise!
(All the animals stand up gazing at him in awe.)
Pyre: I have come to discuss matters with you not as a deity but as an equal.
Can you start by turning the heat down? Not all of us are made of fire. On a more serious note, if you're a god tell me why I'm a tiger right now of you can.
(Pyre folds his spread wings. He seems to ignore Delta's question being caught up in his own moment.)
Pyre: As you all may know we currently face a terrible crisis.
(He sweeps the audience with a sympathetic look)
Pyre: The great deity Bysmal has passed away and with his passing corruption has spread across this land. Everyday there is now a fear that neighbor may turn upon neighbor at any given moment.
(The crowd looks at him with a mix of fear and sadness.)
Guess he wasn't done talking. I'll save my question for later then... And Star come on. We're all stuck here as animals. Save the threats for when we make it back to the Nexus.
Pyre: But fear not good beasts! As long as I remain standing I promise to defend this land of any encroaching corruption!
(He puffs out his chest)
Pyre: With the aid of a few lucky adventurers I will even make it my task to rid this world of corruption!
(Pyre proudly looks at the crowd and the crowd seems to gain energy from him. They fail to notice the gleam of red eyes from the back of the crowd. It looks like Pyre will continues to speak.)
(Not being caught up in the speech the party is able to notice the red eyes.)
At the least the three of us should go. I'm not sending anyone somewhere dangerous by themselves. Joker and I shouldn't have too much trouble in a fight, and Star can turn invisible.
(The party decides to investigate the mysterious red eyes in the back. They carefully push through the crowd as Pyre continues his speech earning them a few dirty looks. They finally make it to the back only to see three bears gazing at them with glowing red eyes. The bears are frothing at the mouth and their eyes lack any intellect. They quickly advance upon the group with a hungry look.)
Oh jeez. Alright, even though we can't use personas, I think I still have.... *Reaches into fur, pulls out his trusty dagger, which he inserts into his jaws* YESH
(The bears fail to notice Star's sneak as they charge at the party. Kazuya manages to stab the bear in the middle with his beak. The middle bear lets out a roar of pain as his paw gets pierced and he attempts to hit Kaz with his other paw. The remaining two bears lunge at Delta and Kalib with jaws wide open.)
*Dagger in Mouth* FFUDUUSUUUFUUFFUFUFUFUJF (Delta, Kalib, I'm coming to help) *Leaps into the air, and side slashes one of the bears, slicing it from the neck to mid ribcage*
Be sure to follow up Kalib, we're going in! Joker keep the other one off of me!
*Delta primes his claws and pounces on the closest of the two bears. He tries to dig his claws as deeply as he can into the bear and goes to bite it's neck, Kalib still on his back hopefully.*
(Joker manages to slice the bear on the left causing the bear to tilt to one side as glowing red blood flows freely from the wound. The bear on the left manages to charge at Joke. The middle bear falls forward on it's paws crashing into Kaz due to Star's attack. The bear on the right suffers the worst damage by being clawed in the face by Delta and slashed in the eyes by Klib. The bear manages to avoid the neck bite by attempting to smash it's head into Delta.)
*With a quick movement, he hops into the air and manages to fly a little bit, only to dive right into the bear once again, with his beak ready to stab*
(The middle bear barely has any time to recover before Kaz's beak stabs it in the neck and Shinji's armor pierces it's back. The bear growls in pain and unable to process anything it gives into Star's demands. However it falls short of making it to the bear on the left collapsing dead.)
(The bear on the left is able to stop Joker's attempted stab with it's teeth. It then starts to shake it's head in an attempt to rid itself of Joker.)
(The bear on the right quickly loses it's left hind leg to Kaliib's strikes. Forced to the ground the bear is unable to deal with Delta's attack and takes a direct fang strike to it's face. It drops to the ground dead as it bleeds out from the face.)
Fusjuuahsudbv (Oh this one's tricky, gonna have to spice things up) *Joker Leaps into the air once again, only now he begins to spin in the air, as he attempts to drill into the bear*
*Delta crouches before he starts running low to the ground towards the bear that Joker engaged. He pounces at it's closet leg and goes for a strong, deep bite to try and make it fall.*
(The bear stands on it's hind legs catching Joker's attack with both it's paws. This leaves it open to a direct head strike from Star. Dazed the bear is unable to defend itself from the final onslaught of attacks. Delta's deep bite sinks into the bears front leg letting out a spray of glowing blood. As the bear falls it is torn open at the side by Shinji's claws and Kaz's beak deals the final blow by stabbing the bear directly in the back. The bear falls to the ground dead in a pool of its own blood.)
*puts Dagger away* Ho boy, wasn't that sucker trouble? Thanks for the assist everyone. I feel kind of inadequate.... I barely did anything to the bear....
What? Murderers? No way those bears would have attacked everyone if we hadn't done anything... Hey Pyre! You re a god aren't you? Why don't you tell everyone that you didn't notice these... these corrupted bears about to attack the crowd!
Nah, I'm good...wee! Look at all the eyes! You guys could have tried to tone down the death, you know, but NOOO! I'm a pacifist, gat dangit! I didn't try to kill them!
*Staring up at the large Phoenix God* Hello there, we are travelers from another world. We were witnessing your speech when we spotted these seemingly possessed bears. We killed them to prevent further violence
Probably examples of those "corrupted" animals you were going on about earlier. And you mind not radiating so much heat? Some of us hear have fur you know.
Any sort of god that says they're going to talk with the masses as equals then denies the right to defend yourself is no god I'll believe in Joker. He'll get my respect when he realizes that we saved people from getting hurt.
(Pyre chooses to ignore the party's blasphemous statements.)
Pyre: To think that these ghastly creatures have even managed to enroach upon this territory. Action must be taken and soon with this growing crisis.
(With a sweep of his wings the bear corpses are lit on fire and slowly turned into nothing but ash. He then curiously looks at the party after Joker's statement.)
Pyre: I can sense that none of you are of this world. Yet I can't determine whether that is a good or bad thing.
Well, considering we have no idea how we got here in the first place...I guess we are supposed to help with this problem. As a fellow god, I can say with a clear mind that I believe that it would be in our best interest to work together...
I just want to go home and be normal again. If it involves helping others along the way even better. I'll bet the death of this other god might be involved with our appearing here too.
Pyra: You must be the ones destined to salvage the world!
(He drops a pouch filled with his fathers in front of the party.)
Pyra: It was foretold that humans would one day come to save us. I was told to give you my feathers once you managed to arrive.
(He points a talon at the pouch.)
Pyra: These feathers of mine will allow you to recover from death. Use them wisely in your upcoming journey for you will get no more.
(He then looks down.)
Pyra: I would have loved to tell you more about your situation but I lack the ability to see into other worlds. In order to obtain that information you must find the missing deity Hao.
Well, the feathers will be a big help in case we run into more trouble than we can handle. Thank you. Since Hao is missing, can you tell us about him and where he was last? Something about the corruption would be nice as well.
Yeah...well, that's what happened in my multiverse. I don't know how it happened, but it happened, so now here I am...funny how everything worked out...
Pyra: Hao was the grand deity of light in this world. She was the one who foresaw any threats and warned us of it.
*Gazes at the ground*
Pyra: Every since the corruption epidemic has begun she has been missing from her usual post. If you wish to find her then I recommend visiting her holy city of Mir first.
(He gives the party a hopeful look)
Pyra: As for the corruption epidemic that -
(He get's interrupted by a voice booming from the sky.)
Voice: Pyra you are needed to fend off the horde of corrupteds in Cal Drusch. If you show up late again you will make the rest of us mad.
(Pyra suddenly looks nervous.)
Pyra: I'm sorry it appears I must go.
(He flies into the sky and slowly dissipates into flames.)