2nd Screw [Action]

[all_wound_up]

[Nano picked a bad time to show up in Hinoto-Ri.  She's a Leo, and the fear inflicted upon her by the event has reached the point of complete unhinged terror.  At the beginning of the day, she thought to take a walk to clear her head, but as things got worse and worse, she's found herself utterly unable to deal with the world around her.  And to make matters worse, those horrible scorpion creatures are crawling all over the city - and now, perhaps smelling her fear, they're also crawling all over Nano.  She can be found running all over the city at various points throughout the day, trying desperately to shake them off and get to safety.]

Noooooooooo!  Stop it!  Get off, get off!

[She's really too afraid to do much of anything about it.  In fact, she's even too afraid to notice that in her panic, she's managed to manifest her Persona, Pinocchio, for the first time, floating protectively above her as the scorpions continue to sting at her.  Ironically, the robotic nature that Nano normally tries so hard to hide is currently her only saving grace, as her Persona reflects physical damage and the scorpions' venom can't affect someone without a genuine circulatory or nervous system.  The scorpions will eventually mindlessly sting themselves to death, but there are quite a few of them and Nano's not much for fighting, so it seems she's going to need some help here.]

Comments

[otakuro]

Crap, this is bad...!

[Almost the moment he exits the Velvet Room, it seems, Atsuro is made uncomfortably aware of the fact that the town has acquired a few new residents. A few thousand new residents. As a perfect partner, he's immediately swarmed like bees, and while he's almost accustomed to dealing with horrifying situations and grotesque monsters by this point, nothing quite prepares you for dealing with an unending horde of shadow scorpions.

Why did none of his Persona know Bug Spray?

As he runs down the street back towards the apartment building, he spots someone up ahead in similar straits. A young girl. And she was... curling up to die?! That wasn't much of a strategy...!]

H-Hey! Get up! You've got to run and find shelter!

[By this time, he's summoned his Persona enough times that it emerges almost without a hitch. With a wave of its rod, the streams of water that surround Enki flow forth to try to wash away the pests.

Unfortunately, given his status, it seems he may only serve to attract more of them...]

[dame_tsuna]

HIIIE!

[Holy crap! Girl being attacked by scorpions! Tsuna's not exactly a brave hero or anything, but he'll at least try to save her.]

Hang on! I'm coming!

[Tsuna used flail! It was not very effective.

Yeah, flailing his arms at the scorpions and trying to pull them off her is only resulting in the scorpions biting him too. Awesome.]

Ow! Owowowowow!

[theothermist]

[And here's one girl fighting off the scorpions with her staff, trying to stop more of them from getting any closer to Nano.]