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[aurathread]

No matter how many monsters I beat, I can't level up. I know this isn't The World, but since I'm in my body from there I should be able to level up, right?

It's not working and it's really annoying.

There aren't any quests or events to do either. It's annoying.

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[tyrantball]

With a puff of smoke, Desco's Magichange is canceled, an extremely disappointed look on her face. She floats over to where you are and hauls you up through main force, summoning her Persona and letting loose with a burst of flame as she does so.

The Agi spell flies over the heads of the gathered Shadows, mostly intended as a distraction rather than any sort of attempt to destroy them. When Desco speaks, it's with a sort of forced calmness.

"Let's try again. This time, Desco will allow you to use her killer skill ⌠Tyrant Ball⌡, alright?"

With that, she changes back into an axe.

She seemed just this side of angry, there. Might be best not to drop her again.

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"S... sorry. I'm not used to using physical attacks."

He hefts her again, and waits for the monsters to get closer this time before he lashes out and swings. This is... actually kind of fun. He hasn't played a melee character in a long time - wait.

"... Did I ever play a melee character?"

He can't even remember. Memories of other games are... fuzzy. He pushes past a threatening headache to chop the head off of one of the monsters.

[tyrantball]

As you swing through the Shadow, Desco snaps the flying head out of the air with a decisive crunch of her jaws. Then, as a cluster of Shadows advances, Desco makes good on her word and releases the seal on the skill Tyrant Ball.

Right now, the sound she is making is a cross between her previous satisfied purring and a sort of anticipatory hiss.

[aurathread]

Tsukasa raises the axe and activates the skill, trying not to shudder at all of the tentacles. He tosses her up in the air and leaps up after her, crashing down. The shockwave and rocks make short work of the relatively weak enemies, and Tsukasa grins despite himself.

"I don't think any of the Heavy Axe weapons in The World can do something like that."

[tyrantball]

Desco giggles at that comment, a light blush spreading over her mouth-blades. She's riding high on the euphoria of combat.

Meanwhile, the Tyrant Ball attack wiped out a good chunk of the Shadows - there's only a few stragglers left!

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Tsukasa heads for them, bringing Desco down on them to smash them into bits. He's a little surprised at the power he can wield - he knows it's due to Desco's influence, but it's still great to feel. If only he had this kind of power in the real world...

[tyrantball]

As the last of the Shadows disappears, Desco's purring slowly trails off into a drawn-out, satisfied sigh.

Right now she is one happy axe.

[aurathread]

Welp. Tsukasa pats her on the... top of one of her mouths.

"Thanks, Desco."

This is actually kind of fun. He heads out to see what else they can find.

[tyrantball]

After about another block or so of walking, there's a strange clicking sound as three strange creatures scuttle out of the shadows. Are they scorpions or crabs or some kind of weird hybrid?

...well, it's not like Desco really cares either way, although hopefully these things will taste better than those Shadows did.

[aurathread]

Ew. Scorpion... crab things. Tsukasa smashes one with the flat of one of Desco's mouths, and then slices through another with ease. The third tries to run, and Tsukasa brings Desco down right on its head, crushing it.

One drops a potion, and Tsukasa scoops it up.

"I needed one of these... unless you need it, Desco?"

[tyrantball]

Both of Desco's mouth-blades are busy chewing the remains of the scorpicrabs, so when she does reply, it's through the two smaller mouths set below the main ones.

"Uh-uh!"

...apparently she can still talk intelligibly when she's an axe.

[aurathread]

... Well, okay then. He sticks it into his inventory pocket inventory and pats her on the top of the head.

"Thanks."

[tyrantball]

Desco finishes her meal and swallows noisily. It might be your imagination, but...somehow, Desco's handle feels a bit heavier. One of her smaller mouths starts speaking.

"Desco doesn't have any use for healing items, because she has four million HP."

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"I figured, but I thought I'd ask."

He heads off down the street, before pausing for a moment. Using an axe makes him think of Subaru, whom he hasn't thought of this clearly in a bit.

But she'd tell him to keep moving, and find something that makes him happy. He misses her, though. He takes a moment to breathe deeply, and then continues on.