Ok, here it is. The very first bit of New Game +. I made a check, but please tell me if I missed anything.
Starting over is never easy. Starting over when you have to try and go back in time is even harder. I mean, I have no idea as to how godly powers work, but I suddenly feel like I pulled something important, but all over my body. Still, if it takes this, even if I have to turn back time a thousand times, I'm going to do this over and over again, until I have the power to lock away Nyx and not have to stand guard for pretty damned much the rest of the history of humanity.
I can feel my Personae burning away as I speed towards Iwatodai. Heliel burns away. Abbadon burns away. Mara burns away. Thanatos burns away, even as I feel him returning to sleep inside me. Messiah, Trumpeter, Susano-o, they all burn away, leaving only Orpheus, weakened greatly by the ordeal. Well, The Universe is still there, but only I power it now.
Really, I should think of some way to deal with the Arcana Shadows. Can't leave them alone. Can't kill them. I'm fairly certain that trying to reinvoke the Great Seal against them would fail, and even if it didn't, it'd be overkill.
Up until now, I never noticed how much the announcer's voice sounded like it was saying "I want to die," only slurred, and with a weird, non-Japanese accent on the English. I don't really think I'd have noticed this if I didn't feel like I wanted to die. Because I feel like every part of me is on fire. Perhaps the pain is making me hallucinate?
I don't think so, because I'm thinking so clearly. It's like I can feel every second pass as surely as I can see things passing by in the window. I can feel the Dark Hour approaching. It is a wholly unpleasant feeling, like knowing that your own grave is being dug and that you are already part way in.
Why am I staring at some ugly yellow-brownish red stuff?
Why am I on my hands and knees?
Wait, did I just vomit blood when the Dark Hour hit? I think I did, because my mouth has this horrible taste in it.
Ok. Day one of the year from hell has started. It's not a good start. I slowly stand back up, and walk away, avoiding the pile of bloody vomit. No need to make things any worse.
I never thought I'd find that creepy-ass moon to be comforting. But, it's not Nyx, and it's not going to fall on us, so it's actually pretty calming.
Wonder if Pharos'll still be there to greet me. Death is back inside me, so he should, but still...
I can't afford to take things for granted. Even if I do know the general order of events, there's still so much I don't know. So much I need to know, to make this work right.
I've got incredible power, a source of free cash, and a better than normal chance of getting shot by Yukari. I have no clue how many different ways this could go wrong. I feel that my elation is utterly without reason. I should make certain to not call everyone by their first names for a bit.
I should really go and open the door.
Starting over is never easy. Starting over when you have to try and go back in time is even harder. I mean, I have no idea as to how godly powers work, but I suddenly feel like I pulled something important, but all over my body. Still, if it takes this, even if I have to turn back time a thousand times, I'm going to do this over and over again, until I have the power to lock away Nyx and not have to stand guard for pretty damned much the rest of the history of humanity.
I can feel my Personae burning away as I speed towards Iwatodai. Heliel burns away. Abbadon burns away. Mara burns away. Thanatos burns away, even as I feel him returning to sleep inside me. Messiah, Trumpeter, Susano-o, they all burn away, leaving only Orpheus, weakened greatly by the ordeal. Well, The Universe is still there, but only I power it now.
Really, I should think of some way to deal with the Arcana Shadows. Can't leave them alone. Can't kill them. I'm fairly certain that trying to reinvoke the Great Seal against them would fail, and even if it didn't, it'd be overkill.
Up until now, I never noticed how much the announcer's voice sounded like it was saying "I want to die," only slurred, and with a weird, non-Japanese accent on the English. I don't really think I'd have noticed this if I didn't feel like I wanted to die. Because I feel like every part of me is on fire. Perhaps the pain is making me hallucinate?
I don't think so, because I'm thinking so clearly. It's like I can feel every second pass as surely as I can see things passing by in the window. I can feel the Dark Hour approaching. It is a wholly unpleasant feeling, like knowing that your own grave is being dug and that you are already part way in.
Why am I staring at some ugly yellow-brownish red stuff?
Why am I on my hands and knees?
Wait, did I just vomit blood when the Dark Hour hit? I think I did, because my mouth has this horrible taste in it.
Ok. Day one of the year from hell has started. It's not a good start. I slowly stand back up, and walk away, avoiding the pile of bloody vomit. No need to make things any worse.
I never thought I'd find that creepy-ass moon to be comforting. But, it's not Nyx, and it's not going to fall on us, so it's actually pretty calming.
Wonder if Pharos'll still be there to greet me. Death is back inside me, so he should, but still...
I can't afford to take things for granted. Even if I do know the general order of events, there's still so much I don't know. So much I need to know, to make this work right.
I've got incredible power, a source of free cash, and a better than normal chance of getting shot by Yukari. I have no clue how many different ways this could go wrong. I feel that my elation is utterly without reason. I should make certain to not call everyone by their first names for a bit.
I should really go and open the door.