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"Don't get any ideas," Joker warns Zach as he hands the other knife back to Morgana.

"Soooo, you probably have questions." Shadow Labrys nods at Joker and Morgana.

"Yeah, how the hell do you have a Persona?!" Morgana jumps, turning on Shadow Labrys. He's definitely confused.

"That’s a long story involving a Grand Prix, a psycho persona user and some kind of god or demon. You know the usual." Shadow Labrys shrugged. "During all of that, my Persona wasn’t even a real Persona. It was just an extension of myself. But when I fought my actual self and she accepted me, she gained her own Persona, but MY memories and personality were stored in a separate sub network. We basically share a body, though I only come out when needed. Asterius technically became my persona after that." She looked at her body for a moment.

"I gained my own mind and now I guess I have my own body." She shrugs.

".... .Quick question. What the fuck is a Persona."

"Hmm..." Pearl thinks for a moment, then snaps her fingers. "Oh! Why don't he and I-"

She gestures to the Demi-Fiend.

"-go searching for someone while you all take a break?" Pearl suggests. "I personally don't need one, but it'd probably be helpful for you all to rest a little bit."

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Making sure the arm on top of the hill is firmly trained on the glowing creature, Robin turns her head to show that she's listening - and she seems a bit curious about what a Persona is as well.

"I’m cool with that." The Demi-Fiend shrugged.

Pixie floated over. "I’m coming too. Me and Naoki go everywhere together."

-

Shadow Labrys laughed. "Just because I have one doesn’t mean everything about it." She picks up Morgana. "This little guy seems to know more about this stuff though, you should ask him."

"Sounds like a plan to me!"

---

The blades retreated back into Penny's backpack as she placed her hands on her hips.

"Thank you for your abrupt, yet much appreciated compliance!"

---

The creature seemed to be advancing towards the source of the light, growling softly.

---

"If you wish..."

"Wh- Put me down!" Morgana struggles in Shadow Labrys' grip, trying to escape.

Shadow Labrys grinned and dropped Morgana. "Whoops."

-

"Oh hey, I think that flying lady is done now." Buttercup points toward Penny.

Morgana lands on his feet and huffs, before turning to Gordon. "You wanted to know about Personas, right?"

"Well, let's get going, then!" And off Pearl goes.

"...so...paranormal investigator, huh?" Rottytops says to Vivi a moment after Pearl and the others leave.

---

"Really? Well, maybe we could talk to her, then! She seems like a nice gal! What do you think, Roman?" Kampan turns her head towards Roman.

Oh, the irony.

"So, do we actually know where to look or are we just walking right now?" The Demi-Fiend asked, Pixie sitting on his head.

The hooded machine makes their way over to the primary group. Meaning Gordon might see yet another fuckin weird thing approach.

Roman scowled.

"I'm... not on good terms with her. Let's say that."

---

A holographic screen appeared in front of Penny, a 'NO CONNECTION' message popping up on it.

"Oh. That is unfortunate. What am I to do with you?"

The screen disappeared as Penny slowly floated backwards.

"Hmm, yes that might make things difficult." Buttercup agreed.

"...well, no, I don't know where I'm going, but!" Pearl raises a finger in the air. "I hardly imagine it'll take long before we spot someone. After all, our little group found each other relatively quickly, didn't it? Whatever brought us here must have a certain radius to drop us in..."

---

"Well, that's rather unfortunate, then," Kampan shakes her head. "Hmm...tell you what - how about we find somewhere for you to be out of sight, and then me and 'Cup here'll talk to her one on one! And we won't mention you whatsoever! Just see if she knows anything, then right back to you! That sound good?"

"Sounds good to me- did you just call me 'Cup?"  Buttercup raised an eyebrow.

-

"I guess that makes sense." The Demi-Fiend shrugged. "This isn’t the first time I’ve been dropped into another world."q

"Problem being there's nowhere to hide."

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"Well... it's big enough to be seen from anywhere I can think of here, and if it starts being hostile, I'll be able to hear..."

Penny backed away at a quicker pace, her eyes scanning the ground below her for any signs of the messy-haired scythe wielder, the Schnee heiress, the black-haired cat Faunus, and the blonde gauntlet-wearer she knew so well.

"You could always go hang out with that Wyvern." Buttercup gestured to the aforementioned beast as it tried to rest. "I’m sure you can just hide behind it."

As Penny flies, she may notice Pearl, Pixie, and the Demi-Fiend walking a bit below her - although Pearl doesn't seem to have noticed yet.

---

"Oh! Sorry, should I not have?" Kampan rubs the back of her head sheepishly, then turns to Roman. "So...should we not approach her, or what? She's getting pretty far away, and you know her better than we do, so..."

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"If you're going to be flashy, at least try to keep your fingers intact while doing so," Miss Sunday remarks, sparing a glance Zach's way before her gaze returns to Mona. "Anyway - you were going to start talking about these Personas?"