Working With Phantoms

Cognitive Harassment

July 19th

Madran's group arrived back in the Velvet Room, where they planned for the first actual infiltration of the palace without any distractions.

"So, everyone, how're we feeling?"

Madran looked around to see that everyone didn't seem to be showing any signs of stress. Sheila then spoke up.

"Hey, so, do you know what's past the Safe Room?"

"Um, not really, the scans I got mostly showed... sand, so I have an idea of what to expect. Are we ready to go, or should we wait?"

"I'm ready to get moving. The quicker we get this done, the better off we are."

"Yep. Let's get moving."

Madran then went with her group and arrived back in the palace. Philemon then took them to the Safe Room, and they divided up into their two separate groups, with Chicory and Maya joining Philemon for the time being. Madran then scanned the area and began to move about.

"Ok, group, today, we're looking into the room past this one. Just, head up here..."

Madran then went up a set of worse-for-wear stairs and looked down at a room with a rather decayed wooden bridge over sand. On top of that, the parts that were stone and other materials were a slight hopping distance away from the bridge.

"Goodness, this place is a wreck."

"I mean, this feels pretty normal to how an ancient pyramid would feel, minus the odd symbols and binary code popping up."

Madran then hopped down onto the bridge and scanned the area.

"Ok, well, there are a handful of shadows around, as well as some cool areas with odd signals. Where should we go first?"

Madran turned back to the group, with Suga looking up at what appeared to be a room giving off a faint white glow.

"Well, good choice, Plague, because that's where the golden path leads. Let's move!"

Madran then led her group down the bridge and over the sand pit, where they then had to scale a few coffins and walls until they ran into a shadow, which Madran then jumped. The shadow then turned into two Arianrhods and one new shadow that appeared to be a small bird with an Egyptian headdress, orange feathers, and a very long beak. Madran then scanned it.

"Ok, this new shadow is Bennu! Bennu is weak to Garu, blocks Kouha and Eiha, and resists guns. Hey, Plague, do your thing!"

Suga then hit the Bennu with a Garudyne, which was followed by her Baton Passing to Madran, who brought forth Ouroboros and knocked the Arianrhods over with an ice spell. This allowed for an All-Out Attack, which ended the fight.

"Ok, everyone, let's move on."

"Right."

The group then went into the room, where Madran saw a crystal on a pedestal that was making the light. On top of that, it was letting off a light beam right into the wall.

"Well, you'd think that it would be making any progress on melting it."

"Um, what about that large door outside?"

Madran then left the room to see a massive door akin to the one that was shut on them when Shadow Futaba dropped the boulder on everyone. Madran then looked down to see Akira and his group walking across the bridge holding an odd crystal. Madran then shouted down to him.

"Hey, Joker, what's up?"

Akira then looked up at them and motioned for them to come down to where he was. Madran then complied and guided everyone back down to his position.