Jack Baker

"You pipe down," he said to the filly. "I never thought about this before, but where'd you even come from anyway? She ain't your buddy, you barely even know her! You just showed up because you thought it'd be cool!" He exhaled angrily, stressed out from the events that unfolded today. So stressed, in fact, that he began to feel light-headed... Suddenly, he began to feel his legs wobbling, and the dizziness began to grow stronger. "So... keep your trap shut, you... you..." he began to speak, then crumpled on the floor, clutching his head. "Ugh..." he said. "I don'... feel sogood..." he slurred his words, and he had a hard time focusing on his surroundings. This was the same feeling he had felt when he had kept Thanatos out for too long. Agh... Did I overdo it again? he thought. Maybe... Ah, crap this is nauseating... Just how long can I have him out...?! It seemed there was still much more Raze needed to know about this newfound power of his.

I mean, I stated something a long time ago if you wanna follow up on that...

Well this thing's been dead for a while...

Hey, if he's not available, I'd be up for it.

@J.R. @Unicorncob Raze looked at the both of them with an expression of annoyance, then took a deep breath. "Your sarcasm is... duly noted," he said. "But seriously, can't you just keep quiet if you're gonna be little brats about it? And on the note of skateboards..." He pulled out from his saddlebags five money pouches of 200 bits each, adding up to a total of 1000 bits, which he earned from a fairly recent mercenary job he had undertaken. He tossed them to Jack. "There. And a bit extra for you to get out of my business."

Raze looked over at the minotaur. "Look, I know this whole situation seems... wrong, but--" He stopped himself midway through his sentence. He turned his attention towards Rosalia, who seemed... confused as to what she was going to say. She looked like she didn't want to tell the truth, but didn't want to lie either. He sighed, not wanting to put her in that situation. "Alright... I'll come out with it. Yeah, I took her against her own will, and those... brats back there were trying to take her back; but I have a reason. I need her for something, something important, and I didn't think she'd listen to me, seeing as though a colleague of mine that she knows said some... distasteful things about me to her." He raised an eyebrow to the minotaur. "And about you... how am I supposed to know you and your daughter were there? What are the odds someone meets a Minotaur in an alleyway?" He looked back at Rosalia. "Hey... I know we got off on the wrong hoof, and... I'm sorry. I was being irrational... very irrational, and I did something that I shouldn't have. But I really need your help with something... think you can forgive me?" While all of this was going on, Thanatos flew back towards Raze, hovering just slightly above him, and slowly faded away into blue spheres of light.

@Hazard Time I'm still waiting for to post. Still can't do much until he does...

Alright then.

In an alleyway trying to stop a charging minotaur. He also has Persona powers now.

I mean, if you wanna have Lektra fly in and drop it off where Raze is, that would be good.

"Hey, wait a min--ahhhh!!" Raze said as he was dragged away from his position. When Rosalia told him about the alleyway, he decided to go along with it, seeing as there was no time and he didn't know if Thanatos really was capable of stopping a Minotaur charging at them. He turned into the alleyway, but kept Thanatos out, in the case that he could stop the charge.

Raze heard a sound like a thousand bulls charging towards him, and looked to his right to see a Minotaur... charging towards him. It didn't look like he was going to stop, either. "Wait a minute!" he called out. "What are you doing?!" He looked back at the kids, and then the Minotaur. Even if he didn't like them all that much... he had to do something, unless they all wanted to be run over. Standing up, he once again pointed the summoning gun to his head, and summoned Thantos with the pull of the trigger. Forming right in front of his eyes, Thanatos positioned himself in front of both Raze and the kids, extending his arms and bracing for the impact of the minotaur's charge.

Not just you and me, it's happening all over. Both Niantic and The Pokemon Company even decided to delay the release of Pokemon Go in Japan by a day because of server overload. I can't really blame Niantic though. They're a small company comprised of only 50 people, and Nintendo isn't offering any form of assistance to them (so I've heard). So of course they're gonna have loads of trouble trying to keep this up. The best thing we can do is wait and hope they sort this out by tomorrow.

A question for those who have it: is anyone having problems with the servers right now?

Ok, I know I said a week, but... I feel like I'm confident enough to do this again without screwing up somehow... Is it alright for me to come back? @J.R.

If that's the case, I'm just gonna take a break from this for a while. Like a week, probably. Get myself sorted out with this whole mess.

@J.R. Raze sighed in frustration, then gave up. "Alright, fine kid! Have it your way!" He took a deep breath. "There's a demon out there, that I intend to expose and seal away," he said. "This girl here, has something about her that's useful, something that a friend of mine won't tell me. And I want to find out what that is, but it seems that my friend told her something about me, something that made me look bad. And ironically, I'm probably living up to everything he said..." He sat down on the ground, back against the alley wall. "And now all this shit happens. My training and disciplines are falling apart, I get this power I don't even know what it is, and now I'm resorting to kidnapping..." He dropped his head. "I don't know what I'm doing anymore!! The only thing I know is I want this baroness dead! I don't even know if it's for revenge or the fact that she's harboring a demon. I don't know anymore..."

Raze looked down at the both of them, then had Thanatos swoop down and land in front of them. He then gently set Rosalia down on the ground, and made Thanatos disappear. He didn't want to suffer any more headaches. "Fine then," he said to the both of them. "You wanna talk, let's talk. But enough with the threats and tough attitude, got it?"

First off, what is this "sleep" you speak of? Second, as of right now, he's pretty much in panic mode. Too much has happened for him to process, from gaining a persona to being provoked and chased by a couple of kids with sports gear. And now he's being questioned by a Minotaur. I'm planning on having him spill the beans later, much to his dislike, but not now. Besides, Benny Hill chase scenes are nice. Jk.

Raze stood in a bit of shock, as he noticed a Minotaur standing in the alleyway as well. With his bellowing voice, those two kids would probably find out something was up and investigate. "I'm not here for you-- aw, screw it! I've had enough of this!!" He jumped over the Minotaur and reached the end of the alleyway. I didn't want to do this cuz the filly might fall again... but I have no choice... Agririon. I need to get to Agririon! He had formulated a new plan in his head, and he took out the summoning gun and put it towards his head. "Get me out of here Thanatos!" he said, pulling the trigger. The gunshot and glass shatterings sound could be heard, and Thanatos appeared about to pick up both Raze and Rosalia. He held Raze by the stomach as he adjusted to make sure the filly wouldn't slip. "And fly gently!" he said to Thanatos as they both rose into the sky, moving away.

@Unicorncob Persistent. Very persistent. He'd be more impressed, if he wasn't being chased by them. The more he thought about it, he began to see how silly this was. Here he was, leading two kids around a wild goose chase throughout Bangcolt, with a frail and sick filly he had actually kidnapped. Agirion would never let him hear the end of this if he found out. He shook his head, then looked back. They were still hot on the trail. He needed a distraction, and he felt like he could someone Thanatos again, yet... he didn't want to. Not just because it was silly, but also completely over the top... He rounded another corner, then finding a nearby alleyway, quickly headed through it, hiding behind a dumpster, hoping they wouldn't see.

Well, I fixed it. He'll be rounding a corner instead.

Alright alright, I'll fix it. I'm sorry again guys.

Yes, I know this is bad writing. Just... go with it. At this point, most of what I'm typing is just gibberish anyway. Screw it, I'm editing it again. Actually no. I don't know what I'm doing anymore. I've put my character in such a low position I'm basically making him do things to make him look like a good person. Even though right now, he's not. I'm falling apart here...

He wants to do a good thing. Or at least, he's trying to do a good thing.