Watching as the others fell into line to engage the enemy was... infuriating. Why now. He'd had a handle on this. He was over this.
No. He was thinking about it wrong. Remember the lessons. Dreamotion was born of emotional connection. Personas were born from bonds with others. He just needed to keep calm and tune out the omnipresent nightmare. He was here to help Stolas. He needed to help Stolas.
Captain Nemo was faltering because he was feeling disconnected. Reach out to the faint sense of that connection... The Emperor. Right?
"Please," he muttered, reaching for the mask again, pulling. "Persona." And there it was again, flaring to life in blue-white fire, turning towards the crystal with blade spinning as if in a dance-
Rakunda, a helix of blue smoke sent spinning towards the crystal, sinking into it, weakening its hardened surface and leaving hairline cracks even as the spell faded.
It worked. He breathed a sigh of relief. "The crystal's defenses are down. Break it!"
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No. He was thinking about it wrong. Remember the lessons. Dreamotion was born of emotional connection. Personas were born from bonds with others. He just needed to keep calm and tune out the omnipresent nightmare. He was here to help Stolas. He needed to help Stolas.
Captain Nemo was faltering because he was feeling disconnected. Reach out to the faint sense of that connection... The Emperor. Right?
"Please," he muttered, reaching for the mask again, pulling. "Persona." And there it was again, flaring to life in blue-white fire, turning towards the crystal with blade spinning as if in a dance-
Rakunda, a helix of blue smoke sent spinning towards the crystal, sinking into it, weakening its hardened surface and leaving hairline cracks even as the spell faded.
It worked. He breathed a sigh of relief. "The crystal's defenses are down. Break it!"