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"What now?" Ren mimics him. He shares a glance with Loki. "Well...it's showtime."

Hup, up goes the boyfriend for Ren to carry him...and if he takes a moment to feel Goro's ass, well, that's between them. "It's about time you showed me what you're capable of when you don't hold yourself back." Time to head deeper into Mementos to find some Shadows to wreck!

Well, okay. This might as well be happening. Ren might as well be carrying him bridal style while he wears this tight, belt-coated, spiky mess of an outfit. "I suppose it is."

Loki, however, keeps cackling. Just as loyal as Sigyn. You care not what 'poison' has burned his very being.

Yes. This seems like a good start, so Loki takes a bow and then vanishes for now. The pointy mask returns to Goro.

"No poison strong enough to keep me away," Ren chirps to the air, kicking in the turnstiles to Mementos proper. Patpat. "Wanna tell me when we're close to some Shadows?"

"How deep would you like to go? The uppermost floors are always full of such low-level Shadows..." But perhaps that's all they need. If they're just here to blow off steam, the specifics may not matter.

"Just a level or two. Don't wanna risk the angry Sparrow down here, right? Besides..." he slows down with an oof. Boyfriend heavy... "I'm probably out of practice."

"You don't have to carry me the entire way, you know." Goro sees that straining, Ren. He knows. "If it's easier for you, we can continue on foot."

Ren is already on foot, but still!

"Well...if you're gonna be a prince, it's only right that I carry you like one, right?" It's a challenge. C'mon, be a little feral for your boyfriend. "I can make it -- we're almost there already."

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"Oh, all right. But I do expect to fight on my own two feet..." Well, while he's being carried, he might as well try and navigate. Beneath his helmet Goro's eyes narrow, and... "I'm sensing incoming Shadow activity, but they're all weaklings. Easy prey for us."

"You'll have to show me just how easy," Ren smirks, using a free hand to rip off his mask. "Persona!" Arsene comes to life.

Just in time, it seems. As they draw close, the nearby Shadows immediately flee. It's a stampede of Slimes, Obariyons, Kodama, and Sudama high tailing it down the tunnel.

Still in his boyfriend's arms, Goro rips off his mask and screams for, "Loki!"

Loki descends with a ruthless laugh, smothering the weaklings with an explosive Megidolaon. Overkill, most certainly, given that Goro's regained his lost strength.

The Megidolaon whips past Ren's face and the exhilaration from the spell so close to him cracks a wild laugh through his own lungs. "Hell yeah!! Arsene, Megidolaon!"

Joker's own Megidolaon, less impressive than his boyfriend's, follows the path of Loki's spell down the tunnel, ruining the days of whatever Shadows were unfortunate enough to survive Crow's initial cast.

"Rather overkill, but I suppose that's the point of the exercise, isn't it?" He'd kiss Ren's cheek if this helmet wasn't in the way. Ren will just have to settle for an awkward lil' pat with the underside of his gauntlet.

"Absolutely," Ren's grin is wild, a little feral, setting boyfriend down. "Wanna go see what they dropped?"

"Very well." As they head down the tunnel, they'll find some loose yen, which ultimately doesn't hold much value here, some misc Shadow drops that would normally be worth selling to Iwai, but again, not much value here, and maybe a low level skill card or two.

Ren gathers up the skill cards -- you never know! -- and passes up the rest of the stuff on the ground. "Wanna go a little deeper?"

"Well, it'll be a pain without Mona, but I'm sure we'll manage." He does a little stretch before following along.

Ren opens his mouth to say something, but -- surprisingly -- Arsene beats him to the punch. "I have yet to thank you, ma moitié, for your gifts in battle...Nul la Glace et Megidolaon are très magnifique." A deep, demonic rumble of amusement from Ren's persona. "Et votre dernier aussi."

Oh. Arsène is talking to him? Or is it Loki? He blinks, eying the Persona in all his dapper, winged glory. "You're quite welcome." Although... something about that flirtatious tone—

Loki returns with a cackle. It serves you well in annihilating those weaklings, min opprører... A suitable skill for an equal in combat. Loki turns in such a way to highlight his figure. The flirting? Oh, he noticed.

God. The Personas are flirting. Why?

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Arsène laughs, a ghostly, clawed hand resting on what could pass for Loki's thigh. "You do well to flatter me, ma moitié. But I am far from your equal in strength yet." Afterwards, Arsène turns to Crow. "So surprised that the manifestations of your souls would find each other appealing, mon corbeau?"

Goro opens his mouth to speak, but off to the side there's a little flash of blue, and his Shadow steps in in his more familiar, Akechi-shaped form. "I believe he's rather concerned about the nature of Persona-based courtship. Especially where Loki is concerned..."

Loki just keeps laughing, and Goro facepalms. This is getting absurd. "I am not accustomed to Personas flirting, no."

"Have you not plans for testing out Loki's powers in the bedroom?" If Arsène could raise a brow, he'd be doing so. "I art thou, thou art I...we can want nothing more than what our other selves want. And perhaps what my other self wants is a night of unbridled desires, as many of those in-love so yearn for."

Ren...he's been slowly putting his face into his palms as his Persona keeps speaking, but at this? Yeah. He's on the ground, face beet red. Don't mind him just dying from embarrassment in the corner.

Uh.

Well, yes. That's obviously a desire they share, but to have it stated so bluntly and out in the open where the Shadows and Personas can hear it. Goro coughs, grateful that this godforsaken mask is so efficient at hiding his blush.

Loki, on the other hand, only grins wider and nudges Goro closer to Ren.

You both know precisely what you want. Perhaps it is not combat you crave, but something more carnal...

"It occurs to me that if we dawdle too long, we may attract the Reaper. Perhaps we ought to move topside?"

Just in case. And there may be more comfortable locations anyway if things... go there.

"Ah, excuse me my lack of delicacy on the subject," Arsène laughs. "I mean no interruption. We can continue with whatever paths your hearts desire."

And with one last meaningful look at Loki, Arsène dissolves into blue fire, reforming into Ren's mask. Ren peels himself off the floor. "Yeah, we should. Probably get away from the Reaper zones..."

Loki snickers a little more before disappearing as well. Akechi's Shadow lingers, eying Ren closely before he sighs and vanishes as well.

So... all right. Back to business, then. Goro offers his hand. "The surface levels of Mementos are near identical to the real world. We could easily find a more comfortable location and see where it takes us."

"Are you sure? We have had a lot of sex recently..." Ren looks out at the deeper parts of Mementos, taking Goro's hand. "Arsène is promising me he'll behave if we do wanna keep fighting. But. Uh." Well. Better rip the band-aid off. A quick glance down at Goro's...assets. "Your ass is fantastic in your Loki costume. And Loki's ass is fantastic too. And your Shadow's ass..."

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