The Phantom Show Begins
October 31, 20XX
Location:???
Time: 12:00 am?
On the stage, there’s a fight raging between eight individuals. On one side, there is a young man with silver hair in a bowl cut wielding a katana, blocking a blow from another that looks exactly like him. To his right, is a female humanoid figure with bluish grey hair, tied into a ponytail, wielding a rocket propelled battle axe which would be impossible for any human to handle, let alone use efficiently. She goes on the offensive against another figure who looks exactly like her. To the right of her, is another female humanoid figure, but in contrast to her, has short blonde hair and has her hands replaced as firearms while hovering in the air. She aims and fires at a ‘copy’ of herself,with the copy moving around and dodging her hail of bullets.The final figure, to the left of the silver haired man, is a young adult in a regal yet battle like attire, with short black hair, with the ends of his hair contrasting into a shade of blue. He raises his blade to block an incoming strike from a figure with a near identical appearance as him.
“Oracle, what’s the status?”
As the fight progresses, hiding in the shadows above the stage, there is a figure. He wears a white domino mask, has black unrefined yet stylish hair, and wears an outfit consisting of a black ankle length tailcoat, a set of black pants, a refined black vest, and a set or red gloves.
“Nearly got all the data we need Joker, give me two more minutes”
From the shadows, another voice calls out to him.
“Joker, we better be done with this quickly. After all, we don’t know if reinforcements could come at any minute”.
“No need to be so hasty Crow. We still have the element of surprise. After all, how else could we call ourselves the Phantom Thieves if we simply revealed ourselves?” ‘Joker’ responds to ‘Crow’.
"Fine Joker. I'll comply."
Through the network communication system his group has established, Joker begins to hear an array of comments coming from multiple people.
“Dude, are you still upset about the whole music thing?”
“Skull, shut up.”
“I mean, the music did manage to calm down the shadows, making our job easier.”
“Yeah Crow, stop being such a critic. Technically, you don't even have that right considering half the details you gave us.”
“Raven. I’d recommend you stop before I start feeling trigger happy again.”
“Hey! Leave my GF out of this.”
“Wait a minute… Crow-senpai. You weren’t complaining when that one song with the lyrics involving “ouga” came through the audio system.”
“... “
“I also swear I heard you humming along with the Featherman Theme when it came through the system.”
The sound of a gun can be heard being loaded.
“CROW! DON’T EVEN THINK OF SHOOTING MY SISTER!”
“Crow-kun. Please don’t attempt to shoot Royal. Or else I’ll have to take action.”
“Crow, you heard Noir. Put the gun down.”
“Tsk. I’ll get my revenge eventually…”
“Sure… Keep thinking that Featherman Crow.”
“Focus guys. Crow, wait till we’re facing shadows again to go on a murderous streak. Fox, how's that small project I gave you going?”
“It's done Joker. Let me know when you wish to use it.”
After the comment from ‘Fox’, Joker looks down again to the main stage. The fight has progressed from when he last looked. The copy of the silver haired man, the blond humanoid and the regal man are in a battered state compared to the originals. In contrast, the copy of the blue haired female now has a darkened black and red aura surrounding her, with the original still clashing her battleaxe against her.
“Joker, I've got it. Give the signal once we’re ready.”
“Thanks Oracle. Time to keep silent for a bit guys. Oracle, patch us in. It’s Showtime!”
The four figures below were now standing next to each other, somewhat battered with fighting their counterparts, and taking a stance to engage once again.
Perfect.
“Back off.”