((Sorry for the delay, haven't been feeling the greatest and that and little brother was on until about five minutes ago lol.))<br/><br/><strong>Abigail Takeda<br/>Time; June 5th, 2018.  Monday, Midday.<br/>Location; Central Shopping District, moving on to the library.....<br/>Tagged; Chie, Naoto, anyone else.</strong><br/><br/>With Natsume's parting words in her ears and the tingle of her lips against her belly which was only just starting to show signs of her twins that had yet to be born, Naoto had to smile despite the serious situation they had on their hands regarding a possible new threat.  Unfortunately, they weren't going to learn anything new beyond the fact that Igor and Margaret had simply said hello, more or less.  Why the old man had let their pictures hang up in his Velvet Room was a mystery, but on the other hand Igor's involvement in everything was a mystery, save for the fact he had given them the tools necessary to stop Izanami at the very end.  It had been Yu that had put it to use however, just in a nick of time as well no less.  Letting Abigail go a few minutes later after getting only so much from her, and without any real way to hold her for longer than they had anyway, Chie and Naoto wandered off, giving Abigail much more to think about, mainly how far all this went and what it all meant.  Turning to Natsume as the two police officers wandered away, the young woman sighed but shook her head, doubting she knew anything at all about what had happened seven years ago beyond what everyone else did.  Passing by the reopened pharmacy, Abigail's eyes saw something in the store window that couldn't have been there since she was the only one on the street at that moment that was anywhere near the building.  Stopping cold in her tracks, her eyes peered into the reflective surface, trying to make heads or tails of the distorted ghost like image she had seen.  What happened next was too fast for her to keep up with as a hand shot out of the glass and grabbed her, pulling her into the window, but Abigail fought back, her hand already in the process of trying to snap the thing's wrist with a well placed chop.  She might as well have been hitting a brick wall for all the good it did her.  Three more ghostly white arms shot out and grabbed her by her throat, face, and the front of her shirt before she disappeared without a trace, the distorted image disappearing along with it.  If someone had looked into the window at that moment, they would have seen what looked to be a dark version of the new Shinkendo Dojo that was on the edge of the Residential Area of Inaba.....<br/><br/>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br/><br/><strong>In the library.</strong><br/><br/>A 14 year old Nanako Dojima was humming a happy tune to herself as she came around a bookshelf about the same time that Takeo was, and accidentally bumped into him.  Stumbling back with a surprised gasp, she picked herself up and dusted off the pink skirt and matching shirt, a small smile on her face as she spoke up.  "Oh, I'm sorry."  It was then that Yu Narukami, the old leader of the Investigation Team seven years ago, came around about the same time, with Yukiko Amagi in tow no less, a little bundle in her arms.  "You ok Nanako?"  He asked, earning a happy nod from the young girl before they all turned to the young man.  "Yep, I'm fine."  "Good to hear Nanoko-chan."  Yukiko said, all of them heading out after getting a few books with their niece.  It was a rare day they had a day off from helping to manage the Inn, but any excuse to help out with their family was good enough to sneak out whenever they could.  Still, Yu had a funny feeling about the man Nanako had bumped into, and Izanagi seemed to share a similar feeling, silently watching as he had since their first meeting seven years ago.  "Let's go Big Bro, we don't want to be late!"  Nanako said, reminding them of their planned get together with his uncle, Nanako's father.  "Alright Nanako.  Hmm?"  Digging into his pocket, taking out his cell phone after seeing it was Chie calling him, Yu looked to Yukiko who looked puzzled as well.  It didn't take them long to figure out the news that had suddenly appeared on their doorstep, more or less, but it puzzled the man more than anything about why Igor would appear to a complete stranger and not him as he had during their own little adventure.  "Alright.  I'm calling the rest of the gang Yosuke.  We'll meet up at the Flood Plain at 5."  Yukiko didn't have to hear the rest of the conversation to get the hint.  "I'll have someone watch Eva.  Nanako...."  "I know....hopefully it'll be different this time though."  Yu nodded solemnly, turning to Takeo once more, wondering what he had heard and what he hadn't, and deciding it didn't really matter in the end.  If it was anything like last time, bodies would be piling up fast if they didn't step up to the plate as they had back then.  After they walked away, a book would fall down from a higher self, soon obvious it was the one he'd been looking for oddly enough....<br/><br/>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br/><br/><div align="center">(http://www.quartzsitemineshaft.com/Empire_mine_shaft.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Shortly after Miki left the mines.....</strong><br/><br/>Deep within the mines, in a supposedly cleared tunnel that was obviously not clear from the giant black as night boulder that sealed the entrance that hadn't been picked up by Ground Penetrating Radar for some reason, coming up as a fuzzy spot on the device when it had been initially fired, the small group of miners was stumped since their cellphones didn't work, nor did their walkie talkies, or any electronic devices for that matter when they were within a hundred feet of the strange boulder that had no place here from what they could see.  The rest of the rock was just that, granite rock, yet this thing looked like it had come from a volcano given its obsidian color.  How that could be however?  There wasn't any volcanoes anywhere around Inaba that they were aware of.  "Get this thing out of here or the boss will tear us apart."  It was no secret about Miki's father been an egotistical maniac considering the small army he had around his daughter at all times, among other things when it came to him and getting his money's worth from the mines.  Pickaxes and the like were soon brought to bear upon the mysterious boulder, and it wasn't long, ten minutes tops, before the way was clear.  They found themselves facing a strange mist that poured out of the unsealed passageway that felt....wrong somehow.  The men that were present felt icy cold fingers seeming to touch every open patch of skin they could find, yet no hands were present.  "Something's wrong...this feels wrong."  One of them said, no longer able to see three feet in front of him soon afterward despite how small the passageway was.  A quiet gasp was all that was heard when one of the men were sucked through the opened gateway they had unsealed.  Frantic noises of alarm and calling out the man's name were soon cut off as a horrible scream was heard a few minutes later.  The last two never saw the light of day again as ghostly apparitions caught up to them long before they reached aid.  The unsealing of the gate didn't go unnoticed however as every Persona User felt an ice cold fear grip their hearts at the same time before feeling a pulse of sorts pass through them all.  They all knew something was free, and it had already claimed victims.  Too bad it had only just begun....