Ponysona 4, the Campaign.

Melody chuckled...Then burst out laughing at how ridiculous they looked...It was a much-needed boost to the mood of the situation...She laughed for a while, eventually having to stop to breathe, gasping for air..."Oh...Ah, ha, ha...!! Oh Celestia...You look...Aha...!! You both look ridiculous...!!! Ha, ha...!!" She finally managed to keep from laughing hysterically, at any rate...

Soul digs through the bag, and pulls out a deerstalker cap and plaid inverness cape. "Ooohhh, this looks nice." She dons her new clothing, and decides she looks properly dashing and proper. And has a sudden craving for opiates, but that quickly passes in favor of nomming on an empty tobacco pipe she finds in a pocket.

"Why, you look positively devilish, my dear. That outfit suits you for what is afoot," she says with a smirk and a twirl of her pipe.

George put his drink and compress down and dug through the bag in search of something fairly respectable, coming up with a Tan single breasted jacket, waistcoat and bowler hat along with a striped tie.
"I feel like blending my own coffee but..."
He does try to stifle a chuckle.
"You all look uh distinct? Soul especially looks well-dressed."

Melody chuckled a bit, grabbing an outfit and changing into it...A pair of fake cat ears and whiskers, and a black vest with a little bow firmly established it was supposed to be a black cat outfit, and she looked over it, chuckling. "...Well...This is...embarassing..." She said in a mock-upset tone, figuring if everyone else was gonna wear something silly, she might as well join the group for now.

((The costume for those curious.))

Zeela grins as her wings expand and lock up. "Oh meee-ow!"

"W-What!?" Melody blushed a bit, staring at the ground and generally feeling embarassed by that. "It was...It was the first one I grabbed...Th-that's all! Uhm...We're...We're supposed to be saving Icing, right!? Where's his Shadow's little slice of this place...!?" She looked up after a moment, realizing Shiro hadn't shown up yet either...That was odd...

Perception check to find "Sugar's Dungeon:

Daisoujo had put Alice into a little bunny rabbit costume, and slipped into a green super sentai outfit, somehow fitting him perfectly, deciding to ignore the talk.

Melody tries to find her way in the fog, but it confuses her. Shiro comes in with a barrista cap and apron, sipping a mocha with one hoof. "Hey everypony. Sorry I'm late. Earning some money." He puts down his coffee and slaps his Hanged Man tarot card, Arachne appearing and covering his eyes. "Who we looking for? I can sense... Two major locations, though one has 2 spots."

Soul's wings twitch a little at Melody's outfit, but keeps them down. "Two spots what do you- When she turns to see a spider crawling across Shiro's face, they fly up in an instant, for another reason entirely. "What is that thing!?"

"We're trying to find Icing...His Shadow has him, so he takes priority, Shiro...And...Easy, it's the power all of us have...Though, his and Tilt's are more powerful than the rest of us, in a sense." She pauses for a moment, kind of enjoying not being 'the new mare' for a moment. "It's...I dunno, kind of like summoning a guardian or something to fight alongside you...I suppose if you haven't been here long, you won't have one, but you should develop it soon...I got mine after my first real fight here...Not sure why his is in the form of a spider, mind you, but there's that." She hoped her explanation worked, she didn't need Soul trying to swat Arachne off of Shiro.

"It's because spiders are full of self preservation instincts, however their biggest issue is the same thing. Possibly." Shiro shrugs and Arachne does the same.

"I'll be willing to bet the place with two spots is where we wanna go... Mmm... Bet with two entrances, might be wiser to split up and take both entrances... Just to double our chances of finding Icing." Zeela comments.

"It's a side effect of this place. Shadows are ponies' darker selves. Triumph over a shadow, and you'll gain a kind of power. Learn to accept your darker self when the time comes to face your own shadow, and you'll meet your true strength." explains Tilt, her eyes beginning to glow golden as she rises a little into the air. A tarot card rises out from under her cloak, and begins to gradually spin.

Persona!

At the word, the card burns away into ash, leaving behind an enormous red stallion clad in golden armour, mane billowing and rippling from unseen heat - recognisably equine, but more akin to a horse than any pony. And to Soul, at least, it was obviously reminiscent of the little statue Tilt had on her damma shrine in her room.



It isn't easy to explain before the time has come and passed. Just Know that it won't be easy, but we Will be there to help you reach acceptance.

She booms, in unison with the persona above her.

"Hopefully with our help, Icing will be unlocking his Persona... And... Now that I think about it... There is a second shadow that we're not totally sure who's it is... It might be yours Soul... Or might be mine... Who knows..." Zeela comments as she thinks over things.

George nods in approval of Tilt's speech.
"So then. Who wants to go to the area with two spots and who wants to go to the area with only one?"

"I think the spot with two spots is the one that icing is in... The other one... Is likely to be Arcana's..." Zeela guessed.

"Yeah, let's hit the two-for-one...Arcana probably -just- made his realm...Still, how did he get out of his room...I thought leaving the Velvet Room took a lot out of him, and now he's mucking around in the TV world...? Something's off here..." Melody thought for a moment, shifting her weight back and forth. "But, I suppose that can wait. For now, Icing's more important."

"Open minds are open eyes," comments Tilt in agreement, descending back to the ground, herpersona fading back into a card and returning itself to a pocket in the cloak. "But yes, we need to help Icing first, that much is obvious. Shiro, do you have a fix?"

"Order's ready and made, ma'am." Shiro seems to have gotten really into the barrista role, him and Arachne pointing due south. "Icing's there, a few floors up. There's a shadow, powerful one, on the same floor, and another one a few floors down."

Zeela chuckles at Shiro's comments and gets moving.

"Alright then, next stop, Icing. Dai-kun, want to pick up, oh, let's say George and race down? Last one there's a rotten egg!"

Tilt waits a second for it to click with the portly pegasus, then almost without warning breaks into a charge and collects the other four ponies in a stack and rockets off towards the dungeon.

Spoiler:

It clicks with George and he starts to fly along.
"I do not need to be carried, one second though."
He does stop long enough to bow to Daisoujo.
"I apologise for what I did to you the other day. I have no excuse for my actions."
Roll! (Acrobatics: Flying [-5] to keep up.)

Roll:

"I apologize in return for what I attempted to do." The portly pegasus bows in return, before picking Alice up flying after Tilt at the same pace, catching up to her and flying along side her.

Spoiler:

"Wait, wha-WHOA!!" Melody's only real recourse to the sudden flurry of motion was to hang on for dear life as Tilt dragged her off...This was...NOT what she had expected at all...!!

"Wait what?!?!?" Zeela yells as she holds on.

The trio of fliers speed as best as they can to the dungeon and land outside the swirling door, a quiet giggle coming from inside, "Oh, lookie here~ More ponies who want to have some fun with me. Why don't you come on up, sweeties. I'm waiting for you. And so is my little friend here."