Week 2

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WEEK 2

WAKE UP, GET UP, GET OUT THERE.

Saturday rolls around and characters may see that there are notices from Mina, saying that everyone will be taking a trip at noon sharp on Saturday, and to have their weapons. Whether characters pay this heed or not, they will in fact hear a ding from their phones at noon, their screens glowing a sunset red with the word "TRANSFERRING..." the only thing to be seen. And then, just like that –

You all enter.

The new world before you can be described in one word: twisted. It doesn't feel great, but it doesn't feel extremely awful, either, depending on how you look at it – it's a distorted version of the already grim city that you've been brought to, and you are specifically in the shopping district. Everything seems to be darker shades of red, yellow, and purple, if you can see it through the haze ominously floating about.

That feeling of something stirring in your chest seems to grow stronger, more potent, burning with the desire to be let free…

…and you, all of you, are surrounded. Various monsters and demons are threatening to attack you, looking at you like you are their prey. That's because you are…but you don't have to be for long. The moment that you engage in battle with them, no matter who strikes first, is the moment your emancipation begins.

Welcome to your awakening.

You feel a surge of energy rush to your palm – for some, it burns like a fiery blaze. For others, it sparks with electricity; perhaps wind circles around it, or a mysterious frost begins to blanket it. Maybe you have a mysterious pink aura around it, or a bright turquoise light; a dark, sinister glow or a calming light. Whatever the case may be, it drives you to place your hand over your heart.

You latch onto something. It is not your chest, it's not your heart, but it's something deeper than that, something from your being. You pull, you drag it out, and there is no bloodshed or any sort of pain, only a very bright light and some struggle as you unearth what is within. You finally, finally feel free as a new part of you literally stands before you. Say hello to your new friend: Your Persona.

Your new skills feel intuitive, and you feel like you can navigate them well enough to at least try to survive. You don't need to question how or why you understand them just yet; all you need to do is let yourself experience your power, and you'll stand a chance.

And with that, it's time to fight.

(Note: Weapon attacks will always deal Phys damage, but Phys spells will naturally do more than just whacking enemies with your weapons. Go wild, dodge, parry – combat is more freeform here than it is in Persona, so play this out however you'd like.

Furthermore, you'll be able to see everyone's cool Personas! You just won't be able to really interact with them directly.)

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(Picrew by ~danidoninha!)

After the battle, there's the sound of a whistle. Turn your heads towards the source, and…huh? A cat?

"Alright, newbies, it's time to roll out."

…And it talks???

She says it with a scowl on her face, and soon, she leaps up – poof, and suddenly, there is a cat train in front of you. Weirdly enough, this cat is the one driving it. How did she summon the train…who knows.

"Get in, unless you wanna get your asses kicked!"

And sure enough, she's right, because there seem to be more enemies flocking towards you. She will drag you all in whether you like it or not.

SAFE AREA.

And, after a quick ride on the cat train, you find yourselves back at the dorms! ...Kind of. Much like the rest of this alternate world, it’s distorted in shape, though there’s none of the haze you saw when you first arrived. It seems this area, at least, is safe - characters would be wise to note it as a location to base any Nekyia operations out of in the future.

Mina is also here! She looks, quite frankly, relieved to see everyone show up alive in the train. The train, by the way, is gone, because it seems like your mysterious cat friend is now back to her…first…form? And seems to be on her way out. Back to Mina, though:


“Thank goodness... Okay, um, app hiccups aside...

Welcome to the Nekyia - the world of the unconscious. As you can see, the unconscious version of the city is, um... Very, very messed up. The more commissions you complete, the more connections you forge, the more bonds you repair, and the more Shadows you take out will help return the Nekyia to normal - and with it, the real world!

The people of this world don’t have the power to summon Personas... You’re the only ones who can save this city from the influence now. So please...

Help me fix this city from the inside-out!”

Mina has also set up a folding table set up with divinity cookies and water bottles from “Ambrosial Water Co”, judging by the labels. Characters who partake in these proffered snacks will find them rejuvenating - literally. Using a Persona’s abilities takes spiritual energy, but these snacks replenish one’s energy to full again with a single bite or sip. Any characters who want to try venturing back into the thick of the Nekyia today are free to take some with them, but do take care! Mina is only providing snacks for today, and after this characters will need to monitor their energy levels on their own.

Characters with further questions may ask Mina and she will do her best to answer! You can also try to catch the mysterious cat from earlier, too.

To go back to the real world, all characters need to do is press the "RETURN?" button on their phones. Much like the "TRANSFERRING..." message, this is the only thing on their screen.

All phones will now have a Nekyia app that will enable them to come in and out of the Nekyia at will.

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READ ME!!!!

• Welcome to your Week 2 event log!
• Here is your promised Persona debut. Fighting is very flexible, so please just thread the fights in whatever format you'd like.
  
• A reminder for those of you who have gotten their Level 10 skills: These do not unlock ICly until Week 3, starting on 8/17.
  
• As always, please let us know if you have any questions! Enjoy!
  

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[vogelfrei]

[ McGillis listens to the teenagers in silence. He feels the difference between them and himself very keenly right now. He'd never been this innocent at their age. To be horrified at the idea of a single death, to hate yourself so powerfully... If McGillis ever had these emotions in him, they had left him before he turned eight years old. Long, long, long ago... Impossible to recall.

They're going to hate him for what he's about to say, what he has to say or else he'll choke on it. That's fine by McGillis, he doesn't care to be liked by strangers. ]

Rock bottom? You may mean to comfort her, but she's far from it. Let me give you perspective.

[ He shakes his head and lowers his hand, no longer caring as much if the haze is somehow poisonous. ]

I had friends as well, as a child. Two of them, who adored me. I killed them both. I sent Carta to a battle she could not hope to win - a futile struggle for her honor in which she'd die miserably.

And Gaelio... I killed him myself, with my own hands. I wouldn't have handed that privilege to anybody else. He was my only true friend, in the end.

[ Gaelio isn't actually dead but not for lack of trying on McGillis' part. Thus it feels like a useless side note here.

Cherish your friends, indeed. ]

1/2

[emptyself]

I... don't really get it. In Aubrey's case, she stopped liking him, but you killed your friends? People who you still considered your friends?

[ is this how modern society is? a place where you can look at someone you see as your friend and take their life?

no, he's seen it with alice and aozaki, too. the two girls can jump from friendly to murderous at the drop of a hat, and then back to friendly again in equal speed. he's never understood it, but that's just how life in the mansion has been.

...therefore, maybe it's him who's broken. if he can't understand something that seems to be so natural, it must be because of his own deficiencies. ]

2/2

[emptyself]

[ but with that third truth, soujuurou touches the wall-- and finds it to be gone. ]

Oh, look. We can leave now.

[ yay! ]

[moodwrecker]

[He's right, in the end. Aubrey's own situation is far lighter than his sins - it isn't as though she can confirm if Basil truly died or not, and though she never said it, it wasn't intentional on her part.

McGillis' secret makes that difference quite stark indeed, and when she looks up at him, it's with eyes wide in disbelief.]

You... What?

Why would you...?

[vogelfrei]

[ They can move now. McGillis could quite easily walk off now, leaving the teenagers with their questions unanswered. Yet he finds himself staring down (literally, as he towers high over both of them) and momentarily pinned by the horror in Aubrey's gaze.

There's nothing left to lose by answering their questions, now that the cat is out of the bag. ]

To further my ambitions... and to avoid distractions.

[ Was it worth it? That's a question not worth asking because there is no reality in which McGillis wouldn't have chosen to sacrifice them when he did.

He turns to Soujuurou. ]

Yes, Gaelio was my friend. Always radiant in the corner of my eye, even as I averted my gaze. As long as his brightness was there to draw my attention, I could not have progressed.

[ That brightness is now dimmed, and yet. And yet.

... also yes, the other friend named Carta just mysteriously vanished from his explanations. Oops. ]