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linkingup2024-08-08 07:00 pm
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Week 2
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.
OOC
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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Yer a girl, ain't ya? Then if you can't fight, you can at least cook and clean, right!? That's important too!!
[IZOU STOP BEING SO 1865 ABOUT THIS.]
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Keepcalmsmilebepolitekeepcalmsmilebe--
(roll willpower: 19)]
Excuse me?
[The rational part of her brain is getting promptly very drowned out by the screeching in her skull that makes her want to (THIS TEXT HAS BEEN HELD BY REQUEST OF LITERALLY EVERYONE)]
What--what use is that going to be right now, first of all?! And second of all--you--I'm going to strongly advise you pick a very different set of skills here, because that's just insulting!
[Atropos is thankfully a little more alert right now than Sayaka and promptly sends an Agi (14) whizzing at a shadow who's trying to get them while they're distracted, not quite killing in one blow but needless to say the Inugami is sent back.]
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[THERE'S A TIME AND PLACE FOR EVERYONE'S SKILLSET!!!]
1/3?
2/3
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Were you...raised in a barn or something?
[...Congratulations, Sayaka is now confused. Like she's still mad but like that has. Thrown her??? Congrats???]
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Hey, just cause Tosa's real rural don't mean I'm a damn farm animal!
[He is in fact from the boonies.]
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Oh. Oh god does he legitimately not know--]
I didn't know you were from there! Honest, and I'm sorry for implying that--that isn't what I mean at all.
Just...do you realize how it sounds to imply that all a girl is good for is the ability to cook and clean? Especially in the middle of a nightmareish place where we literally have to fight?
[like. sayaka sucks at empathy so she is not qualified to teach empathy for others 101. but also??? consider any anger defused for the moment this is actually legitimately throwing her for a loop--]
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[He is just stupid and backwards enough to be accidentally sexist rather than intentionally sexist it seems.]
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I mean--a good portion of them do, I'm not going to deny that and there really isn't anything wrong with them wanting to take care of things like that. But it sounded like you were trying to boil down all I could do to that, and that's--
That is a little more than rude? And it doesn't help us in the moment to be able to do all of that, even if I'm probably going to end up stress cooking dinner at this point...
Realistically, isn't it better to at least try, especially if--if even if I did run, where would I go to?
[...sayaka...
this is probably somehow funnier with atropos fighting off demons in the background.]
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I mean, if you were on your own I suppose. But there's plenty of people here you could rely on to protect' ya.
[She seems pretty determined to not just be sidelined, though.]
You didn't look like ya wanted ta fight to me, but if that's wrong I could at least give ya a few pointers.
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But Sayaka's answer is surprisingly determined and unhesitating, and she gives a firm nod at the last portion of Izou's statement.]
I'd like that a lot, actually. I...want to learn, because I've never had to do it before--but I'm not going to stand by and be protected. Anything you can teach me, I'll gladly learn, sir!
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[Pointing at her knife.]
Obviously, a knife's easy ta wield, but you gotta get up close and personal so you're at a bigger risk of getting hit. There's a couple options to work around that, but the easiest one us what ya might call "run and gun." Get up close fast, attack, and then retreat fast. You get what I'm sayin'? Also keep your knife low and close to you, if ya can. Gives yer target less time to realize yer approaching them with a weapon.
[He... actually knows what he's talking about, it seems?]
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Actually startlingly good advice. Sayaka listens very intently to it, seeming to try and mimic the actions as Izou brings them up--hold the knife low, hide it from view, run and gun away...
(Could she have properly killed Leon that way, if she did it?)]
...I think I get it. You want to have the element of surprise on your side, then? Make them underestimate you, and then hit them while their guard is down. Right?
I think I understand what you mean. Hit them fast and hard, retreat, and keep doing it until the monsters have been finished off...
I think I can do that. I've been good at running pretty fast since I was young--so I think I can adapt to that pretty easily.
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Yeah. Like, if you were bulkier or had a bigger weapon you'd be better off fightin different, but you gotta play to yer own strengths and weaknesses, y'know?
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[Ah, it seems like a couple more shadows are entering their midst. Sayaka, ever alert, hides the knife low just like he's told her and manages a smile.]
--Looks like we have company. Are you ready?
[thread end?]