skippedabeat | Round 2: Test Drive

Welcome to the second test drive!

Please don't worry too much about using your Personas correctly or following the prompts exactly. They're meant to give you starting ideas, but by all means, go wild and add more options!

The objective here is to try out characters and see who you could have the most fun with in the game's setting. However, feel free to follow this link to request a Persona be generated for you as if you were part of the game. (Please try to limit this to only one of your test drive characters if you can as to not overwhelm us! Never mind generating Personas is a pretty fast process! Request for as many characters away as you like!)

If you have questions about the test drive itself, you can ask them here! If you want to play an AU don't forget this entire post can be used for you to get AU scenarios set up and see who your character might have been related too or know before Awakening.

Now then, let's begin...

Prompt 1 - Flower Festival

The Festival of Flowers is in full bloom in the city! As an inhabitant of Eddan, you're excited to go and attend some of the activities! But unknown to you, something else might be starting to beat in the deepest, darkest depths of your heart.

The festival log prompts can be found here. Please note that you can use these to post in the test drive, but not on the player log itself!

Additionally, if both test drive player and game players agree, the festival test drive threads can also become game canon! As long as the test drive character is played as being completely unaware of what has happened in the game up to this point. Keep in mind that they would NOT have had a message on their phones. Two Test drive players can also make these game canon if they get accepted (and they keep the same requirements as above).

Prompt 2 - From Dawn to Dusk

The city has been abuzz for the past few weeks. A new string of murders is making front page news and serving as a grim reminder why the nightly curfew is so important. As families, perhaps even someone close to you, mourn, pressure continues to rise at the many police stations and at city hall. The people are afraid and they’re demanding answers.

There's not much time for you to dwell on this.. Like everyone else in the city, you have a lot to do, and a tight schedule to do it in. You don't even notice the application that has appeared on your phone's screen. The headache that follows, however, is strange and disorienting, and it brings with it an odd sensation that something is wrong today. You’re just not sure why.

The day passes by and soon, it's close to midnight. Your body, if you're not in bed by now, is completely exhausted. Despite your best efforts, you'll find yourself closing your eyes. Too bad it's quickly interrupted by a strange noise, and movement like something pulsating softly.

It's your phone, or at least you think it's your phone, but it's never glowed this orange before. There’s mist rising above it almost like fire...something's definitely bizarre about this. Despite your fears, you forces yourself to open it, and click on that strange snake-like icon.

It opens revealing a single statement and blank box;

To begin, please write your name.

Your fingers move on their own. Before you have time to really think about it, and as the pain inside your head becomes so terrible you start breathing rapidly and sweating, you've entered a series of letters and pressed enter. Now you're in a large chatroom with many others...but your 'name' you've never even heard of it...have you? It almost feels like you have...

Prompt 3 - Awakening

The last rays of the sun disappeared over the horizon almost an hour ago, yet here you are, walking through the apple orchards located behind one of the campus wings. The strange app that's been sending you strange clues the past seven days now says you're ready to face the truth. It told you to come here tonight, but never to travel alone. Repeatedly, it warns you to make sure to have someone close by if you're to survive…but besides some friends, what else did you bring with you? Did you pack for this, or did you figure you'd make it up as you go? Are you in a position to be able to bring weapons with you that no one would suspect?

Something is out there, and it's getting closer.

Before you can think, you see it: a large, blackish mass, almost like slime, slithering along the ground resembling a vaguely humanoid shape with glowing yellow eyes. When it roars again, it reveals rows and rows of teeth. This was a mistake your brain warns. The strange name from the chatroom, the days leading up to this...you're fairly certain even if you are prepared that you're going to die.

And yet, something inside you stirs. Even as they move closer, you find yourself charging instead of running, as your heartbeat increases. A voice inside is guiding you, each movement bringing forth a surge of memories of a past that you had lost. You’re angry and confused, but your pain, your fears, your rage for all of this… all of that needs to be taken out on those creatures.

All you need to do now is to tear out your heart.

Prompt 4 - A new, old life

Now that you have your memories back, the strange veil of this world has been somewhat lifted. Things that seemed simple now seem strange. You have so many questions, but not enough answers. Then there's the new weapons you wield and the strange creature inside of you...your Heart Persona.

During the day, you are encouraged to continue to live as you did before, but with old and new memories together, sometimes it is difficult to keep acting like you did. Will it cause issues in your job or school life? Will it change your reactions to whatever life you had here? Do you notice others like you who have awakened?

Maybe it would be a good time to send a chatroom message, just to ask others what they are planning to do. Maybe you should set up a meeting to fight shadows at night. Maybe you’ll organize a plan of attack or set up a club to escape the strange looks others have been giving you. Maybe you just want someone's opinion on the best place to have pizza. Hey, no one said you had to use the AppleNET just for serious things, after all.

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Flower Festival

Like everyone else at the opening ceremonies, Yui watched the fireworks with wonder. But then a sudden wave of dizziness hits her, and she feels like she's watching everything while spinning around and hearing snatches of a conversation from far away:

"Yui's just like a kid, riding the merry-go-round."

"...She...never liked them."

The voices are ones she's sure she's never heard, but the ringing in her ears takes over, and she staggers back, squeezing her eyes tight and clutching her head while trying to keep her balance.

She does have enough wherewithal to realize she just bumped into someone, and she cries out, "I'm sorry! I just need a minute."

Asher has already recovered from his moment of having weird flashbacks and is making his way out of the crowd to go home when someone bumps into him from the side. It startles him maybe more than it should and he jumps a bit before turning to look at her. At the apology, he just shakes his head.

"It's fine." She doesn't seem to be doing well, but considering he looked about the same a minute ago, it's a little too familiar. There's a second of hesitation before he adds, "Are you okay?"

The flashback's over, but the pain's still there, even if a little bit less insistent.

"Migraine, I think," she admits. "Probably from the fireworks being so bright."

That's the only thing that makes sense, after all. Whatever she thought she heard was probably just part of it.

"I'll be fine. I probably just need to find somewhere a little less..."

Loud, maybe. Bright.

He nods, vaguely wondering if that's really all it is, what with him and Ciro having just had the same experience. But maybe she's just someone who might react to something like that normally. In any case, he doesn't want to try to ask, not when it's a total stranger.

"Maybe out of the crowd." That's what he and Ciro were working on doing, anyway. Though speaking of Ciro, he turns to look off to the side to make sure he's still with him. He hadn't been holding his hand as he had when they first started walking, so it's possible Ciro hadn't noticed him stopping there.

The good thing about Ciro being built like a damn tree is that you can pick him out of a crowd. Him and Asher had gotten separated for just a moment- these crowds are thick- but he surfaces after a second looking mildly disgruntled. Crowds or the migraine? Probably both.

However, it eases up when he sees the other girl. "Hey, what's wrong? Are you okay?"

Well, Yui's not the only one not looking her best. She manages a sympathetic smile and explains, "Migraine--I guess I'm not the only one. The fireworks must be too bright."

It's not the fireworks for him, Asher's sure of that, but he's not going to say that to someone he doesn't know. What would he say, anyway, when he's not sure she's in the same circumstances? That he and Ciro have headaches because of an app on their phones that probably won't show up if they try to show it to her? So... agreeing is easier.

"Yeah, maybe that's it."

It's definitely not the fireworks for him, but in this, Asher and Ciro are in sync for obvious reasons. He just gives an agreeable enough shrug. "They are experimental," he says lightly.

Dwelling on the cause probably isn't for the best.... "Anyway, since it's such a problem, we can drop into the subway tunnels. There are plenty of shops int here- one of them has to have some bottled water and painkillers." Pausing, he shrugs again. "Or caffeine, whichever works best for you."

She nods.

"That sounds like a good idea. And I can always get home from there. Thank you."

"We were heading that way, anyway," he offers, since it seems like Ciro doesn't have a problem with this other person tagging along for a bit. Besides, it's the truth.

With that decided, he starts walking again, careful to make sure the crowd isn't trying to separate them again.

Staying close to Asher's side, Ciro tries to ease up his expression into a slight smile. If they're all stuck together, there's no point in being particularly unfriendly, right?

"I'm Ciro Bonavita, by the way. What's your name?"

"I'm Yui. Thanks for the help."

At least she didn't seem to be keeping them from the festivities, if they were already heading out.

"Other than this, did you enjoy the ceremony?

Round 2: Test Drive

Yui Kanzaki | Kamen Rider Ryuki

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