Round 1: Test Drive

[cordibus]

Welcome to the first 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 - 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 2 - 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 3 - 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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Jaune | RWBY

[sociallyarcward]

[Prompt 1]

[The locker you are walking past makes a sound. With all the murders going on you might be a bit jumpy, but it's daylight -- lunch is about to start -- and surely things are safe. Right? Someone (or something) is trying to get out of the locker by pure force apparently, but eventually the pounding stops and instead there's a thump.]

Come'on. Can't somebody just let me out? It's really cramped in here and I think I'm standing on my lunch.

[Students still getting shoved in lockers? Classic, right? Jaune groans in frustration from inside the locker. He isn't sure yet if he should resign himself to his fate or not.]

[Prompt 2 -- Finding a Friend to Go With, Before Dark and Going Out]

[Jaune glances down at his phone and back up at the window. You wouldn't think a guy who gets shoved into lockers on a regular basis would be able to muster up the courage to actually go when a strange missive tells him to. Especially at night. With murderers out there and...well it's just a little creepy. But...there's something familiar about it too. Something he can't place.

He glances up at his friend's window. Had they decided not to join him after all? Should he throw another rock at the window to gain their attention?Or he could text them...maybe.]

And here I thought I was going to be the one to chicken out...

[He starts a text, muttering] Dude, where are you?

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[torching]

[ so. mako's walking through the halls, idly minding his own business as he heads to the gym when he hears one of the lockers rattling. this wouldn't be the first time. the voice that calls from inside only makes the situation that much more obvious.

he walks on over and shakes the lock, figures out that whoever stuffed jaune in there didn't exactly lock the thing, and pulls it off as the door swings open. ]

I think you need to take me up on my offer for more self-defense classes.

[sociallyarcward]

[Jaune perks up when he hears someone outside.]

Oh man! I'm so glad it's you.

[He trips as he comes out of the locker. It's honestly amazing that his lanky body can still fit in those things. He stumbles out, practically falling over in the process. He doesn't seem to notice there is a peanut-butter and jelly sandwich stuck to his shoe. He laughs nervously.]

Haha. Yeah...maybe. There were just a lot of them this time, that's all.

[torching]

[ that sandwich. mako points down to jaune's shoe, gesturing at it a few times--might wanna get that off of your foot buddy. ]

How do you manage to get into trouble all the time? With all the help you need, I'll have to start charging you.

[ listen he doesn't mean to be rude, but seriously jaune. learn to stand up for yourself! ]

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[mockingbirb]

[Life would be so much easier if he was that friend, wouldn't it?

But no, no. Jaune throws rocks; Tsurumaru walks by, carrying a large chicken metal...thing, look, it's complicated. It's his excuse. He's not sure if he wants to get involved at Jaune trying to call out his...what looks like his significant other, but according to his phone he has plenty of time before he has to head to the orchards where things get weird.

For now it's mundane and he's curious, and he's got time.]

Hey, uh...what are you doing?

[Did you get dumped? That's rough, buddy.]

[sociallyarcward]

[Jaune jumps. For a guy about to go out on a mysterious, secret mission and potentially face certain death, he really wasn't paying attention to what was happening around him.]

Woah! What?! I'm not...

[Okay, yeah, no, that wasn't going to work. Jaune switches gears,
scrunching up his face in confusion. Maybe he can change the subject.]

Why do you have a chicken?

[mockingbirb]

It's my excuse.

[He's probably way too cheerful given the dire and dark circumstances, but hey. #yolo]

Okay, did you see the giant robot pegasus...thing that was on the roof of the pagoda last month? [The pagoda that was in the park that was conveniently located near them somehow don't look at me I'm making up excuses.] That was my doing. I probably shouldn't tell you this, but you probably shouldn't be bothering your...ex? Either.

2 time to make the BEST decisions

[probablynoteren]

[Jaune's probably still in the middle of his text when the window finally creaks open; it's pretty thick, the second floor is recessed pretty far from the street, and when Lenka leans out he has one earphone out and dangling that makes it clear he was in the middle of his playlist and likely his homework.

Who knows why he decided to check his window, maybe he just wanted some fresh air, but at least this way Jaune doesn't accidentally manage to bean him with a rock. Wouldn't that be the perfect cap to a perfect evening.]

... You're really here. [in a tone that suggests he's about to scold, but then he rubs an eye and sighs] Come in first. We shouldn't yell in the street.

with these two? always

[sociallyarcward]

[Jaune had just been in the process of weighing two rocks in his hands when he hears the sound of a window opening above. He looks up, dropping the rocks to his feet.]

Oh hey! What? You didn't think I'd back out did you?

[Probably. Jaune wasn't exactly known for his bravery, but there was something about all of this he just couldn't shake, couldn't run from, no matter how much he might want to.]

Uh...am I supposed to climb or...?

[Was it mentioned that Jaune might be a little dense.]

[probablynoteren]

[What was he going to do with two rocks, however thick the window is it was not meant to stand up to a siege or to Jaune when he's determined about the wrong thing?? Honestly, sometimes Lenka wonders about his choice in friends.]

I was counting on it this time.

[It's very quiet, so the wind probably carries it away before it gets too far. To be honest, as much as Lenka tries to do the right thing, it's also pretty easy for people to talk him into things good and bad with the right amount of cajoling and casual pleading; he's gotten into all sorts of scrapes this way.

There's something about this time, though, that makes him want to slam the window, put his earphones back in, and outright ignore his friend even now. He has a really bad feeling. Has ever since that logo popped up on his phone. But...]

... You probably could. But it would be bad for the roof.

[Still, he almost smiles at how ridiculous the situation is. Maybe this is why they're friends. Might as well go get the door.]

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[for_realsies]

Did you say something locker?

*Someone was staring through the vent on the locker trying to figure out if it was her imagination. Things had been getting weird, so it could be that. What with headaches and strange phone apps. She'd started having a lot of weird thoughts lately.*

[sociallyarcward]

No! But the guy stuck in the locker said something.

[Jaune's neck is killing him. He's tall and lanky so his body is more or less contorted to fit in here. It's...actually kind of impressive and probably says something about his flexibility and tolerance for small spaces. However, as such he can't exactly see out.]

Wanna help?

[for_realsies]

Oh! That makes more sense. But wouldn't a talking locker be cool?

*Fortunately while there's a lock on the locker, it hasn't been shut, merely thrown in place. Easy peasy fix. The girl outside the locker is... plain. Dark hair brushed back, kept out of her face with a simple white hairband. Her clothes are... dull, drab, nothing really unique about her. And in spite of the icon, she's wearing contacts, no glasses.*

There you are? Why did you decide to take a nap in a locker?

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[pouringrain]

Hmmm? [A voice wasn't something he commonly heard coming from the lockers, much less any sound at all. It's why he'd made a point to stop and turn all attention towards the place he could have sworn the voice came from, peering curiously into the open vents to try and get a better view.]

What are you doing in there? [A bit of laughter, as Yamamoto moved to tug it open with some effort on his part.] Are you okay?

[sociallyarcward]

[Jaune, unfortunately, couldn't see. This was because his body was smooshed in such a way as to make turning his head nearly impossible. He really was getting too old for this -- though apparently some of the other students didn't think so or he wouldn't be here in the first place. His reply isn't the nicest -- but then again he's starting to feel cramped and a little annoyed about being in here.]

Oh you know practicing my dance moves. [Pause. He shouldn't be mean to whoever is out there.] Sorry...there's this jerk that's been tormenting me since I was in lower cycle...apparently it's still funny to shove people in lockers.

Nothing hurts...just my dignity as usual.

[pouringrain]

What? There's nothing funny about that! [He sounds genuinely appalled, as a disapproving frown replaced the previous smile. The idea there were people around still childish enough to do that stuff was disappointing, especially when he liked most of the people at this school to begin with.

Bullies weren't uncommon, though, but he still wished he'd been around to stop it. At least he could try and make up for it by helping this guy get out of the locker first.]

Glad you're okay. [Dignity aside. He'll tug again on the locker to try and get it open, though.] Wow, this thing is really stuck. Maybe try pushing from your side - if you can?

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[catchthishand]

[ If it weren't for the look of complete bewilderment on Isamu's face, he would look like someone more likely to be shoving Jaune in the locker, than opening it for him ]

How'd you get in there?

[ He bends slightly, looming unintentionally as he tries to figure out how someone Jaune's size fit into a regular locker.

Unfortunately, this means that his bulk is keeping Jaune trapped in the locker. It at least appears to be an accident? ]

[sociallyarcward]

[Jaune is apparently a contortionist in training. He...really doesn't know how he keeps fitting in here as he's actually fairly lanky and tall. Maybe it's just destiny for him to wind up in lockers -- who really knows.

Luckily, Jaune knows this isn't the person that shoved him in the locker, though his size and the fact he's looming and blocking his path is more than a little intimidating.]

Some jerk and his friends shoved me in here. [Pause] Thanks for opening it, but you wouldn't mind...stepping aside so I can actually get out, do you?

[catchthishand]

-oh! Right!

[ He steps back, clearing a path for Jaune and watching with intent interest to see exactly how he plans to actually get out of the locker ]

What'd they do it for?

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[draculabackwards]

[Is...someone in the locker? He's on his way for another tutoring session with a younger student. Gotta make that money in between getting his own degree! Alucard kind of stares at it for a moment before opening it up.]

How does one find themselves in a locker?

[sociallyarcward]

[Jaune blinks as the light returns to inside the locker. He has to kind of...shimmy to get out. He's tall and how he ends up still getting crammed into the locker is hard to fathom.]

Pretty easily when you've got jerks who want to make your life miserable.

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[clicked]

[ Fushimi is on his way to the high school himself. He was going to mind his own business, too, but he doesn't want to be a witness to a potential crime if he can help it.

Besides, being a witness is a hassle. ]

Loitering is a demeanor.

[ He says as he casually eats this ice cream cone.

Look, he'll need his sugar before he gets there. ]

What are you doing?

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[sociallyarcward]

[For a guy about to break SO MANY RULES, Jaune was doing a terrible job of actually looking out and paying attention.

As such Fushimi is able to sneak up on him and when he speaks Jaune practically jumps out of his own skin and fumbles his phone. It clatters to the ground as Jaune lets out a yelp.]

I--no--what?!

[He looks over.]

I'm not loitering. I'm waiting for a friend!

[Jaune frowns and then looks down at the ground.]

Oh man...I hope I didn't crack the screen...

[He bends down to pick up the phone and inspect it.]

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[saviorsoul]

[ Alexi can't believe he's actually going through with this. What's he even thinking? Maybe he just wants to convince himself that this really is a hoax and getting pranked would at least end it so he can go back to his normal focus on improving his game.

He turns at the sound of someone shouting. In his preppy clothes sans uniform jacket, he probably looks less than prepared for this venture. ]

Looks like you got stood up. Sorry about that.

[sociallyarcward]

[Jaune looked up from his phone. He hadn't been paying attention to if anyone else was even out.

He turned his gaze from the new arrival and back to his phone, thinking about it and then dropping his head in defeat.]

Yeah. You're probably right.