skippedabeat | Round 1: Test Drive

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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Prompt 1

[Her head hurt. All she could think about was the pain. And how angry it made her. How dare this migraine bother her like this? This had to be the phone's fault. How dare it make those irritating noises, how dare it pulsate like that, it's like everything was designed to make for the sole purpose of making people suffer. She couldn't allow--- Ah. She typed something in?

She takes a glance at the name, and somewhere in her heart, she feels a strong sense of revulsion. She hated this name, she couldn't stand it, why was it so familiar?]

Elizabeth Bathory: Could someone please tell me if there's a way to change one's name on this? I believe I put in the wrong name.

Free Promptb(Leading to Prompt 2? Probably!)

["Don't travel alone" would have been fine advice, but there was no way she could have forced someone to break curfew just to satisfy her own curiosity. In the first place, she already had to sneak out quite a ways just to get out of the house, and the less traces of that there was, the better. She at least had the presence of mind to bring a "weapon" of sorts, though: A victorian comb. Her family loved things like that, fake little "antiques" that would end up being used as vanity products. It still wasn't a weapon, but it was long and it was sharp, which was good enough for potentially taking out an eye.

After wandering the streets for a bit, a thought occured to her. She was a young rich girl wandering around empty streets with nothing to keep her safe beyond a long comb in the middle of the night when a serial killer was on the loose. Wasn't something like this the first part of a murder mystery or a horror movie? Then again, with all the weird things happening with that app, she was probably already stuck in a horror movie... For the time being, she headed towards her destination, watching everywhere for signs of any other human being and clearly preparing to run if need be.

...This was tiring.]

Prompt 3

[Ugh, getting her memories back was the worst. Was there some option to just get the powers and not get the memories? It would've been nice to... not be Elizabeth Bathory. But now that she had them back, she couldn't get rid of them. Even now that things were 'back to normal', she felt her tail and wings, even though they weren't even around right now. Well, she didn't mind the tail too much, but the wings. The wings were a sign of her sin. And she could feel them, all the time.

She sighed slightly, and decided to use the app. As she wrote something out, it suddenly felt... Too proper. Where was the old Eli touch? She was an idol after all, she needed to write like an idol! So she rewrote it, before pressing enter.]

Elizabeth Bathory: So is anyone else having like, these weird phantom pains? If anyone knows how to fix it, would you mind telling me? That'd be great~ ☆

[...It was only after she pressed enter that she remembered that she was not in fact an idol, and was supposedly a prim and proper girl.]

[Kira rubs his face thoughtfully.]

Elizabeth, huh? Sounds like a girl. Maybe she's cute?

[It's worth noting, that while he does know exactly what she's talking about, and that what he's about to message back is not in the least bit helpful, he can't pass up an opportunity to hit on a (potentially) cute girl.]

Sakuya Kira: I know a way to make you feel good.

[Sorry, Liz. He's an asshole.]

[Unfortunately, she's sheltered enough that the innuendo flies completely over her head. As such, she treats the response like it's actual genuine advice.]

Elizabeth Bathory: You know a way?! That's great! What is it?

[He was honestly not expecting a response that enthusiastic! He'll take it, though.]

Sakuya Kira: You ever gotten a really good massage before?

Elizabeth Bathory: Ah, a massage, huh? That's not a bad idea, I don't think I've had a good massage in ages! It's hard to find people you can trust with your body, after all.

Sakuya Kira: More importantly, you have to find someone with a good technique who can put your mind at ease.

Elizabeth Bathory: Hm, that's true too... It's going to be hard to find someone like that.

Sakuya Kira: You're in luck! I know how.

Elizabeth Bathory: Well, that's good to know, but I can't exactly trust you yet. I mean, we just met after all, right? Would you trust a stranger with your body?

Sakuya Kira: Yeah
Sakuya Kira: I feel bad for the stranger who tries to mess with me.

Uwah, it's one of those types... Let's just remember to try and stay away from anyone named Sakuya Kira in the future.

[Still, how would an idol respond to that, Elizabeth finds herself wondering...]

Elizabeth Bathory: Then, you're pretty brave~ I mean, even if you're strong, that's pretty scary to me, so I'm afraid I'll have to say no. Maybe when we get to know eachother better~

["Not that that'll ever happen." Elizabeth mutters to herself.]

[She's assuming, of course, that that's his real name, or the name he goes by in public, but I mean, hey, she's thinking]

Sakuya Kira: Owch!
Sakuya Kira: Well, you don't have to tell me twice if you're not interested.
Sakuya Kira: Still, you really should find someone to look into that.
Sakuya Kira: Weird aches and pains that lead to your head hurting might mean your joints are out of line or you've got too much pent-up stress. It'll only get worse if you don't take care of it.

[ As if to confirm her fears, as she nears the campus, she would be able to spot another figure headed in seemingly the same direction as her, if from a direction that would lead to their paths crossing sooner rather than later.

To make matters were, the figure notices her, and starts to angle towards her, revealing itself to be a tall, muscular teenager in jeans and a hoodie. ]

Hey, you-

[In response to this, she does the natural thing: Which is to say, she screeches and dashes away as quickly as she can down the closest alley.

...The alley leads into a dead end, as anyone who knows the area should know. It seems that the fear has made her stop thinking clearly.]

[ Well, now Isamu's just confused and concerned, breaking out into a jog towards the alley, looking around for what scared or hurt her ]

Hey! You okay?

[ This, being yelled by a teenager who's blocking the entrance to a deadend alley is not as comforting as he might plan for it to sound ]

[It. It really isn't. At all. Which is why he's getting a blubbery apology instead.]

I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry...

[...How was she even planning to do anything when she's like this?]

[ That's just going to get him to actually enter the alley, phone up and shining a light in towards her ]

Dude, I'm not a cop! You aren't in trouble!

[ Because clearly this is the curfew issue, right? ]

Round 1: Test Drive

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