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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...
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. (
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;
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...
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.
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.
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.
Riko Sakurauchi | Love Live! Sunshine
[What in the world. Riko thought the messages were some kind of a prank, honestly. She fully expected someone to be there to laugh at her, or at least to say that the whole thing was a joke.]
What the --
[Then she sees it. There's no other way to describe a monster that has no real form, but too many teeth. It can't possibly be real, right?]
It's a joke. It has to be a joke...
Prompt 3:
Hello, everyone! Quick question: Who's your favorite musical artist?
2!
[ mako gets there just in time, right before she's ambushed by--by whatever that is. he's running to her now before it can strike. never mind that he didn't think she'd be out here. he's not letting his little sis get hurt. not without a fight.
he runs right in front of her defensively, but looks up at the monster and all its teeth. ]
...Riko...you have to run. Now.
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I'm not going to leave you alone with that thing. I - I -
[She's frozen to the spot, and can't make her legs move.]
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[ he's yelling at this point, and even if riko doesn't want him to be left to deal with this alone, he'd much rather do just that than rope her into this mess.
even if he's starting to charge at whatever that is with all that he's got. there's a voice inside of his head, shouting at him to run and not to look back--protect your sister, and then yourself--channel your fear and rage and just--
...rip your heart out.
what the fuck? ]
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[She wants to grab him by the arm and get out of there. She wants to scream. She wants to do a thousand different things.
Instead, she takes a few worried steps backward, then a few more.]
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he does, and his persona comes to life: a tiger, and it roars. it echoes through the night, through the orchard. ]
Don't touch my little sister, understand?
[ he's talking to the shadow. and suddenly, he uses agi, sending a flame at the shadow. the shadow roars, and mako looks back at riko: ]
I can handle this! Just leave!
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[She starts to step back, but finds herself going forward. There's a voice in her head now, too. It's telling her to not be afraid, that she can fight it, that she can help. It's telling her to pour all those feelings out, to -
tear out her heart?]
I'm not going to leave you!
[There's a moment of blinding pain, before a mermaid appears behind her.]
Let's do this, Mako.
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god. riko, you're going to give him white hairs, but you're also the best sis ever. ]
I'll lower its defenses. After that, hit it with all you've got, okay?
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[She doesn't sound as shaky as she was afraid she would.]
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mako sees this and, using what he knows, rolls out of the way. it was one hell of a close call, though, and he's on high alert. he holds out his hands and his persona works its magic, lowering the shadow's defenses before he turns to riko: ]
Hit it!
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and just to be on the safe side, she tosses a dia spell at mako. better to be safe than sorry.]
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[ best lil sis. the shadow seems to be weak to whatever riko did, so mako's gonna lower its defenses one more time. ]
I think you hit its weak spot with that second attack; try it again.
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[boom, bufu part 2.]
I think we've almost got it...
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Nice. Let's finish 'em off!
[ TIME TO POUNCE ]
3
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[So after a while-]
Wata Igarashi
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I actually think I've only heard one of Aki's songs outside of anime stuff, actually. "The Funeral of Morals", I think. Something like that.
3!
It's hard to say. My old life involved music in many aspects. It would be like trying to choose a favorite child.
And yours?