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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.
Yamatonokami Yasusada | Touken Ranbu
Yamatonokami Yasusada...
[That was such a weird name. Why had he entered that? Things had been so weird lately, with the headaches and this weird app that appeared on his phone. He'd been really tempted to delete it and check his phone for viruses when it first showed up, but his curiosity had ultimately gotten the better of him, and now he sort of regretted it.
The young orphan sighed as he fiddled around with his phone while sitting in the library. At least he wasn't alone in all this, considering what he'd seen people talking about on this thing. Maybe it was about time he tried talking to the other people using this app...]
Yamatonokami Yasusada: Does anyone have any idea what's going on yet?
Yamatonokami Yasusada: This all seems a bit too elaborate to be a prank.
2a (before the awakening)
[He'd never really had a problem with the curfew before now. He never had anywhere he'd want to go after nightfall anyway, not that there was much reason to go out with most everything closed down during this time. But now this app wanted him to go outside?
It did say he should bring a friend, but he didn't really have anyone he could ask, since he lived in his apartment alone, and wasn't very close to anyone else there. So maybe it wasn't the best decision but he decides to go anyway.
He did bring a bokken with him at least. It'll have to do, since he doesn't really know what he's going to find out here.
Since he's on high alert, he hears right away when someone approaches his location.]
Hello? Who's there?
2b (after the awakening)
[After everything is said and done and they've survived, albeit not without a scratch, Yasusada tries to stay on his feet even as he stands there panting from exhaustion, trying to sort his thoughts out.]
Wh... what's going on? What was-?
[He stops and shakes his head as if that was going to put his thoughts in proper order. Why was he carrying a sword when he'd had a bokken only a few minutes ago? And why did he feel that he was a sword? That couldn't be right, but it felt right...]
Wildcard
[Just hit me.]
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Can you blame them?
I heard the lab got shut down because of a leak. They're probably looking for something to do.
Either that or we all joined a cult by accident?
[I'm way too lazy to write the name all the time.]
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Yamatonokami Yasusada: The bored comp sci people I mean.
Yamatonokami Yasusada: I don't know how anyone could join a cult by accident.
Yamatonokami Yasusada: But that doesn't explain the headaches.
Yamatonokami Yasusada: Or why I wrote this weird name in when it asked for my name.
[lol it is kind of hard to keep doing that]
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I mean, sure. It's weird.
What isn't weird.
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And I guess I don't really have anything better to do right now.
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But at the same time it's not like it's hurt...yet.
(Besides the headache I got.)
I'd be more worried but nobody knows anything, and, besides, my boss scheduled me for three clopenings back to back.
I pissed him off.
THOSE hurt more than this mysterious chat app and the weird names.
2a
[That's the only answer Naki gives, when he hears the (familiar?) voice. He'd actually been a little afraid to run into anyone, being in a dark orchard past curfew and all, but. After a moment's hesitation, he starts moving forward again. Once he's close enough he'll peek out from behind a nearby tree, rather than facing Yasusada head-on.
Hello neighbor.]
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Eh? What are you doing here? Did you get a strange message too?
[What was his name again? While he recognized most of his neighbors on sight, he hadn't really spoken to them much, since he'd only moved in recently. Still, he's pretty sure he's not the only person there who got one of those weird apps, so it's a safe assumption to make right? Why else would he be out here?]
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Um.]
I'm...following my phone. [That makes sense, right? Yeah. Anyway, it's probably safe enough to come out in the open, so he'll just walk over and join the party, despite nobody having mentioned that yet. Dark scary places are better traversed in a group!]
Did it tell you to come here, too?