Round 1: Pre-Awakening AUs, Personas and Tarots, Lets Plan!

[cordibus]

In order to do a little bit of planning before the test drive appears, we've made this post for a very quick round of pre-drive planning. Post the characters that you are interesting in trying out and ask for advice or suggest, or even try to look/entice for castmates! Suggest pre-made AUs where someone from cross canon has been living with you for a while, so when you begin the test proper tomorrow you'll have an idea of what you want to do!

The city of Eddan is like a typical metropolis, your characters can have any job that would make sense in a busy city. They don't have to be restricted to the school, or have a school job.

As the test drive begins, you are free to continue using this post to plan or ask the mods test-drive related questions. We'll do our best to answer in a timely manner! If you're not sure, don't be shy about asking. There's a lot of freedom!

You can also request to roll for a Persona. You can find information about Persona and the Awakening here. Ask for as many test drive characters you have if you'd like!

If you want to assign your character a tarot card for test drive purposes, you're free to pick whatever you think fits best. Your character's actual Arcana will be assigned after being accepted.

Let's begin! And remember, the test drive will is Already In Progress

Comments

Yuuto Kidou

[tacticianing]

Persona
Branch: Navigator

Type(s): Dark

Style(s): Buffer, Negotiator

Passive: Offensive

[beastfang]

Hello fellow classmate/yearmate. I would defintely be up for having these two snarking at one another during Adrien's bratty phase. Because Genda here would say exactly what he thinks about that attitude.

[cordibus]

Haha you can pick whatever demon you want, we're just giving you the skills they'd get awakening!

Test Persona
Weakness: Psi | Strong: Nuclear

Attacks:
Cleave/Skewer/Bash (Inflicts a small amount of Physical damage on one enemy.)
Frei (Inflicts a small amount of Nuclear damage on one enemy.)

Protective & Recovery:
Wall (Increases an ally's resistance to an element - Caster selects which element the wall will protect against)

Dia (Recovers a small amount of HP to one ally.)

Unbreakable Tie (Caster is protected by a shield that increases resistance to all elements and removes any weaknesses, but is now subjected to all damage caused to other users. (Spell stops when user decides))

Passives:
Boost (Attacks are 25% more effective)
Aliment Boost (All status ailment attacks are 25% times more effective.)
Counter (10% chance of repelling Physical attacks)
Endure (Automatically survive instant KO from a Light or Dark Attack)


Note: For the physical attack, you can decide what of the 3 names you want that would fit your demon and your character best. Some might cleave, some might skewer, some might bash.

[kokuyoyo]

This is probably a highly questionable idea but HELLO! I'm James, and I'll be trying out the test drive with.... Chikusa Kakimoto from Katekyo Hitman Reborn.

tl;dr - Part of a mafia family that was outcast for doing horrific things, so the family decided that doing more horrific things to the children of the family by using them in experiments. Eventually they were horribly murdered by one in particular, who escaped with the last two surviving kids, and they grew up into murderous teens who just want to see the world burn. But mostly the mafia.

In canon, Chikusa is the only one in the trio with no notable special powers, relying more on poison and stealth hits, and he's generally known as coming off extremely emotionless.

I'm not sure how I'll translate him into his Pre-Awakening, but I'd like him to have a very nice normal life full of pleasantness to contrast greatly with the god awful bullshit he's going to remember. Probably an A+ student with very good grades, a few close friends, etc, etc. So, uh, any handwaved CR would be great, assuming I decide to make the questionable life choice of apping. However, I do think he'll still have depression problems that have made him somewhat reserved, which will get worse when he remembers things, so... There's that.

Also fun fact: I know fuck all about Persona besides 2.

[1in_perfection]

DID. SOMEONE SAY. STUDYING?

If nothing else, I sort of wonder if these two might recognize the other as a permanent fixture at the school library, right down to the exact tables/desks they've claimed as theirs. (And cue some boggling if they're seen somewhere other than the library because Excuse Me Miss But I Thought You Lived There.)

In her own canon Mitsuru had a run at being a student council president, but I'm up in the air on if I should pursue that. She's def going to be involved in extracurricular activities, though, so there's a bit more common ground.

[mutesician]

Hello! I'm Gray (graygriffin) and I'm bringing in Louis from The Trumpet of the Swan. He's definitely going to be a music teacher at the school, and will still be mute as a human. Although he'll probably be able to play more than just the trumpet now, due to having limbs and all. He may or may not be married in his AU, I'll have to think about it.

He will be a very encouraging teacher, one who wants all his students to do as well as possible and find their passion. When out of school, he can be found just bouncing around town, often buying food at cheap food stands and eating by the lake.

I still need to find a human PB for him. I was thinking about using Louis Armstrong, but I have no idea if that's a good idea or not.

[kokuyoyo]

I plan on having Chikusa here be a normal high school student suffering from depression (which will only get 10x worse when he starts getting memories back), so having him deal with a counselor would actually be really appropriate CR!

[probablynoteren]

Hello friends, Fyre here! I'm going to be test driving and hopefully apping this kid here, Utsugi Lenka from the anime version of the God Eater franchise! AKA UFOtable went a little crazy with Powerpoint effects, watched too many episodes of Attack on Titan and sundry Tragedy Anime and this was the result. :'D

No but basically, he's your regular low-key seriousface shounen protag who is also a hick who was raised in the wilderness of the death of human civilization and fights giant monsters with a very hungry fridge horror gunblade. His specialties are his highly expressive eyebrows and tendency to get impaled a lot.

So, obviously, it's time to throw him into Persona-world and get some high school AU going! He'll most likely be attending Green Valley, with a sterling reputation as a top of the class guy who occasionally gets suspended for getting into other people's fights, is really into gardening, probably is on the soccer team and inexplicably owns a motorcycle. I'm making it up as I go along for the moment, bear with me!

I'd love cross-canon CR of all kinds, so please feel free to hit me up if you want a mini-flowershop AU, to get splashed in the rain by a passing motorcycle, study groups, tutoring, eating contests, sudden sports anime moments, and so on!

First Navigator Request Yay!

[cordibus]

Test Persona
Weakness: Wind | Strong: Electric

Special Navigator Skills:
Battle Only:
Distraction ( Allows allies to escape from battle successfully by distracting the enemy. What this is depends on the Navigator.)
Anticipate (Predicts the target of the enemy's next attack. Does not take up a turn, once per battle.)
Scan (Reveals one strength or weakness of any one foe. Navigator decides which one)

Battle and Normal Spells:
Surf (Allows the Navigator and targets to walk over water for a short time.)
Fetch (Draws a small object towards the target)
Jump (Doubles an ally's jumping height.)

Passive Only Spells:
CommLink (Allows the Navigator to communicate telepathically with other Persona users nearby)
Heart Pulse (Allows Navigator to see a Heart Soul Color, and track Fighters more efficiently.)
Splash (Allows Navigator to breathe underwater for 10 minutes)
Dash (Doubles an ally's movement speed.)

Attack:
Zio (Inflicts a small amount of Electrical damage on one enemy.)

Boost, Protective & Recovery:
Wall (Increases an ally's resistance to an element - Caster selects which element the wall will protect against)

Tarukaja (Doubles an ally's Attack power.)
Rakukaja (Doubles an ally's Defense.)
Sukukaja (Doubles an ally's Speed.)

Dia (Recovers a small amount of HP to one ally.)

Passives:
Boost (Attacks are 25% more effective)
Dodge (Doubles evasion against attacks.)
Stone Feet (25% less chance to be knocked down from a knockdown or a critical hit)
Counter (10% chance of repelling Physical attacks)

[mutesician]

Hey how good would Lucia be at music class? Wondering if Professor Louis might have any particular bias towards her because of that.

[connivingbird]

Hello, I'm Alec and this guy here is Ankh from the toku series Kamen Rider OOO. He is an anti-hero of the story and also actually a bird monster called a Greeed made out of mystical coins (Core which is like the brain and soul and Cells which is the basic body) but due to circumstances beyond his control (aka a greedy man tried to steal the powers of the Greeed)he was reduced to a floaty monster bird arm that took a dying police officer over in order to get around better in the modern world. He does get his body back but he still kinda likes to sport the human form.

Anyways as part of his Au backstory, Ankh will gain a twin brother and a sister and while he kinda sorta goes to college, he spends a lot more of his time being a model and actor and the like as a member of a boy band. His personality isn't going to be a lot different from the grump that the bird is in canon, but he is going to at least have a better sense of humor and not be as purposely trying to kill everyone. He is going to be the less social Navigator ever but since he fills a similar role in canon, I thought it would be fun to try.

[cordibus]

Test Persona
Weakness: Light | Strong: Dark

Attacks:
Cleave/Skewer/Bash (Inflicts a small amount of Physical damage on one enemy.)
Eiha (Inflicts a small amount of Dark damage on one enemy.)

Curses:
Poisma (50% chance of inflicting the Poison ailment on one target.)
Dormina (50% chance of inflicting the Sleep ailment on one target.)
Marin Karin (50% chance of inflicting the Brainwash ailment on one target.)
Makajam (50% chance of inflicting the Amnesia ailment on one target.)
Devil Touch (50% chance of inflicting the Fear ailment on one target.)
Life Will Change (Caster can cause any effect to all targets (they can pick what they want for each one), however after casting, they will have Amnesia)

Passives:
Dodge (Doubles evasion against attacks.)
Reinforced (25% less chance to succumb to status effects)
Stone Feet (25% less chance to be knocked down from a knockdown or a critical hit)
Demonic Ritual (Healing spells recover 25% more HP.)

Note: While Demonic Ritual isn't useful for him, he'd be able to change out the skill later in the game during certain events.

[mutesician]

...I'm tempted to have Louis be the teacher who keeps trying to reach Felix through music.

[princessofsociallinks]

I'll have you know she is a fantastic singer, sir

And no true model student would neglect the equinities humanities

[mutesician]

HELLO FELLOW MUSICIAN BIRD. Maybe Louis could have been his high school music teacher? I imagine him as having been there for quite a while.

[mutesician]

Nice. He's probably pushed for her to participate in at least one school concert, then.

[makababe]

Well, someone has to look after all those combatants!

Thanks mods!!

[kokuyoyo]

I'm not sure what kind of negative CR could come from this nerd and your loser, but I know I want it.

(Especially since pre-awakening, Chikusa will be sort of a simple nerd with really good grades and minor depression, and then he's going to get all those memories of violently murdering mafia and might snap in response to bullshit.)

...FAR WHEREVER YOU ARE sorry i had to

[cordibus]

Test Persona
Weakness: Nuclear | Strong: Psy

Special Navigator Skills:
Battle Only:
Distraction (Allows allies to escape from battle successfully by distracting the enemy. What this is depends on the Navigator.)
Anticipate (Predicts the target of the enemy's next attack. Does not take up a turn, once per battle.)
Scan (Reveals one strength or weakness of any one foe. Navigator decides which one)

Battle and Normal Spells:
Surf (Allows the Navigator and targets to walk over water for a short time.)
Fetch (Draws a small object towards the target)
Jump (Doubles an ally's jumping height.)

Passive Only Spells:
CommLink (Allows the Navigator to communicate telepathically with other Persona users nearby)
Heart Pulse (Allows Navigator to see a Heart Soul Color, and track Fighters more efficiently.)
Splash (Allows Navigator to breathe underwater for 10 minutes)
Dash (Doubles an ally's movement speed.)

Attack:
Psi (Inflicts a small amount of Psy damage on one enemy.)

Curses & Debuffers:
Poisma (50% chance of inflicting the Poison ailment on one target.)
Dormina (50% chance of inflicting the Sleep ailment on one target.)
Marin Karin (50% chance of inflicting the Brainwash ailment on one target.)
Makajam (50% chance of inflicting the Amnesia ailment on one target.)
Devil Touch (50% chance of inflicting the Fear ailment on one target.)

Tarunda (Halves an enemy's Attack.)
Rakunda (Halves an enemy's Defense.)
Sukunda (Halves an enemy's Speed.)

Passives:
Dodge (Doubles evasion against attacks.)
Reinforced (25% less chance to succumb to status effects)
Stone Feet (25% less chance to be knocked down from a knockdown or a critical hit)
Demonic Ritual (Healing spells recover 25% more HP.)

* While Demonic Ritual isn't useful for him, in game you'd be able to swap out the skill during events/special requests that grant him a new skill.

Also you've probably hit the combo that gives a user the most spells

[connivingbird]

Oh that would be hilarious XD
Especially when they are Awakened and Ankh turns into something more like this or maybe I'll just use his more normal form of a guy wearing an armored bird arm thing.

Jirou Sakuma

[forsteri]

Persona
Branch: Combatant

Type(s): Phys/Psy

Style(s): Protector

Passive: Dual

[princessofsociallinks]

You have been blessed by the Parallel Play social link? In all seriousness, one or the other is going to notice something wrong when the usual chair is absent, I'm sure.

Running against each other might be fun. or sharing a club. How do you feel about Professor Louis Swan's music club, as mentioned in the thread below?

[cordibus]

Test Persona
Weakness: Light, Electric | Strong: Dark, Wind

Attacks:
Slap (Inflicts a very small amount of Physical damage on one enemy.)
Eiha (Inflicts a small amount of Dark damage on one enemy.)
Garu (Inflicts a small amount of Wind damage on one enemy.)

Protective & Healling:
Wall (Increases an ally's resistance to an element - Caster selects which element the wall will protect against)

Dia (Recovers a small amount of HP to one ally.)

Unbreakable Tie (Caster is protected by a shield that increases resistance to all elements and removes any weaknesses, but is now subjected to all damage caused to other users. (Spell stops when user decides))

Passives:
Boost (Attacks are 25% more effective)
Aliment Boost (All status ailment attacks are 25% times more effective.)
Counter (10% chance of repelling Physical attacks)
Endure (Automatically survive instant KO from a Light or Dark Attack)

[mutesician]

Hey I bet he's worn more ridiculous costumes for his boy band. :P

[cattobekittenme]

Yessss, excellent. That might earn him a bit of respect from AUdrien, honestly; I imagine if he appreciates anybody, it's someone who can match him intellectually. And then awakened Adrien, cinnamon roll that he is, will be completely mortified.