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

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

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If you have a general question, please ask it in the FAQ!

To request a persona, fill out the form below and reply to this post. Remember try to limit it to only one of your test personas. We will try to roll them for you as soon as we can!

If you're curious to see a full list of spells, you can find it here! Keep in mind that you won't be using all of the listed skills right away, if at all. When you request your persona, you do not list the spells, just what spell groups you want and we'll do the rest.

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Branch: (A Combatant or a Navigator - Remember Navigators are more rare and tend to be tactical people. Please pick the role that would be the most fitting for your character.)

Type(s): (Take a look at the Persona information page if needed or for a refresher. These are the attack spells of the game. Pick the type you'd like and you will be given a spell accordingly. The possible element types are: Physical, Fire, Ice, Wind, Electric, Nuclear, Psy, Dark and Light. Combatants can pick up to two, Navigators pick only one.)

Style(s): (Take a look at the Persona information page if needed or for a refresher. These are additional spells to aid the users in battle. Pick a style and will be given spells accordingly. The possible styles are: Healer, Protector, Buffer, Negotiator, Sorcerer. Combatants can only pick one, Navigators can pick up to two.)

Passive: (Take a look at the Persona information page if needed or for a refresher. These are passive skills that the Awakened have active whenever they use their Personas to aid them. Each user only gets one choice from the following: Offensive, Defensive, Dual)

Edited 2017-04-21 04:23 (UTC)

Persona
Branch: Combatant

Type(s): Dark, Physical

Style(s): Healer

Passive: Offensive

Hello! My name is Gil and I'm planning to test drive/app this asshole, Kira Sakuya from Angel Sanctuary. A friend of mine Rin will also be showing up with Katou Yue from the same canon. We'd really love more castmates if you're out there and thinking about it!!

I haven't really decided Sakuya's pre-Awakening background just yet; there's a lot of options depending on how much I want to torture him and I sort of wanted to see if there is anyone else there who might be considering playing cast who'd want to coordinate pre-Awakening life backstories and personalities. After talking with Rin we've decided to pull the guys from the beginning of volume 14, on the way back to Anagura after Zaphkiel dies but before encountering Rosiel, for the canon familiar.

Canonically, though, Kira is a thug, an asshole, and a flirt with a lot on his plate. Namely, guarding the reincarnated soul of the love of his life/master while he was a sword (long story), coming to terms with the fact that he's actually Lucifer (even longer story), and trying not to die in the process. My options are to either make him just as much of a jerk as he was in his canon (a guy with shady friends, shady connections, who skipped classes whenever he wanted but was also incredibly intelligent and had a string of girlfriends a mile long) or a relatively nice guy who's intelligent, among the top of his class, responsible and generally well-liked, a bit of a flirt but unable to settle down with a single girl for more than a few months at a time because he has an itch that Something's Missing. I do know for sure he'll be a student and 18 years of age.

If anyone would like to work anything out with me for backstories and Pre-Awakening stuff, please feel free to hit me up!

Edited 2017-04-21 06:28 (UTC)

Persona
Branch: Combatant.

Type(s): Psi/Light.

Style(s): Buffer.

Passive: Dual.

~~Barbatos, Orobas and Buer all make tons of sense but I'm not picky~~

Edited 2017-04-21 04:49 (UTC)

Persona
Branch: Combatant

Type(s): Physical, Nuclear

Style(s): Protector

Passive: Offensive

~~Marchosias is perfect~~

Edited 2017-04-21 04:53 (UTC)

I'm definitely test driving and most likely apping Hotaru Tachibana from Aoharu x Machinegun. Before her Awakening, she's going to be an ordinary high school girl with normal hobbies and normal speech patterns and normal opinions on the world around her. It's not until afterwards that her canon personality is going to come back and she'll regain her tendency to speak of herself in the third person, her burning desire to uphold justice and condemn any that might go against what is True and Right, and, of course, her, um, bloodlust.

Sure she's a totally normal main character from a totally normal sports anime about airsoft survival games, but give her a real weapon and real evil to smite? Things are going to get messy.

I'd love to plan out some cross-canon friends/family for her to get things started!

Persona
Branch: Navigator

Type(s): Electric

Style(s): Buffer, Protector

Passive: Dual

Persona
Branch: Combatant

Type(s): Dark, Physical

Style(s): Sorcerer

Passive: Defensive

How do you do fellow nerds, I'm Bliss and I'm testing this upstanding young woman, ~~Lucia Knightley~~ Princess Twilight Sparkle. She is specifically the version from the magic horse dimension, and knows about the versions from the magic human dimension.

I'm not saying I'd like other cast members... okay no, wait, that's exactly what I'm doing. Let's figure out their high school/college AU in Eddan! I generally skew her headcanon age towards "younger college student" but I'm flexible!

Either way she's going to be something of a nerdy teacher's pet/Student Council President type, and while that won't change much post-Awakening she'll also focus more attention on friendship and saving the world/investigating the murders.

Edited (added actual thoughts on the AU) 2017-04-21 04:58 (UTC)

I AM RIN/

sohmamon and I am gonna test drive/app Katou Yue from Angel Sanctuary. I haven't decided much yet about his pre-Awakened identify, but the real dude is a 17-year-old drug addict who has already died a few times. He has a body made of plants (though it doesn't look like anything less than a normal human body) and is part angel now. He's kind of a weird guy and can be a huge asshole, but he's a loyal friend underneath all that.

MY THOUGHTS for Pre-Awakened identity is either:
A) A thug and a hooligan in his final year of high school, much in his life prior to the plot happening to him in canon, or
B) A nice family and slightly above average scores in school (also final year of high school), just to really mess with him when he gets his memories back.

My friend Gil wants to app Kira Sakuya of the same canon. We're both planning on pulling them from volume 14, after Zaphikiel dies when they're on their way back to Anagura, but before they run into Rociel. It's right before things REALLY go to hell for them.

Let's plan stuff!

Edited 2017-04-21 06:32 (UTC)

HEY FAM!

I'm fridge and I am planning on apping this guy, Katsuki Yuuri from Yuri on Ice into this game along with friends! I'm really excited to play here and would love to plan stuff out with people!

We currently have Yuuri, Victor, Yuri and Otabek and I would.... Dearly love my BFF Phichit but honestly anyone and everyone will be subject to my neverending love so please HMU!!!!!

AU memory-wise I am thinking of having Yuuri work at the school as a counselor, so if you want to plan anything out in regards to workplace or family dynamics I would be down for that. :')

Edited 2017-04-21 05:06 (UTC)

Hi! I'm quin and I'm really excited to test drive (and app lbr this game is everything I've wanted for ages) Yuri Plisetsky from Yuri!!! on Ice. A few of us are planning to app in (Yurio, Yuuri, Victor, and Otabek) and we'd love more canonmates (and non-canonmates!) to play with and of course to collaborate with.

For Yuri's memloss AU here I'm planning on him being a no good delinquent attending Green Valley (only his attendance and grades are perfect please don't tell anyone and ruin his street cred). I'm thinking he's probably really unsatisfied and unfocused because he hasn't found a passion here, so he acts out a lot and if you've ever been in his class (he's 15) you probably know him as being kind of a bully.

It'd be really cool to come up with some pre-planned negative CR since he's so dang grumpy, but hooligan buddies (or someone for him to be softer at) would be fun as hell too.

Edited 2017-04-21 05:33 (UTC)

Hey guys! I'm Eon and I'm gonna be test driving this nerd from God Eater 2. He's Teruomi Makabe and is one of the Operators in his canon, which means he acts as wireless navigation for a bunch of people trying to fight giant monsters with vore machines. Think AOT except you're holding a titan in sword form. Job hazards include heart attacks from cliffhangers, seeing your friends being dead, and being depended on for every direction or piece of data. Fun times, really!

He's probably going to be an engineering student at the university in the daytime. In canon he's obsessed with looking over said vore machines, so pre-Awakenend his object of fascination will be cats instead (except he's allergic to them). He'll totally catcall.... some cats.

If you want a laid-back kind of buddy who will fix your computer for you, he's your man! And help you navigate at night, of course.

Hello, everyone! I'm Spark/

truebluespark and I'm going to be bringing Adrien Agreste from Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noir to the test drive--and hopefully to the game proper! Hailing from Paris, France, Adrien is a sheltered rich kid who models for his dad's fashion company, but really all he wants is to be a normal kid and make normal friends. And then there's the magic ring and snarky magic cat-being that transform him into the superhero Chat Noir. Long story short, together with his partner and true love Ladybug, Chat fights to rescue Parisians who've been turned into monsters by the evil Hawkmoth. It's a ridiculous but really entertaining children's cartoon with a lot of heart, and I recommend you all check it out! And then app Ladybug/Marinette. I MEAN... yes that's what I mean.

I haven't completely nailed down Adrien's AU self yet, but I'm thinking I'll probably be mean to him and base the AU's personality off the original version of Adrien, from before the cartoon switched from 2D to 3D. "Felix" was an obnoxious, anti-social jerk, so Adrien will have an uphill battle making friends and shaking off his reputation. He's going to be a French exchange student, 14-15-ish, making him an early high-schooler, and I'd love for any other students/faculty to have had unpleasant encounters with the AU Adrien that he has to apologize for.

Come to me and let's make plans! I love Persona and I'm super excited for this game. 8D

Edited 2017-04-21 05:08 (UTC)

Persona
Branch: Navigator

Type(s): Psy

Style(s): Negotiator, Sorcerer

Passive: Defensive

Persona
Branch: Combatant

Type(s): Dark, Wind

Style(s): Protector

Passive: Offensive

Edited (sorry for the edit!) 2017-04-21 05:17 (UTC)

Hey all. I'm Lauren/

laverinth and I'll be test driving Near from Death Note. ~~You probably haven't heard of it.~~ Near is one of two successors to L, the world's greatest detective who plays a prominent role in the first half of the series. He's a serious little guy who spends all of his time playing with toys. Clever mind, poor social skills.

I want his AU self to be similar, but without being raised in an orphanage for extremely intelligent children he'll end up being more of the quiet nerdy type who's forced into social interaction he no longer has the means to avoid. He'll still be confident in his own smarts, and that combined with the return of his memories will make him one asshole of a navigator. Enjoy.

Heeeeeeey, I'm Re and I am so TDMing and going to be apping this doofus here. This is Koujirou Genda from Inazuma Eleven

Pre-Awakening: Due to not dealing with his canon's big bad and the military school he went to, he's a lot more open and easy going. He's going to be a very bluntly honest individual who also has no hesitation in helping anyone in need of help because he's a Team Mom and has likely fed people or given them tea if they look like they needed it. He's going to be in Year 3 of the Lower Cycle at Green Valley and I'm debating him being a helper in the library or some other sort of role where he would get solicited for help with homework or where to find the best reference material for a project.

He's also going to live in an apartment complex about a thirty min commute away from the school. An apartment that is normally empty save him because of very work committed parents.

Awakening: He's going to get all the fun memories of being a side character in a sports anime that at times you wonder if this actually is an anime about soccer. This means he'll be a lot more quiet, rigid, and by the book because Teikoku was not only a military academy but also the main base for the Big Bad. So he's now got a lot of trauma and mental abuse to not only work through but not let it take over his AU life to avoid suspicion.

I want all the AU cr, so let's talk shop about who knows this nerd or who has likely been mom'd by him at some point.

Ah, hi everyone! I'm Kaysper and am tentatively planning to bring this girl, Mitsuru Kirijo from Persona 3 onto the TD and seeing how she works out. I... may have spent more time brainstorming AU ideas than I should have.

As a rough sketch for background, I'm considering giving her a fake name: Michelle Chastain and a Japanese-French heritage to boot. She's still the same academic study-nut as her canon self, but finds herself a lot more estranged from her family than originally. (Still toying with the root of that, but I'm actually considering making her illegitimate. Because why not pry those insecurities and exacting standards she has about measuring up to the Kirijo Family wide open.) She also may end up being a rising star on the school fencing team, plus being an honors student. Personality wise, she may be a few degrees warmer/approachable, but still very distant and formal.

I might also be bringing a few more characters onto the TD, but I find myself wanting to focus on Mitsuru, first. So talk shop to me at will?

Edited 2017-04-21 05:26 (UTC)

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.)

Recovery:
Dia (Recovers a small amount of HP to one ally.)
Patra (Recover from Sleep, Poison. One Ally.)
Energy Drop (Recover from Brainwash, Amnesia. One Ally.)
Bloody Destiny (User sacrifices self to fully entire party.)

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)

Notes: While Aliment Boost is not useful in his case, later in the game if this was his persona, he could swap it out for other skills in the future after doing certain tasks.

Edited 2017-04-21 05:27 (UTC)

Hi. I'm Saff (

Saffire), and I'm planning on potentially bringing Shinjiro Aragaki from Persona 3 here. Female route, specifically, because development. Despite attempting to be as antisocial and aloof as humanely possible due to Reasons, Shinjiro is more or less the secret rough-talking mother bear of SEES in his canon. His "hobbies" in game include telling his stupid best friend "no" on a daily basis, walking around in a coat and beanie 24/7, making friends with cute animals, and marathoning his universe's version of Iron Chef when he thinks no one is watching.

His AU background is still up in the air, except he'll likely have parents this time around in some fashion or another. Considering he'll be without a lot of his canon memories until he gets them back in-game, he'll generally be much easier to socialize with and will probably be one of those end-year highschool kids who likes to skip class on a weekly basis if anyone wants pre-memories CR with him or some other kind of connection smashed into his AU history.

Edited 2017-04-21 05:32 (UTC)

Persona
Branch: Combatant

Type(s): Physical/Psy

Style(s): Buffer

Passive: Defensive

Persona
Branch: Navigator (because it would be funny)

Type(s): Fire

Style(s): Negotiator, Sorcerer

Passive: Dual

Test Persona
Weakness: Dark, Nuclear | Strong: Light, Psi

Attacks:
Slap (Inflicts a very small amount of Physical damage on one enemy.)
Kouha (Inflicts a small amount of Light damage on one enemy.)
Psi (Inflicts a small amount of Psy damage on one enemy.)

Boost & Recovery:
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.)
Heartful Cry (Quadruples all allies' Attack & Speed, but all users now have the Poison status apart from the caster (2 turns))

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)

Edited 2017-04-21 05:47 (UTC)

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

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Kira Sakuya, Test Persona Request

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Yue Katou, Test Persona Request

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Utsugi Lenka (Persona Request)

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Louis, Test Persona Request

angry burd- Request a Persona

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