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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.
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That's a cute tail.]Wow! You look amazing! [Enjoy the compliments while they last, Elizabeth.] Your look is perfect for hunting down these monsters.
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[She loves being praised, so she brightens up pretty quickly.]
Let's go see what we can find! The faster we can clear out the slime things the better, right?!
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[Cagliostro's gotten slightly addicted to summoning. It's a bit worrying, but for now, not too much of an issue.] Let's go! Into the woods it is, to beat all those monsters to a bloody pulp!
[For the 'pure angel', Cagliostro sure seems like the more violent one... but, as the senior, Cagliostro will gladly lead the way first.]
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[Elizabeth doesn't see anything strange here so far! I mean, Cagliostro's not at... Berserker levels, so it's all fine!]
You can leave the frontlines to me! As long as I have this spear--- wait, I don't have a spear anymore...
[She takes a deep breath, and... tries again.]
As long as I have this comb, I can fight!
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A comb? Well, good luck with that. [RUDE, CAGLIOSTRO. However, she stops in her tracks once she hears a rustling of leaves. A squirrel makes a soft sound-- a deer might be louder, but also more energetic. But this sound... slow, continuous... yes, it's unmistakable.]
They're here. Making it easy for us today, huh?
[Cagliostro closes her eyes and
tries to look cool in front of Elizabethdoesn't hesitate before putting her hand over her chest. Everything happens in a split-second, as it always does, and it's always over far too soon-- but after the imaginary flatline clears her mind, everything springs back in a burst of light as Ouroboros appears in front of her.]It's time to fight!
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[Elizabeth doesn't bother summoning herself, just pulling out the comb and wielding it like a lance, which honestly sounds a lot less impressive than it actually is, with the comb being sharpened to the point of being a shortened trident. She moves so that she's in front of and off to the side of Cagliostro, positioned so that anything that would attack Cagliostro would have to enter her threat range, while minimizing the chances of blocking Cagliostro's ability to target enemies. For now though, she was going to let the enemy come to them. She hasn't seen these things use magic yet, so it's... probably fine, right?]
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Thankfully, they're still fighting mooks, so beating them up with a comb is a perfectly viable option.] I rain down judgment from the skies! Ouroboros, use Frei!
[The Nuclear attack may not be the strongest, but for people who haven't seen magic before (in this world, at least), seeing a giant snake-thing build up a frightening ball of energy in its mouth before firing at the slime monster is pretty cool.] Double that up with a Tarukaja! [Once the enemy is distracted, Cagliostro decides to buff both her and Elizabeth's attack power.
Congrats! Now you can stab better!]
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With that, her comb transforms into something with actual range, and... Well, Elizabeth does not seem happy about her persona at all.]
Now, the first step to these things is to weaken it a bit... Carmil--- I mean, Baal, weaken its defenses with Tarunda!
[Yes, let's make it even more vulnerable to horrible stabbing.]
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Ow, ow. Come on, that's all you got?! [Cagliostro opens her bag and... Christ, this woman is mad. She's got a literal Molotov Cocktail, and god knows what else she's conjured up from the deep abyss that is the University level Chemistry labs of Green Valley. She tosses it at the monster, before calling Ouroboros to retreat.]
Alright! It's all drenched in oil! You got any magical spells that can make a spark? [Like Zio, for example? This cocktail is potent enough to explode with just a burst of lightning.]
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[...Well, it definitely does shoot off a Zio spell, so the slime monster is now the cener of a conflagration and is clearly getting Burned.]
...Is it still alive? I can't really tell.
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Well, I don't think we need to do much more to it.
[Good work, team??]
That's useful, though. A lightning spell? I wonder if I could get one of those. [She can't, but maybe she'll become an item hoarder in the future. Carry around 100 Zio stones for any situation.] Alright! Onto the next one! Maybe if I keep fighting enough, I'll sprout my own angel wings!!
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[Still, there's nothing wrong with getting more EXP
ignoring the fact that exp doesn't exist here.]Right, let's take out as much as we can! The faster we get stronger, the better!