skippedabeat | 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...

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;

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.

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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[ The cat pays most of its attention to the tuna, but breaks away to sniff Pharos' hand. It seems unconcerned. ]

[That is fine. Pharos will very carefully pet it, then!]

[ The cat goes back to eating the tuna while Pharos pets it. ]

She likes you! Nice one.

[Pharos smiles a little, petting her gently.] I like cats. And dogs. And lots of other animals.

[ That's really cute. ]

What's your name, little guy?

I'm not little, I'm ten. [huff!!] My name is Pharos.

[ He's twice your age! ]

Nice to meet you. I'm Teru. Though... why're you at the university building?

[Yeah but he's in double digits now! That means he's basically an adult.]

I was taking a walk. [he doesn't really care if he stays around the same area or not when walking. Also, definitely still petting the cat.]

[ That is sort of true seeing that in Teru's home world, people don't usually live past thirty. ]

Cool. Do your parents know you're here?

They know I'm at school. [which is kind of the important part.]

[ That sounds particularly suspicious... ]

Are you supposed to be here?

It's recess. [so.... probably not, but his teachers probably don't notice.]

[ squints... ]

Get back in time, okay?

[ He advocates rule-breaking for fun but rule-breaking to reasonable extents ]

Alright. [ but he will pet the cat until then. Though he doesn't actually know how long recess lasts.] do your parents know where you are?

[ This is a bit awkard because his parents are dead. ]

I'm an adult now. I manage my own schedule!

[it's ok Pharos doesn't find that awkward.]

Oh. But you're still at school. [Why are you an adult and at school and not a teacher?]

Yeah. Learning is lifelong, as they say. [ Though he grimaces a bit. ] I gotta get a degree before I can get a job.

What is your job going to be? [You can pick, right?]

Uh.... probably building stuff? Electrical stuff. Circuits and all.

[ more like you can pick what jobs you apply for. ]

Oh. Is that fun? [It sounds really boring to him.]

Yeah. We can make all sorts of useful machines.

[ Like Pharos' electronic toys or computers, ]

Oh. [a beat, and then.] Are you sure that's fun?

Other people use the machines and have fun with it too. Someone has to build your computers and oPads and cool stuff like that.

Oh. So... if the end of something is fun, then is making it fun too?

I think it's fun. Not so sure about other people, though.

[ Loving your profession and all that. ]

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