People are disappearing. Normally I wouldn't think that much of it, just some people wanting to go off the grid except........

This city is usually quite peaceful, quiet. I work to keep it that way....... But this, this is just bizarre. There's no pattern, no profile, just a string of random disappearances as if the victims were abducted by aliens. The crime-scenes are all spitting images of the others, door ajar, pool of the victim's blood, TV displaying static, and worst of all....... A bloody serpent manipulated to consume it's own tail, nailed to the door. What's going on? Where are the victims? Are they still alive? Is this the work of some cult? The flashing red lights of the squad cars illuminated the dark, empty front lawn around me, the sound of rain pattering against the rooftops permeated the moist air. One final thought struck me.

..............What do those high-schoolers know that I don't?

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OKay, here we are the OOC! Without further ado information dump! But first some obligatory rules.....



The place this RP will take place is the city of Hirameki, which I've made up. Hirameki is a large metropolis and it's entire Eastern side is beach and pier space. Most transportation is done by train or car, walking from one side of the city to the other would take an entire day. All of the PCs will be highschool students aged 15-18 most likely, and you all attend Satoru Highschool which is one of the nicer, higher end schools in the city. Hirameki City has a few large mall complexes as well as a few prominent parks and an amusement park which is on the pier.

As for Arcana, I will allow a max of two of the same Arcana. All of them except Jester, Hunger, Judgement, World, and Universe are available to players.
You can also make original Personas so long as they are based off of a mythological figure. Also no original Skills aside from special circumstances later on (*Ahem* Social Links*Ahem*)

There will be Social Links, in a manner of speaking. You will obviously interact with each other and various NPCs throughout the RP. My plan was that as you interact with one another and with these NPCs, you will learn more about each other, grow closer, and become friends. The further along this path you tread, the more benefits will be conferred. These benefits ranging from new abilities for your Persona, maybe stronger elemental resistances, or if the growth is between two PCs, something more. These Social Links are each individual and are only limited by the amount of PCs and NPCs, meaning you can form these bonds with anyone that it makes sense to.

Shadows. In this RP your Shadow isn't what you repress per se. It's what you desire most in the whole-wide world. Think what your greatest desire is, the thing you would give anything to be or have, then subvert and pervert it to the extreme. That is what your shadow is, an extreme manifestation of your desire. Also for all Shadow stuff I would like you to PM them to me and don't post them with the rest your Character Sheet.

I think that's about everything except for the CS which is right here.

Character sheet! ^^

Imma be leavin' my CS here.

The place this RP will take place is the city of Hirameki, which I've made up.

They speak English there right? The last time I did an American exchange student in a Japanese setting, the whole no one speaks your language thing made life difficult. >.<

Name: Timothy "Tim" Wolfe
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Birthday/Birthplace/Nationality: March 15/United States/American
Clubs/Extracurricular activities: Cooking Club
Occupation: Student, Occasionally volunteers at an animal shelter
Weapon: Shield



Appearance: Tim is somewhat short for a young man his age. It upsets him a bit when someone points this out. Despite seeming weak and fragile, he is actually stronger than he looks. He has an athletic build and is physically fit due to having lived in a small town all of his life, and spending a lot of time running around outside. He spends a good amount of time in the sun so his skin is lightly tanned as a result, not pale but not bronzed either. He has messy black hair on top of his head, and his bangs go to his eyebrows. He has big brown eyes, a small nose, and a round "Babyface", which give him a youthful appearance. His face is clean-shaven, and his upper body is free of any hair except the top of his head and eyebrows.

Tim prefers to dress simply and casually. He doesn't want to have to fuss with his clothes, or worry about ruining them, as well as being comfortable in them. His usual outfit usually consists of a T-shirt, shorts, and sneakers. His favorite shirt is a loose-fitting dark blue and white striped T-shirt. He wears a pair of khaki cargo shorts on the bottom that are held up by a black leather belt. His footwear of choice are a pair of comfortable grey sneakers and short white socks. He carries a blue backpack to store whatever essential items he might need to have at the moment.

Personality: Tim is a shy and quiet individual by nature. He was always this way, and being bullied as a kid didn't help. He is very sensitive, and he fears being bullied. He usually speaks with a quiet voice, and occasionally a stutter when he's nervous. He also becomes very apologetic when someone shows any hint of being upset. He has a thing for animals, and he usually prefers being with animals than with people. Animals will listen without judgement, and only expect a little kindness in return. He is gentle and softspoken, which seems to be the reason why he has such an easy time with animals. He gets scared easily, his worst phobia being stage fright. He gets really nervous when having to speak or perform in front of an audience. He really wants to be the brave, but it's harder than it looks.

Despite being shy, he is by no means antisocial. If you talk to him, you'll find he's quite friendly, and polite. He can laugh and make jokes like any other kid. He is always happy to have to new friends, because his shyness makes it difficult to make them. He is very affectionate and loyal to those he likes. He hates it when people are angry around him, so he tries his best to keep the peace. In conversations, he is usually more of a listener than a talker, and he has no problems being a sounding board when someone wants to vent (As long as they don't hurt him.) Tim is very kind to others, often to a fault. He is very trusting of people, and is willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.

Tim is usually very difficult to anger, and is very quick to forgive someone when he does get mad. However, during the times when he is not in a good mood, he can be quite scary if you do catch him at a bad moment. He doesn't want to burden others with his problems, and he fears being made fun of, so he keeps his feelings to himself. This causes him personal frustration. When it gets to be too much, he'll lash out at the target, and let out his pent up rage. He dislikes bullying (towards himself or others,) as well as people being needlessly cruel to animals. Doing one of those things is the best way to get him upset.

Tim is very careful and calculating, and although he doesn't like to brag about it, the boy is intelligent. He always thinks before he speaks, and prefers not to wrecklessly jump into danger. However, due to his insecurity he is often uncertain if the choices he makes are the right ones. He can easily be convinced to change his mind. This leaves him with some anger when the plan fails and he knew his original idea would have worked. He also doesn't like violence all that much, having been a victim of it most of his life. Although he doesn't look like it, Tim has a big appetite. He likes eating many different kinds of foods, and has the cooking skills to match.

Backstory: Tim was born in a small town by the ocean somewhere in America. His mom was a veterinarian, while his dad was a meteorologist. Tim's parents weren't rich, but they did all they could to give their son a good life, and give him every advantage. While they expressed having high hopes for their son's success, they tried not to put too much pressure on the boy. Tim's father was shy and bookish, and Tim seems to have gotten those traits from him. For the most part, his life was normal. Tim was often a target of bullying because of his shyness, tendency to get scared easily, and because he was clumsy. No matter what he did to get them to stop it, it always failed or they found something else to give him crap about. It gave him self-esteem issues, resulting in him becoming even more timid. As a result, he had very few friends growing up. He didn't tell anyone about the bullying, lest it become worse. He saw other kids get beaten up much worse after they snitched, and he didn't want that to happen. So he kept it all inside and let his resentment build.

While he takes after his dad as far as his temperament is concerned, he inherented a few things from his mom besides her looks. From an early age, he always had a special talent for caring for animals, just like her. They seem to be fond of him due to his softspoken nature. He often finds sick, or injured animals and cares for, plays with, and feeds them when no one else will. His mother often brought her work home with her, so the boy practically grew up around animals. Around animals, Tim felt much more like himself. He found relief from the stresses of life, and he's found they are the best friends he could ask for. He always knew he wanted to do something with animals when he gets older. He just wasn't sure what. Life continued as normal for the boy. Although the bullying has stopped when he started high school, it still had an effect on him, which is why he didn't talk to other students all that much.

His mother thinking it would be a good idea to broaden her son's horizons, and help him meet people, decided to put him in a foreign exchange program. When Tim found out what his mother did, he was completely against the idea, (although, he didn't voice that. This was his mom after all.) Now, he's currently living in the foregin city of Hirameki, and attending Satoru High School. He's finding it to be not as bad as he thought it was going to be, but he still prefers to keep to himself.

Likes: Animals, cute things, food, nature, nice people
Dislikes: Bullies, jerks, large crowds of people, scary things, excessive violence

Persona: Dryad



Arcana: High Priestess
Skills: Dia, Tarunda, Rakukaja
Strengths/Weaknesses:

Resists: Light, Lightning
Weak: Dark, Fire

I'll get back to you on the Shadow stuff...

Just popping in to say shes writing up a character~ While the guilds not down...

Okay, for the purpose of language, it doesn't matter. You can all understand each other perfectly fine for whatever reason, don't worry about it.

Also, I'm not familiar with P1 or 2, as such I would like to limit skills to P3 or 4 as those are what I know. To fit with your Persona's theme I would recommend Buffs, Debuffs, and Healing. If you really want some magic I would recommend Light or Wind, alternatively I would be willing to allow Almighty.

For future reference, this is a list of skills. Skills

Lionheart said
Okay, for the purpose of language, it doesn't matter. You can all understand each other perfectly fine for whatever reason, don't worry about it. Also, I'm not familiar with P1 or 2, as such I would like to limit skills to P3 or 4 as those are what I know. To fit with your Persona's theme I would recommend Buffs, Debuffs, and Healing. If you really want some magic I would recommend Light or Wind, alternatively I would be willing to allow Almighty. For future reference, this is a list of skills.

Changed the skills. He'll get an actual attack move later on. xD

So, I finally got my character sheet finished. Edited my first post as I intended to. Probably would have finished it sooner. But I was writing it in a wordpad document, I was almost finished. Then my computer was all like "restart now for updates!". And I didn't think about it too hard. So, It didn't save the progress I had on the CS and I had to retype the whole thing. ;_;

Quick question, is everyone just gonna have one persona that gets stronger through the game, or evolving personas?

Ahahaha, good question. Looks like I forgot that, yes there will be Persona evolutions so you might think on that while making your characters.

Thankya, heh, needed that little tidbit to decide on a starting persona. Also, she might take a little longer than intended to get somthing up. She was gonna have a kitsune persona and somehow didn't notice someone else already did that, heh. /fail

Well, I was hoping a few more from the Interest Check would have made it here, but I guess not. I'll give them until the weekend, if they're not here by then I guess we'll start.

Also I still need the Shadow info from you Crimson

Lionheart said
Also I still need the Shadow info from you Crimson

Working on it. I know the personality, just not what it looks like.

Edit: Done. Hope I did it right...

CRimson your shadow stuff is perfectly in order so now, I can say with pride, that I accept your CS.

Also Noel I'm still waiting in agonizing anticipation to see what you've got for me.

Is there still room in this RP? If so, I'd like to get a piece of the action =). But just so you guys know, I'm a newbie to the Persona universe, as I just recently got into it after watching episodes of an LP on Persona 4. So I'll try my best to fit in if you'll have me, but please correct me and help me out if ever I make any mistakes (and I probably will)

Yes of course you can join! Just read the OP if you haven't already and start on a CS.

Already did, and am also partway done with my CS. Just a note though, but I'm not Japanese (nor do I have extensive knowledge of their culture), so if I make any mistakes in that regard as well, please feel free to correct me, haha XD

And... here he is! =)

Shes still working on it, ended up taking some time off to try and get over some writers block, heh

*character deleted*