You know those old Saturday morning cartoons you used to watch as a child? Where the hero and his team would always win despite how daunting the task may seem? We were so innocent back then, life was simpler and everything seemed fair. Sadly real life is anything but fair...
In the real world so much pain is normal we dig our heels and endure it for the sake of being part of society. We are told that we have no choice because we live in a world where the rich gain money from other peoples hard work, where art is a business and we buy things just to make ourselves look good, where the one who is meant to instill justice to criminals is actually the biggest criminal himself. People say that so long as you work hard you will be successful and they are the biggest lairs.
Life is unfair but that isn't why you are here. You are here because like everyone else here you resorted to being a criminal in the eyes of the world. Either for revenge, justice, a sense of duty whatever the reason may be. At first you were all victims of the infamous serial murderer blood eye they are called this because the victims eyes bleed and keep bleeding until they simply die from blood loss or infection. It is a horrendous way to go and their is no cure, the only reason you know its not a disease is because of a simple fact. Your loved one, your friend, someone you cared about, they all were given a letter signaling they were the next target. Of course they called police, called in favors, even tried leaving the country. None of these have worked and have all died the same way. Clearly the police wont do their job, are you willing to do anything to get your brand of justice or vengeance? What will happen when you discover that the killer is actually a small cog in a bigger and much darker machine...
First off thanks for reading till the end of that story :) I want to first state that this reality is something I made up save for the persona elements we will obviously be using. As a result we will be delving into new territory, I have only played Persona 5 and what little i know of the universe i learned from someone else so please don't be afraid to join if you find the idea interesting but don't know about persona in general. Keep in mind that what we will do is mostly use the information from Persona 5 which is the most recent game to my knowledge. So first off I will explain what a persona is to those that don't already know:
I will do my best to explain to my own understanding, keep in mind I am using information i have gained through said friend stated earlier and my own experience in the game. I will also provide links to each topic as I explain them.
A Persona is the manifestation of a persons inner self. We all live with a mask that we wear so we can deal with everyday life. These masks come in many forms of course and appear because we try to fit into society instead of going against it. This could be as simple as pretending to be smarter then you actually are in class or to the more extreme of blending in while having murderous impulse within a psychopath killer. However these masks are formed they are created and left deep inside our hearts where a normal person wouldn't ever reach or change. Certain conditions need to be meet in order to even have ones mask rise to the surface. I will explain that later of course, however when one rips off their mask this is a literal sense of discarding the you that followed the rules, discarding the you that endured everything simply to fit in, and discarding of the you that you simply couldn't accept anymore. This then leads to what is known as your "persona manifestation" this causes your true self to come to the surface and fight under your command. Their is some times known to be second awakening when you fulfill certain requirements but that will be revealed as the rp moves forward. https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Persona_(concept)
Next thing to understand is Arcana:
Arcana refers to the character themselves and is connected to a persons persona. The Arcana refer to the 22 tarot cards of the same name. The tarot or Arcana is more closely related to the person and how they act. Sometimes that Persona's fate matches that of the player character, or personality attributes, and so on, but they in some fashion need to be similar. They are big indicators of how your character acts as a person both in the real world and in the second one where your persona can manifest which will be explained another time. Think of the Arcana as a representation of your character and how they act around other people. I will write a list on the Arcana as it will be first come first serve. For now simply look through the list i will provide and make your character at the very least similar to what is described for whom you choose to be. Keep in mind that reverse tarot will be allowed. This is the General list: https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Arcana This is each individual explanation keep in mind however that both the Judgement and World Personas wont be playable:
The fool: He who begins the journey is a jack of all trades, he is the one that unites the others as they travel down the path
The Magician: The one who uses their talents in order to realize their potential they the magic wielders the ones of knowledge and skill
The Priestess: She with hidden knowledge and the one with hidden power yet to be tapped
The Empress: The mother that loves, she who fertility, comfort, and protection come naturally and feels for others
The Emperor: He who seeks control and will do everything to attain it for they feel no other path is acceptable
The Hierophant: He who delivers education and is the spiritual seer to all
The lovers: They who reveal the spirit of romance, the crossroads of the easy path or the right path
The Chariot: They who are driven and determined to make their own path
Justice: They who their form of justice be it revenge or fairness do so at a critical trial
The Hermit: He who asks why and gains knowledge at the expense of solitude
Fortune: They who seek opportunity and believes in adaptation rather then luck
Strength: They who believe in self control and virtue rather then brute force
The Hanged Man: The survivor who is pulled between the two realities of their existence
Death: They who embody metamorphosis and change and search within the mystery of death itself
Temperance: They who seek balance within their lives
The Devil: They who do everything for themselves and give into greed and impulse
The Tower: He who is his own greatest enemy and runs towards their own ruin
The Moon: They who hide themselves by trying to be the ideal person and as such has hidden depths
The Sun: They who are the light no matter the darkness of the situation
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First you are all victims of the blood eye cases
Secondly you feel you need to find the killer it doesn't matter what reason you give your character but you must feel it strongly enough to go to any lengths to find said killer.
Your characters must have both these requirements in order to join this rp please know that this will allow this group to form more cohesively and with greater direction. After all none of you know each other and their is no reason to trust one another but these two facts are what will give the group its common goal to strive towards despite this.
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Rules: 1. What the Gm and co Gm says is law but we will listen to reason and will take suggestions. 2. You can kill each other but only if both parties agree to the death. 3. I don't mind if you get into a heated discussion OOC, however, any arguments that become name calling and hostile I will ask that you go to your PM we are not children so don't act like it. 4.Your Persona must be based off a realistic or fictional character: good examples are Arsene Lupin, Zorro, Genghis khan Bad examples: Naruto, Ichigo, Or making something up 5. You must follow at least a few of the behaviors of your chosen Arcana within your character, they don't need to be exact but enough that you can say you follow its example 6. As proof you looked over this write down Phantom thieves in your others section
Have you ever looked into a mirror and noticed something out of place? Did you ever wonder if those rumors about bloody Mary in the mirror or some other spirit was waiting on the other side? Their is, you just never realized it...
This is the universe where our heroes will go in order to find their killer and uncover the mystery of the killers motive.The world beyond the mirror holds the you that you hide within yourself in this world you see yourself without the mask you wear for everyone else. More often then not the mirrored you is simply a shadow of your true self however to a select few through hardship or tragedy they realize that enough is enough. When they rip off their masks in the mirror world they don't simply change they become the persona they were meant to be.
As one would expect the mirror realm is filled with "people" so to speak. They are the merely shadows of the people that they are in real life and as such hold all the anger, sadness, and emotions that would normally be hidden from view. However, for those of black hearts are what are known as the shadow mirror. These are cracks in reality where their distorted feelings conjure a world of their own making that can only be accessed by a mysterious app...
Before I make the starter I wanted to ask if you still wanted your character to be a councillor at the school or take the opportunity to make your character a high school girl?
Well if this is dead, I take the blame for being lazy and not writing new posts for my character, rather just bunching together old ones into monster, harder to read paragraph posts. If we want to restart for the second time, I'll consider creating a new character since I was satisfied with my old one, but not to the extent that it couldn't invite new players to interact with.
So...while this RP was in limbo I finally finished writing the next chapter of my Persona fan fiction. It started as a fan idea for Persona 6 that I wrote an initial draft for 2 years ago, but quarantine gave me time and inspiration to add on to it again. The writing quality is thus quite different and I need to update the initial version, but criticism is welcome either way. Here is the link if you want to check it out: fanfiction.net/s/12918066/A-Persona-look
