PERSONA - ACADEMIC AKRASIA
"The persona is a kind of mask, designed on the one hand to make a definite impression upon others, and on the other to conceal the true nature of the individual"
- Carl Jung, Two Essays on Analytical Psychology.
- Carl Jung, Two Essays on Analytical Psychology.
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April 15, 2016
A simple test; can you state your name?
The sun had begun its descent, setting the sky ablaze with hues of orange and red. Chocolate brown eyes glazed over at the sight, their owner clearly unaffected by the beautiful canvas separated from him by only a classroom window. He sighed, resting his head against a single palm, his elbow pressing down into the wood of his desk. Here he was at school so late in the evening, waiting for the arrival of the mysterious figure that had requested his presence.
He glanced down at the note, the one that he had discovered in his shoe locker mere hours before. It had been almost a cliché, a happenstance that would not have found itself out of place in some shoujo manga. Yet here he was, the proud owner of a note telling him to wait in a second-year classroom, waiting.
It was a neat scrawl, almost mechanical. Their mastery of hiragana was beyond his, no doubt.
Come to class 2-A.
But it didn’t make it any less frustrating. He released another deep breath, closing his eyes and soaking in the metallic scent of the room. He was tired. He didn’t want to be here. He could so easily just stand up and exit through the door. He could so easily return home and cook himself dinner. Except he was still at school.
Waiting for someone who might not come.
He released a long sigh, cradling his head within his arms. How long could he wait?
There aren't many who can remember their identity when in this domain.
It was nearly nightfall. He blinked in surprise. Time had passed more quickly than he had expected, and it was clear from the yawn he was now attempting to hold in that it would be for the best that he head home.
And nobody had arrived.
He shook his head. He had been a fool to wait so long.
The chair creaked back against the wooden floorboards, and he stood up. There was no point in staying so late, especially when he had other things to deal with at home. To have been so gullible to have fallen for such a haphazardly written letter ... he only had himself to blame for this mistake. It was as if he was one of those children who believed that there would roam the hallways and classrooms at night. Absolute poppycock. He had yet to see any shred of evidence.
And as student council president, he had access to all of it.
The lights blinked, crackling with energy.
Once.
Twice.
He started screaming.
~~~ Welcome ~~~
Hey there folks. With the worldwide release of Persona 5 having occurred this week and all, I decided to dust off an old thing of mine and reboot Persona: Academic Akrasia. In this RPG, you get play as a student at Uchima (内魔) Senior High (student population of approximately 980) in the Japanese city of Shikatsu. As one of those attending this institution, you have most likely heard rumours of your fellows disappearing into thin air, vanishing between one day and the next without anyone the wiser. In fact, you might have even heard rumours of monsters stalking the hallways at night, or of crazy dreams involving copious amounts of blue velvet. Maybe you didn’t pay heed to those rumours, except just a few weeks ago, the student council president, praise be to his bishounen glory, was discovered missing, with absolutely nobody knowing where he went.
And a number of you have been getting strange dreams. Real strange ones. Maybe there was a guy wearing a mask in them. Maybe there were butterflies. Maybe you couldn’t remember your name, maybe you could.
Maybe you were already having these dreams, but this last week has been sending them into overdrive.
Maybe, just maybe, you even saw a ghost materialise before you. Even temporarily. Maybe.
Strange dreams, strange phantoms, strange disappearances, and for some strange reason, they’ve begun to plague this beloved (or less than beloved) school of yours. And some people even say that there might even be cover-ups going on, cover-ups that are attracting the attentions of less than savoury forces.
Has there been stuff leaking out into the rest of the city?
Something’s rotten in the state of Denmark, and it's your job to get to the bottom of this mystery.
~~~ Uchima Senior High ~~~
~~~ The Local Area ~~~
~~~ The Signup ~~~
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Arcana: (Fool and The World are restricted)
Equipment:
Skills:
Appearance:
Personality:
Biography:
Persona
Name:
Appearance:
Traits: (how do certain elements affect the Persona?)
-Reflects (sends back at enemies):
-Absorbs (is healed from):
-Void (immune to):
-Resist (not very effective):
-Weak (it's super effective~!):
Abilities/Skills: (don't go overboard with them, obviously)
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Talk to me if you have any questions.
