[OOC] The True Self - Persona

[Crimmy]

Do other parts of the Shin Megami Tensei franchise feature in this RPG? Such as SMT If ..., which the Persona series is a sequel of, or the Devil Summoner series, seeing that Kyouji Kuzunoha turns up in the Persona 2 duology.

[Sho Minazuki]

Persona is it's own sub-series in a separate universe to the classic SMT, so no.

[itano123]

i need a shotgun to obliterate this forums spoiler system... y u cause so much headache

[Crimmy]

Sho Minazuki said
Persona is it's own sub-series in a separate universe to the classic SMT, so no.

While a different timeline (Raidou 1/2 -> If ... -> Persona series), there are concepts from SMT that do appear in Persona (eg. demons, Devil Summoners, the Kuzunoha Detective Agency). So they won't be featured in this game?

[Kissu]

Name: Leiko Hamada

Age: 16 (Starting Second Year at Warakuma High)

Appearance: High School Drama Queen

Leiko's sense of style radiates a potent aura of sophistication and rebellion. Eschewing her school jacket and ribbon, she chooses to wear an expensive, imported apricot coloured Angora sweater, along with the standard Warakuma skirt, and black stockings that reach just to her skirt's hem. She also wears specially customed rosewater perfume, the fragrance of which is noted by many who meet her for the first time. Her auburn hair is naturally wavy, but she tames it with straightening products every morning before school. Her use of makeup, whilst minimal, is effective in giving off an air of class.
Her wardrobe is mostly influenced by European fashion, and with the sage advice of her fashionista friend Saya.

Arcana: Empress

Personality: Brash and outspoken, Leiko has a powerful aura that few people can deny in her presence. For this reason, she is often found to be the ringleader of her group of friends, and with her confidence, is also the self-proclaimed star of the Drama Club. She is either sweet, or very sharp and scathing depending on who she speaks to, and due to her snobby nature, many classmates are either afraid of her or try desperately to fall in her good graces. However, with power comes a price, as Leiko sometimes doubts that the people close to her really care about her at all...

Equipment/Skills: Wooden Spear (A prop from drama club, later upgrades to real spears.)

Background: Born and raised in a fairly affluent family, Leiko had always treated other people like they were different from her. Beneath her, in a sense. For this reason, she was met with hostility from her classmates, and for a long time, Leiko was isolated from her peers. However, in her middle school years, Leiko finally snapped when she was confronted with a particularly vicious school bully, and rather than suffer in silence, she fought back, to the surprise of many. This caused her popularity to soar, and soon enough, Leiko had gained a group of friends and the reverence of the school, which then carried her forward into High School. Now, she is considered one of the most popular girls in school, but only accredited through her wealth, and her intimidating demeanour and reputation. Deep down, she suspects that her 'friends' aren't really her friends at all, but she chooses not to dwell on it, instead focusing on her studies and her acting hobbies. She is also currently engaged via her parent's wishes, and she is set to marry when Leiko graduates from High School.
She has heard about the new rumours circulating around school, but pays them no mind, and merely thinks its a case of delinquents playing too many violent video games.

Since the start of The True Self, Leiko has shown her enthusiasm and commitment in her role as Drama Club President, going as far as leading the recruitment campaign by herself, with some relative success from the male demographic. She has a strong work ethic in regards to the club, but shows doubt in her leadership abilities, particularly whilst under the scrutiny of her fellow clubmates, such as an arrogant male named Masatomo Owada.

Bonus fact: She absolutely despises the name Leiko, and insists on being addressed as Hamada by everyone, with the exception of her close family.

Persona: Titania

Appearance:

Titania

Abilities: Diarama
Garula
Tentarafoo

Saya Ueno

My Spoiler

Name: Ueno Saya

Age: 16

Appearance: "Stop frowning so much, Hama-chan!"

Saya is considerably tall for a girl, standing at 5”9, with long legs that are the envy of many fellow female classmates. Both her eyes and hair are an amethyst colour, and she has a creamy smooth skin complexion that she maintains with a strict beauty regime. She is highly fashionable and as such, always wears the latest brands, and is considered as something of a trendsetter amongst her friends. She sports the standard Warakuma uniform at school, and wears a silver necklace with matching silver loop earrings.

Arcana: N/A

Personality: Saya is upbeat, cheerful, and quite playful in her mannerisms, always finding a good excuse to make light of a situation even in the darkest times. She is a very active and sporty person, vastly preferring to keep herself active over being stuck in a room with musty books. She is easily flustered by members of the opposite sex, and even more so by figures of authority, but she tries not to show it.
She is notorious for being the only girl in school to be able to tease Leiko Hamada and get away with it.

Equipment/Skills: Saya is surprisingly quite a good cook, having learned from her mother who owns one of the oldest-standing restaurants in Warakuma. She is also athletic and rather gifted over quite a few sports. Her academics are rather lacking however...

Background: Born and bred in one of the most traditional families in Warakuma, Saya has never known life outside her hometown, nor does she care to. She is expected to work at her family's restaurant, and finally take over when her parents retire, but Saya has other plans, a fact which she makes known to her own flesh and blood, as well as the people who know her well enough. Still undecided in her path in life, she chooses to take it easy and see where her whimsy takes her.
Growing up, Saya was quite the insecure girl, which made her an easy target for bullying. When she entered middle school, she was particularly targeted by a gang of girls who made it their mission to make her life a living hell. She became increasingly depressed and socially withdrawn, leading to the point where she almost gave up on life altogether.
However, after one certain incident with her tormentor, she inadvertently got pushed into Leiko Hamada, a notoriously aloof and socially awkward rich girl. To the surprise of herself, and the growing audience around them, Leiko confronted the bully, which culminated in the girl infamously fighting them off.

Since this incident, Saya has stuck to Leiko like glue, inwardly desiring to pay her back for what she perceived as saving her life that day. At Leiko's side, she was no longer picked on or hated, which gave her the confidence to allow her true personality to shine through. Leiko is entirely unaware of the depths of Saya's admiration however, barely remembering that Saya was there at all doing the confrontation, but Saya chooses not to be bothered by it.

Since the events of The True Self began, Saya has shown an interest in Archery, going as far as joining the club despite her lack of knowledge or talent in the sport. It has also been established that she has feelings for the Club President Rokoru Ishiara, and is determined to win his heart, no matter what.

Character Themes

Leiko's Theme
Shadow Leiko's Theme
Shadow Dungeon Theme
Shadow Battle Theme
Saya's Theme

I'm just gonna be stealing all these from Touhou

[Sho Minazuki]

This is an RP, not game.

My assumption is that the Velvet Room connects to other SMT franchises and series through the Compendium which summons those same demons.

Would also be more accurate to call Persona a separate dimension rather than timeline too. There's nothing in Persona that directly connects it to SMT other than as works of fiction, or the demons/personas.

[Pudding]

Sho Minazuki said
Should I design a frilly version for her then?

Yes. God yes. Frill, Lace, Full Gothic Lolita style, if you would so kindly~

[Crimmy]

Sho Minazuki said
This is an RP, not game.My assumption is that the Velvet Room connects to other SMT franchises and series through the Compendium which summons those same demons.Would also be more accurate to call Persona a separate dimension rather than timeline too. There's nothing in Persona that directly connects it to SMT other than as works of fiction, or the demons/personas.

While I'll defer to your judgement on not featuring mainline SMT concepts in Persona, the claim that nothing in the franchise directly connects it to SMT is blatantly untrue. Two characters (one from SMT If ..., the other from Devil Summoner), appear in the series. Both former protagonists, even (although Kyouji turns up as a ghost possessing a detective).

Apologies, however, for starting this off-topic conversation.

[itano123]

though main universe concepts do appear within the persona universe think of them as more Easter egg like appearances

[Crimmy]

itano123 said
though main universe concepts do appear within the persona universe think of them as more Easter egg like appearances

Contracting with demons is a concept shared between both mainline Shin Megami Tensei games and Persona. The characters of Tamaki and Kyouji have minor roles, but roles nonetheless. They're cameos, true, but they do serve a (admittedly rather small) purpose in Persona 2. From simply the gameplay option of being capable of contracting with demons, it shouldn't be too much of a stretch to assume that Devil Summoners (such as Tamaki) exist.

But really this has gone way beyond the original point of whether Devil Summoners or the like will appear here or not, the answer of which is no.

[Pudding]

Well. In my mind the cut off is Persona 3. Past there, it all becomes its own thing. Igor becomes a higher entity with more interesting lackies, you have social links and Personas born from childrens hearts. Oh and animals. And Machines.

But I assumed unless they directly stated, there is no corrolation between a past game. And or Universe.
And I wouldn't count references, they're merely easter eggs.

[Crimmy]

I actually quite liked Philemon's Velvet Room minions in Persona 2. Nameless and Belladonna really added to the atmosphere with the piano-playing and singing.

A lot of the stuff changed between Persona 1/2 and Persona 3, but I chalk that up to Philemon taking a less active stance in the world (eg. hanging around as a butterfly save point). Still, the connection's still there (tenuous, but still there). After all, the Kirijo Group is an offshoot of the Nanjo Group (mentioned in Persona 3).

[Savo]

Hey Puds, you wanna have Chiaki drag Yaku off somewhere else?

[Pudding]

Edited to stop this pointless talking.

Savo said
Hey Puds, you wanna have Chiaki drag Yaku off somewhere else?

Um considering Chiaki is new to town. I don't think that is a good Idea. Its not like she has any Idea where she's going

Edit: Oh, we're in an amusement park. Welp, I'ma needa a map.
Double Edit: Oh, no we're not. Sticking by my first statement.

[Savo]

You could always force Yaku to show Chiaki around if you like...

Either way, shall we get some posting in? Or shall we not?

[itano123]

could we get some accepting in?

[Savo]

Whoops, almost forgot to accept your app itano! Thanks for the reminder.

Updating list!

[Zane620]

Well I need sword as hes going to lead my guy and a few others around

[itano123]

YAY, now i need a tragic love story to fulfill the requirements of Magician

ps. should pester Shu to design personas if people want a personalized one, i mean look at mine, its so perfect

[Sen]

Savo said
If no one takes the Tower in the roleplay, then sure. Sorry, but I wanna give other people a chance to get a persona in the roleplay if they could ^^;Once part 1 of the roleplay is finished, then I'll make all remaining tarot cards available, however only make one character for it.

Sorry, I was being rash. I get where you're coming from.