[OOC] The True Self - Persona

[Cuco]

We're essentially using just the ones from Persona 3 and 4. There's no real rule on what specific ones we're using, but that's generally the best areas to draw from.

[Pudding]

What I mean is you don't have to use a Persona from your characters arcana :o

[I-Am-X]

Oh I know, I don't plan on it.
Got my persona picked out.
xD
Just need to work on the background.

[Sho Minazuki]

I always make it a thing to make sure the arcana can match the Persona's lore.

For instance, Susano'o is actually both Fool and Magician, so a Persona from one arcana can in fact work for another arcana if the lore fits.

I'm just not so hung up on it here (unless I was head GM and original creator, but I'm only co-GM).

Also am still taking requests to design Personas.

[I-Am-X]

Trying to create a priestess Arcana character was difficult so going back to my speciality and importing my persona character to this one. Hope L is fine with it.
Didn't really get to use her much because when I first made her, I was forced to go without net/computer for 3 months since my computer went foobar.
Chariottttsss awayyy!

Not sure if the Skills will fly in this RP like they did with the other, do let me know.
I'll get to work on that other part to send to the big boss man.

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Akane Hanazawa

Name: Akane (Saito) Hanazawa

Age: 17

Arcana: Chariot Arcana

Personality: Despite being a bit tomboyish and being a bit stubborn, she goes out of her way to help others and defend those who are otherwise defenseless. No matter if the situation seems hopeless she never backs away and willingly throws herself in danger if its to help another. After finally obtaining freedom in Warakuma, her actions are seen as crazy or a bit eccentric but is generally well-liked amongst the students, especially the girls, some of which see her as their one true 'Prince' for how she would 'swoop' in and save people from unruly situations and managing to keep her cool is stressful situations. Though, in normal situations, she'd occasionally let her true feelings show and drop her facade.

While she enjoys fighting, she'll rarely instigate a fight, choosing instead to come in the defense of others. She is quite the Otaku, despite being strictly watched, she used to sneak in mangas behind her fathers back (with the help of her brother) and watching whatever she could. She'll do whatever it takes to live life the way she wants it and won't let others dictate her life for her.

Equipment/Skills:

1. Mangaka


2. Brawling


3. Affinity with swords, especially the Katana

Background:
Hailing from the Ikebukuro area, Akane is the daughter of the Saito Group's head, Akihiko Saito, a crime boss. While she was pampered and spoiled, in a way, like you'd expect of a daughter of a crime boss or anyone who had it big, she never got it easy despite being the youngest, she has an older brother who is 4 years older. From the moment she turned 7 her father took it upon himself to 'toughen' her up by always putting her through rigorous training, regardless of whether she wanted it or not, with good intentions of course (not matter how cruel it seemed at the time). Like his father and his father's before him, it was tradition to have the 'family' involved in the family's line of work but that wasn't the only reason. Knowing the target that'll most likely be on her head once she got older, because of him, he wanted Akane to be able to defend herself in case anything were to happen to her.

Of course, She didn't see it that way and, naturally, slowly started developing an intense hate for him. In her junior high years, she held high marks, and was quite popular among the other kids in the school, as she was always surrounded by a 'flock' of people. Though 'popular', she drew the scorn of many who believed she was stuck-up, selfish, a thug and a matter of labels, mainly stemming for the fact of who her father was, despite showing otherwise. Regardless of how she was seen, she'd go out of her way to help others whenever she could, whether it was stopping thugs, giving others food or helping with small things. Though, no matter her intent, people would often run in haste from her after words or react harshly to her help but she resolved to help anyways despite this.

By the time it was her third year of junior high, her father, despite the training, tried to interfere more in her life, trying to stop her actions and get her to focus more on the 'family' and control her actions. Having enough, without his knowledge, she applied to various schools a good distance away from Ikebukuro hoping to get a fresh start. It didn't take long before she was found out and, of course, her father was furious, intending to enroll her in an elite school and groom her, with the intention to marry her off. But thanks to the interference of her older brother, Akito, he managed to convince their father to back down on his plans and give her some freedom and get her away from the family. After arriving in Warakuma, with her brothers help, managed to secure her own apartment in the city, a few stops from the school. Since she was now living alone, and to dissociate herself from the Saito Group, she adopted her mothers Maiden name of 'Hanazawa' while also dying her hair a purplish black.

Persona: Cú Chulainn

Appearance:


Cú Chulainn or known in his childhood as 'Sétanta' is an Irish Demi-God, the offspring of a mortal woman, Deichtine, the younger sister of King Conchobar mac Nessa, and the deity, Lugh, the god who governed over the sun and a member of the Danann divine family in Celtic Mythology. Deichtine, the daughter of a druid, Conchobar's father, and Maga, the widow of Ross the Red, disappeared in the Land of the Young without marrying anyone. There, she bore Sétanta , the child of the sun god. He took up the name Cú Chulainn after accidentally killing the guard dog protecting the house of master blacksmith Culann. After which he uttered, ""Does this dog have children? If he does, could you allow me to take care of them? I will raise them to be guard dogs just as strong as their father. Until then, I will be your guard dog."

It was prophesied that "this child will live as a hero" at a young age by the Chief Druid, Cathbad. Cathbad was powerful, with his divinations being strong enough to "determine the future" rather than simply "see the future." Not knowing how to handle the situation, he decided that he would tell it to only those who would take up arms on that day. The divination was bad enough that none of them attempted to go through the rites of warriorhood, though Cú Chulainn was fishing while leaning against a hazel tree due to his disinterest. He went through the rites of warriorhood on that same day, and received the prophecy that said "in exchange for glorious deeds of valor, his life would be short." He readily accepted such a fate, smiling and laughing.

Abilities:
Cleave
Swift Strike
Tarukaja

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Non-Persona Character

Akira Kirigakure

Name: Akira Kirigakure

Age: 18

Personality: He comes off as cold and rude most of the time, due to his appearance and occasional sarcastic comments and the fact that he doesn't mince words when speaking to people, when in actuality he's kind. Though, he can be quite hot-headed and reckless, a bit wild.

Class: 3-1

Equipment/Skills:

1. Pinpoint
- An excellent archer, which is an understatement consider he either placed 1st or 2nd in regional and national tournaments

2. Boy's A Brawler
- Having got into many fights when he was younger, and through all his time in the archery club, he became quite capable with his hands which translated well with his fists.

Background: Growing up in a sporting family, with his father having practiced Kendo in his early years, his mother in archery and his older sister, Aoi, having followed their fathers footsteps with kendo. Having looked up to his mother, for her strength of will and determination, Akira grew fascinated watching his mother shoot every morning. He thought her form and the motion of it all was beautiful and grew fond the the arrow getting released from the bow and hitting the target. With every days passing, he became determined to learn Archery and after awhile managed to persuade his mother to teach him. As the years followed, his talent began to shine when he placed 1st in a regional tournament in his first year of middle school and followed that up with a 4th place finish in the nationals.

While he was initially disappointed for not getting higher, having got a little ahead of himself because of his placing in the regionals, he changed his mind when he was scolded (albeit lightly) by his mother and assured that placing 3rd in the nationals was a big deal and he should be proud. From that point on to the end of his middle school career, he placed either 1st or 2nd in every competition he competed in. When it came time to pick which High school for him to go to, despite having received scholarships from schools with prominent archery programs, he elected instead to go to the local high school, warakuma high, where his friends and fellow archery club mates decided to go. However, when he got into high school, he started having problems with a few upperclassmen in the Archery club. Putting up with it for awhile, it reached its boiling point mid-way through the school year when they got into a heated argument which turned into an ugly bare fisted brawl that result in him getting kicked from the club. And in turn started giving him a bad reputation within the school as a 'troublemaker' or a 'delinquent'.

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[Sho Minazuki]

More wimmenz to max SLs with. Yessssss.

[I-Am-X]

So I take it that his RP has a crap ton of girl characters?
lol

[Haru Nyan]

Sho Minazuki said
So been going to gym lately. Imagine if going to the gym was one of the ways you increased stats in Persona 5.

Swoooooon <3 (♥ω♥*)

I-Am-X said
So I take it that his RP has a crap ton of girl characters?lol

...We have an Actress Empress
Studious and Strict Hierophant
Goth Loli Pop Model Lovers
Reclusive Girl Gamer Hermit
Yandare with eyes only for one Devil
and a High-Strung and Smiley Moon.
...I think that's the main females anyway...

[SwordfishKnight]

Sho Minazuki said
More wimmenz to max SLs with. Yessssss.

The real question is if you can max Broboru or Nowhoru or Nobara or whatever the hell nickname kick we're on now's social link.

[Sho Minazuki]

I think that's all we have right now yeah. We still have a higher percentage of males, but a very good percentage of females.

Also... Clash videos are cool.



I imagined Rui in a Persona Arena game to have a stance system, drawn blade and sheathed blade. Starts battle sheathed. He uses a sword with the sheath, and when his sword is unsheathed, his normals are faster and have rekka on them, and his Persona attacks will be slower, but while his blade is sheathed, he'll have faster Persona attacks and slower normals without rekka, but have higher range instead.

So he can go footsies rushdown, as a result he'll be lacking in long and fullscreen skills outside of his SP skills.

[Pudding]

I imagine Chiaki would be like Amane from BB:Chronophanablahah

So I watched 'The Maze Runner'
It was... Good... I mean alotta the boys were downright cute as heck. But it felt a little cliché at parts... But it was good nonetheless, I reccomend you guys watch it for the good action and mystery~
And because of Thomas Sangster & Will Poulter<3<3

Anywhooooo Im gunna finish up Nobara and Chiakis' lil chat :p

[SwordfishKnight]

For Noboru, he'd be more of a Phoenix Wright from UMVC3, in that he'd have 3 different attack sets, but the third has prerequisites, though they'd be less defensive and more aggressive.

Kanji and Rise are finally finishing their talk?

[Savo]

I'll take a look at the app later unless one of the other gms gets around to it. Also, this is going to end up turning into a race on who gets a harem with social links, isn't it.

This isn't going to end well if its heading in that general direction :P

[Haru Nyan]

Savo said
I'll take a look at the app later unless one of the other gms gets around to it. Also, this is going to end up turning into a race on who gets a harem with social links, isn't it.This isn't going to end well if its heading in that general direction :P

We all know it's Nowhoru who's going to win, I mean, he's such a man-whore~
In DMT News: FUCK YES, RARE CASSIOPEIA OF STARS!! *O*
Alas Kali, parting is such a sweet sorrow...It's not my fault you're worth like a million evo points.

[Savo]

Haru Nyan said
We all know it's Nowhoru who's going to win, I mean, he's such a man-whore~In DMT News: FUCK YES, RARE CASSIOPEIA OF STARS!! *O*Alas Kali, parting is such a sweet sorrow...It's not my fault you're worth like a million evo points.

Shhh Haru, don't spoil the secret and or joke ending for Noborus Story Mode :P

In other news, I feel like we should restart the recreation of our characters different bad ends just for fun. I 'll get my post for the bad ends later today.

Also Vita, I'm changing the schedule to 6 p.m. today. To elevate some pressure off of knowing this, read the message in Stalemate.

[SwordfishKnight]

I wanna do a bad end, but that would spoil the main plot twist of Noboru.

On related note, it may be the best story i've done, or the worst and it is completely stupid. Either way, look out for little hints about. I already dropped one, there is more on the way.

[Diabolicalrhapsody]

Name: Alexei Dragunov

Age: 18

Appearance: Rock n Roll

Arcana: Emperor

Height/Weight: 198cm/107kgs

Personality: He is a silent person who likes to mind his own business. But he is violently protective of his little sister, a few years back he almost beat the Karate head of the Junior High to death for attempted molestation of his little sister.

In his free time he likes working out and occasionally takes up summer jobs to repaint or clean neighborhood houses. He is a person who minds his own business but never denies help if asked. He is like an elder brother to all children of the orphanage and a son to the geriatrics in the neighborhood but you'll not receive his help unless you ask for it for he encourages self development and sufficiency.

Equipment/Skills: A utility knife, a pack of Belomorkanal cigarettes, a matchbox, a cellphone, a watch and a bandana, car keys.

Background: Igor's parents died when he was eight. Left with a younger sister he had to care for the only option left for him was to join the orphanage. All he had was a news clipping of his parents car crash and willingness to repay the favor with work. Thus began the life of labor, initially of record of course, he was the sweeper at the orphanage and payed his sister's elementary school fee as payment. While he was more or less home-schooled himself. At the age of thirteen he was big enough to serve as help in a local library tasked with arranging the books and the cleaning of the whole place. The benevolent librarian taught him in return. At 16, he gave the entrance for the high school and cleared on merit. His grades have not been exceptional but for a mostly home schooled guy working a few side jobs his results are anything if not encouraging. Coming of age he found a job in a local construction company as hard laborer and bricklayer. Majorly during the planting season and the harvesting season he is over at the Aokakesu estate helping Haruko with the new produce and the packaging and storage of the stuff while she often helps him out with studies being the kind natured matriarch she is. He is also thankful to Grandma Kuruka and Haruko for spending time with Natalya and providing a sterling lessons in good upbringing and etiquette, he is quite proud of the fact that his sister has the best education in manners and style from genuine specimens of Japanese tradition, plus Natalya gels well with Takumi and Yuuto so he doesn't see any reason to not bring her along. Secondarily, the Aokakesu family is really kind to provide for the ration of orphanage thus he feels that its the best remuneration he can have for the labor he puts in.

Persona: Amadioha - The Igboan God of Thunder and Keeper of Justice. He is the Consort of the All Mother and enforces all the laws and rules laid down by her. He is fair and exalted yet brutal and punishing to those who err. He is the god of Beauty and Benevolence, whose good nature brings joy yet anger brings severe reprimand.

Appearance:

Abilities: Zio, Cell Breaker

[hr]

I am just posting it in line for consideration. If someone decides to drop out, please consider it as a shoe-in for the Emperor.

[Sen]

someone sound the bara alarm
You might have to wait a long while for the Emperor Arcana as I wholeheartedly believe that Savo isn't going to drop out any time soon... hopefully? There's always the Hanged Man and the Chariot, but I dunno those would necessarily fit your character.

Also, I was really bored all day so I made a lame mockup for Sato in a P4AU thing.

Sato confirmed for Smash

Sato plays a mixture of zoning and rushdown. Most of his normals are long-ranged, making him effective at keeping the enemy away or where he needs them to be. Almost all of his moves have long recovery and thus getting an advantage is fairly important so that you can finish a combo safely. Chronos' attacks are generally short-range, making up the majority of Sato's rushdown game. This, combined with the fact that Chronos stays out longer than normal, means that his Persona and its safety is crucial to his entire play.

His FA is a Yosuke-esque counter, where he trips the opponent to make them stumble. If it connects, he can do five different things from there: A is a punch that leaves them knocked down at close range with Panic, B is a kick that launches them with Rage, C is a barrage of arrows that inflict Poison and leave them midscreen, and D is a upwards-launch from Chronos that inflicts Fear. Doing nothing resets both characters at close-range, with Sato having a slight advantage.

Moveset Mockup

5A: Launches an arrow straight-ahead
5AAA: Launches three arrows in a row (the third stunning more than usual), and then if he's in close-range, he does a 214A and then a 236236A. If he's in long-range, he does 236A and then 236236A.
2A: A light kick from below.
8A: Launches an arrow upwards
3A: Launches an arrow downwards
ma5A: Launches an arrow forward.
ma2A: Launches an arrow downwards.
ma8A: Launches an arrow upwards.
236A: Fires an arrow down, straight, and up, in that order.
--> Follow-up 236A: Fires an arrow up, straight, and down, ITO.
214A: A backflip-kick, launching the enemy straight upwards.

5B: Launches a slower, stronger arrow forward.
2B: Launches an arrow downwards as he backsteps away.
8B: Launches an arrow upwards as he backsteps away.
ma5B: Sato does a kick with a large amount of active frames.
ma2B: Sato fires an arrow downwards, pushing him up a bit.
236B: Launches arrows up, mid, and down, ITO.
--> Follow-up 236B: Launches arrows down, mid, and up, ITO.
214B: A frontflip-kick, knocking the enemy down.

2AB: Knocks out the enemy's legs, forcing them down.
236AB: Launches arrows down, mid, up, mid, down, ITO.
--> Follow-up 236AB: Fires a strong arrow that forces them to the side of the screen.
214AB: Flips forward and kicks the enemy away.

5C: Chronos punches.
2C: Chronos does an uppercut.
6C: Chronos lunges forward a bit.
ma5C: Chronos kicks forward.
ma2C: Chronos kicks downwards.
214C: Chronos appears behind Sato, lunges forward, and if possible, grabs and forced the enemy down.

5D: Chronos charges wind around him.
--> Follow-up 5D: Chronos dispels the wind around him in a burst-like fashion, knocking the enemy away.
--> Follow-up 2D: Chronos sends the wind along the ground, hitting the enemy low.
--> Follow-up 6D: Chronos sends the wind towards the enemy.
2D: Chronos slides towards the enemy, sweeping the enemy off their feet if he connects.
ma5D: Same as regular 5D, but the 2D follow-up goes straight down instead of along the ground.
214D: Chronos appears ahead of Sato with an identical animation to 214C, and charges past the enemy, dealing a bit of damage if he passes by them.

214CD:
CD: Short-ranged grapple; crumples opponent
BD: Stationary counter; A knocks down with panic, B launches with rage, C pushes enemy away with poison and arrows, D uses persona to launch enemy upwards.

236236A: Sato fires a strong arrow diagonally upwards, forcing them stationary wherever they are for several seconds.
236236B: Sato knees the opponent, before launching them forward and sticking them to the wall with a strong arrow.
236236AB: Sato fire three strong arrows at wherever the enemy is.
236236C: Chronos covers the bottom half of the screen with a wind tunnel, dealing heavy damage if the enemy isn't in the air.
236236D: Chronos covers the top half of the screen with a wind tunnel, dealing heavy damage if the enemy isn't on the ground.
236236CD: Chronos covers the screen with a tornado, dealing heavy damage if the enemy isn't guarding.
214214C: Chronos uses Sukukaja, speeding up Sato's movement and attacks for a while.
214214D: Chronos uses Tarukaja, boosting Sato's damage output for a while.
214214CD: Chronos uses Rakukaja, bolstering Sato's defense for a while.

IK: Malstrom
Chronos launches Sato foot-first at enemy. If it connects, Chronos charges forward, spinning like a drill, pushing them until finally Chronos stops and launches them with a large windstorm.

Pudding said So I watched 'The Maze Runner'It was... Good... I mean alotta the boys were downright cute as heck. But it felt a little cliché at parts... But it was good nonetheless, I reccomend you guys watch it for the good action and mystery~

I've read the first two books, and the movie actually upset me simply because my visions of the characters were so different than who they cast for the characters.

[SwordfishKnight]

Dat down time.

[Haru Nyan]

I see we have an obligatory bara man, and I love it.
Let me stuff my face in my laptop's screen.

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I've never read Maze Runner, though the movie does look pretty interesting, I might see it one day.