Kissu

Persona - The True Self

<Snipped quote by Kissu>

What in Davy Jones’ locker did ye just bark at me, ye scurvy bilgerat? I’ll have ye know I be the meanest cutthroat on the seven seas, and I’ve led numerous raids on fishing villages, and raped over 300 wenches. I be trained in hit-and-run pillaging and be the deadliest with a pistol of all the captains on the high seas. Ye be nothing to me but another source o’ swag. I’ll have yer guts for garters and keel haul ye like never been done before, hear me true. You think ye can hide behind your newfangled computing device? Think twice on that, scallywag. As we parley I be contacting my secret network o’ pirates across the sea and yer port is being tracked right now so ye better prepare for the typhoon, weevil. The kind o’ monsoon that’ll wipe ye off the map. You’re sharkbait, fool. I can sail anywhere, in any waters, and can kill ye in o’er seven hundred ways, and that be just with me hook and fist. Not only do I be top o’ the line with a cutlass, but I have an entire pirate fleet at my beck and call and I’ll damned sure use it all to wipe yer arse off o’ the world, ye dog. If only ye had had the foresight to know what devilish wrath your jibe was about to incur, ye might have belayed the comment. But ye couldn’t, ye didn’t, and now ye’ll pay the ultimate toll, you buffoon. I’ll shit fury all over ye and ye’ll drown in the depths o’ it. You’re fish food now.

@SwordfishKnight

Persona - The True Self

<Snipped quote by Kissu>

Fite me irl teafag. We can't do it in the U.S because you'll just burn from seeing the sun gappy tea drinker. Les go you scrub.

@SwordfishKnight

Sorry, I can't hear over the overwhelming amount of BS you're coming up with right now. Go back to pre-school kiddo. Come play with the big kids when you're older.

Persona - The True Self

<Snipped quote by Haru Nyan>

<Snipped quote by Sen>

Hey guys, I was originally studying to be a medical official and I think I might have a perscription for you two.

@SwordfishKnight

A perscription? FFS can you even spell? Get off the internet fggt. I bet you're actually 12 years old.

Persona - The True Self

<Snipped quote by Sen>

Don't make this about you I said everyone was bad.

@SwordfishKnight

Everyone but Sword.

It is his way.

Persona - The True Self

Shitposting here just to give myself a stern deadline on finishing my post by the end of the day. Because procrastination is just too strong for the mortal man.

Final Fantasy VIII: Tempus Veneficarum [7/10 Slots]

Sorry guys that I havent posted. Was under alot of stress and kinda still am. Had an interview for a DM position in my store and I didn't get it. Some fuck got it because she is lazy and only showed ambition right before the interviewing process. So in light of that I am considering just being fucking lazy all the time now and only giving a shit when I need to apparently. So I will post when I don't feel like a load of crap. Idk when that will be atm but I will post. Again I am sorry.

@soren

That's OK, Soren. Would it be cool if I write a post of Mei dragging Syrus around the city prior to the Mansion meetup? That way we can just both delve back in.

Also, I hate to say it, but Shiinen has been inactive for two months. Might be time to put Eika back on the inactive list, unless anyone else has heard from her.

Persona - The True Self

...I need to get posting.

Persona - The True Self

Monday 27th April 2015: Midday

Leiko Hamada: Warakuma Hospital

"But until then... Farewell"

That strange man's gentle, mysterious words faded away from Leiko's conscious as loud, mechanical beeping sounds took its place. Sluggishly, Leiko opened her eyes to white walls and drip stands, with no sight of the majestic velvet room she was just in. She felt a little disappointed that the mystery man had left her with more questions than answers, but more importantly...

She was alive.

An unceremonious squeal escaped her as she flew out the bed, tossing the blanket covering her to the side as she peered out the window. There it was. Her beloved Warakuma.

Her sudden action caught up with the state of her body as she felt her knees buckle slightly from the effort of standing. Perhaps she had been a little too hasty in her excitement, but after the ordeal in the Enchanted Woods, she was just glad she could stand at all.

Of course...what happened there did happen, didn't it? Just thinking about it made it seem beyond belief. Shadows, Personas, that 'other self' of hers...

It couldn't have just been a dream could it?

She began to doubt her experiences for a moment, her face creased into a frown, but then she began to feel her. She didn't really know how, but a warm sensation began to spread across her body, comforting her like a gentle pat on the back. Titania was here, which meant...that all of it had to be real too.

Leiko sat back on the bed, a sigh of relief escaping her as the weight eased the suffering on her legs. There were so many people she wanted to talk to. Rui, her friends at school, Father, Saya...

Saya...

Leiko looked over at her bedside in an attempt to find her phone, but she was promptly thwarted by the excess of cards and flowers that dominated the space. On further inspection they appeared to be from her friends from school, wishing her well in her recovery. It was nice of them, and Leiko couldn't help but feel touched at how much they had considered her.

There was also a fruit basket from Noboru, which appeared a little out of character for the foul-mouthed brawler, but Leiko knew that he and the others still risked their life to save her from that place. She was grateful on that basis alone.

Her mother had written her a pretty stock 'get well soon' (as was typical of her) with a much more interesting footnote. Her father was coming home much earlier than anticipated. Nothing could repress the smile on Leiko's face after that as she returned the card in its place and flopped her head back on the pillow, feeling strangely content after all that had occurred.

She wondered what she would do now. There was no way her life could stay the same, not after everything that happened. Should she just carry on being Leiko Hamada, Drama Club President and Queen of Warakuma High? Or could she be something more than that?

She wanted to talk to someone about this Persona business, and the best person she could speak to was Rui Shinichi, it seemed. But in the meantime, there was nothing more to be done than lie down and rest.

But before that...

Leiko finally found her phone from within her belongings, her fingers quickly dialling the number of her beloved friend.

"H-Hama-chan?"

The brightest smile lit up Leiko's face as she quickly delved into conversation with her best friend.

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Sunday 26th April 2015: Time Unknown

Leiko Hamada: Enchanted Woodlands- Grand Stage

The battle raged on from within the thick of the woods, as both the creature and the three Warakuma students delivered their blows. At first it seemed that Leiko's other self was taking the upper hand, a sharp gasp escaping the real Leiko as she watched one of the boys fall back from a particularly vicious vine attack. Guilt welled up within her as she watched her doppelganger cackle in ruthless mirth, but it wasn't like she could do anything. It wasn't like she had any power right now...

Lost in her inner crisis, she tightened her eyes as the screams and the sound of clashing weapons rang through the air. It was only when she heard a new, unfamiliar voice that she was broken from her reverie, looking up along with her fellow students at the new boy who had appeared onto the scene, and rather dramatically too, as he proved himself to be another person with mystical powers.

The battle quickly swerved into their favour, and a happy but strange, alienating emotion rose from within Leiko. The cries of her other self cut into her like a knife, causing her to clutch at wounds that weren't there. It wasn't until her hand found a certain strip of material in her breast pocket that suddenly everything started to become clear.

"And Leiko, you decide for yourself who you are. We're just here to make sure you don't have to face that alone"

Rui's words cemented her resolve, Leiko's face creasing into a look of determination as she watched the group of four deliver the final blow to her Shadow.

Her...Shadow.

Her other self finally fell to their onslaught, letting out a defeated shriek before disappating into black vapour, the image of her faerie-like body taking form in its place. She looked lost and hopeless, her yellow eyes welling with pain as her arms tightened around her wispy figure.

"Not so confident now, are you?" Leiko finally found her voice again, soft and yet surprisingly strong as she looked at her Shadow straight in the eye. "Always looking to stay on top. Stay in the spotlight. It feels good...having people bow to that power." She shook her head piteously. "And Noboru is right. Being a President was only ever about me. Making myself feel important, special. Everyone else came second." She took a sharp intake of breath, her phone strap clutched tightly into her palm like it was giving her the strength to continue. "In truth, I really am a selfish person. I really can't accept the idea of someone besting me. And yet...having you guys coming to rescue me...made me really happy." She made a disgusted noise under her breath. "This place is like my delusion of grandeur. An impossible dream of owning something that's entirely mine. But I needed to be dethroned one day..."

She looked over at her Shadow and smiled, an action that surprised even herself."Rather than trying so hard to rule over everyone, why don't we focus on supporting the ones that do care about us? How does that sound, me?"

The Shadow looked surprised for a moment at Leiko's confession, a smile gracefully forming on her lips as she took a final bow before fading away.

Suddenly, a graceful, feminine figure appeared before her, flowers and vines coiling around her wrists as a calm, comforting serenity radiated from the ethereal being. Leiko didn't know why, but looking at her made her feel warm and safe, like a maternal embrace.

I am thou...and thou art I.

I am Titania, the fairy queen of dreams...

The magical being was gone a moment too soon, a gush of wind rippling through her as a card bearing the Roman numeral III appeared from the aether and slipped into her fingers. So this was...a Persona? The name that echoed in her head felt right, somehow.

So the ordeal was finally over...

She turned her head towards the others, a weak smile adorning her face even as she felt her legs about to give way. "That was a great performance...everyone."

With that, she felt her body finally falter as her knees hit the solid ground.

She really did feel...tired.

Persona - The True Self

Kissu's presence is required.

And we will get to it. Although, Golden Week stuff in-between.

@Sho Minazuki

OK. Actually got a day off to work on wrapping it up. I'll get something up by the end of the day.