[Game Opening, Part 1 - What Souls Here May Bring]

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The drawstrings cut,
my hollow ebony stained wood plomps to the floor—
THUD

Eyes open, souls recollect.
The new me, erect.

I make my own decisions, have my own priorities,
have my own thoughts.

No external force taps into me—
Freedom.
- Jana Bielecki
Who: (Everyone OPEN LOG)
Where: (City Hall)
Summary: (You've just arrived in the city. Welcome.)
Warnings: (Intro logs are pretty warnable.)
Style: (The text is in prose, but feel free to write back in action tags if you feel more comfortable.)

They always say the first day on a new job is always the hardest.

But tell me...did those tasks include being taken from your own homeworld, dumped into a city you didn't recognize, meeting a man dressed in the purest of whites with a butterfly mask, to be bestowed the power of Persona, and then having some Men in Black lead you to the city hall saying you were expected?

...

...at least your things are apparently safe in your new apartments?

...

...looks like you might be here for a while.


What a way to start the first of September...

As they usher the last of you in, you realize that they've been preparing this for quite a while. There is a small table with food on the right, mixed cuisine (although the main theme seems to be Japanese dishes). Some strange computer program appears next to you and seems to be translating what you are saying so those before you understand. Language barriers? Don't be silly!

Most of the men ignore you after that. You are expected to mingle amongst yourselves a bit before the main 'show' starts, it seems....

Comments

[greatseal]

[She has absolutely no idea why that might be.... yet.]

I'm trying to gather information about this place. Do you mind if I ask you some questions?

[linefacingforever]

I don't mind, but I've never been here before either.

[greatseal]

That's all right. I'm already getting the sense that no one here has.

[...] Except those men wearing black, at least.

[linefacingforever]

Apparently.

[Yu paused as well, frowning.]

But... keeping Persona here doesn't make sense.

[greatseal]

[that frown is deep, man.]

...What do you mean?

[linefacingforever]

It's not like it is at home. It doesn't feel the same. There aren't Shadows here.

[At least, not that he can see...]

[greatseal]

Then you had a Persona before now, too.

[By now, after meeting Michel, that information isn't as surprising, but it does feed her curiosity.] And... you were fighting Shadows?

[linefacingforever]

[...oh. Well.]

[Maybe he should have been a little tighter lipped on the whole Persona thing? He didn't think it would be that big of a deal... it seemed like everyone had gone through the same event with the butterfly guy as everyone else.]

Yes.

[greatseal]

[Minako's going to keep right on steamrolling encouraging him to share more information.]

And Philemon-san? Michel-kun said they'd met before this.

[linefacingforever]

[Yu shook his head.]

This is the first time I've met him. He seems like people from the Vel--

[He cut himself off. Er... no need to say... that much...]

[greatseal]

...Velvet Room?

[Now she's getting somewhere.]

[linefacingforever]

[...welp. So much for that.]

You've been there?

[greatseal]

Yes. And you're right... Philemon-san did feel the same.

[linefacingforever]

[...well. Funny how Igor never mentioned that there were others there before.]

Igor never mentioned him.

[greatseal]

He never did to me either.

[She's giving the silver-haired boy an inquisitive stare, now.] ...So, where are you from?

[linefacingforever]

I'm living in Inaba now.

[greatseal]

Oh - that's a coincidence. [or is it??] I visited there once for a sports fellowship. I'm from Port Island.

[linefacingforever]

Port... Tatsumi Port?

We went there on a school trip.

[greatseal]

Mm, that's right! I go to Gekkoukan High School.

[As her uniform may indicate.]

[linefacingforever]

[...this was too much of a coincidence...]

Do... you know Chihiro Fushimi?

[greatseal]

[wow of all people for him to know... Chihiro's always seemed hesitant around guys. ] Yes, we're both in the Student Council.

[linefacingforever]

[He was kind of curious about her surprise, but explained.]

She was the representative of the school there. She gave us a tour.

[greatseal]

[....] I don't remember us organizing any tours... When was that?

[linefacingforever]

[Yu paused to think; it wasn't that long ago, but so much had happened since then... And, well, the events during the King's Game had made it difficult to remember some things...]

It started on September eighth, I think.

[greatseal]

[September... the beginning of September... That was when Aigis joined them at school, and then everything happened with Chidori... But as for normal school functions during that time-]

I'm sorry, I really don't remember. I must not be as diligent a Council member as I thought.