[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

[hetried]

Daichi almost let him leave but then... he glanced over at the other two and Yamato had apparently run off, with Kaito giving chase. "Be careful--!"

He sighed. Ah screw it, this was a mess.

"Guess that's kind of pointless now..." Aaaand turning back to Saiduq!!

"You don't seem very fine to me..."

[viditlibertas]

With Yamato and Kaito gone, Alcor visibly drooped, but still stubbornly held his ground.

"I am. Isn't it natural to not like to see others upset like that?"

[hetried]

"No...! I mean, it is normal! Unless you wanted to make someone upset, but I don't think you did!"

Wow even he wanted himself to stop talking

"But I figured whatever set him off probably didn't make you too happy either. You... gonna be OK?"

[viditlibertas]

"...I will be fine."

Alcor Polarison, the worst cosmic liar this side of the galaxy.

[hetried]

Come on dude, even Daichi can tell you're fibbing, and you're a goddamn cube right now. He let out a small sigh of exasperation.

"Look, I know you probably don't want to talk to me about it, but at least talk to Kaito about it later, OK?"

[viditlibertas]

That actually seemed to give Alcor pause.

"...why would you think that? You are my friend, Daichi Shijima."

[hetried]

"Huh?" Well, it didn't give him pause, but it was a bit of flat-sounding surprise.

"Well, yeah... I mean, sure we are, but I'm nothing like him. You're way closer to him, and he's better at handling this stuff anyway." He laughed sheepishly. "Hey, it's not like I mind, y'know?"

[viditlibertas]

"...he is my Shining One, so I suppose your words hold merit..."

The star wound itself up, bumping close to Daichi like a cat headbutting it's owner.

"...it somehow seems harsh to admit, though."

[hetried]

Daichi was kind of...baffled at whatever Saiduq's movement was, unfortunately, so he kind of just assumed it was weird-star-floating-through-space-nonsense. But he wasn't bothered, by it, so!

"Like I said, I don't mind. I grew up with the guy, he's always been better at handling stuff like this. I usually just freak out or make dumb jokes." He was....preeeetty OK with that though given the way he was smiling.

[viditlibertas]

"I am glad you are able to be understanding."

No, seriously. He is really, really glad for that. So glad that the bump's lack of recognition made the star continue hovering awkwardly close, before unwrapping it's wire slowly and...wrapping it around Daichi's shoulders.

This is the best 'hug' he can give in this form, take it or leave it.

"Thank you, Daichi Shijima. I feel better now."

[hetried]

OK this is Daichi

and Daichi is stupid

and horribly skittish

So when the wires unwrapped and started touching him yeah, he, he freaked out a bit. Jumped slightly and then freaked out internally.

But after a moment he realized that hey, the wires had untangled! It looked like Saiduq did that when he was upset.... and, they were undone now! And then he realized-- wait was this some kind of weird way to give a hug? It was probably really hard to do that as a...floating cube so...

Daichi Calmed the Fuck Down though, and despite his residual anxiety (that just, kind of happened whenever he freaked), he smiled. "Good. I'm glad! No more of this sad geometric alien thing, OK? You'll have time to mope when we get you back to normal!"

[viditlibertas]

"If it is all the same to you, I would prefer not to 'mope' at all."

...

"Also I am not sure 'geometric' is a good term."

[hetried]

"That's just fine with me!" He said with a grin, because HEY if he wasn't calling himself 'The Anguished One' anymore, then hell yes!!!

"Sure it is! It's just that impossible geometry kind of thing going on. Since you're kind of stuck as a cube and all..."

Daichi don't explain the joke.