[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]

[ALL OF HIS ENDS ARE RESENT ENDS!!]

Sure! I mean, this whole situation is really weird, but nothing bad has happened yet! At least, it doesn't look like the world's about to end or anything. [Positive thinking yeah!!!]

[endears]

[

find a spot on the law/chaos axis like everyone else pls!!]

I guess so! I mean, it seems more like a really... 'fancy' party than anything bad, right?

[hetried]

[NOPE HE WILL BE NEUTRAL AND YOU WILL LIKE IT.]

Yeah, exactly! Like those big banquets they'd have around holidays on TV. Just a little more mysterious.

[endears]

[I REFUSE TO LIKE IT IN ANY WAY.]

The mysterious atmosphere makes it kinda cool too! So... maybe this is like a celebration?

[hetried]

[THEN YOU WILL AT LEAST DEAL WITH IT]

A celebration? [Hmm...] That'd sort of make sense-- but what are they celebrating? Are we some kind of weird guests of honor?

[endears]

[MAKE ME, NEUTRALLOVER.]

Maybe? The person I saw, Philemon-san, did look like some kind of party host...

[hetried]

[HOW DARE YOU CALL ME THAT!!]

Huh...he did kind of, didn't he? Like his mask was from one of those fancy high society parties.

[...]

This is the weirdest party set up I've ever seen then.

[endears]

[OH, IS THERE A PROBLEM? WANNA FIGHT ABOUT IT????

OR ARE YOU TOO NEUTRAL, YELLOWBELLY?!?!?]

They do say high society is pretty eccentric, right?

[hetried]

[JUST BECAUSE HE'S NEUTRAL DOESN'T MEAN HE CAN'T KICK YOUR ASS.]

Yeah, I guess...! Never thought that their parties would actually be this weird though.

[endears]

[OH, SO BEATING UP LITTLE BOYS IS NEUTRAL NOW.

WONDERFUL WORLD YOU'RE RESETTING HERE.]

This is a world we've never seen... The mysterious world of the elite...!

[hetried]

[NO THAT'S JUST AN SMT THING. COME ON GET WITH THE TIMES.]

As long as it's not 'fairy and demon' kind of mysterious, I think I can handle that...

[endears]

[NO IF IT WAS AN SMT THING IT'D BE KILLING LITTLE BOYS.

WAY TO FALL SHORT OF EXPECTATIONS, NEUTRALBOY.]

I think we've already reached a 'supernatural' sort of mystery, though...

[hetried]

[BEATING WITHIN AN INCH OF YOUR LIFE WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD TO DEATH, RIGHT?]

"Supernatural"...? [Oh boy, more of just what he wanted...] You mean with those, Persona things?

[endears]

[IS IT REALLY AN INCH IF DEATH FOLLOWS?]

That's one example, yeah. Although, even the way we just showed up here counts too.

[hetried]

[FINE, MAYBE A CENTIMETER.]

That's true. Does anyone even know what happened? All I really know was being back on my world, and then talking to the guy, and... then we all just kind of showed up here. You'd think weird universal travel would have more fanfare...

[endears]

[STILL PUSHING IT FILTHY NEUTRAL.]

You don't think the party qualifies as that?

[hetried]

[STOP DISCRIMINATING AGAINST HIS ALIGNMENT.]

It's... impressive, I guess. But I expected something more flashy? Or disorienting, if we're going to another universe.

[Man, just using the JP's transporter was disorienting enough....]

[endears]

[WHEN HE CHANGES IT, SURE.]

Hm... maybe they're planning something like that for later?

[hetried]

[NEVER EVER.]

I guess... But I'm not sure I want much more of what this place would call 'pizzazz.'

[endears]

[DON'T DENY.]

Eh... pizazz? What would you be expecting, in that case?

[hetried]

[DENYING FOREVER.]

I don't really know-- something out of the movies I guess where the monsters burst in out of nowhere. Or heck, even the heroes, honestly...! Maybe even with a Sentai Montage.