What's up? I'm just a user - you might even call me AGenericUser. Sometimes I do an obscure little thing called roleplay - maybe you've heard of such a thing before? At any rate, there's not really much to tell you about myself. I like JRPGs though, so there's that I guess.
A golden fog stood before Ishido. Where had it come from? For Ishido, that was something he couldn't decipher. Ishido had simply approached the shimmering pink light, only for the strange fog to appear.
'This is weird...' Ishido thought, having stopped in place to look around. But something became clear to Ishido... the woman was gone, and so were any cars that were previously on the street. There was not a soul in sight, or at least... one that Ishido could see.
'It must be night...' Ishido concluded, though he'd seen it was previously day mere minutes ago. 'It doesn't look like it, but... maybe. People go home at night, after all.'
But the golden fog posed another question. What was it? It was one of many things that Ishido had never heard of... all thanks to his shattered memory, most likely. Ishido had never heard anyone speak of the golden fog, or mysterious pink lights that felt as if they beckoned people to them.
'If I didn't have this amnesia,' Ishido pondered, still scanning the area with his eyes for anything of note. 'I bet I'd know about this stuff. It's probably something everyone else knows about, but I don't... I'm getting used to that.'
Ishido's thinking was swiftly interrupted by a realization. He couldn't feel his phone in his hands...! Hurriedly, Ishido looked downwards, towards the grass below... but his phone was still in his hand. However, he was completely unable of feeling it. But, more importantly... something about his phone seemed off. It seemed to be pulsing, and making strange, yet familiar noises. But these noises lasted for only a simple instant.
These strange happenings confused Ishido. Someone more experienced with the world would find the situation abnormal, perhaps even paranormal - what with the mysterious pink lights only he could see, the mystic golden fog, and his phone suddenly playing up...
But Ishido was almost new to the world. He'd woken three months ago, no recollection of who he was - with fragments of knowledge. He knew some things, but found that he didn't know all sorts of things that others could recall in a moment. To Ishido, all of the strange happenings were normal things he wasn't used to.
'I've never heard of anyone talk about this gold fog or pink light... but I'm sure it's normal to other people... it's just weird because of my memory.' Pondered Ishido, lost in thought. 'If I see anyone, I'll ask them, like I usually do.'
But, then, Ishido heard some noises. Curiously, Ishido looked around once more; and immediately caught sight of something he'd somehow missed. Ishido had spotted another person in the golden fog; and another form of pink light, along with an open door.
'I wonder what they're doing here.'
Ishido chose to head towards the boy. He wasn't fearful - he didn't know what to be fearful of, in this case. Instead, he was merely confused and in search of answers. And perhaps that boy had the answers Ishido sought?
After all, Ishido perceived the situation as normal, but something that he simply didn't have experience with. For all Ishido knew, other people were used to the golden fog and pink lights... other than the lady than before, of course.
'I can't be imagining that light.' Ishido thought, as he slowly paced closer and closer to the pink light - which was noticeably glowing. 'I just can't figure out why that lady can't see it.'
Ishido was almost entranced by the light. It had his full attention... Ishido was keen on learning more about the strange light. Again, it certainly wasn't something he'd heard of before. He couldn't recall Mr. or Mrs. Yoichi mentioning strange, pink lights before, and if he knew their significance in his past life as who knows who; he sure didn't know.
However, while Ishido was focused on the light... he had clumsily hit his left leg against a curb, causing Ishido to lose his balance with an audible gasp. Fortunately for Ishido, he'd fallen onto grass... and he held onto his phone, still in the navigation app. But this hardly fazed Ishido Yoichi, who simply stood himself up and continued heading closer and closer to the pink light.
"I feel a little weird." Ishido muttered to nobody in particular. "But I don't know why..."
Ishido moved his hand to his eye as he grew ever closer to the pink light. He felt as if something in his vision changed, but he didn't know what, or even how.
The woman had asked Ishido if he was seeing things... it sounded like the woman couldn't see the faint and pulsing pink light, or at least - Ishido assumed so. Ishido clutched his left eye for a moment, then closed both eyes for a few seconds...
When he opened his eyes once more, the light was still there.
"Am I seeing things...?" Ishido questioned, still clutching his eye. "So you can't see it? Then... are my eyes broken?"
Ishido shook his head.
"This is strange..." Ishido muttered to himself, then tried his best to ignore the pulsing pink light by navigating through the apps on his phone.
Ishido was looking for an icon that looked like a map - and sure enough, he spotted one, which he immediately tapped. But the light still burned in the back of his mind... and shimmered in the corner of his eye.
'How can I see it, but she can't?!' Ishido thought to himself in confusion. 'She looked at where I saw the light... but she didn't seem to see it?!'
Ishido lowered his phone and looked at the light once more, still shimmering. To Ishido, it sounded like a mere mirage... but it looked very real.
"I'll be a moment. I just need to get a closer look at this light." Ishido spoke. "It's weird that you can't see it... but my eyes might just be broken..."
Ishido began to pace towards the light, full of curiosity. Was the light a figment of Ishido's imagination, or was something wrong with his sight? That was a very real possibility to Ishido...
The words 'Map App' rung through Ishido's head for a few seconds. Ishido knew what an app was; they were programs on phones that served a variety of purposes. He recalled that Mr. and Mrs. Yoichi utilized an app to travel around the city...
He also recalled that they installed that same app on his phone, but he'd forgotten all about it... in fact, he'd forgotten about apps in general.
"I think I've got a 'map app'," Ishido answered as he reached into his pocket, then pulled out his phone and switched it on. "I'll just need to find it, though... I'm not too great with phones."
The phone's screen lit up, revealing various squares with all sorts of icons on them. Notably, they were very colourful. Ishido looked at the apps, trying to identify which app could be his 'map app'...
"Now which one is-"
Ishido cut his own sentence off as he noticed something in the corner of his eye; a faint pink light.
"Uh... this is a little unrelated, but do you know what that pink light is over there?" Ishido pointed towards the light, a curious expression on his face. "I've never seen anything like that..."
A solitary teenager walked through the streets of Shikatsu, wearing the uniform of Uchima Senior High… along with a short red cape on his back, which certainly drew attention… not that the teenager knew this.
This boy’s name was Ishido Yoichi, and he was focusing hard on a notebook which he held firmly in his hands.
“Uchima Senior High’s in the east… and it’s near some detective agency, isn’t it? That’s what Mr and Mrs Yoichi told me…” Ishido stated, reading out the scrawls he’d written in his notebook. “But I just can’t seem to find it.”
Ishido sighed.
“I’ve been looking for two hours… I think. I just don’t know how it’s so hard to find this place. I’m excited to go to school, but I don’t know I’ll ever find it at this rate. Maybe I should just ask somebody, but….”
Ishido continued his trek down the streets of Shikatsu, earning quite a few odd glances with his odd attire. Eventually, he passed by a young woman behind a stand of sorts. Near her were several cards. ‘She looks young… Maybe… just maybe…’ Ishido began to ponder as his eyes looked upon the woman. ‘Maybe she’s a student too? Maybe she’ll know where to go.’
Ishido calmly approached the young woman’s stall, intent on locating the elusive Uchima Senior High once and for all. In the past few days, Ishido had tried his best to locate the school… but his attempts proved unsuccessful, and usually led to Ishido getting lost and then simply going home.
Ishido stopped to a halt in front of the woman’s stall, taking note that it seemed to deal with ‘Tarot Readings’ – whatever that was. Ishido briefly wondered if he knew what it meant in his past life… before he became afflicted with his amnesia.
Both the woman and Ishido locked eyes, neither of them uttering a word for a brief few moments. Ishido was waiting for the woman to say something, but she herself seemed to be waiting for Ishido to say something. Eventually, the silence was broken by the young woman.
“Prolonged eye contact – the start of any good romance!” The young woman enthusiastically exclaimed. “Are you here for a tarot reading…? I sure hope you are! I’ll even make it free for you, daaarling!”
Ishido scratched his head in confusion. He’d simply had eye contact with the tarot reader… he didn’t exactly grasp how that related to romance.
“Uh… I came over to you because you looked young, like a student or something. I’m looking for Ushima Senior High… school started yesterday, but I’m a day late.”
“I look young?! Oh, you flirt! I’m only seven years out of senior high!” The woman replied excitedly, as she began to play with her dark black hair. “I’ll tell you where Ushima Senior High is… if you take my tarot reading.”
‘This is kinda weird… I thought she was younger…’ Thought Ishido. ‘Plus… I’m not sure if I’m imagining things, but her breath is awful…’
“So what’s this ‘tarot reading’ thing? … Because I’ve got no idea.” Ishido admitted, as he shifted his gaze from the tarot reader to the towering buildings nearby. With a giggle, the tarot reader motioned towards a large deck of cards, which she then grabbed hold of… and forced into Ishido’s hands.
“Some tarot readers make you draw out six cards,” The tarot reader spoke. “Boring! That’s five too many! That’s why I call myself the fun and unique tarot reader! All you’ve got to do to get your reading is to shuffle the deck, then pick out a random card! That’ll tell you what Arcana is prominent in your life at the moment! It’s kind of like seeing your fortune!”
‘… Seeing my fortune? That’s possible…? I’ll do this – if it’s fortune telling, then it’ll tell me if I find Uchima Senior High… I think.’
Ishido clumsily began to shuffle the deck. He knew the basics of shuffling a deck of cards… but he didn’t know much else about it, which he chalked up to his amnesia. Ishido continued shuffling the deck over and over, for three minutes; which is when the tarot reader told him to stop, with a bit of a giggle.
Somehow, Ishido remembered that the tarot reader told him to pick out a random card.
‘Alright… well… I’ll just take the fifth card. Mr. and Mrs. Yoichi tell me that’s my lucky number.’
Ishido carefully pried the fifth card out of the deck, while simultaneously taking care not to drop the deck of tarot cards onto the ground. Ishido eyed the card he’d drawn from the deck. It was an illustration of an armoured skeleton riding upon a snow white horse. In the skeleton’s hand was a large, ominous black flag, with a bright white insignia of sorts in the centre. Below the armoured skeleton’s horse was a man lying down, seemingly dead… and in front of the skeleton and his horse was another man dressed in bright yellow, his hands held together, along with a kneeling woman in white and a child.
The final detail Ishido noticed was the presence of words near the bottom of the card.
‘XIII – Death’.
As soon as Ishido read this, he was filled with shock and confusion. The card didn’t say anything about his future! It was essentially just a picture! “I thought this was going to tell my fortune?” Ishido inquired. “This card doesn’t say anything, though… are you tricking me?”
In response, a grin formed on the tarot reader's face. “Ah, what a joker you are, darling! You’ve got quite the sense of humor – it tickles my funny bone, to say the least.” The tarot reading woman laughed. “You drew the death card-“
“Wait… death card?” Ishido uttered in worry. “So if this is telling my fortune… I’m going to die, right?”
The tarot reading woman laughed once more as she pulled over a sheet of paper, which was covered in writing. “It doesn’t mean you’re going to die soon, darling.” The lady spoke, her gaze fixated on Ishido. “From what I hear, the death card symbolizes… beginnings and endings, that kind of thing. My paper compares it to the sun… it says ‘The sun appears to ‘die’ each night but is reborn fresh and new every morning.’ So I think it means something in your life is going to end… but something else will come in its place…?”
Ishido felt as if the woman wasn’t sure of what she was talking about… but he didn’t know if that was truly the case. Regardless, Ishido had a question to ask. “But how’s that relate to my fortune? It doesn’t say if I’m going to find Uchima Senior High or anything.”
“Oh no, darling… that’s not how the tarot works. It won’t tell you exactly what’s going to happen.” The tarot reader explained with a sudden wink. “It gives you an idea, I think. Something is going to end for you, but then something else will begin in its place…” The tarot reader’s explanation managed to click with Ishido in a way… she spoke of endings and beginnings. Ishido’s old, non-amnesia afflicted life presumably came to an end… but it also led to Ishido’s new life.
Or, perhaps Ishido was giving it too much thought. But he had something else on his mind… “So where’s Uchima Senior High? I need to get there. I’m a day late.”
“Darling… don’t they start on April 5th?” The tarot reading woman asked. “That’s how it was for me – back when I was even younger! I bet you would’ve loved to see that… I was a real bombshell! If you wait around, I’ll get you some of my pictures...”
Ishido ignored the tarot reader’s offer, not wondering why he'd want pictures... and what exactly would they be of? This didn't interest Ishido.
“I don’t think they do… Mr and Mrs Yoichi say they start on April 21st.” Answered back Ishido, to which the tarot reader immediately grinned.
“Aha-ha! You know the Yoichi family? So do I! Maybe we’ll be seeing more of each other…” The tarot reader winked.
“Uh… I hope not..” Ishido meekly muttered back. “So where’s Uchima High –“ Ishido’s question was interrupted by the tarot reader.
“The arcana I drew is The Lovers – “ The tarot reader interjected… but Ishido repaid the favour by interrupting her.
“You’re kind of creeping me out…” Ishido admitted. “I’m leaving unless you tell me where Uchima Senior High is.”
The tarot reader was silent for a minute as she grabbed a piece of paper and a pen, then began sketching directions onto it. Ishido was quite relieved. He wanted to be away from this strange lady as soon as he could. Ishido wasn’t sure, but he felt as if the woman was hitting on him… but he wasn’t sure. Eventually, the woman handed over the paper with the directions to Ishido with a sly, almost devilish smile… a smile that revealed the woman’s heavily rotted teeth, some of which were a bright shade of yellow.
“Thanks, I’ll be going now.” Ishido darted off from the tarot reader’s stall and down the street. He could hear the tarot reader calling out to him to stop, but he didn’t listen. He’d had enough of that strange woman for a day, maybe even a week.
As Ishido ran off, he could hear the tarot reader complaining that another ‘cute boy’ had left her. Upon hearing this, Ishido couldn’t help but run even faster… it sounded like Ishido wasn’t one of this woman’s first victims. ‘… At least I’ve got directions to Ushima Senior High now… but that lady was weird. And that tarot stuff… it’s kind of neat.’ Ishido’s mind then began to wander.
‘… Aren’t tarot cards those cards people play that Pokey game with?’
Ishido had followed the directions the tarot reader had given him to a tee. As far as he knew – he hadn’t made a single error…
But if he hadn’t made an error, he would have arrived at Uchima Senior High. Instead, he’d arrived at a location he’d visited occasionally in the past three months… the park, where Mr. and Mrs. Yoichi often visited for a breath of fresh air.
‘This doesn’t look like Uchima Senior High… was that woman messing around with me?’ Ishido pondered to himself, raising a hand to his chin. ‘No… maybe Uchima Senior High is around here. As weird as that lady was… I don’t think she was lying. Why would she?”
Ishido then began to scour the area for anything that looked remotely like a school. His search drew some attention to him, due to his odd combination of school uniform and a small, red cape, which billowed in the wind.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Saturday Morning - A Few Blocks Away From The Park
To Ishido’s disappointment, the school he sought – Uchima Senior High was nowhere to be found in the park… which led to Ishido choosing to investigate the surrounding areas nearby the park. The tarot reading woman had given him directions to Uchima Senior High, and Ishido couldn’t think of why she’d lie.
Ishido was certain that it was nearby. In search of this oddly elusive school, Ishido headed down into the suburbs a few blocks away from the park. But, unfortunately for the caped amnesiac… he didn’t see any signs of Uchima Senior High on the street. A few people were heading through the area… but there was still no sign of a school.
Lightly cursing under his breath, Ishido realized he’d need to take desperate measures if he wanted to locate Ushima Senior High. He’d have to ask another person for directions… which he wasn’t too keen on. After all, his last attempt led to an encounter with a strange, black haired tarot reader… whose demeanour made Ishido rather uncomfortable.
Ishido spotted a woman further down the area. This woman was a brunette, and was wearing glasses… ‘Glasses…!? Mrs. Yoichi tells me that many smart people wear glasses. Along with that… smart people come from schools… perhaps this lady can help me out?’ Ishido thought. ‘I don’t particularly want to ask anyone for directions, but I’ve got no choice…’ Hurriedly, Ishido speedily walked over to this brunette wearing glasses, a question on his mind. It didn’t take him too long to catch up…
“Hello. If it isn’t a bother… do you know where I can find Uchima Senior High?” Ishido calmly inquired. “I’ve been looking for it since the school year started – the 21st, I think?”
I've got a first post created. It leads Ishido to Uchima Senior High, and also places him in a scenario which might show off his character traits a little bit... hopefully. So would Uchima Senior High be a good place? Rewriting the scene to lead to a different location would be no problem.
Also, just to clarify... one off NPCs are alright to put in, right?
“To be completely honest, I hardly even know myself...”
Name: Ishido Yoichi
Age: 16.
Gender: Male
Arcana: Death
Equipment:
- A notebook in which Ishido occasionally jots down notes. Notably, he’s begun taking down notes on people, and things. - A blue scarf and a red cape – both souvenirs given to him by Mr and Mrs Yoichi. He wears these as often as he can. - A phone, also given to him by the Yoichi family. Unfortunately, Ishido doesn’t have anyone registered…
Skills:
Writing - Ishido’s writing ability is surprisingly refined; at least with a pen and paper. Cleaning - He's gained a talent for cleaning - as he often cleans for the Yoichi family, to help them out. Getting Lost - Ishido is skilled at getting lost. Learning - Ishido is more than willing to learn new skills – perhaps his most useful skill of all.
Appearance:
Ishido also wears a blue scarf and a small red cape on his back.
Personality:
Curiosity - Ishido’s defining trait is that he’s very, very curious. Due to his memory loss, there’s a lot he doesn’t know – and it’s not just limited to his past identity. Ishido loves to learn about things that take his interest.
A Blank, Empty Slate - Ishido feels like he’s a blank slate compared to everyone else, due to his memory loss. While other people have been through all sorts of things – Ishido’s essentially been around for only over three months, and hardly has anything to tell others.
A Seeker of Purpose - Ishido seeks a purpose in life – but this proves to be a challenge for the amnesiac. Not only dose he look for a purpose, he also seeks out hobbies.
Calm and Awkward - Ishido usually has a calm, aloof demeanour – but, despite this, he’s surprisingly chatty and social with people he’s comfortable with at times, contrary to his quiet personality. He can also be quite awkward.
Devoted to His Friends, Passive to Others - One particular trait of Ishido’s is that he is very devoted to his friends. If a good friend of Ishido’s was in a pinch, Ishido would fight tooth and nail to help them out. However, Ishido doesn’t make friends easily, as he’s very passive. While he does want to make friends, he waits for them to come to him. But, if you make friends with Ishido... you could very well have a friend for life, who is willing to take the fall for you in dire situations.
Protective - Ishido can be somewhat snarky and hostile to people who wrong him or his friends.
Mimic - Subconsciously, Ishido tends to occasionally mimic the behaviour of others… to varying success. Along with this, he learns from how other people go about doing things.
Socially Clueless - Ishido isn’t exactly too aware of social norms. He’ll occasionally head up the street when he’s dressed for bed, and a majority of the time, Ishido wears a short cape in public often – along with a scarf, even when it’s not winter. Ishido is attached to both the cape and the scarf – they were given to him as gifts by Mrs Yoichi.
Gives Things a Go - Ishido is more than happy to take chances to try out new things; even if he’s got no knowledge of it. If a meal needed to be cooked – Ishido would certainly give it a go, even though he’s got little to no talent in the field.
Occasionally Drifts Off - Ishido is also prone to spacing out if his intention isn’t piqued.
Biography:
Ishido is someone who could easily be described as an enigma… both to others, and himself. Essentially, Ishido has amnesia – he can’t remember anything before January 17th, 2016.
Ishido awoke to two figures – a husband and a wife, Mr and Mrs Yoichi. The two of them were utterly surprised that Ishido woke up… though Ishido realized he had no idea who he was talking to, nor how he ended up where he was. Ishido attempted to think through what he’d done previously, what could've possibly got him in his situation… but nothing came to mind. He couldn’t recall anything he’d done, not even his name. Both Mr and Mrs Yoichi were shocked to hear that the amnesiac boy didn’t know even his name, but they quickly took him in – under the name of ‘Ishido Yoichi’ – the name of the Yoichi’s family’s adopted son, who had went missing seven years ago. Ishido found himself touched by this kind act.
From that day forth, Mr and Mrs Yoichi tried their best to educate the amnesiac Ishido… but they found that he hadn’t forgotten everything. He already knew how to perform most subjects at a passable level for a first year in senior high – with the exception of mathematics, where he struggled heavily. They didn’t need to teach him much – after all, school would do a good job of that. And, Ishido found that a large amount of what Mr and Mrs Yoichi tried to teach him was incorrect.
Ishido concluded that Mr and Mrs Yoichi weren’t the brightest bulbs in the box after they claimed they’d lived in Shikatsu for twenty years… even though they frequently got lost when attempting to tour him around. He couldn’t fault Mr and Mrs Yoichi for this, however – both of them were in their sixties, and they’d taken him in out of the kindness in their hearts... and Ishido wasn't exactly a bright bulb, either, for he seemed to have a knack for getting lost.
Ishido felt he owed a debt to the two of them, and so he helped out around the house whenever possible, to which the two of them were grateful.
Around March was when Ishido began to wonder… just who was he? He hadn’t really thought too hard on it before, but he’d lost all memory prior to January 17th. But Ishido didn’t know where to start as he didn’t have the slightest clue to his previous identity. Asking Mr and Mrs Yoichi proved fruitless, too. They claimed they had a rough idea, but their memory was hazy.
Days later, Mr and Mrs Yoichi suggested Ishido go to school as soon as possible. It took a while for Ishido and Mr and Mrs Yoichi to find Uchima Senior High, but Ishido was enlisted as a student with little trouble.
That following week, he discovered that Mr and Mrs Yoichi had spent the last of their savings on getting Ishido into Uchima Senior High. Ishido was grateful, and helped out the Yoichis as much as he could to repay them.
Ishido was excited for when Uchima Senior High opened back up. April 21st was what Mr. Yoichi said was the opening date, but this was incredibly incorrect, because as it would turn out... the school year started on April 5th. None of the Yoichi family knew this.
Along with that, Ishido attempted to get to Uchima Senior High on the 21st… only to get lost and end up heading back home. At the present moment, Ishido is travelling the streets – desperately looking for Uchima Senior High…
Persona:
Name: Colossus
Appearance:
Ishido Yoichi’s Persona is Colossus; a large Persona standing at ten feet tall.
Traits:
-Void: Earth -Resist: Lightning -Weak: Nuclear, Fire
Abilities/Skills:
- Magna: Light earth damage to a single foe. - Bash: Light strike damage to a single foe. - Rakukaja: Increases an ally’s defense by one stage.
Thank you for accepting my form. I've made a few minor edits to improve the readability of the form, as suggested here. I'm pretty excited to start playing Ishiro and Colossus.
Also, should I post my profile in the Characters section now?
What's up? I'm just a user - you might even call me AGenericUser. Sometimes I do an obscure little thing called roleplay - maybe you've heard of such a thing before? At any rate, there's not really much to tell you about myself. I like JRPGs though, so there's that I guess.
<div style="white-space:pre-wrap;">What's up? I'm just a user - you might even call me AGenericUser. Sometimes I do an obscure little thing called roleplay - maybe you've heard of such a thing before? At any rate, there's not really much to tell you about myself. I like JRPGs though, so there's that I guess.</div>
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