Blu

Persona Ø (Accepting 1 Player)

So could the processed character use persona skills or?

@AquaAzura

No, that would make the battle one-sided haha (even despite the fact that Kazuo can now use his Persona)

Persona Ø (Accepting 1 Player)

We... We get to play as evil shadow versions of ourselves?

@GreenGoat

That's right ;)

Persona Ø (Accepting 1 Player)

Compared to everyone else my characters problem is going to be tame.

@Trevor1001

Good. We need some "tame" lol

Alright, so now everyone with shadowy masks will be enemies and you'll act evil, similar to shadow selves. Also, within your mind, your normal character will be stuck in your individual dungeons (which will be explored later in the story).

Persona Ø (Accepting 1 Player)

The memories shown of his classmates were horrific to say the least, some more than others. Kazuo watched silently with an unpleasant look on his face. He couldn't begin to imagine what his classmates were going through. After all, his own memories are the only ones that weren't shown on the televisions. Ito reacted rather violently to her memories as she took her broomstick and smashed the glass display window. Kazuo covered his face with his arm but the glass shards dissipated into static like that shown on the TVs. Ito then proceeded to smash two of the TVs followed by Gruffydd who destroyed another one. The others, including Saito, Minto, Haruto, and Johnathan just collapsed with terror on their faces. Fortunately, Shinku, Dai, and Masako seem somewhat fine after their experiences but saying they were unfazed by it would be a lie. Shinku expressed her confusion while Dai suggested that something is messing with their heads. Masako agreed with Dai's statement and asked that they never look at "creepy television sets" again.

"Agreed," Kazuo simply said, still with an unpleasant look on his face. He explained to Dai, Shinku, and Masako that he witnessed all of their memories and that they should try calming the others down if possible. Unfortunately, they won't have the time to do such a thing. Seemingly rising through the ground were three shadowy forms. Once their masks appeared, Kazuo can see they were dealing with the same monsters as the one who kidnapped Ms. Sasaki. The monsters crept slowly towards the group; with most of them incapacitated, it was now left to Kazuo, Dai, Shinku, and Masako to deal with the monsters and all while attempting to protect the others. Their odds aren't looking so great. Kazuo removed the baton from his belt, ready to make his stand, but, who was he kidding? They don't really stand a chance against these things. Then, Kazuo's head began to pulsate with an indescribable pain while numerous indistinct whispers can be heard in his mind. He took several steps back while clutching his head with his free hand.

Then, out of nowhere, his free (left) hand was set ablaze with vibrant blue flames and the pain in his head subsided. Kazuo grew quiet for a brief moment. As he looked up again, a devious grin can be seen on his face but, more notably, his eyes turned bright yellow. He calmly walked forward, passed the group, and approached the monsters. Placing his burning hand on his face, he uttered, "Per... so... na." The flames engulfed his entire head and materialized into a white rabbit mask; his yellow eyes shone vibrantly through the eye holes. A torrent of blue flames spiraled around Kazuo before turning crimson red. Then a voice, extremely similar to Kazuo's, emanated from nowhere and said, "I am thou and thou art I..." From the flames surrounding Kazuo, a magnificent figure clad in red bursts forward. "From the sea of thy soul, I come. Tempered by fate's eternal flame, I am Sigurd, the sword of destiny!" The flames surrounding Kazuo is absorbed into Sigurd and the Persona rushed at the monsters.

His sword's blade grew bright orange from heat and, with one vertical slice, cleaved one of the monsters cleanly in half. As its bifurcated corpse fell to the ground, it dissipated into nothingness. The second monster leaped at Sigurd with its numerous clawed arms but he blocked the charge with his shield and then impaled the monster. Flames burst outward from the blade and burned the monster into ashes. The last monster is made quick work of with a single flaming slash. With all the monsters defeated, Sigurd disappears. Kazuo turns back around to face his classmates and his mask shatters away; his eyes also revert back to their normal appearance. Kazuo took a few steps towards his classmates but stops when he sees something ominous. "Move," he called out to Dai, Shinku, and Masako. Behind them, their other classmates rose back up to their feet but, this time, shadowy masks in the shape of different animals enveloped their faces; their eyes are also bright yellow like Kazuo's just moments ago but, unlike him, they possess a sinister aura.

Persona Ø (Accepting 1 Player)

And there you go more fucked up memories to add to the pile of fucked up memories. Now with one hundred percent more trains!

@Hexaflexagon

Was it him?

But damn, these kids have it rough XD

Persona Ø (Accepting 1 Player)

<Snipped quote by Blu>

Yea, that's Shinku's good point. She's not liable to yell, "Y-YOUR NOT ME!" Goodness, people can't accept themselves for who they are XD

@Pyromania99

Saito is accepting of his past and wouldn't deny his shadow but he's reacting badly since this particular memory is being violently reopened.

@AquaAzura

Yep. This is not about accepting your past or who you really are but rather being shown a distorted, corrupted version of your worst memories and knowing you can't escape from them, causing you to spiral further into madness.

Persona Ø (Accepting 1 Player)

Imma be away for like 8ish hours, going to a friends for a bitta manly... Fun.

I mean play games you dirty minded people!

@Happy Go Lucky

... What kinda games? The games where you have to be naked? O_o (Alright, gotcha. Thanks for letting us know.)

Persona Ø (Accepting 1 Player)

What I was thinking just now would be to make the shards of glass disappear in a static effect (TV static). Also, prepare your characters to go batshit insane after I post (you'll see what I mean) except for Dai and Shinku since it seems they still have a grip on reality.

EDIT: Okay, so maybe not batshit insane since I fear what that may translate into XD

Persona Ø (Accepting 1 Player)

You joke now, but remember, remember that this is Persona. The MC is basically everyone's personal therapist.

@Zendrelax

Oh damn, you're right about that XD

Clowns are terrifying by themselves, thank you very much.

Also, I read distorted, terrifying, and madness so I also wrote accordingly. ^^;

@GreenGoat

All joking aside, I love what you guys managed to come up with. Oh, and I thought about smashing the TVs too but I mean there was the display window and our characters are basically standing in front of it. Wouldn't shards of glass be flying everywhere? I'll have to come up with an explanation the next time I post.

So right now, we're waiting on Hex and they haven't been on since the other day. I'll wait a little more before moving on.

Persona Ø (Accepting 1 Player)

I know you guys aren't trying to one-up each other but I just think that'd be hilarious if true.

"Let's see here... Oh so that's what you gonna do, Happy? Alright I got this, I got this... 'Parents set on fire by clowns then spiders laid eggs in their crispy corpses and created mutant spider children who fed on my tears...'"

No, but I like your posts, don't worry about that haha