KNIGHTS

[dramatispersonae]

[ You stand with your fellow knights at the bottom of the valley you saw above. The structures of an ordinary little village rise around you: a market square, an inn, small houses, stables--but they all seem paper-thin, and if you attempt to touch them, your fingers pass right through.

A heavy mist surrounds you, blocking your view of the cliffs you came from. ]

Comments

ROUND ONE

[dramatispersonae]

You are in a poor town that has fallen on difficult times with the coming of the Darkness to this world, and everyone has to work hard to survive.

Who are you in this village? Why do you keep fighting to survive?

DISCUSS

[dramatispersonae]

Re: DISCUSS

[outstandingbalance]

Well. Seems familiar.

Re: DISCUSS

[literallyknowsnothing]

Huh. Since it's a poor town, I suppose knights would be out of place.

Re: DISCUSS

[soldieronwards]

Well, this is new.

Re: DISCUSS

[oogoediamond]

Um... do we really need a reason to want to survive, though?

SUBMIT

[dramatispersonae]

[ Choose a simple role for yourself--e.g. the Keeper of Secrets or the Traveler--and explain in a few words what motivates you to keep going in this scenario. It can be as honest or as fanciful as you prefer. Submit your answers individually. ]

Re: SUBMIT

[takesyoubytheheart]

I'm going to be a knight. No need to fix what ain't broken! And I fight ta help others survive!

Re: SUBMIT

[literallyknowsnothing]

I choose the Watchman. It's my duty to watch for the darkness from the outskirts of village and to do everything I can to stop it should it approach while alerting the villagers. I do this because I wish to keep my friends and my family safe and because fighting against the darkness is the only way to survive.

Re: SUBMIT

[soldieronwards]

[quietly]

I'm going to be a soldier. I don't really have any special reason for fighting, so I do it for whoever's next to me.

Re: SUBMIT

[whyitgottabeblack]

Before I was even a knight in Aather I was a magi back home. So that's the role I pick here too: a magi, someone who watches and guides the flow of energy in this world, whether that energy is light or dark. That's a job that can require me to be where ever and I have a reason to keep going because of it. [grins] I don't mind the fighting part at all.

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[oogoediamond]

I guess I'd just be... me? A knight or an idol, I don't know. I've never really been anyone important until not long before I came here, and I still don't think I'm anyone important here, either. But, like, that doesn't mean I wouldn't want to still want to survive, or to help out other people! You don't need a reason for that, do you?

Re: SUBMIT

[outstandingbalance]

I guess I'll be the assassin. Sometimes, someone has to be willing to get their hands dirty.

Re: SUBMIT

[oedipuswreck]

[I WAS HERE THE WHOLE TIME . . .]

I'm—. . . a supporter, I guess? That sounds like a weird thing to say, but I don't really have any particularly useful skills, and I can't fight on my own. So . . . the things I do are just, helping others? I can cook and repair things and shield people, and I'll also help people with whatever I can do, if they ask for it. I guess there's nothing really else I do or want to do.

ROUND TWO

[dramatispersonae]

[ The mist darkens and rolls heavily across the town around you. Deep shadows flicker in every corner. ]

You have been betrayed to the Darkness by someone you trusted. Your guardian angels are now deciding which of you they will save.

ANGELS

[dramatispersonae]

1. The guardian angel "Sunflower Phoenix" is a giant 1,000-ft tall floor lamp that hangs over the village. Despite its size, it is lightweight and cannot actually crush people if it falls over. In fact, it can even fly because angels can fly. It gains power from friendship, love, warmth and hugs. ALL POSITIVE FEELINGS. The more feelings it gets, the stronger it becomes. With enough power, it eventually turns into a sun that can shoot out rainbows at the Darkness. Despite its kickass abilities and personality, it is also gentle and as friendly as a guardian angel would be.
2. The guardian angel "Fluffy" is a fairly large flying, robo-cat that also happens to carry around a pouch of 5yen pieces. It's able to shoot lazer beams as well as money at the Darkness in order to fight it back. Fluffy protects those it calls friends (and sometimes not friends if they're not trash) and enjoys being cuddled by others and its greatest power will come from intense cuddling.
3. The guardian angel "The Light of Hope" is a torch in its true form, though among its powers is the ability to give itself a humanoid form, seemingly always carrying a torch. While in the humanoid form of a catgirl, it possesses the ability to interact with the world and communicate with people as a normal human would, as well as the ability to sing and inspire them to new heights. However, the Light of Hope's true power reveals itself when being held by a chosen mortal, imbuing the people gathered around her with a magical boost that strengthens the mind of people, makes them recall happy times, fills them with motivation to protect the people around them, and strengthens their bodies, that they may be protected from the assaults from the Darkness and fend it off with their own hands and wills.

DISCUSS

[dramatispersonae]

Re: DISCUSS

[soldieronwards]

Pretty sure these ain't the kinds of angels the Persona had in mind.

Re: DISCUSS

[literallyknowsnothing]

[...]

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[..............................................................what even]

What's with these choices?

Re: DISCUSS

[takesyoubytheheart]

H-hold on a minute! Who would betray us?!

Re: DISCUSS

[oogoediamond]

[?????????????]

Re: DISCUSS

[oedipuswreck]

[jerks violently, rubbing his face with both hands like trying to . . . erase the memory of something . . .]

Re: DISCUSS

[outstandingbalance]

That sure is something.

SUBMIT

[dramatispersonae]

[ As individuals, choose which guardian angel you would most trust to save you. ]

Re: SUBMIT

[soldieronwards]

I'm gonna go with Sunflower Phoenix. A giant lamp seems pretty reliable against the Darkness.