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reverielogs2018-08-16 06:29 pm
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» WHO? Everyone
» WHEN? August 16th onwards
» WHERE? All over the station, and in the Metaverse
» WHAT? Time for the Metaverse and it's fun perks to come into action on Reverie Terminal...
» WARNINGS? violence
A new function has appeared on the communication device for some characters: a strange symbol with an eye, and no obvious use. Do you try to delete it? It might work, for a little while. But it comes back, no matter what lengths you take to get rid of this thing.
If a character chooses to run the app, they'll find that it's called the Metanav, and it speaks to them in a feminine voice: "Please enter a destination." It seems to want a voice command.
Unfortunately, any combination of words you try will result in a gentle error sound and that voice saying, "Conditions have not been met." There's no lock-out or limit to how many attempts you can make, and it will keep rejecting every try.
(As a note of interest, the name Goro Akechi in full, spoken anywhere near a device that carries the Metanav -- a one in a million chance, sure, but coincidences happen -- will earn a victorious chime from the app and a triumphant, "Destination found." But from there it seems to want more keywords...)
A few days after the Metanav appearing for some residents of the station, someone is definitely putting it to use. But Reverie is a close-quarters situation, and not every corner and corridor can be checked before turning on the app. On top of that, some devices are activating the Metanav on their own, without a destination at all -- people are being dragged in left and right.
You feel something strange wash over you, like vertigo. But nothing seems to have happened. You're still in the station, and your surroundings are... mostly normal. Actually, something isn't quite right. It's hard to put your finger on it; the air feels wrong, heavy, and the shadows are darker, the station even more unsettling than usual.
And everyone around you is gone.
You can search for hours, and maybe you'll find one or two other unfortunate souls in the same situation as you, but that's it. The rest of the station's residents have vanished.
If you have the Metanav app on your communication device, you're in luck: using it will bring you right back to the station as normal, like sliding between one plane of reality to another. If you don't have the Metanav... you're stuck. Alone.
Wandering around the strange "other" station is mostly uneventful. Everything about it seems to be unchanged in terms of layout; the same doors are still blocked off, the rooms are in the same locations, the view from the Observation Deck is the vast expanse of space...
But you're not as alone here as you thought.
There are monsters. They come in various shapes and sizes, some of them humanoid and some of them far from it. There don't seem to be a lot of them around, so it's easy to miss them entirely, but if you do run into them, they'll attack without hesitation, and some of them are strong.
If you can fight back: magic is most effective against them in every case. Fighting them physically is a strange case, because if you think it will work, it will, no matter what your weapon. If you don't think it'll work, then it won't.
If you can't fight back, and nobody comes to save you: you're dead. At least you'll wake up in the real world.
There's one more thing populating the "other" station. They come and go at random, sometimes there and sometimes not -- strange, spectral images of other people. Their faces are vague and they don't seem to have any interest in you, seeming to talk to themselves even when you try to get their attention, but they're definitely people. They have enough features to tell them apart, and some of them seem almost familiar.
One of them is you.
It's not a clear image, just enough to be distinguishable, but it is you. Like looking at your own ghost. Its eyes, though -- its eyes are a little bit wrong. Yellowish.
This plot was brought to you by your Persona cast! All players who have signed up can have the Metaverse app appear on their communicators. The Phantom Thieves are here to rescue anyone who wants their heart stolen, and are available to discuss plotting. Once the Metaverse appears on Reverie, it will not disappear.
» WHEN? August 16th onwards
» WHERE? All over the station, and in the Metaverse
» WHAT? Time for the Metaverse and it's fun perks to come into action on Reverie Terminal...
» WARNINGS? violence
0 0 1 » THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT
A new function has appeared on the communication device for some characters: a strange symbol with an eye, and no obvious use. Do you try to delete it? It might work, for a little while. But it comes back, no matter what lengths you take to get rid of this thing.
If a character chooses to run the app, they'll find that it's called the Metanav, and it speaks to them in a feminine voice: "Please enter a destination." It seems to want a voice command.
Unfortunately, any combination of words you try will result in a gentle error sound and that voice saying, "Conditions have not been met." There's no lock-out or limit to how many attempts you can make, and it will keep rejecting every try.
(As a note of interest, the name Goro Akechi in full, spoken anywhere near a device that carries the Metanav -- a one in a million chance, sure, but coincidences happen -- will earn a victorious chime from the app and a triumphant, "Destination found." But from there it seems to want more keywords...)
0 0 2 » ENTER THE METAVERSE
A few days after the Metanav appearing for some residents of the station, someone is definitely putting it to use. But Reverie is a close-quarters situation, and not every corner and corridor can be checked before turning on the app. On top of that, some devices are activating the Metanav on their own, without a destination at all -- people are being dragged in left and right.
You feel something strange wash over you, like vertigo. But nothing seems to have happened. You're still in the station, and your surroundings are... mostly normal. Actually, something isn't quite right. It's hard to put your finger on it; the air feels wrong, heavy, and the shadows are darker, the station even more unsettling than usual.
And everyone around you is gone.
You can search for hours, and maybe you'll find one or two other unfortunate souls in the same situation as you, but that's it. The rest of the station's residents have vanished.
If you have the Metanav app on your communication device, you're in luck: using it will bring you right back to the station as normal, like sliding between one plane of reality to another. If you don't have the Metanav... you're stuck. Alone.
0 0 3 » HERE THERE BE SHADOWS
Wandering around the strange "other" station is mostly uneventful. Everything about it seems to be unchanged in terms of layout; the same doors are still blocked off, the rooms are in the same locations, the view from the Observation Deck is the vast expanse of space...
But you're not as alone here as you thought.
There are monsters. They come in various shapes and sizes, some of them humanoid and some of them far from it. There don't seem to be a lot of them around, so it's easy to miss them entirely, but if you do run into them, they'll attack without hesitation, and some of them are strong.
If you can fight back: magic is most effective against them in every case. Fighting them physically is a strange case, because if you think it will work, it will, no matter what your weapon. If you don't think it'll work, then it won't.
If you can't fight back, and nobody comes to save you: you're dead. At least you'll wake up in the real world.
0 0 4 » YOU'RE NOT ME
There's one more thing populating the "other" station. They come and go at random, sometimes there and sometimes not -- strange, spectral images of other people. Their faces are vague and they don't seem to have any interest in you, seeming to talk to themselves even when you try to get their attention, but they're definitely people. They have enough features to tell them apart, and some of them seem almost familiar.
One of them is you.
It's not a clear image, just enough to be distinguishable, but it is you. Like looking at your own ghost. Its eyes, though -- its eyes are a little bit wrong. Yellowish.
This plot was brought to you by your Persona cast! All players who have signed up can have the Metaverse app appear on their communicators. The Phantom Thieves are here to rescue anyone who wants their heart stolen, and are available to discuss plotting. Once the Metaverse appears on Reverie, it will not disappear.
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Is he that mean? Hm, hard to really tell.]
Yooo... potty mouth.
[Ryuji doesn't mean anything behind it, since he wouldn't mind zoning the fuck out for a while either, and considering this was the kid that was introduced as "vulgar boy," his argument doesn't stand much weight in this court of law. Between Hajime and Dave dropping f-bombs left and right though, Ryuji's found himself doing it way more often than he usually does. He's starting to realize that just because he heard that word a lot when he was a kid doesn't mean it has to hold the same weight now, over a decade later. Is that improvement? Probably not- coming to terms with adding a new curse word doesn't really seem that therapeutic to begin with, but Ryuji's a weird kid.
He eventually uprights himself and offers a hand to Dave to help him up, regardless of whether or not he actually needs it.]
People are gonna think I'm dating some punk ass delinquent if you keep that shit up.
[Here comes that embarrassingly obnoxious smile of his, but he offers a respite for a moment and lets Dave know that he's on board with it too:]
Seriously though... I'm pooped and my leg is startin' to cramp up like crazy. I wouldn't mind zonin' out either. [And then, eventually, he knows Dave will have a lot of stuff to sort out on his own. He probably can't help much there, but, c'mon. He just saw a bunch of dead versions of his boyfriend, he could absolutely use some time with Dave to just be with him and block out the actually kind of messed up trauma they both stumbled onto.]
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[it's, you know. irony. and it's the kind of irony that gets a smile, albeit a much smaller one, out of Dave.]
Takes a punk ass delinquent to know one. Is there something you can do for the cramping?
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[It's spoken with so much bravado and confidence, Ryuji sticking to this absurd imagery to make his point, which was, namely- that whatever Dave says will bounce off of him and stick back, like he's hopped up on the good elmer's shit.
But, otherwise, Ryuji does the Ryuji thing where once he's up, they're there, side by side, his arms crossed as they start heading off to zone the fuck out, if only to stop himself from slinging an arm around Dave casually and hanging off of him like he's wont to do.]
Maybe eat something with a ton of potassium. Like bananas. Or.... [He hums, smiling, before turning to stare at Dave and deadpan.] Banana milk.
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I don't know shit about lawyers or lawyering, so as the judge here I'm ruling your argument invalid.
[that's ... well, Dave's proving his point about not knowing how the law works. but he just finds a smirk, jamming his hands in his pockets, completely pleased with his brilliant comeback.]
Wait, that actually has bananas? I figured it was just like. Some weird sorta drink that's vaguely banana flavored, but not actually, because nothing banana flavored actually fuckin' tastes like bananas.
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[He wasn't ready to have his defense stricken from the record so easily and the door nailed shut with a gavel, but here he is, and Dave's got the final say in the matter. Ryuji has a pretty vague understanding of parliamentary procedure, and doesn't even know if you can appeal a ruling or anything like that, so he assumes that his judgment is final and everything else is NULL AND VOID.
Which, of course, earns the dude a shove as they're walking. No, you're out of order. Bailiff, take him away.]
Nah, it's mostly just sugar, I think. But you could probably make a killer protein shake with 'em. And it doesn't taste like a banana at all. Kinda has that... uh, super artificial thing going for it? Y'know, the type that kinda coats the top of your mouth and the back of your throat?
[He pauses for a second, considering...]
Man, why the hell do I even like that shit.
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Everybody’s got their weird food vices, I guess.
[he says that in such a little shithead way, too. like, it sort of implies that he’s the exception. Dave’s taste buds are immaculate, obviously. who the hell doesn’t like apple juice, burritos and Whataburger?]
[this is ... a major tonal shift from the horde of dead Daves they were fighting earlier, but it’s exactly what he needed. they haunt him plenty enough as it is.]