When people begin suffering intense nightmares that kill their victims, salvation comes in the form of a young girl who overcame her despair through sheer force of will. She is the Trickster, and she will become the light in the darkness.
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I am loving this set up. Persona games always deal with some manner of humans' subconscious and psychology and dreams are a perfect fit.
Gotcha.
Can't say I agree with you on that.
Tale.
Akashic? *Googles it* Ah. Also, boarding school? You poor girl. Nights are gonna SUCK.
Fair enough. I can see why Trick Horse is gonna like you.
Twilight would have an orgasm at the very thought.
That's a Chekov's Gun if I've ever heard one. Or, Skill rather.
Realistically, yes.
The Phantom Thieves of Heart? What? I don't know Persona, but I hear things and can usually come to conclusions.
Boy, that sounds positively pleasant.
Aaand like that you've sealed your fate into being part of, The Plot.
Hopefully you won't deal with too many morons whose very existence annoys you.
Hi Pinkie.
Girl's. Apostrophe.
Called it.
*Happy Shadow Noises*
Not really into those, but I can appreciate the appeal.
That or very focused and doesn't like noise. I do not blame her one bit.
Dorm head or Principal I suspect.
All of this makes sense to me.
*inahel deeply*
Hi Trixie.
... OK then. You were not kidding about them being different from canon.
Hey, Elphaba has some of the best songs in the goddamn musical.
Eh? OK, something is definitely off.
So what happened?
So it would seem. Gonna go out on a limb here and say her partner is partly responsible as is something in her head. Not sure what, but we'll find out soon enough.
ScarY stuff.
Goddammit Freddy Krueger, can't you stick to your own franchise?
Blueblood. I REALLY hope he's not a bad guy. Then again, you have a precedent for writing him as a good person so, time will tell.
Failed that Wisdom save.
She does. But to help, gotta know what's up first.
Hi Celestia.
How very fitting.
You know something.
Reincarnation? Or maybe Starlight's mother also got a second chance? Or she's just a mother.
Not been around for one full chapter and I already like you.
OK, you definitely know something we don't. Nothing unusual for Sunbutt.
Interesting choice of phrase, CAN'T be friends.
The Nightmare Epidemic?
Lulamoon's Dungeon, so Trixie is our first boss. Should be interesting to learn why.
Purple haired girl, Twilight.
Called it.
Hm... Blueblood or someone else? Sombra has red eyes, but nightmares are Nightmare Moon's bit.
Blueblood.
I was gonna make a comment about how this wasn't anything like BDSM, then I remember who was writing this.
Ah, I see what's going on. He has her under a metaphorical thrall. He's systematically destroyed her self worth so she associates success with him and no other.
That color, Sunset Shimmer?
Uh oh.
This feels too easy.
Better make that Wisdom save.
It has.
Play the fight music!
Ah, so she's acting as our Jeremy. (Code Lyoko reference. Basically Mission Control)
Probably. You're in a state of shock and terror and this is your body's emotional pressure release valve.
Or that. Probably both.
Affected. You affect, something takes effect.
So, is that like a Stand User? (Long story short, it's a Jojo's thing, only a Stand User can see a Stand and only a Stand can damage a Stand.)
Hooray for callbacks to the last few games. And Pinkie being a magical girl fan. And Celestia's look in this. Now we wait for the awakening.
Why...The first non-Persona song you decide to use for this story...and it's Xion's theme. I haven't touched Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days since I beat it because I'm still mourning her, so I ask...Why? WHY MUST YOU TORTURE ME?!
...Xion.
(In all seriousness, this is certainly an interesting story so far. I still have so many questions, but I look forward to seeing things unfold)
Great work
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VERY close to one. You know that inner voice that tells you to do bad things? That asks you to be selfish, that hates the world? Carl Jung calls it "The Shadow".
Now, take the shadow, and instead of it telling you bad things for selfish reasons, imagine if it were pushing you to let loose your inner self, but for a good cause instead, or at least something perfectly understandable. Asking you to draw on your darker emotions, but to beat up that bully over there, or "grab that gun and shoot the bastard before he kills that old woman".
In that moment, the shadow has become a "Persona", the manifestation of your darker self, but purified and focused on what YOU probably want to do, rather than trying you to do what it wants you to do.
You'll see what I mean soon.
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Also, I love Celestia in this story too. She's quickly becoming one of my favorite characters here.
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So, personified Chaotic Good. It’ll push you to do the right thing, but not exactly via kindness and mercy. The opposite rather.
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Of course she is. She’s The Original Sunbutt.
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I'm surprised they haven't done that yet. Oh well, their loss and my gain. Since they won't do it, I'll just do it myself.
9569632
Exactly. It's neither good nor evil. It just is.
Because it's really confusing to explain, here's a video that explains it really well. The girl's accent is kinda hard to understand, so she recommends watching with subtitles on, but she really gives the best explanation as to what a Persona actually is.
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It’s your impulse to do good given form. Regardless of rules.
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So, a Shadow is your more Chaotic but ultimately well meaning impulses, a block of iron. Potential. Whilst a Persona is a steel sword made from said block of iron. The same thing, but refined and controlled into a state where it can be properly used. Does that sound about right?
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Not necessarily well meaning, the Shadow is the parts of you that you don't want to admit exist. By accepting that it's a part of you, it becomes a Persona. Otherwise, that's pretty much it. Notably, that extends to the urge to help people, which is sadly very repressed in Japan. It's referred to as "bystander syndrome." Really making a scene in general is frowned upon, something which was a big part of Persona 5.
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So, a Shadow is your more Chaotic side, things you repress, the things you don't want to see in a mirror condensed into a single form whilst a Persona is accepting that all those things are still part of you but that doesn't make you a bad person, thus unlocking your Stand?
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More or less, yes.
Shadows and the world they are in are always scary until you unlock your Persona. Hope Trixie will be okay. It is kinda weird for her to be referred to a Beatrix all the time.
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There's a plot relevant reason for that.
Maudes a nurse in this? I would have thought her to be a student facinated with geology. She's not that much older then Pinkie.
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In the original, yes. Remember though, that's just one mask that the world can take.
Wow... Pinkie swore.. I like it!
This doesn't work anymore.
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I'll need to go through the story and alter all of these. I apologize for the links not working anymore. The newest chapters just show you the names of the songs.
Y'know what's bothered me about Persona games in the past? Early stat checks you're never going to pass. Maybe it's changed with recent games, but before you couldn't even pass them with new game plus because it didn't carry over the stats you built up over the course of your first playthrough.
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Recent games changed that where New Game+ does carry over social stats.
One day after this is completed, I may write a "New Game+" version of a few chapters, showing what could have happened if Starlight had more Social Stats.