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XReally, I dunno what to think. Trump comes off as a complete asshole, and I don't think he knows much about politics, and Hillary lacks charisma, which is very important in order to sell yourself as a good candidate. Makes you wish a third party had some weight.
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XI always check this guy on DA, and this seemed something that must be said after the last massacre, so yeah....
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LostCat I'm no expert on their religion, but it's "fun" to demonize Islam when it used to be Russia or the Chinese or etc (check how many Western or "Christian" bombings have happened and you can figure out my opinion.) We have plenty of rapists/serial killers/gang problems on our own, but when it happens from/to people in another religion or country it's shocking and would never happen here!
Honestly, it's all bullshit to me when you're trying to play the blame game. (Though I must add I have yet to see anyone even mention the NRA or violent video games in this current context.)
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XTheir elections kinda worry me. Face it, they are the big boss of the western world, and whatever happens over there will probably affect the rest of America, north, center and south, and who knows how many other countries will get their interests compromised because of Trump or Clinton or whatever sap who gets the office.
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holybug678 As someone from the USA I am greatly concerned about this election. I don't think much will change or happen if Clinton is president, but Trump worries me greatly. He's completely unpredictable, and I'm hoping he'll just be a mediocre president instead of a catastrophic one.
But something that many people forget is that the people voting for Trump are the real problem, not Trump himself. You can't deny that a majority of them are voting for him for his xenophobic and racist immigration policies. How the hell is it that America still has so much ignorance and hate? It's frightening. If he wins, it says a lot about the people of this nation. -
SimMan If you ask me the President is more or less the front man. The establishment is there for many years and no one man can change it completely. Despite all their promises during the election I think Trump or Clinton won't make a huge difference when they are in the office.
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XI always wonder in which world do commies live, since more often than not things are falling apart around them. Venezuela is on the brink of a major disaster, the Soviets fell apart and left quite the mess.
In Chile, our President has tried several really left-leaning policies that don't seem to be well thought out. The last one, a plan to make the bus in Santiago free, but it'll cost to everyone in the region 15000 pesos chilenos. Sure, it's not much, but I feel is a bad idea.
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XBut then, I'd have to make him choose, there is a lot of hell in the world right now.
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Keiryu I dunno. I kind of like this world and hell is such a hot place. Not a big fan of it.
Plus it would be boring if i could not f**k up peoples minds if they end up being broken in hell. Don't want some little f**king Imp stealing my job from me. Then again i could f**k the Devil's mind....
Hmmmm...Now i am kind of divided on which one would be better...
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XYeah, so, posting these as a topic looked hard to read, so back to these, I guess.
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XSo, I found this one, thought to share it. Credit to it's authors and to Disney for the original song.
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XThe Velvet Room.
Touma looked as the light shone upon him as several cards mixed together. The Wild Card managed to get a new Persona, as he finished the Devil’s social link with that evil cat, he himself called Metsu because of how chaotic it was. He still couldn’t believe he had to help him get a girlfriend. I know I don’t do drugs, but I was sure I got high with something with that.
Now, he had a new, shiny Persona, Mephistopheles, of the Devil Arcana. Touma was surprised with how much of a stereotypical demon he looked like, but couldn’t complain.
He remembered how he discovered his first and favorite Persona, Hermod. He remembered he was also behaving like an asshole those days.
Mirror World.
It was weird. First he wanted to try out the new, open the mirror portal power he had, but forgot several things.
One, the bokken he got from a delinquent he unwittingly ticked off.
Two, he was still in public, even if he was in an alley.
And three, the others were still close. He planned on going home and give it a look. But he didn’t count on him showing up.
“Hey!” Oh, yeah, Tsubasa Akaba. Fun kid, a show off, but aside from being a bit annoying, Touma didn’t have anything against him. Even if he more or less brushed him off yesterday. But the boy helped him with the punks, so he should be thankful.
“Thanks for protecting Maki, Kori” The musician said.
“It was nothing, Akaba-kun, but I have to thank you for covering my back” Touma said with a small smile. After the incident, he hadn’t been too friendly, but he genuinely appreciated it.
“No problem, I am awesome like that” Touma rolled his eyes at that, but put on a mirror on his pocket. Touma walked away and decided to try and go home. But Tsubasa grabbed his arm.
“Now, I got a lot of questions to you. Where do you live? How long have you known Maki? What kinda music do you like?” He asked with a smile.
“I live in the Kanzuki departments, I know Maki since we were children, and I am more of a rocker, happy?” Touma tried to get away, but Tsubasa still tried to talk to him.
“Yesh, could you be colder, man?”
“Haven’t had easy weeks lately, so please, don’t cause me trouble”
“Stop being such a grump, man” Tsubasa laughed, but neither noticed that the mirror fell from Touma’s pocket, a black figure was shown, and a portal started to open. Touma noticed, that he and Tsubasa were distorting.
But it was too late.
“Akaba, leave!” Touma said, but Tsubasa was distorting too, and couldn’t get away.
“What the hell?!” And both disappeared. The mirror was all that was left.
The new world was… empty. It only had black and purple as far as the eye could see, a black fog like thing was in the air and made it hard to breathe, the floor made it seem like they were standing on an abyss, and, all in all looked quite desolate.
Touma groaned, as he got up. The landing hadn’t been good and he landed head first. Looking around, he found his bokken, his backpack was still on his back and Tsubasa…
“Akaba!” Touma ran to the other, sprawled out boy who was about as dizzy as himself.
“What happened?” Tsubasa said, looking around, looking closer to snap on the second.
“Something opened a portal to another world, which I planned to check out later, alone” That nearly caused a heart attack on the other kid.
“What?!”
“I am planning to find how to get out of here, but, please keep it together” Touma was trying to keep it together, but it took Tsubasa had to take a couple minutes to do so. After that, they started to walk. Touma proposed to search for an exit. They tried their cell phones, but they blacked out, same with Tsubasa’s watch and music player. That’s something they have to check later.
Unable to handle the overwhelming silence, Tsubasa started to talk.
“So, how do you know about this place?”
“I found I could open a portal on the mirror yesterday. Planned on giving it a look, but it opened on its own, and well…” Tsubasa nodded.
“And what do you like to do?” Touma decided to just keep talking, it got his head out of this mess.
“Practicing kendo, videogames, and music mainly, but I enjoy a quick read from time to time”
“It’s obvious you know your way with the sword, and what kind?”
“Music, rock mostly, the odd pop and techno as well”
“Same here, I want to be a star someday, I want to hit it big” Tsubasa smiled, but Touma saw something in his eyes.
“Good luck with that”
“So, why did you move?” Touma tensed at that, but talked.
“Family reasons” Tsubasa didn’t press, because the blunette might hit him if he did.
“How about you?”
“I like music, I play several instruments, I dance and sing, besides archery and building models, it’s relaxing, and always wanted to do parkour” Tsubasa’s smile seemed more real. Genuinely loves music, but doubts his chances to be a rockstar, or his own skills in general.
“Ya know, you aren’t so bad once you lighten up”
“Hope so”
“So, it’s true that you beat twenty yakuza last year without a scratch?” Touma rubbed his head at that. “That’s just gossip, there were just five, I got a scratch and only later I knew they were Yakuza”
The next half an hour was rather quiet, but the tension between the two disappeared. Touma, however, noted that Tsubasa was having issues breathing, and started looking sick. Touma didn’t feel that good, but he was enduring better.
“We have to hurry, you don’t look good” Touma started hearing some creepy noises, a strange hissing surrounded the boys, the healthier boy grabbed the other and sprinted as fast as he could away from there.
“WHAT THE HELL!” Tsubasa yelled.
“We gotta get outta here” Touma whispered. He didn’t want to meet the local wildlife, whatever it was.
Didn’t get too far before running on a wall. Something that looked like a giant Viking drakkar appeared in front of them, and both boys decided to go in as the noise became louder.
“This is messed up” Touma didn’t respond. The place looked way bigger than it should be, like it was a manor or something like that, and aside from shields and other weapons higher than they could possibly reach, it was rather barren.
The figures were already on them, Touma could make out a vague bat shape, with fangs reminiscent of a shark, with wings and its body had a prism form. Tsubasa was taking deep breaths, trying to get ready to fight as Touma took a kendo stance. An ear-piercing screech echoed through the ship, as the Flying fangs got close to them, Tsubasa tried to kick one of the three beasts away, but was knocked away by a wing strike, leaving the boy on the floor. Touma could barely block two bites, but seemed to lose focus by the second.
I am thou… Thou art I
One of the Flying Fangs went after Tsubasa, nearly sure spelling his doom, and Touma’s too. Both boys will die and no one will ever find them.
No.
Something ignited in Touma, as his courage appeared. He refused to die, he won’t die, not before he found a way out of here and saw his family again. And there was no way in hell he would let Akaba die either, not on his watch. With speed he didn’t know he had on him, the blue haired boy was in front of Tsubasa.
From the sea of soul I cometh.
“Persona!” Touma’s body was surrounded by a blue flame as it formed a mirror behind the boy, and over the surprised magician. A figure started to form, a towering man, of about 7 feet tall floated behind Tsubasa, it had long, messy blonde hair, covering one of its eyes, which were icy blue, and the only feature on its face. It was wearing a dark blue/purple biker ensemble with a cape the same color, and gold accents. To complete the image, it had a big, one edged sword. The world’s pressure disappeared from Touma’s body, and he felt stronger than ever.
“I am Hermod of the Star Arcana”
“No way” Tsubasa muttered as the newly awakened Persona user started his beatdown.
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Now, that was one awesome moment, of course, it was ruined by Tsubasa’s shadow appearing. But he managed to win the fight, and Tsubasa faced himself. It would have been better if it didn’t nail him in the gut before, but beggars can’t be choosers.
“I want people to like me, yes, but that’s not why I am a musician, I am one because I love it, and it’s true, I don’t know if I have a shot at making it big, but I’m going to try with all I’ve got, only that way I won’t regret anything, now, get up, if you are me, you know I won’t take things lying down”
After that, they met a very weak figure that called herself Hela, and claimed to rule over the other world, but her powers were stolen. Obviously they didn’t take her seriously, but she let them out of the world, so she wasn’t an average being. That story ended up being true, and now she formed part of their little group, as “Helen Hale”, even if her backstory was very shaky (Hana might have recourses, but completely creating an entire life is very hard, not to mention teaching her everything about the real world and basic math, English, science and British History, as they had to make it as if she was a foreigner), and she gained the power of a Persona, Hel, of the Death Arcana.
Now, he felt like writing again.
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Now, at this point you would have awakened your power and had your first encounter with the Shadows and you met your Persona. You would notice two things, one is its rather strange (but vaguely human in most of the cases) shape. And the other, its mythological name.
Now, similarly to Shadows, Personas (the power, the term is Personae) have their origin on psychology, where it’s referred to as "a kind of mask, designed on the one hand to make a definite impression upon others, and on the other to conceal the true nature of the individual”. Essentially, it’s the you that everyone sees and you use to protect you from others. As the cover on the shadow, what shows on both would most likely be very different, but you got to find how to reconcile both sides of yourself, in order to live happy and face the challenges ahead.
There may be several ways to get your powers. Perhaps a shady supernatural guy will appear in front of you (not Igor, he is shady, but not evil), and do something seemingly harmless to you (a tap to the back, a handshake come to mind), you could instantly reveal your power on a dangerous shadow attack, or someone could invent a device that lets you summon them (a friend had that theory, but I’d rather steer people away from that, if I learned something from movies is that there are things men shouldn’t play with), or you had that power and somehow it activated. Never mind how you got it, for from now on, they form a part of you, and can summon it at will, at least in presence of Shadows (given the nature of the power, it could, theoretically be summoned when faced with the supernatural, so let me know if you could summon it if you were ever attacked by a vampire), but on other circumstances, it will need something more to appear.
They are more often than not named after some mythological creature like Pegasus , a god like Athena, a hero like Cu Chulainn, even devils like Satan (hope no religious fanatic sees them, lest he had a heart attack).
As the definition tells you, your Persona is, basically, you, your other self, based on a myth that fits you (I am still waiting for a Santa Claus Persona, but hope you have better luck, buddy). And its powers will most likely fit both of you, such as a Zio using Raijin or an Icy Poseidon (don’t complain, it is the closest thing there is to water).
Each persona is represented by Arcana, showing what kind of role they had on their myths and the powers they had on occasions (the mages go with the Magician, just an example).
And, yes, they look rather surreal and in many cases unlike their original looks from the myths, but it’s part of you, so I guess it’s a compromise and it’s better to just roll with it.
Now, I know it may come as something to worry about, since as a Wild Card you can change your Persona at will, those changes could cause an identity crisis, but remember, you are you, your values and priorities may have changed because of your secret death-defying lifestyle, but the most important things are still there.
Now, there are two (or three, depending on how you look at it) types of Persona: Combat-Type, Scanner-Type and hybrids.
Combat type Persona are the most common, they have the effect, as long as they are active of increasing your strength, speed and endurance to superhuman levels (notice how you now can take tornados, cut horrible giant monsters in half and dodge lighting? That’s why).
Their powers are divided in eight different types (at least I have seen eight, you are alone on the others): Physical, Fire, Ice, Lighting, Wind, Light, Dark and Almighty.
Physical attacks from a Persona are rather straightforward, as they use physical attacks such as impaling, cleaving or bashing the enemy. It seems to hold a special energy when doing it, but they can also tussle with the bigger shadows without them. These attacks take a toll on your body, so it’s better you don’t abuse it and keep a healer close, since abusing physical attacks will drag you closer to the grave on prolonged combats.
Fire is the element of willpower, those who have this element are quite motivated and determined to reach the end goal. It shows in the Agi spells, and they look like a strong burst of fire, scalding every enemy on the way.
Ice, as the representative of Water, is the element of Emotion, people of this element have emotion as the main motivation of what they do, and many wear their hearts on their sleeve, even if not very expressive. Ice is a dangerous element, as it has a chance of freezing enemies and turning them into sitting ducks, more vulnerable for physical attacks.The Bufu family is the most common Ice attacks.
Lightning is a substitute for Earth and thus, stands for steadfastness. The people of this element have to stand strong and be stable for their beliefs and are rather driven. It also has a special, not too common effect called shock, which is the electric counterpart to freeze.
Wind, or air, is the element of communication. People of this element tend to feel the need to reach out for others and communicate, talk. Tornados are the most obvious method to attack with these skills, mainly because I doubt shadows need to breathe, so we are back to giving them a beating.
Light is the element of order, and it’s associated with masculinity, but women can have it too. Light is a two edged weapon, as it is rather unlikely to hit, but if it does, it is a one-hit kill. It’s wielded very often by the more angelic Personas, just for you to know.
Darkness is the element of chaos and femininity, even if some men can have it, and since we might not be on the same side in the order/chaos debate, I’m going to withhold my opinion on the matter. Like light, is one game of roulette of a wasted shot or an OHK. The Personas of Darkness are associated with death and demons, not always but often enough.
Almighty is something of a Holy element, even if it’s represented with a hazard sign. It is a very powerful attack element, as nearly no enemy can resist it and hits harder than the rest, but it takes a lot more energy to use, so count the bullets. Darkness, Light and Almighty are, in theory, more powerful than the rest of attacks, but all have downsides. Dark and light both have a low chance to hit (30-50%) and in a fight you want something more reliable, besides, they simply don’t work on the more powerful shadows. And, as Almighty spells are something of a neutral element, it isn’t particularly effective against most enemies and takes a lot to cast them, so they aren’t really practical.
Now, there are several ways both Personas and Shadows react to certain spells: Weak, Strong, Null, Absorb and Reflect.
If an enemy is weak to an elemental attack, it does extra damage, and it is able to stop an enemy for a moment, giving you a free shot, don’t waste it.
If it’s strong, your attack is weaker, but it still does damage, so it is good for finishing a battle.
Null is complete immunity, that attack won’t do anything to your foe, so don’t even bother.
Absorb, aside of not letting the enemy being damaged by an attack, it heals them, so it is a big no-no.
And reflect makes the attack bounces back to your face.
There are spells to modify those, so make sure to use them wisely. There also status effects, which will cause you a lot of trouble, I will tell you later.
Now, there are the Scanner-type Personas, these don’t have offensive attacks, but they have the ability of scanning the enemy, figuring out how strong they are, their weaknesses and strengths, what attacks it has, among other things. And let you know when there are particularly powerful shadows, letting you get the drop on them. Besides, they will drop some assistance, giving you a power bonus or the odd barrier to save your life. They also work as something of a supernatural GPS, they can give you the layout of the dungeons you visit (believe me, it’s impossible to remember every single floor and its quirks), and let you know where the important things are (treasure chests, staircases). Not to mention let you keep communication with your team when separated, and bail you out of the dungeon after a rough battle.
One note of the Scanners is that, well, they aren’t made for fighting, and they are essentially mission control, and will feel somewhat useless, as they are basically watching you and the rest of your team getting the stuffing beaten out of you, so try and provide the adequate emotional support before it becomes a big problem.
And the hybrids are Personas that would normally be combat type, but have some limited scanner abilities. While they aren’t as good as Scanners, they will do well on a pinch, but their reach is limited and sooner or later will stop working, at which point you will need a Scanner and the hybrid will come in and fight on the frontlines.
An interesting matter is your special power, the Wild Card. I don’t know if it’s something you get from birth or you are chosen to wield it, but once you have this power you gain the skill to wield multiple Personas, of different Arcana and create new ones by fusing the old ones. While your selection may be small at the beginning, but as your bonds with your friends become stronger, you will gain even stronger beings.
The fusion process is made in the Velvet Room, and Igor is the one in charge of it. He is the one who does it, every Persona is in one card, and Igor takes them and in a ritual they disappear and a new one appears. The number of Personas you can fuse at once is variable, as it can be anywhere from two to twelve, but you should first register them in the Compendium, which your assistant keeps, which lets you recover any older Persona, in case you ever need it for a fusion on the future, or any other reason. But it will cost you a few yen, don’t ask why an all knowing, vaguely human being who lives in another dimension needs money, because I don’t know.
Once the fusion is complete, the Persona receives a bonus, giving it more powers, based on how much you have advanced on the respective social link.
But the fusion is not perfect, and a fusion accident may occur, you had the recipe, thought you get everything right, yet you got something completely different. I guess even supernatural fortune tellers can make mistakes.
There is another interesting thing, as most people only have one Persona, but that Persona can transform, evolve, in a way. Since you and your Persona are one and the same, any emotional growth you have will be reflected on your Persona. To your teammates, that will happen at a turning point in their lives, if the Social Link reaches its highest level, effectively solving their main issue, or otherwise something big that causes an important change on them.
Now, there is something you should know. Since a way to gain a Persona is facing your shadow self and accepting yourself, there is also a negative way to it. The positive way would be accepting you are flawed and striving to be better, overcoming them. And the other is, essentially, succumbing to your inner darkness and becoming the very same monster Shadow Selves can be. Even evil people can have the same power of Persona you have, even if not a wild card, but they are corrupted versions of the power you and most good guys would have. Even so, the same rules apply to both you and them, so make sure to use what you learned.
The second point is that you and your Persona are linked, you will feel any damage your Persona takes, so beware if it’s ever impaled through the skull or something, since it is quite unpleasant. Likewise, you have the same strengths and weaknesses as your Persona, even if you are stronger than normal.
And as a final note, beware one Persona, Mara. Just, don’t use it. Once you see it, you’ll know why. If you don’t want your friends looking you like a freak, fuse it to create something else, or simply don’t create it. -
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Keiryu Not much to add. Keep posting em and i keep reading em. Always fun to see some of our members post their own stories.
Just a tip you would get a lot more feedback if people did not have to download it everytime. People seem to dislike downloads of every form. Don't ask me why.
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XChapter One of my fic, Touma explains the reader just what the Velvet Room is, and how to deal with it's denizens.
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