WEEK ZERO: MINGLE

[gatonina]

WEEK ZERO

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Rise and shine, everyone! At 7:00 AM on the dot, those who are asleep will be roused from their slumber by the sound of a bugle call. It seems that breakfast is now served in the Mess Hall. How nice! It's up to you to decide if you want to continue sleeping or not... But maybe it's a good idea to grab a bite and explore your surroundings. After all, it looks like you'll be here for a little while. Regardless of what you do, be sure to check the weather before stepping outside. You never know when you might need an umbrella! Once you're up and at them, though, there are a few points of interest this week. If you swing by the Director's Office, you will find Black Shadows manning the receptionist's desk or flitting in and out of the rooms down the hallway. This week's tasks are now available, and you can check them out on the announcement board in the waiting room. Should you visit the Camp Shop, Purple Heart will be handling all transactions at the checkout counter. Even camp directors hold down normal jobs, you know. Strangely enough, Winter Wizard doesn't seem to be stationed at any set location. Maybe it's their week off? Oh, well. Seems like if you want to get ahold of them, you'll have to pay your respects to the bunnies. Finally, though all seems normal at first glance... You will quickly realize something is wrong the moment you start interacting with other people. Or, more specifically, once you come in physical contact with them. For the rest of the week, anyone who makes skin-to-skin (or whatever counts as skin, for the non-humans) contact with someone else will find themselves in a bit of a sticky situation. Whatever body parts touched will be stuck together for the next hour, with no way to separate them. Try not to create additional points of contact while trying to cheat your way out of this situation, yeah? That would be unpleasant, for each spot will last an entire hour. Good luck.

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[successives]

[She waves off the apology, moving on as she does. She doesn't sound upset, at least.]

I guess. It was just something to put on college applications.

[survivaltricks]

Nothing as enjoyable as piano, then?

[smiles a little at that. he can see what her true love is!!]

[successives]

—Your turn.

[violently swerves]

[survivaltricks]

[. . . . . . . UH]

[squints]

I'm a member of the "go home club."

Which is to say, I don't do school activities.

[successives]

[Talking about things she enjoys is embarrassing, somehow. After a second:]

Wow. Boring.

[natalie no]

[survivaltricks]

Yep. I'm pretty boring.

[a pause]

. . . just kidding. You asked me about the Satan thing, right?

[successives]

Yeah. Your soul is the devil or whatever, I remember.

[That... is a way to put it.]

[survivaltricks]

[THAT SURE IS A WAY TO PUT IT. but he doesn't seem to mind]

I can only summon my Persona when I'm in a world that runs parallel to my own. It's a world made up of human cognition known as the "cognitive world" or the "Metaverse."

[successives]

[...]

So what you're saying is that sometimes you travel to another dimension where you... summon Satan. Who is also your soul, sometimes.

[survivaltricks]

Yes.

[he will explain this better but not yet, because her putting it that way is funny]

[successives]

W...hy.

[That's about all she's got.]

[survivaltricks]

To fight the monsters that live in the Metaverse, mostly.

[successives]

...You know, I thought it couldn't get weirder, and yet.

[survivaltricks]

And yet.

[AND YET]

It sounds complicated, but the power of Persona is our ability to summon our souls to fight monsters for us. These monsters are called "Shadows" and are the manifestation of negative thoughts and feelings of humanity.

[successives]

So... You stop people's bullshit by fighting it with your soul.

[...]

God, your life is weird.

[survivaltricks]

[haha!!]

Yeah, it is. But it keeps things interesting.

[successives]

Is that why you do it? Because it’s interesting?

[survivaltricks]

. . . no.

[hahaha]

Having access to the Metaverse-- to people's cognition-- allows me to steal the hearts of the corrupt and distorted.

It's. . . [hm] "My justice," I suppose.

[successives]

[...]

I'm guessing you mean it differently than the normal connotation that comes with stealing hearts.

[survivaltricks]

[haha]

Bingo.

Think of it this way: if you knew that someone was using their influence and political power to fuck people over, would you want to stop them?

Would you want their crimes to be punished?

[successives]

[She shrugs.]

Yeah, I guess so. I'm still not quite getting the how, though.

[survivaltricks]

In the cognitive world, particularly strong distortions in the real world manifest as Palaces. If we destroy the Palace, then the person in the real world has a "change of heart" and confesses their crimes to the public.

Does that help with the "how?"