Persona AU meme

[rikimaru]

Personas are manifestations of the soul, a mask worn by the wielder to face life and its hardships. Those with the ability to summon their persona are able to do battle against shadows, which embody the negative aspects of the heart. Shadows, much like personas, can take countless forms based on the person themselves. Despite the distinctions, both are derived from people, typically with shadows representing the part of yourself you deny and personas the parts you accept.

Both come from you. How you deal with both is entirely up to you.

NOW THAT WE GOT THE FLUFF OUT OF THE WAY, it's a generic persona AU meme. Borrow elements from the games, make up your own shit, it's your life; shape it to what you want it to be. The games generally mix slice of life with RPG shenanigans and both allow your characters to draw strength from their personas, from their true selves. Have fun with that.

A better summary of personas
Arcana alignments since every persona has one. Your call if you wanna bother with these.

How much you wanna AU your characters is up to you! Literally canon but with personas, suddenly high school setting with magical spirit monsters, whatever as long as you're having fun! Find your characters' arcana, make or borrow personas

SOME PROMPTS I GUESS:

1. Awakening: Sometimes, people gain the ability to summon personas after a crucial moment of intense emotion. A desire to protect, a yearning for revenge, maybe even the will to live. What's just as important as what brought on your awakening is who's around for it and who's about to get their asses kicked?

2. Shadow self: Those who have difficulty accepting who they are may have to deal with their shadows, their "darker" selves. Shadows emphasize (even exacerbate) the traits the person denies, growing violent and murderous when denied and potentially becoming personas when accepted. If you find your shadow, chances are you're in serious trouble. This could end in a fight if talking doesn't work. Just be careful about fighting a being that represents part of someone...

3. Dungeon crawling: Maybe this'll lead to a shadow confrontation, maybe it won't. Good on you if you're honing your fighting skills! Regardless, you're probably not alone in doing this, so take your pals and go beat up shadows. Dungeons shape themselves after a person's desires and personality, much like the shadows that inhabit them. If you're gonna go to a friend's dungeon, at least make sure they're okay with it; it might be too personal for them to deal with.

4. Social links: As most of the persona and shadow stuff happens behind the scenes, there's still the rest of your life to deal with. School stuff, work life, personal problems, it's all here. These are people you ride into battle with, so it's good to know who's on your side. It's as if actually being friends with someone will make them stronger allies or something!

5. Persona vs Persona: I mean. No one's stopping you from fighting. Maybe shadows aren't enough training for you. Maybe you're practicing tactics. Maybe it's a social link thing, maybe one or both of you are really pissed at each other. Your personas are doing the talking now, so hopefully you remembered your opponent's weaknesses you're unquestionably giving it everything you've got.

6. Mandatory smut option I guess: It doesn't count if we touch personas, right?

7. Wildcard joke goes here: I'm not your dad; make up your own damn prompts if you want!

But Riki, I want more details than this! What about a setting, better prompts or less vagueness on your part?

Comments

[ashadowofhope]

I know of Urzur. He accomplices himself with two others name Skuldi and Beldor.

[Considering who Oswald used to... work for, he knew some inside information and had no qualms gathering more.]

No, they are not. Edgar... father will have no objection.

[titanianblade]

(Cornelius nods in agreement. That trio has been a big pain in the ass in fixing up Titania corp. It doesn't help that father agrees with their notions. He doesn't realize that they're pulling his strings as much as Gallon once did. Still does, technically.)

Mine still does, unfortunately...but perhaps we can speak with uncle Edgar. He may have ideas on how to proceed with this.

[ashadowofhope]

... We don't speak often about everything that happened. However, I did have a look in his room when he was away one evening. He still watches Titania from his distance.

[He found it strange... why a man like that who had been practically tossed out still cared. Maybe it was out of stubbornness? A rooted loyalty? To avoid repeated actions?]

He may have plenty of ideas... besides the ones where he wants to kick Edmund's ass.

[titanianblade]

...Should it come to that, I may not stand in his way. He may be my father, but he must be made aware of the faults within the company.

(Perhaps uncle Edgar wished to remove Gallon from the picture. Unfortunately, his presence never truly left. Perhaps that was what he was studying.

Cornelius shakes his head.)

Perhaps we should speak with him after we complete our training for today.