First Sin | Intro

[vvvroom]

Characters: Tatsuya Suou and everyone
Setting: Room 2-17 and then every part of the Tower that's safe, as he's exploring.
Format: Prose at the beginning, might change to match whoever is replying.
Summary: While Jun gets sad, Tatsuya gets angry and tries to find what's up with this Tower and why resetting time didn't work.
Warnings: Warning for Persona 2 spoilers and a truckload of Feels and Cries and Sads.



Room 2-17: Tatsuya stared at the letter for a full five minutes before the world around him began to register again. He couldn't even hear anything for awhile, just a bunch of small sounds at once that blurred into one another. It felt like hours passed as he stared at the letter, but he could find no meaning behind it.

Your world was destroyed.

I saved you.

Bullshit. Plain and simple bullshit. What was even happening? Where was this place? Time was supposed to be reset, right? Then why did...

He thought about before that moment, before his memories would be snatched up, and in that moment of weakness he couldn't, he outright refused to let go of what precious memories he had, and in that one moment of weakness, he clearly doomed everyone and now look what happened. Your world was destroyed. And it was all-

...No. No, that...couldn't be right. Something was wrong. Philemon, that horse's ass, wasn't involved with this, he was sure. Neither was Nyarlathotep, he'd probably be outright gloating about it. He was sure of it, as was Apollo. Plus, the letter...didn't look like it was gloating. But...what could have happened?

Tatsuya experimentally tugged on his collar for a bit before looking in his trunk. Everything in...pieces. Great. At least his bag was still there, so he grabbed it, fished around for the lighter and grabbed it too, almost white-knuckling it. Maybe he could fix his sword later, so he had to be careful around here. Where ever "here" was.

He was going to find out.

Everywhere Else: A young Japanese man could be seen wandering the different floors of the Tower, a white bag slung over his shoulder. Maybe the person he ran into was also new, or maybe they've been here for awhile, but regardless, it wouldn't hurt to have introductions. It seemed like he was new, and determined to explore this new place as much as possible.

Clearly, that poor bastard didn't know what awaited him here.

Comments

Hi C8 / somewhere safe???

[pastrycop]

And the said Japanese man's older brother was also wandering around the tower as well. He definitely wasn't as angry, more towards genuinely confused and lost. His world, gone. He hasn't seen anything he knew of, and it was deathly worrying of whether they had been rescued or not.

Until, that is he sensed the presence of a familiar persona.

"Tatsuya!?" He called out as he rushed towards his little brother

1/2

[vvvroom]

Oh. Of course.

Of course Katsuya would be here. Not that he wasn't glad that Katsuya's safe or anything, it was just hahahaha, good luck doing anything on your own now, Tatsu-

2/2

[vvvroom]

"...Wh-" Why?

Why did Katsuya have a Persona? When did that happen?

When was that a Thing? Huh? When?

Tatsuya didn't flee from his brother, at any rate, he just stood there, staring at Katsuya, mouth agape.

ignore my fail grammar

[pastrycop]

Katsuya took a moment to gaze at his brother's clearly surprised look. The Tatsuya he knew from his own world didn't notice the Persona, which only meant...

Katsuya gave a frown in response. Like everything else he would frown at. How was he going to explain? He shifted his glasses before he spoke again.

"...I would explain, but it's going to require some time."

[vvvroom]

>Katsuya
>Explaining things to him as if he were another adult.

...Who are you? What did you do to his know-it-all brother? What the hell!?

"...Yeah. That's...that's no problem." Hey, it was bad to look a gift horse in the mouth, right?

PROTAGS

[imperialsun]

Naoya was also busy exploring the tower. Much like Tatsuya he didn't believe the letter at all. The world could not have ended like that. It simply made no sense. While his sword was also in pieces, his gun was still intact and it was held by a strap close to his elbow.

"Hello," he said simply to the other boy when they crossed paths.

hanging out, being cool

[vvvroom]

"Hey-" ...First of all, nice machine gun, dude.

Second of all, there was a resonance that wasn't very familiar, but all the same, it was nice to see another Persona user around here. Tatsuya stopped, then doubled back to follow the guy. The reason why should have been very clear.

"Just get here?"

Chill'n outside of the school

[imperialsun]

Oh yes, it was totally nice.

"Yes." Naoya looked to be a man that didn't linger too long on words. His Persona sense wasn't as strong as Tatsuya's so he didn't feel the other man's Persona, at first. Simply an odd sensation, and he stopped walking to give him a polite bow.

"Naoya Toudou. I was studying in New York before arriving here, so if this name sounds strange to you, a few of the students had taken to calling me Neo." Unaware that Tatsuya may have heard this name from Yukino.

hanging outside st. hermelin, not givin' a fuq

[vvvroom]

He had heard that name before, give him a bit...

"...You know a Yukino?"

[evokingfool]

Clearly, that poor bastard must need someone to spout exposition about this tower at him. Like this chill looking person walking around.

Can you feel the Personas, Tatsuya? Can you?

[vvvroom]

...Yes. Yes he can. Granted, it wasn't like having multiple Personas were new to him, but they were usually, you know...taken on one at a time. And not all in his head at once.

Like this guy, who was confusing the hell out of Apollo, quite frankly, and why oh why was Death hanging around there, what the hell, calm down Apollo please.

Minato was being stared at by this tall guy who looked like he had a huge headache coming on...

[evokingfool]

Minato paused and looked at the other guy. A slight tilt of his head, before he asked.

"Are you alright?"

[vvvroom]

"Y-Yeah." No he wasn't. He was actually sweating bullets and looked like he was about to throw up, partly because why can't he handle all these resonances, but mostly because Apollo was trying to come out without his permission and fuck shit up and like hell he was going to go back to not controlling his Persona, so...

...Hold on, let him just...sit in this chair because damn, Apollo.

HALLWAYS because why not.

[thanabro]

[So there's this dude heading down the hallway towards you. This dude with a stupid yellow scarf.]

[This dude is radiating Death (a little) and also Thanatos (a lot) all over the place.]

[What do you do, motorcycle face? :o]

[vvvroom]

[Oh goddammit not again, Apollo no you shut the hell up.

He doesn't care about that...Thanatos...whatever god demon thing. Okay? He doesn't give a shit. No popping out and flipping your shit, okay? There is now a moratorium on shit-flipping. No more of that.

Tatsuya takes a few deep breathes and nods to the guy, hoping and praying that he can go through this without Apollo flipping out (again).]

[thanabro]

[Ryoji grins and lifts a hand in greeting.]

Hey there! How are you?

[Let us be frands.]

I can't get enough of you clearly

[deathboss]

[Some time later after all those Thanatos encounters, you feel the faint humm of another death guy, but this one is just way more fabulous. Yeap. Yeap. That's Eikichi alright. He seems to be doing okay because this is before May 1st when there will be a million nightmares.]

Yo Ta-chan! Been settling in yet?

clearly not

[vvvroom]

[Oh good, at least Hades was familiar.]

Dude. [Without another word, he takes Eikichi by the arm and drags him to where they can talk somewhat privately. As soon as they're out of earshot from anyone...]

Dude, the other Death Personas... [You know what Tatsuya is talking about, right?]

rubs all over you

[deathboss]

[And beautiful. Just like Eikichi.]

...yeah. That. Uhh....Hades ain't too pleased about all the Thanatoses either.

i am late but idc >> << >>;;

[pitiedthefool]

There seemed to be plenty of newcomers as of late, something that bothered him greatly because he wouldn't wish this place on anyone and not much happened since he arrived. Though, would that soon change? Who knew other than those who ran the tower? He moved to pass by the newcomer on the stairs as he headed toward where he usually hung out, but stopped in his tracks. They seemed newer than himself, at least...

Do you sense them, Tatsuya - especially the one who speaks the loudest?

it's cool!

[vvvroom]

Yes and why does that keep happening!? At least that Death thing wasn't around this time, though. That was loads better than just a bunch of resonances at the same time, though no less disorienting at hell.

He did pay attention to the sudden stop and stared at the guy, but didn't say anything. This must have been some kind of new way of wielding Personas. How did he even handle having all of them in his head at once?

/pats the poor guy

[pitiedthefool]

Nope, just the original god of creation in Japanese mythology. (Now what's this about Thanatos and his true self's zombie wife?) It's simple, really: he has no idea. It may be because he was empty before, or it could be because he was used to it after one after one, the aspects of his soul either made themselves known or were fused. Either way, he doesn't seem as bothered by it.

"...I take it you're new here." He offers a hand and swears that he is not Izanami, completely oblivious. "Yu Narukami. ...and are you alright?"

Floor 15

[busstopsign]

If Tatsuya peers into this room during his exploration trip, he might hear the sound of a very large machine being used in the back.

Shinjiro had finished repairing the hydrochloric hammer, and was now occupying himself by testing out it with the various metals he had collected all over the room. It was an advantage he never thought possible before, using his persona to grant himself immunity to fire while he worked. Still, he was using all the tongues and hammers from a normal job regardless. Just because he had these skills didn't mean he was going to be careless.

He didn't even hear anything, what with the machine making so much noise.

[vvvroom]

Finally, his kind of room. Tatsuya stepped inside very quietly, but didn't even attempt to interrupt or get this guy's attention. He looked busy, and he didn't want to be the cause of an accident, so he hung back and took a look around the room.

[busstopsign]

What you might have felt was the faint hint and smell of Persona, mixed with smell the carbon and metal he was using, forcing it red hot before tossing it into the machine, going back and forth again and again. Shinjiro's tests are rather conclusive, but he starts wondering how much material he can realistically work with.

He doesn't notice Tatsuya at first, and when he did he...didn't acknowledge him. Clearly the most social of guys.