🌙 01 - Introduction

[papadojima]

Characters: Dojima and anyone
Setting: Room 3-18 first, cafeteria next, then the infirmary, then back to his room. He can be interacted with on his way to and from any of these as well.
Format: No matter
Summary: Intro post! Dojima refuses to believe his world is gone, explores a bit, looks for painkillers and goes back to the dorm to think.
Warnings: None yet.

Room 3-18

After Enoch's departure, Dojima picked up the two notes again, his mind still reeling. "Be happy", it said. What bullshit. How could he be happy without Nanako? Especially given that she was still in the hands of that psycho, Namatame! That made his blood boil just thinking about it! He angrily crumpled the letter and the condescending instructions into a tight ball and tossed them against the far wall. It didn't bring Nanako back, but it made him feel a little bit better.

Floor 1

After finding himself unable to dress on his own on account of not being able to bend over, Dojima resigned himself to leave his room in that ridiculously skin-tight sci-fi outfit he was wearing to make his way to the cafeteria. Suspiciously, there was a bowl of whitish glop bearing his name waiting for him...

Floor 2

Thank god for direction signs. Dojima was all too eager to get something to relieve his pain, so he headed for the infirmary. He wasn't so hot on seeing yet another doctor and nurses, but the growing pain in his chest and back were reason enough to risk it.

Comments

[papadojima]

*Dojima's face clearly shows how... dissatisfied he is with the news.* Great. This just confirm they're not saving us at all.

I'm Ryotaro Dojima, from Inaba. You are? *Better make friends with the kid with the machine gun.*

[imperialsun]

The name seemed familiar to him, and for a short second Naoya's eye lit up in surprise before he regained control. He was thankful at his ability to be good at remembering names. Besides, mentioning Inuba itself was enough for him to catch what was going on. However...

"Naoya Toudou, lived in Mikage-cho before moving to American to study. I know your nephew...but Yu never told me you were a Persona user as well."

Seriously Yu. THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT DETAIL.

[papadojima]

Dojima nodded, a detail catching his attention. "If he didn't tell you, then, how do you know?"

[imperialsun]

He crossed his arms before answering, almost standing there defiantly, head tilted.

"I can sense other Persona users. It seems to be a skill that was lost over the years, perhaps due to different methods of acquiring the power."

[papadojima]

Dojima blinked. "So this TV thing happened before?"

[imperialsun]

Naoya blinked right back before shaking his head.

"Not quite. Have you heard of the incident in Mikage-cho involving accidents in SEBEC and Takahisa Kandori's death in 1996?" He had no idea if Dojima would, considering it wasn't that close to Inuba, but he did know it had been on the news before he left for America. The whole part about his team's involvement was a mystery to everyone but themselves, obviously. For all Naoya knew, that entire incident might have stayed a complete mystery since then.

[papadojima]

"I... think I've heard about it. Didn't it stayed unexplained?" If it was another incident involving Persona, it was no wonder that the police hadn't been able to solve the mystery. They'd be missing too many pieces.

[imperialsun]

"Very possible," he replied back, stroking his earring. "I wouldn't know for how long, considering I'm from only three months after the incident. When I was taken here, it was still 1996 for me." It was, he realized, a testament to how long this had baffled the police.

"There was no TV World. Rather a machine Kandori built in the hopes of attaining godhood using the dreams of a single girl, Maki Sonomura, caused another world to open up and summon demons..."

Not Shadows. Demons.

[papadojima]

1996? Was this place capable of 'saving' people from different times, too? What a pain in the ass place!

"Huh. That's... way out there, all right. Just as much as a world inside the TV. No wonder the police never figured it out... But, you said demons? Not Shadows?"

[imperialsun]

"Exactly." Naoya finally sat down, crisscrossing his fingers together as he had a tenancy to do when he started to talk really intensely.

"The usage of the machine caused the connection with the demon world to be weakened, and they invaded this Other World, attacking everything in sight. It was only due to the power of our Personas that we survived."

[papadojima]

Damn. They lived in dangerous worlds... and somehow it was again teenagers ending up with the burden. Why was that?

"So Personas can be used to fight anything? I mean... I'm sorry you had to go through this."