Magister [Open to both Residents and Destiny String Players]

[imperialsun]

Characters: Naoya Toudou and you (all of you)!
Setting: Various Floors, the Dorms
Format: Starting with prose, but I'll match you
Summary: Naoya offers his aid to talk about Persona and teach others what he knows, or simply help his friends already in the tower.
Warnings: Nothing for now. That depends who tags him!

Dorms & Note

You could find a few pages put up on the various walls of the dorms, each handwritten with the following words:

I can help w/ Persona or if you have questions about the tower
D-01-08 (5-7am)
77 (Sauna)
75 (Tower)
56 (Field)
25 (Meadow)
14 (Media Room)
Sleeping from 12pm-5am M-W | Patrolling T-S Sleeping 5-11am

I was a persona user and team leader (1997 AD) before arriving here
-Naoya Toudou

Each day, there would be an arrow marked over where he'd be. Paper here was a resource he didn't want to waste, so things would get crossed out as he went on. How handy! If anyone else who wanted to help him or just talk to him outside of helping the newcomers, he was glad to have a hand and company.

If you went to talk to him in his dorm, you'd notice a large arcade machine in the back. For the most part, you'd find him busy playing a video game as you came in.

Floor 77: Sauna

Most of the days when Naoya was in the Sauna, he was in the mixed rooms should anyone need him, the small towel covering him and not leaving much to the imagination. He didn't really seem to care. You would find him leaning back on one of the wooden indentations slowly counting towards a hundred...and then starting again when he was done.

It seemed to pass time well enough.

Floor 75: Tower

The tower inside the tower was a strange area, but Naoya thought it made for a good place to teach others that wasn't the strange classroom. Besides, the large area allowed for Persona training. If he was alone, you could find him with his katana in hand, practicing fighting movements.

Yet he rarely seemed to be. Most of the times he was here, you could spot a towering figure nearly three times his size which was acting as a sparring partner. It held a scepter in its hand, and used the weapon to dodge and block the other's violent blows.

Floor 56: Field

While not an impressive physical fighter (that was more Reiji's thing, after all), Naoya still tried his best to at least keep in shape, considering all of the dangers around a need to survive as much as possible. You'd mostly find him in the field running laps amidst all of the equipment rather than attempt to play any of the sports.

This place also made an ideal area to train with Personas.

Floor 25: Meadow

Most of the time you'd find Naoya in here, he was actually lightly sleeping, or at least laying close by with his eyes closed, his entire body around the flowers.

He wasn't alone, mind you. A strange creature was laying down and being used as a pillow. It kept a watchful eye around him, ears twitching around to the nearby sounds. Should someone come too close and try to sneak up on him, Naoya would quickly stand up.

Floor 14: Media Room

You'd find the Person user a lot here. It seemed that one of his weaknesses had always been video games and as a way to pass time and keep his sanity, he'd taken upon himself to try and slowly beat every single game in the library the tower had to offer.

It was going to be a long, perhaps even impossible task, but the saint-like patience and lack of complains he displayed during even the hardest of levels was almost a little too eerie. But that's just who Naoya was, really. Don't worry too much about interrupting him, he'd start over if he needed to.

Night Patrol (any Floor)

The Tower wasn't a good place to live in. It was much, much worse at night. Yet there were those that willingly walked around, should others need their help.

Naoya had done this since he'd been here. Insanity, Suicide, call it whatever you want, but he was still doing it. Minami's idea had continued with him as the leader, and anyone else who was fine with joining the night patrols. Heck, he'd already died during them once, but that had never stopped him, especially if it meant helping someone else escape.

Sometimes you'd catch him fighting one of the monsters in the tower. The way his Persona would appear naturally told a tale of someone who knew exactly what he was doing, and had been doing it for quite some time. Sometimes his persona didn't appear at all, and he used the skills in perfect synergy. For the most part, the monsters would disappear rather quickly after a few attacks.

Carrying both a long katana in one hand and a submachine gun slung over his other shoulder, he looked ready for war.

OOC

[ Anyone is free to join in any part at any day; Naoya is happy to help teach you things about Persona usage, or for those in the tower, just to talk with. You can also bump into him in corridors or cafeteria if you'd like. I'm not picky :) ]

Comments

Floor 25

[technologic]

[April is used to seeing strange things by now, but she still has her moments where she's surprised. So, she's keeping her distance and just... blinks curiously at the 'pillow'.]

[imperialsun]

[The pillow loos back at her and yawns, showing rows of razor sharp teeth. The movement stirs up Naoya and he wakes up, looking around before spotting April. He gives her a small wave.]

Hello.

[technologic]

[April timidly waves back. She feels a bit silly for being rather nervous, but those were some sharp teeth.]

Hi, Naoya... Um, whose this? [She nods her head to the pillow.]

[imperialsun2]

[He looks over Cerberus again before answering her.]

That's one of my Personas, Cerberus. He's a good pillow.

[A good, sharp teethed pillow.]

[technologic]

Aha, I see... Wait, how many Personas do you have?

[imperialsun]

Twelve. I don't use all of them equally.

[You might have seen Amon-Ra and Vishnu around a lot more, truthfully]

[technologic]

Twelve? Mm, that sounds like a lot... [She blinks over at Cerberus, then tilts her head slightly.] Is it... okay if I ask what their names all are?

[imperialsun]

There was a lot more when I could visit the Velvet Room...

[He smiles.]

No, that's easy. Let's see...Amon-Ra, Vishnu, Shokuin...[he goes on until they are all named.]

[technologic]

Oh wow, that's a lot... [Though watch as she manages to remember them.] And you can get more at the, um, Velvet Room?

Floor 14

[universebeware]

Brainstorm enters the room, albeit a bit awkwardly because of his wings, but once that moment passes, he's all business as he approaches Naoya - though he may be heard beforehand given the weight of his footfalls. Scaled down he may be, but he's still a being of metal, and rather heavy.

"Are you the one that offered Persona..." Brainstorm pauses. He hesitates to refer to it as help, as he does have his pride. "...information?"

[imperialsun2]

In the middle of a difficult level, Naoya looks around stopping suddenly at the sight of a GIANT ROBOT leaving him to die rather quickly. The game is idly shut off before he walks over. He can't help but show a little bit of his own boyish glee at the sight of the other.

"That's me."

[universebeware]

It bothers him enough that he's seeking out assistance in the first place, but from someone who wastes their time on games? Brainstorm sighs after realizing what Naoya had been doing, but he's already here, he may as well go through with this.

"Is there any known method to get rid of them?"

[imperialsun2]

[What. That was a strange question.]

...Why would you want to do that?

[universebeware]

Speaking of strange questions...

Brainstorm raises a browridge at Naoya. "Why? I think the better question is why not? I did not want this ability, nor did I ask for it. I do not need it, and quite frankly I don't give a damn about whatever needs fixing that drove that masked fool to grant me this wretched 'gift'!"

[imperialsun]

Naoya let him rant out, his face unchanging, then shrugged slightly.

"It's a part of you, but you don't have to use it. Philemon," no doubt the masked fool he was talking about, "...has his reasons, no doubt."

[universebeware]

"That keeps being said, but I don't buy it. Were it there to begin with, I'd think my race would've discovered it by this point," he answers, sharp and bitter. "As for his 'reasons', I don't care about his reasons. I've got better things to do with my life than play repair guy for a city of ungrateful organics."

Floor 77

[floreatnoctem]

Were the notes really necessary?

[For all that she's nonchalant as she comes to a stop just beside the water, Chidori keeps from looking at him as she crosses her arms, one hip cocked to the side.]

--and really, what help could you be in here?

[She adjusts the towel wrapped around her idly, eyes focused on the nearest wall. It's easier than the alternative, and also useful for hiding the fact that she has a few questions of her own.]

[imperialsun]

Yes. Otherwise they wouldn't know.

[Don't worry, Naoya's busy trying not to think of her legs her legs.]

Any way I can help. Some of them didn't even seem to know how to use Personas at all. There must be a reason while Philemon sent them all here.

...I just have to figure out who this HE is...

[floreatnoctem]

[She pauses a moment to pin her hair up with her sword-shaped hair-sticks before answering.]

If they have Personas, they should figure it out on their own.

[She says it a little bitterly, because let's face it, she's never going to be really happy with people who just have Personas.

--and sorry Naoya, because dem legs are currently stepping into the sauna beside you. She slowly pulls the towel up and off as she settles into the water, angling herself so that she's not looking quite at him. Being Chidori, of course, she's wearing a bathing suit under her towel, one that appears to be modified from the tower-given models.]

I don't know who Philemon is, or why he would send people here... but he must not care very much for their lives or their mental stability.

Floor 75

[bakegarasu]

[Otoha was curious if this guy really did know anything that could be helpful. He'd seen some Persona use in Vatheon, but some things seemed to be different.]

[And really, he needed to train anyway, and he'd noticed a bunch of monsters on this floor. So another dark-haired person with a katana entered the floor, looking around for him.]

Floor 56

[nofairy]

[Someone else was using this field for a very different purpose. A green-haired boy wandered onto the field, and after a blue glow a horse appeared. He jumped on her, and started riding her around the field. It was relaxing to have this kind of chance, okay?]

77

[worldend_dominator]

[Rosa quickly opens the door to the sauna andd peeps in. When she sees someone in there, she pulls her head back again and leans against the wall outside the door.]

[The sauna was a good place to relax. She liked to sit back and let her troubles melt away in the heat. Ever since reading that comment about cannibalism, she had been secluding herself either in her room or in one of the less populated floors. She doesn't wish for any contact with others, especially not now that she can't remove the visions of human flesh carved up like steaks from her eyes.]

Floor 75, let's say right after the DS crew arrived?

[seasidecherry]

[After seeing the note, Nagisa decided she needed to talk to Naoya pretty soon. She knew she had a Persona, because every Guest in Hinoto-Ri did. What she wasn't sure about? Exactly how to, well, work with it. She hadn't really gotten the chance to figure that out before she'd had that second weird dream and gotten dragged to the Tower.

When she made her way onto the floor, her eyes locked onto that towering figure. Was that - it had to be.]

Oh, wow...that's amazing! I hadn't ever seen a Persona before...I'm sorry, that's so rude of me, I have to quit talking without thinking. Um, I'm Nagisa, I'm one of the Visitors from Hinoto-Ri, and, um...I. I know I'm supposed to have a Persona of my own, but I didn't really get a chance to work with it before I got brought here...I saw the note, and so...I. I was hoping you might be able to teach me how it works.

Floor 75;

[princessofheart]

[You may notice the girl approaching you has a collar, but not quite the collar you're used to see, Naoya. Or maybe you didn't notice her at all with all of your training! Either way, she cups her hands around her mouth to try and make her voice loud enough to be heard.]

Uhm, hello?

[She's holding one of his handwritten fliers, having used it and its numbers as a reference to find him.]