JANUARY EVENT

[citta]

JANUARY EVENT

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→ 1/2, 23:37

Outside the jailhouse, hoarse caws punctuate a flutter of wings, clear and sharp in the frigid night air. Another animal is out there, jaws snapping and causing another flurry of wings that can be heard and then seen through tiny barred window of the jailhouse which holds a single occupied cell. Almost melding into the darkness of night, a pitch black crow sits on the windowsill, the gleam of the moonlight on its glossy feathers and its piercing black eyes that stare down the two prisoners in this cell.

"You two are able to understand me, correct? We need to talk," the bird says, wings unfolding and refolding behind it, unable to get a comfortable grip on the windowsill in its agitation. "Can you pass along a message?" "Tell them to bring ham sand—-" "Shut up, bird! There are more important things!" There's another snap of sharp teeth from the other side of the wall, angry cawing and the sound of birds taking flight. The crow left on the windowsill stretches its wings out again, then looks back at the prisoners. Midnight fast approaches... With these two locked up unable to spread the word themselves, Rago is sent in their stead back to the clubhouse and neighboring house to call for a meeting at the jail, where the guards will be absent for the full hour of Lockdown. Black smoke appears and disappears in the inn, in the woods, at the Velvet Room door as Ala searches for the rest of the Persona users, gathering them up for a dragon ride to the jail to meet up with everybody else.

In the meanwhile, in the time that is left, the crow delivers its message in raspy caws, repeated word for word from its "Boss," while a fox lies pressed against the outer wall of the jail, waiting patiently towards the end to speak on its own behalf. The crow worries over the belief that the "Boss" is angry, while the fox mutters under its breath that the reason is because the offertory box is always empty now, and there is a sense that the "Boss" is losing faith in both the Persona users and their Attendants, who are so keen on fooling around and slacking off that they might as well be "Guests" themselves and join the team. They really might as well, as it becomes midnight and the world goes dark, Shadows crawling out of each dungeon and the two Attendants stand by the offertory box at the forest shrine, heads bowed in whispered conversation, Velvet Room deserted.

→ 1/3 Lockdown

Hush falls across the world as every voice in town is snuffed out in the darkness of midnight, a moment of reprieve before the world takes a breath and the wind starts to howl once more, snow picked up by the handfuls and flung through the air with the intensity of a small blizzard, the deep toll of the bell from the forest shrine softened and blurred one into the next. With zero visibility in the blizzard, the wind is nevertheless insistent on people's backs, guiding them one way or another with little regard as to whether that's across an icy patch or into a building corner hidden in thick snow, gales buffeting against one another and then splitting in opposite directions: one stream towards the castle in the forest, and the other towards the broken mountain peaks on the other side of town.

The solid stone walls of the castle stands firm against the onslaught of snow and flying branches battering against the walls and entering through the large windows of the second floor, piles of snow building up in the corners of each open room and carpeting the floors. Snow continues to layer across the first floor as well, well up to the legs of the throne and completely covering the ofuda doors inlaid into the ground, which glows a bright blue that illuminates several inches of snow settled above it. Brushing away the snow reveals the two ofudas still melded into place in the door, though with no visible handle or apparent way of opening it, it remains nothing more than a slab of stone shining like a beacon, blue light faintly illuminating the sheets of snow blowing through the castle.

Facing the wind head-on, the blinding snow obscures the view of the forest mere meters away, the direct path through the trees straight to town, and the uncharted forest encircling the other side that culminates in broken mountain peaks still towering over the world. The gale urging those up the winding mountain path is also liable to blow them clean off the mountainside, the blizzard continuing to rage down at the base and barely letting up until halfway up the mountain where the wind becomes calm once again, though the trail is no less icy and treacherous. A bright red torii marks the end of the path and the start of a short rising of stairs that announces the arrival into the sacred grounds of the mountain shrine and the main path lined with empty stone lanterns on either side. A crystal clear block of ice sits inside the basin, next to it a sign displaying the following names:
Teikiatsu-no-Senso
Asaka-no-Mikoto
Yashiro-no-Shugosha
Miyamoto-no-YamazakiThe path ends at the foot of a marble offertory box with its edges lined with gold, filled to the brim with gemstones frozen together in clusters of rainbows. Just behind the offertory box stands the honden flanked with statues of large birds, two on either side of the glowing blue door with no visible handle or apparent way of opening it, nothing more than a wall illuminating the golden eyes of the statues looking down on whoever dares enter.

→ 1/3 Lockdown

Once everybody has battled their way through the blizzard to gather at the jailhouse, Jiro and Seto report back on what they've learned from the animals that visited them: a flock of crows and the fox which lives at the forest shrine.

The following information is shared by the crows:

⬥ Two dungeons have appeared: one at the castle and the other at a shrine in the mountains.
⬥ Once one dungeon is entered, the other must be entered on the same night or it will remain permanently sealed. To enter either dungeon, a Persona stat check must be passed for a total of 150+ Strength to open the castle door, and 150+ Magic to open the shrine door. No single person can enter on their own, and the "Boss" suggests the Attendants be there to make up the numbers.
⬥ Upon entering, the door will be sealed and inaccessible, making the only exit somewhere in the final chamber at the end of the dungeon. It is unclear how long it will take to clear the dungeon, but the crows have a betting pool going and none of them are hopeful the Persona users will be able to leave either dungeon in less than a week.

And the following information is shared by the fox:

⬥ The mountain shrine also has an offertory box where Shadow gemstones may be offered. The Daitengu are said to be protectors of nature and peace, and paying respect to them may resort in the restoration of nature, such as cleaning the lake or regrowing trees, as well as calming the townspeople down and preventing them from perceiving the strangeness surrounding the Persona users like they weren't able to before.
⬥ The Kotengu, on the other hand, is said to put people first and foremost, and if respect is paid at the forest shrine in terms of gemstones, the foundations of the town may be rebuilt to withstand natural disasters, and he may be able to keep the illness from spreading and possibly cure those inflicted before they die.
⬥ If neither shrine is given the gemstones, the fox fears the town and its people will be caught between this war between gods and be destroyed by it. The number of natural disasters and certainly the townspeople's behaviour isn't normal, but the gods' influence is real and the fox asks the Persona users to appease both sides until a solution can be found or they will all hurt for it.

You should take the time to consider all your options, especially since the hour is drawing to a close and the guards will soon reappear to chase everybody out. As a team, will you focus on one dungeon entirely to ensure adequate firepower against the Daitengu and forego the other, or decide to tackle both dungeons knowing you'll be splitting your numbers and need to decide on who will go to which dungeon? Agreeing on a date is also important, allowing enough time to prepare food and supplies for a lengthy trip while also dealing with Akira's dungeon, figuring out a way to bail Jiro and Seto from jail to rejoin your ranks, and convince the townspeople of your sincerity lest the Persona users will be driven out of town to become hermits in the forests and mountains.

→ 1/4 - 1/31 Unrest throughout town

The snowfall dies down by morning, dawn arriving to a still and quiet town. The townspeople are hard at work clearing snow off the streets, no longer paying the Persona users to shovel snow but appearing surprised— pleasantly, but also very suspiciously so— if helped anyways without payment. The wariness in which they carry themselves is almost tangible, with eye contact being avoided and voices terse if forced into conversation, voices dying down to whispers the moment any Persona user enters the area, every single word and action subject to scrutiny. The townspeople as a whole refuse service to the Persona users, turning them away from convenience stores and cafes, firing them from their jobs, and soon telling them outright that the foreigners associated with monsters and murderers are not welcome in their town, as Hirajiro has always been a safe and peaceful community before their arrival brought in such bad karma, especially considering the recent rise in forced entry, burglary, and vandalism. Damn you followers of the evil demon lord Vassago.

Those townspeople who have become friends with the Persona users are more sympathetic, the occult shop owners allowing them to stay in their shop for a while to read and enjoy some hot tea and sweet bread before venturing back out in town, and every few days, a bag of groceries filled with vegetables, dried fruit, and bread is left on the doorsteps of each the Black Cat house and the clubhouse with a note reading "I believe in you. Hang in there. --Souta." until one day, in the middle of the month, the bags appear smashed and torn, and the deliveries stop. In its place, a note has been taped to the door of the clubhouse, with an ultimatum requesting that the Persona users wrap up their business and leave town by the end of the month.

The townspeople have their own worries to deal with in the meantime, without the Persona users threatening death and destruction by their presence alone. The foundations to many buildings and several major roads have split due to the earthquake and expanding ice, and the rink over the lake has cracked straight down to the water, ice falling in and the revealing a water level that has dropped several meters, with a growing fear that the chasm at the bottom will widen, causing a sinkhole that will suck half the town down into it. The illness plaguing the town since last month has not let up at all either, with the hospital in ruins and still in the process of getting cleared out, and the only medical facility available is the makeshift clinic set up at the community center filled with families of patients desperate for a cure while a new coma or death is announced every several days. Those healthy and able-bodied continue to search the mountains for a certain species of plant that may slow the progression of the disease but turn up empty-handed and discouraged, soon shifting their efforts in clearing out the path up the mountain to the shrine sitting at the peak to ask the gods for favour instead.

The first townsperson makes it to the shrine on the 3rd, and soon after, dozens follow to secure the mountainside path and restore the shrine to its former glory. They stand with their heads bowed and hands together, puffs of breath visible in the frigid mountain air as they say their prayers to the Daitengu of the mountains, who look over the forest and the town and may they forgive the people for their neglect, to return as their protectors. Considering the amount of effort it takes to reach the shrine, few regularly make the pilgrimage to the peaks, but those that do, greet Persona users with a smile, offering thermoses of hot tea, worrying if they're wearing warm enough clothes, encouraging them to rest and asking if they would like somebody to guide them back down the mountain if they aren't sure of the path or of their footing. Curiously, they cannot see any summoned Persona, and any mention of the supernatural just makes them laugh about your wild, wild imagination.

→ MOD NOTES

⬥ Happy new year, friends! Let's do our best this new year ＼＼\٩(•̀ᴗ•́٩)(۶•̀ᴗ•́)۶//／／
⬥ Both dungeons are available on 1/3, but OOCly/ICly a specific date must be chosen, advisably in the second half of the month to allow time for Akira's Shadow dungeon to be cleared. Once a date is chosen, the dungeon log will be posted. To assist with deciding on teams, Minato will be in the castle dungeon and Souji will be in the mountain shrine dungeon.
⬥ Starting this month, there will be the option on the Bonus Activity page to donate Shadow gemstones to the forest shrine, mountain shrine, or the Attendants. Donating to the forest shrine may result in the town structure being fixed and the illness abating, while donating to the mountain shrine may result in nature restoring and the townspeople reverting back to clueless NPCs. Updates of the effects will be summarized in each new event log.
⬥ This month, the full moon occurs on 1/9 - 1/11, during which Personas are stronger but more likely to act out and become uncontrollable. This is an optional mechanic.

Comments

Mod Questions

[citta]

If you have any questions, please leave them here!

[overstrain]

Terry and Sasuke delivered the special plants to people by door to door in order of who needs them the most first as long as supplies last. How will they be treated and how will this affect the opinions as a whole?

Link is here!

[defragment]

Would one of 45's dummies be able to pose as a townsperson by looking totally normal (black hair, black eyes, etc) and claiming that they she came back from a trip recently?

[windbreakers]

ɪ. 01/03

[ There is only one prompt for Seto because he's still stuck in fucking jail. You guys suck for not breaking him out. Also, he looks... pretty worn out. His eyes are sunken in and he looks a bit thinner. Guess who hasn't been really eating since he got locked up because of various reasons... He sits down on the floor, looking downcast. ]

Sorry, I don't have any more information than that.

[ The animals didn't say much else unless you count the crows constantly screaming in the background that they want ham sandwiches, but that's not important. Probably. ]

[astralchain]

[ Yamato slides a wrapped sandwich between the bars. It's the most he's been able to make. He doesn't say anything, because he's not the type to make small talk in solemn places. Everything is falling to shit and he's just dissociating to deal with it. Something something jail food sucks back home so it probably sucks here too. Source: He's been in jail too. ]

[parhellia]

[ A black wisp of smoke shrouds Seto's feet for a moment before Ala herself appears in its place and sits down next to Seto, knees pulled up to her chest so she can make herself as small as possible while she tucks up against Seto's side. ]

It's a lot of info already, though! A little too much...

[ A dizzying amount of info that's hard to follow, so she'll leave it to the others and focus on the problems she can in front of her. Aka she pulls out the can of muscle drink she'd gotten as a reward out of her pocket and pushes it into Seto's hands. ]

Here, drink this later.

[ You need to eat and drink if you're going to go back to being the Part-time Master ): Also drink this later bc she doesn't know about the rage status and doesn't want to be around to see him trying to gnaw off Jiro's arm or something. ]

[cicadashell]

i. 1/3 - (paranoia/afraid bonus engaged)

[Jiro is also doing nothing but hanging around in the cell, off in the back corner and occasionally looking up at someone suspiciously. He's let Seto do most of the talking. The crow and the fox showing up on this day to give seemingly vital information doesn't sit well with him. He's been in jail since the 28th, and it's the first time any of the animals have approached to speak. The fox's role in all this is undetermined, and there are several questions concerning the Daitengu shrine being in the mountains if that's where the "Boss" was, when his own shrine is by the castle.

If for some strange reason anyone wants to talk to Jiro instead of Seto about things.]

[astralchain]

[ Yamato glances at him as he comes in. He has two wrapped things in his hand, smelling faintly of meat. He puts one through Seto's bars and puts the other through Jiro's. Jail food probably sucks. The sandwich isn't the best, but it's not jail food. He thinks it's better than jail food.

Possibly. He doesn't say anything because he thinks it'll get through without needing to speak. ]

[parhellia]

[ Ala will be back sometime on the 4th but Jiro's here now, so she'll trot up to him inside the cell, hands clasped behind her back and beaming at him. Paranoid brains are always the best to pick, because they hyper-focus on everything and leave nothing unquestioned. Kano sure was always paranoid about certain things and it's the sort of peculiarity Ala always found intriguing. ]

Ji~ro~ When're you going to get out of this place?

[windbreakers]

[ After the main discussion is over, Seto will check up on Jiro... ]

Ala brought this over. You should have some.

[ He's referring to the can of muscle drink that he has in his hand. He holds it out for Jiro. ]

[lotusroots]

[ At some point, Wei Wuxian walks over to the side of the cell where Jiro is hanging out. He smiles, acting like he hasn't noticed the way Jiro has been looking at everyone suspiciously even though that's precisely why he approaches. ]

Hanging in there?

[astralchain]

1/3

[ Yamato arrived with a bag full of sandwiches, seeing that Red had made food for people the past few meetings and he thinks he should contribute a little. Mostly, it's to keep himself occupied so that he doesn't think too much and start trying to kill himself.

He leaves his sling bag open so people can take if they wish to. Other than that, he brought some tape and a big piece of paper as well as a marker, taping the paper on the wall opposite the two jail cells. ]

So. Dungeon time. Any volunteers?

[ They really can't get away from having to rescue Akira and clearing the dungeons. It's now or never. ]

[toybombs]

This would be easier with the compendium...

[Hn. Rio tucks her chin into her hand thoughtfully.]

One dungeon focuses on magic, and one on physical strength... I would suggest that we have at least one healer per team. And the Attendants have 99 for all stats, so we only have to worry about filling the teams with enough people to reach 51 in magic or strength. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if I still have stats if I can't summon my Persona, or if it would still be considered valid.

[It would, but she doesn't know that.]

We should probably start with: is there anyone people prefer to team up with? This isn't a guarantee you'll be able to, but it's better for everyone if the teams have people who work well together, so we can try to keep them in mind.

[parhellia]

[ Paper and a pen... Ala slips out for a moment to get the pen, but she has a spiral notebook on her, wires squashed and pages curled at the corners but there's plenty of blank pages and she turns to one of them, drawing a line down the middle and labeling the two halves, etching down the names she heard where people wanted to go, to give them a rudimentary idea of who wants to be on what team.

It's rudimentary!!! Not yet set in stone, and the numbers don't need to be balanced, and it's an OOC list so your character doesn't need to be physically/ICly here. But, anyways. OOCly y'all can sign up here under the two headers (parenthesis is ICly unconfirmed but OOCly mentioned): ]

[yokeye]

[Toki hasn't had much to contribute to this meeting, and he's still worried about everyone splitting up and there even being two dungeons in the first place. Something else is weighing on his mind; a way he can maybe help more, a way he should be helping. He bangs his cane against the cell bars to get everyone's attention over the multiple conversations.]

I have a question!

[When he thinks he has people's attention, judging by the volume decrease, he will continue.]

Or like, a proposal I guess. Okay, so like... I had that vision about the Kotengu or something and the ofuda missing and that light, and I know I can't like control what I'm going to see or anything, but maybe I've already been given something useful and that we can use to figure this out and know we're making good decisions? I just need to... see it.

[overstrain]

I. the kano blues: 1/3-4

[ A) Terry missed out on a lot by making a beeline to the school before Rago had a chance to come to the Black Cat house about the meeting. The encounter with Akira's Shadow left him so exhausted that he's forgotten that he looks and sounds like Kano. That's why he goes home without a hint of wariness. He'll be in the house until noon of the third.

B) There's been a rumor going around that there's a ghost in town. That "ghost" is Terry who looks like Kano. Against his better judgment, he stayed outside for a bit, but still in the residential area. He wonders how long he'd have to look like Kano as he sits on the roof of the Black Cat house, huddled in a warm jacket.

C) During Lockdown of 1/4, he goes to visit the jail for the main reason of seeing Seto. Jiro may be in the same cell or whatever, but he's keen on ignoring him. He's hoping he's asleep.

D) On the rest of the fourth, he decides to sleep under the kotatsu of the Black Cat clubhouse instead of the regular house. He can be seen reading a book, cooking for himself, or just being lazy inside the kotatsu. ]

wildcard

[ Hit me up. ]

i-a

[flowerclips]

[ It's so cold outside... after the meeting was over, Rei rushed home as quickly as possible, longing for the warmth of her bed. She makes it back just before the Lockdown ends and on her way to her room when she hears the front door open. She looks back and oh... that's not a face she recognizes. ]

Ah--!

[ Oh my god, it's an intruder. The townspeople just don't give a shit anymore and they're breaking in. Luckily, she hasn't changed so she still has her omamori on her and immediately, Zhn is out and charging at Terry to bodyslam him out the door. Begone, demon. ]

i-c

[windbreakers]

[ Seto is on the cusp of passing out. Between a combination of not properly eating and using up most of his energy the previous night to assault Jiro, he feels like he's going to collapse at any moment. That's why he's sitting at the back of the cell, leaning against the wall, so if he does faint, he won't have to hit his head too hard. Everything is dark and he can't see properly, so when Terry comes to visit, Seto thinks he's probably losing it. ]

... Kano?

[ No, of course, that can't be Kano. After all, he's........ well, it's probably just a hallucinating now from the hunger. Still, it's a surprising sight to see and he can't help but call out Kano's name. ]

I. B

[yokeye]

[Before long, there's a clicking noise on the side of the house, and suddenly Joroko is there, peering over the edge of the roof.] What are you doing up here~? [She's made her peace with Toki, and is in a much better mood than the last time she and Terry spoke.]

i.b

[parhellia]

[ With no real place to be anymore— no reason to be- she just isn't and doesn't, no girl playing in the snow or sitting at the lake bank waiting for the water to refreeze or working on that mountain path in fear of the people at the base who pick up rocks and stare her way and she runs- flies, the only crow ever seen in town roosting on a lamppost or roof gutter until she's chased away from there too, taking off and landing on familiar head of sandy blond hair that sticks out just as much as hers does.

She caws twice, doing a dance that's nothing more than a little series of hops on the top of his head before tilting forward so she's looking Kano in the face, black eyes and black beak upside down. She tips over and falls, smoke in the air before she hits the ground and then she's human again, eyes wide and mouth open and

still and silent and disappointed, because this isn't Kano. This isn't her Shuuya.

i-b!

[lotusroots]

[ Where there are rumors of ghosts, there is Wei Wuxian. It takes him a while to find said "ghost", eavesdropping until he gets a description and he can actually go looking around for them.

As he's walking by the Black Cat house, he looks up and finally spots said ghost. ]

There's the one I'm looking for!

wildcard - idk when, time is fake

[yokeye]

[One day when Rei's maybe out with Kido somewhere, Toki has a few things to talk to Terry about.]

Terry?

[Toki's come out of the his bedroom and it's best to just stand in the hallway and call out, to get an idea which way to go to find him.]

c, I AM ALWAYS LATE whenever is a convenient date will do.

[tesa]

[Iris pokes Terry on the shoulder and passes off a high five.]

Hii! Are you waiting for someone? I don't know what you're planning on doing all the way out here.

[She sounds midly concerned.]

[reveilation]

[ There's familiarity in the sharp glances and pursed lips, in the harsh whispers and cold shoulders, but unlike when she was a child, cowering in her room under the safety of the sheets and never leaving unless forced to dining room table for meals, Kido knows now that enduring will get her nowhere, that she can grin and bear this until she gets worn down but it will only be the oppressed who will get worn until they give. Unlike when she was a child, she isn't afraid to speak up and confront, and she isn't alone. She'd been on good terms with the townspeople ever since she arrived back in July, and there's no way the Persona users could have lived in town for so long and never interacted with its people, so in one way or another, they'll be remembered, and they'll remember things weren't always like this. ]

i.
[ She starts small, visiting the family she had babysat for and who had taken care of her when she first arrived, as if she were their own daughter. With little four year old Suzume in her arms and six year old Hayato clinging to the hem of her jacket without a hand to hold, the three of them walk through town, with plans to get ice cream from the convenience store before going to the park despite the cold winter's day, with Suzume's insistence that she wants ice cream and Hayato's promise that the storekeeper won't turn them away because neechan is his favorite person in the world and he'll get them to see that. ]

ii.
[ Other times she goes to the occult shop where she no longer works, but the old lady smiles at her and beckons her in anyways, giving the customers who rush out of the store a short bow and a pleasant good-bye before taking Kido to the back room and showing her the calligraphy hung up on the walls that were written on the blank scrolls brought back from the dungeons, or the little animal figurines her husband carves from the horns and claws the Persona users bring in. ]

iii.
[ Sometimes she'll be at the school to hang out for a bit before walking Suzume and Hayato home, or Souta back to the occult shop, taking the time before school lets out to visit the gymnasium where three or four cats have permanently made their homes after the flooding in October, talking to some of the students there who remember her bringing the cats in out of the water where they would have been stranded and drowned otherwise. While the students are more likely to jeer at her face and tug at her hair and tell her she should just die already, there are ones that come in her defense, remembering all those times she'd helped them out setting up for the school festival in August and worked hard turning the school building into a safe shelter during the flood. ]

iv.
[ Once in a while she'll be at the community center where the clinic is set up, looking a little sheepish as the nurses and receptionists spin stories about the first time they saw Kido and Terry come in bloody from head to toe, of how Terry used to be in and our of the hospital every other week and the times Kido herself had to be brought in to stay days at a time. A drain of resources and source of ill omens, some of the doctors mutter, but the nurses who had taken care of her in the past argue that how could Kido be a harbinger of evil when she was the one in need of help, her sight completely gone one time and another time where she had almost died going into surgery to remove five bullets- one in her skull and another near her heart and she could have died long before succumbing to the cancer that made her lose all her hair and that's why she's wearing the wig (Kido has to explain every time that no... that's her real hair and she does not have cancer, and they check her medical records and find she's telling the truth each time). But the dark green hair that make her stand out are also what makes her recognizable: patients here and there call her over to their hospital beds, recognizing and thanking her for being at the hospital when it was on fire after the earthquake, her and a partner being the ones to save their lives or them seeing her help others safely out of the fire, mentions of a large flaming tiger that carried them and shielded them from embers and falling debris and whose presence made them feel calm and safe the entire time. ]

v.
[ And then there are times where she doesn't visit anybody or any place in particular at all, letting them come to her as she sits in the park with Nekogami flopped over on his side and purring as she gives him a bully rub like she would always pet him in his old ghosty housecat days. Sometimes people scream and run away, shouting profanities in their wake, but the children— it's always the children, brimming with curiosity and courage not yet grown out of— who are drawn to the flaming tiger with wide eyes and gaping mouths, who ask if it's okay to pet it when they see Kido sitting right up against the flames without being burned at all, some children fearfully asking if she's a witch and that's why she doesn't get burned and mauled, and other children going right in to hug Nekogami around the middle and shouting excitedly that they're a witch because the cat is warm and furry and it doesn't burn at all! And Kido smiles because she doesn't need to go out and preach and prove herself to everybody that she just wants to live peacefully with them and take care of them the same way they had taken care of her— she's been doing that this entire time, and that won't change. ]

wc
[ Y'all will have to be brave and choose your own dates if you care about timelines; Kido will be around doing much of the same things until the group decides to enter the dungeons, so these threads can take place on some vague, arbitrary date bc I have zero sense of time. You can either assume she mentions going somewhere with someone, or coincidentally meeting them in the same area. Her eye ability allows her to shift attention away from herself and others, but she can attenuate it so that other Persona users with her are recognizable as themselves while masking the whole "evil follower of Vassago who will bring death and destruction to us all" that's associated with Persona users; if asked, she will do this for people, but she won't use it on herself. ]

ii

[cicadashell]

[Rago has managed to slip into the shop with a customer who was slow to close the door. He wanders the aisles, wearing a blue sweater. The townspeople know who makes the sweaters, but Rago thinks he appears more of a regular Hirajiro cat this way, instead of having his distinct unnatural-for-cats marking visible. Just in case. Jiro has the same markings and Rago wishes not to be associated on sight and run out of wherever he decides to venture.]

[not_that_sasuke]

[1/6]

[He's stuck in the house because he got so close to suffering from malnutrition or whatever, and he's distinctly Pretty Unhappy with this. He's never liked being caged by someone else's accord; that was most of his fight against his family. So, even when he does wander the house a little for the sake of moving, he's most often eyeing the doors and windows like he's weighing his chances of getting out for a bit before Terry notices.

(That's exactly what he's doing. He super wants out.)

Others can catch him inside, though if he does notice others in the house he's quick to duck his head down, not meeting their gazes. He's awkward and feeling kind of down and it's secretly his birthday, something he absolutely has not mentioned to anyone here because he hasn't celebrated it for two years in a row already, what's a third? Though that doesn't really account for those who might have asked Terry about it...

So, yes. Awkward ninja child. Come pester him.]

[1/8 - Closed to Terry]

[And then comes the matter of the mayor.

Amazingly, if you actually eat and rest, you end up a lot healthier?! Who'd have thought. As a result, he's much recovered by today, and only spends a little time with the snake in the torii before he awakens properly.

Alright... what to do now?]

[Wildcard, I'm tired, hit me]

[Basically any other scenario!! He'll have a clone running around at some point but the date isn't decided yet because I'm terrified of forward dating here. Come at me.]

1/6 I'm hitting both

[overstrain]

[ Terry eventually brought Rimi back from the castle because sometimes it gets buried under the snow when it patrols outside and that's not good for the walking otamatone. It waddles after Sasuke with its stubby legs and holds its equally short arms to Sasuke.

"Please hold me up. Or I will blare the birthday song through my speakers." ]