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NOVEMBER MINI-EVENT
NOVEMBER MINI-EVENT
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→ 11/10 Cetana's Kagepro of November 10th
- Despite the success of the enjoyable and mostly free (thanks to a specific someone) morning at the bathhouse, an emergency closure brings a sudden halt to everyone's fun. An unexpected power surge sends the entire building into complete darkness, and the employees walk around with hands cupped around their mouths to announce that the bathhouse is now closed. To apologize for everyone's inconvenience, everyone will be refunded their admission fee and given a small gift bag. All the guests will have to exit out the front entrance, but the Persona users will be stopped and asked to step to the side and receive a different gift bag. The employee pulling them aside, a middle-aged man with very tired eyes and a mask over his mouth, explains that because they got their admission fees waived, they cannot be fully compensated. He coughs into his face mask and says that he hopes that they understand, handing them a simple and small black cloth bag before ushering them out the door. When looking back at him, he simply disappears into the darkness. Perhaps he had more work to do and ran off somewhere.
When opening the bag, there will be a variety of snacks customized to the individual's tastes, from small bags of chips to tiny wrapped candies to fizzy drinks. Each bag comes with a note explaining that the snacks should be consumed by today because, sorry, they expire tomorrow. The bathhouse sure is filled with a bunch of cheapskates, huh? At least the snacks are good and don’t taste out of the ordinary, but within minutes, the characters will feel their eyelids droop and they’ll fall into a deep sleep...
... and when they wake up, they will find the world around them much bigger than they remember.
→ Option 1
- Perhaps you're one of the luckier(?) ones who retain your current mind and memories while being trapped in the body of a child. You will find yourself awake in the castle, either alone or alongside others, everybody dressed in clothes properly fitting your new sizes. The gift bag, it’s contents, and any wrappers or empty bottles left over from the snacks have all disappeared and cannot be found anywhere, but if you had your omamori on you while exiting the bathhouse, you’ll still have them here, capable of summoning your Persona to fend off bears and other wild animals while you leave the castle and make your way back to town. Maybe you’ll find answers there, seeing as there is no Velvet Room door behind the throne.
Asking around town, you learn that it’s still the same day, the same year, with only an hour having passed since the power outage at the bathhouse, but none of the townspeople know what you’re talking about when you ask about the blackout. The bathhouse is still up and running. What do you mean it's closed? Goodness, it hasn't lost a single day of business since the 60s. The old man, the owner, would rather cut off his leg than let it close for any reason, they laugh. If you return to the bathhouse, you’ll find that it is indeed still open. None of the employees know or have seen an employee with a face mask; anyone sick is not allowed to come to work and must go home immediately, so they don’t potentially drive away customers. You aren’t able to find any evidence of the gift bags either, with no black cloth gift bags in the gift shop, nor any of the snacks found in the stores.
It appears that all the clues have been wiped out and no one will take you seriously. After all, you're just a cute kid with the most pinchable cheeks. Why don't you forget about this silly story about the bathhouse closing and this mysterious employee and run around like an actual kid? Perhaps you should find the rest of your team you know exited the bathhouse with you.
→ Option 2
- Perhaps you're one of the unluckier(?) ones who revert back to a child, both mentally and physically. You find yourself awake in front of the shrine, dressed in appropriate clothing that fits your new size perfectly. Similarly to the people in the castle, you may wake up alone or with others, and if you want to get to town, you’ll have to travel all the way there from the shrine. Luckily, the fox at the shrine is hanging around here, occasionally hopping over to the stairs and glancing back at you as if prompting you to follow it down the stairs and onto the path leading out to town. There are arrows carved into the trees along the open path, and if you get scared, a guardian (your Persona) will come out to protect you if you touch that strange little charm you have on hand.
Once you make it to Hirajiro, you'll be free to do whatever you please, as long as it's within the realm of what children are allowed to do. Some adults occasionally walk up to you and ask if you're all right, if you need any help, etc. and some might even forcefully drag you to the police station to report a lost child, while other adults might just leave you alone, ignoring you as they go about their busy lives. Regardless, you're on your own in this new world. Where do you go? What should you do? Naptime is always a valid option.
→ MOD NOTES
- ⬥ Timelines are an illusion and this takes place after the bathhouse log that took place on 11/10. Let’s not think about the timeline too much.
⬥ All characters will be turned into children with two possible options: either with their teenage/adult minds and memories, or with the mind of a child, without any memories gained past their child age, and will behave as if they were that age. If the character has canonly never been a child, players are allowed to come up with their own interpretation of how their character would behave as one.
⬥ Characters will revert back to their regular forms at midnight when the Lockdown begins and they will fall unconscious once more, waking up as their older selves again when Lockdown ends.
⬥ Have fun! You all need a break.
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I'm gonna tell the police that you're a child predator.
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T-Thank you...
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Are you okay? I should have a roll of bandages--
[ He reaches into his pocket and... no, there aren't any bandages. Hm. ]
... Never mind. Anyway, what are you doing in those clothes, Rei? Weren't you at the bathhouse a while ago?
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"Rei"? I wasn't in a bathhouse...
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Hm...? Terry looks confused. Is this girl Rei's sister?? ]
Sorry, uh... what's your name?
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... Niko.
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Assuming this is some fever dream while he's drunk, Rei had gone back in time when she was still called Niko and had forgotten everything, or Hirajiro is fucking up space-time continuum. Cool. ]
I'm gonna call you Rei. It's a prettier name.
[ He doesn't want to call her "Niko" after they promised each other... Anyway. ]
You're okay with that, right?
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Oh, um... okay...
[ she supposes that's okay with her. she doesn't really understand why he's so insistent on calling her "rei", but it does sound nice. ]
Does it mean anything...?
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[ Anyway. ]
Are you hungry? Wanna go eat somewhere? I can probably cook food...
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You can cook food? Really?
[ but you're just a kid ]
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[ He looks down at her feet. Where the hell are your shoes. ]
... Want me to carry you? It must hurt walking with bare feet.
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Oh, um, okay. Are you strong enough to carry me?
[ she weighs nothing. ]
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[ Time to carry! He holds her close to him while she sits on his arm. ]
Tell me if it's uncomfortable.
[ And he starts walking to the Black Cat house... does it exist here... what's going on in this place. ]
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Oh, what's your name?
[ she forgot to ask. ]
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[ He eventually gets to the house and unlocks the door to go inside. There's nobody. Wow. ]
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Um, I don't know. I like rice.
[ niko isn't that big on food like rei was, probably because she didn't get a huge variety in food at the hospital. ]
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Okay, I'll make some mild curry then. Where do you want to sit?
[ There's the sleeper sofa, the couch that makes you useless, the kitchen table chairs... ]
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The... couch that looks like a big bed. Please.
[ so she can lie down and be useless. ]
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[ He lowers her to the edge of the couch with her feet dangling off the side. ]
Stay still. I'm gonna get a towel to clean your feet.
[ And off he goes to the bathroom to get a warm wet towel and a dry towel and returns. He gently wraps her feet with the warm wet towel to get the dirt off and then lightly dries them with the dry towel. ]
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You're so nice... Mom always told me not to talk to strangers, though, because they're bad.
[ even if she ditched and left niko with strangers... ]
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[ He goes to put the towels in the laundry basket. ]
I'm gonna start making the food, so you can rest up and stuff.
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[ she nods. she supposes that makes sense... but all right, she does want to get some rest. she is so much more tired lately. the doctor said something about that but she can't remember. she just curls up on the couch and closes her eyes, deciding to take a little nap while terry makes the food. wake her up once the food is done so she can eat it and then cough it all back up. ]
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Huh? Terry, is that you?
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Anyway, kid Jace crawls into the couch, while ducking his head so that Terry can't see him from where he is. ]
Sleeping in a stranger's house is kinda dangerous, isn't it?
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