Winter is here, weather you like it or not

[whatsamada]

🧙 WHO: Ken Amada and you!
⚔️️ WHAT: February catch all
🕒 WHEN: All of February
🗺️ WHERE: Here there and everywhere
⚠️ WARNINGS: None at the moment, I'll add more should they come up!

A. The Libryrinth (Closed to Harry)

[All things considered, Ken wasn't sure how well this quest will turn out for the both of them. However, after how well the last quest turned out, this one shouldn't be too difficult. It wasn't all that different from the last one they did. The only thing they needed to do was to look around for some symbols and report back, right?

With a sigh, Ken was hiding under a table in a library. As he looked at Harry and his familiar, Jack Frost, he wondered how much longer he had hide in the shadows.]

You doing okay, Harry-san? You don't see the librarian nearby, do you?

B. A Tall Order

[How did Ken end up in this mess? He didn't know but that didn't stop him from looking at the 3 foot elf before crossing his arms. This quest was simple enough but at the same time? It seemed a little too simple as he wondered if there was something he didn't quite understand.

As he looked back at the chair, he mumbled to himself.]

You know, you guys are making a big deal out of nothing. Why do you feel the need to prove yourself to the South Beach Elves?

[He said before said 3 foot elves started bickering at him.]

C. Hugs all around!

[Was it just Ken's imagination or did everyone seem to be a much happier mood lately? He wasn't sure but Ken was no different. As he was out and around with his dog, Koromaru, he decided to do a couple of things to keep this positive mood up. Ever since he got shot with a Cupid's arrow, he was feeling absolutely optimistic and feeling the need to make everyone around him just as equally happy.

Should you see him around, he might either try to tempt you with free food that he made (spoilers: It's fried rice that is just decent at best), going out for a run (and he might bump into you!), or see him randomly talking to Koromaru about why dogs are better than cats.

Pick your poison.]

D. Network

UN: Koromaru

Quick question, how do you handle being homesick? I've been here for almost 2 months and I am starting to miss a couple of my friends.

What do you do when that happens?

E. Wildcard

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Comments

[corpsewarblade]

[There's quite a long pause before she answers.]

Well I...kinda died. I guess. But my wounds were mostly healed when I got dumped in the bay here so I really don't know what I'm supposed to get from that.

I'm gonna guess nothing like that happened to you, right?

[whatsamada]

[...]

I see. I'm sorry to hear about that. Are you doing okay though?

But no, it doesn't. I was mostly talking about how I missed my friends and the places I use to go to back home. It's just really strange getting use to this new environment.

[corpsewarblade]

Yeah. Just. It's a lot, you know?

Is the place you're from really different from this, then? Can't say I blame you for missing your friends...same with me. That really sucks.

[whatsamada]

Not really? I'm kind of already know about familiars and fighting monsters in general.

It's doing quests that I'm not use to. And I suppose not having to fight against the physical manifestation of human emotions is a pretty good thing too.

[corpsewarblade]

"Fight against the physical manifestation of human emotions"?

Okay you're seriously gonna have to explain that one 'cause that makes like, zero sense.

[whatsamada]

[How shall he explain this...?]

It just means when people are feeling sad, their emotions take form and hurt others. However, only certain people are aware of this and know how to fight those creatures.

[There’s more but he’ll leave it at that for now.]

[corpsewarblade]

Despair can manifest like that where you're from, seriously? Woah...

[What on earth would her sister think, if she knew about despair taking physical form as literal monsters?]

[whatsamada]

It can and let’s just say it’s not a fun thing to deal with. Despair is a very scary thing.

[Because he rather not fight yet another god like entity who wishes to bring humanity the despair they wanted thank you!]

[corpsewarblade]

Yeah. I've definitely seen what despair can do.

...Don't know if I'd say I was scared of it. But in the right hands it has the potential to spread and destroy cities, countries, the world, even.

[whatsamada]

Wait, does your world have their own version of it too?

That's really scary to think there are shadows in other worlds too!

[corpsewarblade]

Not monsters. People.

People with a lot of influence who could spread despair. I guess...things would have been different if they could summon monsters.

[Not too unlike STREGA, to be honest.]

[whatsamada]

Mind if I ask what kind of world you come from? I didn't know there was a place who could spread that kind of thing too.

It makes me scared about what other places could bring the despair to others.

[corpsewarblade]

Sure. Don't really know where to start, but...

Let's see, uh. I come from Japan, it was about 2012 when I left, and I was attending Hope's Peak Academy - where, like, high school students who were the best of the best at what they do, so called Ultimates, were scouted to attend. I'm the Ultimate Fashionista~

The whole school thing was, like, supposed to promote Hope in the future of the nation and all that. But, well... yeah. Didn't entirely work like that. Dunno what else to say beyond things kinda spiralled and, like, everything became something of a warzone.

If we'd had those monsters you talked about, that would have been a serious mess.

[It felt so strange writing all this out. Only afterwards did it occur that she probably shouldn't be telling a relative stranger all this, but what difference did that make here?]

Sorry, I like, totally derailed the conversation there, huh? Your turn! What was your world like?

[whatsamada]

No, it's fine! I don't mind learning more about other worlds. It's really interesting to see how your world might have some similarities with mine!

So wait, everyone went to school for the purpose of trying to inspire people to hope for Japan? Is there any reason why though? Or why there might be a reason certain groups of students would go to that school?

Because it's not that different from my world.

[Please don't tell Ken there's some kind of Goddess of Death lurking around inside that school. He really didn't want to hear yet another tale of humanity overcoming a god again!]

[corpsewarblade]

Pretty much. Like "oh hey look at these elite super talented students, they're totally the hope for the future right"?

...No one said it was a great system. But like I said, most of us were scouted based on our accomplishments. Unless you're the Ultimate Lucky Student, then you got in by lottery.

But that was where it all started, really.

Not too different how?

[No Goddess, only a very, very influential high school girl.]

[whatsamada]

That really doesn't sound all that different from what I had to deal with. Back home, there were people who could only see creatures in within a certain hour of the day.

We were all placed together to form a team to help fight off those creatures as only those people have the power to fight them off.

The worst part was that it was only those people. Everyone else doesn't even know about those creatures or even know there's a 25th hour past midnight.

[corpsewarblade]

A 25th hour? And no one else seemed aware of it at all? Was that like, every night?

...And those creatures were like those despair-monsters right? How do you even fight something like that? I'm guessing you can't just stab or shoot them.

Sorry, sorry, kinda bombarding you with questions! You don't have to answer if you don't wanna.

[whatsamada]

Yup, every night.

And those creatures are just like despair monsters, we have to fight them with something called a Persona. I guess you can think of it as a familiar expect your Persona is like an aspect of yourself. It takes the form of a mythological being that is related to you in some way.

And no, it's okay! You talked about your world and it's only fair that I talk about mine.

[corpsewarblade]

[If only she knew that a little down the line she'd be running around summoning a Persona herself.]

A Persona, huh... I wonder if they're anything like the familiars here, you know? Mean I'm guessing there's gotta be something that links us and our familiars, right?

Cool, cool! Then I won't feel too bad about it then :)

[whatsamada]

[At least she doesn't have to use an Evoker!]

It is a lot like that! However, Personas don't roam around with us as they're just a part of you. That and you'll need to use a different method to summon them.

Let's just say it's not a really pretty way either.

[corpsewarblade]

[Definitely an improvement!]

Oh okay, so you can like just call them out when you need them? That's pretty useful.

...Do I want to know?

CW: mentions of suicide in this thread

[whatsamada]

Probably not but let's just say that it involves pointing a fake gun to yourself to summon them.

[corpsewarblade]

What. Just, what.

[whatsamada]

We summon our Personas a little differently than some. However, I think I don't need it anymore as I know I can summon without it depending on where I am.

[corpsewarblade]

That's...good, I think.

It's so strange how many worlds are out there, huh?

[...Come to think about, with all they'd talked about, something was missing.]

Oh. My name's Junko by the way. Junko Enoshima.