Eternal Night

I'm sorry friend, I might open up more slots later as needed but for now till we get things going I'm going to limit it to the people we got. Oh and to the rpers I apologize for the delay in getting things going, a long time family friend just her baby so I've been at the hospital for awhile (it's a girl in case anyone cares). Anyway here is the academic schedule for the first half the in game semester, been procrastinating for far too long it.... (I based all the dates from August 2015- 2016 for this rp so I could be lazy.) August August, 16: Freshmen Orientation day / freshmen club sign-ups August, 17: First day of Classes August, 24: Clubs begin meeting August, 30: First Full moon September, 7: Labor day no school (it's labor day till I think of a "more pony" name) September, 14 - 18: First round of exams September 28: Second Full moon October, 6: Homecoming event October, 12 - 16: MIDTERMS October 26th: Third full moon November, 9- 13: Third round of exams (also friday the 13th event) November, 26: Forth Full moon December, 4: Last day of Classes December, 11: New moon event December 14- 18: Finals This is as far as I've gotten and it's a little overboard but whatever. Copy and paste this or do whatever you want with the information, I don't care but this is a brief outline to how important events are going down in the rp. This doesn't cover some of the other stuff I have planned so keep on your toes and make your days count!

@@Firehearted, "Ah come on Atlas," I jokingly whined. "I think you owe me one after saving you from becoming that raven's dinner." Knowing Atlas he's got something good cooked up, I know that look in his eye all to well. Whatever he wanted from that pony would be interesting to find out to say the least. Besides he knows he couldn't stop me from finding out if I really wanted to know, he knows the full extent of my abilities a too well. Perhaps a little too well... Well time has shown that he's true to his word, and admittedly I would say I trusted him as much as I could. Still there was something off about him, something I could never fully understand about him. Though if I was going to survive in here I'd need his help, there was only so much I could do alone in here, it'd be nice to have a friend again.

Sorry but I'm not accepting anymore people right now. Also its fine, I work too so I understand.

"Its a pleasure to meet you Ms.Fukamoto," I'm Dr.Fortunato head of magic research. he said with a smile. "Er, sorry, I didn't mean for that to sound weird. You were on my roster for my tour group 11. Its how I knew your last name.." "Great way to be awkward off the bat" he thought to himself. "The student we are looking for was supposed to be in the same group, but well this whole ceremony is kind of a mess right now..." Fortunato laughs nervously, realizing its partly his fault why things are so screwed up. "I'm looking for a Ms.Scarlet Rose there have been, well actually there have been complications with both of your rooms so running into you kind of works out." He takes out a form and hand it over to Dawn. "Unfortunately the single dorms you requested were actually already reserved by some upperclassmen so we're going to have to ask you share a room with Ms.Scarlet. That form right there has the details of where your stuff was moved to, as well as your new location." "You'll be staying in research labs living quarters for awhile till things get sorted out." Fortunato studied his roster for a bit. "Actually it seems this whole group has been moved to the research labs, I guess we better find the rest of the tour group. Rather odd, but there has been a heavy increase in the freshmen class here so I assume housing has its hands full as is." Fortunato jotted down a couple names on a sheet of paper. @@supersonicfan91, @@Yoshikupo, "If you see either of these two tell them the meet me at the research labs at 5pm and I'll explain everything, I'm sure the tour has already took you by them or they will eventually." "Oh and one more thing, that D-Pad fellow is a minor so you'll have to let him know to notify his folks if you find him before me. I'm going to look around for the others, see you in the evening." With that entirely one sided conversation Fortunato trotted off towards the club sign up booths, figuring at least one of them would be looking at clubs before offical sign-ups next week.

(Hehe, well to be fair I did warn before the rp started it could be complicated. I'll try and keep things short, but no promises.) Well I knew not going to perfectly emulate the game or get anywhere near close (far from the intention, I've gutted a lot of it already). I just feel this way everything would feel a lot more routine. Routine is like the center of any persona game, and it will be the center if this rp too. The system I purposed was going to kind of emulate that, and I see at times it could be redundant. Though the implication was you can do whatever you wanted, the only absolute is that stores would be closed along with certain club meetings. I think the "morning" time would definitely cut social interaction a bit like it honestly should. Even in the game you didn't really talk to your friends during the school day. Which is why I made both an afternoon and evening two different times so you can be "your time" to do whatever. You also don't even have to go to class in the mornings and go goof off and hang with someone. Also an action isn't limited to just one or two posts, it can go on for however long you need it to. Like a conversation for instance where two or more people would need need time to talk and discuss things. I figure this it avoids people from feeling completely confined. Oh and I figured picking study could be used to imply if you're studying all day or for however long you want. Everything up there is listed as an example except mornings and nights where things would be a bit more compressed which would be so for good reason. Either way we would need to run this to differently due to the nature of the source material, otherwise it might fall completely flat. There is method to this madness, but over all I'm open to whatever the rpers want to do. Its not just my to its everyone's, why I posted that so I can get opinions and feed back on what they want to do. (TLDR; mornings are designed to do all the boring stuff which is why interaction is limited. It is up to the role players what determines an action I just listed some ideas but its ultimately up to then, unfortunately not everyone is going to be able to do everything they want to in one day just like real life and the games. If this proves to be too overly complicated or actually turns out to be a mess then I will fix it according to what the rpers want) That's all for now.

EVE: Online, lots of crazy stuff is going down in the region i live in. Lots of really big fleet battles and such, it's a wild time.

@, @@supersonicfan91,@, @@Drago Ryder, yea i'm going to mail you soon with some details as soon as I can, i'm a little busy at the moment with some issues. And another thing, if you all hadn't noticed there was a date at the top of the initial post. The Rp began on a sunday so there is no classes today, today is just the orientation day which is something a lot of colleges do where they just show freshmen around for a day and then begin classes the next. Actually most universities, mine in particular do a "week of welcome" where it was just tour groups and campus policy stuff for a week. I figured that's NOT FUN AT ALL so I tried to compress it down to a full day. Also this rp will be using a day to day system like the persona games and i'm going to post an "academic calender" eventually so that no one gets confused and to make it feel more personay. I'm going to start the tour here in a bit, i'm at work right now so I can't post it obviously but I will when I get home. This orientation day was kinda designed in mind to teach some of the day by day mechanics we'll be using for this rp without overwhelming anyone. It isn't actually complicated but it seems so, and I hoped this would explain it more simply. Classes with start the next in rp day, however long that takes. I hope this clears up any confusion A few more things now that we are kind of moving along now. First thing first is how we are doing the time cycle and transitions. In true persona fashion we are going to do a day by day cycle. During each cycle you can choose what you feel like doing that day kinda like how you did in the games. The time of day kinda determines what you can do, but since this is to its not entirely restricted. The reason why I'm doing a system like this is to kinda of recreate the same feel as the games and so that we can keep everyone on the same time frame and allow everyone to do whatever. Basically you can pick whatever it is you want to do for that particular time of day. You get up to two actions per time frame, except if you attend class, club meetings or if you decide to study. Morning: assume all your classes happen here. You can go to class for the day or skip and do whatever. Stores aren't really opened yet so no shopping trips. (Protip: go to class, both in this rp and IRL) Afternoon: assume classes are over for the day, you are free to do whatever. Club meetings will happen exclusively at this time once they are available with the exception of one. Stores are open. Evening: free to do whatever IDC. Stores are open. Night: the limited clubs meeting are available, you can attend parties when they are available. Stores are closed. This format will go into play the next in rp day just as an FYI, to keep with the rather disorganized theme here of orientation day. If this is at all confusing or if you think this dumb let me know. I'm trying to do something completely different here so I do appreciate feed back. I'm trying to find a balance in not making this feel to constrictive, while trying to set reasonable boundaries and keeping in theme with persona. Thanks (Also the schedule will be done later, I'm doing a million things right now)

-Afternoon (Please see my OOC post that will be up in a moment.) Fortunato sighed in relief as the campus tour finally ended. The tour lasted a little longer than he had hoped, and was admittedly more stressful than last years. The attendance rate was extremely high this year as the amount of scholarships increased dramatically and along with it, the number of problems. The ceremony was utterly unprepared for this number of students and as such they began to scatter about. A lot of students actually got completely seperated from the tour itself. It was an utter disaster to say the least.. and it only made his current job all the much harder. @, Fortunato after sleeping through almost the entirity of the ceremony was tasked to find a student by the name of Scarelet Rose. He had to inform her that her room accommodations had been entirely screwed up, and that she needed to move her stuff to the correct dorm. She was originally supposed to be in his tour group "group 11" (his favorite number) but after that huge mess every pony was just scattered around doing their own thing. Not knowing what the mare looked like, he tried to find others in his group that could probably tell him. He wandered around aimlessly until he came across an odd made wearing a thick cloak with group tag "11" pinned to her chest in the midst of what seemed like a still ongoing tour group. Fortunato thought it was odd that this mare was wearing a cloak in the middle of summer, and found it odder still that there was a tour group still going on long after it was scheduled to end. @@Drago Ryder, He tapped the mare on the shoulder. "Excuse, but I'm looking for someone. You think you could help me?"

@@Firehearted, "Yea you can that again, I've been subsistening off this slop for 3 months now," I say shuttering while trying to my meal down. "Its nice to see a friendly face around here though. Its been rather lonely keeping myself away from these brutes." @@Pripyat Pony, I point to a green and black mained mare. "You see her? Her names Jinx or Jay or whatever, I don't know she seems to change her mind everyday. Rumor has it she took a whole bunch if hostages or what not during some crazy heist. My advice, stay away from her if you can." I take another bite, my eyes tearing up as I tried not to gag.

@,@, @@supersonicfan91, @@Yoshikupo, @@Drago Ryder, The rp is now up here's the link http://mlpforums.com/topic/123824-persona-shadows-of-the-crystal-mirror/#entry3579436 Sorry for the massive delay, I kinda of forgot to post it yesterday my bad... Oh before I forget to ask, what's everyone's time zones? I don't want to advance the story too far by mistake. I'm EST myself.

Fortunato sat in boredom as the commencement ceremony dragged on, and on. It was the same thing every fall, an hour of "motivational" speeches followed by the nonsense that was university policies. It was an utterly pointless event, the staff knew it, the people involved in the ceremony knew it, and the students especially could care less. "Why do they even force me to come to these things..." He sighed to himself. "Is it really necessary for teaching staff to have to come to these things?" Forunato's eyes wandered around the room trying to alleviate some of his boredom. Out of the corner of his eye he noticed a younger student playing a game on a handheld, instantaneously jealous of that kids foresight. "Man that was a great idea, why didn't I think of that?" Not that it really mattered much now, the ceremony wasn't going to drag on for too much longer anyway. Soon he was going to have to chaperone a bunch freshmen around campus and hand out their schedules. It was an odd thing for a larger institution like this to do, but this was one of the many things that made this university standout from the rest. Fortunato kicked back in his seat a but and shut his eyes, by the time he woke up hopefully the ceremony would be over.

(Link to the OCC) http://mlpforums.com/topic/123457-persona-shadows-of-the-crystal-mirror/ Sun. Aug 16 -Morning (sorry forgot the date the first time) Canterlot University, widely known as the most prestigious center of higher learning in all of Equestria. From its pristine centers of learning to the beautiful and iconic campus there is arguably no better place to further ones education. You along with hundreds of other freshmen are eager to persue your dreams. After checking in and moving into your dorms, you along with the rest of the freshmen class begin flocking to the historic auditorium near the center of campus for orientation.

@@Firehearted, I do a quick double take, there was no way that could be... It really was, I'd recognize that ridiculous fez anywhere. "Ha, you think I would." I chuckled "I didn't think I'd see you again for awhile!!!" I forced down a little of this awful food then looked back at Atlas. "I've been doing alright, serving my time quietly. Its amazing just how much trouble you can get in for simply ripping a tag off a mattress." I joked. Out all the ponies I've met in my travels, Atlas was certainly the oddest. Still, even with that and after that crazy adventure on that god forsaken rock I was glad to see him. A familiar face is always a good thing around here, plus it was starting to get rather boring being on my lonesome in here. "How have you been, and more importantly how did YOU out of everyone end up here? Don't tell me that network of yours fell apart, I was kinda hoping of a job once I get out of here."

I sat alone at a table in the corner eating my breakfast as I watched the daily spectical that was breakfast at one of the most infamous prisons in Manehatten. It was amazing watching both the most infamous crooks and all the petty criminals unfortunate enough to get locked up here act in the most barbaric and inhumane manner. A ponywatcher such as myself usually relish in spectating these self-inflicted atrocities. However given the nature of the arrest that lead me togetting thrown in here myself, it kind of utterly kills the experience for me to say the least. During the past few months I've spent here, I've learned just how low some ponies would stoop just to get by in here. Heck I've seen a pony one time almost kill someone over an I've cream sandwich brought in from the outside, I mean who does that? I'm just glad I've been able to keep my sanity for so long, flying just under the radar to avoid any unnecessary conflict. After my last little adventure I really wasn't keen for anymore excitement.. I figure as long as I lay low and keep my nose clean, I'll be out of here in no time for good behavior.

@@Firehearted, (Yea I honestly have no idea what to do this post, used up all my creativity the last two.) I didn't hear a word that Atlas said, my heavy eyes were already slamming shut as a wave of incredible exhaustion overcame me. Nearly the moment I had rested my head against the bed of moss I had completely passed out. I dreamt of nothing that night as my body was treated to a pure restful sleep.

now that we've got everything situated I'm going to post the RP tomorrow, probably in the afternoon eastern time, I'll let you all know when it's up.

@, I'm currently at work so I will post when I get home

Accepted, the illustration is awesome btw

Normally I wouldn't accept alicorns but since I totally forgot to put that rule (or post rules in general) in the original post i'll let it slide, just make your characeter a bit younger like 20 to fit the age group and you're totally okay. My only request is that you refrain from abusing your potentially OP powers during the rp you took the words right out of my mouth, though I will say the beginning will be a bit lax just so we can get a feel for it and make necessary changes. I'm going to be honest you all are going to be my guinea pigs for a bit, but once we get everything down it'll be as close to a persona game I can make it without completely destroying the fun. The Sub-Persona idea is kinda what I'm looking at right now. Keep the velvet room open and allow you guys to have like 2 or three personas or something along those lines. And also message me your idea for a human character and I'll consider it, if it's something I like I'll totally let you run with it, I need a human starter character anyway and it'd be easier for me to have one less character to have to RP. Also I will post the Rp as soon @, and @, finish their characters and @@NinjaCPU, if you felt like joining too.

Blast from the past, I can still feel the manly tears I cried while playing that game. Also I'm playing EUIV and while marketing in EVE: Online

If you like it, then I'd say its perfect.

@, @@Firehearted, (Oh you...) With the beast disgustingly eating what seemed to be another pony in the distance, I began to guide Atlas away from the beast. Using my expert knowledge on stealth I guide the two us silently out of harms way without so much as a peep. All while surprisingly keeping up my invisibility spell, once I find a nice hiding spot in the woods. I decloak the two of us and immediately pop one of my meds as the typical migraine begins to settle in. I collapse a little under the exhaustion and hand Atlas my blade and my crossbow. "Stay silent and keep watch, I'm afraid i'm going to be useless for a little while till my medicine kicks in." I whispered silently, propping myself against a bed of moss. "If you see anything, stay out of sight, I don't think I need to tell you why we should avoid a fight right now." I take out a small bottle of cover scent and spray some on both me and Atlas. "There that should keep that anything from sniffing us out," I smile a little "Glad I kept this little bottle, helped me out more than once avoiding animal patrols. We're going to smell like dirt for awhile but we should be "safer" for now." As long as we kept totally quiet I was confident the raven or whatever the hell it was wouldn't find us, or at least until i gained some of my magic back, its going to be at least an hour or two before i'm back to some sort of spell casting condition. I had at least one more spell in me, but after that it'd be up to Atlas to handle things. I may have been rather jumpy to say the least here, but I don't care as long as I'd make it out alive. Hopefully things calm down soon I don't think I can take much more "excitement" like this.

okay I'll give it some thought, but I can't guarantee I'll come up with something anytime soon. I've got other stuff I need to plan too...

if you're still accepting I'd like to throw this guy in here, just for a kind of alternate storyline. I think he'd make for an interesting prisoner to say the least... http://mlpforums.com/page/roleplay-characters/_/elysian-cosmos-r7759