Eternal Night

Oh wow, glad people are actually taking an interest in this... Accepted and yes you can have more than one element, but for now just pick one, I don't want to make this over the top complicated yet. I want to gradually introduce the more complex parts of this because picking abilities is probably going to be as hard as picking traits on a dnd character (not really but you get the idea). Once we get more things organized I will walk everyone through the weird process I've made up for this rp. Also you will need to buy new weapons, but once again that will explained later once we get things I don't wanna bog this whole thing down and make people uninterested in this. Accepted although this is more of a college age RP instead of the typical high school setting in all the other games, I wanted to try something different with this so bare with me. More or less just change your age to like 18 or 19 and you'll be fine, unless you wanna play some sort of gifted kid which admittedly would be interesting. Also please come up with a name for yourself I don't wanna call you "can't think of one" the whole rp . Otherwise it's all good... and the thing about facing yourself will be in the rp but it's not going to be one of the main themes until later on. For perspective i'm going for more of a P3 sort of theme here, I figured it would make for a better rp since it would allow way more freedom. As for the EQ vs realistic I was going to take a vote once we get everyone's characters together, I'm planned for either. Well actually in all honestly either option doesn't affect the story at all really... This rp is definitely NOT canon, though I will have some crossovers in it from both P3 and P4. I will make it blatantly obvious who they will be in the rp once we get things going. As for the velvet room it will be either open to everyone or not involved at all just to be fair to everyone, I feel like it's kind of a dick move if someone gets incredibly OP powers over everyone else in the party. Oh and you can use any persona from the previous games Izanagi or Orpheus if you wanted to. Just no ultimate forms like Trismegistus. you are welcome to join in anyway, I'm going to try and make this rp welcome to everyone instead of just hardcore persona fans. Besides in some aspects your lack of knowledge might actually enhance your experience with this and make for an interesting character. Speaking of characters here's mine: Name: Dr.Fortunato Pony Race: Unicorn Age: 29 (for story purposes he's a researcher/professor here at the university.) Cutiemark: Golden Tome (resembles his magical talent, kinda generic but whatever) Appearance: Light cyan blue, with messy light brown hair. Constantly found wearing a lab coat and glasses (though he doesn't actually need them they make him look more "intelligent" according to him) Personality: Quirky, Charming, outgoing, odd sense of humor, LOVES making tearable puns (see what I did there?) Has a particular obsession with a certain soft drink while human. Though when it comes to his research he's serious, dedicated, if but a bit lazy. Brief Back Story: Went to Canterlot University himself both for undergrad and grad school, loves researching and studying magic as well as sharing his knowledge with others willing to listen. It also pays above average so that also kind of helps.... It also helps distract himself after the tragedy of his late fiance. Currently he is the head of the research team experimenting on the rumored magical artifact. Human Appearance: Tall, messy brown hair, thick rimmed glasses (ironically needs them in human form for some strange reason), lab coat/lab clothes, white skin. Weapons: Handgun Persona: Nevermore (it's a huge raven) Element: Wind/Dark Major/Concentration: Professor of magical studies and archaeology

@@Unicorncob, @@Firehearted, @, to be fair i'm rather surprised he didn't pull something like this sooner, we were kinda doing our own thing for awhile.

@@Firehearted, As the bird forcefully removed Atlas's gun, I re-actively casted off my flare spell, blinding both Atlas and the creature and buying us some time. I quickly grabbed my crossbow with one hoof and Atlas in the other and teleported both of us into some nearby shrubbery. While the creature was still dazed I casted my invisibility spell, it was certainly taxing on me, especially after teleporting the two of us, but I manage to cloak both of us perfectly. I'm certainly going to be feeling this in the morning.... I whisper to Atlas. "not a sound, and no sudden movements. I don't know how long I can keep this up so just stay put and hopefully the damn thing goes away..." I make sure to use my sound spell to divert the sound waves to make it seem like we were talking behind the bird, hopefully the bird takes the bait and flies off in the opposite direction. My head started throbbing, I was starting to feel the effects of my condition... This was going to be a long night....

Morning showerer for the sane reason, even going to bed with it dry makes my hair stand all nightmarishly in the morning.

Link to the RP (sorry for the delay) http://mlpforums.com/topic/123824-persona-shadows-of-the-crystal-mirror/ Hello everyone I was browsing through the Rp section and noticed a lack of persona based roleplays going on and figured I'd take a shot at making my own. I thought up this concept back when the P5 gameplay trailer got released and I was really hyped, but I couldn't post it sooner because of real life. Anyway, the jist of this takes place at Canterlot University, a prestigious center of higher education rivaled only by Celestia's very own academy. Rumor has it, that the princess herself has recently entrusted the university with a powerful magical artifact in the hopes of research. However along with it came the claim of terrible things happening to those who look at their reflection in any mirror at midnight. You are a freshman that has recently enrolled at this institution, excited to pursue your dreams at one of the best school in all of Equestria. For this rp I'm going to require you to both a pony version of your OC and a human version. The perpose of this will be explained later on in the RP. (I'm sorry if this sounds a little confusing right now.) The character sheet I'll be using for this rp is the following and forgive me if its a little dull right now I'm posting this from my phone, I'll make it more presentable when I get home. Name: Pony Race: (unicorn/pegasus/earth pony/ etc.) Age: Cutiemark: Appearance: Personality: Brief Back Story: (I don't wanna read your characters whole life story, but give me a sparknotes version of it.) Human Appearance: (Clothing, hairstyle, etc.) Weapons: (can be anything from a handgun to a folding chair. Just nothing too ridiculous here like a minigun or something.) Persona: (can be any classical literature character or mythological being) Element: (Fire/ice/wind/elec/light/dark) determines what attacks you can use, I'll have you all do an ability list later I don't want this to be so complicated to start with. This will also determine you're weakness later on. Major/Concentration: (can be anything but don't make a Pegasus that majors in magic or something like that.) I'm going to be personally playing the support character along with any other 3rd party NPC for obvious reasons. I will have my support character posted here later when I get off work. If there any questions please feel free to ask them and I will answer them in a timely fashion. I'm currently only looking for 5 characters as of right now but I may open up another slot in the future. List of rules since I stupidly forgot to put some here originally (you can blame midterms for this) 1. No god-modding 2. Cursing is perfectly okay, just don't over do it 3. Persona usage is limited to once per post while in combat NO EXCEPTIONS (will get into this later) 5. There is no rule 4. 6. Have fun this is in no way a serious RP, in true persona fashion I expect you all to goof off. Characters: 1. Dr.Fortunato 2. Chain Brace 3. D-Pad 4.Dawn Fukamoto 5.Scarlet Rose 6.Kazuhito

@@Firehearted, (I think its midnight, not sure) "Hey you, get up! Get up!" I yelled at Atlas, shaking him for good measure. It all happened so quickly, one moment I was passed out, the next I hear some tree branches break followed by this huge black raven casually sitting on one of the branches. The raven stared at me with a gaze that flooded me with fear, I wanted to run but I couldn't leave Atlas behind. He was my ticket off this island after all, amongst other things. I keep shaking him, all while keeping an eye on the raven. The moment that thing makes a move, I want outta there.

@@Firehearted, (I'll try and post at least once I'm already terrible at contributing lol) "Will do, good night..." With that Atlas was out like a light, rather quickly too seeing how he's sleeping on the bare ground. I stayed up a little while longer, watching the stars in pure amazement. I had forgotten just how fascinating the night sky was, it was like I had found a part of myself that I thought was missing this whole time. It was like my cutiemark actually had a purpose for once and wasn't just overly glorified decoration. I look down at my cutiemark, its newly formed stars barely peaking through the explosion of colorful gases made me wonder. How did my life get so messed up... A wave of melancholy over took me, but that's when I made a vow to myself. With the rediscovery of my forgotten passion I promised myself, when and if I got off this island I will persue my dream finally. With that thought aside I continued to watch the skies, my flank tingling as a bright star began to pierce through the nebula shining illuminously against the clouds of thick, vivid, gases. It felt as though this was the first of many steps in a long, long journey.

Go ahead and skip if you want, Cosmo is too busy enjoying the stars to sleep at a reasonable hour anyway.

I do apologize for the delay I got randomly called into work, I should of said something but honestly I completely forgot. I'll rap things up with Atlus quickly as possible so you guys can get back to rping.

@@Firehearted, (Got called into work this whole weekend sorry) "Wow, that was certainly a mouthful..." I said flabbergasted. "You had an interesting life to say the least." I guess his story kinda explains those episodes of his, he must have been through countless traumatic events. "I gotta say I envy you for being stationed in that icebox of yours. I ended up being stationed in Manehatten after basic, so I didn't even get to leave my hometown." That was a lie, I never did go to boot camp formaly. With my disability I wasn't even allowed to enlist normally, but everything is a little different when you have the right skill set. At the end of day, even the guard needs someone do to their dirty work. I was also only stationed in Manehatten to spy on the mob families and other criminal organizations. "I'm actually rather jealous, you get to do what I ways wanted. Travel the world. Meet interesting people." I sighed "I was so poor, I never really left Manehatten. The few times I did was with my mother... but that's neither here nor there." I smile gently to myself. "Seeing the night sky like this, sure does bring back some memories." I stared back up at the gorgeous sky and watched a shooting star streak through the night. I said nothing nothing more, and just sat there in the usual amazement I felt when I looked at the stars, the same feeling I had all those years ago when I just a colt.

@@Firehearted, @, (Okay) "It's cool, I can be a bit of a night owl myself sometimes if you can tell." I what he meant by "his reasons" probably has something to do with that traumatized expression he had earlier. He was a rather strange guy to say the least.... "As for me, I'm really not all that interesting. I grew up living in the poorest districts of Manehatten with my father after my mom decided to walk out on us. My mother was an astronomer and was pretty much the breadwinner, once she left dad lost his job and we were forced to live off scrapes to survive. We were forced to fend for ourselves, it's a different world living in ghetto. I started stealing things when I was younger, just so my father didn't have to worry about feeding me and paying our bills. It was a hard life, and it wasn't much better even after I stopped living with dad..." I stopped speaking for a moment, why was I even telling this guy anything? I hardly even known him for a day, and yet here I am telling him my life's story. How do I know I can even trust him? Though I suppose if he actually has these so called connections or network whatever he's calling it, I'm going end up telling him this anyway. Besides he's bound to find out sooner or later who I really am, I'm surprised with all of his connections he hasn't been able to figure it out yet. I mean sure I'm a small fry, but I still had some pull in the criminal world. My magic was a dead give away too... "After school, I couldn't afford to go to a university but I didn't want to try and make a life for myself in Manehatten, and my father didn't either. I did a few odd jobs around the city for a little while, but eventually I ended up enlisting in the royal guard with a little help from a friend. For a little while in my life I was able to make an honest living and was able to live comfortably, that was until I got discharged..." That memory was still too fresh in my mind, I would do anything to just to forget that whole mess. I swear if I ever saw that girl again.... I realized I was beginning to show too much emotion at that and calmed down as much as I could. "Anyways, once I was booted out of the guard I broke, penniless, and couldn't find a job anywhere, so I went back to the only thing I knew how to. Dad was rather upset that I got booted out of the guard, I pretty much pissed away my only chance of making something of myself. But whats done is done, I can't really change that. After that I fell into the wrong crowd, started doing jobs for the Manehatten mob families." I flashed him the pins on my collar. "Everything eventually went straight to hell after that, and now after pretty much the most botched job ever all the mobs hate me and I'm on the run from seemingly all of Equestria by now. I'm actually surprised that knight on the boat didn't recognize me, there's countless of wanted posters out for my arrest by the time I left." I sigh. "That's really all there is to me, I make terrible life decisions and then blame all my problems on my good for nothing mother."

@@Firehearted, "Yikes that certainly sounds horrifing!" I say in obviously joking manner. "Though in all seriousness I can keep a secret. Besides even if I blabbed no one would take a street urchin like me seriously anyway." I say in a reassuring manner. I spread the sleeping mat Atlas so kindly lent me out on the ground, and begin to settle down. The stars were already shinning brightly in the sky as I began to relax. My eyes immediately darted upwards to the sky to take in the sight, it had been years since I've been able gaze upon the night sky like this. The lights of Manehatten truly did a disservice to Luna's beautiful nights. "Its a beautiful night out isn't it?" I say without adverting my gaze. "I can't remember the last time I've seen this many stars." I smile softly to myself, only to hide the sorrow in my heart. "Anyway, what were you trying to tell me?"

@@Firehearted, The sun was setting rapidly as I followed Atlas into the woods. I couldn't believe how suddenly this day came to a close, it felt like moments ago I was just stepping off the ship. This entire day was completely insane, trudging through the woods, and especially that fight at the ruins. Talk about an exciting day, I wonder if this was how I was going to spend the rest of my days on the island? As we made our way through the woods, we came upon a nice clearing. Seeing how the sun was setting rapidly, I thought it would be a good idea to settle down for the day. "Hey Atlas," I called to him "You wanna set up camp here? I doubt any of those things would follow us out this far."

@@Firehearted, "That's a good question there." What exactly were we going to do with this thing? I don't see the point in dragging it along with us, I think it'll just get free at some point and try and murder us. Leaving it here will probably just cause more problems for anyone else wondering through these parts.... Actually come to think of it would anyone even miss something like this? It looks like it's suffering, like it's diseased or something. I took aim with my crossbow and stood a reasonable distance back, as much as I hated doing this it had to be done. I put a bolt through it's head, quick and clean. Once I made sure it was truly dead I pulled the bolt out, luckily even with how close I shot it, it was still usable. I wiped it off with a cloth and put it back into my quiver. "Well that takes care of that I suppose, now what?" Hopefully Atlas didn't think I was some heartless killer, actually before today I don't think I've ever shot to kill. Even when I was in the guards, i shuttered a little at the thought, especially when I was in the guard. I turned towards Atlas and tried to change the subject as quickly as possible. "Oh you find anything in there by the way?" I tried to sound non-nonchalant, well as much as you could after straight up murdering something.

@@Firehearted, (my bad, i had a friend who spelled his name "Atlus" it's an old habit.) I jumped down from the tree and went over to Atlas, to make sure he was okay. I could careless about the artifacts, if I had any chance of getting off this island I would need him in the best shape possible. By the time I got over to him he had already patched himself up so there was little for me to do, without saying a word I numbed his leg a little using my magic. A little something I learned growing up, pain killers were typically too expensive. My head throbbed a little but not too much, I wasn't overly exerting myself so I was fine for now. I had keep my magic usage to a minimum, I'd be useless otherwise. "Are you alright?" I asked him before pulling my bolt out of that other ponies head, checking to see if it was still in good condition. " That was some crazy plan of yours, where did you get that idea?" This was hardly the craziest thing I've seen him do in the little time I'd known him, (this was nothing compared to that crazy stunt on the boat.) but it still worries me where this guy gets his train of thought. Is he really an experienced adventurer? His combat skills are certainly excellent, but he seems rather reckless. Oh well, maybe he's learned his lesson from this. I tossed the bolt i pulled out of that ponies skull aside, after assessing the damage it was too broken to be reused again. That's a shame, I didn't pack too many bolts with me. Then again I didn't expect that last heist to go so south that I'd actually have to fight extensively, combat is such a pain. It's honestly horrifying how unprepared I was for the dangers in this island, though once again I could have never even predicated this anyway. I'm just going to have to try and avoid any unnecessary combat and hope Atlas doesn't drag me into anything too dangerous. That just leaves one thing, what exactly are we going to do with this thing here.

@@Firehearted, It was almost insane just how quickly Atlus was able to change gears and attack those strange ponies. With the loud bang of his musket attracting the attention of the others, I bolted off off into the woodwork and quickly dashed up to a sturdy branch on a nearby tree for a vantage point. The creatures were so fixated on Atlus that I was able to fire off a shot at the creature furtherest in the back, killing it with a rather sloppy shot. I loaded another shot and saw Atlus and one of the strange ponies in a melee, I couldn't tell exactly what was going on but I could tell he was in trouble "Little help here Cosmo," was all I needed to hear before I sent a bolt straight into that whatever it was' head. Admittedly an extremely lucky shot as I was aiming at its hooves, I should really adjust the sites on this... I loaded another bolt and took aim at a target waiting for Atlus to make another move before I fired.

@@Firehearted, "Uh-I'm glad your excited and all, I mean this really quite breath taking." I stammer. "But I'm just a little concerned about those other ponies, I think they look a little upset... I think that's the word for it." I point towards the lifeless looking bunch of ponies that seemed to just creep out of the woodwork, at least 6 of them in total. Their lifeless eyes seemingly gazing into my soul. "I don't know about you, but I think we should be dealing with the locals first before we start admiring the stonework don't you?" I try to make light of the situation, but my instincts knew that I had to keep my head on straight. These ponies were definitely out for blood, that much I could tell. However, I couldn't quite help but notice the rather dead look in their eyes. It sent shivers down my spine just looking at them. I quickly loaded my crossbow and prepped for the worst, for some reason I doubted I could talk things out. I shoot a glance over at Atlus. "So, you feel like testing out that new sword of yours?"

@@Firehearted, "Ha if only a spell like that were possible, I would have been all over that in a heart beat." I smirked. "Though it's not like i could cast it anyway. My magic is kinda like a broken faucet that either turns off completely or goes full blast with no in between, makes it really difficult to cast simple spells. I actually have a harder time levitating an object than I do making myself invisible believe it or not. My magic also naturally "unbalances itself" which gives me wicked headaches from time to time, it can be rather exhausting at times." Exhausting is certainly a word for it, without my meds I couldn't imagine what it would be like. It's a good thing I packed quite a bit for that last job of mine, it seems i certainly needed them. "Though it does have it's perks I guess, I mean I can learn more advanced magic way easier than most other unicorns. Then again simply using magic takes a toll on me after awhile, but don't worry as long as I don't overly exert myself I'll be fine." I nod reassuringly. "Does that about answer your question?" "By the way I have to agree with you though, I can't even remember a time my gut has ever let me down." Well accept that one day, but that's ancient history now...

(sorry it took me so long, I had my first round of exams this semester) @@Firehearted, I keep my cool as Atlas seems to go full on crazy for a moment, I must have hit a nerve or something by mistake. I don't know, never seen anyone go through a traumatic episode like that before. I just shrugged it off as best as I could, though that didn't stop my fur from sticking up on the back of my neck. I could tell there was something off about that guy, some really off. We all have our secrets though, and judging by the wear and tear on his body he's been through hell and back. I'm going to avoid prying for now, seeing how we are in the middle of nowhere that seems to be the best option. If it becomes an issue I'll deal with it then, and only then. When it comes down to it I need this guy if I'm going to make it out here alive so it's in my best interest to just keep quiet, and do what I'm told. There was a rather awkward silence after he started mumbling to himself, but I eventually try and break the awkward silence again. "I'll be sure to avoid any strange magical objects, it'll probably be best considering that my magic isn't.... well exactly normal." I look down at my feet for a little bit. "But anyway, I take it you've been on a lot of these types of adventures if you're giving me that kind of advice haven't you?"

I just let words fly out both in real life and on the internet. I don't bother trying to be "clean" I don't see the point really. To me at least, swearing really has no meaning more than any other word. Words only have power if you give them power after all.

I'd have to say Scar from the lion king, nothing sticks to me more since childhood than the thought of him murdering Mufasa to steal the throne.

For me I just think its because I'm not that hard core of a fan. I never really was to begin with, mlp is just one of my many interests. Plus, I'm rather shy and indirect with people who have shared interests with me, mlp especially since it seems like a lot of people just go nuts with this fandom. Which is okay by me, I'm just not into it like that. The only place I really show my interest near that level is with the rp section, though I'm just a sucker for roleplaying. I also don't have a ponysona, nor do I ever plan on having on ever. My avatar is actually just kyon from the melancholy of haruhi suzumiya ponified. (A lot of people confuse this.) I also just hate all the overly defensive fanboys that have seemed to have flocked over the years. The fandom really has gotten worse, we used to be an example of how a simple kid show could inspire a bunch of adults on 4chan to be kind and understanding. It was seriously an awesome thing to be apart of back then, now its rather degenerated to say the least. I'm also just quiet in general unless you get me talking.

I'm very sociable in real life compared to the internet, so I have like 3 real life friends for every one internet friend. That being said I only really have like 5 friends I consider close, most others I just have fun hanging around with. Though it's not to say I don't enjoy their company I just haven't really opened up to anyone else other than a handful of wonderful people.