animus_network | [action/video] First Remembrance

[Action]

[Those who live in room 4-12 (if there are any) or people simply passing by will be surprised to find a new arrival here, dressed in that bodysuit, and purple collar latched snugly around his neck. Not that Ryoji seems to notice, he's still peacefully dreaming away...

For now.

As soon as he wakes up, all hell will break loose, once Ryoji realizes he's alive, his world has been ended, and he's stuck here, unable to escape and keep the residents safe.

...Wake him?]

[Video]

[A few hours later, Ryoji makes a post to the network. The video feed reveals his face, still pale from all the distress, that collar, and his shoulders, which are stiffened. He works his lip for a long while before speaking, not really knowing what to say.]

I... ended everything. The Fall happened, and I was right, no one could stop it. N-Not even Minato-kun.

[He sighs shakily, lowers his head. There's a few moments of silence, but observant listeners will hear sobbing and a whispered mantra: "I'm so sorry, so sorry..."

Then he looks up, smiling weakly, all signs of sadness desperately hidden.]

So... would anyone like to h-help me out? I'm lost...

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[Ryoji is shocked for a moment, almost long enough that he misses the chance to hug back. Fortunately, he does manage a brief squeeze, and that helps him manage a smile.]

T-Thank you. I'm sure it will, with good people like you, Nanako-chan.

[She smiled brightly at that, happy to finally see a smile from him.]

Do you still want to look around?

I think I'd like that. Hopefully it'll help, I kind of have a lot of questions...

Okay! Just let me tell onii-chan.

[Scoot over, Ryoji; she'll need to type a quick message:]

showing someone around the tower

be back soon

nanako

So you can send messages to anyone here on these computers?

[Seems like a stupid question, but he didn't know if he was actually broadcasting a video feed or just recording a sob story earlier until people started answering.]

Unh-hunh!

They don't work that well on some days though.

Some days? What happens?

The people that run this tower are really mean sometimes. I don't think they like us very much.

O-Oh. So they do stuff to hurt other people?

...Does it have something to do with the collars?

[Instinctively tugging on his.]

I'm not sure. Onii-chan only told me so much... I don't think he wants to scare me.

That would make sense. You're too young to be here...

What's your brother's name? I might like to meet him.

I'm not too young. I'm seven.

[Because that's totally old enough to be in a place like this.]

Narukami Yu.

T-That's still too young for such a scary place, Nanako-chan...

[Hey wait he knows that name...]

Oh! Your brother is the new Persona user!

New...?

[She had to stare for a moment; her brother had showed her his friends when she arrived, but she had no idea that there were others like him.]

How many other people have friends like onii-chan?

I don't know... Where I was from, there were ten others that had that power, but Yu-kun said there were more.

So many...?

[Wow, that was so amazing; she wouldn't have thought that many people would have friends like that. She wondered if it would be possible for her to get one too...]

Yeah... amazing, isn't it?

[Ryoji smiles thoughtfully, remembering his friends.]

[Nanako gave a nod, amazed.]

Why so many though? There has to be other ways to make friends...

Eheh, I don't really think my friends got a choice in getting Personas. At least in my world, you could only get it when you went through a traumatic event, something that would justify your need to have your inner strength in a physical form.

Traumatic event...?

[...well, being dragged through the Shadow world version of Heaven, getting sick, dying for that brief moment and coming back had been pretty traumatic. Did that mean she had a Persona too and didn't even know it?]

Yes, my friends had really sad things happen to them. Minato-kun was younger than you were when he got a Persona, though he didn't know he had it until he was older.

[And Ryoji wouldn't be surprised if she did have one. She was a very brave little girl. He just hoped she wouldn't have to fight so hard like the others.]

So... if I got a Persona while in that place, I won't know until later?

That place...?

W-Whatever happened, it might be true that you have the power, you just can't summon it yet.

[Nanako nodded.]

A man shoved me into a TV, and we ended up in Heaven. But it wasn't really Heaven... there were a lot of dark and creepy things there, but onii-chan beat them up with his friends.

Yes, that sounds like it was a place with Shadows, then-

...S-Shoved you into a TV?

[Everything else made sense, but a TV?]

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