Pride Post!

[takeme2urpants]

[It's a beautiful day in Camp-the sun is shining (though there is shade for vampires), the birds are singing (but not taunting anyone), and there is a magnificent spread complete with all sorts of food (including human flesh for those so inclined). Above all this reads a huge banner:]
PRIDE!
Be proud of who you are!
[You might find yourself with a

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[hardlyboy]

[wearing an LGBTQ bracelet and a Persona bracelet]

--ah. Was this your idea, ZEX-san?

[takeme2urpants]

Mmmm, well, this may be a personal quirk of mine.

Regardless, these are my reasons! More to come, I am certain.

[hardlyboy]

[... nods]

For what it is worth, I find you interesting as well.

[takeme2urpants]

Thank you. ♥

[hardlyboy]

You are welcome.

[burgercraving]

[her arms are crossed to hide her LGBTQ bracelet]

What the hell is a Persona?

[hardlyboy]

Er-- pardon me.

[burgercraving]

What? Did you get caught with some multiple personality crap?

[hardlyboy]

No-- the definition of "Persona" as it applies to me and my fellows is somewhat liberated. I was simply not expecting someone to question me about it this quickly.

[burgercraving]

I'd question you about the gay thing, but I can tell one when I see one. You don't even need a bracelet for that.

[hardlyboy]

Your assumption is incorrect, and I'll thank you for not dismissing my identity so readily, when we have not known each other for five minutes.

[burgercraving]

I don't care about you.

[hardlyboy]

I might have noticed.

To answer your previous question, a Persona manifests when one has faced their True Self.

[burgercraving]

...

What?

[hardlyboy]

Self-possessed individuals all have a Shadow; the Shadow is everything you dislike, are afraid of, or otherwise repress about yourself. If you face it properly, it manifests into a Persona.

That is the simplest explanation I can offer for what is a rather complex experience.

[burgercraving]

So you've got a little creepy voice in your head on top of being gay.

Wow, your life must suck.