[OOC] App post
Character: Female protagonist. (Note: The female protagonist currently has no canon name. There are a number of different fanon names; for the purposes of this app, I am going with Minako Arisato.)
Series: Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable
Age: 16-17
Canon: Stop me if you’ve heard this before: between midnight and 12:01AM there exists an extra hidden hour. During this so-called “Dark Hour,” beings called Shadows reign supreme, targeting any unfortunate human who happens to be available. That’s where SEES comes in. SEES is a small group of high school students who spend the Dark Hour killing Shadows and saving people’s lives in large part through the use of Personas, aspects of one’s psyche which potentially grant the user a great deal of power. These Personas are typically summoned by shooting oneself in the head with a gun-like “evoker.” As one does.
Minako is friendly and cheerful, always willing to lend a helping hand to someone who needs it - whether it’s finding a lost pen or helping a child come to terms with her parents’ divorce. Her open demeanor has led to her making a wide variety of friends - from fellow students, to an alcoholic Buddhist monk, to an unscrupulous businessmen, all of whom seem to come away from their encounters with her somehow better off than they were. She’s able to stay calm in stressful situations, preferring not to dwell on things when she can do something about them. And she somehow finds the time to lead the team on numerous excursions to fight the Shadows in between her studies, socializing with her friends, occasional part-time jobs, and bonding with teammates via their favorite sentai show. She even manages to find the time to take the dorm dog out for nightly walks and slurp down the odd bowl of ramen with one of the guys. And once she decides on a course of action, she doesn’t give up easily - which is fortunate, because she may be all that stands between the human race and annihilation.
Note: Phoenix Ranger Featherman R is a sentai show in the Persona ‘verse.
Sample Entry: Hi! Are you Augghra? Oh, good! You’re just the person I was looking for. I’ve been assigned to be your camp mentor - kind of like a surrogate big sister. It’s nice to meet you! You know, I’m supposed to take you trick-or-treating next month, but it looks like you’ve got a jump on the holiday. That’s a really amazing zombie costume! ...Oh. It’s not a costume. Um. That’s - I’m sorry.
Oh, please don’t look so sad, sweetheart - I didn’t mean to frighten you. You’re not worried that I’m scared of you, are you? Because really, I’m not. I mean, I’ve never really met a zombie before, so I was kind of startled, but I don’t think you’re scary at all - well, unless you want to be scary, in which case we can work on it. Besides, everyone dies, you know? Yeah, it’s a scary thought, especially if you haven’t been through it, but that just makes life more precious. A good friend taught me that. And you - you’ve gotten a second chance of sorts. That’s a precious gift, too. And it makes you really special, as far as I’m concerned. I mean, I don’t imagine life as a zombie is the easiest thing, what with the physical changes you’ve gone through and all, not to mention the way living people tend to react to zombies, but the world is so full of wonderful things. Even a lot of living people forget that.
But this is kind of a hard thing to talk about, especially since we’ve just met, so why don’t we try to do something fun instead? Hey, have you heard of Phoenix Ranger Featherman R? We could play that! Hmmm... Did I confuse you? Your eyes are a bit glazed over. Unless they’re that way normally... well, anyway, why don’t I explain it to you? The Featherman R team are like superheroes! They dress up in masks and costumes and save the world from bad guys with their superpowers, and each one has their own color to wear. There’s red, blue, yellow, black, and pink - red is the leader. What’s your favorite color, sweetie? Purple, hmm? No, it’s fine! See, in a lot of shows like this, rangers with different colors will show up. Like green, or white. Purple’s a fabulous color; you have good taste. Now, pick a color for me, okay? Don’t worry - I’m not going to get mad at you, no matter what color you choose. I just want to know what you think. It doesn’t have to be one of the “official” colors, either... Color of brains? Well, okay. I’ve got to admit I never would have thought of that one.
Now, normally there’d be some sort of cool theme music, too, but, well, we’ll just have to use our imaginations there. Besides, I think we’re pretty powerful even without it. Now let’s go stop some bad guys and save the world!
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