Shin Megami Tensei: Persona, The Seven Princes [IC/Started/Accepting] Co-Host .:Corbenik:.

[Admiral_Stalfos19]

[color=#ee82ee]"WHOA, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!"[/color][color=#000000] Lily shouted, in a tone that correctly implied that she was in a state of shock, [/color][color=#ee82ee]"You got called to a meeting at [i]my[/i] place?! What the hell have you heard?! [i]I[/i] never agreed to..."[/color]

[color=#000000]All of a sudden, Lily reached an epiphany... one that sent her into an even [i]bigger[/i] state of shock. There was only [i]one[/i] logical reason why a group of people would even [i]think[/i] of sticking around such a barren place: they may have been waiting for Lily to return home, so they could banish her back to hell with the [i]rest[/i] of her kind. Lily quivered at the thought of it.[/color]

[color=#EE82EE]"Oh god..."[/color][color=#000000] Lily muttered in a frightened tone, before suddenly coming up with an idea to escape the current situation, [/color][color=#EE82EE]"LOOK!! A DISTRACTION!!"[/color]

[color=#000000]She pointed down the street with a trembling finger, hoping to bolt down the opposing direction with all the speed she could muster. Of course, she hadn't set foot [i]off[/i] the alley yet; she wanted to wait and see if the others would fall for it first.[/color]

[The Warden]

They looked quite happy, as Adam & Eve merrily walked down the road. They were doing their best to hide their apprehension over this meeting with Natsuya. [color=#0000cd]'I admit that I'm still concerned about this. Be on guard my sweet'[/color] he whispered to his sweet.

Eve smiled to a passing gent as she prepared her responce. [color=#800080]'I just, HAVE to know Adam. We BOTH have to know; otherwise it'll eat away at us. Like that time we saw that lovely tea set we both know we thought would've looked great in the living room. And after two days of worrying about it then when we finally decided to get it but the shop sold it already. Okay, it's not that serious, but the same thing' [/color]she whispered back.

Adam's hand released her as he moved to place a hand around her waist, but then decided it was uncomfortable on both of them and retreated back to her hand. [color=#0000cd]'I see what you mean; you're right, I shouldn't be like this. I have to be your stalwart knight and protect my fair maiden'[/color] he declared gallantly; many onlookers stole a glance before hurriedly minding their own business.

Eve purred a little as her brow raised. [color=#800080]'Romeo! Romeo! Where for art thou Romeo!'[/color] she declared dramatically, arching her back backwards and raising the top of her hand to her brow.

Adam laughed a little, ignoring the curious and embarassed for them looks. [color=#0000cd]'Wrong text my dear'[/color] he commented.

Even giggled a little as she winked at him. [color=#800080]'Maybe I wasn't using it in context'[/color] she said slyly.

Adam smiled at her.[color=#0000cd] 'Well then, if I can't have you then NO ONE CAN!'[/color] he roared, hooking his arm around Eve's waist and spinning her around in the air; she giggled in delight.

There little back-and-forth was fun, but then they realised they were wasting time and continued on their way, oblivious to the looks they were getting.

They picked up their pace as they approached the 'meeting place', and were met with an oddity; there were several school age children waiting there, possibly only around the age of fifteen. Either there was something VERY weird going on, or Natsuya just liked children a little [i]too[/i] much.

[VGVentus]

Hatashi did his best as always, though he didn't socialize much with anyone except from Kyosuke, who he shard a few jokes with. Admittingly, Hatashi was suspicious of Kyosuke, though he found it difficult to be wary of his fellow classman. Hatashi, though still untrusting of Kyosuke, found himself enjoying his company. After lessons were done, he went to his locker to take out his stuff, only to open the door and find a letter sitting infront of his possessions...

- The Meeting Place -

He could hear the commotion from afar, alerting Hatashi to the other people who had gathered at the meeting place on the invitation. Hatashi recognized Kyosuke's voice, but the other voices that he heard were unfamiliar to him. Suddenly, Hatashi realized that they must've been invited to this location as well, meaning only one thing: something very big was going down here. Turning into the alley where the large group had gathered, Hatashi decided to make himself known, "Excuse me!" Hatashi called out to the others, hoping to attract their attention, "...If I'm right..." Hatashi pulled the letter out of his left trouser pocket so everyone there could see it, "...Then we were all invited to this place by this, Natsuya person."

[Devack]

Mayu went throught her school day as she expected minus almost getting in a food fight and finding a mysterious note with a book she hadn't seen in forever. She left the school makeing sure she wasn't followed by anyone. She walked to the adress written on the note holding the book in her hand. She thought to herself about how somebody would of got a hold of it. She shook these thoughts from her head as she approched the ally way that the note had brought her to. She hid around the cornor trying to stay out of sight and tried over here what this waas about and see if anyone of these people were involved. This situation rose at an alarming rate keeping her on her gaurd. She scanned the group around the cornor and saw that some of them were from her school and there was also two people that wern't from her school. She thought to herself, " I can't bealive what I'm about to do." She walked from around the courner and joined the group.

[Grunt Issun]

Whilst waiting for an answer from the two Lewis encountered, several other people arrived at the same place. Lewis clenched his temples briefly, then turned around, "For the love of-" he began, "Let's everyone just shut the bloody hell up!" he shouted angrily, he turned to one girl, and jabbed a finger in her direction, "First off, since you obviously have no idea of what's going on, I can assume you're not this Natsuya twat, so then why the hell do you live here?" he demanded, then looked at one of the guys, the one who brought up Natsuya, "Well you would probably have to be right. Can't think of any other reason a bunch of blokes like you lot would be coming here!" he said, then turned to the older two who had also come, "And I don't suppose you know any more about this than we do, do you?" he asked, harsh anger still in his voice, "So then, let's just see if this Natsuya can explain this. If not, I might just have to gen up myself!" he claimed, drawing an arrow and knocking it, then raising his bow.

[MortalKombatSmoke]

[color=#008000]Midori looked around and couldn't take the insesed talking and yelled at the top of her lungs, "EVERYONE SHUT UP!!!!", she was panting deeply before suddenly, there was a sound of a lock turning. Midori looked back to see the door slowly opening and a tall shadow of a man that was standing at the door appeared.[/color]

[color=#800080]"Hello everyone..." The man said in a low voice before slowly stepping out in the light. He was very tall, an skinny. He had a full head of grey hair and towered over everyone in the alleyway. The man wore a neat suit with a red cloth hanging over his right arm which he positioned in front of his stomach. "I am Yusei Kagame... I am a servant to Toyotomi-Sama. This is the base of operations for her research team called the [/color]
[color=#800080]Supernatural Organization of Detecting Arcana, otherwise known as SODA. Toyotomi-Sama will see you know." With that, Yusei walked back down the staircase, waiting for others to follow.[/color]

Kyosuke was baffled by the man, he looked around and took note of everyone there, "Nowakawa-san? What are you..." He realized immediatly that he wasn't alone, and all that was left to this mystery was going down those stairs. He took a deep breath, "Everyone... I know everyone is confused, at least I am... And I think that, we should go... See what he has to say... I'm assuming we all came here for this Toyotomi person... She left me an old coin of mine..." Kyosuke said quietly while pulling out the coin.

[color=#008000]Midori sighed and pulled out the burned picture, "I was also given this picture, Kyo... You got a letter too... Everyone here did... That means we are in the same boat huh?" Midori said to Kyosuke as they both looked at eachother.[/color]

Kyosuke looked back at the door, then back to everyone else. "I don't know about you guys.... But I'm going." Kyosuke said walking towards the staircase.

[Grunt Issun]

Lewis didn't lower his bow when the man stepped out or said anything, he still didn't lower his bow when the prat girl and guy who was with her started talking, "Then this person has quite a bit of explaining to do!" Lewis growled, his eyebrows lowering, he kept his bow up and his arrow knocked, and followed the guy towards the staircase, [i]'I've got quite a few questions for this Toyotomi twat. The first of which would have to be why the hell she has my arrowhead, there shouldn't be any reason anyone should have that. The second is how the hell she knows who I am, the third would be how the hell she knows ANYTHING about me, and the fourth would be why the hell she decided it would be a good idea to send a letter to me with bugger all for information, and something that will just piss me off!'[/i]

[Admiral_Stalfos19]

[color=#000000]Just as Lily was about to reluctantly [i]answer[/i] this psychopath, another person had yelled out, ordering everyone to shut up. Just as well, she didn't like this person at it was. Then she remembered... that letter. Lily went back and done a dumpster dive to retrieve her own, at which point the snake that [i]usually[/i] followed her had returned, presumably from a little hunting trip.[/color]

[i][color=#ee82ee]'Sure hope they have food and water in there,'[/color][/i][color=#000000] Lily thought to herself as she entered the building, the snake following her inside, [/color][color=#ee82ee][i]'Cause I'm [/i][/color][i][color=#ee82ee][b]starving[/b].[/color][/i][color=#ee82ee][i] Not to mention a little thirsty. But... I don't know, [/i][/color][b][color=#ee82ee][i]maybe[/i][/color] [/b][i][color=#ee82ee]that's too much to ask,'[/color][/i]

[color=#000000]***[/color]

[color=#000000]Xiva, meanwhile, had stopped to ball her eyes out, before getting back on her feet and leaving the scene, hoping she wouldn't be asked about it on her way out of the school. Besides, she had a [/color][color=#000000]more [/color][color=#000000][i]important[/i][/color][color=#000000] thing on her mind, getting to that meeting place so she could get some answers. Eventually, she made it, only to note a whole [/color][i][color=#000000]heap[/color] [/i][color=#000000]of students currently waiting outside.[/color]

[color=#4b0082]"I don't want to ask what you're all doing here, I really [i]don't[/i]. I just..."[/color][color=#000000] unable to be [i]stuffed[/i] finishing that sentence, Xiva let out a brief sigh, before heading on inside, walking briskly as she did so. With so much sorrow being projected in her voice when she said that, one could probably tell that something was wrong with Xiva at this stage.[/color]

[MortalKombatSmoke]

[color=#800080]As everyone began to walk down the long, seemingly endless staircase, lit only by a few lights in the cieling, they arrived to a large elevator where Yusei was standing in front of it, waiting for everyone. "Is everyone acounted for? Very well..." Yusei said before opening the elevator as he waited for everyone to enter. Once everyone was in the elevator, Yusei pressed a button and the doors slammed shut, the elevator then began to descend deeper underground. "We are descending nearly 92 meters (aprox. 300 ft) underground. This orginaztion is placed so far below ground for security reasons. It is reinforced with the highest grade and sturdiest metal-cement compounds so it would not collapse under the most violent of earthquakes... SODA was started in..." Yusei began to ramble on about the history of SODA until the elevator finally reached the ground.Yusei stepped out of the elevator into a large White Room. It was decorated with many Greko-Roman Collums and renissaunce art. There were white and black tapestries along the walls and many statues of odd creatures that surrounded the long hallway. It was lit by many chandellers that extended the length of the hall in three rows. On the ground was a black and white checkerboard floor of tiles with a long white carped that led to a giant white door at the end of the hallway. Yusei lead the group to the door and opened it slowly, into a more comforting room, covered with warm brown colors. A fireplace in one corner and massive ammount of books upon shelves on the other side of the room. There was a small arch that lead to a kitchen and two doors beside it, one labled "Mens" the other, "Womens". There was a soft brown carpet below the hardwood walls. And in the middle of it all was a brown desk with one woman with a brown fedora sitting in it. She slowly raised her head and smiled in a satisfactory way.[/color]

[color=#ff0000]"Thank you Yusei." the woman said in a soft voice. Yusei walked over to her side as the woman looked at the people standing before her. "Hello..." She said, standing up and revealing bright red, curly hair. She removed her hat and smiled, "I am Natsuya Toyotomi... It is a pleasure... Amaya..." She said nodding at Amaya, "Melody..." Nodding at Melody... she went on until all the names were spoken, "I'm sure you all have questions, so before you go lashing out at me, let me answer them for you." She said sighing and walking in front of her desk before leaning on it. "Like I said, I am Natsuya Toyotomi, a Journalist/Detective in my spare time, of Keit. I have invited all of you here for one reason... I need your help."

Natsuya folded her arms and sighed once again, "Well... Before I can answer how I got your precious possesions, I must explain something else first..." She unfolded her arms and stood strong amongst her guests, "You all have a special ability, one that no other person on this island has. It is called Persona..." She said in a serious tone and waited for a few reactions. "Persona... The ability to amplify images of your soul to outside your body. That's what all of you can do whether you know it or not. All of you have seen some sign of this power, through dreams... Experiances..... Orr through something else... Haven't you ever felt like you were different some how? Or that there was somehting inside you that you never could quite... Touch? That's the power of your persona!" Toyotomi exclaimed before finally calming down. "Those items of yours... I obtained them using MY persona." She said with a brief pause.[/color]

[VGVentus]

[size="3"]Hatashi watched as, one by one, some of the invited persons went down the stairs after the man who called himself Yusei. Pausing for thought, Hatashi weighed his options. [i]'If I go back home...' [/i]Hatashi thought, placing his hand on his chin, [i]'...Then I can forget this ever happened, but...' [/i]Hatashi frowned, [i]'...I need to know how she found the Watch, I just have to know!' [/i]Deciding on his course of action, Hatashi walked up to the doorway and set his foot onto the first step. At that precise moment, Hatashi was reminded of the nightmare he had last night.[/size]

[size="3"]- Flashback –[/size]

[i][size="3"]"I...I never want to see you again!" The young Hatashi screamed, pulling the Watch out of his pocket. The blonde boy in front of him, the boy who was practically his brother, stared at him with cold, uncaring eyes. Hatashi held the watch above the bin next to him, "If I'm going to be betrayed like this, then-" Hatashi sobbed, "...Then I'll never trust anyone EVER AGAIN!" At that moment, the boy threw the Watch into the bin, its shine dimmed almost instantly the moment it entered the trash. Without flinching, the boy turned and walked away, leaving Hatashi in the rain drenched, cold and betrayed. [/size][/i]

[size="3"]Hatashi would wake up at that point, but, strangely, the nightmare continued.[/size]

[i][size="3"]The blonde haired boy froze, coming to an abrupt halt only a few paces from where he stood previously. Hatashi came to his senses briefly, noticing the error in his recurring nightmare, "W-Why are you still here?! GO!!" he shouted at the boy, fear surfacing in his voice. Then, something humanoid appeared above the blonde, materializing seemingly from thin air. Hatashi set his eyes on the intruder and almost immediately he was overcome with a sense of fear. Its body was dark grey in color, though patches of red stood out on its shoulders, chest and knees, but that wasn't what terrified Hatashi. It's head lacked all normal features, possessing no ears, nose or mouth, instead it possessed one, sinister yellow eye and two, curved horns, sprouting from where it's eyes should've been.[/size][/i]

[i][size="3"]Before he could react, the intruder somehow roared at Hatashi and swooped down at him, drenching Hatashi in a frightening darkness before he could even scream.[/size][/i]

[size="3"]- The meeting place -[/size]

[size="3"]Hatashi shuddered as the memory faded, dreading the reason as to why he recalled that horrific nightmare the moment he set in this place. As Hatashi descended the stairs in silence however, he lamented on how the intruder in that corrupted memory seemed completely alien, yet hauntingly familiar at the same time. The brunette cast these thoughts aside as he came face to face with Natsuya, focusing on her words as she explained to them how they have a power that she called 'Persona' and how she used her Persona's power to retrieve everyone's items that came with the letter.[/size]

[size="3"]Hatashi thought for a moment before he raised his voice, "If I had listened to that nonsense any day before this one, I would've called you a madman and left this place before you could stop me..." Hatashi narrowed his eyes as he stared at Natsuya, "...But I, foolishly, believe your words, and I'm prepared to listen to whatever you have to say." he fell silent afterwards, waiting for the next person to speak.[/size]

[Grunt Issun]

Lewis, after arriving in the room and listening to Natsuya's words, couldn't help but scoff at her, "So first you expect us to believe in this weird, soul, magicky, power thing, a persona or whatever the bloody hell you called it, and then, even if we DO believe that, you go on to say that you used your own to take our stuff!?" He demanded, he gripped his temples again for a moment and let himself relax finally, "Alright, well then..." he began, much more calm than before, "Just what IS this persona, is my first question. The second, why should we CARE about said persona. The third, probably most important, why did you bring us all here in the first place? Surely you couldn't just be some random twat if you know our names, have this entire thing set up, and know this much about... This Persona stuff, so get to explaining, lady"

[iCherry]

[i]SODA? Persona? She got the items with her own? We have these?[/i]

Oh dear... poor little Melody's head was on the verge of total meltdown and the meeting just barely started. The girl quickly made a mental note to herself: After this discussion, politely ask Natsuya to dumb this down. Something you can't touch inside you? Feeling different somehow? What did this all mean, and how was it supposed to be answered?

"... Come again?" Melody requested a repeat earlier than she planned. She didn't understand this. "H-How did you get our stuff?" the student inquired, timidly demanding details while still concealing the bloody button in her closed hand. That was her top concern at the moment.

[The Warden]

Adam was looking at Natsuya, the word "Persona" seemed familiar, but he just couldn't place his fingers on it. He glanced to EVe, who seemed just as deeply in thought. This was rather troubling in thought, but maybe there was something else to this. [color=#0000cd]'If you did indeed obtain items that pertained to us, then why did you send this to me and my wife?'[/color] he inquired, holding up the small gun pendant.

[color=#0000cd]'To my knowledge, neither my wife or myself has seen such an item; so what significance would you find it would have with us?'[/color]

[i][color=#800080]'Is he trying to box her into answering the question? That's a little, forward of him. I guess all this mumbo-jumbo has really got him on high alert. Oooh, that's my charming knight for ya, wait, this is an inner monologue, who AM I talking to?'[/color][/i]

[MortalKombatSmoke]

Kyosuke stared down at hsi coin in his hand, "P-Persona..." Suddenly a realization came to his mind, [i]So that's it... That's what saved me that day![/i] But then he came to his senses, "But... How can we trust what you're saying?" Kyosuke asked concerned for not only himself but everyone else who was invited to this gathering.

[color=#008000]Midori was surprisingly silent, she's never seen this side of Natsuya so she didn't know how to react... But then she teared up a bit, "B-But like their Pendant" She said glancing at Adam and Eve for a moment, "What is this picture!?!?" She said chucking it at Natsuya.[/color]

[color=#ff0000]Natsuya began to feel a tad swarmed with questions, as she expected... She recognized many of them from the school so she knew how this may be a surprise, Midori, however, brokedown, or at least began to. "Midori..." She said depressingly as she caught the picture... "Look... I... I'm not the one to explain all this to you, well some of it..." Natsuya went behind her desk and took out a small gun, "But I know someone who can tell you." She took the gun, loaded it, and pointed it to her head, and without another breath, she pressed down on the trigger. Bam. A shot was fired, the room was filled with silence as blue bursts of energy blasted out the side of the red haired woman's head. Time seemed to slow down for an instant, as she let out a deep breath and put the gun on the table, suddenly, a voice came from behind everyone standing before Natsuya.[/color]

[color=#daa520]"Hello..." It was a very tail, rather skinny, woman. She was drenched in red cloths that formed a type of robe around her. Her long, flowing blond hair reached down to her knees as the tips of her pointed ears stuck out of her hair. She was a tall, elvish woman, who faded into existance as if from nowhere. "I am Benthra. I am the persona of Natsuya Toyotomi. Us Personas are beings made of emotion..." She began as she started to walk around the group slowly [/color][color=#DAA520]"The more positive aspect, and we reflect your arcana, your symbol given to you at birth that defines your being and how you interact with others... I am of the Arcana, Temperance... Which is Toyotomi's Arcana as well... Each of you have been brought here for a few reasons. Once, each of you has the power of Persona... And these persona aid each of you in your weapon specialties, which you all either know now or will find out soon enough." The elven woman said, "We discovered your ability by your increased Arcana power, which is only present in Persona users. SODA has scanners that can detect Arcana, which is how we found each and every one of you." She then stopped next to Natsuya.[/color]

[color=#ff0000]"Now then..." Natsuya continued, "You were all born with the ability, however it has not awakened until a specific moment in all of your lives. Let me ask all of you... Has any of you seen a blue room in a dream? Talked to a man in a butterfly mask named Philemon? Signed a contract of some sort? Anything out of the ordinary?" She asked rolling her shoulders for a second, "These events would allow you to see into your inner soul and use a Persona. Now I'm sure you are all wondering, before I go on, how I obtained these objects? Truth is... I don't know what they are. I asked Benthra to talk to Philemon and Igor, who of which you shall meet shortly, and Igor collected these items. I don't know what signifigance they have or what they are, he simply retrived them and knew they would spark your interest, what they mean and what secrets they may hold are for you to discover... I'm sorry if some of the items are a little... personal. It was not my intent to dishonor or offend any of you... Infact its quite the opposite..." Natsuya said as she sat in a chair behind her desk. She let out a long sigh as her face became much more serious, "I'm sure you all have heard about the medical epidemic that's been going on recently. A new disease that doesn't seem to be catchable through conventional means, not airborne, waterborne, through rodents or touch. Not even through physical contact or blood. We know the reason, well not so much the reason, but the cause of it."[/color]

[color=#daa520]Benthra continued for Natsuya, "The reason for the summoning of all of you here, is to ask you a favor. You are all important, one of a kind people. There have been others with your ability, their threats however vary in comparison to yours. The Ability of Persona has been hidden from the above world for years, not many know of its existance. However, everyone in this organization do, and have been sworn to secrecy. Now you can help us or leave, be warned if you do leave, Yusei will wipe out your memory of everything up to when all of you recieved the letter. None of you will remember this or anything relating to this. You will suddenly be at your house and your lives can return to normal. And due to your higher Arcana, you are less prone to this disease than the normal Human."[/color]

[color=#ff0000]Natsuya then went on, "So, Before I answer any more questions... Are you in or out?" Natsuya asked waiting for a response.[/color]

Kyosuke stared baffled at the woman. He didn't know what to say, he tried to sympathise with her cause... But he began to think that this was way over his head! Or.... Was it? Benthra did say that they all had special abilities, this was the first time in a while Kyosuke felt.. felt.... Useful. His mind was racing trying to give an answer to Natsuya.

[Grunt Issun]

Lewis thought about it for a moment. He sighed, "Well, I guess that answers all my questions, now doesn't it?" he asked rhetorically, "I guess it wouldn't be very heroic sounding to back away now, would it?" he said, with a light laugh, now having his questions answered, being much, much calmer than before. He looked up as he thought a little more, "So, I guess I'm in then" he decided after a moment of thought. He then leaned forward, and raised an eyebrow, "But now, I have to ask... Do you know what our Arcanas are? Or are Personas? And how exactly do we summon these things like you just did?" He asked, "That should satisfy my curiosity, I guess. After you explain that, you can consider me on board"

[Admiral_Stalfos19]

[color=#000000]Xiva was pretty much silent throughout the course of the meeting, trying to get a grasp what was going on. She'd already known of [i]legends[/i] of Persona, but wasn't 100% sure they actually existed in real life... until Natsuya had revealed her own, that was. The woman was even "kind" enough to reveal that it was her Persona that had retrieved her items. And now all of a sudden she expected the people here to forget [i]everything[/i] that they learned. This didn't bode well with Xiva at all.[/color]

[color=#4b0082]"I [i]knew[/i] you could be a bad person, but I wasn't expecting you to be such an abomination!"[/color][color=#000000] Xiva spat as she rose from her seat and kicked it aside, [/color][color="#4b0082"]"What, you think you can make everyone forget why they've come here, and take away all the answers that they might've needed?! I can't speak for anyone other than myself, but I [/color][i]can[/i][color="#4b0082"] tell you that I've come too far to allow such a thing to happen, and I won't join your crusade unless I can be [/color][i][color="#4b0082"]assured[/color] [/i][color=#4B0082]that I at least be the exception!"[/color]

[color=#000000]Xiva then turned to leave, but stopped short when she saw an Evoker on the ground... only to pick it up and shoot herself in the face with it, before tossing it aside again. A purple, dragonic Persona had revealed itself, roaring loudly, and causing Lily to cower under the desks, before Xiva turned around to face Natsuya.[/color]

[color=#4B0082]"Then again, I'm sure you could use someone as powerful as Seth here now, [i]couldn't[/i] you?"[/color][color=#000000] she asked spitefully.[/color]

[Devack]

Mayu followed the group down the steps a little unsure of what she was doing but she followed anyways. They came to an elevater and she stayed as quiet in the back ground as she could as the entered a myserious room.The group soon met Natsuya. She was a lady that she had never met before. The lady explained Perosonas and it was rater confusing and highly interesting for the fact it was highly unlikely that she was useful for much more than splitting people up. She watched as the lady shoot herself in the head, Mayu cringned a bit but she soon saw an elf like lady apper oiut of like nowhere. She listented to them as the expalined even more about the situation. She shook her head in disappointment then she said, " I don't belive in watsteing alot of time on nonsence and there still the matter of this book and I've already put some time in to this so I'llsee this to the end and figure out how you did all this."

[The Warden]

As fascinating as the Persona summoning was, it was the means in which it was summoned that disturbed Adam & Eve. [color=#800080]'Adam, that gun; it's the exact same design as the pendant that woman sent us'[/color] she whispered.

Adam however, had not heard her. His eyes were focused intently on the gun, and beyond it. It was almost as if he wasn't there, which, he wasn't, in mind.

His eyes closed as a vision, or possibly a memory began to replay. He was in some kind of lab, with many different scientists observing him. In his hand, was the same gun Natsuya had used... no, not gun, Evoker. Like clockwork he moved it to the side of his head and pulled the trigger. The blast sent him back into the real world, where his own body acted as if the shot had been fired.

He stumbled blindly before Eve caught him. Instinctively Adam reached for the spot where the memory had fired, but found nothing. [color=#0000cd]'Why? Why did you send us an Evoker?'[/color] he demanded.

[color=#800080]'Evoker?'[/color]

[MortalKombatSmoke]

[color=#daa520]Benthra stared at the woman, Xiva, freaking out and she abruptly barked, "Calm down!!!!" She said with her hands together, "You're memory will only be wiped if you choose not to stay. We cannot have anyone going around the surface world with knowledge about this organization who don't make a solemn pact.We shall not be mindlessly wiping memories." Benthra said before going back to a more relaxed body form.[/color]

Kyosuke stared at the gun, then at the couple who was a few people away from him, "E-Evoker? Is that what that thing is? I've heard rumors... About a gun that can project your soul but I thought that was just a myth!!!" Kyosuke said looking back at the couple then Natsuya.

[color=#ff0000]Natsuya sighed and then smiled "The Evoker, Kurasa-San, I don't know why. Like I said, Benthra got a man named Igor to find objects that would spark your interests." Natsuya then picked up the gun, "But yes, everyone, this is an Evoker. It can not be used as a weapon, All you do is shoot yourself in the head with it, and you summon your persona. Now each time you summon your persona you do loose some stamina so you much be very weary of your body when fighting... But that is only one way to summon your persona."[/color]

[color=#0000cd]Suddenly a blue traincar door appeared in the middle of the room, mysterious in its origin.[/color]

[color=#ff0000]"Now... look who's finally arrived." Natsuya said looking over at the door. It opened up and out stepped two teenagers dressed in all blue with blonde hair. One male, one female. Both had blue eyes and both had one giant hair curl. The boy's curved down while the girl's curved up. The boy wore a very formal looking suit with a short blue veil cape and a hat that sort of resembled that of a bellhops. Both of them had Gold Sequinned Shoulder Pads and both were carying books. The girl was also wearing a suit but had a long bllue veil from her waist down to her ankles. She wore a blue cap with a hole in the back where the rest of her hair flowed out beautifully. They both went to opposite sides of the doorway while another, rather shorter man with an abnoxiously long nose walked out. The man was balding with some hair on the sides of his head, he wore a small suit and gave the group an odd smile.[/color]

[color=#0000cd]"Greetings. I am Igor. I am here to tell you how to summon your Persona..." He said with a twisted smile, "Oh and these are my assistants, Rebecca," He said pointing to the girl, "And Nathaniel." he stated again pointing to the boy this time. "We are here to aid all of you with this quest of yours. You see, I'm from a magical room called the Velvet room! We can manage with Personas and answer questions you have. And how do you reach us? Simply concentrate on wanting to go through this door, and it shall appear. The best part is, no one without a persona can see it!" He said laughing."Now then.... How to summon your Persona. You can either use that evoker over there, we have tons thanls to the Kirijo group, you can recieve an Arcana card from me, you can incorperate that card into your own creative way, or you can come up with some other way of summonigng it! But you must tell me so I can make it possible!" The short man went on, "But first... We have buisness to attend to..." Igor snapped his fingers and suddenly a giant contract hovered in front of him with a huge line at the bottom, several pens then appeared floating above the contract, "Now then, before we can move on, Each of you must sign this contract, stating that you will not reveal the intentions or location of SODA, this also gains you access to the Velvet room whenever you please. By Signing this contract, you make your final connection with your persona. Now when you sign this contract, you will recieve an item, it will be your method of summoning your Persona based on your connection with it at the moment. Some will get Evokers, others will get objects, others will get arcana cards. Now please sign." He said waiting.[/color]

Kyosuke could live with the Personas and the Evokers and what not, but when a blue train car door appears out of nowhere and a short man comes out of it blabing on about persona summonign, he felt like he lost his mind. "Hold on! This is... insane!!! How can-" suddenly he remembered his dream... [i]The velvet room... [/i]He had been in a place called the velvet room before... He carefully looked around the room, [i]This is it... I can either leave right now... Or become useful...[/i] Kyosuke took a deep breath, then without even thinking of it, he grabbed one of the pens and signed his name on the contract below. A bright light came from his name and the coin from his pocket flew out. It was levatating in front of Kyosuke and began to spin. It spun faster and faster until it stopped, the old coin was seemingly brand new, with a carving of an odd face on it, neutral in expression. He grabbed a hold of it and suddenly his eyes widened and a blue fox appeared before him, it had nine tails and it looked very happy to see him.

"Greetings Kyosuke... I am Mitsunari, Persona of the Fortune Arcana. I will watch over you and be your eternal protector. If you ever need me, simply flip that Arcana Coin of yours and catch the card that comes out." Mitsunari then vanished.

[color=#008000]Midori followed her brother up to the contract, knowing she would nto simply walk away while her brother did this on his own. "LET'S DO THIS!!!" She ran over and signed the contract as fast as possible making the biggest signature. She was left with a huge smuck smile. Suddenly her eyes opened wide and she saw butterflies, everywhere, swarming around her. Suddenly a figure appeared in front of her. She was tall and armored. "Greetings Mirdori, I am Abeona of the Arcana Chariot. I will be your guardian and fight along side you in the darkest hours. You have contacted Philemon so you can summon me by simply focusing your mind." She then vanished.[/color]

[Andx]

Only the past few minutes of Isamu's day seemed to have stuck out to him with any clarity. Here he was in the back of a group of people, listening to a reporter, a so-called "persona", and a strange man with a large nose describing things about them. The powers, personas, illnesses, evokers, cards, arcanas, even memory wipes. It seemed all sorts of things that should only ever exist in fantasy were being discussed here. But Isamu's entire day had been rather dull in comparison. He couldn't recall most of it simply because of a letter this Natsuya women had sent to him asking for his presence. As much as what was being discussed seemed like a dream, it wasn't any illusion to Isamu that his necklace had been chipped for several years and now suddenly it was whole again.

Considering it was a former possession of his late father, Isamu was all the more driven to discover the meaning of the letter and all. The rest of his day seemed to be simple waiting. Just sitting in class with weak attempts to focus in. All the while his thoughts floating back to the letter again and again. The day got exciting once school was out. Isamu was eager to be on his way and find the given location. And of course it seemed fate wanted to play a trick on him at the worst time and he ended up lost for a little while. It was a section of town he rarely went to so he had expected it to be a little difficult but not unmanageable.

When Isamu had gotten onto the right street he noticed a group of people moving into a building. And still some distance away a little sense of panic set in as he knew he was late. With a quick sprint he'd been barely able to enter in to the building while the strange man still held the door open, and then was the last to enter the strange elevator other than the man himself. A little out of breath but it had gotten his mind a little more active and alert compared to the sort of haze he'd been in all day thinking about getting here.

And then that was about it. Getting to this location had been a fiasco and so he hung to back of the group. Looking out he noticed a few in uniforms like his own. Though he didn't quite recognize them meaning they were likely underclassmen. Then there were also adults he didn't recognize but if they had all been brought here for similar reasons he figured he'd end up getting to know them anyway.

With that Isamu with the others listened to explanations on Ms. Toyotomi's part, saw her summon what she called a Persona, and saw the arrival of a man named Igor. With the explanations given Isamu's thoughts returned to the face of the white beast he'd seen from time to time in the surface of his necklace. A strange sensation of the color blue flashed across his mind as he did. From what had been explained he guessed it had been some strange interaction with the Velvet Room. How he wasn't sure but it couldn't have been much else given the circumstances he found himself in.

Right as he was about to move to sign this contract offered to them he caught himself in his tracks.
"[i]What on Earth am I doing thinking about all this like it was serious and I have nothing wrong with it?[/i]" Isamu thought to himself. He hadn't had nearly enough time to consider what he actually wanted to do here or if he even believed it all. Granted the performance, if it was one, was very convincing. The whole while he felt a driving urge to sign the contract anyway and consider the details of what he'd been told later. While he wasn't sure if he wanted to act on it, he was certain he didn't care to test the mind wiping methods that had been mentioned to them. And so he went forward still rather unsure and signed the contract presented to him.

As soon as he finished he saw a quick glimmer from his necklace and then all at once the large white beast he had only ever seen the face of in his necklace stood before him. It had a large white mane, which he wasn't sure if he had caught glimpses of before. It's claws and tail were striking features as well. The tail in particularly as it almost seemed bone like and ran the length of what Isamu figured was the creature's spine. It resembled an animal, closer to a lion but inside his head Isamu found himself thinking of ways to make it look like a dog. Then the beast spoke, whether to him or to everyone he couldn't tell.
"[b]I am Cerberus. We are one and so I shall fight with you.[/b]" the beast said as it began to fade.

Once Cerberus had vanished Isamu placed the pen he had signed the contract with down and noticed what had been called an Evoker in his left hand.
"So... I get to shoot myself... fun." he muttered to himself. He stepped back, still a little startled, to make enough room for the others to step forward and sign if they chose to. And everything sort of began to hit Isamu at that point.
"[i]... What did i just sign up for?"[/i] he thought to himself.

[Admiral_Stalfos19]

[color=#4b0082]"You know what? That's [i]exactly[/i] the problem I'm having here!"[/color][color=#000000] Xiva retorted, casting a glare at Natsuya, although one that was ruined by tears that streamed down her face, [/color][color=#4b0082]"I'm still undecided on whether to help you. As a matter of fact... I don't even know why I [i]should![/i] But... I'll stay for now. I still have questions I want to ask."[/color]

[color=#000000]Still wondering why Natsuya would even think of collecting the items in the first place, Xiva recollected her seat and sat back down. Seth settled down alongside, almost as if he were roosting. However, he had his eyes on a timid Lily.[/color]

[color=#800000]"Looks like we have a coward in our midst,"[/color] [color=#000000]he noted dully.[/color]

[color=#ee82ee]"You... you can talk?"[/color] [color=#000000]Lily asked hesitantly.[/color]

[color=#800000]"Of course we can talk, you fool!"[/color][color=#000000] Seth's voice boomed, [/color][color=#800000]"What? You think we'd only be capable of blindly following our hosts' orders?"[/color]

[color=#EE82EE]"No, it's just that... um... er," [/color][color=#000000]words were starting to [i]fail[/i] Lily now. But just as Seth continued to exert mental pressure on her...[/color]

[color=#4B0082]"Seth, please, you're [i]scaring[/i] her,"[/color] [color=#000000]Xiva told the Persona.[/color]

[color=#800000]"Hmph, so far it's proving to be more difficult said than [i]done[/i],"[/color][color=#000000] Seth responded, with a smirk across his face.[/color]

[iCherry]

"What." not a single word out of their mouths was clearly understood. This being came out of nowhere and talked to them, then some train with some long nosed man appeared. To add to all of that, guns and whatnot were being included. Melody honestly wanted to run away, not out of fear, but the fact that her mind was going to have a total meltdown. This was absurd, yet...

Something called out.

A roar? A scream? A horrifying voice was coming from within, telling her to sign the contract. Oddly enough, Melody wasn't scared of this. It was rather... soothing.

The girl didn't speak, she just approached the contract and grabbed a pen. She signed her name and took an evoker.

[i]DoN't CaLl Me YeT[/i]

Unlike the others, Melody followed that order and didn't get to see her Persona.

[The Warden]

Adam had overcome the memory trauma, but was weary of the contract. Eve however, began to reach for a pen; despite some hesitating, Adam too grabbed a pen. [color=#0000cd][i]'We shall do it together'[/i][/color] he whispered.

She nodded and they signed the contract. There was a bright glowing from their chests as two cards sprang from each of them; the ones coming from Adam both pictured a shadowed man with a sceptre and an orb on either side of the man.

Eve's simply had imaged a wheel with a skull and a large arrow, as if it were from Wheel of Fortune. [color=#800080]'What do we do with these?'[/color]

[Grunt Issun]

Lewis sat back calmly whilst Natsuya, her Persona, and Igor explained everything, and the others went to sign the contract and summon more of these Personas. When he saw the nine-tailed fox, he cringed for a second, then went back to normal, and watched the other ones appear. He raised an eyebrow when one of the older people in the group went off on some kind of angry rant, then looked at her Persona, he let out a little chuckle, "Well you're a bit of a prick, aren't you?" he asked, using the insult in an extremely casual way, a smirk across his face as well, then turned to the contract, "Suppose I might as well, don't got anything better to do, do I?" he asked rhetorically, as he walked forward, took a pen, and signed, then picked up an evoker, "So then..." he began, looking over the machine, "I just... shoot myself in the head?" he asked, as he put it up against his skull. He pulled the trigger, and again, the blue wisps of energy that came out of Natsuya's head emerged from Lewis's, swirling around in the air and forming into a large, gray furred, white maned Unicorn with a curved horn. Lewis regarded the magnificent stallion with something close to awe, "So I get a unicorn? Wicked" he remarked happily, the Unicorn neighed, rearing up on it's hind legs, then looked at Lewis, "I am Ixion, Persona of the Arcana, Magician. I shall valiantly serve you in your time of need. If you ever need my help-" he began, before being cut off by Lewis "Shoot myself in the face, got it" he said quickly, Ixion gave a small nod, "Close enough. Until next time, Master Lewis" he finished, before fading away.

[VGVentus]

Hatashi was next, stepping forward and taking one of the levitating pens. He paused, staring at the strange, long-nosed dwarf that watched him with wide, haunting eyes. Regaining his composure, Hatashi brought the pen down onto the paper and wrote his signature on the contract; as soon as he did this, the pen instantly switched places with one of the 'evokers', startling the brunette. Hatashi stepped backwards in shock. "S-So, how do I summon my Persona with th-?" Hatashi fell silent as a voice spoke in his head. [i]"It's alright..."[/i] The voice sounded familiar to Hatashi, though he couldn't tell why, [i]"...Just, point it to your head and pull the trigger..."[/i]

Scared and confused, Hatashi unwillingly followed the voice's command, suprising himself as he aimed the gun level with the left side of his face. Silently, Hatashi put light pressure on the trigger, unsure of what would happen if he pulled the trigger. [i]"...You'll be fine..." [/i]The voice whispered soothingly, responding to the brunette's thoughts, [i]"...Just pull the trigger, then everything will be clear."[/i] As the voice finished speaking, a wave of courage blew over Hatashi, dispersing his troubled mind, resulting in him pulling the trigger. A sharp crack sounded. It came out.

It looked human, but on further inspection its human-like body was, infact, made out of gold. It looked down at Hatashi, revealing its laurel. That was when the Persona spoke, [color=#daa520]"Thou art I, and I am thou!"[/color] It began, without moving its gold lips, [color=#daa520]"From the depths of thy soul, I come forth! I, am Plutus, the blinded bringer of wealth!"[/color] The Persona, Plutus, then faded away, back into Hatashi's subconcious.