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You are Takashi Wakui, a sixteen year old Japanese high school student. In your world, half of humanity possesses a Persona—the corporeal manifestation of one’s personality as a supernatural entity. You had been an unlucky ordinary at first, lacking the potential to summon your Persona. Then the application AETHER was forcibly installed on your smartphone. It sucked you into the nightmarish realm of the Blackened Void, where you fought monsters and awakened your Persona in the process.

You are now the Wild Card of the 22nd Century. You possess the Fool Arcana, giving you the power to draw strength from bonds and wield multiple Personas at once. Already this places you in great danger, as the Fool Arcana is seen as an impossibility by the common masses. Revealing your newfound power to the common world would immediately land your head on a dissection table. To make matters worse, you and several others have been cursed as the Void’s Chosen, fated to traverse the wastelands of the Blackened Void until the end of the game. For what purpose does AETHER exist, what mysteries lie within and how is victory achieved?

Previous Threads: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Persona%202129%20Quest
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TwilightThorn
Mechanics: http://pastebin.com/Eq9mum2X
Spell/Skill List: http://pastebin.com/5NYivMQd
Part One Recap: http://pastebin.com/i1VjfnyX

Character List: http://pastebin.com/XKvEnFux
Aux. Persona List: http://pastebin.com/YYcdYYRs
Takashi's Stats: http://pastebin.com/yAHs5v814
Blackened Void Info: http://pastebin.com/wLBjhqgf
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>>Takashi: Reap spoils of battle.

>SOUL OF THE FROSTBITTEN SAMURAI: A powerful soul brimming with strength, belonging to the Frostbitten Samurai who guards the ruined throne of the old castle. It is said that Samurai was the offspring of an ordinary human and an ice demon. Where others shunned the Samurai for the eternal cold, the divine princess accepted. The two were said to be inseparable. When the kingdom fell into ruin, the Frostbitten Samurai remained, eternally protecting the divine princess and her crumbling throne. The ice that covers the Samurai’s armor represents an iron will and the cold judgement granted to the princess’s enemies. Use the soul to gain great power, or transform it into something of value.

>SOUL OF THE CHAINED PHOENIX: A powerful soul brimming with strength, belonging to the Chained Phoenix who rests atop the ruined throne of the old castle. The Phoenix was once a divine princess who failed to protect her nation against an invading army. As punishment, she was transformed into a bird and cursed with longevity. The flames that surround her embody the hatred against her enemy and the despair at her failure. She is always accompanied by her most loyal retainer, the Frostbitten Samurai. Use the soul to gain great power, or transform it into something of value.

The two souls, small, round and glistening with a pale, orange light, deposit themselves into your pocket. The sensation is somewhere between a balloon filled with cold water and a plate of jelly. You let out a tired sigh, relived that the ordeal is finally over. Your limbs seem to agree. They are suddenly as heavy as gym dumbbells, forcing themselves by your sides. It feels like the marrow inside your skeleton was just exchanged with liquid exhaustion.

“Is everyone alright?” The words stumble out of your mouth like a pile of gunk. You then groan, turning around, barely keeping yourself up.
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“Just about, Takashi-kun.” Somebody moans back. It’s Celeste. You look at her and see her rummaging around in her pack. Everyone had flushed a lot of mana during that last battle, including Celeste. Especially Celeste. The tell-tale signs of mana exhaustion—pale cheeks, bloodshot eyes and sluggish movements—had already settled on her otherwise pretty features. You aren’t surprised to see her take out a packet of Skittles and guzzle the contents in three mouthfuls. Ruvyn stares at the sight and shakes his head. A second later, he’s gone, the summoning timer having run out.

Across from you, Akikazu heaves down his sledgehammer and sits cross-legged on the tattered carpet. A grunt escapes from him. Next to him, Laurence pats him on the shoulder, saying something about good work and how Akikazu’s hammerwork was fine for a child his age.

“The hell ‘you talking about, you tin freak?” Is Akikazu’s response. Laurence merely chuckles and gives another pat. He too disappears. Akikazu mutters something under his breath and spits into the gravel.

Finally, Fumika is in the opposite corner, reloading her pistol. Her expression is a stoic mask of stillness. Just as usual, from first impressions. Yet, judging from the slight twitches of her fingers and her quickened breaths you understand that even she is harrowed. She fiddles with her phone, tapping against the screen, before putting it back into her pocket.

“Let’s take a break.” You collapse against the wall. “A quick one. Break out the medkits.”

“Already on that.” Akikazu growls, tweezers in hand.
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You reach into your own pack and draw out an emergency chocolate bar. It tastes bitter in your tongue, but you welcome the mana restoration nonetheless. The worst part, you think to yourself, is that the day isn’t over. There’s still the audience with the Observer upon clearing Act 2. It mostly consists of you asking questions to a voice in a screen. Yet, there’s something about it that rubs you up the wrong way, makes dealing with the situation a dozen more times exasperating than it needs to be. The knowledge of this fact, coupled with your mild mana exhaustion and a raging migraine, puts a simple thought in your fact. You are so not looking forward to what happens next.

You then tap yourself on the side of the head. In troubled times like these, your mother had said, it may be prudent to focus on the positives. You obtained a large amount of Macca that would contribute towards your medicinal debt. You would receive answers from the Observer. You had just beaten two powerful opponents and could feel a rush of power flowing through your battered body.

Yeah, that last one sounds really nice.
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>LEVEL UP acquired!
>Please select your upgrades from below.

[Choose a stat]
NOTE: Increasing stats will make certain skills available to be learned.

>Increase STRENGTH to D (Stronger physical).
>Increase DEXTERITY to D- (More accurate, more precise).
>Increase MAGIC POTENTIAL to D+ (Stronger magic, more mana).
>Increase ENDURANCE to D (More vitality).
>Increase AGILITY to D- (Be faster).
>Increase LUCK to B- (More loot and macca, affects DCs slightly).
>[LOCKED] Increase DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL to S+ (???, 400.00 total C. EXP required).

[Choose a skill]
>Snipe: Extremely accurate attack that does gun damage. Not all that strong. (Chi casting)
>Sukukaja: Increases 1 ally’s hit/evasion rates.
>Regenerate 1: Slowly recovers vitality over time.
>Agilao: Deals medium fire damage to 1 foe.
>Rapid Healing: Boosts the body's natural healing process and resistance to pain. (Chi casting)
>Rebellion: Increases critical hit rate on self.

[Choose a miscellaneous bonus]
>Gain one extra weapon slot.
>Gain one extra accessory slot.
>Gain one Star Point.
>Upgrade Savate III to Savate IV.
>Gain Willpower Boost: WILLPOWER gains will never be below 3.
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>>48149336
>>Increase DEXTERITY to D- (More accurate, more precise).
>>Rapid Healing: Boosts the body's natural healing process and resistance to pain. (Chi casting)
>>Upgrade Savate III to Savate IV.
The "Takashi's Stats" page is broken, by the way.
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>>48149336
>>Increase ENDURANCE to D (More vitality).
>Rapid Healing: Boosts the body's natural healing process and resistance to pain. (Chi casting)
>Upgrade Savate III to Savate IV.
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>>48149410
This one should work: http://pastebin.com/yAHs5v81
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>>48149336
>>Increase ENDURANCE to D (More vitality).
>Rapid Healing: Boosts the body's natural healing process and resistance to pain. (Chi casting)
>Upgrade Savate III to Savate IV.
Since Rapid Healing is a passive skill that means it's always active right?
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>>48149336
>Increase ENDURANCE to D (More vitality).
We need more HP.

>Rapid Healing: Boosts the body's natural healing process and resistance to pain. (Chi casting)
Passive Chi Casting skulls? Yes please!

>Gain one extra accessory slot.
More gear on hand at any given time is always useful.
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>>48149336
>>[LOCKED] Increase DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL to S+ (???, 400.00 total C. EXP required).
>Rebellion: Increases critical hit rate on self.
>Gain Willpower Boost: WILLPOWER gains will never be below 3.
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>>48149253
Hey Thorn did we get any WILLPOWER from this fight?
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My list of questions from the last thread: http://pastebin.com/gKkfYy5A


And to prove that none of them have already been asked, the summarized Observer questions so far: http://pastebin.com/HELLtjTw
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>>48149524
Did you not see the [locked] on dev? means we cannot get it
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>>48149336
>Increase ENDURANCE to D (More vitality).
>Rapid Healing: Boosts the body's natural healing process and resistance to pain. (Chi casting)
>Gain one extra accessory slot.
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>>48149459
One extra accessory won't make a big difference. We have or will get Personas that can buff, remove debuffs and block certain types of damage.
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>>48149336
>>Increase ENDURANCE to D (More vitality).
We almost die in every single fight so more HP would be nice.
>Rapid Healing: Boosts the body's natural healing process and resistance to pain. (Chi casting)
More chi casting is great.
>Upgrade Savate III to Savate IV.
Time to be perfectly average at Savate. How long until we are able to hit the lovers boy?
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>>48149552
You forgot:
[HIGHEST PRIORITY}
How do we get best programmer to warm up to us ?
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>>48149600
Hey, given how fast we're learning we're a lot more than "perfectly average" in Savate. I'm pretty sure this growth rate should qualify us for prodigy status.
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>>48149552
Can't disagree with any of those high priority questions.
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>Increase Endurance to D
>Rapid Healing
TIME TO GET TUFF

>Increase from Savate III to Savate IV
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>>48149525
Yes.

Writing now...
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>>48149697
>>48149336
Oh, right, forgot to reply the post.
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How fast would someone with Rapid Healing and Regenerate 3 recover?
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>>48149277
>It is said that Samurai was the offspring of an ordinary human and an ice demon.

>>48149739
So fast, wounds would heal before they even happen.
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>>48149739
They are basically a walking pile of cancer. Thats how fast.
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>>48149336
>???
Does that mean evolution?
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>>48149632
I just checked the timeline. The current in-game date is June 9. Takashi started practicing Savate on April 12. So a little over eight weeks of infrequent practice, mixed with occasional death battles, has gotten him to "average" levels of skill in a martial art. The figures I can find on the time it takes to master a martial art estimate four years even with the maximally efficient training regimen. So getting to average competence in eight weeks with sporadic training is actually pretty damn good.
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>>48149959
Takashi becoming the star of martial arts club when?
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>>48150004
And then Takauji's unwanted love triangle would cling to Takashi instead, and everyone's problems would be solved. Except Takashi's.
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Thanks for the impromptu thread TT!

Remember that this is a chaos thread friends.
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>>48150084
Not on my watch
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>>48150100
I know I say this every time, but: That's not the Law alignment. That's Neutral. Trusting humans to make the right choice in regards to balancing freedom and safety without interference from demons influencing them otherwise is the Neutral alignment.
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>ENDURANCE has increased to D. Vitality and pain resistance has increased.
>Rapid Healing skill has been acquired. As a passive skill, it is always active. Takashi’s body will now heal faster on its own.
>Savate III has been upgraded to Savate IV. Look at you go. Takauji has Karate VIII and Boxing VII, so Takashi still has a long way to go.

>Your WILLPOWER has increased by 5 points!

You and your teammates then spend the next five minutes patching yourselves up. Every single medkit in your packs is flung open and the contents quickly devoured. Celeste chomps down the mana restoration jellies with the speed of a frantic squirrel, chunks of rainbow clinging to gaps in her mystifyingly clean teeth. Akikazu clenches his jaw as he swabs his wounds with alcoholic wipes, then gets you and Celeste to seal them up. Fumika has the least amount of damage out of all of you, but goes about her business in a practiced efficiency. It’s almost embarrassing. Then you recall her past and contemplate how many times she’s had to do something similar.

>Everyone is now back to full vitality. All your medkits have disappeared.

“Wow,” Celeste says, breaking the silence that has submerged the area like liquid glass. “That was…”

“If you say it was fun I swear to every single deity in this tortured existence…” Akikazu threatens, standing up and slamming his palm against a nearby wall. It shakes and a bunch of pillar fragments fall onto his hair. He doesn’t react.

“I—no, yes, okay Akikazu, you have to admit the truth.” Celeste grins. “Sure, it was a really tough fight, but it was also a unique experience, right?”

His eyebrow twitches. “This is not how I imagined spending my Thursday afternoon.” He growls.

“Come on, it was fun. Really dangerous, but exciting and fun. You agree, Takashi-kun?”

You shift a bit. “Uh…”

“Tachibana, we almost died back there.”

“No we didn’t.”

“Fine. We almost lost.”

“But we won, didn’t we?”

“That’s not the point!”
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“Look, it’s just like extreme sports. Like mountain climbing or skydiving. It starts off all scary before you’ve begun, but once you get in there everything is so intense you don’t think about anything and after you’re done you’re so excited you want to go back and do it all over again.” She crosses her arms. “Do you understand me?”

Akikazu squints at her. “Are you on a fucking sugar rush?”

“I might be.” Celeste admits. “Those were a lot of Skittles I ate.”

“Of course. Why did I expect anything else?” Akikazu looks ready to punch something. He’s always like this, except this time he’s actually got reddened cheeks, as if his face was an underground boiler.

“I think we should get out of here.” You state, bringing the argument to a halt. An exit should have appeared somewhere, but from your position you can only see the entrance, which is useless. You then spy a glint reflecting off something beneath the throne. Akikazu notices it as well. He stomps over, grabs the throne and tosses it into a pile of junk. A crunch is heard as the metal smashes against the rock.

A trapdoor is revealed, wooden in design with a thick, rusting iron knocker. Akikazu immediately grabs the handle and pulls with all his might. The trapdoor grunts and squeals, as if begging to remain where it is. Akikazu’s persistence and sheer intolerance for any more bullshit today is not listening to any complaints, no matter how sound the logic is. He gives the handle a final heave and it slams open.

There’s a rocky stairwell, leading down into the darkness. The objective is clear. You and your team enter.
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>>48150135
>Takauji has Karate VIII and Boxing VII, so Takashi still has a long way to go.
Thanks for informing us.
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>>48149253
why is this thread here when there's a board dedicated for quest shit?
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<Akagi21> so what happened to those three demons after we beat the bosses
<Akagi21> enlighten us shibuya
<Azure Scholar> Patience, Akikazu. All shall be revealed in due time.
<Akagi21> how about now
<Azure Scholar> You’re spoiling the surprise.
<Akagi21> to hell with that
<Akagi21> i dont know what takashi was thinking putting our chatlogs in our collective autobiography
<Akagi21> its painful to read in several different ways
<Azure Scholar> My my, knowing you I can come up with an equal amount of reasons why.
<Akagi21> god dont get me started on that shit
<Akagi21> sometimes i almost wish you stayed an emotionless robot forever
<Azure Scholar> Your choice of profanities were also interesting to document.

The hatch slammed shut, the rusted metal ring jangling against the wood. Afterwards, the throne room lay in a state of silent decay. There wasn’t much else for it to do. Its former rulers had been slain by the group of chosen children. As twisted and reclusive as the Phoenix and the Samurai had been, they had at least filled the room with some semblance of life. Now, all that remained was an uneasy tranquillity, reeking of former bloodshed and death, undisturbed by the whistling of a gentle breeze through the cracked stained glass windows.

The throne room had long been an enigma to the demonic residents of the castle, so it wasn’t long before a certain trio of rats scurried out of their burrows and began snooping around.

“The…the fog wall is gone!”

“Is there anybody inside, ho?”

“Why are you asking me? Onwards, you lazy lot!”

From the stone archway outside the room, three heads popped out like rising wooden platforms in target ranges. The first was red-haired, with angular ears that were smaller than a pinhead. The second had a blue cap, with golden bells that sung whenever the owner walked. A wizard’s cap sat above the third, pointed as a stalactite, and flames simmered beneath the orange bone.
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>>48150157
>“Are you on a fucking sugar rush?”
The answer to that question is usually "yes". She's been on a constant sugar rush since she was seven years old. At this point, if she ever stops eating sugar, she'll crash like the stock market in October 1929.
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>>48150135
>Savate III has been upgraded to Savate IV. Look at you go. Takauji has Karate VIII and Boxing VII, so Takashi still has a long way to go.
But he's been training for more than eight weeks, so I'm still proud of how far we've come in such a short time.
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“Do you guys see anything, ho?” The one named Jack Frost asked.

“No, because you’re leaning against my head, bro!” His brother, Pyro Jack, replied.

“Then stop doing that!” Pixie, the odd girl out, yelled.

“I can’t, hee. Bro’s right above me.” Jack Frost said, prompting Pixie to slam her palm against her forehead in irritation.

The three demons scanned across the throne room with their inquisitive eyes, revealing their shock, confusion and apprehension to the now-disturbed peace. They blinked often, rubbing their tiny eyes. They scanned the area from all angles, scrutinising the decay and the burns on the walls that were obviously remnants from prolonged use of magic. They compared what they believed was possible with the reality they were facing. No matter how many times they tried to dissuade themselves otherwise, they were forced to accept that the throne room was deserted. From that, a simple, horrifying conclusion followed.

“The king and queen are gone, ho. That means…”

“The humans beat them?” Pixie gasped, her wings beating twice as fast. She raised her tiny gloved fingers to her hands and her cheeks grew pale.

“No way!” Pyro Jack interjected. “That’s impossible, ho! Those two were super strong! Anyone who tried was chewed up and spat out as bones, hee-ho.”

“Then how do you explain this?” Pixie shouted, gesturing to the broken throne.

“The king and queen must’ve gone elsewhere, ho!”

“Everyone knows that they never leave the throne! If they’re not, that means they’re both dead!”

“Then where did the humans go?” Jack Frost asked. “Maybe they ate the humans and decided to leave.”

“I don’t think that’s right.”
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“Then where’s your proof, ho?” Pyro Jack waggled a finger in front of Pixie. She had no response and Pyro Jack allowed himself a small grin of victory. Pixie scowled. She then noticed the entrance to the trapdoor. A trail led up to it, smelling of humans, fresh ones. The door looked too heavy to open, even with their strength combined.

With this new piece of evidence, demons put two and two together and then shivered as one.

“W-who did we just meet, ho?”

“What have we gotten ourselves into?” Pixie cried, her voice growing more and more hysteric by the second.

The three demons felt as if the walls were closing onto them. They were no stranger to the scent of bloodshed and death. Dog eat dog was practically the motto of the demons haunting the Forlorn Abyss. But the situation here was a little too much for them to handle. The walls in here were positively dripping with the foul muck. It gave them the impression that something was lingering behind and watching them, despite them being the only three living creatures in the room.

“What now, ho?” Jack Frost asked, trembling. “Maybe we should get out of here. It won’t be long before the stronger guys find out.”

“Good idea, bro!” Pyro Jack said, nodding his head feverishly as if he intended to dislodge it through vibration alone. “Today has been too crazy, ho. I’d rather spend the week with Troll, and that’s saying something, hee!”

“Yeah, that sounds—wait.” Pixie stopped mid-circle in the air. Her nose twitched. She began floating closer to the throne, narrowing her eyes.

“What are you doing, Pixie?”

“Do you guys smell that?”

“Smell what?” Pyro Jack asked.

Pixie pointed to the throne. “Magatsuhi!”
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>>48150236
Oh boy Black Frost incoming
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She might as well have pulled a fire alarm. The two demon brothers craned their necks towards the front of the room. They sniffed, the movements in perfect synchronization. They then were pounding across the tattered carpet to the front of the room, their tongues coated in a fresh layer of drool. Pixie was already there, staring down at the ground.

The semi-transparent, crimson gel-like substance was unmistakable. It was indeed Magatsuhi, the sustenance of all demonic beings. A large of quantity of it was gathering at the base of the fallen throne. Pixie dipped her index finger in a slowly congealing mass and licked it with her tongue. The reaction was instant. Color returned to her cheeks and a dreamy smile flittered across her features.

“Delicious…” She sighed, as a miasma of tastes saturated her tongue. “This…this is what true Magatsuhi tastes like…ahh…”

“What’s all this doing here?” Jack Frost queried, although every other instinct in his body was yelling at him to begin the feast. “Did the king and queen leave this behind?”

“It tastes of humanity, too!” Pyro Jack said, scooping a bunch into his mouth.

“The humans must’ve made it!” Pixie moaned, tasting another drop. “Now I realize why Queen Titania used to order humans be kidnapped instead of killed. More, I want more…”
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>>48150236
>three idiot scrubs with the magatsuhi left behind by two bosses
uh
oh
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“It’s a… a banquet, ho! A banquet just for us!” Pyro Jack exclaimed. “This must be our lucky day!”

“It’s ours…the Magatsuhi is all ours, ho!” Jack Frost uttered, his eyes wide with shock.

“And nobody else’s!” Pixie crowed, her expression one of pure euphoria.

“What are we standing around for?” Pyro Jack yelled, the flame inside him jiggling around like a maddened rabbit. “It’s feasting time!”

That was the cue. Instinct destroyed the last bastions of rationality within their minds. The three demons jumped on the pile of Magatsuhi like a pack of wolves on a stray lamb. They shoveled the energy into their mouths, swallowed without bothering to chew and began again. They bit, ripped, tore and gnashed through the collection of raw power on display, eating and devouring as if they were kings and it was the end of the world.

<Azure Scholar> That’s more or less what transpired. What is your opinion?
<Akagi21> eh it was okay
<Akagi21> whats with the sudden shift in tone
<Azure Scholar> Because I said so.
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>>48150258
Seems like shadows are delicious to demons.
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>>48150263
Well, given that Akikazu didn't know what happened to them, either we never see them again or they're so changed as they evolve that they were unrecognizable. So it's either completely harmless or utterly horrible.
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>>48150274
I feel bad for Pyro Jack. Pixie and Jack Frost have evolved forms, Pyro Jack doesn't. His friends are going to get to change and get these cool shiny new bodies, but he's going to get left behind. Stronger, but still the same old Pyro Jack.
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>>48150332
>implying he and his brother won't fuse in Black Frost.
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Since we finished a Forlon Abyss Act we got a Star Point
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>Act 2 has been cleared. You have gained 1 Star Point.

>>INTERMISSION 2.

The space between Acts is the same as always. A cold concrete room, lit by a single flickering lightbulb on the end of a frayed string. Square in design, a fog wall to the left, an elevator in front and a corridor to the right. The air is thick with dust, to the extent of making Fumika utter a small cough.

Unlike before, there are five wooden treasure chests in the center of the room. Fumika quickly scans them to ensure they are not mimics. She gives the confirmation nod and you and the rest of the team prises them open.

>SYMBOL OF AVARICE (x2): Golden coin from a long-toppled capital city, covered in an odd shine. Large quantities of it were said to induce obsession within the holders. Place it above a Persona’s card to convert the Persona into a quantity of Macca. The exact amount is determined by the chosen Persona’s rank and amount of skills.

>PRAYER BOOK PAGE (x2): A tattered piece of parchment, originating from a holy prayer book. Clerics used to recite the tales within to cast magic. The words have been ground to dust by time, but a small quantity of power remains. Place a Persona’s card on it to consume the Persona and create a new skill book. The skill acquired will depend on the chosen Persona’s rank, its stats and the skills it holds.

Hunger Personas will corrupt the book, unless the user has managed to fully overcome their insanity. This may lead to the acquisition of unexpected skills, but nevertheless caution is advised.

Wow, you think to yourself. These first four treasures are excellent. They are so great you decide to plan out how you will use them. As in, right now.

>Please select the four (or less) Personas to be converted.
>Persona List: http://pastebin.com/YYcdYYRs
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>>48150457
>Symbol of Avarice:
Slime, Pixie
>Prayer Book Page:
Obariyon, Moh Shuvuu
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>>48150457
>Avarice
>Moh shuuvu
>Archangel

Prayer bookpage
>Mokoi
>Slime
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>>48150457
>>SYMBOL OF AVARICE (x2):
Convert Pixie and Slime.
>PRAYER BOOK PAGE (x2
Convert Saravasti (we might get Invigorate and/or media)
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>>48150534
need one more prayer page persona.
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>>48150457
Hmmm.. a tricky deal here. We should probably pick weaker personas with no real good abilities for the avarice coins, while personas with nice skills and decent stats should get the page. For example, boosts, auto-buffs, and passives should be personas we consider. Wonder what the 5th chest holds.
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>>48150561
I don't know what else would be worth converting besides Matador for Auto-Sukukaja or Melchom for Moneybags
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>>48150587
Obaryion?
Valyrie?
Mokoi for better darkness?
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>>48150457
>Symbol of Avarice
Slime
Pixie

>Prayer Book Page
Moh Shuvuu
Narcissus

Can we save 1 page for later? Would love to try and get null/resist light and give it to Ippon.
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>>48150645
If you want.
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>>48150723
I also believe that saving 1 prayer book page would be a good idea. We should check what we get from the first sacrifice before deciding the second.
>>48150534
Supporting
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>>48150645
Doesn't sound like a bad idea. If we eventually get null/resist/evade light on Ippon, we'd have all bases covered. I'll support it.
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We're lucky that we don't have a skill limit like in the games.
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>>48150645
sounds fair to me. Who knows what the future may bring.
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>>48150457
Melt down Pixie for Macca and Archangel for skills. Save the two remaining conversion items for a later date, just in case we find something that would be really good for it.
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>Slime has been converted into 10k Macca.
>Pixie has been converted into 15k Macca.
>Moh Shuuvu has been converted into the Dekunda skill book.

…at least, that is what you believe will happen in the future. The truth is, you already know these objects require the assistance of the Velvet Room twins. That is another event you are anticipating with all the fervor of a particularly idle sloth.

You open the fifth chest.

>FADED IVORY RIBBON: A white piece of thin cloth, stained with dried blood all over. A faint, magical presence emits from within. Other than that, it appears to do nothing.

“So that is the hallway to the Observer…” Fumika muses turning to stare at the door. “I wish to attempt something…”

She walks towards the entrance. Her footsteps start off strong and steady, but only a second flashes by before her body noticeably trembles. It is as if she is trying to walk through a body of solid ocean water. She soldiers on, pressing down each step with noticeable, straining effort. A beat of sweat trickles down the side of her neck. You hear a small clicking sound. It’s coming from her teeth.

“It’s no use.” Fumika mutters, a small inflection to her calm words. “The closer I approach, the less I feel like entering. Yet, back here, my curiosity remains unaffected.”

“Ugh, you could’ve just said that you get a bad feeling from what’s over there…” Akikazu grumbles. “Shit, it’s just like before. I don’t like this one bit.”

“I don’t feel anything strange.” You say, “That’s expected, though. Only the Leader of the AETHER Players can enter. It’s in the rules.”

“Damn the rules,” Celeste grouses. “What, is this Observer guy shy or something? Is he afraid to meet with a pretty girl?”

“Don’t get too far ahead of yourself, Tachibana.”

“Hey, rude!”
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>S+ END, Fortify III, Rapid Healing III, Battle Aura III, Regenerate III
>Local man is fucking invincible
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>>48150987
>Dekunda
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>>48150987
>Dekunda
Could be worse. I hope Avarice appears more frequently than Prayer because the latter is potentially gamebreaking.
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>>48151008
>Takashi tanks 10 Megidoladynes cast by the last word in rapid succession.
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>>48151045
Dekunda on us is actually really nice since it allows us to do something very cruel to those who overuse buffs. Hell, imagine it in school duels.
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We should use any skill cards we get on Ippon-Datara. Since we can't pass skills on to other Personas through Fusion, we have no reason to use them on Personas that are going to be faded out of use as we get more powerful ones.
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>>48151082
You are confusing Dekunda with Dekaja.
Dekunda: Nullifies stat penalties on party.
Dekaja: Nullifies stat bonuses on all foes.
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>>48151104
Ah, my mistake. Still, removing debuffs is also nice. Damn defense down..
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What should we do with the Souls we have now? Let them both turn into equipment? Turn one of them into a Persona? Turn both of them into Personas?
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>>48151135
Both into equips.
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>>48151135
That phoenix hopefully can turn into a buff fire weapon for Celeste or Takashi. No idea about the samurai.
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>>48151135
Equipment. We really need better gear. Though I think we might need to turn them into Personas to advance the Hunger S.Link, so one for equipment, one for Personas?
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>>48151135
both into equipment and if possible, both into ONE piece of equipment. It'd make for one hell of an accessory, thats for sure. Would likely last us a good long while.
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>Mana Fist: Unarmed attack that ignores defensive and agility/evasion buffs, scales with both STR and MAG.
>ignores defensive and agility/evasion buffs
Just something we should remember for the next duel.
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I especially want to know about the possibility of an AETHER Alpha.
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>>48151165
You do not need to turn them into personas to advance the hunger link. We went through this. We just need to beat them and take their souls.
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>>48151198
Then why didn't it advance? Last time the Social Link UP! message appeared immediately. Though with the ninja boss we sealed the soul away into a card right after acquiring it. So maybe it doesn't rank up when we take the soul, but when we use it? Seal it away into a card or a piece of equipment, properly imprison them and earn the squatters' favor in the process.
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Tomorrow is friday right? How about this:
>Kozue Yusa on afternoon and study at night
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>Okay, announcement time. Really bad news announcement time. I am so, so sorry for what's about to happen next.
Quest is over
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>>48151253
>>48151263
Well, that's ominous. Everything alright, Thorn?
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God, I loathe myself so much right now. I hate myself with every fibre of my being for announcing this and I know how much this is going to disappoint you all. I despise that I'm doing this in the middle of a thread when you're all getting excited about what's going to happen next. This is going to be a massive fucking middle finger to you guys and I sincerely apologize for that. I wish things could be different. I truly do.

But it's too much. I simply cannot continue any longer. Writing Persona 2129 Quest is no longer fun for me. Several factors have contribute to this, including real life issues preventing a good quest schedule, deteriorating health and the fact that I have slowly been losing interest in the SMT franchise over time. I have grown weary of it all. I now detest the world I have created, the characters and the plot.

Thus, I am now officially cancelling the quest.

I'm so, so sorry. You guys, my players, have supported me every step of the way. You have made questing enjoyable for me. You have written fanfiction of my stupid characters, done voices and made posts that have made me laugh with joy. The past fifty sessions would never have been made possible without you all.

This must be so betraying to you.

Once again, I apologise from the bottom of my heart. I cannot do this enough.

I hope you can understand.
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>>48151281
Well fuck. Ah well. Stay safe Thorn
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>>48151281
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rcmeMxxGYw
Thread theme
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>>48151281
Welp.. guess thats that. Been a hell of a ride and sorry about being a pain. Hope you feel better.
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>>48151281
Oh. Well, alright. I can't say I'm not disappointed, but I understand. You've got no obligation to provide entertainment to us, ultimately whether you're enjoying yourself is the real deciding factor here. Thanks for giving us what you did, it was really fun for me. Be well, Thorn. You're a cool dude.
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>>48151281
Welp..... thanks for the past 50 threads. Get better and I hope you regain your motivation to create and write something new in the future.
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>>48151281
Welp. At least you told us instead of simply disappearing like most QMs.
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>>48151281
Well, that's disheartening, to say the least. Couldn't you just take a break, then come back? It sounds like you're just having a case of QM burnout. Give it a couple of weeks to relax and cool off. You might get your spark back.
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>>48151281
I'm fairly new to the quest and had caught up on the archives, and I'm honestly a little sad to see it go, but hey, it happens to the best of us. I don't blame you for doing what you did. I know writing about the same thing over and over again can be really draining. Your health issues and real life problems should take priority.

In any case, take care, Thorn. Hope things work out for you. Enjoyed the quest while it lasted. Whatever you're doing in the future, I wish you good luck.
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>>48151281
Thank you for telling us TT. I means a lot that you aren't one of the ones that just go off the radar.
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>>48151281
How abouty you consider it a hiatus until P5 is out? It might inspire you to continue again.
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>>48151364
I wish this was the case, but my new schedule simply isn't equipped for QMing. With the rate at which Persona 2129 advances, it would quickly stop being fun. This is another one of the reasons I chose to stop the quest. It is too bloated and would take me forever to finish it. Another lesson learned, I guess.

Thanks to everyone who replied. It means a lot to me.
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>>48151281
I'm extremely sorry to hear that. I hope that things improve for you, and wish you all the best in the future.
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>>48151281
It's too bad, you were building around yourself one of the better questing communities on 4chan.
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>>48151281
>This must be so betraying to you.
Not really. Been expecting this since you dropped HBQ.
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>>48151411
>It is too bloated and would take me forever to finish it.
Well it's one thing I expected ever since the quest began. I mean if you kept going at the current pace without any hiatus it'd still take years until the quest would be over.
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>>48151411
Is there any chance you might have one last session explaining your plans for the rest of the quest, like what you did for HBQ?
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One less reason to not kill myself.
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>>48151411
If your schedule changes would it be possible to continue? Large slow quests are not bad things, like MGNQ or banished, and you're writing while veering towards purple prose at times was highly entertaining and drew a large audience. Additionally because of your sterling interaction with your players it did not devolve into a shitfest like other large quests.


While I am Highly leery of doing this, you might want to try running on Anonkun. It would let you run at your own pace, doing a few updates sporadically through out the week instead of needing time for one dedicated thread, leaving you more time to deal with IRL issues. Downside is the coding on it is shite and it has an incredibly smut thirsty audience. Just an idea for you, since this is one of the best quests on 4chan, period.
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>>48151411
>With the rate at which Persona 2129 advances, it would quickly stop being fun.
Heard about Maverick Hunter Quest? About 7 threads a year for I don't even know how long, and still one of the best quests on /tg/.
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Well, it's a bummer, but not the end of the world. /tg/ is a busy board, and there's other quests to bother. And in the end, we're all just fucking around here anyway. It's all for fun, there's no obligation.
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Well shit. Thanks for good times TT.

Hmm, this might come off and impulsive (it really is, what the hell am I doing), but in light of Kaz's health issues/coming vacation and P2129 cancellation I might try giving QMing an SMT quest a shot. Just came into a lot of free time for the foreseeable future.

No guarantees I actually pull the trigger on it, but if I do it should be in the coming week or so.
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>>48151281
Life, as well as the shit that comes with it, happens, bro. I don't blame you for what you're doing, and any reasonable person wouldn't either. Just...sad, is all. We all had some good times, bad times, and more than a couple of laughs at each others' expenses. But when all's said and done, it isn't the end of the journey as much as it is the steps we take along the beaten path that matters in the end.

And even if I knew Persona 2129 was going to end like this, I would've taken it over and over again. Wouldn't trade it for the world.

I hope things get better for you on your end, but I'm not going to say "goodbye". That's too final. No, I think I'm going to say "see you later". Because one day, that's what I'm hoping for. So, GG, Thorn. Godspeed with wherever your life's path takes you.
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>>48151281
Thanks for running.
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>>48151496
>>48151497
The pace wasn't my main reason for quitting. I had gripes about it in the past, but I managed to overlook them. It's my growing lack of interest in the story itself that killed it for me.

>>48151450
I might as well do that now. Bear in mind a lot of it is going to sound very stupid. Feel free to ask questions.

>The fifth is Ming. He doesn't have a Persona, but gains blood magic anyway through AETHER bullshit. He's of the Temperance Arcana. His Sector was going to be Beastmen's Wilderness, a noble land taken over by beast-men. His Companion was going to be Victorique, a vampire lady who sees the devastation caused to her property and gets super pissed about it, thus dragging Ming into her self-proposed quest.

>The sixth is Aria. She is Takashi's childhood friend, whom he forgot due to Apathy Syndrome. This is one of the things that should have been foreshadowed more but wasn't. She is secretly possessive of him, reflected in a future event where she gets kidnapped by the Denizens of her Sector, brainwashed and tries to murder the rest of the Void's Chosen. Her Sector is the kingdom of Irluvia, which would reveal the ingame backstory of AETHER.

>Seventh and eighth are Lucianne Decaux and her son, Edward Decaux. They are the Moon and the Sun respectively. Lucianne is a former mercenary who settled down after finding Edward in a ruin (which explains why her augmentations). Their Sectors are joined together, a world where children kill adults and reflection where adults hide in fear of children. Lucianne's Persona is Hel. Edward doesn't have a Persona, but gets injected with a demon virus shortly after entering the game.

>The ninth is Jomei Akabane, a bodyguard who would meet Takashi through mercenary bullshit and get to know him. He doesn't have a Persona and his Arcana is the Tower. He would use the Demon Summoning Program. His Sector would be a vast white plain where the objective would initially be to destroy everything in sight.
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>>48151281
This quest got me through a rough patch. Things are good now. Im sad this will not get finished, but i could tell you were running out of enthusiasm a while ago. I just want to say thanks for running a interesting quest with a cool story.
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>>48151593
Anything on backstory?
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>>48151593
Oh, so there were going to be non-Persona wielders in the party. That would have been cool, given us some other mechanics to play with. Though that would have just contributed to your issues with bloat, I suppose.

Also
>The sixth is Aria. She is Takashi's childhood friend, whom he forgot due to Apathy Syndrome. This is one of the things that should have been foreshadowed more but wasn't.

I don't know, I think that was actually foreshadowed sufficiently. I was kind of guessing at that, I'm pretty sure there were other people thinking along those lines, too.
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Man if Soma drops BQ too I will be fucking depressed.
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>>48151554
>She is Takashi's childhood friend, whom he forgot due to Apathy Syndrome.
Ohhhhhhhhhhh.
How about Celeste and Akikazu? What were their malfunctions?
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>>48151593
>She is Takashi's childhood friend, whom he forgot due to Apathy Syndrome

Oh god, no wonder she had that freak out with Takashi
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>>48151593
Whats the deal with Chikasi?

Whats the deal with blue shit injected into us?

Whats the deal with our lord and saviour Kaede?
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>>48151593
Hey Thorn, thanks for the quest and thanks for introducing me to the SMT series. I bought a ps2 specifically because of this quest.

Pic very much related
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Godspeed, Thorn.
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It all keeps tumbling down tumbling down tumbling down
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>>48151593
It sounds like you're suffering from quest burnout man. Regardless, thanks for the 54 threads. They were great and you're a great QM. Sad to see you go man.
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>The tenth Player is unnamed. It was going to be Shizuka, but I changed my mind soon after. One idea I had was a yakuza daughter posing as a serial killer. Jomei would possibly have been assigned to protect her.

Now for Social Link bullshit.

>CELESTE: Celeste's main problem is that her ambition leads to some very destructive situations, for herself and the people around her. She actually has an inferiority complex, developed by the success of her three older brothers. She also used to be depressive and fat, until she met someone who taught her about moving forward in her life (probably Rumi, which would have all sorts of stupid romantic implications). Potential love interest.

>AKIKAZU: He and Eriko are childhood friends. His father was a cop. Then he got arrested for corruption. Eriko was in a conference in America (most likely very important to the relations between Japan and America or something) and immediately rushed over to help Akikazu. Then Akikazu started thinking Eriko was too good for him, not helped by the abuse Eriko received for helping him. He tried to push her away. The two of them got into a fight and Eriko physically attacked him. Akikazu was knocked unconscious. When he woke up, he deliberately told Eriko to leave. She gave up and their friendship was over.

>Rinako thinks both of them are being idiots and wants Takashi to help. He does. They make up and maybe form a romantic relationship. It's silly, I know.

>FUMIKA: Not much to say here. More or less teaching Fumika about emotions and friendship. Several key moments in the quest would have contributed. Also a potential love interest.

>MING: He's a professional Youtuber. That is a legit job in 2129. He would most likely be quarantined inside the Forgotten City because blood magic is even rarer than the Wild Card in the real world. His Social Link would involve generally hanging out with him and helping him accept his situation.
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I wish it weren't the case, especially with the loss of Kaz's quests, but if it has to happen, I'd rather you canceled it than forced yourself to do something you didn't like (and I mean that to both of you excellent gentlemen) - I speak from personal experience that that shit shows. A hearty
>F
to you Twilight Thorn, and to Kaz since he's also in this thread. Have a pic of Lilith hugging Hero (with apologies to Kaz for it being such an unLawful pic).
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>>48151760
I would have liked to see Ming :c
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>>48149253
Hey Thorn, just wanted to let you know that every time I see your name I think of pic related.
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>>48151760
Celeste makes sense, her having an inferiority complex was always pretty apparent underneath the cheerfulness. Akikazu it's neat to finally learn what his issue was. Fumika, as you said, kind of predictable but I'm sure it would have still been interesting. And Ming, I thought he worked at a restaurant. Eh, whatever, it still sounds like it would have been fun to bond over being unable to ever let anyone know what we really were for fear of vivisection.
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>>48151760
>She also used to be depressive and fat
Aww.
What about the twins? What the hell were they?
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This reminded me that holy sword quest died. Fuck.
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>>48151760
What were the Twins? What happened to the Velvet Room? How does the Last Word play into the overall plot? What is AETHER?
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>>48151847
>holy sword quest
H-he can still come back!
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>>48151847
>Holy Sword Quest

That reminds me, did we ever romance the sword?
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>ARIA: Aria has a lot of demons, which is fitting given her Arcana. Takashi would help her accept her past. Two key events would be involved: Takashi 'abandoning' her and her Awakening, in which her magic got out of control and broke her best friend's spine. By the way, Aria's Persona is Baphomet and she mainly wields psychic magic.

>Aria is also a potential love interest and a clingy one at that. If Takashi chose another girl, Aria would most likely take it the hardest.

>LUCIANNE: Not really planned, but something about helping her work through the conflict between her bloodthirsty former career and her duties as a mother.

>EDWARD: Also not really planned, but there would be something interesting about helping him accept his demonic side. The problem with being a half-demon is that you gain a continuous hunger for human flesh and all the foods you liked taste like shit. His depression would've been noticeable and Takashi would need to cheer him up.

By the way, his transformation (similar to DDS) would involve the Norse bird Vidofnir, specialising in flight and lightning.

>YOSHINO: I don't know. I don't know what I was thinking. In any case, Yoshino was the most normal of the love interests.

>TAKAUJI, KANAMI, KANADE: Love triangle. Kanade would be most accepting of Takauji's opinions. Kanami, not so much. They all become friends in the future. Takauji doesn't hate the notion of romance; he just doesn't think he wants to partake in it in high school.

>KOZUE YUSA: She has Apathy Syndrome, except hers happened at eleven years of age. I guess she and Takashi could've bonded over that. Also, she's the daughter of a yakuza boss, which might have led to some not-so-hilarious conflicts with the yakuza. Her past personality was cruel and malicious, but she doesn't remember any of that and in fact dislikes it heavily.
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>>48151896
>KOZUE YUSA: She has Apathy Syndrome, except hers happened at eleven years of age. I guess she and Takashi could've bonded over that.

Bonding over mutual suffering. The best kind of bonding.
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>>48151893
Never got to any romance with any of the characters, but Erika and Galadriel were the closest with the MC. Total bros.
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>>48151593
>The sixth is Aria. She is Takashi's childhood friend, whom he forgot due to Apathy Syndrome.
Ouch... Poor Aria.
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>>48151896
>KOZUE YUSA: She has Apathy Syndrome, except hers happened at eleven years of age. I guess she and Takashi could've bonded over that. Also, she's the daughter of a yakuza boss, which might have led to some not-so-hilarious conflicts with the yakuza. Her past personality was cruel and malicious, but she doesn't remember any of that and in fact dislikes it heavily. Potential Love Interest

FTFY
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>>48151893
Nope.
>>48151938
I'd say witch hat girl was also decently close.
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>>48151896
I wish we had gotten to the point of recruiting Lucianne and Edward. Having Celeste's boss go on raids with her would have been delightfully awkward for everyone involved.
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>>48151896
>Childhood friend loses memory
>Remain lonely and awkward for years afterwards
>Childhood friend comes back
>He's friendly and wants to be friends, despite not remembering
>Relationship grows
>Awakening, spine breaking
>Still friends after all that
>Lose out in romance to Celeste/Fumika/Yoshino/etc.

Being the Aria is suffering
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This is probably way too early, but is there even a small chance in hell you would want to come back to questing after a long sabbatical? I remember during, I think, HBQ that you had some Dark Souls-like quest in your head, but I guess it was eventually merged into this one as the Forlorn Abyss.
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>>48151957
Pedo detected.
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Alright boys who did you want to win the takashibowl, starting out I was on the Celest train but then aria showed up
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>>48152064
Either Aria or Celeste.

Depends on how Aria developed.
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>>48152064
Celestefag all the way through.
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>>48152064
Would of been happy with either Celeste or Aria.
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>>48152064
Akikazu

Failing that, I'd be happy with where the Celeste train was going, but a Fumika romance would've made for some interesting defrosting
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>>48151997
Also, would you be opposed to writing at all in the future? You've clearly got the talent, especially in character building and interactions, that I'd hate to think this would be the last time you wrote anything.

>>48152064
I was on the fence between Celeste and Aria, but damn if I'm not a sucker for childhood friends.
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>>48152064
Guess. Just guess who I preferred.
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>>48152064
Rumi.
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>>48152064
Aria.
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>>48152064
I was a Celestefag from beginning to end Yellingbird made it even better, but if Aria won, I wouldn't be mad, only saddened.
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>SHIZUKA: Big sister. Was intended to be incest, then not so much. She holds guilt over letting Takashi get into his accident, to the point where she becomes super overbearing (which wasn't really reflected, in hindsight). Takashi would've helped her get past that.

>Other Social Links involving Rumi, the tenth Player and Veleis-sensei were planned. But they will never see fruition. Oh well.

>>48151979
I think Lucianne would've closed down the Lovely Eight by then.

>>48151988
Yes, it is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMMu7wfBNEA

Now for AETHER stuff. This might take a while.

>AETHER was designed to be similar to the Vortex World and the Conception. Meaning, it is a tool of the universe to create new worlds. The reasoning that is developed is dependent on their actions of Players. Every step, every decision and every kill they make is considered and processed into the logic of the new world.

>Instead of one person becoming the keystone, an entire group does. The Players are sent into their individual Sectors, where they are prophesied as heroes by the inhabitants, the Denizens. Their quest involves clearing the Sector of its corruption, making their way to the final dungeon and defeating the Endgame Adversary that lurks there.

>The Players are meant to walk their Path of Ascension and basically become physical deities during the game. This is automatically achieved after the Endgame Adversary is defeated, but can happen beforehand is certain objectives are met.

>Celeste would've had her entire body become fire, Akikazu could manipulate the earth, Fumika would gain the power to see things from the perspective of others (showing how far she would've come in terms of empathy and understanding others), Ming would make bodies explode (blood bombs), Aria would've become a true queen, don't know about the rest.

>This would've been shown in 'Chapters', meant to be passages of the new world's 'bible'.
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>>48152091
Kozue Yusa right?
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>>48152091
Mastema?
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>>48152064
Toss up between Celeate and Yoshino
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>>48152099
So the theory that you were pulling on SBURB for inspiration was accurate, then. Cool.
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>>48152099
So AETHER is literally SBURB?
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>>48152099
>Ming would make bodies explode
neat
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>>48152099
Kinda funny, because Kaede Kurusu basically was a god and we tended to hate her

unless we were kaz
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>>48152064
I still remain in the Celeste camp.

>666 on indefinite hiatus
>2129 is kill
>London concluded months ago
>No more SM/tg/ for the foreseeable future

...this has been a bad couple of days.
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>>48152099
>She holds guilt over letting Takashi get into his accident, to the point where she becomes super overbearing (which wasn't really reflected, in hindsight).
That was plain as sunlight to me.
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>>48152120
>SBURB
>>48152123
What is that?
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>>48152149
Yeah, Thorn keeps saying "oh, I didn't foreshadow this well enough", but I think he did a great job at it.
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>>48152099
>Celeste becomes basically female Kagutsuchi no kami.
Talk about a hot chick. What would Takashi have been?


>>48152141
indeed it has been.


>>48152160
SBURB was a game in the webcomic homestuck, where the players get taken to a new world that creates other worlds after thiers(earth) gets destroyed.. They become literal Gods, and fight each other and glitches(GOO) in the game.
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>>48152160
You know that Homestuck comic that annoying kids on tumblr won't shut up about? Well, before it become completely unbearable, it was basically about a goofier session of AETHER, minus the Personas. Travel through worlds customized to the players, interact with weird symbolic puzzles and characters, ascend to godhood, create a new universe.
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>>48152160
Homestuck. A game that destroys the Earth except for its players, who will be put on different planets, with each planet having its own inhabitants. Each player has the quest to slay each planet's Denizen, ascend to the God Tiers, and complete the process to birth a new universe, one where they will then rule as gods.
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>>48152099
Like I said a long time ago: this is what would happen if pre-troll Homestuck and Persona had a baby, and that baby had another baby with the child of Dark Souls and Shadowrun.

>>48152160
Homestuck. Really crazy webcomic-type-thing, started out with a really interesting plot that sort of got put on the backburner in favor of character exploration. Awesome soundtrack, though.
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>>48152099
>we become literal gods at the end of our playthrough

Why do I feel as though there's a really bad caveat in there?

Also
>She holds guilt over letting Takashi get into his accident

Would it ever be revealed as to what exactly the accident was? Was it similar to how Kozue got hers?
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Who else is listening to Komm, Süsser Tod on loop?
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>>48151776
Just this once, I'll make an exception It's greatly appreciated. Thanks, anon. But let's get back to Thorn.

>>48151896
>ARIA
Sympathy for the devil, huh? That would've been a really interesting development.

>>48152064
Fumika. Sociopathic, socially-awkward waifu is best waifu.

>>48152138
>Me liking Kaede Kurusu
Nope. I don't like false messiahs.
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>>48152246
Not me. I only listened to it once.
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>>48152246
I'm mostly listening to this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLji1buqZOk
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>>48152240
>SMT quest
>Not becoming gods

It's like standard procedure at this point. If TF666 makes it that far I don't doubt Adrian will be some kind of deity.
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I hope you can find something interesting to write about Thorn, I had fun with Persona but can't blame you if you aren't feeling it
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>>48152298
Even sleeping gods kind of ended like that.
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>>48152227
Yellingbird, think you're gonna finish the CelestexTakashi now?
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>>48152099
Wait, then how would they have blended in with the Real World afterwards?

Also, WTF was up with the Twins. What did Kurusu have to do with the plot beyond her original impact?

>>48152064
Fumika.
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What would've our Ultimate Persona/the team's Ultimate Personas?
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So what are the other SM/tg/ quests? I may need to archive binge them, now. It's like heroin, you don't just drop it, you have to step down to methadone first if you want to make the change stick.
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I hope you find something to rekindle your passion writing again thorn I had fun and hope to see you again some day
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>>48152336
aside from the London one and it's sequel, I've got no idea.
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>>48152088
If I write again, it'll be something original.

Backstory of AETHER's ingame:

>A long time ago, there was a kingdom called Irluvia. It was a standard medieval fantasy kingdom.
>A group of malicious deities planted themselves within Irluvia and the surrounding lands. They wormed their way into positions of great power and influence, then brought upon the magical apocalypse and corrupted everything. They segregated the lands and sealed them inside dimensional bubbles, which is why the Sectors are disconnected from each other.

>They were known as the Heirs of the Old World to the dying population of Irluvia.

>Their purpose seemed to be that of chaos and despair. A close examination would reveal they were attempting to collect enough energy in order to revive the Ultimate Adversary, their leader and the final boss of the game. The fastest way to do this was to devour souls.

>Some of the souls were for their own benefit. Endgame Adversaries have a caveat in that they must go to sleep before the game begins. Thus, the Heirs were forced to rely on others.

>This is the reason behind Chikashi's Abomination form. Before the game began, the Heirs already had some understanding of the Void's Chosen, as the latter is prophesied to slay the former. One of the Heirs realized that Chikashi was an acquaintance of Takashi and wanted to use Chikashi to kill him. Hence the BATTLE TIME segments, which symbolized the corruption of Chikashi's soul. It failed and Chikashi was dumped into the Forgotten City to rot.

>As the game progressed, the Heirs would have slowly woken up. The more time they spend awake, the more damage they can do to the Sectors. When they fully wake up, it means the Sector is about to die. Hopefully the chosen Player will have amassed enough strength to destroy the Endgame Adversary before time runs out.


>Time passes, Denizens defected to the Heirs' side.
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>>48152336
Taskforce 666 is on hiatus, but Devil Summoner London is completed. There are others on the archive, but I believe they were all dropped after a while.
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>>48152336
>Devil Summoner London (Completed. Pretty fantastic)
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Devil%20Summoner%20London%20Quest

>Task Force 666 (Ongoing, run by that Kaz guy you see on here, currently on hiatus)
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Devil%20Summoner%20Task%20Force%20666%20Quest


And that's it. Some guy earlier this thread said he might run one but who knows.
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>>48152365
>This is the reason behind Chikashi's Abomination form. Before the game began, the Heirs already had some understanding of the Void's Chosen, as the latter is prophesied to slay the former. One of the Heirs realized that Chikashi was an acquaintance of Takashi and wanted to use Chikashi to kill him. Hence the BATTLE TIME segments, which symbolized the corruption of Chikashi's soul. It failed and Chikashi was dumped into the Forgotten City to rot.
Yeah, I think that Heir underestimated our capacity for spite. Probably was expecting some all-loving hero archetype who'd do their best to help anyone who seemed to be in trouble. Instead they got someone controlled by 4chan. Sucker. We only help cute girls.
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>>48152318
If people want me to, I could do it and post it on my twitter.

>>48152365
I really hope you do. Your characters are absolutely fantastically written, and you've got a great knack for stringing the reader along with bits of information. Also, your horror scenes, like Chikashi's transformation, or the Twins showing their masks to Takashi? Absolutely amazing.
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>>48152406
I would love to read it
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>>48152406
I'd still like to hear the conclusion to your fanfic
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>>48152365
So how does Kaede Kurusu, the twins, and the Forgotten abyss play in?


>>48152406
Do it birdman. Also I agree with your sentiments.
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>>48152406
Thirded. Thorn's a good author. I hope that he someday finds motivation to write again.
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>>48152406
Tweet that fuckin' tweet, bro. That shit was adorable.
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>>48152365
Ignore the last line, I can't be bothered deleting it.

>>48152406
Please do. I enjoyed your fics immensely.

>>48152432
Soon.

>There were going to be very personal journeys for each of the Players. Yet another reason for why the Quest would've become too bloated.

>The Endgame Adversaries tend to drive nightmares into the minds of the Players, in order to break their spirits. This often just makes them more motivated.

>It is possible to get an Endgame Adversary to kill themselves, but it is extremely difficult,

Now for stuff about specific Heirs of the Old World.

>HAZEBOUND WOODLANDS: A witch of fog. The Feyel Alari of the Hazebound Woodland drove out the spirit of fire, as they saw the art of pyromancy as heretical. This let the witch swoop him and transform the forest into her own hellish domain. Luckily, the spirit of fire anticipated this and began constructing bonfires around Irluvia and the surrounding lands. That's the ingame reason for their existence, of course.

>PYRE RUIN VALLEY: A wrathbringer of the sun, who killed both sides of the invasion that took place in the valley and proclaimed herself as the queen. She force souls of knights into their armor and made them slaves. The original inhabitants of the valley, the kobolds, were forced underground.

>AREA 019: You need to understand more about the Forlorn Abyss for this.

>IRLUVIA: A false king, who would have his attendants brainwash Aria with his dark magic.

>The rest weren't planned.
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>>48152406
I agree with the birdman, but I have to say that I am very disappointing that the carpet's been pulled from under my feet AGAIN.

Also, a question, what was happening in the Forlorn Abyss?
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What about the Forgotten City? Lore on that?
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This might be the first time I've followed a quest from beginning to end completely.

Before, I've either jumped into already ongoing quests, which either fade away or reach an ending, or I see a quest that had its final thread in suptg that looks interesting and I binge read it all the way through.

This is the first time I've participated in a quest from the start and stuck with it to its end without it fading away. It's a strange feeling.

>>48152406
Tweet tweet, motherfucker, keep going. I need something to help relieve this whiplash.
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Alright, you limp-dick faggots, I'll do my best. Keep an eye on my twitter. It'll show up somewhere in between my constant lusting over Akihiko and Theodore.

I'm also going to need a new quest to haunt. Anything good running these days?
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>>48152573
BQ
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>>48152573
Moloch's Northern Beasts is starting on Friday.
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>>48152573
Eh Mecha space pirate and NERV Bridge simulator are the ones I'm actively following right now.
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>>48152595
What's that about?
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>>48152573
Moloch's northern beasts, Snakecatcher on /qst/ even if it's nearing endgame. most the other good quests I follow are on akun or hiatus.
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>>48152581
Oh god almost everyone good is gone or on hiatus, oh wait there space pirate quest and that Naruto quest that one seems good I haven't read any of it
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Fuck there's a lot more shit than I remember. How about we tackle the Forgotten City next. Forlorn Abyss shit will have to wait, because I think you guys need to understand the core mechanics of AETHER first.

>The Forgotten City is actually Hollowed Tokyo. I don't know if I explained this to you guys, but in 2041 dark clouds covered the earth for three days and three nights. They then vanished. Hollowed Tokyo is a replica of what would have occurred if the clouds had never lifted. In other words, a crumbling city, abandoned and devoid of life.

>As the hub city, Hollowed Tokyo (I'm going to call it that from now on) is special. Its Denizens are comprised of both humans and demons.

>As the game progressed, AETHER would have begun to draw in people from the real world. Methods would've been disguised as seemingly innocuous things, such as a super addicting video game or something I don't really know (I didn't plan this far ahead). The purpose of this was to grant the new world enough humans for it to be populated.

>Of course, the Endgame Adversaries can also draw in people. If they fail, their targets are dumped into the hub sector, most likely as abominations.

>Humans drawn into Hollowed Tokyo would've had their memories erased. They would've been thrown into a hostile city teeming with Shadows, demons and other rogue humans. Survival of the fittest would've reigned there.

>It would reach the point where Hollowed Tokyo would've been populated by millions.
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>>48152573
Dark Gate Academy on /qst/ is decent, though it's on hiatus right now.
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>>48152573
because it's more or less an experiment in how far we can EDGE and shitpost without actually getting bad....

BRQ
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>>48152611
According to the QM, Original Setting that takes heavily influence from Dishonored and Bloodborne. Primarily deals with hunting beasts.

Anything else, your guess is as good as mine.
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>>48152625
We really should stop that guy the keeps trying to kill QMs at some point
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>>48152625
Which Naruto Quest? Boruto Quest, The one were we replace Naruto, or the one that just started recently?
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>>48152627
So a bit of SMT Imagine in there, too.
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>>48152573
REQM is in the process of coming back
Hive Queen is pretty good
Shinigami Savant is pretty good too
Dungeon Lord over on Anonkun is aight
The Magitech series on Anonkun is pretty good too
Scholomance on Anonkun is a BFQ reboot that is fantastic
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>>48152653
The new one, but boruto quest is pretty damn good
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>>48152645
Sounds interesting to me, I'll look into it when he runs.
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>>48152644
>BRQ

This is?
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>>48152671
yea didn't the second one I mention just finish wrapping up?
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>>48152627
Jesus, you really did bite off more than you could chew. It's great, though.
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>>48152672
It'll be over on /qst/ most likely. He'll probably toss a link on the /qtg/ over there when he starts.

>>48152676
Bladebound Retainer Quest. Kaz's other quest that's also on hiatus. Good writing, pretty slow pacing.
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>>48152688
Yes.
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>>48152676
Bladebound Retainer Quest

It's basically a less shit and edgier version of princess guard quest
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>>48152625
Feral Necromancer is also dead. RIP good quests.
By the way Beleaguered Prince is decent
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>>48152688
Oh shit that ended? I thought it was on hiatus.
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>>48152711
It is a pretty interesting type of quest.
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>>48152717
Think the final thread for it was a few days ago. Might binge the archives and go through it.
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>>48152711
It is, only gripe is waifufags not trying to eke out as much political power as possible because our counterparts have tits.

>>48152717
nope Laze finished it.
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>>48152711
Man I had assumed summer would bring in some new qms and maybe some old ones would pop back up, I miss you crusty
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>>48152755
>I miss you crusty
He's not dead yet, pray for his poor ass, let the cancer leave
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>Sooner of later rumors of the Void's Chosen would've made their way through Hollowed Tokyo and the group may have bene worshipped as gods (accurate but uncomfortable).

>Takashi's quest is unique. He doesn't have a defined purpose like the others. The city is his to do with. He can attempt to subjugate it, one district at a time, or he can sit back and let it all burn.

>It was going to be very open-ended, which I'm not sure would've worked.

>The Void's Chosen also have a unique ability to 'purify' abominations and corruptions. The methods are uncertain, but it probably would've been something to do with the holy flame of bonfires.

>By the way, abominations are termed the Void's Corrupted. They are formed by the machinations of the Endgame Adversaries or by staying too long in certain areas of the Hub Sector. Once they are purified, they become the Void's Consorts, existences that swear utter loyalty to the Void's Chosen. Chikashi was intended to be a Void's Consort. He would've lost his memories and wielded a shotgun in battle.

>I had also planned for AETHER to eventually begin targeting Takashi's Social Links. There would've been progress bars that indicated how much corruption was taking place. If you guys took too long, the individuals involved would've lost all their memories or even surpass the point of no return (meaning they would need to be mercy killed).

>Kanami would probably off herself if Takauji went missing.

>Also, Hollowed Tokyo would've been divided into factions that Takashi could've demolished or sided with. It would probably have involved a lot of killing for him.
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>>48152747
Now we wait for Mini to return. Where did he go anyway?
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>>48152765
>>48152755
He isn't Diarca, he won't come back from death
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>>48152775
No one knows at this point.


>>48152771
>Start targeting and corrupting our SL's.

yikes.
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>>48152771
>>I had also planned for AETHER to eventually begin targeting Takashi's Social Links. There would've been progress bars that indicated how much corruption was taking place. If you guys took too long, the individuals involved would've lost all their memories or even surpass the point of no return (meaning they would need to be mercy killed).
>>Kanami would probably off herself if Takauji went missing.
Jesus, dude.
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>>48152771
Wow. Yeah, Thorn, you really did bite off too much with these ideas. They sounds AWESOME, but if you were having trouble keeping up with mechanic bloat now then this stuff would have killed you.
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>>48152771
Looks like things were going to get dark, well darker.
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Okay, now for Forlorn Abyss and Kaede Kurusu stuff.

>Kaede Kurusu is known among the world as a living goddess. A lot of madmen did some truly awful things in her name. What a shocker!

>She was originally the protagonist of a Persona story that took place between the end of P5 and the beginning of P2129. She was also the Leader of a group of Players, but failed to deliver her team to victory. The reasoning behind it is because they failed to understand the true intentions behind the game (possibly due to the influences of the Old Guard--the past Persona protagonists).

>No members of her team died, but the situation escalated to the point where several Endgame Adversaries were joining the Ultimate Advesary in the final battle. It was basically an unwinnable state. Kaede and her team fought valiantly, but they lost.

>When an AETHER session fails, the Players' home world is destroyed as punishment. This is why the dark clouds appeared on Earth in 2041. It was a final judgement on humanity.

>Kaede's team had one last hope: to descend to the very pits of their Forlorn Abyss (which they had ignored) and find a way to save the world.

>When they reached the bottom, they met with the Observer. A mechanic termed New Game Minus was introduced. The ultimatum was thus: Kaede's team could sacrifice themselves in order to prolong their world for another century. Kaede could also enter the world and shape it into her liking, so that humanity's next chance at the game would be more successful.,

>Kaede obstinately refused, but her friends agreed and persisted. With a heart heavier than the core of the Earth, she cut them down with her blade, one by one.

>Their blood flowed freely among the tiles of the altar. Kaede collapsed on her knees and screamed. She wailed until there were no more tears left in her, then cried some more. Her heart, which had blossomed with the love of her companions, turned into stone. And with it, came her hatred for humanity.
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Im starting to think you should of just written this as a story.
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>>48152924
Oh Christ.
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>>48152924
>Kaede Kurusu
Well that's...holy fuck, Thorn.
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>>48152924
Seems like they should have gotten gud
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>>48152924
K'
Observer Lore?
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>>48152924
>>Kaede's team had one last hope: to descend to the very pits of their Forlorn Abyss (which they had ignored) and find a way to save the world.

Thank fuck we didn't ignore it. Jeez.
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>>48152924
Jeeeesus.
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>>48152924
Sounds about right, the Abyss is basically the Amala Labyrinth so reaching the bottom should turn you into an avatar of the world's doom. I think we guessed that was what lead to her being so crazy way back when we first found out about it. What would the bottom floor of the Abyss contained for a party that wasn't fucking up, though? Like, say, us if we had ever gotten to it.
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>>48152924
Holy Christ TT. I'd love to read a novel about that shit.
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Oh yeah. What about the Levels of the Abyss?
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>>48153030
I've been fiddling around with WWIII shit, so I may as well tack on Kaede into the list. I'll writefag something-

>>48153058
>Previous Persona Protagonists
>She killed them all
>Recycled them as the boss demons of Takashi's Forlorn Abyss
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>The altar at the bottom of the Forlorn Abyss accepted their souls. The apocalypse on Earth stopped. Every single construct in Kaede's session died. Her Blackened Void was left to decay into nothingness. An immense amount of power, a false World, flowed into Kaede's soul.

>To prolong humanity's survival, AETHER initiated the Mass Awakening and gave humanity the power of the Persona.

>Time is extremely convoluted inside the Forlorn Abyss. By the time Kaede exited into the real world, Shadows had already begun attacking the humans. She destroyed them all, made her image as a goddess in the flesh and got to work transforming humanity into a ruthless species capable of dominating the game.

>Basically she made Japan what it is in 2129. She got into the minds of influential humans and twisted them into her servants. A lot of stuff happened that put Persona-users on a pedestal in Japan. Also, their thirst for battle. That was important.

>The previous Persona protagonists tried to stop her. The P3 team attempted. She killed them all but Mitsuru.

>The Investigation Team was next. Kaede drew them into the entrance of her Forlorn Abyss (somehow) and massacred them. She left them clinging to life by a thread as sort of repayment for their services when she had been human.

>It wasn't very good, because the souls of the Investigation Team became corrupted by the innate negativity of the Forlorn Abyss. AETHER recycled them as the boss demons of Takashi's Forlorn Abyss.
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>>48153086
Jesus fucking Christ Twilight
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>>48153058
AETHER recycled them as the boss demons of Takashi's Forlorn Abyss.

holy shit.
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>>48153086
>It wasn't very good, because the souls of the Investigation Team became corrupted by the innate negativity of the Forlorn Abyss. AETHER recycled them as the boss demons of Takashi's Forlorn Abyss.
Oh shit, it did, didn't it? The ninjas on the first floor were Yosuke, the Frostbitten Samurai was Chie, the Chained Phoneix was Yukiko. Oh, that makes so much sense in hindsight, I wonder how many bosses we would have had to face before we caught on.
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>>48153086
>Recycled them as the boss demons of Takashi's Forlorn Abyss

Motherfucker.

It's obvious now that the chained phoenix was Yukiko, but who was the samurai? Chie?
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>It wasn't very good, because the souls of the Investigation Team became corrupted by the innate negativity of the Forlorn Abyss. AETHER recycled them as the boss demons of Takashi's Forlorn Abyss.
Who was who then?
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>>48153086
>AETHER recycled them as the boss demons of Takashi's Forlorn Abyss.
Just when you think everything can't get worse.

>>48153132
The Samurai was Chie, the Phoenix was Yukiko.
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>>48153126
>>48153132
Yosuke was the ninja, chie was the samurai, yukiko was the phoenix

i was so caught up on the dark soul imagery i never saw this.
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>>48153096
Shit.. now think about that first persona card. Jiraya was Yosuke's persona, Jiraya's rival was Orochimaru.
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>>48153086
>The previous Persona protagonists tried to stop her. The P3 team attempted. She killed them all but Mitsuru.
>because the souls of the Investigation Team became corrupted by the innate negativity of the Forlorn Abyss. AETHER recycled them as the boss demons of Takashi's Forlorn Abyss.

Fuckin' hell.
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>>48153101
>the Frostbitten Samurai was Chie, the Chained Phoneix was Yukiko
That explains why one got boosted when the other died.
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>>48153151
So we had their souls. I wonder if we couldn't have revived them at a certain level
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>>48153126
Pretty sure, yeah. Chie's Personas are female samurais from Japanese folklore and are ice-elemental. So yeah, it would have been her.

>>48153132
Rogue Shinobi: Ninja, dropped Yamata-no-Orochi as a Persona. Yousuke's first Persona was the ninja Jiraiya, his second was Susano-o who killed Yamata-no-Orochi.

>Frostbitten Samurai: Ice-elemental melee bruiser with a samurai theme that was fiercely loyal to the Chained Phoenix. Chie's Personas are female samurai with Ice spells, she is super loyal to Yukiko.

>Chained Phoenix: Imprisoned fiery bird. Yukiko has bird-themed designs to her fire-elemental Personas, Social Link was about feeling trapped.
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>>48153086
Kaede, you fucked shit up so, so badly that I kinda understand that it means to be shit messiah.
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So many cool stuff would happen if the quest continued. RIP ;_;
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While I'm disappointing that this quest died, I can't say I didn't see it coming since Harem Bro quest died because of the same thing and I knew the writing was on the wall when you started to add Dark Souls mechanics.
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>>48153086
>It wasn't very good, because the souls of the Investigation Team became corrupted by the innate negativity of the Forlorn Abyss. AETHER recycled them as the boss demons of Takashi's Forlorn Abyss.
And those were the souls that the Velvet Room squatters wanted removed. So what did they have against the Investigation Team? Was it just because they didn't belong in the Abyss and was messing with what they felt was the proper order, or did they have a specific grudge?
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>>48153151
So Yosuke = Ninjas, Chie/Yukiko = Samurai/Pheonix, but what about Kanji, Teddie, Naoto, Rise, and Yu?
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He tries to say something. It is drowned out by the deluge gushing out of his mouth, like a fountain running on internal fluids and puke.

His eyes are full of hate. Not to you, but towards a different entity altogether.

Now, he can no longer move. Nor can he speak. There is no life left in him.

Resigned to his fate, The Rogue Shinobi closes his eyes and falls still.

>INVADER BANISHED

“So, the Rogue Shinobi has been slain. A fine job, guest, even if you made several incomprehensible blunders in the process. The Rogue Shinobi has existed far past his expiration date. We are very pleased he died at the Void’s Chosen’s hands. What a tragic death it was. Almost as pathetic as his own life.”

>ROGUE SHINOBI SOUL: The soul of the Rogue Shinobi. The Rogue Shinobi was a powerful warrior serving beneath a foreign lord. Through a series of complicated events, he gained his independence, then swiftly fell from grace. His newfound despair eventually drew him to the entrance of the Forlorn Abyss. Use this special soul to gain experience, create a new Persona or forge something of worth.

Yosuke never deserved this
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Yu being the final boss of Forlon Abyss would be pretty cool.
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>>48153221
by the sounds of it, it seems that the squatters were the protags of P3. Incidentally, nice that Demiurge is the persona of the False world, since it was also a false version of god.
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>>48153086
oh my god
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>>48153228
Some reason this didn't add to the post, but what would those 5 be, Thorn?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6mld02N20A

>The P5's protagonists were more pragmatic. They went into hiding and spent a decade researching a weapon that could destroy Kaede. They succeeded in that and entered Kaede's Forlorn Abyss . Too bad the execution failed.

>Kaede anticipated this and got the drop on them. A battle occurred that no-one ever saw. The Phantom Thieves lost. Most were defeated, but Kaede had not yet ended their lives. She was too arrogant.

>The Phantom Thief snickered. He took out the bomb. He activated it. A gigantic storm of light enveloped the room. In an instant, his body, along with Ryuuji's, Anne's, Morgana's and the rest, turned to ash.

>Kaede screamed then, this time of frustration. She had lost this round. Her power was devouring her, stripping away her divinity. She had no choice but to abandon the Earth and go into rest in the newly forming Blackened Void. She wondered if this had been AETHER's plan all along.

>Well, it didn't matter in the end. She had a plan in mind. A plan to reunite the only people she cared in her life--her friends. The Observer at the bottom of the Abyss had told her they would be recycled as the Endgame Adversaries of the new session and would surely fall at the Players' hands. But their souls would be needed to bolster the growth of the new world.

>At the final battle, she would kill the Players and reclaim the souls. And with the power of the Ultimate Adversary and a Demon Summoning Program, she would revive their friends. Then, they would be able to do whatever they pleased.

>And so, Kaede settled in her coffin deep beneath Hollowed Tokyo and fell asleep.
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Those were some very good subtle hints.
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>>48153228
Kanji's Personas are warlords of Japanese folklore. Probably some big armored dude crackling with lightning.

Rise was a Spotter whose Personas were space-themed. I'm thinking some sort of sniper duel with a spaceship.

Teddie had the small gods of ancient Japan, also themed around bears, naturally. So some sort of corrupted form of Kim-un Kamui, the Ainu god of bears?

Naoto's theme was tokusatsu and transvestism. A fight with Kamen Rider, I guess?

And Yu...Yu would definitely be the final boss of the Abyss. Given that Izanagi-no-Okami was all about truth, I'm thinking a shadowy version similar to Magatsu-Izanagi.
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>>48153270
D E E P E S T L O R E
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>>48153270
Kaede's blunder probably broke the seal. Either Nyx fuck with their heads or Aether corrupted them too.


>>48153287
And the master plan of bitchdom is laid.
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>>48153287
Fucking Kaede.
>>48153309
Likely that Yu would reveal the Truth to us somehow.
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-Kickboxing VII: The Frostbitten Samurai is adept at unarmed combat.

You muthafucker TT.
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>>48153287
>Kaede is the BBEG

FUCKING. CALLED IT.
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>>48153287
Please tell me on the world-line that resulted in the Two-Years after 2129 had her getting punched in the face before being sent to the afterlife of condemnation.
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>>48153287
Twilight you fucking madman
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>>48153270
I don't think so. Them wearing those faces was just them mocking us, I'm pretty sure. They went through the appearances of all the Persona protagonists and just settled on Minato and Minako as "their favorites of them all". Then again, in Greek myth Aether was born of the union of Erebus and Nyx, the thing that the P3 protagonist put themselves right between. So maybe...
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>>48153287
STOP
>>48153332
STOP IT
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>>48153287
You fucking madman. Now I'm really depressed that you dropped this. It would've been a masterpiece.
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>>48153287
oh man if Takashi knew about any of this I'm sure he would have made it his goal to kick her teeth in
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>Kaede's end goal was to fuck humanity over just for her friends
Pic related.
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>>48153400
>Fuck humanity over for loved ones
Shirou plz stop posting
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>>48153400
i remember those words but i can't remember from where?
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Please give reveals about happy endings now, Thorn. I need something to counterbalance the "every character you cared about was dead or corrupted into a horrible monster" reveal.
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Okay, now for Takashi's session specifics. You guys have already seen Act 1 and Act 2, so let's take a look at the rest. Bear in mind they don't have names.

>ACT 3: A scrapyard/desert/biker gang site. Lots of junk and demons riding bikes. A great demonic warlord would be the boss at the end. He would have a gimmick, like all bosses in the Abyss. Before his boss room, there would be sixteen treasure chests, each containing a great reward. Opening them would cause the surroundings to rumble. The power of the boss would be proportional to the amount of chests opened. If none were opened, the boss would be weak. If all were opened, it would take at least B-ranked Players to defeat the boss. In short, a test of greed.

>Said boss would most likely drop a cloth doll. His soul would also be able to be exchanged for Hell Biker.

>ACT 4: The entire floor is a boss arena. It is inhabited by a gigantic beast who roams the darkened corridors. It is also blind, and must be guided by a sage in a hidden room. Both must be killed in order to lift the lights, but can be done in any order.

>After defeat, it would've been revealed that the beast took the form a hideous, shaggy and rabid bear. Song related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM0vWyU72eg

>ACT 5: Didn't plan this far. There were three options I had in mind: a one-on-one duel with a demon prince, a BIG ROBOT FIGHT or a courtroom debate where the Players are accused of murder and must clear their innocence, Danganronpa style.
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>>48153425
Nano's beware of unexpected ending quest.
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>>48153431
I'd like to think that at act four we would have figured out that something was up.
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>>48153473
Yeah It'd be too obvious with the bear.
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>>48153431
Act 3 is definitely Kanji
Act 4 is Teddy with Rise helping him
Act 5, Naoto might be the BIG ROBOT FIGHT but I can't think of the others.
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>>48153437
bueq now that was a ride, I'm exhausted just remembering it.
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>>48153431
Alright, So Act 3 is Kanji as the warlord (Thunder Lord?), Act 4 is Teddie (The Beast?) and Rise (The Sage?) So, what's Act 5?
(Stuff in parenthesis is names possible names for the Act 3+ bosses based off the Act 1/2 boss names)
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>>48153431
>>48153473
>>48153484

And if we didn't, we would have understood it at Yu's bossfight, sticking with the theme of truth and all.
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>>48153473
Pic very related

Even then, depending on how he would've worded it, the bikes alone might've been enough to prove that it was Kanji, especially if the demonic warlord started to use Lightning Magic
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>>48153502
I'm guessing Naoto, given the choice of Giant Robot Fight (her Shadow/Persona) or courtroom drama (her role as detective).
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>>48153504
Honestly, I wouldn't be suprised if Act 5 was a shell boss of some sort, with the true core being Yu.
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>>48153502
>>48153520
>>48153529
Meant to say Act 6, sorry about that fuckup.
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>>48153502
>Savage Warlord
>Hollow Beast
>Shallow Sage
>Deceitful Seeker
>Shrouded Truths
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>>48153509
Except Kanji hated bikers.

I could see it if we was going around kicking ass, though.
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>ACT 6: It's pretty obvious who inhabits this one, as it's literally Magatsu Inaba, albeit one designed by a man who took LSD during his architecture graphs. Only Takashi would've been allowed to enter. He would have stumbled across the ruined streets until he came across the boss room of the Soul of Truth. The Soul of Truth would have acted immediately.

>In his first phase, the Soul of Truth would use every attack that a P4 Protagonist could use except for lightning. Then, once enough damage was done, the Soul of Truth would whip up a naginata and slam it into the ground. Then he and Takashi would fly high above Inaba, similar to the Ameno-Sagiri fight. Cue extremely difficult fight, almost on par as the one with Kaede. Lots of dashing, jumping, naginata swinging and lightning. Every attack in P4 that could be learned would've been used in this fight. There's a reason why only a fraction of Players reach the bottom of the Forlorn Abyss before the game reaches its end state.

>Once the Soul of Truth was defeated, he would embrace Takashi, in a sort of 'I have failed but you can carry on' emotional scene.

>SOUL OF A TRUE HERO EMBRACED.

>Then some of the greatest rewards in the Forlorn Abyss would be made available, including entrance to Act 7.

>ACT 7: Necessary for the True Final Ending.
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>>48153549
Case in point where its a junkyard of scrapped bikes and motorcycles. He's the one that caused all the wreckage.
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>>48153556
>ACT 7: Necessary for the True Final Ending.
It's Kaede, isn't it? Likely she would've explained a good chunk of what had happened to the Players, correct?
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>>48153556
>>Once the Soul of Truth was defeated, he would embrace Takashi, in a sort of 'I have failed but you can carry on' emotional scene.

Even in death, Yu is still fuckin' based.
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My mind has been detonated holy hell.
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>>48153592
I don't think so. Kaede's underneath Hollow Tokyo, not in the Abyss.
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>all this wasted potential
Holy fuck
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>>48153636
But the Abyss was characterized by elevators and stairs going down, perhaps leading under Hollow Tokyo
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>>48153556
>We will never face down a Myriad Truths and live to tell the tale.
Thorn you're fucking killing me here.
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>>48153556
Honestly, I kind of want to continue to write the story from where you're leaving off, Thorn.
>>48153636
Isn't the Abyss under Hollow Tokyo?
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So what would have happened if we got S+ potential?
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More Forlorn Abyss bullshit:

>The three demons were meant to be recurring characters throughout the Abyss. Jack Frost would transform into Frost Ace, King Frost, Black Frost and finally Demonee-ho. Pixie would transform into High Pixie, Queen Mab, Titania and finally Lady Maria. Pyro Jack doesn't transform into anything because he has a shit imagination.

>The Faded Ivory Ribbon used to belong to the sage in ACT 4 and would've been used to gain access to 'memories' in the Abyss's Intermissions. That is how I intended you guys to find out about what happened in the past. They would occur in first person from Kaede's perspective, but this wouldn't be made clear until much later.

>After the Soul of Truth was defeated, the Hunger Social Link would've been maxed out. The Velvet Room twins would act forlorn for once and mutter something about how the group of heroes has finally been put to rest. Then they would laugh it off and return to their normal behaviors.

>Speaking of the Velvet Room twins, they would've been optional twins, just like the Velvet Room attendants from before. They would use every Persona that wasn't available to Takashi (i.e. the Personas of his predecessors) and attack the Void's Chosen as a team. They would also have started casting Armageddon, deliberately drawing it out and daring Takashi to stop them. Because they're dicks like this.

>Upon defeat (read: the point where they are satisfied), they would grant Takashi with a shitload of Macca and some very powerful, unqiue Personas.

>Why are they in the Velvet Room and not Igor? Because they can be.
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>>48153663
>>48153668
The door is. I'm not sure the Abyss itself counts as being in there. My guess would be that Act 7, being necessary for the True Ending, wouldn't itself contain Kaede but would reveal to us the truth and allow us to confront Kaede after the normal final boss, sort of like fighting Izanami in P4. Maybe we'd find the altar where her friends were sacrificed, that would make sense. And then the actual difficulty would come from confronting the Observer in the flesh.
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>>48153703
>Upon defeat (read: the point where they are satisfied), they would grant Takashi with a shitload of Macca and some very powerful, unqiue Personas.
>Why are they in the Velvet Room and not Igor? Because they can be.
Oh goddamnit Twins.

>After the Soul of Truth was defeated, the Hunger Social Link would've been maxed out. The Velvet Room twins would act forlorn for once and mutter something about how the group of heroes has finally been put to rest. Then they would laugh it off and return to their normal behaviors.
...the Twins were the bitter hope held by P3's protags, or something like that?
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You put more thought into continuity than the Persona team has since and including P3.
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>>48153757
>sacrifice your soul to save the fucking world from their desire for death
>only acknowledged by a select few people
>shadows still exist and are threatening humanity still

Yeah, I can see how they can harbor some resentment towards everything that's been happening.
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>we max out the hunger link with Persona 3 protaganists by killing the cast of persona 4
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>>48153703
>>Why are they in the Velvet Room and not Igor? Because they can be.
Please tell me you're about to explain that.
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>>48153862
Not killing. Putting them out of their Misery. Make no mistake, all of this is on Kaede's head.
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>>48153886
To be fair it's either this or let the world end.
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>>48153779
I don't know if I should be proud of that.

Wow, this is taking a lot longer than I expected. Anyway, I'm nearly done so let's look a couple of things before I tell you guys about the planned ending.

>If one of Takashi Social Links died, he would be able to visit the person's grave. Then, when he rested in the Blackened Void, he would find a Black Eye Orb. A tool of revenge, he could invade the killer's world from the Blackened Void. Hunting them down would grant Macca and experience. Afterwards, the Velvet Room Twins would give Takashi a fragment of the person's soul.

>For once, the Twins wouldn't mock Takashi. The soul could be used like a boss soul, meaning that it could be converted into Personas or equipment. It would also advance the Hunger Social Link, unless the soul was placed back on the person's grave.

>I had imagined this happening with Kozue Yusa. She would most likely perish in a criminal shootout or something. The Persona she would give would be Alice.

>It would've been possible to ascend bonfires, increasing the range and the rate at which they healed. There were also going to be cursed bonfires, which did damage and attracted invaders inside the Forlorn Abyss.

>I don't really know what happened to Elizabeth. Maybe she got killed by Kaede?

>Aigis was a member of Kaede's Void's Chosen. She didn't have the Wild Card though. She would have reappeared as the Endgame Adversary of Fumika's sector, posing as an emotionless machine who cared nothing for the lives of those she crushed in her path. It would've been possible to find a special object in the Forlorn Abyss (probably a pair of broken headphones or the item Aigis gives at the end of her Social Link), give it to Fumika and have her use it in the confrontation. It would've dealt severe mental damage to Aigis and lowered her guard. If Takashi was there, Aigis would've confused him for somebody else.
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>>48153934
>>Aigis was a member of Kaede's Void's Chosen. She didn't have the Wild Card though. She would have reappeared as the Endgame Adversary of Fumika's sector, posing as an emotionless machine who cared nothing for the lives of those she crushed in her path. It would've been possible to find a special object in the Forlorn Abyss (probably a pair of broken headphones or the item Aigis gives at the end of her Social Link), give it to Fumika and have her use it in the confrontation. It would've dealt severe mental damage to Aigis and lowered her guard. If Takashi was there, Aigis would've confused him for somebody else.
Oh sweet jesus
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>She would most likely perish in a criminal shootout or something
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>>48153934
>Aigis was a member of Kaede's Void's Chosen.
Is that why the AETHER construct that injected Takashi with the glowing blue soul stuff looked like her? Some imprint of Aigis left behind on the system?
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>>48153934
>>I don't really know what happened to Elizabeth. Maybe she got killed by Kaede?
My personal theory was that she was Aria's grandmother or something.
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>>48153987
Oh yeah
Blue gunk
what was that about?
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>>48153980
>>48153999
Seriously, Thorn, please start telling us happy things you had planned again. Go back to that, I miss it.
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>>48153934
>>Aigis was a member of Kaede's Void's Chosen. She didn't have the Wild Card though.

So did you not go with The Answer as canon? Or did something happen in between?

>>48153989
If that's true, then how did Elizabeth manage to do door-kun while he was, well, a door?
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>>48154030
>If that's true, then how did Elizabeth manage to do door-kun while he was, well, a door?
Something something innuendo about the doorknob something.
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>>48153987
>Aigis gave us the power of the wild card to make us make her rest at last, and to take down Kaede
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>>48153934
Oh gods.. it's like Dark Souls, SMT, and Dangaropa had some sort of aborted despair baby that lives a forever damned immortal life. It's saddening.. and yet I find myself craving more of that despair.
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>>48154030
She got very creative with the knob. Also who the fuck is door-kun.
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>>48154085
P3 Protag
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>>48154085
>who the fuck is door-kun.
You finished P3 recently so you should know that...
>P3P version
Oh yeah it doesn't feature the Answer.
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>>48154085
>Also who the fuck is door-kun.
>Also who the fuck is door-kun.
>Also who the fuck is door-kun.

Get out.
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>>48154085
Pretty sure it's the P3 MC.
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The P3 protag, who became the Great Seal
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>>48151281
Well, sorry to hear you're hanging it up, but it was fun to read while it lasted. You created something awesome and I'm glad I got to read it, even if it was usually later on archives.

Hope things go well for you after this, whatever you get up to.
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>>48154063
This is why Aigis is best girl. I can see her doing something like this.

>>48154085
Bro, you -just- finished P3P. Think for a minute.
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>>48154085
I'll show you how to Emulate The Answer later, sempai.
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>>48154085
Bird, you just finished P3
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>In the end, did Aigis really learn anything? The Velvet Room twins would've commented as such.

>The reason Kaede was able to defeat the previous Persona protagonists was because 'she was young and they were old'.

>>48154030
Aigis lost the Wild Card as she got older. Presumably she didn't need it any more.

>>48153980
It would've been avoidable. Takashi would shield her from the bullets. If he had a gun-nulling Persona this would've been super easy.

>>48154016
Did you also know I planned rejection scenes for each of the girls Takashi didn't pick as his love interests? They would've been Hanekawa-tier at the very least.

Ha ha ha, time for endgame stuff!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBhFHJMVfiI

>Presumably this takes place after all the Players have entered. The Fool Social Link has maxed out and the Judgement Social Link has been initiated. Takashi collapses on the ground and enters a dream.

>In the dream, he is standing in the middle of a monochrome school hallway. It is desolate. He walks forward.

>Ghosts appear in his vision, of humans and demons. They begin telling him about a certain white-haired girl. A girl who was once confined to a bed for all her life, received a mysterious power and stepped out into the open world. A girl who used to be alone and found comfort in those she met. A girl who stepped forward with nine other friends to save her world. A girl who returned with nothing but defeat and a crippling despair, ultimately forced to slay her friends for the so-called 'greater good'.

>At the finale, in a stark white room, Takashi would meet the sitting figure of Kaede Kurusu, bound head to toe in iron chains.

>She would open both her golden eyes and talk to him.

>If Takashi so wished, the Jester Social Link would be unlocked.
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>>48154126
>>If Takashi so wished, the Jester Social Link would be unlocked.
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>>48154126
>Kaede is The Jester
That's so fucking horrible that it's brilliant.
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>>48154126
>If Takashi so wished, the Jester Social Link would be unlocked.

Buckle up, homestuck.

Gonna have to read the rest of this tomorrow, its 4:30 am and i have to be up for work. Thanks for the quest TT!

And for one last time chaos thread
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>Bound head to toe in iron chains
The doujins draw themselves
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>Bro, you -just- finished P3P. Think for a minute.
HE CAST DEUS EX MACHINA AND THEN FELL ASLEEP ON AIGIS'S LAP. THERE WERE NO DOORS INVOLVED.
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>>48154201
>chaos thread
Since the quest is ending prematurely I'd say this is a White quest.
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>>48154126
>They would've been Hanekawa-tier at the very least.
Good. They deserve nothing less than a Hanekawa-tier rejection scene.
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>>48154248
Explain?
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>>48154243
Just wait for Kaz to show you how to emulate P3FES.
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>>48154267
Well, if they were not picked as a romantic interest, then at least they should get an excellent tier, sad scene of the rejection itself.
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>Whenever an Endgame Adversary would be defeated, Kaede and Takashi would be given the opportunity to talk. He reject this if he wanted. After consecutive rejections he would block off all communication with Kaede until the final encounter.

>The purpose of this was to give an insight into Kaede's personality and let her give some exposition on some of AETHER's mechanics.

>Kaede is surprisingly amicable to Takashi, even to the extent of being rather casual. Her reasoning is that she'll kill him and his friends in the process, so it doesn't matter.

>When asked if she feels guilty about what she's done, Kaede replies no. What she is doing is for the sake of her precious friends, so it must be the most selfless act imaginable.

>Kaede would also discuss her hobbies, such as her fondness for tea and novels. She would use about how they're neither of those here, before shrugging her shoulders and saying that she can have all the tea and novels she wants once she and her friends have destroyed the world.

>If Takashi makes the correct choices, Kaede would develop feelings for him. She would become yandere. Seriously yandere, even more so than Aria. If Takashi was already in a relationship with another girl and the Jester Social Link was almost over, she would start screaming and ranting at him, roaring about how she was going to kill and revive Celeste/Fumika/Aria/Yoshino/Lucianne(?) over and over again for the sake of an eternity of sheer torture. Cue the break. The Velvet Room twins would then hand Takashi a Hunger Persona.

>If Takashi wasn't in a relationship, Kaede would break down, sobbing and begging at him to surrender so she doesn't have to hurt him. But some things just have to be this way, and the Social Link would max out and transform into the Aeon.
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>>48154311
>She would become yandere. Seriously yandere, even more so than Aria.
Ohshit. That would have been a sight to see.
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>>48154311
>Seriously yandere, even more so than Aria
That sounds fun
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>>48154311
Huh
In a way, I can't help but feel both incredibly angry and both incredibly sad for her
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>>48154344
You sometimes get that with yanderes. Well written ones, at least.
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>>48154311
So if Takashi was not in a romantic engagement? How would Kaede have behaved?
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>>48154126
Thorn, I loved reading this quest but damn son, I am so glad that I didn't have to ride the emotional roller coaster that this would have become
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>>48154366
>>If Takashi wasn't in a relationship, Kaede would break down, sobbing and begging at him to surrender so she doesn't have to hurt him. But some things just have to be this way, and the Social Link would max out and transform into the Aeon.
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>Some things just have to be this way
I can't help that this is what would play during their fight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b-7tP7IW5Q

>Yandere
Pic related

>>48154366
She would be showing her DereDere side instead, anon.
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>Yandere Kaede
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>>48154311
Sorry but we don't like used goods
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>>48154311
Does this mean that the White Day special could have actually happened?
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>>48154126
Kaede's story sounds kind of like the story book that Rumi read to Takashi in a flashback, way back when. And at the end of the flashback, there was some vague hinting that Rumi was more than she seemed. What was the plan for that? Was she going to turn out to have been related to one of Kaede's party members, or something like that? Like, this is some dark family secret, the truth of the White Goddess's story, handed down so that someday someone might be able to right those wrongs.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b-7tP7IW5Q

>The final battle. Kaede invades as a holy spirit and attacks Akumachi-Kirijo of all places. As literally the strongest Persona-user there, Eriko tries to fight back. She doesn't stand a chance, but persists anyway, stating that is her duty as the student council president to protect the school and its students. Kaede fires a blast of almighty magic and that's when the Void's Chosen step in.

>Takashi, Celeste, Akikazu, Fumika and Aria show up. Words are exchanged between the two sides, cryptic to all except them. They then fight. If Takashi hadn't revealed his Fool powers, now would've been the time. Kaede would've used all her 'normal Personas (Hinokagutsuchi, Lakshmi, Skadi, Huang Di, Sleipnir, Anat, Atavaka, Seraph, Erlkonig, Yggdrasil. Bishamonten, Pales, Nergal, Da Peng, Lucifuge, Tezcatlipoca, Jarilo, Hresvelgr, Tonatiuh, Sariel, Gabriel, Michael, Uriel, Raphael and lastly Demiurge).

>As if they were just two normal humans battling it out. How foolish it sounds.

>If you're wondering where the other members of the Void's Chosen are, they're battling the monsters Kaede summoned elsewhere in the city. They finish them off and rejoin their friends. Kaede's phantom is quickly vanquished. Before disappearing, she proclaims that she'll be waiting in the zenith of Hollowed Tokyo and urges the Void's Chosen to meet her there.
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>Twins when they hand out the Hunger persona
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>>48154467
>All those personas
Fucking hell.
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>>48154467
>Hinokagutsuchi, Lakshmi, Skadi, Huang Di, Sleipnir, Anat, Atavaka, Seraph, Erlkonig, Yggdrasil. Bishamonten, Pales, Nergal, Da Peng, Lucifuge, Tezcatlipoca, Jarilo, Hresvelgr, Tonatiuh, Sariel, Gabriel, Michael, Uriel, Raphael and lastly Demiurge
Chrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiist.
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>Reality begins to break down as the seed of the new world sprouts. Hordes of Shadows invade Akumachi-Kirijo. Life accelerates at a humongous rate in Hollowed Tokyo, with trees sprouting and growing in a manner of minutes. The strongest demons and monsters gather in the Hub Sector, drawn by the overwhelming amount of Magatsuhi.

>There is no other option instead of forward. The Void's Chosen, at the top of their games, destroy all in their path, climb to the summit of the zenith and confront Kaede Kurusu. Dungeon difficulty: bullshit even by SMT standards.

>Again, the two parties would talk. If Takashi had fallen in love with Kaede, the other girls would jealously comment on this. Takashi would be the most regretful, saying nothing but 'I love you.' before attacking.

>He would also be given the chance to side with Kaede and kill his friends. This would lead to the Bad Ending of the quest. Or maybe it's a good ending, depending on your views? He would really have to lose sight of himself if this happened.

>If Kaede's feelings had not been reciprocated, she would offer surrender one last time.

>In any case, cue the final boss fight.
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>If Takashi had fallen in love with Kaede, the other girls would jealously comment on this
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>>48154561
>>Again, the two parties would talk. If Takashi had fallen in love with Kaede, the other girls would jealously comment on this. Takashi would be the most regretful, saying nothing but 'I love you.' before attacking.
>>He would also be given the chance to side with Kaede and kill his friends. This would lead to the Bad Ending of the quest. Or maybe it's a good ending, depending on your views? He would really have to lose sight of himself if this happened.

Ya see, if quests were like video games where you could make a separate save file to see if you could get a different ending, I guaran-fucking-tee that everyone would make an extra file just to see this.
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>>48154467
>Kaede has a Phantom Ganon boss fight
Would we have had a chance to join the tennis club first?
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>>48154617
I do that with every game with multiple paths. Like Tactics Ogre
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>>48154561
>This would lead to the Bad Ending of the quest. Or maybe it's a good ending, depending on your views?
What would this ending entail anyway?
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>>48154670
Probably the end of the world, but at least we got a yandere outta it.
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>>48154670
By prioritising love over friendship.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7zvmq24Sck

>I hadn't planned out Kaede's final boss fight yet. Presumably if would've been very epic and consisting of multiple stages. Maybe a lot of Gnostic imagery as well. Lights and almighty bombs everywhere. I'm pretty sure the Void's Chosen would have no trouble defeating her though.

>Once Kaede is defeated, her body begins to fade away. Takashi would be given the chance to embrace, deliver the final blow or let her bleed out. Maybe even a final kiss if the two loved each other. Her body crumbles and her soul is obtained.

>The Void's Chosen walk up to a huge door in which ten spots are marked. One by one, the souls of the Adversaries are offered. The door opens and a brilliant light shines through. In that moment, the Void's Chosen see the fate of the world they have created. A beautiful, shining world full of potential, free of the Heirs' grips. They see their Companions celebrating and the Denizens worshipping them. It probably would've sounded a lot better if I took the time to write it. The events that occur would depend on the actions the Void's Chosen took throughout the quest.

Then a series of endings would occur. These would be decided beforehand, so no last-minute decisions. I have a few in mind, but more might've occurred to me later.
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>NORMAL END: The Void's Chosen step into the light and assume their roles as gods of the new world. They also take their friends and family with them so they don't feel left out.

>REJECT END: The Void's Chosen decide that the new world shouldn't be ruled by gods and step back. This is also acceptable. The fate of the new world is left ambiguous.

>MERGE END: The Void's Chosen merge the Blackened Void and their world together (somehow), creating a world inhabited by both humans and AETHER Denizens. The trouble is that it means the Void's Chosen must exist from the beginning of history in the new world. Meaning, life will continue in the modern world but Takashi and his crew aren't a part of it. So you have Shizuka growing up without a brother, Eriko not having a childhood friend, Aria's mother never bearing a child and dying feeling useless etc. Oh, and every time they look at a mural or a painting of the Void's Chosen this feeling of wrongness and yearning would beat in their hearts. I'd like to think they would be reunited when they die but knowing SMT death this doesn't really happen...

Got all that? Cool. Now for the True Ending.
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>>48154767
i'm like 99.9% sure everyone would have gone reject
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>>48154808
Normal end for sure.
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>>48154767
>MERGE END
>mfw
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>>48154808
Reject if we didn't get the True Ending
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>>48154808
Nah man
God hood all the way
Merge ending a shit though.
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What would happen if we betrayed our friends?
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>>48154830
It's like 2 steps away from a bad end and in some ways it's even worse. To make everyone live, close family have to be miserable? Bloody hell.
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>>48154767
>Merge End would mean the whole team gets worshipped like Kaede Kurusu
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>>48154856
Likely world Destruction
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>>48154808
If True End linked both worlds without unmaking us, then I'd have voted for that.
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We should settle this, once and for all.

http://www.strawpoll.me/10685908
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I suppose in the MERGE END everyone who died due to AETHER would come back to life, as it wouldn't exist in the merged world.

>ACT 7: If a Player reaches the bottom of the Forlorn Abyss before the encounter with the Endgame Adversary, then they are rewarded with a boon that cannot be surpassed. They may ask the Observer as many questions as they like and have them all answered. Through this, the administrator of the AETHER can be determined: a being named Sophia.

>Sophia is the entity who greets all Players the moment they enter the game. She accepts fall, granting them their powers and wishing them good luck. Her appearances is based on the world the Players originate from, hence the half-organic half-mechanical body of hers when she met Takashi. Why didn't Celeste, Akikazu and Fumika get scenes with her? Because they forgot and Players tend to forget about her due to her overwhelming presence. Leaders, psychics and Spotters are more susceptible to remembering though.

>Sophia loves humans, so much so that she wants to create a perfect world for them. For this, she created AETHER as a massive data collection experiment. Millions of teams of Players would interact with the simulated worlds and their actions would be recorded. Everyone they saved and everyone they killed, all their successes and all their failures, their hopes and despairs, what they prioritized and what they neglected…Sophia would accept all of this data. She hoped that after many iterations, she would have enough information to create the blueprints for the ultimate and perfect world.

>Presumably if Takashi learned all of this he could convince Kaede to direct her hatred and rage elsewhere. After all, the game is more responsible for the deaths of her friends than anyone or anything else. This would conclude the fight with her non-lethally and let her join Takashi's party. Cue heavy disagreements from the rest of the girls.
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>>48154885
No Akikazu option? Heretic.
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>>48154885
no incest option Yellingbird?
also, fic of Takeshi and Shizuka when?
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>>48154885
Until the end, I vote Akikazu. Forever more.
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>>48154902
So the true true final boss is Sophia?
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>>48154902
If we got the True Ending, would Kaede recognize the irony of her Ultimate Persona being Demiurge when it was in fact the Sophia that damned her?
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>Cue to the Void's Chosen and Kaede sitting around doing nothing and waiting until Sophia shows up. She becomes curious enough to drop them a line. They all yell at her about her grievances. Sophia is confused. Everyone argues for a bit. Instead of listening to them, Sophia decides that she knows what's best for humanity and tries to force them to make their decision about their new world.

So she summons a black hole and swallows the entire Earth in it.
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>>48154885
>No Akikazu
>No female twin
>No Kozue Yusa
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>>48154902
>Cue heavy disagreements from the rest of the girls.
Considering Aria called Kaede worse than Hitler in the White Day special, I believe this is something of an understatement.
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>>48154954
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>>48154902
>Merge Ending
Getting NeiR vibes from that one, sempai.
>Sophia
Reminds me of this faggot-

>>48154954
>Black hole
Well that escalated quickly.
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>>48154954
>So she summons a black hole and swallows the entire Earth in it.
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>>48154954
JESUS CHRIST SOPHIA! You are making YHWH and ZEUS look good in terms of god heads. FUCKING ZEUS MAN!
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>>48154954
>So she summons a black hole and swallows the entire Earth in it.
Fucking what
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>>48154954
>Going full White
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>Nobody has died, Sophia says. They're just in stasis. She'll return them all to life once the Void's Chosen accepts their place in the new world. Unfortunately, she has never played an SMT game and doesn't know that pulling something like this only makes humans fucking pissed. The Void's Chosen and Kaede are literally burning with rage by now. So much so they are prepared to kill one of the strongest gods in existence.
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>>48154902
>Presumably if Takashi learned all of this he could convince Kaede to direct her hatred and rage elsewhere. After all, the game is more responsible for the deaths of her friends than anyone or anything else. This would conclude the fight with her non-lethally and let her join Takashi's party. Cue heavy disagreements from the rest of the girls.
So, uh, if the kaede romance route is chosen, they make out there and then?
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>>48155027
>Unfortunately, she has never played an SMT game and doesn't know that pulling something like this only makes humans fucking pissed.
Kek
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>>48155039
Honestly, it makes you wonder why gods still mess around with the human plane, in SMT. It NEVER works for them. At best they get a a couple hundred years before someone murders them with the power of the human spirit.
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>>48155027
Could you imagine if she did? The sudden flash of insight and realization that she dun fucked up would be GLORIOUS.
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>>48155031
She takes Takashi right there on the floor, in front of everyone else without a second thought in the world.
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>>48155059
SMT is honestly a big game of King of the Hill and to see how long they can keep the ball of all creation in their court between Law, Chaos, and Neutral.

It's never permanent. For any side.
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>They force their way through the links between dimensions and enter Sophia's own realm. They beat the shit out of her. The entire time, Sophia is wondering why her beloved humans are so mad at her. It's only until the end she realizes what she's done wrong. She tells the Void's Chosen that she'll reconsider her plans. A choice is given to forgive or murder her.

>Whatever decision is made, the world is restored. The Void's Chosen returns back to the zenith and makes their decision on the endings. The difference is that Kaede is there. I'd like to think that the Void's Chosen slowly teach her how to be more human over time. If they decide to remain on Earth, everyone gets into a huge-ass apartment and lives together. Then they write an autobiography, which is difficult for Aria because her Japanese grammar is fucking awful. Also, Edward has fourth-grader syndrome.

>Maybe Kaede would one day construct a memorial for her predecessors, perhaps kneeling in front of it and apologizing over and over again to the people she slaughtered. It would take a while until she felt that guilty, though.

>Then, the epilogue, titled 'Aftermath'.
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>>48154885
>Celeste in the lead
CELESTE IS THE BEST GET BURNED LIKE THE REST
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>>48155077
Kaz, your smut could be canon in someway. Perhaps the team gets their ass wreck, everyone dies, and only Takeshi is left to be raped.
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>>48155084
Right, but you'd think that after the sixth time the ball grew poison spikes and killed anyone holding it, the various spirits would decide to play a different game.
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>>48155118
I think they are bound by their nature to seek power.

Hell they might not even remember past cycles to learn that lesson. It never seems like they do.
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>>48155101
>The difference is that Kaede is there.
Can you hear the rest of the world shitting bricks? It would be like if Kissshot was chilling out in a formerly random nobody's house, and the whole world knows it.
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>>48155077
>Afterwards, she stands up and absentmindedly adjusts her skirt.
>Takashi is still on the ground, moaning and drooling a little bit.
>Kaede meets the aghast stares of the Void's Chosen.
>"What? Nobody was telling you to watch."
>"YOU DID! You were screaming out, 'Witness, peons! Know that I have won!'"
>"And yet, you didn't look away, or even try to stop me, as I rode the man you love like a mechanical bull. What does that say about you, I wonder?"
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>>48155101
Kind of sounds like the True Ending is the worst ending. I mean, getting to know why AETHER exists is nice, but it comes at the cost of Kaede getting off free. After a certain point, your tragic backstory stops justifying your actions. I'd like to hope that there would be a "don't forgive Kaede" option, just like there's a "don't forgive Sophia" option.
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PAGE NINE.
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>>48155171
>"don't forgive Kaede" option
We'd need to actually tell her that about Sophia, so killing her is always an option
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>>48155107
>My smut might actually have become canon compliant later on
>>48155161
You. I like you.
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Post your interpretation of the true true final boss music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj-TyljDLNA
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>>48155161
Goddammit Yellingbird
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>>48155161
Fucking brilliant mate
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>>48155161
Jesus Christ, Yellingbird, I need those sides.
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>>48155171
SOPHIA DID NOTHING WRONG
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>>48155171
Yeah, most likely. Even if Takashi fell in love with Kaede, he'd probably realize that no matter what horrible shit she went through, it's not enough to justify her actions. The Void's Chosen would probably force her to repent for her crimes. It might not ever enough, but at least she can try.

Wait, before I do that let me tell you about the END OF PART 2 I planned. It basically goes like this.

>Aria gets kidnapped the moment she enters the game. A crown is placed on her that brainwashes her.
>The Void's Chosen rush to save her. Takashi gets separated from the rest of his team.
>He meets Aria, who asks him cryptic questions about the past he doesn't remember. When he doesn't give her the correct answers, they fight.
>The rest of the team ends up fighting the corrupted soldiers of Irluvia. They are swarmed from all sides.
>Aria gets more and more angry at Takashi as the fight goes on. The crown doesn't help. Her psychic magic
>This fight was planned to be actually difficult but winnable. If Takashi won, he could reclaim Aria and the mission would be over.
>If Takashi lost, Aria would claim him and take him back to the dungeon of a castle. Cue yandere mode.
>A liquid would be forced down Takashi's throat that would restrain his magic and plague him nightmares, mostly of his friends telling him how much he failed them.
>Back in the real world, the Void's Chosen would be spending 21 days gitting gud.
>Return to Irluvia. Takashi escapes out of prison, the Void's Chosen ride back to get him.
>Cue another fight with Aria. This time Takashi's S DEV would give him a power to win. Aria would be beaten.
>Then Takashi would be given the choice to forgive or kill Aria.
>After that, END OF PART 2.

Now here comes the epilogue.
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>>48155251
I'd prefer if her "repentance" came in the form of the souls of her dead friends, gathered as a result of us slaying the Endgame Bosses, confronting her about what she did. And pointing out that saying that she did it for them is no excuse, since they asked her to do the exact opposite, and that they can't forgive her. And then she kills herself in her grief and has her soul consigned to oblivion. That's an adequate repentance for the crimes she's committed.
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>>48155251
>If Takashi lost, Aria would claim him and take him back to the dungeon of a castle. Cue yandere mode.
Jeez, Thorn, why don't just go full on and say Aria raped him as well?
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>>48155207
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GphACo5c0Y0
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>>48155300
According to my chinese cartoons it's not rape if he/she cums.
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>>48155251
>The Void's Chosen would probably force her to repent for her crimes.

>Kaede appears in front of the statue of Mitsuru at Akumachi-Kirijo
>Awkwardly clears her throat
>"So, in hindsight, I suppose that maybe, just maybe, I was perhaps a bit of a bitch. Sorry for killing all of your friends and sparing you so that you would spend your life hating yourself for not being strong enough to save them. That was - wow, that was REALLY mean of me."
>"...So, are we cool? I hate to hurry you, but I apparently have to go apologize to everybody in Korea next."
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>>48155207
Like its even a choice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLd5eabSJ3g
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>>48155300
>>48155348
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>>48155359
Those gooks deserved it.
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>>48155296
Mate, she was the one that wanted to let her friends live. They made her kill them to extend the doomsday countdown.
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>>48155296
>since they asked her to do the exact opposite

>>48152924
>Kaede's team could sacrifice themselves in order to prolong their world for another century. Kaede could also enter the world and shape it into her liking, so that humanity's next chance at the game would be more successful.

>>Kaede obstinately refused, but her friends agreed and persisted. With a heart heavier than the core of the Earth, she cut them down with her blade, one by one.
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>>48155359
Yellingbird, I could read a full-on omake of Kaede trying to apologize for all the shit that she pulled.
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>>48155395
>Koreans
>Gooks
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>>48155359
The statue of Mitsuru animates itself just so it can step down and bitch slap her before getting back on it's pedestal.

Door kun laughs in the distance.
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>>48155407
>germanic forest level
>quia non est mihi starts playing
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>>48155359
>>48155434
FUCK i wish i could draw

i'm a musician, not an artist
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>>48155300
Nah, nothing that serious. There would be agents inside the castle who would secretly help him by reducing his dosage, giving him actual food, pointing out secret routes in the castle etc.

>CELESTE: If chosen as love interest, lives in Japan and gets pregnant. Craves way too many sweets. Works as a teacher or something that lets her exercise her high magic.

>AKIKAZU: Studies at university. Is constantly grumbling about his cheerful girlfriend, who insists on making out with him in public (Eriko does not give a fuck about what anybody else thinks).

>FUMIKA: Is using her computing skills for legitimate uses. If chosen as as love interest, thinks about having children and being a better mother than her own. Also does that thing where Takashi gets to lie on her lap while her breasts threaten to hit his face.

>MING: Still making jokes on Youtube.

>ARIA: Famous artist. If chosen as a love interest, she and Takashi hold their wedding ceremony.

>LUCIANNE/EDWARD: The Lovely Eight shop is opened, much to great joy across the Japan otaku demographic.

>JOMEI: Bodyguarding, same as ever. Maybe gets into hilarious shenanigans with his demons, who may or may not be the trio from the Forlorn Abyss.

>TENTH PLAYER: Fuck if I know.

>YOSHINO: See above.

>KOZUE YUSA: Starts going to school and makes friends her age. Learns to accept her past self.

>SHIZUKA: Stops smothering her brother and moves up the ranks of the Anti-Shadow Operatives.

>TAKUAJI, KANADE, KANAMI: Still good friends, athough Kanami sometimes slips into old habits.

>KAZ (Can't believe I forgot about him): Ascended to Broadway, which may or may not be a good thing.

>RUMI: Settles down in Akumachi City and resolves to show her affection for her children more.

>VELVET ROOM TWINS: In the portable version of P2129 Quest, where Kaede and Takashi have switched places and yuri and male romance routes have been unlocked.

>TAKASHI and KAEDE: Fate ambiguous, but probably satisfied with their lives.
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>>48155402
>>48155404
Yes, that's what I'm saying. That she can't say that she did it all for them when they were the ones who wanted her to sacrifice them. They didn't want her to do all this evil for the sake of getting them, they accepted their fates.
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>>48155359
>Kaede when she meets her cultists
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>>48155455
Excuse me, forgot a word. "Getting them BACK". My apologies.
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>>48155454
>VELVET ROOM TWINS: In the portable version of P2129 Quest, where Kaede and Takashi have switched places and yuri and male romance routes have been unlocked.
And the developers thought this was something the fanbase wanted? Was there a lot of weird fanart that convinced them it was a pairing people took seriously?
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>>48155454
>>VELVET ROOM TWINS: In the portable version of P2129 Quest, where Kaede and Takashi have switched places and yuri and male romance routes have been unlocked.
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>>48155454
>Portable
Would it also get a FES version?
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Page Ten Thorn, quick, what was our Ultimate Persona?
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>>48155532
Fucking this
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We're at page 10, and I really have to go to bed now. Thorn, thanks again for the awesome time. I'm sorry to see this end so soon, but seeing what you had planned, I understand that it would have been extremely difficult. I hope to see you around someday.

So, for the last time: tweet tweet, you ugly sons of bitches. Keep an eye on my twitter for the last part of The First Fight. I promise I'll have it done as soon as I can.
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>>48155532
Shit, that's right. What was our ultimate? I mean, we have speculated, but we also wanted to see what it was too.
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>>48155505
>She will never ask you to bend her over and jam your big, hard Wild Card into her hot, wet Velvet Room whlie her brother watches
Why live
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>>48155577
No, she never will. It said it unlocks yuri and male love routes. You're not going to be inserting anything anywhere.
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>>48155532
>>48155555
I hadn't planned that far. Either Inari or a god of Blacksmithing? Sorry.

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>>48155573
You forgot your trip. It was nice to have been with the quest from the very start, TT. Hope you might regain your dirve for another story, someday.
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>>48155596
>Planned all this shit out
>Didn't include our Ultimate Persona
Toppest of keks
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>>48155573
<10> Hey you bastards! What about me?!?!?!?!
<THE_FIRST> Oh right I forgot about you
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<THE_FIRST> So that's the end of that
<chocolat_orange> i hope you all had a great time reading it! writing it was super fun for all of us!
<Akagi21> couldve done without that sections about eriko and i
<Azure Scholar> They were so very adorable, though.
<HaHeHiHoHu> It's been a long-ass ride, huh?
<HeartOnBlade> Troubling, painful, miserable, punishing.
<Lucianne Decaux> But I believe the ten of us learned a great deal, of the world, our friends and ourselves.
<cool ed> mom are you seriously still using our first name so lame
<JAk> I have to say it was worth it.
<chocolat_orange> none of it would've been possible without our brave leader, takashi-kun!!!
<chocolat_orange> so thank you, takashi-kun, and everyone who helped you get where you are.
<Akagi21> cheers bro
<Azure Scholar> I owe you a great deal, my dear Leader.
<HaHeHiHoHu> You were pretty cool.
<HeartOnBlade> *blushing*
<Lucianne Decaux> I must also share my appreciation.
<cool ed> thanks a bunch!
<JAk> Let's go out for drinks tonight.
<THE_FIRST> Wow thanks everyone
<THE_FIRST> This feels really good
<THE_FIRST> Like all the pain I experienced bore fruit and turned into something sweet
<THE_FIRST> I don't think I'll ever forget you guys for the rest of my lives
<THE_FIRST> Welp our autobiography is finished
<THE_FIRST> Now I just gotta
<10> Hey you bastards! What about me?!?!?!?!
<THE_FIRST> Oh right I forgot about you

>>Thanks for playing!
>>THE END.
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fuuuuck
forgot image
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>>48155638
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-CSZDbKuL4

Cheers, boss. What a fuckin' ride.
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>>48155638
Thanks for running, Thorn. See you...well, I don't know when, but I hope I do see you again some day. Might not be a quest, might be a fanfic or an original novel or whatever. I just think that you have a great talent as a writer, and that it would be a shame if you never got the opportunity or motivation to use it again. You've given me a lot of happiness with these threads of yours, and for that I am thankful. So good bye, and good luck.
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>>48155638
Thanks for running mate, shame you couldn't finish it but good luck on whatever else you've got planned.
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>>48155638
So yea
see ya sometime, thorn
good luck on whatever you do
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>>48155638
Sayonara, man. Hope everything goes well for you and you come back with another awesome quest just as kick ass, but less stressful on you. Godspeed, you magnificent son of a bitch.
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Welp, this was a fucking ride. Nighty night Thorn and fa/tg/uys everywhere.
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>>48155638
Take care. You are a good story writer. Keep at it when you can.
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>>48155638
It has been an honor. Catch you on the flip side, Thorn.
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>>48155638
Thanks for running Thorn, I'm sad to see the quest go, but wish you luck on whatever you do in the future
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Thanks for running Thorn, it's been a blast. I hope to see you again.
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>>48154885
>Celeste had 12 votes at the end of this
Thus proving that Candy girl is truly the best.
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>>48155638
Thanks for run, Thorn. Nice to see that at the end, everyone does have a happy ending.
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RIP. Thorn is a disgusting nigger
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>>48155979
>Implying Aria wouldn't have won after we heard how much she loves us
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>>48156005
Sorry but unfortunately the first girl always wins
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>>48156005
>Implying that we wouldn't have gotten attached to Kaede.
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>>48156025
but Aria is true first girl...
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>>48156101
Chronologically yes, but it only counts in the order they are shown to the readers/players, besides, what happened before Takashi got Apathy doesn't count.
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Rolled 74, 30, 52, 91, 41, 82, 16, 11, 94, 83 = 574 (10d100)

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Rolled 10, 8, 97, 99, 47, 36, 17, 33, 14, 70 = 431 (10d100)

>>48156421
Like this anon
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Rolled 96, 60, 2, 67, 15, 67, 21, 5, 13, 56 = 402 (10d100)

>>48156421
>>48156437
It would get extremely bloated once we got all party members + companions.
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>>48156490
Yeah. Would it work better in like waves?

5 Party members rolls
Update
Next 5 party members?
Update

Or would it just be better to strictly control the PC and let the QM automate the outcomes of the party?
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It's a shame this is ending, but I look forward to seeing what you've hopefully got in store for the future!

Thanks for everything TT.



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