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?
so i heard you followed my advice and beat someone in a duel today. nice one, takashi-kun! too bad it was only a e+ rank, but you still did well! Were you watching? afraid not, i was busy with clubs. i heard it through the grapevine, though. it looks like you and i are starting to pick up something of a reputation! Why We’re only D-ranks It’s the second most common rank There’s nothing special about us Well not what they know in any case It is because we hang around Akikazu and Fumika to a lesser extent? hmmm who knows? either way, it’s giving me fuzzy feelings inside. warm, sugary feelings of anticipation! ;) Someone’s cocky Be careful though Being famous isn’t always a good thing I mean How would you deal with all the cameras?
Night is coming. You stand in your apartment, having just entered. The fridge hums, the light flickers on and the air is silent. Five hours lie between you and bedtime. Knowing that, what will you do?
>Go out to eat (Random encounter) >Head to Gaea Stadium to duel randoms (Gain C. EXP, increases WILLPOWER and reputation around school) >Call all available team members to the Blackened Void (Exploration) >Study in your room (Increases INTELLIGENCE) >Go to the gym (Trains self, increases WILLPOWER) >Read ‘How to Think Big’ (Increases CHARISMA and/or UNDERSTANDING) >Check what Yoshino is doing in the library near the school. >Go to bed early. >Custom option.
Luke Martin
>>Study in your room (Increases INTELLIGENCE) GET SMART FOR TESTS.
Asher Hernandez
>>Go out to eat (Random encounter)
Let's see if we can find the Death girl again...
Samuel Sullivan
>>Check what Yoshino is doing in the library near the school.
Christopher Flores
>>Study in your room (Increases INTELLIGENCE) Is there an actual reason to go to bed early?
Zachary Lee
> either way, it’s giving me fuzzy feelings inside. > warm, sugary feelings of anticipation! That's called diabetes.
>>Call all available team members to the Blackened Void (Exploration) Let's go find Celeste's Companion, who I presume is Wilford Brimley.
Luis Nelson
>>Study in your room (Increases INTELLIGENCE) Get some study on today and then do the void tomorrow for cele's companion
Gavin Cook
>Study in your room (Increases INTELLIGENCE) We only need 53 points.
Cooper Gomez
>Check what Yoshino is doing in the library near the school.
Brandon Morgan
>>Study in your room (Increases INTELLIGENCE) And Call Celeste over for a study session, where we can study and maybe cook for her.
Camden Morris
>Check what Yoshino is doing in the library near the school.
Chase Cox
>>Check what Yoshino is doing in the library near the school.
Caleb Murphy
>Custom option. Are we allowed to visit Aria or is that not allowed if not >Study in your room (Increases INTELLIGENCE) Well visit Yoshino in the morning either way
Jonathan Lewis
death girl is thursday, tuesdays and saturdays. We REALLY should study for the tests coming up
Dominic Perez
>>Check what Yoshino is doing in the library near the school.
Justin Myers
Nah, it's actually more of a sleepy feeling, thanks to the ketones causing a similar response to fatigue toxins. Puts me right to sleep.
James Turner
>Are we allowed to visit Aria or is that not allowed seconding.
Andrew Hernandez
>Study in your room (Increases INTELLIGENCE)
We know how to find Kozue now (From stats pastebin) >Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday afternoons & Wednesday and Sunday nights
Nathaniel Jones
>Study in your room (Increases INTELLIGENCE)
Jeremiah Torres
Oh, didn't see that. Thanks for letting me know.
Fuck off.
Noah Evans
>Head to Gaea Stadium to duel randoms (Gain C. EXP, increases WILLPOWER and reputation around school)
Nolan Watson
Don't bait the trolls Kaz
Thomas Lopez
>>Head to Gaea Stadium to duel randoms (Gain C. EXP, increases WILLPOWER and reputation around school)
Austin Sanchez
>>Check what Yoshino is doing in the library near the school.
Adam Roberts
I think we should at least visit the Blackened Void just to check on Chikashi, who is still comatose and chained up. I also really want to spend some Build Exp.
>>Check what Yoshino is doing in the library near the school.
I like how we are just psychic and know she is there.
Hudson Rogers
>Study in your room (Increases INTELLIGENCE)
Gabriel Watson
We learned that we could find her in the library earlier from hearsay
Lucas Rodriguez
>Study in your room (Increases INTELLIGENCE) Midterms are coming Alway prepare for Japanese Standardized Test
Jayden Jackson
>Midterms Finals
Eli Price
>>Study in your room (Increases INTELLIGENCE) i need them gains god daaaaayum
Jacob Anderson
>23 votes 22 Ips including TT
Nigga pls.
Asher Butler
remember TT our plan was to study tonight with Celeste and either grab a bite with her after or cook for her.
James Miller
Tests are Tests ARE TESTS ARE FUCKING TESTS BRO WE JAPS BRO YOU GETS As OR YOU DONT GET HOME MOMMA IS COUNTING ON US
Brayden Long
It also hasn't gone up for the past 10ish votes.
Jace Kelly
As a Gook, this sounds about right.
Dominic Jones
absolutely disgusting, you faggots can't be trusted with anything.
Daniel Myers
>>Study in your room (Increases INTELLIGENCE)
gotta get our mind swole.
Josiah Gray
Because you touch yourself, Billy.
Wyatt Walker
Very good reasons.
Jace Price
Stop taking the bait.
Jonathan White
/qst/ is a trial board and still buggy, laggy and poorly implemented.
Evan Baker
honestly, I wouldn't mind if this quest moved over just to take advangtage of the User IDs. Even if there are means to circumvent it, it cuts out the need for FD.
and if anybody gets salty over it, the only people to blame would be the samefags.
Wyatt Edwards
Oh, I reported him, too. I just wanted to insult him, first.
Gabriel Peterson
>Check what Yoshino is doing in the library near the school. Social Links AND general academia!
Xavier Cooper
Isnt today the day someone gets thrown into the TV I mean AETHER?
David Murphy
You can easily get around it by resetting your IP
Ryan Cox
Note how posts are removed. Don't act like a cunt and respond. Yay you get the last word. Just shut up and enjoy the game.
Mason Lopez
That is the one major improvement imo. Other than that I don't care one way or the other.
James Lopez
No. We've had no notifications about that. The last one was for the Chikashi-beast.
Luis Morgan
After a quick dinner of beef and rice, you decide to head up to your room and study. There isn’t much to say about it. Studying isn’t particularly exciting—in fact, it’s rather boring. There’s simply so much work to be done today. Essays for Japanese, practice sentences for English, algorithms for maths, scripture readings for mythology and as for your Persona Manipulation classes…well, they’re basically a free period. All you do is muck about. Half the kids don’t bother to show up. Even the teachers seem to think it’s a waste of time! Why does it even exist?
…
You finish your Japanese and English homework and go to bed with satisfied smile.
>Your INTELLIGENCE has increased by 8 points!
Eli King
you big faggot
Kayden Price
Alright, at this rate we just need nine more study sessions before exams start.
Jaxson Rodriguez
how bout nah
Carter Howard
8 int. Now THERE'S some nice int gains for once. Got to keep our int growth up since it will be quite a uphill battle.
Jaxson Perez
9? why you no have 10 study sessions?
Alexander Wilson
This board doesn't need more socially inept idiots who cannot find a game in real life.
Chase Lee
Aria visit when?
Josiah Garcia
MONEY NEVER MADE ME MAKE ME DO SOMETHING NAH CANT MAKE ME EVEN IF THE MONEY LOW CANT PAY ME EVEN IF THE MONEY LOW CANT PLAY ME
Jackson Ross
Halfway across the city, in a prestigious two-story house in the midst of District 2, a young Judgement-user rests in her room. It’s a large room, bigger than any of the other bedrooms in the house. It’s also rather extravagant. The walls are covered with flower patterned lilac wallpaper. Paperback romance novels, expensive and considered to be useless by many, rest on a shelf near her bedside. A miniature fridge hums in a corner, stocked with lemonade and energy drinks of all sorts. That shouldn’t be happening, though. Yet, it can’t be helped. There hasn’t been anyone to share drinks with lately. Rinako would be a candidate, but she prefers tea instead.
Eriko, the student council president, sits on her bed, brushing her hair. She sings a tune, gentle, catchy and speaking of a more childish time away from the pressures of her current world. Elsewhere in the room, something chirps shrilly. She smiles and stands up.
“Ah, the tray is almost empty Here, I’ll get the seed out for you…”
She reaches into the closet and withdraws a half-filled sack of bird feed. She walks over to a birdcage hanging near the window. In it, a fluffy yellow budgerigar roosts, flapping its wings in excitement at the arrival of its owner.
“Christine, you greedy girl…” Eriko hums, fiddling with the cage door. “You can’t get enough, can you? Eat as much as you want, there’s plenty more where that came from.”
Adam Lopez
The bird squawks as an assortment of seed flows into its feeding trough. It immediately begins pecked at it with its oversized beak. Eriko giggles and goes to place the sack away. “You were always such a greedy eater. How much macca have we spent on your feeding expenses now? Not that I’m complaining. I could never complain about you. You were, after all…”
Her voice trails off. In the silence, the budgerigar stops eating and raises its head. A soft grimace reflects off its beady black eyes. It lets out a small shrill noise that once again catches the attention of its owner.
“Sorry, I got lost in thought." She looks over her pet and laughs again. "Come now, what are you looking so concerned for? You know me, Christine. I’m perfectly fine.”
She shuts the cupboard, then sits down at her desk to begin her homework.
Jace Price
THE BIRD IS THE NEXT PARTY MEMBER, HERE COMES THE MASCOT
Evan Reyes
>I could never complain about you. You were, after all… A gift from Akikazu?
Daniel Reyes
>Endless romance novels >Talking to a pet >Nobody to share drinks with >Gets lost in thought thinking about *BAD THINGS*
SHE NEEDS THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP REAL BAD
Nicholas Miller
CAW CAW
Nathan Nelson
[4:00 pm, 4-Jun-2129 (SATURDAY)]
Another day at school has come and gone. There wasn’t much to talk about, honestly. You are looking forward to the weekend, however. Most of it will be spent traversing the Blackened Void or catching up on your bonds, but it’ll be nice to sleep in late.
So, what will you do?
>Call the team to the Blackened Void (Exploration) >Fight randoms in the Battlegrounds (Gain C. EXP, reputation and increases WILLPOWER) >Study in the library. (Increases INTELLIGENCE) >Go to the gym. (Increases WILLPOWER) >Wander around the city (Random encounter) >Go and see what Yoshino is doing. >Custom option.
Joshua Allen
>>Go and see what Yoshino is doing.
Jason Powell
>Go and see what Yoshino is doing.
Owen Rodriguez
>Call the team to the Blackened Void (Exploration) Figure out what the weird flask Celeste got is, and finish her companion quest.
Nolan Gomez
>>Go and see what Yoshino is doing.
Adrian Lopez
>Go and see what Yoshino is doing.
Charles Bennett
>Go and see what Yoshino is doing.
Tyler Taylor
BIRD BIRD BIRD BIRD IS THE WORD
Sebastian Moore
>Go and see what Yoshino is doing. Biting the hints at the beginning of the last thread.
Benjamin Green
>>Go and see what Yoshino is doing.
Lincoln Campbell
>Go and see what Yoshino is doing.
Joshua Thompson
>Call the team to the Blackened Void (Exploration) finish that companion quest before more shit goes down.
also gotta earn dem Build XP
Kayden Morris
>>Go and see what Yoshino is doing. We can help get Celeste's companion in the afternoon after checking Yoshino.
Asher Adams
>>Call the team to the Blackened Void (Exploration) NOW we should go and get that companion for celes.
Jace Perez
>>Go and see what Yoshino is doing
The introduction of a bird character, if minor, pleases me.
Gavin Cooper
>Go and see what Yoshino is doing.
Henry Ward
...Fuck you.
Jonathan Sanchez
Actually, no, change this to blackened void. We can meet Yoshino later tonight.
Brayden Mitchell
What hint was this? Sorry, I'm being dense and not spotting it.
Liam Rogers
See
Dylan Jackson
Visit Aria.
Brayden Bailey
I honestly hope the bird is the next team mate.
Joshua Hernandez
>>Go and see what Yoshino is doing.
Jackson Sanchez
bird is not ready for the world but bird is the word
Joseph White
...
Luis White
Gold.
Colton Cruz
pffftttt hahaha
Colton Jones
Beautiful
Colton Gomez
...
Andrew Cooper
>>Takashi: Go and see what Yoshino is doing.
You decide to finally follow the student council president’s hint and go and see what your House Captain is doing. Thus, you head back inside and ascend the staircase to the third floor. The FALCO House office is a few metres down the hall. You locate the door and knock on it.
You wait. No-one responds, so you knock it again. Twice, this time.
Again, nothing happens. Third time’s the charm, the saying goes. It is also the number of raps you knock on the door.
Still nothing. Your patience stretching, you open the door and step inside.
The first sensation you detect is the whiff of lukewarm coffee. It stems from the cup on the desk, a brown pool surrounded by paper white walls. Several other empty cups are arranged next to it. The shutters behind the desk are open, spraying it with bright light and comfortable warmth. Trophies from past events are arranged in cases and on the walls, brass cups, ribbons, hard copy certificates and more. You take another step. Then you notice a hollow, breathing noise coming from the desk.
Yoshino is face down on her laptop pad, twintails sprawled in both horizontal directions, her nose presses against the keys which are typing gibberish on an empty document. She mumbles and smacks her lips as she snores. Her head rolls over, causing a bunch of ‘q’s and ‘a’s to sprint across the screen like a jumbled marathon.
This is a little awkward. How will you wake her up?
>Pour coffee on her. >Yell something to grab her attention. >Tap her on the shoulder lightly. >Tug on her hair. >Ask someone nearby for help. >Make her more comfortable. >Custom option.
William Rodriguez
>Make her more comfortable. then >Tap her on the shoulder lightly.
Lincoln Collins
>Tap her on the shoulder lightly. Jesus whats with all these fucked up/autistic options.
