Velvet Room Update and more City Posts & Planning!

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Velvet Room on Standby ▼

 

We talked amongst ourselves and realized that considering we have many logs happening right now that require mod attention, we will postpone the Velvet Room log and place it right before the first rescue mission this December. This way, we are able to concentrate on the rebuilding operation of the city.

We apologize for the delay, but you are still allowed to take out new Personas as usual, and the log was going to serve more for flavor than plot related so there's plenty of time for it!

Don't forget to vote!▼

 

This being said, there is still time to vote on where this rescue operation will take place! Head on over to this link, and tell us where you want to go!

City Rebuilding and Searching ▼

 

Additionally, below you will find sections of the city. What we'd like you to do is to either link to logs involving your characters going there, or simply reply here that this is the place your characters will help with the most. Even if you don't have the time to make an IC thread and only reply here, it will still be taken into account! This will give us a good idea of what areas are being worked on and what needs to happen. Remember, depending on what you do and what you search for, the story will change accordingly!

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Taken list updated, please notify us if you don't show up ▼

 

The taken page has been updated with the new look! We are still missing certain people who didn't reply during the activity check, so if your name is missing, simply reply to the page there and we'll add it ASAP! Thank you!

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Q&A

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Any questions you may have about this post can be posted here!

[tyrantball]

Even though this post takes place outside the 13th Hour, the demons in the Bestiary are all available to be fought, right? Because there's one thing in particular Desco will be doing if that's the case.

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After checking up on this, it's just standard SMT style demons out during this attack.

City General Cleanup

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Reply here if your character is helping clean up the city in general or links to threads you have started in regards to this.

incoming tl;dr, oops....

[poorlittleblueburdie]

I know that once stuff's settled down, as Avitus is still an architect for the city's government, he'll be reviewing what structural damages there were and how to best repair them and rebuild places, and wanting to see what rubble can be salvaged as (re-)building material, if any.

I know he'd want to try making a few changes if he can -- he'll want to add another wing or level onto the hospital for backup/emergency space for more beds and such, because... yeah, could be a good thing, especially with how many people there are and how many could get hurt. He'll also want to see if he can set up (quickly, while the circumstances to initially justify it are still plain for everyone to see, if not during the crud still going on) some shelters, in actual buildings, not just tents or whatever, and build them with a big cafeteria-type area, at least one in each residential district, preferably one in each district (though prolly not big ones in most of them.) Because especially when stuff gets knocked down and damaged, people still need places to sleep and food to eat.

After the craziness dies down, he's going to try making the shelter-and-food locations much more permanent fixtures (because, as he'd put it, "This has happened how many times now, in living human memory? How many times more could disasters yet strike, in which such places could be of great benefit? Would you rather be unprepared, or plan ahead and appear competent and caring, for better serving the interests of this city's inhabitants?") and open and being serviced as long as possible: have someone contact the stores to see if they'll contribute supplies and food for it, and if they'd continue, past the disaster, to contribute the stock that'd otherwise be discarded shortly due to shelf life (waste not, want not!) like fresh produce, deli items, hot counter items that didn't sell, etc. (Besides, it's good for the stores' reputations, right?) If he has it his way, they'll stay open on a constant basis for the city's poor, well after this mess has been resolved. He's less pro-government, and more pro-people. Being allied/working with the government here means better resources and connections to do this sort of stuff, see!

Longer-term, he'll want to see about reinforcing a lot of the buildings, which... will very likely mean taking a page from his homeworld and how things are built in the Citadel, and connecting the new buildings so that they support each other's structural integrity, not unlike the stores in a strip mall. This means that a lot of the taller buildings close to each other may end up being connected a couple stories off the ground, or every few stories, even if only by enclosed bridges and such -- not only does it help the buildings to support and be supported by their neighbors, but it provides easy travel from one to another, even in the event that roads are inaccessible for whatever reason, including fighting in the streets, demon hoards, craters, etc. Plus, it's taking advantage of, and making use of, all the available space, when said space is limited by the city's shield. (The Citadel he's from had similar circumstances: it was surrounded by very high stone walls, to keep out the other clans' vampires.)

And if he can get a bunch of apartment buildings, much like the Visitors' residential towers, added in further out toward the city's edges (if just in the residential districts, even) for uh... temporary housing while repairs are being done elsewhere? He'll totally try that. And see if he can get those left as inexpensive housing for those who either can't or don't want to stay in the Visitor towers, or just need somewhere else to move in. (I'm sure he's heard grumbling from the residents; it's past time to push ahead with trying to help more, in his mind.)

...because that's just how he works: he's spent the majority of his life doing stuff like this. Taking advantage of the humans' alarm to get stuff like this done is simply the best way he knows to do it swiftly... and with the government's resources, for preference, since they usually have the most money, and certainly are best suited to delegating/coordinating this sort of work. As far as he's concerned, this is what said resources are for... to help as many people as possible.

(And if they want to claim the budget isn't big enough for this stuff, he'll happily point out that they could always offer incentives for people to volunteer their time and labor, and even materials, in the form of letting them stay at the shelters/housing free for some period of time, providing free food while they work, etc etc. He'd do his best to work with the budget people on it; he's learned a fair bit about economics over the ages. His world might be medieval in a lot of ways, but money -- gold and silver and the like -- still had a place, what with it being largely a human society.)

Transportation

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Reply here if your character is helping clear the debris that makes transportation from one part of the city easier, or links to threads you have started in regards to this.

[unbroken_chain]

When Kotoha returns, she will be using her team to help clear the debris - having Arthur smash rocks to sizes more manageable for humans, having Zoroark use Bulldoze to smooth out impact craters, that sort of thing.

Rescuing the Mayor

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Reply here if you'd like your character to be part of the mayor rescue effort, or links to threads you have started in regards to this.

[worked_through_labor_day]

If nobody else shows up for this, Isabelle will be trying to spearhead the effort herself, which will largely take the form of running through the city streets in a panic while flailing and screaming.

[istotesbatgirl]

Misfit will respond to Isabelle's call for help and join the effort to rescue the mayor.

[bear_necessities]

Senri is going to help out the flailing puppy-lady. Mostly by following her around and protecting her while she searches for the mayor.

Germany and MiRa

[blitzkriegzwei]

Both Germany and MiRa would definitely like to be in on the mayor-rescuing effort, but if that creates muncest issues depending on how this part goes, only MiRa will participate.

MAGI Headquarters

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Reply here if your character is helping look into what happened with the Magi headquarters, or links to threads you have started in regards to this.

Fumi Kanno

[terminally_clever]

Fumi is looking into the MAGI building over here.

Re: Fumi Kanno

[samurai_flynn]

Is it alright to join in?

[ding_bots_are_done]

Agatha is in that thread with Fumi, exploring the MAGI building.

Humanitarian Effort

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Reply here if your character is helping the hospital, saving people from demons, or setting up safe houses, or links to threads you have started in regards to this.

Nano Shinonome

[all_wound_up]

Nano is primarily out and about fighting demons and saving people from them as necessary. Statistically, she'll be dealing mostly with Heartless.

She'll also be offering up free space in the Amagi Inn for people to take shelter in, and providing basic supplies like food, blankets, and the like for them to wait things out.

Agatha Sheridan

[badluckhealer]

Aggie will mainly be helping with the hospital, using both her injury transfer abilities and her Persona.

Ruri Hoshino

[electricyousei]

Ruri will make all the crew berths on the Nadesico available if people need a place to stay.

Desco

[tyrantball]

Desco will mostly be destroying any demons she comes across while making sure any civilians she does save know that she is 'Queen Desco, ruler of Hinoto-Ri!' She'll also be sending out multiple Mini-Desco Decoys to scout for her, which are hand-sized autonomous drones that look like Usatako, her second body with all the tentacles. This has the following two effects: she will be devouring basically any metal or glass debris she comes across so she can keep pumping them out, and there is a fairly significant chance that several civilians will talk about being saved from demons by tiny exploding octopi.

Germany, MiRa, Apollo Justice, and Fattycakes

[blitzkriegzwei]

Germany is fighting demons where he can, as is MiRa (she's doing so right here). Apollo is also doing a little demonbusting with some help.

By the way, on the topic of hospital help... could Fattycakes count as pet therapy? :'D If not, he might try to help heal people with his Persona once things settle down and he's not terrified of going out in the streets.

[poorlittleblueburdie]

During the mess, Avitus is going to be trying to assist Otonashi and Aoi at Aoi's house, taking their lead in helping however he can, though looks like he's just a little (human) kid at first. Looks like this means handling supplies and keeping the place safe, mostly. After that, he'll head to the hospital to see if he can do anything to help out there. He might not be trained as a healer of any kind yet, but he can at least help set up beds and act as a supply runner where needed!

Re: Humanitarian Effort

[eyewillprotect]

As a bitty, Aoi is helping out against the demons. She will continue this effort a little more efficiently once she's back to her normal age, and will also be healing any injured she finds on the way using both her Persona and also her power awakened by the Dragon Stream.

Yuzuru Otonashi

[trainwrecking]

Otonashi would definitely want to help out at the hospital -- but later. Right now he's setting up Aoi Misato's house as a safe house, fighting demons, and trying to keep things together. Here!

And he'll be organizing a run for weapons later because if time/life permits, he might want to help the mayor too...

M'gann

[hello_mgann]

M'gann is going to be wandering the city offering assistance to anyone she can. She'll be escorting people to safe houses and moving any debris with her telekinesis.

[helenchanted]

Miki will be saving as many people (probably orphans a lot due to history) and setting up a safe house close to the major hospital for them.

[aurathread]

Tsukasa will be helping out in the hospital a little with healing spells.

[greatseal]

Once Minako returned to her normal age, she'd be out in the city and looking to rescue anyone who needs saving.

[resipiscent]

Riku's gonna be out saving people! : ) He's able to take people out of the fray with his Dark Corridors and to a safehouse or the hospital, so he'll be doing that, plus delivering supplies if any of that needs to happen. He can also heal minor wounds.

[get_bent]

Kanji will be supply as much blankets and making as much outfits and winter scarves as he can due to the cold coming month.

Akihiko Sanada

[boxingemperor]

As he always tries to do after injuring himself, Akihiko will stubbornly attempt to help out, even if his friends won't let him. Whether or not he is successful is uncertain, haha.

[ladieswhodresslikemen]

Faris is going to be doing, primarily, two things: 1) killing any hostile demon she sees, 2) taking any civilian she notices somewhere safe (and she'll drag them if she has to).

There were plans to have her on the team actually solving this whole thing/finding out where all these hostile demons are coming from but that may or may not have fallen out.

Network

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Reply here if your character is working on getting the Visitor and/or government networks up and running again, and also if they would like to help restore functionality to the city's power grid.

Fumi Kanno

[terminally_clever]

Fumi will also be working on getting the networks back up, though largely off-camera when compared with her investigations at the MAGI building. She'll probably be using it as a staging ground for her repairs, though.

Network

[electricyousei]

Ruri will be doing what she can to help bring the network up, and if possible take some of that terrible magic stuff out of it with good cold science!

[meaningdies]

Naoya is working on getting the network back up. He can help with the power grid a little but the network is his main priority.

Public Order

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Reply here if your character is involved with arming citizens to help them fight back against the demons or organizing evacuations to safe areas.

Sarah Snowdon

[dontrunawayfromliving]

Sarah is going to concentrate on escorting civilians to safe places, along with making sure they're armed and have basic medical supplies.

Apollo Justice, Germany, MiRa

[blitzkriegzwei]

I'd really like Apollo to do something like this (at least the "organizing evacuations" part), but I'm not sure how to pull it off ICly. Germany will definitely be helping with evacuation and arming if he can, and MiRa will definitely be helping with evacuation.

[egotrigger]

Allelujah will be helping move people to safety and fight demons, possibly with his Gundam if they've been able to get some limited mobility back in it.

Otoha will also be clearing out demons.

Re: Public Order

[pretty_pink_ribbon]

Yuzu will be helping to get non-combatants to safer places within the city. She'll use her demons to both protect people and clear away any rubble that might be impeding the evacuation.

Sabotage

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Reply here if your character is instead, causing ISSUES for the city and delighting in the chaos, or links to threads you have started in regards to this.

THIS POST WILL BE KEPT SCREENED if the players would like it to be screened.

Other

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Reply here if your character is helping in a way we haven't thought of!

Not sure where to put mine.

[demifemme]

Since she cannot find Tokudome, Shura is out and about neutralizing demon mobs by recruiting them under her authority and using them to overpower the demon mobs who refuse to join because they prefer attacking people.

Re: Other

[tyrantball]

Assuming the answer to this question is yes, Desco will be ordering her little sisters to patrol the city acting as demon extermination squads. Like Desco herself, they can Magichange into axes, but it's not as overwhelmingly OP as Desco's axe form, so if it's at all possible they'll become weapons for civilians that actually want to fight back.

If the answer to the question is 'no', feel free to keep this screened.

Relic hunting GO!

[samurai_flynn]

Flynn will be scavenging the city for useful items to bring back to civilians that requested help.

[deathboss]

Eikichi will be confused once they return home, but will do his best to help. Maybe suggest a concert this is bad for everyone involved, let's be honest.

[unbroken_chain]

In addition to helping clear out debris, once she gets back Kotoha is going to think long and hard about what else she can do and then proceed to remember something she came across doing research for her pamphlet - which, by the way, she will release over the Network as soon as she arrives, assuming Isabelle has other things on her mind than getting it printed.

Anyway, she'll be petitioning the government to allow her to move into the abandoned Knight Academy and get it up and running as a general training facility for Visitors and natives alike.