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Are you ready for this, Hinoto-Ri? Shadow Event Information
▼ REACH OUT TO THE TRUTH
▼ I AM A SHADOW...
You asked for it, and now we're delivering! Starting a week from today on December 16th and running through December 20th, Destiny Strings will be having a shadow event. Those of you familiar with the Persona series probably already know what's in store - but for those of you who aren't, here's a quick explanation of how things are going to go.
On the 14 and 15th at night during the 13th Hour, characters will notice that along with the usual effects, they will hear strange whispers in their heads, along with seeing their Personas on any reflected surfaces instead of their own; mirrors, water, someone's eye, or just your metallic teapot. Should they look away or blink, they will see themselves again, but the face will have a strange smile to them.
Starting during the 13th Hour leading into December 16th, Visitors' Shadows will begin to awaken and materialize all over Hinoto-Ri. They will look exactly like the Visitor from which they were spawned, with the difference of having glowing yellow eyes (red eyes if the character's natural eye color is already yellow). The Shadows have access to all of the same equipment, powers, and Personas as their original characters, and will generally be stronger and more difficult to fight the higher level a character is (i.e. the longer they have been in game). Any strong feelings of Anger, Ignorance, or Vengeance a character has will also give it additional power, so if your character has these issues, it may provide an even higher challenge!
A character's Shadow will materialize without his or her knowledge somewhere in the city, and can only be defeated by the character whose Shadow it is. In the meantime, the Shadows will be out and about in the city wreaking havoc while wearing the character's face and searching for them in an effort to kill the character and replace them. After all, a Shadow's ultimate goal is to become the real and only version of the character, and they can't do that with competition getting in the way.
And to make matters even trickier, since the Shadows in a very real sense are part of the characters themselves, they can even use the Network during the event, as the nanobots will be unable to distinguish between a character and their Shadow. If you want to use this as justification for your character's Shadow to make a post teasing or taunting their CR without the character's knowledge, this is definitely a possibility too! Keep in mind that if a Shadow posts during the event, your character cannot reply for that post since the network only accepts "one" version of the character. Just keep in mind that if a character's Shadow posts, either making a new one or replying to another, the real character themselves cannot reply to that post and vice versa.
Shadows have the same affinities as the user (meaning if they are immune to physical, so is the shadow). All Shadows also absorb Dark attacks of any kind, and even spells cannot break this immunity.
On the 14 and 15th at night during the 13th Hour, characters will notice that along with the usual effects, they will hear strange whispers in their heads, along with seeing their Personas on any reflected surfaces instead of their own; mirrors, water, someone's eye, or just your metallic teapot. Should they look away or blink, they will see themselves again, but the face will have a strange smile to them.
Starting during the 13th Hour leading into December 16th, Visitors' Shadows will begin to awaken and materialize all over Hinoto-Ri. They will look exactly like the Visitor from which they were spawned, with the difference of having glowing yellow eyes (red eyes if the character's natural eye color is already yellow). The Shadows have access to all of the same equipment, powers, and Personas as their original characters, and will generally be stronger and more difficult to fight the higher level a character is (i.e. the longer they have been in game). Any strong feelings of Anger, Ignorance, or Vengeance a character has will also give it additional power, so if your character has these issues, it may provide an even higher challenge!
A character's Shadow will materialize without his or her knowledge somewhere in the city, and can only be defeated by the character whose Shadow it is. In the meantime, the Shadows will be out and about in the city wreaking havoc while wearing the character's face and searching for them in an effort to kill the character and replace them. After all, a Shadow's ultimate goal is to become the real and only version of the character, and they can't do that with competition getting in the way.
And to make matters even trickier, since the Shadows in a very real sense are part of the characters themselves, they can even use the Network during the event, as the nanobots will be unable to distinguish between a character and their Shadow. If you want to use this as justification for your character's Shadow to make a post teasing or taunting their CR without the character's knowledge, this is definitely a possibility too! Keep in mind that if a Shadow posts during the event, your character cannot reply for that post since the network only accepts "one" version of the character. Just keep in mind that if a character's Shadow posts, either making a new one or replying to another, the real character themselves cannot reply to that post and vice versa.
Shadows have the same affinities as the user (meaning if they are immune to physical, so is the shadow). All Shadows also absorb Dark attacks of any kind, and even spells cannot break this immunity.
▼ ...THE TRUE SELF
One important thing to note, however, is that a Shadow is not an 'evil clone' version of the character! Shadows are more intricate than that. Evil clones would be easy to deny and fight against, but Shadows represent the part of your character that they are ashamed of, afraid of, or want to hide away from the world. Obviously, this can be very different from character to character, but the Shadow will try to capitalize on that and unnerve the character before striking them down for good.
Also keep in mind that these Shadows can be affected by what others think of the character, both good and bad! For example, if Character A thinks Character B is nothing but a muscle-bound brute, Character B's shadow might have slightly more pronounced muscles or talk about getting into fights, along with Character A's normal insecurities. Shadows don't just feed off the character in question, but everyone's insecurities about that character as well! For this reason, we have a planning post below.
Shadows can be fought and defeated just like any other demon in Hinoto-Ri, although obviously these will be far stronger than your standard 13th Hour fare. Unlike Shadows in Persona 4, these ones will not transform into giant monsters after your character denies them, but will act more like the ones from the Persona Arena games. This means that while they have all of your powers and Personas, you can still actively fight back and use your own Persona against them. The Shadow's Personas will be "reversed" meaning their color patterns will be much more subdued and darker, sometimes with their physical appearance changed slightly. For example, Charatcer A's normal Persona has a small pair of horns. His Shadow's persona can have SLIGHTLY longer horns, just to give it a more demonic appearance.
Characters can team up against each others' Shadows (and are actively encouraged to do so), but the final strike can only be delivered by the character the Shadow came from in the first place.
Accepting your Shadow is like Persona 4 - acknowledging your insecurities and fears out loud, and admitting that the Shadow is part of you. However, feel free to have more banter from your Shadows if you wish. These ones like to talk a lot for some reason...
Also keep in mind that these Shadows can be affected by what others think of the character, both good and bad! For example, if Character A thinks Character B is nothing but a muscle-bound brute, Character B's shadow might have slightly more pronounced muscles or talk about getting into fights, along with Character A's normal insecurities. Shadows don't just feed off the character in question, but everyone's insecurities about that character as well! For this reason, we have a planning post below.
Shadows can be fought and defeated just like any other demon in Hinoto-Ri, although obviously these will be far stronger than your standard 13th Hour fare. Unlike Shadows in Persona 4, these ones will not transform into giant monsters after your character denies them, but will act more like the ones from the Persona Arena games. This means that while they have all of your powers and Personas, you can still actively fight back and use your own Persona against them. The Shadow's Personas will be "reversed" meaning their color patterns will be much more subdued and darker, sometimes with their physical appearance changed slightly. For example, Charatcer A's normal Persona has a small pair of horns. His Shadow's persona can have SLIGHTLY longer horns, just to give it a more demonic appearance.
Characters can team up against each others' Shadows (and are actively encouraged to do so), but the final strike can only be delivered by the character the Shadow came from in the first place.
Accepting your Shadow is like Persona 4 - acknowledging your insecurities and fears out loud, and admitting that the Shadow is part of you. However, feel free to have more banter from your Shadows if you wish. These ones like to talk a lot for some reason...
▼ HOW DO I PARTICIPATE?
Easy! There are no sign-ups required for this event, so just post in the event log when it goes up on the night of the 16th. As mentioned above, the event runs through the 20th in-game, after which point any undefeated Shadows will vanish from the city. You can comment to this post with any event planning you want to do ahead of time, however.
And a final note, just to whet your appetites a little: participating in this event could go a long way toward justifying getting your character their Ultimate Persona when the time comes. And additionally, characters who participate in this event and face down or defeat their Shadows may even earn a special reward after the event is over. :)
As always, any questions and comments can be asked below, and we'll get to them as quickly as we can.
And a final note, just to whet your appetites a little: participating in this event could go a long way toward justifying getting your character their Ultimate Persona when the time comes. And additionally, characters who participate in this event and face down or defeat their Shadows may even earn a special reward after the event is over. :)
As always, any questions and comments can be asked below, and we'll get to them as quickly as we can.
oh man.... I apologize in advance for Avitus's Shadow.
So his Shadow's likely to be sarcastic and irritable to begin with, and express a ton of jealousy and hostility to humans in particular and everyone in general... and get upset too, over people "looking at him funny", probably even when they actually haven't yet.
His Shadow's not going to be easy to fight, either: Avitus doesn't have humanlike nails, he's got talons that he files down. I doubt his Shadow would file them at all. He can turn to mist for swift movement/intangibility/invisibility, he can jump high/far, fly, run very fast, has telekinesis... and you don't want to get kicked or hit with one of his wings. Ever. (Swans can break an adult human's tibia; how about something with a 25' wingspan?) And I should mention that he can heal from most any injury, almost like Wolverine.
...On the plus side, Avitus has never had a single bit of combat training, defensive or otherwise, even if his Shadow's more than willing to fight. Plus, he's only ever had his original Soul Persona, which is... not a combat type one.
Small favors, right?Not sure if he'd ever utter the words "you're not me", but he'd certainly tell it to shut up, even attack it to try shutting it up.
And he will get his duff handed to him. It'll be like that Xander/Harmony fight, from Buffy, except the Shadow's surely less incompetent.Would anyone want to poke at/try in vain to get its owner to accept/get beaten up by/beat up this Shadow?
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