Persona Grand Prix Round 1

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Grand Prix Info

PERSONA GRAND PRIX!!!

SEE THE PREVIOUS POST FOR MORE INFORMATION!

This said, ladies and gentlemen, your 2 vs 2 dual matchups for this round are:

▼ Round 1 Teams

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        Hitoshura
        Masamune Date
VS
        Link
        Mordred

REQUIREMENT: ▶ Cage Match (meaning that the combatants are stuck in a smaller cage than normal.)
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        Neku Sakuraba
        Yu Narukami
VS
        Eikichi Mishina
        Nyaruko

REQUIREMENT: ▶ Weapon, Soul and Room Personas
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        Yosuke Otoha
        Dark Pit
VS
        Shas'la T'au Kais
        Anant

REQUIREMENT: ▶ Cage Match (meaning that the combatants are stuck in a smaller cage than normal.)
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        Daichi Shijima
        Akihiko Sanada
VS
        Kaito Watari
        Miki Sanada

REQUIREMENT: ▶ Standing on top of two opposing plastic boats with plants on each side, a pool of 'sharks' below (The sharks are actually the dolphins)
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        Cloche
        Ginia Rosentia
VS
        Haseo
        Terra

REQUIREMENT: ▶ Karaoke (meaning songs are displayed on the giant screen and fighters must sing their parts otherwise their turn is lost)
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        Meetra Surik
        Sasha Fyer
VS
        Aoi Misato
        Atoli

REQUIREMENT: ▶ Standing on top of two opposing plastic boats with plants on each side, a pool of 'sharks' below (The sharks are actually the dolphins)
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        Sora
        Yosuke Hanamura
VS
        Atsuro Kihara
        Minato Arisato

REQUIREMENT: ▶ Weapon, Soul and Room Personas
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        Misery
        Pit
VS
        Desco
        Aqua

REQUIREMENT: ▶ Karaoke (meaning songs are displayed on the giant screen and fighters must sing their parts otherwise their turn is lost)
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All teams can use the plotting post below to discuss ; 1: The Dual Persona that will happen during this match (as you may remember this is the time when Dual Personas will be awakened for the first time, and one of the times where the CR won't matter). Keep in mind that while there will be a mega log for the battles, that they will not take place on the same day and you can adjust your characters being around the city when it is not the day they are fighting.

▼ New Players who Just Joined Us!

▶ And for those just joining us into the game who are like "OH MAN PERSONA BATTLES?"

Yessssssssssss! And you too can join in for ROUND 2! Just sign the post below (you have until the 19th TO DO SO and they will be part of the second round next week. Again, see This post for more information about the tournament itself.

▼ Helpers / NPCS!

▶ For the NPCs: Slight switch of plans! Instead of having them be part of the tournament fighting, we'll be sending the people who wish to NPC characters backgrounds about them and then tell you what they'll be doing on the last day. Will they be a red shirt? Will they be Anoli? Will they just be some guy in the stands slowly eating popcorn? FIND OUT SOON.

Comments

Cloche | Ginia Rosentia -VS- Haseo | Terra

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[killervocabulary]

Ginia objects heartily to this place's continued insistence on forcing her to sing. Destiny Strings, more like Destiny Sings, amirite? I, however, embrace this. As long as there's no more Vanilla Ice.

[deathboss]

OKAY SO I'LL JUST SET UP A MATCH WITH NOTHING BUT VANILLA ICE...

[killervocabulary]

PIXLE. . .

[hetried]

~~ice ice baby~~

[pastalishe]

Yes, good, karaoke. This circumstance is Holy Maiden approved.

As for Dual Personas: I...... don't have many thoughts aside from
"it must be loud"

[killervocabulary]

Well, Ginia's persona is of a man that started down the path to godhood by being able to attack things with his voice, so we definitey got loud covered.

Also, possibly initial frustration at the team-up due to their disagreements over the Teen Beat incident? :|a

[pastalishe]

Wow, that's ironic. Cloche's Persona is also a woman who ended up calling herself a new Goddess, whose big plan ended in singing a pretty rockin' song.

I think that would be fitting, yeah! Some tension would be fun before they knuckle down to work together-- Cloche has a bad temper, but she's very professional when it comes to battles.

After giving it some thought... Cloche's game actually has some special Song Magic that works when two Reyvateils achieve perfect Synchronity and craft a powerful Song together. Cloche has one such spell called Icefall Dragon which might work as a Dual Persona for these two...? Something voice/sound related might work better, but.

[killervocabulary]

Excellent. Maybe Ginia will throw out a little barb to see if Cloche is still irritated over the magazine thing, or something to make sure her focus is on the right thing.

Given that I kinda want a majority, if not all of the Dual Personas Ginia winds up making to be dragon-themed, and she's ice-themed herself, that is excellent. B]

Perhaps the extra cross-canon skill might be like a song-hook that expells ice, given Cloche's musical inclinations, and the Dragon Shout powers Ginia has? :|a

[pastalishe]

Haha, that should be fun! She's definitely still irritated about it, since I think it's safe to assume that even the fanciest of her arguments were able to change the harsh reality of gossip magazines...

Yesss. I'm glad it suits! Ever since I heard of Dual Personas, I thought that Cloche's EX Magic would be perfect for the occasion.

Oooh, I like that. Looking up some musical terminology...

Coda: An extended/held note.
Crescendo: Gradually grow louder.
Forte: Loud
Fortissimo: Very loud
Fortississimo: Very, very loud
Staccato: Short, separated notes

And then some icy words: hail, blizzard, chill, frost... :|a

[killervocabulary]

I'm inclined toward Coda, given that the nature of icy magic tends to slow targets down in games. Perhaps paired with one of the relevant dragon-language words for ice-relevant shouts?

Frost: fo
Cold: krah
Freeze: diin
Ice: iiz

[pastalishe]

I think that would be excellent. Maybe we could round it off with a word of Hymmnos or another dragon-language word-- since I know that most Shouts are three words. Maybe...

FO | CODA | AYULSA
Frost | Hold/Extended Note | Eternity/Forever
"May frost hold you forever."

RYEWA | IIZ | CODA
Overgrown | Ice | Hold/Extended Note
"May overgrown ice hold you down."

CODA | DIIN | GRAL
"May you be held down, frozen entirely."

The skill could also just be called "Coda," and there are two phrases to activate it; one in the dragon-language, one in Hymmnos.

An aside: now I just wanna have Ginia and Cloche talk fantasy languages, sometime...

[killervocabulary]

...oh man, I like the double-phrase idea, as I am a sucker for those sorts of teamup attacks. As for the dragon-language phrase, perhaps "Dovahu munax fo", or "The dragon's cruel frost"?

They could! Though Ginia doesn't quiiiiite have the kind of knowledge that an actual dragon would, just what she's picked up from words of power.

[pastalishe]

I love team-up attacks. And that's why I love these Dual Personas-! Anyway, after fiddling around with some phrases, I've got this for Cloche's phrase:


xN colga fAwArYAn yora yassa/.
[subject identifier] [ice] [wraps around] [you] [complete]/.

"Ice envelops you completely."
+ Emotion Vowels that indicate Cloche is feeling resolute, despite having some sympathy for the targets. Because this tournament is ridiculous, ok!!

Still! I bet it would be an interesting conversation.

[killervocabulary]

Excellent. \o/

I figure Ginia's donated skill would be Mabufu, with the new skill be a renamed Atom Smasher. Based on her initial perception of Cloche, which was her going on a rampage over the Teen Beat thing. And doing damage and instilling fear is something dragons do anyway. Maybe call it "Dismay".

...as for the arcana of the thing, a quick look-over puts Ginia as being Three or Nine of Wands, possibly. :|a

[quakega]

... Light, why. Why does he have to sing. He's too busy going 'why?!', while I can't stop grinning.

[bladedskies]

You and Haseo both, buddy. (And I am also laughing.)

[quakega]

So how are we going to approach this while keeping our dignity intact... um. Partner?

[bladedskies]

Well, let's face it: we're up against the Dragonborn and a Reyvateil, we're probably gonna lose.

That being said, I guess they should...try not to fail too badly? Partner? What do you think Terra's vocal range is anyway? :Ta

Also: Dual Persona? :3c

[quakega]

Hah, yeah, no kidding. The Dragonborn alone...

Well... hm. Not sure how to describe where he is, range-wise? Going off of the English voice, he wouldn't be very deep, though hitting some lower notes isn't outside the realm of possibility. Hell, I tend to imagine he'd sound a lot like Kaito, except without the obvious auto-tuning/computery sound that he has as an earlier Vocaloid.

So he'd be decent (or at least better than Sora XD), but he's just not the type to sing, so expect some embarrassment on his part.

... Yes. I can only imagine that it would be bad-ass. Haseo isn't Unlucky to the Strength arcana, is she?

[bladedskies]

Yeah, we're probably screwed. May as well try to go down with some dignity though!

Okay, that works. So each of them can probably hit the notes that the other would have difficulty with (this Haseo's a gal and would probably have issues with the lower notes, and I doubt Terra could hit the higher ones without some form of helium.) And, of course, staying on key is important. It may well be their saving grace in this fight. ...Terra isn't tone-deaf is he?

She is not unlucky to the Strength arcana! Is Terra unlucky to the Death arcana?

[quakega]

^^ I remember reading the app and thinking the AU was interesting.

Haha, yeah, no kidding. Nope, definitely not tone-deaf; he's half-Disney, so being capable of singing is like. A Requirement (he just doesn't really do it that often and flails at having to do it).

He isn't! :D Which means this can not only be rather epic, but they'll both be able to use the full skill list of the dual persona.

So. :3 Any ideas re: the dual persona?

[bladedskies]

sdfgjkdfg T-thank you! >///<

Yeah, so at least they're not tone-deaf. That...will probably be their only saving grace in this mess. I guess the only approach they can have is that of "welp. here goes nothing," huh?

Awesooooome /o/ And, hmm...the dual persona, hmmmm...How about one of the keyblade suits of armor thingies? Except, y'know, with a broadsword and not a keyblade. Lingering Soldier for a name, maybe?

[quakega]

More or less. They're dressed like idiots and have to sing, might as well roll with it.

Y'know it's funny that you mention his Lingering Will, because I was going to make that his Ultimate persona (and name it Odin for kicks). And it can turn it's Keyblade into a bunch of other things to lay on the hurt. One of which is a claymore-like thing.

[bladedskies]

This is not a proper battle.

Haseo disapproves.