Nottheunmaker
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Begins vibrating in anticipation.
Not going to be posting until tomorrow morning at the earliest for you NA time zone people, just so you know.
Gold is linked to Shadows and Velvet attendants, one eye being blue corresponds to how BRS herself looks, so....Blue and gold?
I... can't remember anyone off the top of my head who has both of those, but its been a while since I've seen P4.
But it looks like she might have reinforced our connection to BRS. And it looks like at least a chunk of our journey is going to be exploring the duality of Kuroi and BRS as well with the comment of her wanting BRS' strength/power but holding her at arms length as well (probably out of fear of what happens to her should they mix, which fair enough).
So the TV world is definitely a sperate place from the Otherworld. Always most likely, but it's good to have confirmation. I'm not sure whatever was coming at Mato, presumably whatever was giving her, nor am I sure why BRS was afraid for her, but it's most likely just her protectiveness.She stands on the cliff's edge, a dark shape silhouetted against a curious sky. Yellow light fills the air and falls upon an endless fog as she stands above the precipice leading down into this new realm. Already she can see unfamiliar shapes within the fog, flickering in and out of her view, sometimes distorting the swirling mists in strange ways around them as they move.
There are constructs here too, more modern and less broken than the ones at home. Towers of electronics rising above the churning mists, televisions showing static on all screens between the cranes and gantries scattered here and there.
There is another thing here, not like her and hers, a being she does not recognize, and does not understand. It is not human, yet as it approaches, Black Rock Shooter can see her Self standing in its path.
Fear springs to her lips,
"Mato-!"
Or not. This seems like something very wrong happened. I can't remember is SRS or if any of the Otherselves had a way of contacting their Realselves or if this is a Persona thing, but this is worrying.The gas station attendant's hand is a little sweaty, but her grip is firm and confident. Up, down, you let go and give her a respectful nod for good measure even as a headache teases at your temples without warning. The vision in your left eye blurring suddenly as it starts to water at the same moment as your phone twitches in your pocket.
"Thank you, excuse me," you take a step back and away, turning your back on the two and pulling out your phone. The vibration feels strange and the display is dark, illuminating only as you flip it open to see… Nothing.
No messages, no incoming call, just a strange quality to the light as you feel the vibrations continue, pulsing like a heartbeat against your hand as your eye goes fuzzy again, the headache intensifying as your vision turns a flickering blue at the edges. The charm caught between your hand and the back of your phone is vibrating, the pointless and meaningless plastic star is pulsing against your palm, only… That's not quite right is it?
Huh. Not sure what happened here.She descended from nowhere, black and white and one eye shining with blue flames.
You clutched the star to your chest, and felt it pulsing as the glow swelled, and your feet left the ground.
You fell, and fell, you kept falling as your eye burned and your self changed.
"I am, Black Rock Shooter."
So here, I'm guessing that Mato is acting as a Persona, and she's following BRS. But then she's found by something else, something from the Velvet Room? I'm not totally clear what that is, but whatever they are is impressed by Mato. Sundered... was she broken from BRS by accepting the Persona? Not good if true.You walk in the fog.
For as long as you can remember… No, that's not right. Ever since The Incident, and maybe for a time before, you've always dreamed of another. A girl who looks like you, but is not you, and the world of endless violence she lives in.
Tonight, you dream of yourself.
You make your way down foggy streets, the shapes of houses looming from the murk alongside stranger constructs. Spars and gantries and flickering lights here and there, an ever-present yellow tone that shines from hundreds of screens to suffuse the fog with a sickly glow. There are things moving at the edges of perception, shuffling footsteps, muttering words, all sounds bouncing around until you can't tell which way any of them have come from, and can only guess that they are all around you.
You follow a star.
It twinkles in the distance, its blue light piercing the fog, glowing on the mountain-tops beneath it as you walk. White noise begins to fill your ears and you dimly recognize the rhythmic crashing roar of waves striking sand, but beyond that there is a whisper of something, beckoning you on, bearing you down.
You are walking along the coast. Waves break against the sand on one side while the mountains tower over the fog-shrouded houses on the other. Ahead of you, the star is lower to the horizon, dimmed by the mist but not shrouded entirely.
A hand settles on your shoulder. A figure shrouded by the fog speaks to you.
"You are sundered… Craving strength, yet holding it at arms length." The voice is feminine with a strange accent like nothing you've ever heard before and you struggle to answer her, choking on every word.
"What… Do you… Mean?" Every word threatens to strangle you, but the figure pauses for a moment, and you get the faintest impression of amusement.
"Strong indeed… Very well then, if you have need of it, I will lend you what power I may."
A card is pressed into your hand, and you have a moment to see mismatched eyes shine. Blue and gold swallowing you whole-!
That star charm was what originally allowed her to enter the Otherworld. She bought two matching charms, giving one to Yomi. When Yomi disappeared, she found Yomi's charm, and that was what first properly connected her and BRS.Or not. This seems like something very wrong happened. I can't remember is SRS or if any of the Otherselves had a way of contacting their Realselves or if this is a Persona thing, but this is worrying.
Remembering what happened when she merged with BRS in the OVA. Her memories of that event up until this point have been fuzzy outside of dreams.
Ooooooh. So Mato, up until now, has only been vaguely aware that anything beyond 'normal' was involved in the Incident. And now she's at least partly starting to remember. Probably not going to affect much beyond her agility to deal with the Otherworld, but as people from back home start showing up... could lead to a few things.That star charm was what originally allowed her to enter the Otherworld. She bought two matching charms, giving one to Yomi. When Yomi disappeared, she found Yomi's charm, and that was what first properly connected her and BRS.
Remembering what happened when she merged with BRS in the OVA. Her memories of that event up until this point have been fuzzy outside of dreams.
So BRS is having a bit of a vacation in the TV world? Or at least a good change of scenery? That's kinda nice.Also just generally speaking, the otherworld is fucking terrifying, or at least the parts of it around Mato's hometown are. It's a blasted landscape littered with ruins and regularly rearranged on a geological scale by the clashes of its frequently-mute as well as superhumanly fast and powerful inhabitants.
The fact that Kuu preferred to live there instead of the real world in the Anime is basically just a testament to how fucked up her life was.
I can throw my interpretation of events into the ring, I suppose.
As for school, teacher was a dick. Why she changed schools is Mato's business, not the classroom's. That delinquent might not've done it for Mato, but good on him for shutting up that nosey class.