???: Persona 3 Dual, Chapter 0.
OOC: I'm keeping the vote open a little longer, but I still want to write something. So...
"...oday's schedule will be modified due to a rail switching malfunction, we apolog..." The train's intercom blares, piercing even my headphones. "Next stop is Iwatodai."
Well, there goes my afternoon. At least I'll get to sit down soon, seeing as the car's just about empty.
Late on my first day? If I had the energy to care, I would be disappointed.
...At least, I think so. I've always had trouble with emotions and reactions. Most of my foster parents hated that about me.
"It's like he died at that accident, too." I caught one of them saying once.
Maybe I did. I guess my body just didn't get the memo. Ever since then, that's how I've been taking life. Being emotional is a waste of energy, anyway.
Not that I do a lot of stuff that requires me to conserve my energy.
Finally, I get a nice area to myself. I could probably lay down here and nap if I wanted to.
Eh. I'll just sit like a normal person...?
Oh, of course. As soon as I sit down, the train stops. Just my luck...
"Iwatodai, Iwatodai!" The train station's intercom repeats, "This is the final train bound for Tatsumi Port Island! Please board before the scheduled departure time!"
I don't pay it much mind. I'm getting off, and no one else is even at the station. Not that it's exactly odd, it is almost midnight. I pass through the electronic gates, and...
...Sigh as everything shuts off. Every night for the past ten years, everything just stops. No power, no people, no wind, nothing. Just the sickly green hue of the warped moon, coffins where once were people, pools of blood replacing the water...
...And none of it even phases me anymore. I've lived through this nightmare more times than I care to remember. Every time I tried to tell someone, they don't believe me.
At least it's quiet.
Iwatodai dorm should be down this way, right?
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I enter through the front door, unsurprised to find it empty. I guess they got tired of waiting for me.
I walk a bit farther...?
"Welcome." I hear a voice off to my left. There's a kid there, too young to be in the same class as me. I could've sworn that there was no one leaning on the front desk when I came in. I turn to get a better look...?
He's gone? How did he--?
"You're late." I hear him again from my right, "I've been waiting a long time. If you wish to proceed..." At the snap of his fingers, a book on the desk opens, "...Sign your name here. It's a contract."
I glance at the "contract", a little confused.
"There's no need to be scared." The boy tells me, "All it says is that you accept full responsibility for your actions."
Without much hesitation, I walk up, and sign my name on the dotted line.
Now, I'm simply standing here in the silence of the--
"Who's there?!" There's a girl's voice now, coming from the stairs.
OOC: I wanted to try to tell Persona 3's story (with some additions) in my own words. This is basically just a giant "test run" to see if I should attempt to take on such an enormous task. I don't know if anything will come of this, but...
"...oday's schedule will be modified due to a rail switching malfunction, we apolog..." The train's intercom blares, piercing even my headphones. "Next stop is Iwatodai."
Well, there goes my afternoon. At least I'll get to sit down soon, seeing as the car's just about empty.
Late on my first day? If I had the energy to care, I would be disappointed.
...At least, I think so. I've always had trouble with emotions and reactions. Most of my foster parents hated that about me.
"It's like he died at that accident, too." I caught one of them saying once.
Maybe I did. I guess my body just didn't get the memo. Ever since then, that's how I've been taking life. Being emotional is a waste of energy, anyway.
Not that I do a lot of stuff that requires me to conserve my energy.
Finally, I get a nice area to myself. I could probably lay down here and nap if I wanted to.
Eh. I'll just sit like a normal person...?
Oh, of course. As soon as I sit down, the train stops. Just my luck...
"Iwatodai, Iwatodai!" The train station's intercom repeats, "This is the final train bound for Tatsumi Port Island! Please board before the scheduled departure time!"
I don't pay it much mind. I'm getting off, and no one else is even at the station. Not that it's exactly odd, it is almost midnight. I pass through the electronic gates, and...
...Sigh as everything shuts off. Every night for the past ten years, everything just stops. No power, no people, no wind, nothing. Just the sickly green hue of the warped moon, coffins where once were people, pools of blood replacing the water...
...And none of it even phases me anymore. I've lived through this nightmare more times than I care to remember. Every time I tried to tell someone, they don't believe me.
At least it's quiet.
Iwatodai dorm should be down this way, right?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I enter through the front door, unsurprised to find it empty. I guess they got tired of waiting for me.
I walk a bit farther...?
"Welcome." I hear a voice off to my left. There's a kid there, too young to be in the same class as me. I could've sworn that there was no one leaning on the front desk when I came in. I turn to get a better look...?
He's gone? How did he--?
"You're late." I hear him again from my right, "I've been waiting a long time. If you wish to proceed..." At the snap of his fingers, a book on the desk opens, "...Sign your name here. It's a contract."
I glance at the "contract", a little confused.
"There's no need to be scared." The boy tells me, "All it says is that you accept full responsibility for your actions."
Without much hesitation, I walk up, and sign my name on the dotted line.
Makoto Yuki.
After I finish, the boy takes the contract into his hands. "...Good." He says, smiling a little, "Time is something no one can escape. It delivers us all to the same end. You can't plug your ears, or cover your eyes. And so..." The contract falls to his side, "...It begins..." He reaches out, disappearing into a cloud of darkness.
Now, I'm simply standing here in the silence of the--
"Who's there?!" There's a girl's voice now, coming from the stairs.
OOC: I wanted to try to tell Persona 3's story (with some additions) in my own words. This is basically just a giant "test run" to see if I should attempt to take on such an enormous task. I don't know if anything will come of this, but...
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