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Name: Kat
Age: 17
AIM: nyanface@aol.com
MSN: kitty_boo@live.com
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E-MAIL: kristonmac@yahoo.com
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IC Information:
Name: Yosuke Hanamura
Fandom: Persona 4 (video game canon)
Timeline: Right after the culture festival (late October)
Age: 17
Appearance: Yosuke is a teenage boy with long orange and spiky hair. He wears a pair of red headphones at all times, either over his ears or around his neck, and is usually in his black school uniform. On weekends and holidays, though, he wears a more casual outfit. On warmer days, he wears a white t-shirt, while on cooler days he wears a jacket with a fur collar and a red t-shirt underneath. He also wears a pair of glasses when inside the TV world.
Abilities: Yosuke can summon a Persona, a monster-like entity that represents a deeper part of him. Initially it was known as Jiraiya, but after he became best friends with the protagonist and learned to face his inner weaknesses, it transformed into the Persona known as Susano-o. This Persona can cast spells that do heavy wind damage, as well as healing spells which he can use on either himself or others. He can also use his Persona for physical attacks, though this is taxing of his own physical energy.
As far as physical combat goes, Yosuke works best with knife-like weapons, one in each hand. He can handle himself in a fight, though he works best with a team.
Personality: Yosuke is incredibly silly in his demeanor. He is quick to crack jokes or make completely tactless remarks even during serious moments or in the face of danger. (For instance, claiming that he really has to pee and that his bladder will explode at any minute while trapped in a strange alternate dimension.) He is not, however, obnoxious, and will likely shut up or try to say something intelligent if the moment calls for it.
When it comes to his friends, Yosuke is both quick to support them as well as poke fun at and tease them. Even when pissing someone off with the jokes he cracks, instead of taking the anger to heart, he'll tease them further, which is usually his way of showing them he means well. He especially enjoys teasing his female friends, whether it's about cooking, dating, what they're wearing, etc. He comes off as a comedical lady's man, one who can't help but hit on the girls yet is always rejected for his completely silly behavior.
One of the main reasons Yosuke tries to be a funny guy is to gain the attention of others. He tries to bring more excitement and entertainment to his life in any way possible. Others often deem him as annoying for trying way too hard to put himself in the spotlight, and believe that he exploits his position as the son of the manager for Junes, Inaba's equivalent of a mini-mall. The main reason for his behavior is due to his discomfort and unacceptance of his life in the countryside.
Born in the city, Yosuke's life was all about exciting new things. He wasn't able to get that when in the middle of nowhere, and was annoyed that he'd been forced to live there. He missed his urban life, and yearned to get it back, especially since his position as the son of Junes's manager put in him into a stressful position. People not only put blame on him for putting nearby mom-and-pop shops out of business, but also tried to use him at work to either get days off or earn raises. It was Saki Konishi, the girl he had a huge crush on, who told him that it didn't matter who his parents were or what his position was involving Junes, and that he was his own person. This is what encouraged him to try and get to know her better and treat her well.
Saki's death is what initially triggered his desire to solve the murder cases. Yosuke wanted to avenge her, angry that Saki had been taken from him before he could really get close to her. His other underlying motives were to find some excitement, and find some way to be "special", to bring some meaning to his boring life in Inaba. When he faced his shadow in the other world, he had to own up to his feelings and that his behavior was due to these feelings. He matured from facing his shadow and gaining his Persona.
Yosuke's best friend is the protagonist Yu/Souji. The protagonist is the one who helped him to face his shadow and gain his Persona, and the only one to have seen the nastier side of him. He's incredibly understanding of Yosuke and Yosuke appreciates his help and determination to solve the murder cases. He helps Yosuke to face his inner demons as Yosuke tells him about his problems. Eventually Yosuke realizes that it's friends and family that's important to him, and that he has that in Inaba. Yosuke is able to accept Inaba as his home, and tells the protagonist that he's special to him.
Despite this, Yosuke was jealous of the protagonist, since he'd expected him to be as bored of Inaba as he was. Instead, the protagonist was quick to make friends, became incredibly popular in school, was able to wield his Persona first, and became the Leader of their investigation team. He'd made himself at home quite quickly. Yosuke told the protagonist of his jealousy, and his wish to get on equal grounds with him. The two ended up beating each other up to get "equal" (a friendly scuffle), and formed an incredibly close bond, ridding Yosuke of his jealousy.
When it comes to Yosuke's gender and sexuality, he seems to be insecure about the topic. While he's almost undoubtedly straight, he becomes afraid that people might view him as gay. This was mostly caused by his meeting Kanji, a character who himself was insecure with his gender since he didn't fit within the paradigm of gender roles. Many people believed Kanji to be gay for liking girly hobbies, and this insecurity managed to somewhat rub off on Yosuke. He comes off as homophobic, and homosexuality makes him a bit uneasy, though it's probably only due to his own insecurity as a teenage boy growing up in a rather judgemental society. Being forced to crossdress by his female friends in a "crossdressing pageant" has only made the issue even worse.
History: Yosuke lived in the city before he moved to the rural town of Inaba, Japan. He arrived six months before the protagonist came to Inaba. His father received a job to work in Inaba as the manager of the Junes department store, which is what caused the move. Because his father ran the store, Yosuke took up a job there as well, doing odd jobs such as restocking, running stands at the food court, maintaining the other employees, etc. He met Saki Konishi there, a fellow employee whom he instantly took a liking to once she insisted that the store's effects on Inaba's shopping district weren't his fault simply because he was the manager's son. Her attitude, though, was a bit of a mystery. She was depressed since one of those stores going out of business happened to belong to her parents, who were furious with her for working with Junes. The two had a complicated relationship that involved him making genuine passes at her, with her making passive rejections at him.
About the same time that the protagonist arrived, Inaba's news had been jumping all over a case involving the disappearance of an announcer woman who'd been having an infamous affair. She had been staying in the Amagi Inn, a popular inn in Inaba, when she went missing. Literally one day after the protagonist arrived, her body had been discovered hanging upside down from a tangle of TV antennas with no cause of death determined, marking the first of a string of murders and murder attempts.
Meanwhile, the protagonist became fairly popular as the new transfer student at Yasogami High School. Yosuke was quick to befriend him, being able to relate to him as a fellow transfer student from the city, the two making a formal introduction after Yosuke's unfortunate incident of falling off of his bike and into a trash can. Chie, one of their fellow classmates and Yosuke's friend, jumped in on the bandwagon and the three became a trio soon afterwards. Chie, being a girl who hears a lot of gossip, told the group about the Midnight Channel, a secret channel that shows you your soul mate if you watch your TV at midnight while it's raining. Both Yosuke and the protagonist believed it was a stupid myth, but agreed to try it out anyway just for fun. While the protagonist was nearly eaten by his TV, Yosuke saw the silhouette of a teenage girl on his own TV.
The three of them reconvened to discuss what happened, and it turned out Chie and Yosuke saw the same person. When the protagonist tried to explain that his TV almost ate him, the two laughed it off like it was some crazy dream. That is, until they went to Junes's electronic section looking at TVs and further making fun of the protagonist, only to have him prove he was right by sticking his hand inside of the TV. Both Yosuke and Chie started panicking and freaking out while the protagonist stuck half his body inside the large-screen TV, noting that it was very spacious. The two freaking out accidentally smacked into each other and sent all three of them careening through the TV into what was nicknamed the TV world.
The TV world consisted of thick fog covering what looked to be a stage for television broadcasting. As the three wandered, they found one section that contained slashed up pictures of the dead announcer lady and a noose hanging from the ceiling. Beginning to set into a worse panic, the three are suddenly greeted by a walking and talking bear suit named Teddie, a resident of the TV world. Teddie accused the three of throwing people into this world and wanted them to get out immediately, sending them back through a couple of TV sets and into Junes. The trio started to realize that the TV world must have something to do with the murder of the announcer lady, and decided to go home to think on it.
The following day, Yosuke received some incredibly bad news. Another corpse had been discovered hanging upside down from TV antennas in the same way the announcer woman had been found, only this corpse belonged to Saki Konishi. Yosuke was heartbroken, and filled with thoughts of vengeance, and was able to convince the protagonist to head back into the TV world to find out more clues as to why or how she died. Yosuke and the protagonist tied ropes around their waists and made Chie hold onto the other end and stay behind while they jumped back through the TV. Predictably, the rope didn't work and was cut off, leaving Chie to worry about their whereabouts.
Inside the TV world the two met back up with the myserious talking (and empty) beat suit, Teddie, who finally came to the conclusion that they weren't the culprits and decided he needed their help. Teddie gave them pairs of glasses that allowed them to see through the fog in the TV world, and took them to where he had sensed Saki's presence. It looked to be an exact replica of the Konishi liquor store. They soon ran into trouble as monsters known as shadows began to appear and attack them. That was when the protagonist discovered his true power, and was able to summon his first Persona, Izanagi, who quickly took out the attacking shadows. Both impressed and confused, the trio moved further inside the liquor store to investigate. They could hear the voices of Saki's parents berating her, and Saki's own voice badmouthing Yosuke, saying how she never liked him and was constantly annoyed with all the passes he made at her.
Saddened and confused by her words, Yosuke began to deny what she was saying when suddenly another Yosuke appeared, one with yellow eyes, spouting how much he hated Inaba and didn't really care for Saki, that he was only looking for excitement. This shadow Yosuke claimed to be Yosuke's true self, speaking his true feelings, which Yosuke denied once more, not wanting to accept the truth. The shadow transformed into a monster which the protagonist had to defeat, and only stopped attacking when Yosuke finally admitted that the shadow was speaking the truth. After accepting the darker parts of his heart, Yosuke's shadow transformed into another Persona, Jiraiya. Exhausted from their exploration, the pair left the TV world and returned to a very upset and angry Chie. They apologized and headed home to watch the Midnight Channel again for more clues. This time a girl wearing a kimono came on the screen, and Chie immediately recognized her as Yukiko, another of their classmates and Chie's best friend.
This marked the start of a series of kidnappings of people around Inaba, each of which who happened to be thrown into the TV world and each of which were saved by the protagonist and his group. The protagonist became the leader who would take the group inside to fight off shadows and find the kidnapped person before they were killed by their own shadow. Chie got her Persona after the group headed in to find Yukiko, and Yukiko received hers afterward. The same then happened to Kanji, a notorious tough guy, and Rise, a pop idol. Teddie also received a Persona, about the same time as Rise, when learning to face his own existential crises. There was one person who broke the pattern, Mitsuo Kubo, who murdered the protagonist's homeroom teacher Mr. Mooroka, and had thrown himself into the TV. He was not able to face his shadow, simply dismiss it, and had been arrested as the serial murderer despite not fitting the pattern. However, the next person kidnapped afterward, Naoto the young and ambiguous detective, does face her shadow and get a Persona, becoming the last member of the investigation team. She also proved that Mitsuo was not the culprit, and that the killer was still on the loose.
The basic pattern of who got kidnapped went as follows: Someone appears or is mentioned on TV in the news, later appearing on the Midnight Channel. After a few nights on the Midnight Channel, the person then goes missing, kidnapped by someone, and has little recollection of what happened. If the kidnapped person is not rescued by the time a foggy day rolls by, then they die.
In between kidnappings, the team put together clues as to what was happening, and the protagonist became close friends with many of them, especially Yosuke. Ater Naoto was saved and the team was closer than ever to discovering what happened, things seemed to quiet down. All they could do was wait for the culprit to act again, and in the meantime try to sort out their busy high school lives. The only concern they received during their waiting period was a letter addressed to the protagonist that said "don't rescue anymore", which concerned them but was soon forgotten as the craziness of the culture festival arrived.
With the culture festival came many pranks on the part of Yosuke. Yosuke first suggested their class set up a "group date cafe" as a joke, not expecting anyone to vote for it. An overwhelming amount of people in fact did vote for it, also as a joke, and the class was forced to set it up anyway. As a second prank, Yosuke ended up signing all of the female members of their investigation team for the beauty pageant at the culture festival without their permission, unaware that they couldn't back out even if they hadn't signed themselves up. In order to get revenge, the girls in turn signed up all of the boys for the cross dressing beauty pageant, which they also couldn't back out of. The entire culture festival ended up being wacky shenanigans with the group date cafe turning out to be a total failure, a particularly scarring cross dressing pageant in which Yosuke made a very cute girl, and a girl's beauty pageant where the ambiguous Naoto won by appealing to the girls in the audience.
Later that night, with the following day off from school, the whole group spent the night at Yukiko's place, the Amagi Inn. I'm taking Yosuke from right after he finally got to sleep after all of the ordeals at the inn, quite freshly traumatized by all of the girls in his group.
Roleplay Sample - Log: Yosuke was standing awkwardly in the supply area of the gym, trying to get the attention of a robot nearby. "Hey, hold up! I need to ask you something about some... err, some equipment here?" He shifted about nervously, rubbing the back of his head, wondering if the robot would even know what he was talking about. "See, I'm looking for something-- and it's gotta be clean! It's, uh, y'know." He leaned down and whispered to the robot, hands cupped around his mouth.
Yosuke scratched the back of his head in confusion as the robot took off, going away from the gym for some reason. He sighed and leaned back against a wall impatiently, cheeks burning red with embarrassment. Several minutes later, the bot returned with what looked to be a coffee mug. Yosuke stared at it for a minute. "N-No that's not what I meant by cup!! I meant the gym equipment you use when playing soccer to protect your nads, geeze!!" The robot took a moment to process what he said, before indicating that it needed to do something involving Yosuke's crotch. "M-measure?!" The teenage boy's face was burning even brighter. "N-no that's fine, I can live without one!!"
He let out a heavy sigh. He supposed he'd just have to risk any further crotch kicks from Chie for the sake of his dignity. He wasn't sure what was currently in more grave danger: his physical or mental manhood.
Roleplay Sample - Journal: [Yosuke flicks on the feed on his faciliberry, pulling off his headphones and waving at the screen.]
Yoooo, I need to know if anyone's got any kunai or something on them? I can't really go around fighting monsters or zombies or whatever's lurking around here without some proper weapons, and I guess mine were confiscated. All I could get a hold of were some oily old wrenches, and I think the people down in engineering want them back or something. [Yosuke gives a bit of a shrug.] Hell, I guess a baseball bat would work alright but I'd prefer something less cheap and easier to handle. Two-handed isn't exactly my style.
So, anyone got some goods on hand?
This game includes horrible mental and physical torture of your character. After reading the rules/faq for clarification, how do you expect your character to handle this and continue to function?
Yosuke's already had to deal with the death of a personal friend as it is, and has held up considerably well. He's also now well-accustomed to fighting monsters in an alternate dimension of disturbing qualities. (If he can take on Shadow Teddie, he's got some serious courage in him). Generally he'll try to laugh off the bad stuff and take it in stride, and he can get through the worst of it with the help of his friends.
Questions? Comments? Crazed and creative statements? Those go here.
I'm apping Yosuke as if he'd had a maxed Social Link with the protagonist. Improving or maxing his Social Link is an entirely optional process in the game, though with the way he treats the protagonist outside of Social Link activities still suggests that the two are close friends.
Name: Kat
Age: 17
AIM: nyanface@aol.com
MSN: kitty_boo@live.com
Y!M: n/a
E-MAIL: kristonmac@yahoo.com
Are you new? If not, list your current characters: Yoshiya "Joshua" Kiryu, Doc Scratch
IC Information:
Name: Yosuke Hanamura
Fandom: Persona 4 (video game canon)
Timeline: Right after the culture festival (late October)
Age: 17
Appearance: Yosuke is a teenage boy with long orange and spiky hair. He wears a pair of red headphones at all times, either over his ears or around his neck, and is usually in his black school uniform. On weekends and holidays, though, he wears a more casual outfit. On warmer days, he wears a white t-shirt, while on cooler days he wears a jacket with a fur collar and a red t-shirt underneath. He also wears a pair of glasses when inside the TV world.
Abilities: Yosuke can summon a Persona, a monster-like entity that represents a deeper part of him. Initially it was known as Jiraiya, but after he became best friends with the protagonist and learned to face his inner weaknesses, it transformed into the Persona known as Susano-o. This Persona can cast spells that do heavy wind damage, as well as healing spells which he can use on either himself or others. He can also use his Persona for physical attacks, though this is taxing of his own physical energy.
As far as physical combat goes, Yosuke works best with knife-like weapons, one in each hand. He can handle himself in a fight, though he works best with a team.
Personality: Yosuke is incredibly silly in his demeanor. He is quick to crack jokes or make completely tactless remarks even during serious moments or in the face of danger. (For instance, claiming that he really has to pee and that his bladder will explode at any minute while trapped in a strange alternate dimension.) He is not, however, obnoxious, and will likely shut up or try to say something intelligent if the moment calls for it.
When it comes to his friends, Yosuke is both quick to support them as well as poke fun at and tease them. Even when pissing someone off with the jokes he cracks, instead of taking the anger to heart, he'll tease them further, which is usually his way of showing them he means well. He especially enjoys teasing his female friends, whether it's about cooking, dating, what they're wearing, etc. He comes off as a comedical lady's man, one who can't help but hit on the girls yet is always rejected for his completely silly behavior.
One of the main reasons Yosuke tries to be a funny guy is to gain the attention of others. He tries to bring more excitement and entertainment to his life in any way possible. Others often deem him as annoying for trying way too hard to put himself in the spotlight, and believe that he exploits his position as the son of the manager for Junes, Inaba's equivalent of a mini-mall. The main reason for his behavior is due to his discomfort and unacceptance of his life in the countryside.
Born in the city, Yosuke's life was all about exciting new things. He wasn't able to get that when in the middle of nowhere, and was annoyed that he'd been forced to live there. He missed his urban life, and yearned to get it back, especially since his position as the son of Junes's manager put in him into a stressful position. People not only put blame on him for putting nearby mom-and-pop shops out of business, but also tried to use him at work to either get days off or earn raises. It was Saki Konishi, the girl he had a huge crush on, who told him that it didn't matter who his parents were or what his position was involving Junes, and that he was his own person. This is what encouraged him to try and get to know her better and treat her well.
Saki's death is what initially triggered his desire to solve the murder cases. Yosuke wanted to avenge her, angry that Saki had been taken from him before he could really get close to her. His other underlying motives were to find some excitement, and find some way to be "special", to bring some meaning to his boring life in Inaba. When he faced his shadow in the other world, he had to own up to his feelings and that his behavior was due to these feelings. He matured from facing his shadow and gaining his Persona.
Yosuke's best friend is the protagonist Yu/Souji. The protagonist is the one who helped him to face his shadow and gain his Persona, and the only one to have seen the nastier side of him. He's incredibly understanding of Yosuke and Yosuke appreciates his help and determination to solve the murder cases. He helps Yosuke to face his inner demons as Yosuke tells him about his problems. Eventually Yosuke realizes that it's friends and family that's important to him, and that he has that in Inaba. Yosuke is able to accept Inaba as his home, and tells the protagonist that he's special to him.
Despite this, Yosuke was jealous of the protagonist, since he'd expected him to be as bored of Inaba as he was. Instead, the protagonist was quick to make friends, became incredibly popular in school, was able to wield his Persona first, and became the Leader of their investigation team. He'd made himself at home quite quickly. Yosuke told the protagonist of his jealousy, and his wish to get on equal grounds with him. The two ended up beating each other up to get "equal" (a friendly scuffle), and formed an incredibly close bond, ridding Yosuke of his jealousy.
When it comes to Yosuke's gender and sexuality, he seems to be insecure about the topic. While he's almost undoubtedly straight, he becomes afraid that people might view him as gay. This was mostly caused by his meeting Kanji, a character who himself was insecure with his gender since he didn't fit within the paradigm of gender roles. Many people believed Kanji to be gay for liking girly hobbies, and this insecurity managed to somewhat rub off on Yosuke. He comes off as homophobic, and homosexuality makes him a bit uneasy, though it's probably only due to his own insecurity as a teenage boy growing up in a rather judgemental society. Being forced to crossdress by his female friends in a "crossdressing pageant" has only made the issue even worse.
History: Yosuke lived in the city before he moved to the rural town of Inaba, Japan. He arrived six months before the protagonist came to Inaba. His father received a job to work in Inaba as the manager of the Junes department store, which is what caused the move. Because his father ran the store, Yosuke took up a job there as well, doing odd jobs such as restocking, running stands at the food court, maintaining the other employees, etc. He met Saki Konishi there, a fellow employee whom he instantly took a liking to once she insisted that the store's effects on Inaba's shopping district weren't his fault simply because he was the manager's son. Her attitude, though, was a bit of a mystery. She was depressed since one of those stores going out of business happened to belong to her parents, who were furious with her for working with Junes. The two had a complicated relationship that involved him making genuine passes at her, with her making passive rejections at him.
About the same time that the protagonist arrived, Inaba's news had been jumping all over a case involving the disappearance of an announcer woman who'd been having an infamous affair. She had been staying in the Amagi Inn, a popular inn in Inaba, when she went missing. Literally one day after the protagonist arrived, her body had been discovered hanging upside down from a tangle of TV antennas with no cause of death determined, marking the first of a string of murders and murder attempts.
Meanwhile, the protagonist became fairly popular as the new transfer student at Yasogami High School. Yosuke was quick to befriend him, being able to relate to him as a fellow transfer student from the city, the two making a formal introduction after Yosuke's unfortunate incident of falling off of his bike and into a trash can. Chie, one of their fellow classmates and Yosuke's friend, jumped in on the bandwagon and the three became a trio soon afterwards. Chie, being a girl who hears a lot of gossip, told the group about the Midnight Channel, a secret channel that shows you your soul mate if you watch your TV at midnight while it's raining. Both Yosuke and the protagonist believed it was a stupid myth, but agreed to try it out anyway just for fun. While the protagonist was nearly eaten by his TV, Yosuke saw the silhouette of a teenage girl on his own TV.
The three of them reconvened to discuss what happened, and it turned out Chie and Yosuke saw the same person. When the protagonist tried to explain that his TV almost ate him, the two laughed it off like it was some crazy dream. That is, until they went to Junes's electronic section looking at TVs and further making fun of the protagonist, only to have him prove he was right by sticking his hand inside of the TV. Both Yosuke and Chie started panicking and freaking out while the protagonist stuck half his body inside the large-screen TV, noting that it was very spacious. The two freaking out accidentally smacked into each other and sent all three of them careening through the TV into what was nicknamed the TV world.
The TV world consisted of thick fog covering what looked to be a stage for television broadcasting. As the three wandered, they found one section that contained slashed up pictures of the dead announcer lady and a noose hanging from the ceiling. Beginning to set into a worse panic, the three are suddenly greeted by a walking and talking bear suit named Teddie, a resident of the TV world. Teddie accused the three of throwing people into this world and wanted them to get out immediately, sending them back through a couple of TV sets and into Junes. The trio started to realize that the TV world must have something to do with the murder of the announcer lady, and decided to go home to think on it.
The following day, Yosuke received some incredibly bad news. Another corpse had been discovered hanging upside down from TV antennas in the same way the announcer woman had been found, only this corpse belonged to Saki Konishi. Yosuke was heartbroken, and filled with thoughts of vengeance, and was able to convince the protagonist to head back into the TV world to find out more clues as to why or how she died. Yosuke and the protagonist tied ropes around their waists and made Chie hold onto the other end and stay behind while they jumped back through the TV. Predictably, the rope didn't work and was cut off, leaving Chie to worry about their whereabouts.
Inside the TV world the two met back up with the myserious talking (and empty) beat suit, Teddie, who finally came to the conclusion that they weren't the culprits and decided he needed their help. Teddie gave them pairs of glasses that allowed them to see through the fog in the TV world, and took them to where he had sensed Saki's presence. It looked to be an exact replica of the Konishi liquor store. They soon ran into trouble as monsters known as shadows began to appear and attack them. That was when the protagonist discovered his true power, and was able to summon his first Persona, Izanagi, who quickly took out the attacking shadows. Both impressed and confused, the trio moved further inside the liquor store to investigate. They could hear the voices of Saki's parents berating her, and Saki's own voice badmouthing Yosuke, saying how she never liked him and was constantly annoyed with all the passes he made at her.
Saddened and confused by her words, Yosuke began to deny what she was saying when suddenly another Yosuke appeared, one with yellow eyes, spouting how much he hated Inaba and didn't really care for Saki, that he was only looking for excitement. This shadow Yosuke claimed to be Yosuke's true self, speaking his true feelings, which Yosuke denied once more, not wanting to accept the truth. The shadow transformed into a monster which the protagonist had to defeat, and only stopped attacking when Yosuke finally admitted that the shadow was speaking the truth. After accepting the darker parts of his heart, Yosuke's shadow transformed into another Persona, Jiraiya. Exhausted from their exploration, the pair left the TV world and returned to a very upset and angry Chie. They apologized and headed home to watch the Midnight Channel again for more clues. This time a girl wearing a kimono came on the screen, and Chie immediately recognized her as Yukiko, another of their classmates and Chie's best friend.
This marked the start of a series of kidnappings of people around Inaba, each of which who happened to be thrown into the TV world and each of which were saved by the protagonist and his group. The protagonist became the leader who would take the group inside to fight off shadows and find the kidnapped person before they were killed by their own shadow. Chie got her Persona after the group headed in to find Yukiko, and Yukiko received hers afterward. The same then happened to Kanji, a notorious tough guy, and Rise, a pop idol. Teddie also received a Persona, about the same time as Rise, when learning to face his own existential crises. There was one person who broke the pattern, Mitsuo Kubo, who murdered the protagonist's homeroom teacher Mr. Mooroka, and had thrown himself into the TV. He was not able to face his shadow, simply dismiss it, and had been arrested as the serial murderer despite not fitting the pattern. However, the next person kidnapped afterward, Naoto the young and ambiguous detective, does face her shadow and get a Persona, becoming the last member of the investigation team. She also proved that Mitsuo was not the culprit, and that the killer was still on the loose.
The basic pattern of who got kidnapped went as follows: Someone appears or is mentioned on TV in the news, later appearing on the Midnight Channel. After a few nights on the Midnight Channel, the person then goes missing, kidnapped by someone, and has little recollection of what happened. If the kidnapped person is not rescued by the time a foggy day rolls by, then they die.
In between kidnappings, the team put together clues as to what was happening, and the protagonist became close friends with many of them, especially Yosuke. Ater Naoto was saved and the team was closer than ever to discovering what happened, things seemed to quiet down. All they could do was wait for the culprit to act again, and in the meantime try to sort out their busy high school lives. The only concern they received during their waiting period was a letter addressed to the protagonist that said "don't rescue anymore", which concerned them but was soon forgotten as the craziness of the culture festival arrived.
With the culture festival came many pranks on the part of Yosuke. Yosuke first suggested their class set up a "group date cafe" as a joke, not expecting anyone to vote for it. An overwhelming amount of people in fact did vote for it, also as a joke, and the class was forced to set it up anyway. As a second prank, Yosuke ended up signing all of the female members of their investigation team for the beauty pageant at the culture festival without their permission, unaware that they couldn't back out even if they hadn't signed themselves up. In order to get revenge, the girls in turn signed up all of the boys for the cross dressing beauty pageant, which they also couldn't back out of. The entire culture festival ended up being wacky shenanigans with the group date cafe turning out to be a total failure, a particularly scarring cross dressing pageant in which Yosuke made a very cute girl, and a girl's beauty pageant where the ambiguous Naoto won by appealing to the girls in the audience.
Later that night, with the following day off from school, the whole group spent the night at Yukiko's place, the Amagi Inn. I'm taking Yosuke from right after he finally got to sleep after all of the ordeals at the inn, quite freshly traumatized by all of the girls in his group.
Roleplay Sample - Log: Yosuke was standing awkwardly in the supply area of the gym, trying to get the attention of a robot nearby. "Hey, hold up! I need to ask you something about some... err, some equipment here?" He shifted about nervously, rubbing the back of his head, wondering if the robot would even know what he was talking about. "See, I'm looking for something-- and it's gotta be clean! It's, uh, y'know." He leaned down and whispered to the robot, hands cupped around his mouth.
Yosuke scratched the back of his head in confusion as the robot took off, going away from the gym for some reason. He sighed and leaned back against a wall impatiently, cheeks burning red with embarrassment. Several minutes later, the bot returned with what looked to be a coffee mug. Yosuke stared at it for a minute. "N-No that's not what I meant by cup!! I meant the gym equipment you use when playing soccer to protect your nads, geeze!!" The robot took a moment to process what he said, before indicating that it needed to do something involving Yosuke's crotch. "M-measure?!" The teenage boy's face was burning even brighter. "N-no that's fine, I can live without one!!"
He let out a heavy sigh. He supposed he'd just have to risk any further crotch kicks from Chie for the sake of his dignity. He wasn't sure what was currently in more grave danger: his physical or mental manhood.
Roleplay Sample - Journal: [Yosuke flicks on the feed on his faciliberry, pulling off his headphones and waving at the screen.]
Yoooo, I need to know if anyone's got any kunai or something on them? I can't really go around fighting monsters or zombies or whatever's lurking around here without some proper weapons, and I guess mine were confiscated. All I could get a hold of were some oily old wrenches, and I think the people down in engineering want them back or something. [Yosuke gives a bit of a shrug.] Hell, I guess a baseball bat would work alright but I'd prefer something less cheap and easier to handle. Two-handed isn't exactly my style.
So, anyone got some goods on hand?
This game includes horrible mental and physical torture of your character. After reading the rules/faq for clarification, how do you expect your character to handle this and continue to function?
Yosuke's already had to deal with the death of a personal friend as it is, and has held up considerably well. He's also now well-accustomed to fighting monsters in an alternate dimension of disturbing qualities. (If he can take on Shadow Teddie, he's got some serious courage in him). Generally he'll try to laugh off the bad stuff and take it in stride, and he can get through the worst of it with the help of his friends.
Questions? Comments? Crazed and creative statements? Those go here.
I'm apping Yosuke as if he'd had a maxed Social Link with the protagonist. Improving or maxing his Social Link is an entirely optional process in the game, though with the way he treats the protagonist outside of Social Link activities still suggests that the two are close friends.
