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OOC INFO/PERMISSIONSAbout: 25+, EST timezone. I work full-time, but you may catch me sliding tags in if I'm ahead of my assignments... Feel free to PM me if needed. I'm generally OTA! Backtagging: I'll assume a thread is dropped if it hasn't been tagged back in more than 2 months. I'm happy to pick right up though if you reach out! Shit happens, just send me a message and we can get back to it, or we can pick up with something different. Threadhopping: Text threads are a free-for-all. We go where our hearts desire... For action threads, let's talk first and touch base just so I know what's going on. Fourthwalling: Characters familiar with the original lore or source material of any Personas can comment on them, i.e. a character who is familiar with Greek mythology might recognize his Orpheus or Thanatos Personas. Tag style: I'll default to brackets, but I can match prose if you're more comfortable with that. Offensive subjects/triggers: No content/trigger warnings needed for me, but it's probably a good idea to tag things for drive-by Baker Street readers. IC PERMISSIONS/WARNINGSPhysical affection: Yes, he'll return it too if he gets the sense that's the expectation. However, it might not necessarily come across as genuine because he's playing into an expectation about his personal conduct. Flirting: Flirt away... He does pick up on it but might not necessarily return it, or might outright ignore it. Romance: holds my hand out... let's ship together... I write M/F and M/M for him and pull him from P3FES harem route so. looks away. Favorite Persona ships are with FemC (Kotone/Minako/Hamuko), Souji/Yu, Joker, Ryoji, Aigis, and Yukari. For cross-canon, anything goes if there's chemistry between the characters! My personal observation is shipping-wise he gets along best with characters who struggle with their own humanity. RE: smut, fade-to-black or writing it out is good to me! Kink list is over HERE. Mindreading: Yes, go for it. He won't notice so you are free to take a little peek in there. It's a little spooky in there considering how he spent 10 years as a vessel for Death... Otherwise it's pretty quiet inside there. Maybe even a little too quiet... Manipulation: Laughably easy to manipulate because he can't think of reasons not to do anything. And even if he recognizes that he's being manipulated, he might go along with it anyways just because. Fighting: Fight threads can involve his Personas or just a good physical fight. He's decent with a sword and was part of the kendo club back in high school. Otherwise he's not afraid of using his fists if it really comes down to it. Injury: Injury is fine with me, I just need a heads up especially if it's going to be something particularly grievous. Killing: This probably only comes up if we've discussed it beforehand! Canon warnings: The main one with Persona 3 is suicidal ideation and suicidal imagery. Manifesting a Persona in Persona 3 requires use of an Evoker, which resembles a pistol. It gets placed against the user's head where they pull the trigger. Otherwise it's pretty standard jrpg content warnings. I'll tag in subject lines when appropriate! Miscellaneous: Generally, I pull his voice from the Persona 3 games, but I blend a mix of his different interpretations where appropriate. BACKGROUNDDepending on whom one might ask, accounts about Minato’s identity vary. Most would describe him as the average high school student, albeit one with the ability to maintain friendships with wildly different people. Only a handful know that he became the Great Seal which stands between humanity’s cries for destruction and the means to its end. He’s never thought of himself as particularly special, even with his unique ability to wield multiple Personas. He thinks nothing of unknowingly acting as the vessel of Death. Some might call his childhood tragic after learning his parents’ were killed in a terrible car accident, after having Death sealed within him and then passed from relative to relative. Minato simply considers the loss a fact of life. All things must come to an end. Not even he is immune from that rule. But it’s not so bad. A life without regrets; a life spent learning you never truly forget the people you’ve met along the way is a life well-lived. History/Persona 3 tl;dr I Wrote For A Game So I May As Well Put It Here (or check his Wiki Page...) Ten years before Minato Arisato takes his first steps onto Port Island Station, Death incarnate flees from the Kirijo Group's lab. There, the group amassed Shadows to perform space and time experiments on them. Death battles with Aigis, an android created to battle Shadows, atop the Moonlight Bridge. The fight is not without any casualties. A couple and their young son were caught in the fray, their son the sole survivor. Aigis realizes that Death cannot truly be defeated. As a last resort, she seals Death within the child. Ultimately, Minato returns to Port Island after spending several years passed from extended relative to extended relative. He enters his newest home: Iwatodai Dorm. A boy with dark hair and clad in black and white pajamas appears to him. He presents a contract: "Time never waits. It delivers all equally to the same end. I hereby agree to the statement above, and I chooseth this fate of mine own free will." Minato signs the document. A large Shadow attacks the dorm. Minato successfully uses an Evoker and awakens to his ability of manifesting a Persona. He is immediately recruited into the Special Extracurricular Execution Squad (SEES), whose mission is to battle Shadows and eliminate the hidden hour which appears when the clock strikes Midnight: the Dark Hour. Minato is assigned as the group's field leader during their operations due to his unique ability to wield multiple Personas. SEES' goal shifts after the group notices a large Shadow appears with every full moon. Allegedly, defeating each of these Shadows would eliminate the Dark Hour. It would eliminate the mysterious tower of Tartarus too, which takes the place of their school during the Dark Hour. But this was a lie. It instead allows the twelve Shadows to reform into Death, which then ushers in an apocalyptic event called forth by humanity's despair and desire for destruction: The Fall. All seems lost; defeat seems nigh. Amidst that revelation, a boy named Ryoji Mochizuki walks into Minato's life. He enrolls as a transfer student and befriends Minato. His true identity, initially unbeknownst even to him, is Death and the harbinger of The Fall. After a future faceoff on the bridge, Ryoji's memories as Death return to him. Ryoji disappears, later reappearing before Minato, offering him the chance to kill him. Taking Ryoji's life would erase everyone's memories of the Dark Hour, allowing SEES to be oblivious to the impending Fall. But Minato spares Ryoji. He cannot bring himself to kill him. On January 31, Minato leads SEES to the top of Tartarus where Nyx will descend, ushering in The Fall. They battle against Ryoji in his true form. Even after his defeat, Ryoji calls forth Nyx to begin the Fall. Still choosing to struggle against fate, Minato ascends into the moon and battles Nyx alone. There, he recalls all the people he'd come to meet and treasure during his time at Port Island. The memories of moments spent together, of bonds formed, of people he cherished: they give him the strength to seal Nyx, averting the Fall at the cost of his life. He manages to endure until Graduation Day, the date that SEES promised they would reunite. They reunite on the rooftop of their school as Minato takes his last breath. And though his heart had stopped, his soul lived on at the ends of the earth to hold shut the door to Nyx's prison. There he remained, bearing the weight of humanity's despair. PERSONALITYUnfazed, unflinching. Very little evokes any emotion from Minato. He's managed to stare death in the eye with a calm and collected demeanor. He prefers keeping a low profile and quietly goes about his own business. He's not inclined to meddle or get involved in other people's lives on his own. Instead, he's typically the one getting roped into others' lives, allowing himself to be grabbed by the wrist and toted along by those around him. In fact, when the truth about Shadows and the Dark Hour are revealed to him, alongside a request to not only join the fight against them but to lead the charge, Minato readily agrees just because he was asked. It's easy to mistake him for a doormat, but it doesn't bother him if that's the impression he gives off. Reality is, instead, much simpler than that. Minato just doesn't see any reason to decline others' requests, and he feels satisfied going with their flow. As a result, adults might find him remarkably mature for his age. He's an expert at discerning what kinds of responses they desire from their inquiries. If they want him to be a polite young man, he's content to don that mask. If they think he's of a ruder tongue, and if brasher words would make them more comfortable, then that's what he'll offer them. Similarly, what his peers think of him varies from group to group, given Minato's talent for adapting to whoever he is speaking with. But they'll generally call him polite. They'll call him reliable, someone who always seems to know exactly what to say and do. He's not shy about sharing his thoughts and speaks bluntly. Given his quieter demeanor, some might mistake him as private or shy. Instead, Minato truly doesn't think he has anything to hide. If people aren't able to extract their desired information from him, it's because they're not asking the correct questions. Their problem, not his. Minato is constantly observing as life unfolds around him, collecting little details about others and shelving them away for the relevant time. It's what allows him to discern the kinds of responses one might wish to hear the most, and if not, the response the person needs to hear the most. It does, however, mean he's a bit of an enabler. He's not above allowing others to meander down a bumpy road, but he'll be there to grab them by the back of their shirt if they fall. If this is pointed out, he's inclined to shrug and say he simply doesn't see any reason to not go along with others' wishes or ideas. Despite his general agreeableness, he's not above pushing back if it's to voice something he really believes. It's during those times that his neutrality shifts. He's not afraid of very many things. As a result, he can be liable to speaking frivolously and upsetting others, and his sense of humor can get pretty macabre. Nor does Minato hold any ambition, which others might find irritating. Yet, his apathy does not originate from despair. As one who ultimately discovered the answer to life, he cares for others deeply, even if it might not be evident by his impassive expressions. The value of connections, of relationships, of fighting for a better tomorrow not for oneself but for the sake of others -- these are the things he quietly treasures. These are the things that make life meaningful. He rarely voices it though, making it easy to mistake him as cold or genuinely uncaring. But time is precious and fleeting; one must use it wisely, spending that time expanding their horizons. Minato abides by that rule, especially if asked why he allows himself to get dragged into others' shenanigans. He readily accepts any hand dealt to him by life without batting an eye, even if it might be at the expense of his own safety or well-being. It doesn't matter how terrible it might be, though he always does his utmost to take care of those he's responsible for. Lead your fellow Persona-wielders into a battle against the manifestation of the apocalypse? No problem, so long as it's only at his own expense. It’s that same ability to accept things simply as they are which allows him to maintain a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. His subdued personality lets him get along with practically anyone, easily discerning the best method to support them. As such, he’s a natural-born leader despite seeming the sort who prefers to observe from the sidelines. Whatever role others need him to play, he's perfectly happy to do so. WISHLISTP5 AUs: Minato getting released from the Seal into the P5 timeline. There are several different ways for him to end up there, whether it be getting spat out in Mementos, fusion fail (I CAN EXPLAIN -- ), or just waking up in the middle of the road. Velvet Room AUs as well, i.e. Minato becoming a Velvet Room attendant. Or your char as his Velvet Room attendant! Memes: Insomnia, rain, body heat, fake dating/arranged marriage, canon divergence, soulmates, shared senses, omegaverse, roommates, one bed, slice of life with a twist, pet person, more to come when I can remember them Other franchises/AUs:
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