Aah. Yeah, in the Dark Hour, people with the potential would end up cornered sometimes... that'd bring it out for the first time. But after that... [ well. evoker. ]
That's...a little strange. After the first time I summoned my Persona, I could do it without any help. But, maybe it's just the difference between the Metaverse and...the Dark Hour?
...That. Wouldn't happen to be at midnight, would it?
I'm surprised you remember it. Most of the people who knew about it forgot, after it stopped... After that, I wasn't able to use my Personas until I came here.
No, it's okay. I wasn't... there, anyway. [ she shakes her head. ]
The Kirijo Group was carrying out experiments on Shadows, I think? They were trying to... form Death. They'd heard of a prophecy, and... [ she drums her fingers on her knee. ]
They did it. Death escaped, but with that many Shadows being condensed together and then... [ she makes an explosion sort of hand gesture with both hands and makes a fwoooosh sound ] That caused the Dark Hour. They sent someone to... y'know, try to defeat Death, or recapture it...
[ she feels longing twist inside her ]
She couldn't. Sooooo... part of Death was sealed, [in me, she doesn't say ] the rest of it split into twelve Shadows of other Arcana that appeared during the full moon, and the Dark Hour kept going for eleven years. That's how Apathy Syndrome was spreading--the Shadows. Iwatodai was the center of all of it.
I...do remember seeing monsters around when it was happening in Tokyo, but they didn't look anything like the Shadows I've seen in the Metaverse. Well...except for wearing masks and having black bodies. But the most formless Shadows I've ever seen still had more shape than those.
It depends on the environment. Ones in areas controlled by an individual's Shadow take on appearances that match the setting, frequently as appropriate security personnel - though, I've also seen them take the shape of secretaries, waitresses, and other staff not normally associated with security. In Mementos, where there's no form of authority, they simply appear as vague humanoid shapes.
Different, but... [ it doesn't sound totally at odds. it's similar enough, and the metaverse sounds like it has its own rules. ]
It makes sense, I think? The Dark Hour wasn't about cognition, just... an anomaly, you know? Part of everything that was going to lead up to the Fall. A lot of the Shadows had shapes, but not ones that always made sense... like, I've cast so many Ziodynes on tanks.
I've never seen any tanks, but I have fought my share of floating stars and blobs of ooze. Though, I think the strangest was the disembodied...body part in a chariot.
That's...rather strange, considering Shadows and Personas are opposite sides of the same coin. If you recognize those descriptions as Personas, then you must have had someone with the power to gain new ones in your group, right?
Recruited them. The person I...knew with that power negotiated with Shadows once he had the upper hand, and they became new Personas if he could reach an agreement with them.
None of the Shadows really cared what we had to say, I think. No, sometimes after a fight, uh... I'd see some Minor Arcana cards, and have a chance to get something good from one of those? And a Persona would be mixed in, sometimes.
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Aah. Yeah, in the Dark Hour, people with the potential would end up cornered sometimes... that'd bring it out for the first time. But after that... [ well. evoker. ]
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...That. Wouldn't happen to be at midnight, would it?
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Yeah.
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I'm surprised you remember it. Most of the people who knew about it forgot, after it stopped... After that, I wasn't able to use my Personas until I came here.
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The Kirijo Group was carrying out experiments on Shadows, I think? They were trying to... form Death. They'd heard of a prophecy, and... [ she drums her fingers on her knee. ]
They did it. Death escaped, but with that many Shadows being condensed together and then... [ she makes an explosion sort of hand gesture with both hands and makes a fwoooosh sound ] That caused the Dark Hour. They sent someone to... y'know, try to defeat Death, or recapture it...
[ she feels longing twist inside her ]
She couldn't. Sooooo... part of Death was sealed, [ in me, she doesn't say ] the rest of it split into twelve Shadows of other Arcana that appeared during the full moon, and the Dark Hour kept going for eleven years. That's how Apathy Syndrome was spreading--the Shadows. Iwatodai was the center of all of it.
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What did they look like when you dealt with them?
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It makes sense, I think? The Dark Hour wasn't about cognition, just... an anomaly, you know? Part of everything that was going to lead up to the Fall. A lot of the Shadows had shapes, but not ones that always made sense... like, I've cast so many Ziodynes on tanks.
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[Why does Mara exist.]
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Mostly I just fused new ones, though...
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[ at the periphery of the scene, a wall twists, and an ornate blue door in a blue frame appears, with blue light spilling out from behind it. ]
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