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.
Alright...anyway, I was talking about objects rather than Personas. I kno-knew someone who could use multiple Personas, and he'd sometimes take some time to somehow trade older ones for new ones. I never asked how he did it, but it sounds safe to assume it was this 'fusion' process.
I wasn't there when he first gained his Persona, but I'm reasonably sure it was within the past year. Since you're seven years behind me, that would line up.
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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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Um...I think your memories might be influencing the projection.
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That'll happen. I wouldn't worry about it, Akechi-kun.
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So, I didn't ask before, but are you one of Kitagawa-kun's teammates? I met him in here, earlier.
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