Plot
♪ PLOT
"Suddenly, I awoke, and there I lay, myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming that I am now a man."
--Chuang Tzu
If you could control your future or change your past, would you do it?
The United States has seen better days. In 1934, a great deal of the country struggles through the mid-years of the Great Depression. People have lost their jobs, homes, and families. However, for the fortunate children of the upper class, life seems to go largely unchanged despite the economic turmoil around them. The only question is how long it will last. It was doubtful that things could get any worse, but gossip and rumors began suggesting that the number of demons has been increasing. In the city of Abaton specifically, more and more people have been talking about the creatures once thought to be fictional. These stories are usually shrugged off as an urban myth, but are they real?
The citizens of Abaton in the year 2012 are facing the same difficulties. Though the social and economic situation differs from that in the past, rumors about demons have been on the rise. There are plenty of people interested in the myths, and even the nonbelievers are beginning to become skeptical. For those with stable lives and nothing better to do, it was worth looking into. If there are demons, what could they possibly want?
Something terrifying is about to break loose. The only hope rests in the hands of a group of high schoolers. A powerful gift has been given, but how they choose to use it may determine the fate of mankind.
♬ ABOUT
"...the chains of time are loose for us residents."
--Margaret
This RP plays heavily with the concept of time. There are several instances in the Persona series where it's mentioned that time operates differently for the Velvet Room and its denizens, and so time will be treated more like a ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff (lol Doctor Who) rather than something strictly linear. SO! Rather than have all of the characters set in one time period, everything will be divided amongst two time periods.
Due to the in-game issues, the events of these two times will run parallel to each other and they will have to work together to find their solutions. However, interaction will be limited between them at first and things that happen in the past time period will have consequences for the future time period.
Obviously, since this game is a fan concept about the official creation of the Velvet Room, it will happen in-game. Up until that point, you are to assume that any events in the official Persona canon have not happened.