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• 01:49, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Trish (Created page with "Trish is one of the more unusual beings that individuals in supernatural spaces encounter sooner or later by virtue of being a demon that runs a healing fountain and sanctuary from the dangers outside. Despite her cute appearance, she was kicked out of the fairy realm for her materialistic ways and can only return once she's done enough good deeds. It sounds like she has the perfect setup for doing just that, except she's continuing as she always has, with a bad attitu...")
• 01:47, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Treasures (Created page with " An object referred to within the calling cards sent by the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, who threaten a Change of Heart within the person in question. At this time, no one else currently exploring the Metaverse knows what it is or how they do what they do. However, that doesn't stop speculation about its existence, from what they are to if they even truly exist. ==Treasures in Palaces== The amorphous core of a Palace, hidden at its deepest depths. Currently...")
• 01:45, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Tien Tao Lien (Created page with "The Tien Tao Lien is a gang within the Taiwanese mafia and one of the New World Order's 'alliances.' Led by a man named Yung Pao, the mafia acts as their arm in the underworld by giving the police plausible deniability about their involvement. Yung Pao seems to have a grudge against the New World Order's leadership, but still complies obediently with their orders anyhow. One thus might wonder: what do they have on him? =See Also...== *New World Order Categ...")
• 01:44, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page This Side (Created page with "'This Side' is a term used by the Joker Curse. What he means by this is mostly unknown given his psychotic tendencies. In a more meta sense, 'This Side' refers to the timeline the Velvet Room MUSH is currently running on. Whereas The Other Side refers to the Innocent Sin timeline. Only Tatsuya Suou has a full recall of what occurred in the Innocent Sin timeline among players. Characters who specifically possess The Mark without receiving it from Gozen ar...")
• 01:37, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Ten Years Ago (Created page with "Ten years ago (relative to the start of Velvet Room MUSH), an explosion took place at a major Kirijo Group facility in Tatsumi Port Island. This resulted in the release of Shadows, numerous deaths amongst the populace, the worldwide creation of The Dark Hour, and the formation of Tartarus on the site of the former Kirijo lab. Numerous personal tragedies occurred during this time before the incident inexplicably ended. To this day, no one seems to know how t...")
• 01:33, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Tartarus (Created page with "A tower of impossible, unearthly geometry that stretches into the heavens and glows strangely in the moonlight, with blood-red fluid flowing off certain parts and vanishing into nothingness. Tartarus grows out of the site of Gekkoukan High School every night during The Dark Hour, and its structure changes every single time. SEES has made it its mission to explore here, believing it to be key to erasing the Dark Hour forever. What seemingly doesn't change about...")
• 01:28, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Suppressants (Created page with "Suppressants, a.k.a. Persona Suppressants are medications developed by the Kirijo Group in order to assist Artificial Persona Users with the problem of their Persona frequently coming out and trying to kill them. These medications have extreme side effects such as nerve and organ damage, causing problems with autonomic nervous system neurotransmitter secretion as well as the endocrine system hormone regulation in individuals who utilize them usually causing rela...")
• 01:27, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Snow Queen Crisis (Created page with "Almost a footnote to the public compared to the SEBEC Scandal, a revolutionary new central air system in St. Hermelin High School, as donated by the Saeki Electronics and Biological and Energy Corporation to the community, underwent a critical malfunction in its liquid nitrogen tank storage system that caused mass hospitalization for hypothermia and frostbite. Some theorize that the chemical released by SEBEC into the atmosphere was the reason for this malfunction....")
• 01:24, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Shuffle Time (Created page with "An event that can occur after Shadows are defeated, representing both the Shadows' fluid forms and the Collective Unconscious' perception that defeating monsters should carry its own rewards. On occasion, a series of ephemeral cards appear over their dissolved bodies; selecting one causes rewards to materialize, such as currency, skill cards, or even just receiving a second wind (represented mechanically with HP and/or SP restoration). Some cards may receive additional...")
• 01:22, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page SEBEC Scandal (Created page with "An incident three years ago that occurred at the Mikage-Cho branch of the Saeki Electronics and Biological and Energy Corporation, or SEBEC for short. As far as most of the public knows, an earthquake caused a lab accident, releasing an experimental chemical into the atmosphere of Mikage-Cho. This caused a report of a mass hysteria incident within Mikage-Cho, though secretly most Persona Users at the time know it extended much further worldwide and was covered up, a fa...")
• 01:18, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Rulers (Created page with "The Shadows of individuals whose cognition and desires are so distorted that they possess a Palace. The Ruler's form depends upon their particular distortion, which is likewise mirrored in the form the Palace takes. For example, if a person saw a certain place as their own personal castle, the Ruler of that castle-themed Palace would likely be a King or Queen; if a person saw a part of town as their own personal bank, the Ruler of that bank-themed Palace might be t...")
• 01:15, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Psychotic Breakdowns (Created page with "Often spoken about in the same breath as Mental Shutdowns by pundits and TV personalities alike due to them arising at nearly the same time, psychotic breakdowns are nevertheless distinct in several key ways. Typically a person will, seemingly at random, have an incident of erratic behavior or psychotic violence and go on what appears to be a rampage. Whether it's stripping naked at their job, crashing the vehicle they're driving, or even a person suddenly committi...")
• 01:13, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page The Potential (Created page with "A term mostly utilized by the Kirijo Group, the Potential refers to the ability to awaken to a Persona without the need for guidance by a supernatural power. Originally studied by the Kirijo Group as part of their aims to put the powers of time and space in the hands of man, it is now primarily sought out by them for the purposes of facilitating their atonement. The Potential usually occurs in young people who are facing grief and trauma from the death of loved ones,...")
• 01:11, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Plume of Dusk (Created page with "A Plume of Dusk is a mysterious glowing crystalline object that looks similar to a feather. These objects appear 'alive' in a sense that's difficult to quantify, even by the most advanced technology. Originally 'discovered' by the prior head of the Kirijo Group, Kouetsu Kirijo, in a Jomon era dig site, he believed them to be the key to manipulation of space and time and quickly made them the monofocus of the Group's most secret projects. Some few understand that...")
• 01:10, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page The Other Side (Created page with "The timeline of Persona 2: Innocent Sin, wherein the majority of humanity save those within the boundaries of Sumaru City was killed by the event known as the Grand Cross. This term of 'The Other Side' was coined by Nyarlathotep within his whispers to the Joker Killer, Tatsuya Sudou, to imply that this world is not as it should be and that things would be better if it returned to this state. Most player characters other than the Persona 2: Eternal Punishment cast h...")
• 01:04, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page File:The Mark.png
• 01:04, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs uploaded File:The Mark.png
• 01:03, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Nanjo Group (Created page with "A Japanese super-conglomerate that originally got its start during the Meiji Restoration in oil and coal. It has since shifted in the post-war era to energy, chemical research, pharmaceuticals, and applied engineering. Known for its success in finding new markets abroad while maintaining excellent domestic relationships, it has survived multiple splits and been considered stronger for it. Originally the Kirijo Group was a part of it, but its founder Kouetsu Kirijo...")
• 01:02, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page The Metaverse (Created page with "A mysterious cognitive space, so dubbed by the Metaverse Navigator or Meta-Nav app that facilitates entry into it. Most speculate that it's a part of the Collective Unconscious, but few are able to even guess which part or how it came to be. As far as most know, the Metaverse is composed of Mementos and Palaces, distinguished from other cognitive spaces by the unique nature of Metaverse Shadows. The name 'Metaverse' itself is just as puzzling to those...") Tag: Visual edit: Switched
• 01:00, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Meta-Nav (Created page with "The Metaverse Navigator, or Meta-Nav for short, is a mysterious smartphone application that facilitates access to the The Metaverse. Functioning with ultramodern voice activation that seems beyond even most cell phone technologies and a codebase that even the greatest hackers in the world can't access, it is wholly a mystery. Deleting it will never get rid of it, and buying a new phone will only cause it to appear there as well. By inputting "Mementos" near an...")
• 00:58, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Mental Shutdowns (Created page with "A wave of incidents throughout Tokyo where people shut down completely out of nowhere. Their eyes go blank and their body ceases to function. A more gruesome detail, mostly hidden from the public due to its graphic nature, is that black ichor begins to leak out of their eyes, ears, and mouth at the moment of death. These incidents began roughly two years prior to the start of the game, mystifying both law enforcement and medical professionals. While it is much talked...")
• 00:55, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page The Mark (Created page with "While some Guides do not require fealty from the ones they are guiding, more malevolent entities often require something more from the person in question. Nyarlathotep, also known as the Crawling Chaos, requires an 'invitation.' Contrary to what the term might indicate, this invitation need not be voluntary. He is empowered by delusion, attachment, and hatred, and a grand act of any of these opens the door for him to show himself in. Those unfortunate souls who draw...")
• 00:48, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Kotodama (Created page with "A concept in Japanese mythology about how words possess mystical power that can affect the world around them. While acting as the Joker Killer, Tatsuya Sudou freely shares that Kotodama is responsible for the power of Rumors in Sumaru City, but it's unclear whether it's the ravings of a madman or, perhaps more disquietingly, actually true. If Kotodama is responsible for the power of Rumors in Sumaru City, then few understand why or what it means. ===OOC Minuti...")
• 00:46, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Kirijo Group (Created page with "A major Japanese conglomerate that began as a part of the Nanjo Group. Following Kouetsu Kirijo's split with the company, they've managed to maintain amicable relationships. However, there was a period where the company located strange crystals within some Jomon period ruins and what was initially excitement at a find that could revolutionize human life quickly took a darker turn into obsession bordering on religious zealotry. The result is the tragedy of Ten Ye...")
• 00:45, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Jose (Created page with "A strange child-like being that bears a superficial resemblance to the Wild Card attendants in the Velvet Room in that he has silver "hair" and golden eyes. However, his body has strangely artificial-looking characteristics, with an odd half-egg shape to his hairline, extremely rounded ears, and a Pinocchio-like stub of a nose. Jose rides around Mementos in a cartoonish car that's stacked high with his belongings and decorated in starry balloons. His goal is to collec...")
• 00:44, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Joker Curse (Created page with "One of the strongest Rumors right now is that of the Joker Curse. If you dial your own phone number, the line will connect. All you have to do then is say the name of someone you want dead, and the Joker Killer (alternately known among the police as Old Maid) will show up and kill them. One of the most recent, most high profile victims is Principal Hanya of Seven Sisters High School. This case has gotten a lot of media attention and prompted heavy speculation on w...")
• 00:41, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Grand Cross (Created page with "An event that took place recently on May 2012 where all the planets in the solar system aligned. At the time, vague prophecies alluded to an apocalypse caused by the Grand Cross that would bring about the end of the world. Several small doomsday cults arose in Tatsumi Port Island and Sumaru City in response, though none of them could agree on what exactly that apocalypse would be. To the embarrassment of all of them, the Grand Cross occurred and nothing happened. Now l...")
• 00:38, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Full Moon Shadow (Created page with "Exceptionally powerful Shadows that appear during the Dark Hour on the nights of the full moon. (Note that these are full moons specifically during the Dark Hour; its lunar phases don't necessarily correspond to the real world's lunar phases, and indeed are usually deeply disjointed. See The Dark Hour for more details.) These Shadows have unusual powers associated with their Arcana, and leading up to their appearances, there are often mysterious events that can af...")
• 00:35, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Evoker (Created page with "A piece of technology developed by the Kirijo Group to facilitate the summoning of a Persona for those individuals with The Potential. Shaped like a handgun, an Evoker is used to simulate both the anxiety of facing death and the forcible shattering of cognitive barriers to bring forth one's Persona. Evokers contain a Plume of Dusk, but the role this mysterious object takes in its operation is unknown to the majority of Persona Users. ==OOC Minutia== *Evoker...")
• 00:32, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Dark Side of Sumaru (Created page with "The Dark Side of Sumaru is a site on the dark web that's run by the infamous Rumormonger of Sumaru City, Baofu, and the central hub of the Rumormonger community on the internet in Japan. Here, people can post everything, from the wildest conspiracy theories to speculation from occult hobbyists to real people trying to be whistleblowers and warn people away from the worst 'Black Companies' throughout Japan. Normal people tend to roll their eyes and pass by that part...")
• 00:31, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page The Dark Hour (Created page with "A hidden time that begins at the strike of midnight every day that lasts at least, but is not always limited to, a single hour. During this time, the world takes on a sickly green hue, the moon appears huge and yellow, water turns blood red, and people with neither The Potential nor a Persona are sealed within coffins and frozen in space. The moon's phases, curiously, don't line up with the phases outside the Dark Hour, and indeed are disjointed even from each othe...")
• 00:23, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Cognitions (Created page with "Cognitions are the strange residents within Palaces, Kingdoms, and other Cognitive Worlds that are not Shadows. The best explanation the Dark Side of Sumaru community has for them is that they're the version of people that exist within someone's head. The form cognitions take within Palaces depends entirely on the distortion of the Ruler. Typically they are people, but the form they take and what they know depends on how the Palace Ruler views them. S...")
• 00:22, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Change of Heart (Created page with "A mysterious phenomenon that's only recently come into the spotlight of the Tokyo media, a change of heart in this context is ostensibly an act performed by the Phantom Thieves through an unknown method that causes an individual to 'confess their sins with their own mouth.' This has always followed a notice sent by The Phantoms declaring their intent to bring about that change of heart by 'stealing their distorted desires.' It's a puzzle to the public and police alike wh...")
• 00:20, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page The Black Mask (Created page with "The true, original culprit behind the Psychotic Breakdowns and Mental Shutdowns, known more fully as "the one in the black mask." Who are they, really? That's a secret known only to select individuals in the top ranks of the New World Order. What ''is'' known, and only by another select few at that, is that they work for Masayoshi Shido, who both uses them to gain power for himself and sells their services for top dollar to the right clientele. The Demons, M...")
• 00:18, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Artificial Persona Users (Created page with " Artificial Persona Users are individuals who have had their Persona forcibly awakened through science without the assistance of a Guide or through the Ordeal of facing their Shadow and bringing its suppressed power under the ego's control. In most cases, this is by forcing The Potential upon the psyche before it has occurred naturally. This causes an incongruence between the ego and the Shadow, bringing the two into inevitable conflict. The Shadow is not f...")
• 00:16, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Apathy Syndrome (Created page with "Sometimes people grapple with long-term feelings of isolation from others. If this persists, then during the Dark Hour, they may wake up without the protection of their coffin. People without the Potential or a Persona are often drawn to wander, continually caught in a negative self feedback loop of grappling with the idea that they would be better off dead. Those in Tatsumi Port Island are drawn to wander specifically towards Tartarus. But often people don't mak...")
• 00:08, 26 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page A Very Brief History (Created page with "Japan has prehistoric roots in a hunter-gatherer culture that likely arrived by boats from mainland Asia long before its Jomon Period. Little is known about the culture, save that it was overwhelmed and taken over by the Yayoi and its bronze crafts, leading into a slow unity by conquest of the Japanese mainland, as suggested by agricultural evidence<ref name="AgricultureEvidence" />. Before the 9th century AD, influenced by Chinese culture, Japan underwent a cultural a...")
• 20:57, 25 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Holidays (Created page with "As might be expected, Japan has a very different set of Holidays from Western countries, and even those they share might be practiced completely differently! We're noting general information about them here because Holidays are often great hooks. Persona games often feature these holidays, some of them being free days, others noted, and some being decidedly romantic, where you might spend some time with a special someone. ==January== '''Beginning of January -''' Star...")
• 20:46, 25 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page School Life (Created page with "Japanese schools are very rigorous. It consists of three terms, the first running from April to July. The Second Runs from September to December. And the third runs from January to late March. School runs Monday through Friday from 8:45 AM to 3:15 PM and often includes a half-day on Saturday. However, students don't typically leave for home when classes are done. Starting from middle school, students are fully expected to participate in sports clubs, cultural clubs,...")
• 20:40, 25 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Religion (Created page with "The notion of religious worship is much different in Japan as compared to the west. The majority of Japanese citizens engage in some form of Shinto or Buddhist (or both) rituals throughout their lives, but they're more spiritual practices than dogmatic organized worship that have become a part of secular tradition. Many Japanese citizens cannot recite a single sutra, and only do so at funerals, but because it's a family tradition still participate in these practices....")
• 20:24, 25 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page LGBTQIA+ Issues (Created page with "While the Japanese Constitution promises equal rights to all citizens and prohibits discrimination on all grounds, in practice, those who identify as LGBTQIA+ receive far more limited protection under the law due to a lack of anti-discrimination laws. Many laws that are intended to prevent domestic abuse simply do not apply to individuals who are not considered 'straight' or 'gender-normative'. This especially applies in the Rural areas, which can be quite traditional...")
• 20:22, 25 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Gender Roles And Norms (Created page with "In Japan, Gender Roles tend to be quite strict and as such restrictive. Standards for masculinity and femininity are quite high, and those that don't meet them often feel cultural pressures in their day to day life. These themes are everywhere in Persona games from Shinjiro Aragaki and Kanji Tatsumi being embarrassed about them taking to otherwise 'feminine' domestic traits, to Chie Satonaka being regarded as 'too tomboy' in how she presents herself for guys to have in...")
• 20:11, 25 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Law and Order (Created page with "==Police and Law Enforcement== While Japan itself is a constitutional democracy, in regards to how one is treated by law enforcement, Japan can be a little more authoritarian in a citizen's day-to-day life than some players may be used to. On the one hand, Japanese police tend to be more prosocial and have more public trust. Part of this is because of 'kōban,' or police boxes--essentially mini-police stations staffed by a small number of community police officers. Bec...")
• 19:36, 25 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Foreigners (Created page with "==Gaikokujin== The post-WWII terms forced both foreigners and foreign investment into Japan. While there was a degree of Westernization previously during the Meiji Restoration, it came too with the forced end of isolation. Japan to this day faces a thread of resentment towards foreign countries deciding its destiny; however, that is not to say it's entirely unwelcome. Japanese business fully appreciates foreign investment opportunities and their entry in other mark...")
• 19:26, 25 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Family Registry (Created page with "The Family Registry or 'Koseki' system is a traditional system of tracking Japanese ancestry that has existed in some form since the 6th century AD, but its modern form was adopted in 1947. Registration is generally considered proof of Japanese nationality by its citizens, but reporting is voluntary for the system, and there have been some cases where failure to report has disenfranchised people born in Japan from citizenship. The law requires notification of births,...") Tag: Visual edit: Switched
• 18:51, 25 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Cultural Attitudes (Created page with "==Responsibility and Collectivism== Japan has a culture of responsibility. Children are taught as young as two or three how to go on errands for their parents and how to appropriately find help if they need it. Because of this responsibility culture, many children in Japan are fully latchkey kids, expected to follow the rules set down, and take care of themselves while their parents work until they can get home. However, that has its dark side. Japan is a collectivi...")
• 18:29, 25 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Native Cultures (Created page with "Native Cultures in Japan have faced numerous challenges over the centuries as a result of Japanese policy that forced annexation and assimilation within mainland Japanese culture, while simultaneously subjecting them to discrimination. While the staff on the Velvet Room do not claim to be experts on this subject of natives or racism within Japan, we believe that it's important to acknowledge these cultures, and the challenges those of their ancestry face in a series lik...")
• 18:19, 25 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Honorifics (Created page with "In the localization for Persona games, honorifics are often used in English for flavor. As it's a quirk of localization the majority of us enjoy emulating from anime media, we're including a guide here. They are wholly optional, and you can use them as much or as little as you want, including not at all. '''Note:''' The author here is not a native Japanese speaker, nor qualified to teach Japanese. Several members of the Velvet Room MUSH who have greater expertise in t...")
• 18:01, 25 April 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Lifestyle And Culture: Japan (Created page with "On Velvet Room MUSH, we all have to be mindful of the fact that the majority of us live within contemporary Western cultures. Thus, when we play JRPGs from the Persona series, we have to understand that despite it being localized, we are not the game's target demographic. This section is meant to offer more information about the history, lifestyle, and culture of Japan for us to consider while we're writing about the day-to-day lives of our characters. When we're tryin...") Tag: Visual edit: Switched
• 20:26, 26 March 2025 Eri talk contribs created page Persona (Created page with "==Personas and You== "Masks were commonly used in plays, festivals and religious ceremonies...They were all used to 'play roles.' The Persona archetype's name comes from this 'role-playing' aspect. Jung found an archetype that 'played roles' and named it the Persona. Masks were always used as costumes. I guess that one use has remained throughout the ages." -Nurse Edogawa In Jungian psychology, a 'Persona' is the mask used for social interaction that one wears through...")