Idea BEARSONA!!! ... WIP

[MISTER UN. 0W3N]

WORK IN PROGRESS​

Hey hey! Mayhem here! Ignore the other WIP thread I have right now, because motherfucking Persona came out! And, you know what that means? Just about every roleplaying thread on every forum site on the internet is going to have some sort of variant of Persona. So, of course it means I’m going to do the very same fucking thing! This WIP thread is for the sake of saving progress on the revamp of the previous Persona thread I made on RPN: Persona: Internal Torment. However, since the change overs… coding got wonky and I want to make something fresh in terms of look. SO! As usual, users do not have permission to use the following information for their own use (OC bruh), coding/formats, and graphics that I’ve made for this thread. Feel free to browse, but comment on the interest thread here. Welp, let’s get started. As a head's up, the thread is best viewed in Nyte Lyfe aka Dark Mode.

 

[MISTER UN. 0W3N]

INSPIRATION​

• the release of Persona 5 (after nearly 9 years)
• demonology
• Silent Hill (both Persona series and Silent Hill deals with similar issues strangely enough)
• elements from DDS: Megami Tensei
• creepypastas
• The Red Room creepypasta

SOURCE LINKS​

• Megami Tensei Wiki
• Red Room Game Wiki
• Original WIP

CHECKLIST​

• figure out a "theme
• graphics
• coding
• color pallet
• figure out what "body posts" I'm going to need
• figure out how many extra pages I'm gonna need
• tweak the "scenarios" for the "investigation/exploration" portion of the thread
• decide to have a mock up thread for users to use when it's their turn to GM their dungeon
• make an application
• make an "easy read" master profile skeleton
• make a fabutabulous public profile

IDEAS​

• possible digital look over the old "smokey/haunting theme"
• base the look on the creepypasta website "Carrion Club"
• borrow color pallet from the original thread to keep the "purple" and connection to the appearance of blood in the Other World.

 

[Ranix Aurus]

GODAMNIT

Hereby I thought that you are making Persona-inspired roleplay...but with BEARS!

I SUMMON AMERICAN BLACK BEAR, URSUS AMERICANUS!

*random roaring and biting ensues*
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But really I'm just disappointed mang...

 

[MISTER UN. 0W3N]

Information Dump for the Thread​

STORY​

“Hey! You heard about a site called the Carrion Club? It’s this new creepypasta site that’s getting a lot of attention right now. There’s all these gross images that’s supposedly taken from real crime scenes and have stories that makes you piss your pants from fright. You don’t believe me? I’ll give you the address and you check it out yourself. You’ll see!”

One of the latest crazes right now is a mysterious website with a reputation for being vile. The Carrion Club appears to be just like any message board with horror stories and strange images uploaded to the site. But, there’s more to it than meets the eye. A particular section stands out with the story of the “Carrion Club Membership” program. Numerous posts and article are dedicated to rumors mills and stories about the story.

Basically, the rumor is about the Carrion Club website sending out private invitations to those that have lurked or contributed to the website for a while. An email is sent to their primary email address with the subject titled “You Are Invited” (or something similar along those lines). The sender is always anonymous with no way to verify who sent it. It looks like any old spam that fills up an inbox. Except, the email can’t be deleted permanently. No matter how much the recipient tries to delete the message, it resends immediately. Even if the message is left unread, the user is sent countless emails with the same subject. Reporting the message as spam only worsens the situation, filling up all of your email accounts and becomes a text message with the very same title as the subject. Trying to access the message when you’re around others is impossible, making the message “unclickable.” The only way for the email to be accessed is if the recipient is alone, in their room, and is late at night (supposedly).

If the user accesses the email… they die!

How the recipient dies varies from story to story. Some say that a creepy shadowed-figured pops out from behind and steals your soul. A few ends the story on a bloody and grotesque. The most common ending has the email link the user to a video. Whatever is depicted in the video causes them to die from fright. However, there’s more to the ending. For those that receive and open the email are memorialized on the Carrion Club website. Their story appears in an article along with their full name and username added to the public member list on the same day they die!

Scary, huh? This is just one of many popular creepypastas hosted on the Carrion Club website.

One of the more infamous articles on the Carrion Club website tells about a serious crime that took place in an old apartment building in Yokohama. About seven years ago, the police were called to investigate the deaths of two teenagers. They concluded that it was a murder/suicide with the main motive being some sort of occult ritual. The incident left a bad history in the building, leaving the original owner no choice but to sell the property. It was demolished afterwards, erasing the bloody history from sight. A modernized apartment building stood in its place. The scariest part about this article? It’s all true! There was a strange homicide case and a new building was built in its place.

Fuji Residence remains as an attraction for the occult obsessed and fans of the Carrion Club.

Fuji Residence is your average, run of the mill apartment building in Yokohama. The residence varies from small families to troublemakers that keep their business to themselves… or so they believe. Gossip runs rampant throughout the complex, ranging as something as simple as an expected child and to something as complicated as an extramarital affair. Some rumors, however, lingers on just about everyone’s mind. Like, when new neighbors catch their attention or others “disappear.”

A few are convinced that something is off with the building itself. The elevator is always on the fritz, the security system’s buggy, and no one’s allowed to venture down to the basement without permission. Even the newly placed curfew seems off. They claim that the place is haunted by the spirits of the murderer and the victim (if they’re familiar with the story on Carrion Club).

SETTING​

Yokohama
Yokohama is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. It is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area. Yokohama's population of 3.7 million makes it Japan's largest incorporated city. Yokohama had been the world's largest suburb until the formation of New Taipei. The following are several popular locations in the city:

Motomachi Shopping Street
Motomachi is a district of the Naka Ward in Yokohama. It's located immediately west of Yamate and east of Chinatown. It consists mainly of the Motomachi Shopping Street, a five-block long stretch of boutiques and shops, well known in Japan for its cosmopolitan atmosphere, original fashion, and Western influence.

Minato Mirai 21
Minato Mirai 21 is the central business district of Yokohama. Initially developed in the 1980s, Minato Mirai 21 was designed as a large master-planned development and new urban center that planned to connect Yokohama's traditionally important areas of Kannai and the Yokohama Station area. Today, Minato Mirai 21 is a major business, shopping, and tourist destination, attracting visitors and businessmen throughout the Greater Tokyo Area. The business district is host to several major hotels, office towers including the Yokohama Landmark Tower, the Pacifico Yokohama Convention Center, art museums, and numerous cafés and shops in shopping centers and along its central pedestrian mall. Some of the notable businesses in this area include:

• Cosmo World Amusement Park
• Enkatsuna Bar
• Jackpot!! Pachinko Parlor
• Queen's Square Yokohama

The Queen's Square Yokohama is a giant mall that consists of three massive buildings built side by side! They offer all sorts of stores and eateries, ranging from cheap retail to high-end restaurants. The following is a few notable businesses within Queen’s Square:

• Chrono Rabbit Maid Cafe
• Hot Buns Bakery
• The Pizza Shack
• Manga Kissa

Sankei-en
Sankei-en is a traditional Japanese-style garden in the Naka Ward which opened in 1906. Sankei-en was designed and built by Tomitaro Hara, known by the pseudonym Sankei Hara, who was a silk trader. Almost all of its buildings are historically significant structures bought by Hara himself in locations all over the country, among them Tokyo, Kyoto, Kamakura, Gifu Prefecture, and Wakayama prefecture. Ten have been declared Important Cultural Property, and three more are Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan designated by the City of Yokohama. Badly damaged during World War II, the garden was donated in 1953 to the City of Yokohama, which entrusted it to the Sankeien Hoshōkai Foundation. Sankei-en was then restored almost to its pre-war condition.

Yokohama Arena
Yokohama Arena is an indoor arena. The capacity of the arena is 17,000 and was opened in 1989. The arena was modeled after US sports venue Madison Square Garden in New York City. It is a five-minute walk from the Shin-Yokohama Station. As one of the largest concert venues in the region, it is a frequent location for artists to end their tours. The spacious stage allows for more complex set design and lighting, but the reasonable size makes it easier to sell out than the Tokyo Dome.

Shin-Yokohama Station
Shin-Yokohama Station is a railway station in Yokohama jointly operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), East Japan Railway Company (JR East), and Yokohama City Transportation Bureau. Shin-Yokohama Station is served by the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, Yokohama Line, and Yokohama Subway Blue Line. The station consists of an island platform at ground level serving the Yokohama Line, with two elevated island platforms for the Shinkansen tracks overhead.

Konsen High
Located 5 miles away from Fuji Residence is Konsen High. It's your standard 3 year high school with the students divide into two groups: college bound and vocational education. Its baseball team is quite famous for reaching nationals every so often.

Gusto's Family Restaurant
Around the corner from Fuji Residence is a chain-restaurant known for good eats at affordable prices… at any time of the day! The restaurant is open 24-hours a day and welcomes just about any paying customer. They offer both comfort foods and Western dishes… with over five pages of menu items on their menu.

Dossari O'Men Noodle Shop
Located just around the corner of the Hitsuji o Kazoeru is a hole in the wall known for its legendary noodles. Crave ramen? Soba? Udon? Spaghetti?! Dossari O’Men has it all and then some! You just need to be weary of a few customers dragging themselves out of the Hitsuji o Kazoeru. Across from you could be an actual gangster!

Shimittare Pawn Shop
Located just behind Fuji Residence's Parking Garage is a strange, little pawn shop. The reason the owner set up a business in such a strange area is a mystery. Inside, there’s all sorts of odds and ends… knock off goods and a variety of instruments. If you happen to know the owner well enough and give a “password,” he’ll show you the real goods. Tucked away in the cramped shop is an assortment of weapons, legal and illegal, at his disposal! The owner’s shop is a front for a black market!

Hitsuji o Kazoeru
Tucked away within Yokohama’s China Town is the dark side to the city. The Hitsuji o Kazoeru is an adult playground aka the Red Light District of Yokohama. From Love Hotels to Escort Agencies, the area offers all sorts of carnal delights from cheap thrills to a one hell of a night! Mixed within the flashy lights are seedy businesses that cater to the yakuza and other organized crime syndicates.

Fuji Residence​

Fuji Residence is located in central Yokohama in one of the residential districts. The surrounding area is modernized with most of the buildings being less than ten years old. Out of the other apartment complexes and condominiums, Fuji is one of the tallest with thirteen floors. Inside, the interior is modern with glass doors and massive panes of glass to allow natural light in. There are 2 elevators next to one another that go to the upper levels of the building. Between the two elevators is an analog clock. The fire escape is located on the north side of the building and is accessed from all floors. Alarms will go off if triggered, but recent problems with vandalism has caused the door alarms to malfunction.

The floors in Fuji are numbered between 2 and 14. The 4th floor is labeled as “Maintenance” and the 9th floor is labeled as the tenth floor. Both the number 4 and 9 are omitted for its double meaning and superstition. Fuji’s landlord and his family reside in the 2nd floor of the building. On each floor, there are 8 units that range in size from a “one room mansion” (studio) to 4 bedrooms. The interior varies from Western style to traditional depending on the tenant's choice and price range. There is a parking garage behind Fuji Residence that is exclusively for the tenants.. Tenets aren’t allowed on the 4th floor and in the basement without permission.

Along with the fire alarm on the fritz, there are other problems in Fuji. Sometimes, the elevator breaks down and trapping the occupant(s) for a while or the door catches a limb or bag before the occupant fully enters the elevator. The security system acts up from an unknown cause. When midnight rolls around, the keycard lock turns off, making it impossible to enter or exit the building for 6 minutes. No matter how many technicians come out, the problem is never solved. Replacing the system only lasts for a few days before the problem returns. Unlike other apartments, Fuji Residence has a curfew in place that keeps the building locked from public access after hours. Between 9pm and 6am, all doors leading into the building cannot be unlocked without a keycard.

The Otherworld​

When the clock strikes midnight, the interior of Fuji Residence undergoes a drastic change. It warps and twists into a darker version of the apartment. Black, grimy stains splatter the walls. All windows are blacked out and covered up, making it near impossible to view the outside world. The entrance is omitted as if it never existed in the first place. Lights and plugged in devices don’t work in this realm or doesn’t exist at all.

Both elevators shift from their original appearance to that of an older prototype with metal gates locking in place. Between the elevators is a massive, Gothic clock. Both hands on the clock start out at the 12 mark and ticks off until the little hand touches 12 and the big hand returns to 12. Access to the elevator is restricted due to a lock. If someone has a “key,” they would be able to use the elevators. The buttons in the interior are labeled strangely. With basement button ripped from the panel.

The majority of the units cannot be accessed in this realm; they locked or boarded up. Certain portals appear to replace the entryway of certain units if someone is trapped in the Otherworld. Voices, shouting, music, and other similar noises of activates can be heard within the halls but the source is unknown.

For six hours (Otherworld time), this version of Fuji exists until the Gothic clock strikes 6. Reality returns within the building as if nothing happens. Time is restored as usual promptly at 12:06am.

During the transformation, most of the occupants in the building undergo a form of stasis. They are frozen in place and appear as statues. Interacting with them is impossible. When reality returns, they go about their business as usual, wondering where that short time went. There are those not affected by the change and are temporarily trapped in the warped version of Fuji… if they’re not bound within. In order to return safely from the Otherworld, the active tenant must return to their own apartment (or remain inside) until the duration of the Otherworld Expires.

The predominant life within this altered reality is the Shadows. They appear as black grotesque, blob creatures with a mask somewhere in the mass. Quite a few can take an entirely different form, ranging from something relatable such as a humanoid figure or animalistic. Or… could be something beyond the your darkest nightmares. They are highly dangerous and act on the phases of the moon. As the moon wanes, the shadows pacifies. When the moon waxes, however, they get aggressive. When the moon is full, they attack just about anything active at night. If someone is trapped in this world, they can be relatively safe… until the full moon. They are most likely to die because of behavior of the shadows.