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The Velvet Room exists between the consciousness and subconsciousness. It is inaccessible by characters who do not wield a Persona or have lost their Persona for various different reasons. In fact, its entire existence is limited only to Persona users and to the regular individual, they will not be able to even see the entrance to the room. Although it is stationed primarily in the castle, the entrance of the Velvet Room may also be found in various different locations, such as by the dungeons and the shrine. Sometimes, there may be a "malfunction" and an ordinary door will actually lead into the Velvet Room. Why does that happen? Well... perhaps characters will have to ask the attendants for that answer.

Within the room, two attendants occupy the space. These attendants act as guides and will perform various different duties in order to assist the characters. They will pass on plot information, answer questions, give out requests (with the promise of a reward, of course), forge magic-infused weapons, heal, and such on. Requests, in particular, are given out ICly and OOCly monthly and may be undertaken by any character who wishes to complete them. Please see the first toplevel of this entry for more information.

The attendants may be regularly contacted by entering the Velvet Room and, as a result, players may comment to this entry to interact with either attendant. Players may specify which attendant that they'd like to interact with or allow the mods to choose. These threads may be used towards AC and bonus activity. However, due to the attention-intensive nature of NPC threads, these threads may be quickly wrapped up in order to save time for the mods.

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🢒🢒 minato

The attendant you might have to wake up, pretending to be asleep so you have to bother Souji instead of him. His requests tend towards what he wants to do or eat at the moment, but he seems to enjoy seeing the world, though he isn't always good company. Seriously. Go bother Souji instead.

🢒🢒 souji

The more talkative attendant between the two, though he could say some pretty bizarre things. He also seems overly fond of cats for some reason and will unironically go "nya". His requests normally seem to involve taking him out somewhere or bringing him particularly... strange objects.

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Today. They all got heartbeats.

[ He says that without hesitation. ]

A steady rhythmic heartbeat... for all of them...

[ ... something is poking at the back of his mind, but he pushes it to the side. ]

Have you spoken to the staff? They haven't done anything, have they?

They said that they just gave them an appropriate regular medical procedure for their symptoms...

[ ... ]

I always thought that the hospital was weird, whisking corpses and not putting them straight to the morgue. But something similar happened back in July.

[ Yeah, even when the Attendants weren't around, someone already "died". Nice. ]

I had my heart organ crushed, but the hospital took me in anyway. I don't die from that, so it's been whatever, but they don't know I'm not human.

[ Maybe? Probably? Despite being at the hospital so many times. ]

A hospital that takes in a normal human patient with their heart crushed where it's obvious at first glance is... weird.

Mm, yeah.

[ "weird" is putting it lightly. he suppose if there's something strange with the animals in this town, perhaps there's something off with the inhabitants as well. that would make sense, since this world itself isn't normal. maybe that's something the guests can investigate. ]

Well, you must be relieved. Your friends are back.

... Yeah.

[ There was a lot of screaming and crying for both Mondo and Rei, but. You know. It's whatever. They're alive. It's all that matters. Yeah. Terry looks pretty tired though. ]

I just wanted to tell you that I've been getting better.

[ There's no usual shine in his eyes though. ]

Since you asked for a weekly update, right? I'm not doing anything crazy either, since you guys seemed to be worried about that earlier.

[ Like leveling Hirajiro out of a fit. ]

[ he nods. he figures that terry's friends coming back alive wouldn't suddenly bring back his energy. he still went through the trauma of losing them and probably dealing with whatever aftermath that people would have after waking up from the dead. ]

I appreciate that you're keeping your word. Have you been eating? Hospitals don't tend to have anything good to eat.

[ he vaguely remembers overpriced meals or old vending machines with dusty bags of candy. ]

Yeah, I've been taking care of myself.

[ Surprisingly, for his first time dealing with this kind of thing, he doesn't just hole himself up in his room forever and cry until he falls asleep and repeat that the next day. He maintained his house, bought things, walked around, visited the hospital... ]

... And I've been eating at home.

[ You know. Alone. Souji should know that Terry lived with Kido and Rei too. You better bring that memory, Ichi. Or I'm gonna riot. ]

[ it's okay, haki, souji has already been remembering sad things so he's on a roll. more depressing memories, though he doesn't like to show anything whenever he remembers something, forcefully keeping his face blank. ]

Mm... it must have been quiet.

[ "and lonely", he wants to add but he leaves it out. ]

But that shouldn't last for too long, once Rei and Kido recover. It'd be something nice to look forward to.

Yeah...

[ He looks over at Souji, staring right into his gold eyes. It's some hard work keeping his blank, and Souji is doing a really good job of it. But the thing is, Terry thinks he's doing it too well... ]

... Sorry. I shouldn't have brought it up. Are you okay? You look like you're in a bad mood.

[ he lifts up a hand and waves it a bit to the side, shaking his head. ]

Just have a few things on my mind. You didn't do anything wrong.

[ then he brings out a small smile, a reassuring one. ]

Sorry, I didn't mean to make you feel bad about it.

... I can make the tea this time.

[ Though Terry did bring a heavy topic out of nowhere, so he thinks this is fair. ]

Do you want some?

[ he almost rejects the offer at first, but then decides otherwise. ]

Sure.

[ he'll get up from the desk and push in his chair. he'll let terry take the lead this time. the box of tea will be in the usual place in the kitchen so terry can choose which type of tea they'll have this time. ]

[ Terry goes over to where the teas are in the kitchen and gives them a general lookover. It looked like he already had one in mind though, so he gets out two teabags for chamomile tea and goes to boil the water and puts each teabag in a mug. Chamomile tea is known for helping reduce stress and anxiety and honestly, Terry feels like he needs it. Maybe Souji does too for whatever reason, but it should be calming either way. ]

Hey, Souji.

[ ... ]

Do you think...

[ His voice trails off as if he can't get the right words out of his mouth and he frowns, because that's exactly the case. ]

[ souji takes his usual spot by the counter near the stove, leaning back against it. he's silent as terry prepares the tea and when his name is called, he glances up, but he's silent again. take your time with whatever you're trying to say, terry, it's not like souji has anywhere to go or do. ]

[ He quietly breathes in. ]

Vassago came out again today. I didn't touch my charm. He roared and disappeared.

That's... probably not a good sign, is it?

[ ... ah. he glances downwards, hands against the counter's edge. ]

No, it's not.

[ he chooses to be blunt, not to sugarcoat anything. ]

I can't imagine the last few days were very good on your psyche, to be added on top of your usual worries about Vassago.

[ Terry appreciates the bluntness, so this is fine. ]

... Yeah. That makes sense.

[ He momentarily closes his eyes, breathes out, and reopens them. ]

It just keeps getting worse and worse.

[ he doesn't nod. he just stands there, thinking. he'd like to help, but this is very much one of those "you can only help yourself" scenarios. he can't force terry to accept vassago. he understands that it can be difficult, but he does wish he can do more. ]

... you still haven't been able to accept Vassago?

[ he already knows the answer considering what terry told him but any progress at all? ]

I... haven't.

[ He sighs and scratches the back of his head a little. ]

The more time I have to think about it, the more it feels like the less I'll be able to accept him. I did go to therapy, but... then this [ death ] happened. I've been trying to think of ways to try and accept him, but it hasn't been working...

Therapy is a good start.

[ but like he said earlier, the sudden death of his friends would have definitely put a hamper on anything. ]

Vassago doesn't shape who you are. You shape him. I know you've said that Vassago represents something else, something that's not you, but at the end of the day, he still comes from you. Whatever inner conflict you have, it's passed onto him.

So... if I accept the inner conflict, that will work, right?

[ Easier said than done. ]

I've been trying out the "accepting the consequences surrounding it" thing you told me too, but... yeah...

[ It hasn't been working. But at least he tried. ]

I'm just afraid that I won't be myself anymore if I accept Vassago. I think I'd have to throw away what I am.

[ he nods in response to terry's question then thinks about his next line of reasoning. ]

Try not to think about your identity as just one single entity. A person is made up of multiple shades. Perhaps a part of you will change if you accept Vassago, but that part is still you and it doesn't change everything. It's only just a fraction, like a mirror.

[ you know, like rise's whole shadow nonsense, which he's starting to recall. he pauses then speaks up again after a few seconds. ]

... of course, all of this is easier said than done. I also don't know if any of this helps, but those are my thoughts.

[ Terry doesn't say anything at first, and that's when the water finishes boiling, so he takes care to pour the water into both mugs. The teabag should help start forming the tea any minute now and he puts the kettle back. He watches as the different color in the water disperses, giving off a pleasant smell in the process.

...

He laughs a little. ]

I feel like every time we have this kind of conversation, it just goes in circles.

[ he lets out a small laugh as well, staring down at the mugs. ]

Yeah. Sorry that I can't help any more than this. This is as far as my knowledge goes.

[ souji: didn't I tell you to accept your shadow, terrence
terry: no i'd rather die
souji: die then

Terry leans on the little kitchen island. ]

Yeah, I'm sure it's a weird case, so it's hard to figure things out. Thanks though... since you tried for me.

[ It's not comforting, but Souji tried. It really is a problem that he has to tackle on his own... and it feels a little lonely. ]

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