Death Sight: Activate!

[ognesperanza]

okay so it's not exactly a 'sight' but. HI ARE YOU DEAD/HAVE BEEN DEAD/DIED IN CAMP/DEATH IS YOUR FATHER???? Nico can sense anything death-related to the soul etc. so… I just need to know so Nico can properly glare at you once he picks it up. you're messing up the order of things stop it

He can only sense mortal souls, but it's up to you if this only pertains to human souls or not. MORTAL NON-HUMANS WHAT IS GOING ON It'd confuse Nico, that's for sure! If you don't want Nico sensing these things with your character COMMENT TOO it's cool

tl;dr if you're dead or have died or have deathsoul things or the grim reaper resides in your eyeballs, whispers come to me

Comments

[fools_wild]

This is kinda late but I hope you don't mind~

Kamijou (nil_fortune)... has died on a metaphorical level? He lost all his memories after a magic feather destroyed a part of his brain. Also his right hand negates supernatural phenomena, so even if he were dead, I guess Nico wouldn't sense anything anyway.

Makoto (this guy)... is a little more interesting. SPOILERS for Persona 3?

SO, he's housed Death within him for ten years. In this case, Death is essentially the harbinger of the apocalypse, and takes the form of Thanatos, who in Greek mythology is the God of Death and son of Nyx, the Primordial Deity of the night. In Persona 3's case, Nyx is the one who allegedly introduced the concept of death to the world, and is capable of bringing absolute death to all living things in one fell swoop, which is essentially its entire function in the game: an unstoppable death bringer synonymous with the concept of death itself and comes in response to humanity's despair, malice and subconscious desire for death. ... So yeah, Makoto's had that sealed inside him for ten years. It's not there anymore, but it's left its mark, so-to-speak. Death is one of Makoto's primary Arcana, and Thanatos is one of his main Personas, which is basically a physical manifestation of his psyche. The Persona is in fact the solidified representation of his bond of friendship with Death.

Oh, also, he's dead now, 'cause he used up his life force to create a seal between Nyx and humanity's malice in order to keep them separate and stop the end of the world. Or rather, his soul itself IS the seal, but that's not really an issue in camp, I'm guessing.

... So. Have fun with that.

[ognesperanza]

oh......oh my god. NO, IT IS COOL, no such thing as late for permissions. and...wow, damn Persona. h-hahahaha Thanatos...... Nico's met Thanatos in his world, or at least seen him in passing, so that is great. oh my god so many Greek mythology things. OKAY SO

Kamijou is clearly off the hook, with his cheating hand. Makoto...man. that's a lot of soul and death things. i...wow. Nico will definitely feel that, and he will be very, very confused. he won't be able to tell the details, but he'll definitely sense the connection. mortal soul????? but Thanatos???? what???!??!?

ohhh there will be much fun to be had.

[fools_wild]

If it's Greek, he also has Orpheus, Ares, the Moirae Sisters (Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos), "Titan" which is an amalgamation of the Greek Titans, Hecatoncheir and Dionysus.

However, Orpheus and Thanatos are the important ones; the others are relatively minor in this context.

Also, dunno if this will matter, but he has a bunch of other deities and demons from various other lore, particularly Norse, Hindu, Abrahamic, Irish, Shinto, Babylonian, Buddhism... Basically a bunch of other things. Also Roman, not sure how that'd register.

Persona is wacky.

[lostmyfooting]

oh, Persona. in PJO, the Roman and Greek monsters, gods, and spirits are around, alive and well. i'm sure Nico's met Orpheus, too, since he's in the Underworld a lot. son of Hades right here. so as far as sensing things, he'll only be able to pick up Orpheus, Thanatos, and probably the Fates, since they generally stay in the Underworld. depending on how Ares works in Persona, maybe him too? in Percy Jackson, Ares gives off this anger aura that just makes you wanna punch things whenever he's around. if that's a thing in Persona too, he'll be like "Hm." Otherwise, nah.

the things from other folklore won't hit any of Nico's pings.

i am so amused though, holy shit. Nico may geek out if he finds out Makoto has all these dudes, just a fair warning.

[fools_wild]

Dunno how much of Ares he'd sense. In P3, Ares is a minor Persona of the Chariot Arcana, only level 19. It's dinky and it sucks. The Fate Sisters are more powerful Personas of the Fortune Arcana, but aren't any more important to Makoto than Ares is. However, they can be fused together to create Norn, an amalgamation of the Norse Fate goddesses and the Ultimate Persona of the Fortune Arcana. Again, Persona is wacky like that.

Orpheus is Makoto's Initial Persona, so it's his very first Persona as well as the one that closest to him. Thanatos is, essentially, the bit of power that Death left inside Makoto when he left his body, as well as the manifestation of their bond and the Ultimate Persona of the Death Arcana.

Just FYI, Makoto has approximately 170 Personas total.

Oh, also, he has at least four dragons.

[lostmyfooting]

wow, that is super confusing. it's cool that you can keep all that straight, though. i won't have Nico sense Ares, then.

and wow, that is...a lot of Personas from a lot of different mythologies. i'm just picturing him keeping them all in pokeballs. and DRAGONS!!!!

clearly we need to bond with both my boys.

[fools_wild]

They're all in his head.

He summons them by shooting himself in the head.

(Also I have an intro post running if you them want to meet him.)

[ognesperanza]

yeah, i remember that being mentioned. literally in his head though, now the shooting himself in the head thing makes sense.

ohhh oh, so you do! that's a hilarious intro, hahaha. i'll have to jump on that.

[fools_wild]

Personas are manifestations of the psyche and are drawn from the Collective Unconscious of humanity. In Persona, gods and demons are given shape through human will. Erebus, for instance, is the manifestation of humanity's combined malice and despair, and most gods reside within the Collective Unconscious, so they're probably quite a bit different from the gods in the Percy Jackson series.

[ognesperanza]

oh yeah, definitely. the gods are affected by the spirit of Western Civilization, and pop culture in general. but they're still very much their own beings. many of them existed before humanity, and most of them will continue to exist.

how Persona does it is a pretty cool idea, though. are these DS games?

[fools_wild]

Persona 3 is for the Playstation 2, and there's an updated re-release on the same system called Persona 3 FES.

There's also a port on the PSP called Persona 3 Portable.

The first Persona received a rather shoddy localization and was released on the SNES and Playstation. There was an improved re-release on the PSP.

Persona 2 is technically two games, Innocent Sin and Eternal Punishment. Both were released for the Playstation and later re-released on the PSP. Only localizations for the PSP version of Innocent Sin and the PSOne version of Eternal Punishment exist, though there's a fan-translation for Innocent Sin's PSOne version on the internet.

Persona 4 was originally released for the PS2, and an updated re-release exists on the PS Vita.