FEBRUARY OOC INTRO

[phantasmods]

Hello, and welcome to Phantasmal Rift! This post serves as our OOC intro post as well as a CR meme and general game update post!

GAME UPDATES:

SETTING: Nothing new here! Since the game's only just opened, you don't have any new setting pages to explore. But if you haven't yet, be sure to check out the Keystone Station page for all the info on the station itself, as well as the Housing Page to find out about your characters' living situation!

DUNGEONS: This month's dungeon will be the Keystone Shoreline! More information will come later in the month, but there's quite a bit more to it than the beach you explored on the test drive...

CALENDAR: The Game Calendar is currently up to date through the first week of May! This part of the game updates also comes with a poll! Do you want weather updates for the game? Do you want them on the calendar, or as a part of the regular game update, or something else?

APPLICATIONS UPDATE: Due to the near universal difficulties with the app word limit this round, we're upping the maximum to 2000 words. Also your mod is an idiot who forgot the contact info line that's also been fixed.

OTHER UPDATES: Especially since the game is brand new, we're always looking for feedback! If you have any commentary or concerns about the game, please respond to the QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK top-level comment on this post!

AND ONE MORE THING: Because I was a silly goob and forgot to put a line for contact info in the app, pleasepleaseplease fill out that line in the CR meme form so that I can get it on the Taken list, thanks!

CR MEME FORM;

<b>Your name</b>:<br /><b>Contact info</b>:<br /><b>Who are you?</b>: [Short blurb about yourself goes here!]<br /><b>Character name + Journal</b>:<br /><b>Canon</b>: [If AU or CRAU, that info goes here, too!]<br /><b>What's their deal?</b>: [Standard CR meme shitpost about your character blurb goes here]<br /><b>Plotting</b>: [What kinds of things would you like to do in the near future?]<br /><b>Memeingful GIF</b>: [We all know you won't be happy without an excuse to post one of these...]

Comments

[lepape]

Your name: Mars
Contact info: marshwiggle; marshwiggle#1016 on Discord
Who are you?: Retail robot engaged in a neverending battle against S.L.E.E.P.; has a major Persona problem. (Look, my Margaret journal is allyourpersona and that is basically me okay).
Character name + Journal: Makoto Niijima -- lepape
Canon: Persona 5 (Genderswap AU)
What's their deal?: SO basically what it says on the tin, this is Makoto but the main party is genderswapped so Makoto's a guy! There are some other differences beside that, mainly to do with how being genderswapped would affect the party, their missions, etc. Main differences for Makoto is his relationship with his sister is more strained, and while he actually spent most of his life planning on becoming a police officer like his father, he's starting to reconsider that and is thinking of becoming a lawyer like Sae.

But differences aside, he's still the studious, responsible babysitter of the rest of his friends, the one who makes them do their homework before running out to revolutionize the world and probably glares at them if they don't finish their veggies, especially if it's Akira-san's curry. He's the Phantom Thieves advisor and former student council president, so he's pretty good at taking charge or formulating strategy. He knows aikido and can be pretty damn scary when he gets mad too.

He does get freaked out by ghost stories or spooky stuff like that. He's totally the one who goes into the haunted house clinging to Akira's arm; when you hear a high-pitched scream ten seconds later, yeah, that was him...

Oh, also, sometimes I refer to him as Ma-kun, just to shorthand his name and distinguish him from his canon version. Futaro (au!Futaba) calls him that, but most everyone else uses the full name.

Plotting: Makoto will kind of jump right into student council president-mode, just trying to be as helpful as possible while giving as much as possible to the group. Positive CR from people who want to help would be great, but also CR from people who might find him kind of bossy is great too XD Truth be told he hasn't had much in the way of good friends before the Phantom Thieves and he's still kind of learning how to do that without also trying to solve all the problems in the world at the same time. People who can teach him the meaning of chill would probably be good too...

Memeingful GIF:
don't get makoto angry 8'D your face will suffer when he angry

[founderinglight]

hey little organizer it's big organizer do you want tips from dad

He's willing to let Makoto mostly handle things because someone needs to talk to the NPCs who wouldn't be playcesting but he'll always be ready to offer advice

and possibly hammerspace lunch

[lepape]

haha yes yes please, look he even brought his notebook he is ready to take notes even

lol that's totally fair XD

hammerspace lunch omg

[beguiledcard]

I'M SO EXCITED FOR GENDERSWAP SHENANIGANS...

and so happy you decided to do this xD man it's gonna be fun playing akira adjusting to this, and yet also being. surprisingly chill over it.

... speaking of, he will do his best to help teach makoto the definition of chill.

[lepape]

AAAH seriously though I'm so glad that you're excited for this??? I'm just so happy to have a place to play him *w*

YES his first Confidant run didn't really cover that, but he is ready for Round 2: how to be a chill friend and not paranoid out on them at the slightest thing 8'D

[beguiledcard]

same!!!

don't worry, mako. he's got you to the best of his abilities. he might have lost some during the mall, but... it's? fine??? /sweats

[foolishjustice]

Hello Niijima-san, this absolutely won't be awkward at all, right?

...Once he gets past being mad at him for faking being nice, he might mom friend the mom friend a bit. You look out for other people, but are you taking care of yourself? Sae-san is stressed all the time and forgets about her own health, that doesn't run in the family, does it?

[lepape]

No, not awkward at all, cannot imagine why it would be XD;

Akechi, are you secretly trying to adopt all the Niijimas or something b/c they could really use a good mom friend lbr

[foolishjustice]

...He might be. He's very fond of Sae, and was really warming up to Makoto before he found out everything involving the Thieves treating him like one of them was a dirty lie. Besides, they're so goal oriented, it makes it easy for them to forget about important things like self-care, someone needs to turn their fretting back onto them.