(and more locations with vague numbers in the same format with some tictactoe rounds off to the side)
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Saki likes Kyousuke, but he likes her best friend, Kisa. If you switch the syllables, their names are kinda matching. That's cute. No wonder they're best friends. I hope the love triangle doesn't break their friendship. Kisa likes her homeroom teacher too... this really is like a drama.
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(The scribbled lines are very stressed into the paper, occasionally making holes.)
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8/1
I'm really happy here. Even when things get difficult, I have to tell myself to keep going, or it's all over. I'll keep living to the fullest, experience new things, and take down all the obstacles in my way. I'll do anything to keep the status quo right now.
I'm starting to feel like my original by writing things down like this as if it's the most natural thing in the world. I hate it. I hate it so much. I don't want to be anything like him. I love living my life, so it's safe to say that I'd rather die if I become anything more like him. When I'm alone in silence, it only leaves me to think about things I don't want to think about. Sometimes, when I look at Vassago, I
(the rest of the paper is roughly torn. unfortunately, Kido doesn't have the other half in the stack she collected)
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(it's a very big :) drawn across the entire paper and a small "It'll be fine." in the corner)
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I hope Jace is doing fine back home. I never got to tell him where I went. At least his cats can keep him company when I'm not there. Maybe he can get married now since I'm no longer bumming off him. Let him find happiness and all that.
--Well, I was happy living with him too.
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(this is all in english cursive)
It's been about a month since I've been here. This doesn't seem to be 2029, so I wonder what it's like back there? Maybe the war could have started already if the time passes at a different pace. I don't want to leave here. If I go back, I might as well die anyway. I would no longer be able to die as myself... but then again, what is "myself" supposed to mean anyway? I'm a clone of Terrence Nowell, and everything about me has been borrowed from that person. The name isn't mine. The appearance isn't mine. Maybe... even the way I act isn't mine either. I'm supposed to be him, after all. I feel like a faceless form that's only meant to mimic someone else--someone that I'm supposed to be. Me being myself got in the way of a lot of things. It got in the way of everyone's plans, and it probably threw a wrench into the war plans that they carefully thought of to the point where they wanted to recreate a possible war leader candidate.
Maybe, this way, I'll never have to hear the audio diary entries again. I couldn't get rid of them back there. They always pop up in every phone I get, every technology that enables apps... it feels like a curse--a reminder that I'll never be free of how I'm supposed to be. The other demigods can continue to come at me to try and take me back by force, but I'll fight them off every time. I feel drained by it all. I feel so tired. The war is stupid. The entire situation is stupid.
A purpose in life no longer matters when you run away from it, so I'll just keep living my life aimlessly.
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i think i like someone but i cant tell i dont think i ever felt this way about someone before i dont know what to do i cant even tell anyone i think i fell in really hard
(it's supposed to be scribbled out, but the message is still readable)
Terrence: Soris, the pet will eat when he can't stand being hungry anymore. That's how all pets are, really. So just sit with me and stop revising the war plans for about two seconds or I'll throttle you.
Soris: (sighs) Fine. I need to get this done tomorrow or we'll be behind schedule. Stop calling him a pet. Can't you use a normal footstool? You're going to break his back.
Terrence: But he is a pet though?
(A blunt hit noise and a crack.)
Soris: Poor thing. You broke his spine.
Terrence: I don't see you doing anything about it though. Aren't you just as guilty as I am? Besides, he'll heal. He's not a child. He's not a thing, even if he acts like it sometimes when he's spacing out. And he isn't anything else. So, he's just a pet. I suppose he'll eat when he remembers.
Soris: ... I wonder, if you'll ever see anyone as your equal.
Terrence: You're Destruction's offshoot, but you're still no match for me, Soris. Maybe for tomorrow's pastime, I should snipe down more people from the opposing factions.
(A pained groan is heard, with some breath hitching that eventually turns into quiet wailing.)
Soris: ... (sighs)
Terrence: Quiet, pet. You're too loud.
(Another crack, and a thud to the floor.)
Soris: You killed him, Terrence.
Terrence: I aimed a little too high, didn't I? No matter. I extracted all the info I needed from the pet.
Soris: You destroyed his entire shoulder.
Terrence: Death Points are easy to find for someone like me. You may be a Concept, but don't forget that I can make you wish you never existed.
(There is a low humming sound in the background, along with voices of Terrence and another that sounds feminine.)
???: ... Yes, I confirmed that this is the only world that you'll ever take multiple concept seats.
Terrence: Run the search again, Kailas. There has to be at least one more.
Kailas: This is the fifth time you've asked me, and quite frankly, I don't care to look over the possibilities again to sift through billions of rocks just so you can make a single backup plan. You're supposed to be the edgy chessmaster. Why don't you just make other backup plans for backup plans like you usually do?
Terrence: Because if it is as you say, and that there is only a single world where I have all the necessary things to win the war, then I only have one chance at this, and I cannot afford to make any mistakes before it happens.
Kailas: You can find literally anything in the world, have several concept seats that lets you rule over perspective, life, and healing, and you're here and asking me for help.
Terrence: If I could do this myself, I wouldn't be here in the dreary void, talking to you. My patience is getting thin and I suggest that you do as I say before I take the seat of time for myself.
Kailas: Oh, that's real rich coming from a Concept newbie. Didn't you know? I don't die, but you still can. It'll take at least fifty years for you to turn immortal after being turned into a Concept. It's only been one year for you. Just one year. If anything, shouldn't you be begging me to help you?
Terrence: Can it, Shortstack. I'm not paying you to talk.
(This is a hidden file in the EMERGENCY app when someone swipes the audio entries around. They're movable.)
Terrence: --a shame that I can't repossess my body once I die.
???: (a female voice, she sounds like she's in her forties) Of course, Terrence. None of the demigods have a soul. It's difficult to recreate one, and it certainly is not within my jurisdiction. It's impossible to recreate your consciousness once you have faded out of existence by your death.
Terrence: You can't create the clone already while I'm still alive?
???: No, you must die first before the clone can be created.
Terrence: What a bothersome rule...
???: Fortunately for everyone else, we cannot simply make an army of you, no matter how good you are.
Terrence: ...
???: Terrence Nowell, is this fun for you?
Terrence: ... I have better things to do with my time, but this is a necessary evil.
???: Don't be so dishonest now, Terrence. You can tell me. It's my duty as the faction leader, after all. I made you a long, long time ago... you are like one of my children.
???: (sounds a little distant) Nooo! Let me in!! My husband is there! He's killing him! Someone go save him from that monster!
Terrence: All you need is a plastic bag, rubber band, and some rope. Humans live all their lives in trying to die the death the way want.
Soris: Isn't this pushing it? You're making this human die with a plastic bag over his head. Something about dignity with death.
Terrence: That's all it takes for him to die though? Look, he already stopped breathing.
Soris: ...
Terrence: This family that was built on affairs is so disgusting. Every member of this household had an affair.
Soris: You care about this kind of stuff?
Terrence: Mm, maybe a little? It's revenge by proxy.
(Glass shatters.)
Soris: ... Where did you get a brick?
Terrence: Who cares? I don't. Neither should you. That woman finally stopped her obnoxious screaming. I can nap in peace now.
Soris: Here?
Terrence: Yeah. Here. Got a problem?
Soris: ...
( There are a lot of other entries like this where Terrence is torturing and killing people through various means of murder and taking it easy after he's done. )
(note: this is written in Japanese because Jace was pretty fucking extra with this, assuming Terry will never learn Japanese. joke's on him, now that Terry's in Cetana.)
I could never find the right way to tell you Have you noticed I've been gone? 'Cause I left behind the home that you made me But I will carry it along
And it's a long way forward, so trust in me I'll give them shelter like you've done for me And I know, I'm not alone, you'll be watching over us Until you're gone
When I'm older, I'll be silent beside you I know words won't be enough And they won't need to know our names or our faces But they will carry on for us
And it's a long way forward, so trust in me I'll give them shelter like you've done for me And I know, I'm not alone, you'll be watching over us Until you're gone
Oh, it's a long way forward, trust in me I'll give them shelter like you've done for me And I know, I'm not alone, you'll be watching over us
Meeting Souta, a seven year old boy who's afraid of crows who was chatting with a fox at the shrine. He's the grandson of the old couple at the occult shop. Crows sometimes dive at people and Souta feels like they stare at people to the point it's unsettling. Most info about Souta and all info about the old couple cannot be pinpointed.
For the next several days, whenever Terry is out of the house, crows will periodically fly overhead and drop small colorful stones on his head. They appear to be the same sort of stones that drop from the Shadows in the dungeons when they're defeated. Couldn't pinpoint where the stones came from. Also dropped new omamoris for Kido and Rei on Terry's head.
Souta tells Terry that he heard rumors about shrine water being able to purify the lake. Confirmed with pinpointing. 1 basin will decrease the severity of the sickness, and 2 basins will decrease the duration of the sickness. 3 basins will completely purify the lake. Third basin will be delivered on 10/31. Terry had gone to check the shrine every two days or so ever since he found out the lake water could actually be purified.
Terry helps the old couple at the occult clean up. They give him a discolored, old wall tapestry. The image on the tapestry is reminiscent of the murals on the castle walls of the first floor, with a small village surrounded by farmland and a lake at the center. The sky is clear, and there are four mountain peaks overlooking the town, each with a winged figure standing on top of them. The backside of the tapestry looks like it's been slashed several times by a blade, and then sewn up again. Confirmed image is of Hirajiro. The mountains stand in the exact opposite as the castle and shrine on the other side of town.
- Zelda - Ryoji Mochizuki - Lora - Cardia Beckford - Shore → no longer a zombie?! (9/30, unable to locate) - Wyatt Napoli - Airi Ban - Noctis Caelum - Atsushi Nakajima - Kokichi Ouma - Killua Zoldyck - Neku Sakuraba - Mae Borowski - RO635 (malfunctioning?) - Hibiki Kuze - Red - Enkidu - Lying Cat (??? IS THIS A REAL NAME? IS THAT A CAT?) - Leon - Mondo Oowada
!! no common factor between all of them other than they all had a Persona, or could have had one, since they all had a charm.
- world exit - ofuda door at the castle - omamori - castle - fortune teller - attendants' compendium - anything beyond the gate leading to the daitengu in the school dungeon before it opened - some Persona users (varies in effectiveness) - ayano tateyama - zen - souta and his grandparents at occult shop - where the rainbow stones came from after they were dropped by crows
- the world loops - the world is too small for gravity to function properly (?) yet it works perfectly fine - first floor of castle is magically repaired overnight (?) - castle walls are covered in murals that depict a small village surrounded by farmland, a familiar lake at the center, and flocks of crows adorning the skies with one large crow standing on the peak of the mountain overlooking the town - velvet room portal appears in castle (permanent) - shrine is a little more fixed. who's doing this?? - too many pregnant cats. too many cats in general. why do stray cats adopt people?? - no one can leave this world, yet townspeople can somehow? reports of cruises, road trips, overseas trips are made - there is no ocean. only mountains, forests, lake, and rivers - travel by motor vehicles, helicopters, airports are impossible with the town and surrounding landscape - fake seafood isn't all that surprising, but it'll be listed here anyway - GHOSTS ARE REAL - SO ARE DEMONS
Terry's thoughts on stuff, featuring Jace/Orien with some of these.
- the daitengus are the four horsemen of the apocalypse - Pestilence (red), War (white), Famine (black), and Death (pale?). - colors can be interchangeable depending on the source - maybe the colors don't even matter?? - hirajiro is either a seal or some apocalyptic fake city because the daitengus live in dungeons, which are located in hirajiro, and if they're actually embodiments of the four horsemen (bird version), we're fucked
- fortune teller is some kind of "higher power". might be linked to attendants in some way. - maybe the fortune teller's true form is the Big Crow on the castle mural - fortune teller → attendants → Persona → daitengu resistance?
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- crows vs daitengus? - crows are picking up strangers from other worlds to help fight against daitengu...? - because they also drop things off to the persona users from their own worlds, so this reinforces them being related to world traveling - ???? - my head hurts someone's gonna make fun of my theories
Hirajiro is pretty much a reconstructed town from the years past that was modified to make it more “modern” here and there. The people are the same and the townspeople are used to generate Shadows during Lockdown. Despite this, the townspeople are breathing and alive. Their existence is brought about in a strange way, so that could be why they look over the more weirder things, such as talking snakes and floating things caused by Personas, since they can’t see them. They are affected by Persona skills though.
Hirajiro is a “prison” created by the four Guardians--the Daitengu. They seem to be based off the Four Horsemen, symbolizing war, death, pestilence, and famine. As of December 10, 2019, only “famine” hasn’t shown up yet, therefore, the next dungeon would probably be related to some sort of deprivation. The prison is weakened with each Daitengu defeated and disables the natural disaster trigger that it used to keep foreigners (Persona users) out.
The entire conflict has always been Daitengu vs Kotengu. The townspeople do not acknowledge the shrine nor the castle normally when left on their own. However, there was a rumor that spread within the school of the water in the shrine’s basin that could purify the lake of toxins. Rumor is confirmed to be true. My guess is that the fortune teller, disguised as a normal student, had started the rumor and let it circulate, letting it spread throughout the town. The mysterious fortune teller is usually seen in the school, and I can’t think of anyone else that would spread the rumors. Talking about the shrine already rules out many people, so it can’t be the normal townspeople to begin with. Purifying the lake is an action that goes against the Daitengu, because it weakens the dungeon’s defenses upon entry. Due to this reason, it can be assumed that the fortune teller is on the Kotengu’s side.
Kotengu’s current allies are suspected to be the fortune teller, Attendants, and Persona users. The fortune teller is already noted in the last paragraph, but the Attendants had to be contracted to work under the Kotengu. It’s been implied that the Attendants willingly gave up many important things in exchange for something, possibly even more important than all of their memories. As of December 10, 2019, they don’t know what they traded everything for. It’s possible that the Attendants could go against the Persona users if obediently following the Kotengu’s order was involved in the deal. It seems likely. The Attendants were most likely placed in Hirajiro so that they could guide the Persona users to defeat the Daitengu. It lines up with Kotengu’s objectives. There’s probably a solid reason as to why the Attendants can’t defeat the Daitengu themselves, despite having plenty of power to do so if they work for the Kotengu. Even if the “journey” aspect is true for the Attendants, there must be a better, more technical reasons, such as being prevented from doing so by the contract, but that wouldn’t make sense if the Kotengu wants to simply eliminate the Daitengu. There has to be a reason as to why the Persona users have to do it. But why?
The Persona users have defected from the Kotengu, but aren’t siding with the Daitengu either. The group has collectively decided to hold onto the ofuda that are dropped by the Daitengu upon defeat. The castle and shrine haven’t been restored ever since we chose not to slot the ofuda into the stone slot. According to the Daitengu, slotting the ofuda in makes the Kotengu grow stronger. If that’s the case, it’s heavily implied that the castle and shrine are related to the Kotengu. The Velvet Room portal’s location also stays consistent in the castle, and maybe that’s the reason why the Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai had to be done there. The fortune teller was also the one who told us about the Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai, so this also heavily implies their allegiance with the Kotengu.
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PAPERS KIDO GATHERED ON 8/2
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AUDIO DIARIES
July 28, 2005
September 29, 2002
October 17, 2008
December 30, 2008
October 19, 2008
January 4, 2002
LITTLE PAPER IN THE MUSIC BOX
I could never find the right way to tell you
Have you noticed I've been gone?
'Cause I left behind the home that you made me
But I will carry it along
And it's a long way forward, so trust in me
I'll give them shelter like you've done for me
And I know, I'm not alone, you'll be watching over us
Until you're gone
When I'm older, I'll be silent beside you
I know words won't be enough
And they won't need to know our names or our faces
But they will carry on for us
And it's a long way forward, so trust in me
I'll give them shelter like you've done for me
And I know, I'm not alone, you'll be watching over us
Until you're gone
Oh, it's a long way forward, trust in me
I'll give them shelter like you've done for me
And I know, I'm not alone, you'll be watching over us
NOTEBOOK THAT INCLUDES PLOT STUFF
PLOT CLUES
09/14
10/03
??/?? (some time after the flood stops)
ZOMBIE LIST
- Ryoji Mochizuki
- Lora
- Cardia Beckford
- Shore → no longer a zombie?! (9/30, unable to locate)
- Wyatt Napoli
- Airi Ban
- Noctis Caelum
- Atsushi Nakajima
- Kokichi Ouma
- Killua Zoldyck
- Neku Sakuraba
- Mae Borowski
- RO635 (malfunctioning?)
- Hibiki Kuze
- Red
- Enkidu
- Lying Cat (??? IS THIS A REAL NAME? IS THAT A CAT?)
- Leon
- Mondo Oowada
!! no common factor between all of them other than they all had a Persona, or could have had one, since they all had a charm.
PINPOINTING INTERFERENCE
- ofuda door at the castle
- omamori
- castle
- fortune teller
- attendants' compendium
- anything beyond the gate leading to the daitengu in the school dungeon before it opened
- some Persona users (varies in effectiveness)
- ayano tateyama
- zen
- souta and his grandparents at occult shop
- where the rainbow stones came from after they were dropped by crows
(wip)
WORLD PECULIARITIES
- the world is too small for gravity to function properly (?) yet it works perfectly fine
- first floor of castle is magically repaired overnight (?)
- castle walls are covered in murals that depict a small village surrounded by farmland, a familiar lake at the center, and flocks of crows adorning the skies with one large crow standing on the peak of the mountain overlooking the town
- velvet room portal appears in castle (permanent)
- shrine is a little more fixed. who's doing this??
- too many pregnant cats. too many cats in general. why do stray cats adopt people??
- no one can leave this world, yet townspeople can somehow? reports of cruises, road trips, overseas trips are made
- there is no ocean. only mountains, forests, lake, and rivers
- travel by motor vehicles, helicopters, airports are impossible with the town and surrounding landscape
- fake seafood isn't all that surprising, but it'll be listed here anyway
- GHOSTS ARE REAL
- SO ARE DEMONS
(WIP)
MISC THOUGHTS
- the daitengus are the four horsemen of the apocalypse
- Pestilence (red), War (white), Famine (black), and Death (pale?).
- colors can be interchangeable depending on the source
- maybe the colors don't even matter??
- hirajiro is either a seal or some apocalyptic fake city because the daitengus live in dungeons, which are located in hirajiro, and if they're actually embodiments of the four horsemen (bird version), we're fucked
- fortune teller is some kind of "higher power". might be linked to attendants in some way.
- maybe the fortune teller's true form is the Big Crow on the castle mural
- fortune teller → attendants → Persona → daitengu resistance?
- crows vs daitengus?
- crows are picking up strangers from other worlds to help fight against daitengu...?
- because they also drop things off to the persona users from their own worlds, so this reinforces them being related to world traveling
- ????
- my head hurts someone's gonna make fun of my theories
TERRY'S CONCLUSION PART 1?
Hirajiro is a “prison” created by the four Guardians--the Daitengu. They seem to be based off the Four Horsemen, symbolizing war, death, pestilence, and famine. As of December 10, 2019, only “famine” hasn’t shown up yet, therefore, the next dungeon would probably be related to some sort of deprivation. The prison is weakened with each Daitengu defeated and disables the natural disaster trigger that it used to keep foreigners (Persona users) out.
The entire conflict has always been Daitengu vs Kotengu. The townspeople do not acknowledge the shrine nor the castle normally when left on their own. However, there was a rumor that spread within the school of the water in the shrine’s basin that could purify the lake of toxins. Rumor is confirmed to be true. My guess is that the fortune teller, disguised as a normal student, had started the rumor and let it circulate, letting it spread throughout the town. The mysterious fortune teller is usually seen in the school, and I can’t think of anyone else that would spread the rumors. Talking about the shrine already rules out many people, so it can’t be the normal townspeople to begin with. Purifying the lake is an action that goes against the Daitengu, because it weakens the dungeon’s defenses upon entry. Due to this reason, it can be assumed that the fortune teller is on the Kotengu’s side.
Kotengu’s current allies are suspected to be the fortune teller, Attendants, and Persona users. The fortune teller is already noted in the last paragraph, but the Attendants had to be contracted to work under the Kotengu. It’s been implied that the Attendants willingly gave up many important things in exchange for something, possibly even more important than all of their memories. As of December 10, 2019, they don’t know what they traded everything for. It’s possible that the Attendants could go against the Persona users if obediently following the Kotengu’s order was involved in the deal. It seems likely. The Attendants were most likely placed in Hirajiro so that they could guide the Persona users to defeat the Daitengu. It lines up with Kotengu’s objectives. There’s probably a solid reason as to why the Attendants can’t defeat the Daitengu themselves, despite having plenty of power to do so if they work for the Kotengu. Even if the “journey” aspect is true for the Attendants, there must be a better, more technical reasons, such as being prevented from doing so by the contract, but that wouldn’t make sense if the Kotengu wants to simply eliminate the Daitengu. There has to be a reason as to why the Persona users have to do it. But why?
The Persona users have defected from the Kotengu, but aren’t siding with the Daitengu either. The group has collectively decided to hold onto the ofuda that are dropped by the Daitengu upon defeat. The castle and shrine haven’t been restored ever since we chose not to slot the ofuda into the stone slot. According to the Daitengu, slotting the ofuda in makes the Kotengu grow stronger. If that’s the case, it’s heavily implied that the castle and shrine are related to the Kotengu. The Velvet Room portal’s location also stays consistent in the castle, and maybe that’s the reason why the Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai had to be done there. The fortune teller was also the one who told us about the Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai, so this also heavily implies their allegiance with the Kotengu.
BIRTHDAY LIST
01/02: Kido
01/06: Sasuke
02/24: Jiro
03/23: Akira
08/20: Terry
09/08: Red
10/26: Rio
???: Seto, 45, Rei, Souji, Minato