Hello, Jello, this is the first story I'll be sharing on my account, a little long but I'm sure you'll still be able to enjoy it to some degree but anyway, let's get started
It was 8:53 PM on a Saturday as a moving truck entered a town named Nishitani, this moving truck finally stopped at a house, it was small but could hold a small family and this family was indeed small, consisting of a boy, his mother and a dog
The boy slept soundly, he was a 17 year old boy and was slightly depressed as he had lived in the same town for most of his life as the last time he moved was when he was a baby, all his friends were in the other town. He was of course still going to talk to them online but it wasn't the same as talking to them in person. The boy was awoken by his mother, who put her hand on his shoulder and gently shook him
"Futsuo, wake up, we're here~" his mother said. Futsuo slowly but surely opened his eyes and let out a loud yawn as he stretched, Futsuo stepped out of the truck and looked down the road, the sun was beginning to set and it looked beautiful.
"Guess this is where I'm gonna live now" Futsuo murmured
Futsuo looked at the house. It was blue, had two floors and was as normal as they came, it wasn't good but wasn't by any means bad either, it was fine. As Futsuo looked at his watch a blue butterfly landed on his hand. Futsuo drew his attention towards the butterfly, it's antennas twitched and it would move it's wings occasionally. There didn't seem to be anything special about it but Futsuo could not look away from it, Futsuo saw many butterflies but he felt as if this one had something special about it. It then flew away and Futsuo fixed his gaze on the house, his mom was standing in front of it and she was waiting for him to come in
Futsuo walked towards the house, entering it completely, he looked around. The room was empty. The floor was a standard carpet, it was quite soft. His mother walked in
"I see you found a new friend out there" she said, referring to the butterfly. Futsuo was slightly startled by her voice though it was soft
"Um... Yeah… I guess that butterfly is my friend now" Futsuo said awkwardly
"I'm gonna go up and see my room, if I'm correct then it's the floor upstairs, right?" Futsuo said, his mom nodded slightly let him know he was right. He went up and checked his room, it was empty, of course
Pascal the dog walked in holding a tennis ball in his mouth. He walked towards Futsuo and dropped the ball, Pascal barked to get Futsuo's attention which he was known to do, Futsuo noticed him
"Oh, hey Pascal" Futsuo smiled softly and reached out to pet him, Pascal laid on his back and barked again, trying to get Futsuo to rub his belly, which he did, Pascal barked one more time in satisfaction
"Who's a good dog? You are!" Futsuo said as Pascal pounced on him and began giving him doggy kisses. They played a bit and both fell asleep
In his dream, Futsuo was floating in an endless void and held the tower arcana in his right hand, he then saw a man in the distance. He got closer and saw the man, this man was tall, he was naked but leaves were covering his lower abdomen, the leaves went up to his bellybutton. The man had long, Brown hair that was longer than his own body. The man held an apple with the Hebrew word "חטא" carved into it. The man began to speak and as he did, the dark void began to crumble, a blinding light peeked out from the void
"I am thou, thou art I"
Futsuo woke up, he gasped as he became fully awake, he looked around and pinched his cheek to see if he was awake. He was. His mom called from downstairs
"Futsuo! I'm going to the store! There's also pizza on the table!" his mother said, Futsuo slowly got up and went to get some pizza, as moving around for a whole week can leave you hungry
After eating, he unpacked his laptop and got the internet password which his mom had written down and left on the table, he then logged into Talkcord so he could talk to his friends
StarmanForever: Hey, you guys here? I just got my laptop from my suitcase
Holykittens: Yeah, I'm here, was just watching cat compilations. How's the new house?
StarmanForever: It's fine. Still wanna go back though
Holykittens: Don't worry, you'll get the hang of it (°w°)
StarmanForever: Okay, also, can you get Takeshi? I want to talk to both of you about this weird dream but I still half set up the internet on my phone and it would be more convenient if you text him since you have it on you 24/7
Holykittens: Okay, one sec
Bloodfilledrage: Hey Futsuo what's up? Haven't talked to you for a week!
StarmanForever: I'm fine. I actually brought you here so I can talk about this weird dream I had. Everything was dark then I saw this tall naked dude holding an apple with what I think was Hebrew carved into it and leaves covering his stuff, then he said "I am thou, thou art I" or something like that
Holykittens: What happened next? I'm very interested
StarmanForever: Unfortunately, that's all that happened
Bloodfilledrage: Damn, I wish I had dreams as weird as yours, all I get are dreams about flying and falling
StarmanForever: Trust me, you don't. It was kinda freaky. It was also very vivid. I had to pinch my cheek to see if I was dreaming or not when I woke up
Holykittens: Hmm... That's a pretty weird dream alright, I think I half go now, my mom's calling me for bed, bye ~(·-·)~
Bloodfilledrage: Crap, my mom called me for bed 10 minutes ago. See ya
StarmanForever: yeah, I should go to bed too, see you tomorrow
Futsuo laid out some blankets and laid down on them. He fell asleep quickly. He had another strange dream, this time he was in a room where nearly Everything was blue. There were three people. A boy and a girl wearing blue uniforms, they had white hair and golden eyes, the other was a man with a long nose sitting at a desk. The man spoke to Futsuo
"Welcome to the Velvet Room. This place exists between dream and reality, mind and matter. I am Igor, would you be kind enough to tell me your name?" the man said to Futsuo
"I am... Futsuo…" he replied
"A pleasure to meet you, Futsuo, I am Tamaki, the boy next to me is Nobu" the girl, now known as Tamaki greeted
"Why hello, as Tamaki said, I am nobu, shall we begin to explain what is happening?" Nobu said
"Why yes, Nobu. Futsuo, demons are coming into this world. I have tasked you with fighting the demons and stop them from entering this world. They are within a labyrinth under this town" Igor explained
"H- how do I fight a demon? I don't have any weapons to fight one with" Futsuo said
"It may seem dangerous and it is for a normal human, however, with every of demon is the ability to become... A persona. What is a persona, you may ask? A manifestation of oneself, you'll awaken the ability to use personas soon. With this ability, fighting demons will be easier, however, you cannot do this alone, you must have others who can use personas with you to make it easier" Nobu replied
Futsuo listened intently, however as Nobu finished talking, Futsuo's body started fading. He was becoming more and more see through, he looked at his hands, he could barely see them
"But it seems that you can't talk to us right now, you're currently accessing this place by dreaming. Your body is waking up" Tamaki told Futsuo
"We shall meet again, farewell" Igor said as Futsuo finally disappeared
Futsuo awakened and got up. He wondered if that dream was just a dream or if it was real and he would see Igor, Tamaki, and Nobu again. Futsuo tried to convince himself that it was just a dream but he couldn't believe how vivid that dream was, he wondered if that dream with the man holding the Apple was connected to the recent dream he just had. Futsuo entered the kitchen to see his mom making breakfast
"Good morning, you slept pretty well even on the floor like that. Would you mind buying coffee beans at the store? Also, you'll be going to school next week, just so you know" his mom told him. She gave him the money to buy coffee, he also brought Pascal with him
As he walked to the store, Pascal barked at something. It was to get Futsuo to notice something. Two objects were sitting in the grass. Futsuo walked over to the keys to take a closer look, one was blue and shone in the light, the other was a silver key that also shone in the light, though not as much as the blue key. He took them, figuring that he could look for the owner of the keys, as he didn't want to turn them in to the police station as they only keep items for a limited time. Futsuo got some coffee beans and looked for the owner of the keys for a while
He walked for a while but couldn't find anybody. Futsuo decided that he should go back home and look some more tomorrow. He knew it would be be faster if he went through the alleyway. As he walked, he noticed an ominous looking door that was as silver as the key he had. The silver key began to emit a strange glow. Futsuo brought the key closer and it's glow got more intense, Futsuo unlocked the door using the key and when he opened it, he couldn't see anything, it was all just a bright light coming out, however, he didn't enter the door and was worried that his mom was starting to think something had happened to him. When he went to get Pascal he realized that Pascal somehow didn't seem to notice what happened
Futsuo got back home with Pascal and saw his mom. She sighed in relief
"There you are, I was getting worried about you" she said. Futsuo didn't know what to say so he lied and said that he got lost as he knew that it would be easier than explaining that he found a strange key that opened a weird door. She gave him breakfast and the rest of the day was normal
The next day, Futsuo went to the school to see how it's like. It was called Megami High and seemed fairly big compared to the school Futsuo went to at his old neighborhood. Futsuo looked around and saw another door, he was about to enter it to see what's going on but his mom called him as it was time to go. Everyday was normal, he did see the door occasionally but either didn't have time to enter it or just didn't bother. Before he knew it, he had to go to school again
StarmanForever: I half to go to school tomorrow
Holykittens: Wow, you're lucky, I wish we were lucky enough to have two weeks off school. I can only wish (°^°)
Bloodfilledrage: come on, Toshiki, he spent one of em' moving so it should count as one week, honestly if I were him, I'd worry about my new school
Holykittens: I know, I'm just greedy for school-free days
StarmanForever: I'm actually worried about school so I guess I'm also greedy for school-free days so I dont half to worry about it
Holykittens: Yeah! Let's all be greedy for school-free days (·`w´·) what about you, Takeshi?
Bloodfilledrage: well, school is just some lame crap so I guess I'll be greedy for school-free days too
StarmanForever: Okay then, we'll be greedy for school-free days
Futsuo mostly just talked to his friends and played an online game with them that day. They had some fun chatting to each other and they all went to bed late into the night
Well, hope you enjoyed it. I wasn't sure if the Talkcord segments were okay because the rules said it can't be chat based but I figured it was okay because it's not entirely based on the chatlog. I'll make another chapter soon so stay tuned (hey that kinda rhymes). The next chapter will be the one where Futsuo awakens his persona