nightelf37: I'm back, and here's my next item. Warning: Contains spoilers for the game.
Shisno Chronicles: Shin Megami Tensei: Persona
- The name for my OC, Tyrland "Tyr" Carson, was based on the name I made for my player character when I played Persona 1 on the PSP. That's how It got into the series in the first place.
- I had intended to watch Persona 4 the Animation as a source of inspiration for how Persona-users battle outside an RPG system, especially after I tried once before with Persona: Trinity Soul and failed (the first episodes were boring, and the opening didn't stick with me). Instead, I was drawn to the series, became a modern Persona fan, and ultimately dropped this project.
As for the storyline…
- Before heading to the hospital, Naoya would've been going all over the place before that, inadvertently doing the steps necessary in-game to recruit Reiji down the line.
- Previously, when everyone awakens their Personas, Tyr's would've been a Pixie and his Arcana the Lovers. If I had decided to try writing again now I probably would've attempted to work out the Temperance Arcana (the only Arcana so far as of P5 without a Persona-user [The Tower has Kandori, actually]).
- Somewhere along the way, there would've been some way to implement Demon Negotiations.
- Originally, I would've split the story in two lines, where the SEBEC storyline and the Snow Queen Quest run concurrent with one another, with Naoya leading the former (Nanjo coming along, and recruiting Reiji later) and Tyr the latter (with everyone else).
- Now, if I had decided to continue the story at this time, I would've tried to cover Mark's side while the SQQ was going on, and Tyr would've been alongside him and Ideal Maki. And when she gets stuck in the SEBEC building, Tyr is with her, keeping her safe while Mark heads back to call for help.
- This means the Quest participants would be pretty overleveled and effortlessly rescue their friends. Upon noticing the power difference, Tyr suggests to Naoya that the "weaker ones" remain in front so that they can get stronger too rather than "languish" in the back lines behind them. Nanjo would see the sense in this.
- Despite everyone else tagging along, I still would have Reiji deciding to join the crew.
- And then the story would proceed in accordance with the game.
Aaand that's it. The only real reason the previous chapter was so long was not only due to so many different things you can do in comparison, but due to justified lack of inspiration going forward for this idea. I won't promise any standard length for these things. See ya on Third! Elsewhere.