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soozaphone or the same name on the disco
Age: 35. me old
Current Characters: N/A

Character Name: Shinjiro Aragaki
Character Canon: Persona 3
Canon Point: Post October 4th
Age: 18

Crime: I'm absolutely using Kri's suggestion of Loitering.

For One: let's be real, his entire storyline in game is about his guilt for an accidental killing. It's right there and obvious and instead I wanted to pick something fun and also fun to play with. The themes of his storyline in game, though? Stagnation and a refusal to move on from the past. A lack of acceptance and a lack of dealing with it. His own inaction leading to his death and more trauma for his friends.

I want to play with the idea of a crime being things that weren't done, and how avoidance is itself a choice. Waiting around for something to happen to you is a decision, not a lack of one, and it can have its own consequences.

Also loitering is hilarious. and he did that, too, living in a shitty alley for a year and a half

Background: wiki! "Also known as: The guy from the Other Day" is fucking killing me. Also the interpretation of the dances from the dancing game is just /chefs kiss.

Never change, Persona fandom.

Personality: Shinjiro's a jaded asshole who is full of worthless good intentions. That's the most succinct way I can put it. He's broody and grumpy and nearly constantly self-flagellating in some way or another, and then had the bright idea of thinking that avoiding people will be better for them. He's the sort of guy who thinks he's making the right choice by refusing to seek out help, driving people off when he can, and tackling everything on his own. The kind of depressed that's so focused on himself and his own failures that he can barely see the rest of the world around him.

And sure, he means well. He wants for things to go right. He wants to be able to help others, or look after them, or be someone who can be relied on. It's just that wanting by itself doesn't accomplish a whole hell of a lot.

He's also a competitive doof, deep down inside behind the trauma and self-loathing, and one who will always put the needs of others before his own. Half because he's actually a secretly compassionate dude, and half because he thinks he's worthless and others deserve better.

Once he warms up to people, he does have a bit of a sense of humor though. It's just absolutely dry and rarely seen in mainline Canon due to all the focus on the trauma. This is why we love the fact that Persona Q exists.

Tl;dr: He's prickly on the outside and dry as hell on the inside. He keeps any real feelings deep deep under lock and key due to the belief that he doesn't deserve any better. There's conflicting feelings due to his tendency to care for others, as well as his wish to distance himself to protect them from his inevitable death.

Abilities: ANOTHER PERSONA KID!!

Shinjiro is capable of summoning one of these fucked up brain-monsters, generally by using an evoker and shooting himself in the head. P3 just be like that. His Persona, Castor, is pretty much a physical attacker, but he's got a few interesting passive abilities.

1. Regeneration. It's slow but it's still heals. In game he heals 6 hp/turn, which worked out to be like 2%. I generally play this as just having him heal up a faster than normal people, but nowhere near wolverine bullshit.

2. Counter abilities. He has a chance of his Persona reflecting back physical attacks!! Which uhhh is obviously ripe for fuckery. I've only used it in RP for hilarity with thread partners permission, but if this needs to be nerfed, let me know!

Anyway, here's the wiki page for mechanics in case you're just super curious. Also he's obvs not max level because /GESTURES AT DEATH HALFWAY THROUGH CANON.

wiki!

Inventory:
-His clothes! Bloodied. Whoops.
-that shitty hat I hate it so much
-his cowboy boots. his outfit is so bad.
-His evoker. Looks like a gun.

And general coat pocket headcanon bullshit like:
-a couple hundred Yen in change and some crumpled receipts
-a dog biscuit
-a lighter. Not that he smokes but you know when you live in a shitty alleyway everyone fucking asks you for a light.

Notably he won't have a weapon because he didn't bring one when he got dead. :']

Samples: My TDM thread lmk if you need more since i kind of had a huge busy week during tdm time, lmao

Questions: Idk nothing I can think of. Thanks, moddies!! Lmk if you need any extra info on anything.

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