this can only go well

[misheard]

THE 'TRUE SELF' MEME(inspired by Persona 4)



"In Jungian psychology, the shadow or "shadow aspect" is a part of the unconscious mind consisting of repressed weaknesses, shortcomings, and instincts."

Everyone has another side to them that they keep hidden away, feelings they bottle up to save face or avoid conflict. But what if those feelings take a life of their own...?

Perhaps it's your best friend, a close family member, a hated enemy, or maybe it's just a complete stranger. No matter who it is, they are different now, possessing creepy yellow eyes, a distorted voice, and a disconcerting aura. Take care in what you say to them, though, because there are three little words that will set them off into an unstoppable rage...

How to:
Step 1: Post as your character with their name and canon
Step 2: Others respond stumbling onto your character
Step 3: WHOOPS. Character A has been replaced by their Shadow or Other Self!
Step 4: Play out the encounter! Will you start an epic boss fight? Have a pleasant chat? Or maybe just flat out ignore them? Run wild!

Comments

[hopedout]

You're... welcome?

[ Translation: he did enrage it rather quickly. ] Does that mean we have to fight it, Komaeda?

[eyeswideopen]

Yes. Then I have to talk with it. [He puts a hand to his chest as he looks briefly ill. Ugh. The heat cuts off and he darts out of their hiding space both to take the beast by surprise and to avoid the inevitable questions.

He'd rather not hear what it had said. To further stave that off he tosses Hinata a sheathed sword without looking away from the beast.]

Though I suppose I should be flattered the monster it became is one of the more major symbols of the ancient world. Jörmungandr of all things!

[The draconic serpent lashes out and he barely dodges the fangs that leave a puddle of black blood at the center of the arena.]

[hopedout]

... Talk with it?

[ What is there to talk about? If they defeat it, doesn't it just disappear? Then again, it seems that Komaeda knows more about this topic, although he can't help but wonder why. ]

[eyeswideopen]

Yes. [He side glances at Hinata as he rolls out of the way of another strike. The ground shakes under the impact again and again. Yet Komaeda continues to dodge with almost effortless ease.]

Once it's defeated it will revert to the shadow it was. ...consider it all the elements of myself I don't like, want to admit to, or even hide from myself. That's what a shadow like that is.

The only one that can make it disappear is me.

[hopedout]

Shit-!

[ He has to make sure that he himself doesn't get hit by that. What a pain in the ass. But it's not too difficult, thankfully. ]

Alright... I think I can handle it, but I might need a distraction.

[eyeswideopen]

We're handling it. Hinata, this isn't going to be somethi- [The snake has been slowly unwinding from the tree while they were talking. It's tail whips too fast for a regular human, talented or no, right into Komaeda's stomach. He hears something crunch inside him as he is send sliding across the stone.

The world goes black for a moment as he struggles to reign in the pain and not pass out. He'd been in this situation before. Last time it had been the aspect of fear hammering at his mind like an avalanche. The monster had hit him so fast he'd barely even realized the damn thing had moved.

This is bad. They are in over their heads on this one. Komaeda coughs up blood as the beast roars it's fury. That he notices something else. Some of its ribs are damaged.

...]

Oh of course. ...as I was saying. Ha, this is Jörmungandr the nordic world wurm. Said to poison the skies when the world is ending in Ragnarok. Buy me...a minute to get up and heal. I want...to test something. [He manages to keep his agony from flooding through but it's there in the background.]