[Age] 19
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[Other characters currently played] N/A
[Character name] Souji Seta (In game the name can be inputted by the player but I will be using the manga name. Also just as a note, the name Yu Narukami was given to him in Persona 4 the animation and Persona 4 arena. Both titles are inapplicable for the canon point I'll be choosing for him.
[Age] 17
[Canon] Persona 4
[Point in time taken from canon] Post true end game
[Background]
http://megamitensei.wikia.com/wiki/Yu_Narukami
[Personality]
In the game Souji's personality is directly affected by how players choose to play Persona 4. For the most part Souji Seta is a silent protagonist. Occasionally the player will input decisions for him and he only ever talks when he's summoning a persona. The player's decision will ultimately determine the course of the game. There are various endings in Persona 4 and I'll be basing his personality from the True Ending of the game.
Souji's persona could be considered to be unique amongst the cast. His power is called a 'Wild Card' and he's able to summon various persona in battle. A persona is obtained by facing your inner weaknesses and overcoming them. Souji didn't have to face his own shadow to obtain a persona. The reason for this is because Izanami shook his hand at the gas station and activated his persona abilities.
Souji's personality can come off as frank and very straightforward. When he first came to Inaba he's asked if he likes Yukiko Amagi and he simply blurts out that he does. His friends are easily accepting of his blunt, but honest nature. Souji doesn't get in trouble for saying his opinion most of the time; of course, this only happens when he's dealing with his friends. When he's around Ryotaro his opinion usually earns him some trouble ending him being scolded. It's hard being a teenager.
At the beginning of Persona 4 it's stated that Souji moved into Inaba from the big city because of his parents work. Since he moved around a lot he can adapt to his surroundings fairly quickly. Souji can appear to be somewhat distant towards people he's met for the first time. He'd address them while using a formal tone and be overly respectful making him seem much older than he initially is. His formal tone is distinct enough for Ryotarou Dojima to notice. Despite this facet of him, he is completely capable of becoming close to other people. Let's use Nanako as an example. They were pretty distant with each other until she started calling him big bro. Eventually he started warming up to her and they started doing things together more frequently.
Souji was chosen as a leader because everyone else relied on him. He felt obligated to lead the Investigation team and developed leadership skills for that purpose. By using his fine leadership skills he led the Investigation Team closer towards the truth behind the crimes committed in Inaba. He isn't a bad leader and he willingly took the role of it. His calm demeanor allows him to rationally make decisions. The biggest example of this was when he stopped Yosuke from throwing Taro Namatame into the TV.
His brain was a big asset to the Investigation Team in their journey to find the real culprit. His determination goes a long way. Souji isn't the type of person who'd give up on something after coming across some trouble. He understands that his actions put lives at stake. That's why he continuously pushed onward in order to save people from being thrown into the TV. The TV world exposes someone's fears and complexes in front of them. Souji has seen all of his friends weaknesses and ugly sides, but he still decided to stay friends with them anyways. He's extremely loyal and dependable as a friend.
Throughout the year Souji managed to improve his expression towards others. Initially he appeared to be lacking in expression, almost in a deadpan state. However, this changes when he meets the Investigation Team and forms strong lasting bonds with his friends. Souji yelled at part time workers at Junes for badmouthing Saki Konishi. Expression is something that the player has to develop for Souji themselves. They can do this by showing concern for others and picking the options like 'I'm worried about Chie.'
You could say that Souji is interested in strange things. He goes to places where people his age don't usually go and he has a broad range of hobbies. One of the things he's fond of doing at night is fishing. Souji spoke old man at the lake and said that he was interested in it. There are other instances of Souji expressing interest in strange things. Another example of this was during his Social Link with Naoto Shirogane; he was asked to solve a case revolving around the Shriogane estate. Naoto receives a letter in her locker and a prompt comes up where Souji thinks it's a challenge for a duel. His style is somewhat old fashioned and he has knowledgeable in a wide variety of things. To be blunt, he's a weird guy.
As a student Souji's very diligent and intelligent. He can rank in the top ten for highest exam marks in the grade. The first time he ever skipped a class was when Ai Ebihara asked him out on a date. Skipping classes isn't something he does often, but he is open to the idea of it. Despite that, he is a good student and manages himself well. Sometimes Souji's friends ask him for help during class and he's kind enough to give them answers. Souji's a fairly reliable person and you can usually count on him in different situations. Overall, Souji's a very friendly person and he's capable of getting along with most people. He doesn't define his friends by their age or gender. Maturity happens to be a strong personality trait for him.
During the final battle with Izanami no Okami she tells the Investigation team that humans would prefer to live in a world shrouded with lies. Souji and everyone else say that they'd rather take the hard way and see things for what they really were. They came to that answer after their long and difficult journey. Taking the easy way out was never their thing in the first place. Souji only managed to beat up Izanami no Okami because of the social links he developed in game. His bonds with his friends were his strength and it was enough to push back a God. After all of that Souji leaves Inaba and promises to come back for Golden Week.
[Other important stuff]
Btw these can only be summoned inside of the tv world so they won't be used in Somarium.
•• Izanagi no Okami::
【Agidyne】 Inflicts a large amount of Fire damage on one enemy.
【Garudyne】 Inflicts a large amount of Wind damage on one enemy.
【Ziodyne】 Inflicts a large amount of Electrical damage on one enemy.
【Bufudyne】 Inflicts a huge amount of Ice damage on one enemy.
【Victory Cry】 Recovers all HP and SP after a successful battle
【Fire Amp】 Increases Fire damage output by 50%.
【Wind Amp】 Increases Wind damage output by 50%.
【Ice Amp】Increases Ice damage output by 50%.
【Elec Amp】 Increases Electricity damage output by 50%.
【Mind Charge】 The next Fire, Ice, Electrical, Wind, or Almighty magic attack will be 2.5 times greater in power.
【Angelic Grace】 Doubles evasion for magic attacks; Light, Dark, Ailment and Almighty excluded.
•• Loki ::
【Bufudyne】 Inflicts a huge amount of Ice damage on one enemy.
【Niflheim】 Inflicts a severe amount of Ice damage on one enemy.
【Null Fire】 Becomes immune to Fire attacks. Takes precedence over Resist Fire.
【High Counter】 20% chance of repelling Physical attacks when not knocked Down.
【Ice Amp】 Increases Ice damage output by 50%
【Sharp Student】 Lowers the possibility of being struck by a Critical Hit.
•• Trumpeter ::
【Debilitate】 Decrease Attack, Defense, and Hit/Evasion rate on one foe
【Heat Riser】 Increase Attack, Defense, and Hit/Evasion rate on one foe
【Elec Amp】 Strengthens Elec attacks by 50%
【Cool Breeze】 Restores 8% of HP and Sp after battle
【Maziodyne】 Deals heavy Electricity damage to all foes
【Marakukaja】 Increase party's defense for 3 turns
【Megidolaon】 Deals severe Almighty damage to all foes
【Matarukaja】 Increase party's attack for three turns
•• Shiki Ouji ::
【Navas Nebula】 Inflects moderate physical damage upon all enemies; May inflect Enervation
【Matarunda】 Lowers all foes' attacks for three turns.
【Revolution】 Greatly increases critical hit rate for all
【Apt Pupil】 Increases chances to deliver a critical hit
【Growth 2】 Receives 50% experience while inactive
【Null Physical】 Become immune to Physical attacks. Takes precedence over Resist Physical.
•• Cu Chulainn ::
【Magarula】 Moderate amount of Wind damage. All foes.
【Deathbound】 Large amount of physical damage. All foes.
【Matarukaja】 Improves Attack for 3 turns. All alies.
【Mind Charge】 Next Fire, Ice, Wind Electricity, or Almighty attack will do 2.5x more damage. Cast on Self.
【White Wall】 Increase Ice resistance for 3 turns. 1 ally.
【Endure Dark】 Survive instant death dark by Dark 1 time with 1 HP
【Garudyne】 Large amount of Wind damage. 1 foe.
【Wind Amp】 Increase Wind damage output by 50%
••Lucifer
【Bufudyne】 Inflicts heavy Ice damage upon one enemy
【Brave Blade】 Inflicts severe physical damage upon one enemy
【Mind Charge】 Next Fire, Ice, Wind Electricity, or Almighty attack will do 2.5x more damage. Cast on Self.
【Ice Amp】 Heightens Ice based capabilities by 50%
【Repel Light】 Reflect light-based attacks.
【Absorb Elec】 Convert electric based attack to HP.
【Victory Cry】 Fully recovers HP and SP after battle.
•• Souji likes to read a lot. He spends a ton of time sitting down reading at his sofa in his room. He knows a bunch of random trivia and has basic understanding of English and Korean.
•• He can fish well. Fishing at night is one of his past times.
•• Cooking! Souji's the house chef because Nanako can't cook that well and Ryotaro can't cook at all. With that being said he's a fairly decent chef and he actually makes things that are edible.
•• One of the sports he's interested in is Basketball (There's an option to pick Soccer too). This means that Souji's quite athletic and works out regularly.
••Social Link Notes
There's this fancy thing called Social Links in Persona 4.Social Links are fairly crucial to Souji's development and the same could be said for those around him. Igor tells Souji that he needs bonds to strengthen his Persona Abilities. For that reason I've decided to max out all of the Social Links of individuals from the Investigation Team. This includes (Yosuke Hanamura, Chie Satonaka, Yukiko Amagi, Kanji Tatsumi, Rise Kujiawa, Naoto Shirogane, and Teddie.) There's another thing to note about Social Links. Souji can actually date girls he's developed relationships with and become somewhat intimate with them. I've chosen not to go down that path for role playing purposes.
••Souji can preform very simple magic tricks to entertain other people.
[Sample post]
[First Person]
► Will you make a contract with me? /人 ◕ ‿‿ ◕ 人\
Isn’t my contract over already? You aren't with the velvet room are you?
► Some angry birds come to you to help them defeat some evil green pigs. Do you help them out?
Of course. We'll defeat the evil green pigs together.
► Am I asking too many personal or strange questions?
No, it's not a problem. Please continue.
► You have two options: either save your friend who is hanging from a cliff, or chase after the bad guy who put them in a position. If you choose the former, the bad guy will get away and it will be hard to catch him. If you choose the latter, the cliff will crumble and the friend will fall to the spiky rocks below. What do you do and why?
What kind of friend would I be if I abandoned them when they needed someone the most? My answer's obvious. I'll save them no matter what.
► You discover someone stalking you. Do you call the police or deal with it yourself?
There's no need to get the police involved so quickly. I'll see what I can do first and go from there.
► Do you prefer the city or living out in the country? Why?
Living in the country is nice. The air is clean and it's quiet around the countryside.
► The blue pill or the red pill?
Thanks for the offer, but I don't want either of them. I'm not into drugs. Sorry.
- Someone is being mugged! With complete control over NPC actions, write a sample that illustrates: 1) how or what the character is thinking before the event happens, 2) how they react and deal with the situation, and 3) if necessary, how they handle the aftermath. This will allow both a change to show your character both in a normal situation and a forced situation.
Souji decided to cook dinner tonight and went all the way to the second district of Somni to buy food. There were many buildings surrounding the streets. This was the shopping district after all. It was only a natural scenery.
“You could probably put two or three Junes stores here.”
There was a store called Junes and it had basically everything you'd ever need. Back when he lived in Inaba, he'd shop at Junes often. Suddenly there was a loud scream in the distance. Did something happen?
Souji assumed he that shouldn't jump to conclusions and be pessimistic right away. There's still a chance that nothing serious happened. The right thing to do would be to remain calm and gather what he knew. There was a scream that came from the third district. Souji was in the second district. The third district wasn’t very far from where he was. He supposed it wouldn’t hurt to take a look.
"I'll double check to be safe."
After he put some thought into a decision he decided to investigate the sound of the scream. With panted breath, he ran down the block and focused his gaze upon the crime scene in front of him. A cold chill ran up his spine as he discovered the victim on the ground.
“Hey, are you alright?!”
His concern for the victim was great. While the culprit was on the loose, he believed that securing the victims safety should be prioritized. Souji took out his Dreamberry and told his friends about what happened. There was only so much he could accomplish on his own. That’s why he went and called them for help. Now all he could do was wait.
[Why do you want to play this character in Somarium?] i used to play in somarium a few months ago and i was castmates with mart. Souji seemed interesting to play off his setting because of how weird his dreams are in canon.
[Which rule was your favorite and why?] No infomodding! It can make things confusing and it's inconsiderate to do that without permission.
[Any questions?] Would you eat burnt grass for lunch?