Post by Erith on Nov 7, 2011 20:27:43 GMT -5
The year is 2015. The stage is set within Tokyo. Within the bustling society of the special wards, the transient peace that humans cling to is slowly crumbling apart, unnoticed by the masses. Crime rates are increasing, as well as disappearances and suicide rates. Rumors of body doubles and things not quite natural being spotted have been spreading. The underworld has stirred to life within the last six months. The Dragons, the oldest and most well-rooted yakuza group in the area have been contested by a foreign crime ring encroaching on their territory. Blood has been shed, but an out-right war has not broken out- yet.
But the crime world runs on unwritten rules. One group does not simply extend their hand into another's lands without reason- without an advantage. Backed by the Sennou Corporation, this foreign crime ring- this Plague, as the Dragons call them- has gained access to demons of lore and those with the power of Personas. The Sennou Corporation treats the Plague as their lab rat, using the group of youthful thugs to gather field data on both technology and magic- and that's as far as their alliance goes, whether or not the criminals realize this.
However, this clash of powers was never meant to be controlled. This experiment has spread from single skirmishes in abandoned neighborhoods to the entirety of several wards. Minato. Shibuya. Shinjuku. Toshima. Bunkyo. Chiyoda. Each of these wards has seen the gradual spread of this uncontrolled experiment, as demons wander about in the shadows, and the night becomes plagued with a hidden hour.
Fortunately, the flow of the supernatural was not left bleed into the rest of Tokyo uncontested. A group of citizens banded together, armed with the powers of both Personas and demons. The Supernatural Entity Extermination Squad, or SEES, as the founder named it, rose up to protect the common man and attempt to staunch the flow of darkness leaking into the city. Aided only by themselves, this group works to purge the city of its unnatural troubles, unaware of the full brunt of what they face.
Thus, in that slice of Tokyo, that bustling region, the wheel of fate begins to turn. Time can only march on- to the ultimate fate.
But the crime world runs on unwritten rules. One group does not simply extend their hand into another's lands without reason- without an advantage. Backed by the Sennou Corporation, this foreign crime ring- this Plague, as the Dragons call them- has gained access to demons of lore and those with the power of Personas. The Sennou Corporation treats the Plague as their lab rat, using the group of youthful thugs to gather field data on both technology and magic- and that's as far as their alliance goes, whether or not the criminals realize this.
However, this clash of powers was never meant to be controlled. This experiment has spread from single skirmishes in abandoned neighborhoods to the entirety of several wards. Minato. Shibuya. Shinjuku. Toshima. Bunkyo. Chiyoda. Each of these wards has seen the gradual spread of this uncontrolled experiment, as demons wander about in the shadows, and the night becomes plagued with a hidden hour.
Fortunately, the flow of the supernatural was not left bleed into the rest of Tokyo uncontested. A group of citizens banded together, armed with the powers of both Personas and demons. The Supernatural Entity Extermination Squad, or SEES, as the founder named it, rose up to protect the common man and attempt to staunch the flow of darkness leaking into the city. Aided only by themselves, this group works to purge the city of its unnatural troubles, unaware of the full brunt of what they face.
Thus, in that slice of Tokyo, that bustling region, the wheel of fate begins to turn. Time can only march on- to the ultimate fate.