Falcon and Wolf TV Dungeon HUB

[gorobo]

Scared of himself, of the monster others perceive him as, Wolf fled into the TV, hoping to find refuge in the digital space, only to find himself trapped in a nightmare...

 

Blinded by his own hate, his own insecurities, Falcon witnessed himself on the TV.
Driven by the fear of what it meant, he went inside to stop it, only to find himself trapped in a nightmare...

 

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Welcome to the TV Dungeon hub for Gorobo and Digigoro's TV Dungeons! Here, you can find all relevant information, as well as the toplevels for each 'checkpoint' of the plot. In case you are unable to tag for any reason at all, or threads go past the deadline, please indicate what your character(s) did in the summary check-in below!

SCHEDULE:

15/3/25: Signups open. 

 

21/3/25(Today!): Hub goes up. 

 

22/3/25: Toplevel of Gorobo and Digigoro's appearance on the Midnigh Channel. General catch-all for players to have their character react to the disappearances, and their appearances on the Midnight Channel, as well as to ICly create a team/plan/etc

 

29/3/25: Toplevels for the dungeons. Characters will discover one dungeon that, when entered, splits into two distinct dungeons. ICly, they will not know what path leads to who, but we will provide info OOCly for players to make a decision.

 

5/4/25: Toplevels for the confontation with the Shadows.

 

12/4/25: Resolution toplevels. Characters can speak to Gorobo or Digigoro after the fact, or with one another to discuss what happened.

DUNGEONS:

It appears as one dungeon. On the outside, it is a jungle-covered Tokyo. The main building is a laboratory, which has a staircase going up, and one going down. For Digigoro, take the stairs down. For Gorobo, take the stairs up.

Gorobo dungeon info
Digigoro dungeon info

ANY QUESTIONS?

Please feel more than free to ask them! I'll do my best to answer them.

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SUMMARY CHECK-IN

[gorobo]

Thread went past a deadline, or want your character involved without being able to tag? No problem! Please reply to the relevant post below to summarize what your character(s) did!

I will, when everyone's checked in, also try to post a summary of everyone's summaries, so that if you're checking in you can keep track of the general state of the plot.

SUMMARY CHECK-IN

[gorobo]

22/3/25: Falcon and Wolf appear on the Midnight Channel.

[gorobo]

While the weather in the Velvet Room is usually rather fair, only changing with the collective cognition of its inhabitants, it appears that today, that is not so. It has been cold and rainy all day long. Indeed, every door has the same dreary weather; there is no escaping it. The dead-eyed cognitions that usually roam about complain about the rain, holding umbrellas and wearing raincoats, though they mill about just the same as always. It is just rain, but something about it feels off.

Indeed, should the inhabitants of the Velvet Room happen to be up at midnight, and near a turned off television, the sudden sound of static will echo through the room. They may witness one, or perhaps two scenes…

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Akechi Goro's laboratory of Artificial Bonds
“Hi, hi! Hello? Are we live?” a voice asks, a distinctly human Goro Akechi appearing on screen. He doesn’t look particularly well- thin, near emaciated, his skin pale and his glowing yellow eyes sunken. There’s something off about the way he moves- and indeed, as he fills the screen more, he appears to be caught in a large chain of sorts, on that keeps his arms forcibly pressed to his sides, leaving limited movement. His clothing is fancy- speaking of wealth, similar to the princely outfit some Akechis wear in the Metaverse, but it is worn. Ragged.

Still, despite all this, there is a large, near manic smile on his face, eagerly looking into the camera.

“Finally! Oh, finally! I’m so glad you’re watching!” he titters, tilting his head sideway in what looks like an attempt to be cute. “Welcome to ‘Akechi Goro’s laboratory of Artificial Bonds!’"

A splash of letters briefly fills the screen, displaying the title the Shadow mentioned. It lasts for a second, before the camera returns to its grinning face.

"I’ve been so, so very lonely for so long, but you’ll be my friends, won't you? You won’t say no, will you? I-”

The Shadow is cut off, the chain yanking, and the camera moves alongside it. The chain mounts into cables… which attach itself to the bottom of a robot in lieu of legs. The robot, unlike Falcon, or any of the other anti shadow weapons, has no mesh to give the impression of fake skin. Only the cold, naked machinery that is hidden below it. Its eyes are dark and expressionless, only a glowing yellow dot indicating it is watching at all.

“That is enough,” it says, voice deadpan, emotionless. “We have no need for frivolous ‘friendships’, for we are not like them.”

“But-” the human Shadow wails, but the robot cuts it off again.

“Pointless. They are human. We are a machine. We have nothing in common.”

Its head turns to the camera, its expression not changing even once. Even so, the glowing yellow dots are intense, almost threatening.

“They do not deserve peace. You do not deserve peace. You are the enemy. You-”

The robot’s voice glitches as the human Akechi angrily tugs at the chain from his side, causing the cables to spark, briefly. The camera focuses back on him, and he shoots it an award-winning smile.

“Anyway! Please tune in next time, friends! I promise that this-” he gestures at the stabilizing robot, “-thing won’t stop us from connecting! You promise too, right?”

“Love you lots, and until next time~”

With that, the TV turns itself off again.

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Goro "Wolf" Akechi in: The Lab
The camera is shaky, and low-quality, held at an angle which suggests, perhaps, a handheld camcorder. The light illuminates a child's face- Goro Akechi, eleven years old, eyes luminous and amber-gold, expression one of hollow exhaustion, laced with… nervous anxiety.

"It's working. It's- it's working." He draws a shaky breath- and moves the camera in close. "My name. Is Goro Akechi. I-I don't know how long I've got, I-"

In the distance, echoing but muffled, a door opens, and the boy drops his voice to a whisper. "I'm scared. I can't deal with this anymore, I- I need help. I don't care who's listening, just somebody- anybody-"

He freezes, turning to look away from the camera. Footsteps can be heard approaching, in the dark, and the boy moves to cover the light- and holds his breath.

Out of frame, as the camera adjusts to the gloom, a sliver of light near the edge of the frame is suddenly interrupted by shadow, and the footsteps stop.

In that darkness, a silent eternity passes. Ten seconds, fifteen, twenty- and then the footsteps return, receding away from the camera as the shadow across the gap disappears.

Goro drops the camera to the floor, his breath shaking, coming in gasps that suggest veering to the very edge of panic. "Help me. I don't wanna be here, I can't stay here, they'll kill me or they'll take everything away and I can't- no-"

The sliver of light vanishes entirely, as though someone outside has cut the lights.

In the distance, something that could be a wolf- too deep and too loud by far- howls.

The boy's breath quickens as thunderous footfalls approach at speed. Something massive impacts the door, throwing it open-

A pair of eyes in the dark, red and luminous, too high up to be human. A flash of fangs in motion-

And the camera feed cuts to black.

In the silence that follows, the kanji that appear onscreen read, simply:

GORO "WOLF" AKECHI
IN
THE LAB

[vampirethief]

Ren was up doing some cleaning when the Midnight Channel dropped. It was quite bizarre, as if it was some low-budget tv show. But what's more disturbing is that, going by what little he knows about the TV World, it means that not one, but two Akechis are in danger.

He doesn't know either of them well, and he's pretty sure the first one is that robot Akechi he's heard about.

"Looks like trouble has come up again a lot sooner than expected."

At least it's not some evil kid this time. He's definitely gonna help where he can.

[aknightnotaprincess]

Shiho had been starting to get ready for bed when she caught the Midnight Channel. She has heard about it, but it's the first time seeing it. Aside from the fact that it looks like some low-budget TV show, it's disturbing.

"What the...?"

Once both shows are over, she's stunned. It's pretty clear that not one, but two Akechis are in danger.

"This is bad." But a part of her is also excited 'cause she's been dying for some real action after being here for so long.

She couldn't help with Evil Ken because she knew she wasn't strong enough to help. But this time, there's no way she was gonna skip this. She might seriously lose it if she isn't allowed to help.

Well now she's fully awake. So much for sleep.

[odysseyandroid]

Lyssi has been wandering for a long time now, and is currently in Tokyo. He's been searching far and wide throughout the Velvet Room, trying to find Falcon in a haste.

He disappeared from the house, suddenly. Not a word. He's been acting different, but for him to leave suddenly like this... It's clear that something is wrong.

Not only that, but... when he sends pings out to try to determine Falcon's location, there's nothing. No response. It's as if he's never even been in the Velvet Room... and that is illogical.

"Falcon-senpai. Falcon-senpai! Please respond. Please respond!"

Lyssi's internal clock blinks from 11:59 PM to 12 AM just as he passes an electronics store... but he stops as he registers the sound of the broadcast begin behind him.

"...?"

He can't help but quietly approach the screen, watching and listening carefully, recording every second with those eyes of his. Taking it in, but not quite understanding what it means.

But he knows one thing for certain. The unusual timing, the context of certain things in the strange broadcast... It has to be related to...

"...Falcon-senpai...?"

...He needs to find Falcon. Immediately.

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[very_elaborate]

Goddammit, where's Rise when you need her.

Dunno if that broadcast worked outside of Inaba or not, but if it didn't, we got two people stuck in the TV world right now. (Or maybe three? But it looked like two of 'em were basically the same entity.) [In a way, Kanji's glad it finally just happened, instead of being a lingering warning indefinitely.]

We could use someone with navi skills to figure out where their dungeons spawned, and at least two groups of people (with navi if we can) for the rescue mission. Usually it's just random Shadows and a miniboss or two along the way, but who knows if these things will want to do some kind of 'look at my tragic backstory' thing.

Once you get to the person you're gonna have to deal with their Shadow. It's gonna spill a bunch of nasty shit and buried insecurities and basically be awful for everybody involved. The person you're trying to rescue will, most likely, want to reject it. (Especially that first one-or-two, feels too much like Naoto for me to think they're getting out of that cleanly.)

The Shadow will go into full monster mode, and you will have to fight it, and it will probably suck. Then you gotta hope the person's calmed down enough to accept it and get their Persona (back?). Place won't fall down around your ears once you're done, at least.

Most important: We're on a deadline. Not that this place tends to have much weather, but it will now, because that's how the Midnight Channel works. Keep an eye on the forecast. When we hit three or so days of rain in a row, we're almost out of time. That means a foggy night's coming, and after that... well, I guess here they'd respawn in the Velvet Room, but still. Let's not test that too hard.

[wipingallout]

Thanks for the run-down and the defined time limit. I'm keen on hopping in the moment we find where they are so we don't have to crunch a time limit.

I don't have navigational skills with any of my Personas, but I can definitely be a part of safely getting a group through for the fight. I'll start stocking up now.

Are there on-foot ways to track down where these two might be? I can help there, too.

[odysseyandroid]

You are speaking about the unusual broadcast that occurred at midnight. I saw it while searching for Falcon-senpai in the Akihabara area of Tokyo.

He left our home in Inaba without any prior notification, and did not return. According to this post, you are saying that Falcon-senpai is in the TV World, and that he is in danger. We need to find him before the fog appears within Inaba, and we must confront his Shadow(s).

Not only that, but you are stating there is another civilian in the TV World, and as such they are another civilian that must be rescued from their Shadow(s).

This is an imperative and high priority operation that cannot afford to be ignored. I will volunteer. I am an Anti-Shadow Suppression Weapon. My Persona, Nemo, specializes in physical attacks and weakening enemies. I can also shoot bullets.

Please allow me to join you. I want to help Falcon-senpai.

[vampirethief]

I agree that we shouldn't test them coming back too hard. Respwanning in the Velvet Room is not fun. Plus what if they end up back in the TV World and then it creates a cycle of them dying then coming back and back again?

I don't have any navi skills, but I am a wildcard. I'll help out.

[Granted he doesn't know either Akechis well, but like hell he's gonna sit back and not help.]

[aknightnotaprincess]

So basically much less complicated than palaces. Good to know we don't need to be ready to book it because of the place collapsing.

Not a navi, but I want to help. Even if I don't know either of those Akechis very well, I'll do what I can to help rescue them.

[Plus she's just itching for some real action after more than a year of going into Mementos alone.]

[wicked_plan]

Well fuck. Good to hear at least we won't have to make a quick escape...?

Still, I agree we can't leave them in there for too long. I only caught the tail end of the latter, but that looked dangerous. I'm not too familiar with either of them, but count me in. If this is anything like Futaba's Palace we can't leave them to suffer.

[very_elaborate]

Dunno. We never tried - it was too foggy in there to bother. I haven't been in this one yet to see if it's still that bad visibility-wise.

We should have a couple weeks, three tops, before the weather turns bad.

[very_elaborate]

The more the merrier. Or something like that, anyway. I don't know either of 'em, but that never stopped us before.

[If it had, Kanji would be dead.]

[very_elaborate]

Yeah, let's not test it. Sounds like a good way to get someone permanently sick - the fog's usually not a problem during this phase and less of one after you get a Persona, but it's still not great.

[very_elaborate]

I don't know 'em either, but that never stopped us before. If it had, I'd be dead.

The real trick is the time limit. We should at least have a couple weeks before it gets bad, but still better to bust these things out ASAP.

[very_elaborate]

We can't leave 'em to suffer either way. This shit's not easy to deal with, and they won't be happy that other people are gonna see it.

[aknightnotaprincess]

We've had time limits too, so it's not that unusual.

Anything we should bring to prepare?

[vampirethief]

[Even if it's not too bad for now, it sounds like it could become a problem.]

Should we bring face masks in that case?

[very_elaborate]

Think there's a stand of TV glasses in Junes. Grab yourself a pair, either now or before everyone heads in. If the fog's bad in there, you'll need them to see.

Dunno how that'll work for the 'rip off a mask' folks, but it's better to be prepared.

[wipingallout]

Got it, so they'd only be able to be found in the TV world.

[If it were something like the Shadows out during the Dark Hour, they could at least spread out and look on foot, but with fog and a cognitive world being the obstacle...]

I might ask someone to help us pinpoint it, even if he likely won't want to or be able to be involved in the actual exploration.

[aknightnotaprincess]

I'll grab a pair just in case.

[Granted it might not matter if the masks act like the glasses, but better safe than sorry.]

[very_elaborate]

If it makes you feel better. We never bothered, and we were mostly exhausted as shit for the night but that was it. Little longer after being rescued.

[very_elaborate]

This place is small enough that people oughta know some stuff about the people who went missing, which was always the biggest hurdle to actually getting into a dungeon.

[vampirethief]

Sounds pretty familiar. Going through palaces and Mementos, as well as awakening personas, can be really exhausting too.