Post chapter 1 goodies:

Wow, that was a long opening chapter. At this paragraph, it's 19KB, and pushing on 20 KB!

Anyway, this is Morning Star. It's a somewhat original Persona fan fiction, and I'd like to avoid latching on to the plots of the other Persona games to keep it that way, however, do expect cameos, like Theodore in the Velvet Room, or Elizabeth earlier in the chapter. Some of them will be vague, others will be blatantly obvious. Anyway, moving on, I'm sure some of you have some questions, like "What does Rikari look like?" or "What was with the references to the battle GUI?" or "Where those demons Rikari was fighting those shadows from the Persona 4 tutorial?" or even "Why choose the improved Persona 2 system for Persona use?". The answers to those questions, in order, are as follows:

Rikari Satio is a young man who is 17 years of age, he lives with his father and is attending Seiryuu high school. He doesn't really have any friends at the start of the story, however, then he then met Fubari Yuuma, who will be appearing again later on. Rikari's school uniform is a deep blue, which serves to contrast with his tied back hair, which is red. His eyes are gray. His casual clothing is what you'd find on any character of mine that shares his name, it consists of a black sleeveless vest over a white and gold tee-shirt, along with black pants, and black shoes. He doesn't have his Tanto this time, however. At least, not yet. And they won't be kept in his pant legs this time, either. They'll be kept in that hammerspace that people call an inventory when he isn't using them.

The references to the GUI were very much my attempt at having Rikari smack the fourth wall, since he only really notices it once. Although honestly, it's also an excuse for me to save effort during battles that use it. Also, the references to BGM are there for you guys.

The demons Rikari was fighting were indeed Slipping Hableries. I did my research and looked them up, and that's where the whole thing with the exp/yen/loot came from, minus the cards, since I didn't want to go through the trouble of writing demon negotiation scenes. So that's how Rikari will go about getting cards.

And the reason I chose the Persona 2 system was because I liked how it worked. Flat SP costs for summoning Personae is better than individual costs, although I do have plans for including the Persona 3/4 system soon enough, albeit Rikari will still follow the Persona 2 system, even after that.

Anyway, I have consistency notes this time, so I WILL be making less mistakes with name errors among other things.

Well, until the next chapter, see you later~