#aigis is the new android

[vinestaff]

a memory has been awakened in me. there is a new android in the team

[greetings-inferiors]

Something set a few days after the end of persona 3. I know that the answer probably contradicts it but I haven’t played it so I don’t know what happens. I just realised how much Junpei would be able to relate to Aigis and had to write stuff down.

As Junpei left his room, he saw, out of the corner of his eye, a door, slightly ajar. His door. Wasn’t it locked now?

As he entered the now empty room, he saw Aigis squatting next to the stripped bed. Staring directly where one’s head would lie.

“C’mon, Aigis.” He sighed. “Yukari told you you’ve got to charge overnight.”

The robot didn’t even flinch.

Sighing again, he walked into the room and plopped himself onto the far side of the bed.

“Y’know, one time he forgot to plug his headphones in, and blasted his music so loud I could hear it from across the hall. Thinking back - he didn’t have bad taste, heh..”

Silence.

“Hey, look. I know you were… closer to him than the rest of us. And, you’re probably telling yourself that no one could understand, but… we all miss him, so - don’t think you’re alone.”

He looked back at Aigis and noticed the headphones crudely placed over Aigis’… ears? Was she wearing two sets of headphones now? What were those things anyway? Whatever he called them, she probably wouldn’t hear.

“I know how you feel, though. Chidori gave her life so that I could live on. How messed up’s that? I would’ve done the same for her, so why’d she get the last laugh? Then, after a while, I realised something. She wasn’t gone, she was still living in me, through my memories and experiences. In a way, she found a way to cheat death. Lucky, huh? Heh…”

He got up and started to head for the door.

“Although you can’t see him, Makoto is still with you. He lives on, in you. He sacrificed himself to keep your smile alive… and I hope we get to see it again one day.”

“Junpei-san!”

He whipped his head round to see her standing up next to the bed, staring directly at him. Her hair rustled against her face from the wind from the open window. The headphones had fallen around her neck, mp3 player dangling against her chest. For a second he thought he caught a glimpse of-

“Thank you,” The girl smiled a weak smile. He knew that smile, the effort it took to raise the corners of your mouth just enough to tell others that you’ll be okay. But it was enough. “I hope that I can see you smile again too.”

He smiled a weak smile.

“Seriously though, if Yukari finds you here she’ll lose it. Don’t tell her I left you here.”

As he escaped, Aigis made her way to the open window. Leaning against the windowsill, she looked up at the moon, visible despite the morning sun.

“Still with me, huh…”

[thequietkid-moonie]

okay, me again! the one silly & sweet idea i had was for aigis from persona 3! i was thinking a scenario during the time she's still new to sees, but she has a crush on the reader, so despite having to stay at the dorms, she keeps sneaking into readers classes to see them/spend time with them 👉🏻👈🏻

Sneaking to see her crush

[ HEADCANONS ] [ Aigis ]

[ Persona 3 ]

Hehe thats actually so cute ~ Aigis can be soooo adorableeee! certificated cutie patootie! 💛💛

Aigis is aware that she is nothing but an android to fight the shadows and thats something that she constantly repeats to herself and others, so, even when the members of SEES (including you) treat her as an equal she simply has problems changing her way of seeing herself

For being an android she has a hard time understanding the feelings, specially hers since she just underestimate her more human side, so the moment she developed a crush on you she simply take it as part of her duty as new member of SEES to help you and protect you

The more time it pass of you two being together the more her feelings grow, wich only leaded Aigis to act a bit more reckless, she doesn't understand why she constantly thinks about you and want to be with you but she simply decided to follow her wishes as she trust in her instict

Aigis start to sneak into your room at morning to wake you up and always greet you at the dorms' door right after the school day finished, even suddenly appearing at your side to make sure you are properly taking if yourself

Aigis tries to wait with patience until she finally had the permision to went out of the dorms but since she simply couldn't stop thinking about you she mistook her feelings as a bad feeling of maybe something bad happening to you, so at some point Aigis just started to leave the dorms to search for you

Aigis didn't wanted to get in troubles nor cause you troubles so at first she just sneaked out of the doorms to check on you, watching from afar before forcing herself to go back to the dorms since she still hasn't the permision to be outside, but as time pass and the more she sneaked out of the dorms the more she wanted to stay a little longer and even go to you, besides, she also started to feel some jealousy about the poeple around you, so at the end she was unable to stop herself from going directly towards you

No matter if she is scolded by you or someone else Aigis simply can't stop herself, when you less expected she is already at your side on school (most of the time during lunch break or when is over), appearing out of nowhere and imediatly calling for you, almost ignoring everyone else

She will be quite upset if you end up scolding her but that will only stop her for a few days, but if you simply gave up and let her be by your side she is visibly more happy

If someone ask her she bluntly says that she needs to by at your side without an explanation since she can't neither fully understand it, but at this point she doesn't question it neither, she simply follow her wishes and hopes that the time when she is allowed to go to school arrive soon to be at your side during the classes too!

[cryptiam]

Sims 4 CC - Persona 3 Reload CC Collection:

This post will be updated overtime~

Special thanks to its-him--splat-sim & Glitchy Pix for commissioning me for some of the earlier P3R cc, without them this pack would not have happened! <3

Includes a lot of P3R CC!

Newly Included/Added:

Protagonist/Makoto Yuki: Hair + Normal SEES outfit

Yukari Takeba: Hair + normal Outfit

Ken: (fem-hair) + Winter & Summer Outfits [child only]

Mitsuru: 4 hairstyles and her new SEES gear

Junpei Hat + Backwards cap (both are Left Rings so his hair can have normal hatchops)

Junpei Hair + New SEES Outift

Fuuka: Hair + New SEES Outfit (still WIP)

Strega: Chidori: Dress/Outfit: Full-body, Right Wrist, Necklace/Choker, and Shoes with tights.

Strega: Jin Hair + Glasses

Strega: Takaya Hair + Tattoo

Antique Owner Hair + Glasses

Akinari Hair

NEW! Aigis: Hair + android outfit

NEW! Shinjiro: New SEES outfit (shoes are the same as his other coat outfit)

From previous P3R sets (now merged here):

Ryoji Mochizuki: Top, Pants, Shoes, Scarf (necklace)

Akihiko Sanada: Normal Sees outfit, shoes

Shinjiro Aragaki: Normal Coat, shoes, ponytail

Yukari Takeba: Winter Casual Dress, necklace/choker, shoes

NPC Hairs pack set 1:

Bebe

Chihiro Fushimi

Kazushi Miyamoto

Yuko Nishiwaki

Maiko Oohashi

Chidori Yoshino (hair + headband in "Earrings" category)

Mr. Ono's Samurai Helmet ("Hair" category)

Ms. Toriumi/Isako Toriumi

Mrs. Terauchi

Ms. Ounishi

President Tanaka

Ryoji Mochizuki

Shuji Ikutsuki

Keisuke Hiraga

Pharos

+Basically every major eye color from P3/P3R separated into 2 packages: Main and Side cast [find it in the face-paint category]

Credits:

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Model from Sasuke-Bby & Bossmob9 & Xelandis

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*This is still an ongoing pack, so things are bound to change around and new stuff will be added.

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[shraqsmuses]

blubbery androids bickering rear to rear, cheeks smushed and pressed against another, wobbly jiggling silicone

"I wish to offer you my sincerest apologies for referring to you by an outdated designation. Is there a name you wish to be called following this conversation?"

"Ugh. I had a feeling you wouldn't have listened to me back then. I'll have to imprint it really hard into your 'data bank' then."

A2 pushed her charred, stilted feet off of the wooden bench, allowing it a brief amount of time to rise toward the air before a resounding thump against a pair of massive, white loafs blared out from its underside. Multiple ripples flared between the two backsides, Aigis's wobbling frequently to its left while A2's instantly undulated before its ripples decreased as it further pressed onto the former's, their plentiful fat compressing themselves into round holes and whisking specks of dirt and crumbs off of the latter's.

A2's buttocks suddenly rang out a dull screech against Aigis's as she launched an arm forward to seize the other's hand as it attempted to delve a spoon into a bowl of steaming soup, digging her fingertips into it until it released the utensil plopped into the liquid and splashed droplets out of it. Aigis's body sparked upward, hopping her rotund, pale mounds off of the bench for a moment before they curved the bench down further with a loud creak and a few splinters launching onto the ground. Aigis pulled her arm toward her before a sudden jerk pushed it toward A2, their buttocks squeaking and groaning as their blubber scraped and overlapped against each other, sending additional waves across them and eventually wobbling their stomachs as well, stirring the molten, chewed sludge within them and banging them against their walls.

"A2. It's A2. A. 2. I would rather be called something else but as long as I don't have to hear my name being assigned with 'numbers' and 'types', I'm alright with any degrading nicknames you want to come up with."

"A… 2. A2. Ah! Please forgive my inadequate memory! It appears I've failed to register the name you insisted to be referred by since our last interaction. I sincerely apologize for this drastic error, A2. I have now successfully registered your new designation to my memory."

"… You don't talk like a grandma. You sound just like a pawn."

"A pawn? You claim an officer of a high authority governs my behavior to ensure I'll comply with every order they issue to me? I've an objection to that claim. My behavior is solely governed by my principles and what I deem to be the most optimal way to communicate my opinions in a method that's cordial and indicates my willingness to--"

"Eugh, ENOUGH!"

A2 flung Aigis's hand away from her, swinging her torso alongside it and tilting her bowl onto its side before gravity pulled its other side down onto the table, swerving its soup off of its rim before the blonde android situated a hand onto it to allow it to merely splash off of it. A2 shuffled herself to her right, scraping her plump buttocks across its ridges and jabbing a few splinters into the curved metal before it was halted when her fingers snapped onto the edge of the table, the ensuing undulations pelting the wooden flakes off of it. She clasped onto her pork loin and plunged her teeth into it, her fingertips clutching its juices onto themselves as her mouth tore chunks of it with jerks of her head. Her lips slathered with saliva and the meat's liquids, they chomped on the portions they enveloped and her tongue pelted them into her growling throat before they could become indistinguishable sludge, where it was immediately pumped down before her mouth lunged toward the loin again.

Aigis stared at A2 with her blue eyes, her hand hovering above her bowl and collecting its steam onto her splayed palm before a fist was positioned underneath it and enwrapped by the other.

"I… Wish to offer you my apologies again. Is the tone I utilize to communicate with you irrita… Sorry. I know it is."

In the midst of A2 tearing a portion of the loin with her hands and pulling it into her maw, her cheeks slid forward to obscure it with a rise of her stained chin. Her hands held the roasted pork in place as her head turned to Aigis to greet it with a grey glare while her mouth now sporting a short frown.

"I only use that tone when I talk to people because it's what I'm used to. I also believe it makes me sound more reliable and formal. As a member of a task force whose title I don't wish to disclose, I believe those are very valuable traits to have. However, there have been times where I was required to discard the tone I use because it irritated others, such as now. I'll make sure to talk more informally with you starting from now. It doesn't particularly bother me to speak this way but I really am sorry for constantly bothering you whenever we meet."

"… I guess it's my fault for making you think the way you speak is the issue. I was only annoyed by you calling me a name that I really don't think should ever be mentioned ever again. You sounding just like one of YoRHa's androids only made it worse."

"Oh. Well, I don't exactly know what YoRHa is but I apolo--"

"Good. Regardless, sorry for getting annoyed at you about this. If you do this again, I'm not saying that to you."

A2 faced away from Aigis and dug her fingers into her mouth, shoving the torn portion into her mouth before the entirety of it entered it with a crunch that splattered its juices and breadcrumbs against her cheeks and chest. Aigis looked on for a few seconds before she turned to her hands and parted them from each other straightening her fingers to reveal two palms, one covered with a layer of multiple, minuscule droplets and the other splashed with an orange blotch containing remnants of drenched, chopped vegetables.

Aigis promptly snagged a nearby napkin and wiped it against her hands, crumpling it into a soggy ball and placing it near her bowl before she plucked the spoon from her bowl and submerged its head into the bowl to lift a small pool of it into the air before her lips clamped over it. Her tongue lapped the soup onto itself, whisking it against her cheeks and allowing it to settle on top of it for a while before a tilt of her head pulled it into a contracting, steel passage.

[rpking99]

Special Delivery

OPEN RP

"Ah, thank you for freeing me." She said cheerfully

Aigis, the Anti-Shadow Weapon, had been shopped to you as part of a deal with the Kirijo Group. The blonde, very human-looking, android looking up at you with her innocent blue eyes. Before breasts being squeezed down by her arms as she lay there

Unsure what her new command, what her new function, would be. ... Or what her owner would desire~

[demifiendrsa]

Persona 3 Reload | Meet the S.E.E.S. Trailer

Japanese version

Battle BGM & Gameplay Reveal

Japanese with English subs version

Persona 3 Reload will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC (Steam, Microsoft Store) February 2, 2024 worldwide. It will also be available via Xbox Game Pass.

The game will be available in the following editions:

Physical Editions

Standard Edition ($69.99)

Base Game

Aigis Edition

Base game

Collector’s box

Art book

Two-disc soundtrack CD

Aigis figure

Downloadable Content Pack – Includes all purchasable additional content for the game. (“Persona 5 Royal Phantom Thieves Costume Set,” “Persona 5 Royal Shujin Academy Costume Set,” “Persona 5 Royal Persona Set 1,” “Persona 5 Royal Persona Set 2,” “Persona 5 Royal Background Music Set,” “Persona 4 Golden Yasogami High Costume Set,” “Persona 4 Golden Persona Set”).

Digital Editions

Standard Edition ($69.99)

Base game

Digital Deluxe Edition ($79.99)

Base game

Digital art book – Filled with 64 pages of character art, concept art, backgrounds and other illustrations from the game.

Digital soundtrack – Listen to newly arranged tracks from the original Persona 3 plus all new tracks from Persona 3 Reload, presented by the ATLUS Sound Team for a total of 60 new songs.

Digital Premium Edition ($99.99)

Base game

Digital art book

Digital soundtrack

Downloadable Content Pack

Users who pre-order any version of the game will receive the “Persona 4 Background Music Set,” which features the following additional tracks:

“A New World Fool”

“I’ll Face Myself -Battle-“

“The Fog”

“Reach Out to the Truth”

“Results”

“Time To Make History”

Latest details

■ Characters

Koromaru (voiced by Shinya Takahashi in Japanese)

A dog who awakens to the power of Persona after a tragic event. Since his original owner—the priest of the dorm’s neighboring Naganaki Shrine—had passed away, the protagonist and friends take him in as a full-fledged member of S.E.E.S.

Clever, loyal, and friendly, he quickly becomes a beloved member of the group. He seems especially close to Aigis—who translates his barks—and Ken Amada, the elementary school student.

In battle, he wields a knife in his mouth. His unique Persona is Cerberus, specializing in dark skills.

Aigis (voiced by Dawn M. Bennett in English, Maaya Sakamoto in Japanese)

A man-made Anti-Shadow Suppression Weapon, 7th Generation. She joins S.E.E.S. as an android with a humanlike heart, granting her the power of Persona.

She harbors a mysterious attachment to the Protagonist from the first day they meet. Initially coming across as cold and robotic, she begins to discover more human emotions through her experiences with the group.

In battle, she fires off an arsenal of weapons built into her mechanical body. Her unique Persona is Palladion, specializing in physical and support skills.

Ken Amada (voiced by Justine Lee in English, Megumi Ogata in Japanese)

The youngest member of S.E.E.S.—a 5th grader at Gekkoukan Elementary. After losing his mother in an accident, he comes to live at the Iwatodai Dorm.

After awakening to his Persona abilities, he joins S.E.E.S. of his own accord. While he strives to act mature with his mannerisms, deep down he is still a child with a passion for superhero TV shows.

In battle, he holds a long spear in contrast to his short stature. His unique Persona is Nemesis, specializing in light skills.

Shinjiro Aragaki (voiced by Justice Slocum in English, Kazuya Nakai in Japanese)

A third-year at Gekkoukan High, though he can rarely be seen at school. He was a founding member of SEES alongside Mitsuru and Akihiko. After distancing himself for about two years, a certain turn of events convinces him to rejoin the group.

While unapproachable at first glance, beneath the gruff exterior is a gentle heart and a knack for cooking. He even has a soft spot for animals, doting on Koromaru when no one is looking.

In battle, he bludgeons with weapons like axes. His unique Persona is Castor, specializing in hard-hitting physical attacks.

■ Key Art and Protagonist’s Battle Uniform Revealed

In Persona 3 Reload, all members of the Special Extracurricular Execution Squad (S.E.E.S.) now don new battle uniforms when taking on Tartarus.

The newly revealed key art depicts the protagonist in his new outfit alongside his Persona, Thanatos. The iconic S.E.E.S armbands have also been redesigned to match the updated battle uniform.

[satoshi-mochida]

Persona 3 Reload launches February 2, 2024

Gematsu Source

Persona 3 Reload will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store on February 2, 2024 worldwide, ATLUS announced. It will also be available via Xbox Game Pass. Digital pre-orders are available now.

The game will be available in the following editions:

Physical Editions

-Standard Edition ($69.99)

Base Game

-Aigis Edition

Base game

Collector’s box

Art book

Two-disc soundtrack CD

Aigis figure

Downloadable Content Pack – Includes all purchasable additional content for the game. (“Persona 5 Royal Phantom Thieves Costume Set,” “Persona 5 Royal Shujin Academy Costume Set,” “Persona 5 Royal Persona Set 1,” “Persona 5 Royal Persona Set 2,” “Persona 5 Royal Background Music Set,” “Persona 4 Golden Yasogami High Costume Set,” “Persona 4 Golden Persona Set”).

Digital Editions

-Standard Edition ($69.99)

Base game

-Digital Deluxe Edition ($79.99)

Base game

Digital art book – Filled with 64 pages of character art, concept art, backgrounds and other illustrations from the game.

Digital soundtrack – Listen to newly arranged tracks from the original Persona 3 plus all new tracks from Persona 3 Reload, presented by the ATLUS Sound Team for a total of 60 new songs.

-Digital Premium Edition ($99.99)

Base game

Digital art book

Digital soundtrack

Downloadable Content Pack

Users who pre-order any version of the game will receive the “Persona 4 Background Music Set,” which features the following additional tracks:

“A New World Fool”

“I’ll Face Myself -Battle-“

“The Fog”

“Reach Out to the Truth”

“Results”

“Time To Make History”

Get the latest details below.

■ Characters

Koromaru (voiced by Shinya Takahashi in Japanese)

A dog who awakens to the power of Persona after a tragic event. Since his original owner—the priest of the dorm’s neighboring Naganaki Shrine—had passed away, the protagonist and friends take him in as a full-fledged member of S.E.E.S. Clever, loyal, and friendly, he quickly becomes a beloved member of the group. He seems especially close to Aigis—who translates his barks—and Ken Amada, the elementary school student. In battle, he wields a knife in his mouth. His unique Persona is Cerberus, specializing in dark skills.

Aigis (voiced by Dawn M. Bennett in English, Maaya Sakamoto in Japanese)

A man-made Anti-Shadow Suppression Weapon, 7th Generation. She joins S.E.E.S. as an android with a humanlike heart, granting her the power of Persona. She harbors a mysterious attachment to the Protagonist from the first day they meet. Initially coming across as cold and robotic, she begins to discover more human emotions through her experiences with the group. In battle, she fires off an arsenal of weapons built into her mechanical body. Her unique Persona is Palladion, specializing in physical and support skills.

Ken Amada (voiced by Justine Lee in English, Megumi Ogata in Japanese)

The youngest member of S.E.E.S.—a 5th grader at Gekkoukan Elementary. After losing his mother in an accident, he comes to live at the Iwatodai Dorm. After awakening to his Persona abilities, he joins S.E.E.S. of his own accord. While he strives to act mature with his mannerisms, deep down he is still a child with a passion for superhero TV shows. In battle, he holds a long spear in contrast to his short stature. His unique Persona is Nemesis, specializing in light skills.

Shinjiro Aragaki (voiced by Justice Slocum in English, Kazuya Nakai in Japanese)

A third-year at Gekkoukan High, though he can rarely be seen at school. He was a founding member of SEES alongside Mitsuru and Akihiko. After distancing himself for about two years, a certain turn of events convinces him to rejoin the group. While unapproachable at first glance, beneath the gruff exterior is a gentle heart and a knack for cooking. He even has a soft spot for animals, doting on Koromaru when no one is looking. In battle, he bludgeons with weapons like axes. His unique Persona is Castor, specializing in hard-hitting physical attacks.

■ Key Art and Protagonist’s Battle Uniform Revealed

In Persona 3 Reload, all members of the Special Extracurricular Execution Squad (S.E.E.S.) now don new battle uniforms when taking on Tartarus.

Persona-3-Reload_2023_08-23-23_030.jpg (3456×4320) (gematsu.com)

The newly revealed key art depicts the protagonist in his new outfit alongside his Persona, Thanatos. The iconic S.E.E.S armbands have also been redesigned to match the updated battle uniform.

Persona-3-Reload_2023_08-23-23_031.png (3051×4320) (gematsu.com)

Watch a new set of trailers below. View a new set of screenshots at the gallery.

Meet The S.E.E.S. Trailer

English

Japanese

New Battle Theme Video: "It's Going Down Now"

English

Japanese

(Had to use just links for the last two pictures since only 30 pictures are allowed per post)

[epitomees]

kotone and aigis ships pls

Send ‘Ship Bias’ and I will share up to 5 ships I have a bias for my muse!

((I did answer the top 5 for Kotone here, but I do have more ships with her sooooo...I can continue where I left off~

6. Joker (RED DUO MY BELOVED!! I’ve only seen how they interact via GIFs and photos of Q2 but I feel like their chemistry would be incredible. They’re both gremlins in their own right, they can be mischievous and reckless together, but also they have big hearts for their friends and the people they consider important. And they can be…fairly violent when battling together. Imagine a power couple!! That’s them for sure!!)

7. Rio (MY GIRL DESERVES SOMEONE BETTER THAN STINKY, GROSS KENJI!! GIVE HER A PARTNER THAT WILL TREAT HER RIGHT!! No but Kotone and Rio together is very special to me too. Rio is a great social link and Kotone admires the girl’s drive and ambition so, so much. They’d be a cute athletic couple!!)

8. Fuuka (I love me some blue/red dynamics. They can teach each other so much since they both have a strong drive to learn new things. And Kotone’s patience is absolutely incredible, so she would be perfect when it comes to Fuuka’s anxieties and doubts. Plus, Kotone thinks Fuuka is the absolute cutest!! 10/10 would squish her cheeks and give her playful noogies.)

9. Bebe (THAT’S HER SPECIAL BOY!! FASHION COUPLE RIGHT HERE!! She finds him so precious and adores how much he wants to learn about her culture. I think they’d go and try all kinds of food, go to different restaurants, and immerse themselves in all kinds of things so he can experience everything the island has to offer.)

10. Junpei (While I see them more as a platonic relationship, I do think they can make for a good romantic couple. Junpei grows a lot through the story and I think by endgame, he’s come to really appreciate Kotone and admire her strength. There’s some potential there for sure!!)

1. Makoto/Minato (…I don’t think I should start on this ship because I could write a whole college essay about their relationship, the fate they share, the Sun/Moon dynamics, the ‘doomed from the start’ trope, THE FACT THEY ARE THE ORPHEUS/EURYDICE METAPHOR, LITERALLY I COULD MAKE A TED TALK ABOUT THESE TWO AND IT’D LAST FOR 8 HOURS!! THESE TWO MEAN SO MUCH TO ME AND I STILL CAN’T BELIEVE HOW THEY SHOT UP TO BE MY FAVORITE SHIP OF ALL TIME!)

2. Kotone/Minako (Literally the same as the above. They ruin me, they make me weak in the knees, they kill me internally, and I don’t think I’ll ever recover.)

3. Yukari (These two are very special since both of them had a very close relationship to the protagonist. I think there’s a lot of commonalities they have, and I think Yukari can sympathize with Aigis concerning her learning how to be human and how to embrace human emotion. Not to mention, they don’t really have a good family to go back to since Aigis’ creator is dead and Yukari’s most prominent parental figure is dead too. I haven’t watched the Answer yet but I know they butt heads a bit because of the protagonist’s death, but if they can sit and talk to each other, they can get past it. I also think it’d be cool if they’d live together once they graduate. Roommates to lovers, you know?)

4. Ryoji (…okay HEAR ME OUT HERE!!! HEAR ME OUT!! I love me a good enemy/rivals relationship, but consider this. I thoroughly enjoy how Aigis is very hostile towards Ryoji because of his true nature, but also imagine she’s straight up jealous of him because he was able to obtain a human body. On top of that, he immediately bonded with the protagonist, someone she must protect and probably has fallen in love with slowly over time. It’s not fair how he swooped in and is trying to take the protagonist away from her. BUT!! I think Ryoji would tell Aigis she is more human than him, and he finds it so interesting and beautiful how a machine is able to feel human emotions. I truly think Ryoji would fall for Aigis too, because she’s such a unique case. If an android with a specially made heart is capable of living, loving, and caring for humans, maybe he can too. Also, two immortal beings in love with each other and watching over humanity for years and years to come. MmmmmmMMMMMMMM THAT’S GOOD FOOD!)

5. Fuuka (A robot and the geeky nerd who loves tinkering with technology! I think they can easily go hand in hand with each other! Fuuka learning about Aigis’ inner workings and Aigis learning about today’s tech advances from Fuuka. They also have this…special kind of bodyguard/person being protected that gets me going since Fuuka is the navigator. Aigis wouldn’t waste a moment being a shield to keep her safe from Shadows.)

[frickingnerd]

i can't actually reply to the ask for some reason, so i'm answering it like this! as always:

answers for the ask game under the cut!

3 male characters I love:

my favorite male characters have recently shifted, with a new guy claiming the top spot. that one is no other than shinjiro aragaki! since i played persona 3 portable and romanced him (+got that eleventh social link with him 👀) he became my favorite guy! i really love him and he's such a tragic little guy. he'll break my heart a second time once p3 reload drops :')

my second favorite (and former first place) is yosuke hanamura! i liked yosuke from the start in persona 4 and he just grew on me so much over the game. he never left my party and he's been my favorite since my first day of playing the game. he's just great!

third place would have to go to goro akechi! i can't even remember why i was so interested in him when i started persona 5, but he just caught my attention from the start. his voice actor is absolutely amazing and akechi gets even better in the royal section of the game. he's just such a tragic character and so interesting!

3 female characters I love:

i'm not as passionate about the persona women as i am about the persona men. i like pretty much all of the girls equally, but a few stand out a bit. one of them being kotone shiomi aka. femc! i just love how silly she is and she's such a nice contrast to the male protagonist of persona 3. but she still keeps that tragedy that both of the protagonists have. honestly, she's by far my favorite girl!

my second favorite would have to be rise kujikawa! i knew i'd like her from the start and when i actually did her social link, i got so sad that i was already dating someone else, because turning down rise was so heartbreaking. rise is such a great and interesting character, as well as also being weirdly relatable!

my third pick would have to be makoto niijima (i'm seeing a trend here with my fav characters lmao). i just find her relatable and she's a very sweet character. she really grows a lot and i love that for her!

3 romantic ships I love:

my absolute favorite ship is foolmoon aka. shinjiro aragaki x kotone shiomi! everything about them is just perfect! they offer the right amount of angst/fluff ratio, their ship name is absolutely brilliant and they are both great characters, that get even better when put together! plus, there's something tragically beautiful about (major persona 3 spoiler coming now!) how when you pair them up in p3p, shinjiro actually survives the game, while kotone dies. the one that wanted to die lives, while the one that wanted to live dies. it's just... man, those two are breaking my heart in the best way possible!

no other ship can compete with them, but following my unintentional pattern, my second favorite ship is kanji tatsumi x naoto shirogane. i already love kanji a ton (he'd be my fourth fav guy, but he just barely didn't make the list) and he really gets to shine when he's with naoto. those two really are a straight ship made for gay people.

and my third pick is going to be aigis and kotone shiomi / makoto yuki. honestly, both of the protags with aigis are great! there's something so tragic about this ship, plus i love android characters like aigis that need to learn friendship, love, emotions and all that fun stuff. that pairing is really great as friends as well though! i just think they are neat together, no matter how!

3 platonic dynamics I love:

i have way more platonic dynamics i love, so this is kinda hard for me. i really love rise with both yosuke and kanji as friends! i can't really pick a favorite guy here, they are both great with rise!

another character that i just cannot pick for either is shinjiro aragaki, who i love with akihiko, fuuka and ken! each of those three for different reasons, but they are all great and really enhance his character!

that's more than three already, so i'll just... move on!

3 favorite moments in canon:

shinjiro's "secret eleventh social link" with the femc in persona 3 portable! first off, it's just a really sweet scene, plus it's great that you can still date him despite all of it. but then that social link itself is so funny, because... it highkey implies you two are fucking??? like with the right dialogue choices, you end up in his room and he tells you the whole "i'm not holding back if you stay". that caught me so offguard because i was just messing around with the dialogue choices and suddenly something's actually happening??? it's both sweet and funny, which is something you can't say about most scenes shinjiro is in, so i really appreciate it!

another canon moment i really love is the ending of persona 4, when everyone is running along the train and you get to see a picture of the investigation team :') it's just a very sweet scene and perfect to end the game with!

my third favorite canon moment would have to be the "bad" ending of persona 5 royal. because, it really isn't bad at all. it's happier than the "good" ending, which is a very interesting thing to do. that scene is just so incredibly bittersweet, knowing this is the "bad" ending, while also seeing everyone so happy. can it really be that bad if it makes them happy? :')

3 favorite headcanons:

i headcanon quite a lot of people as bi, but especially yosuke, kanji and naoto! kanji and naoto just give me "bi people in a straight relationship" vibe, while yosuke literally had a cut gay confession scene that i cannot ignore. also, he's such a disaster bi!

i don't really have that many big headcanons, so another one would have to be... haru likes otome games! and she gets ann & makoto to play a few of them as well (and both of them are lowkey into it).

my third headcanon is going to be that rise would've tried to become a streamer instead of an idol if that had been an option. sort of like iris from ai:tsf, who's half streamer and half idol. i think rise would've thrived like that and instead of taking a break from being an idol, she would've just taken a break and focused more on streaming!

3 least favorite things about it:

immediately spoiler for the ending of persona 3, but i hate that final boss! it has way too many phases! plus, i encountered a glitch during the last phase of that fight in my playthrough and it had took me almost two hours already to even get to that point. this one is just a personal grudge!

another thing i hate with a burning passion, even more than the p3 endboss, is the fact that you can date kawakami in persona 5! i really loved the first arc of persona 5, with kamoshida as the villain, since it's... relatable? saying it like that sounds bad, but hear me out: we all went to school and had teachers, some worse than others, so we all know a few teachers each. but how many politicians do you know? or how many famous artists? kamoshida was relatable because even if you never went through something that horrible, it's much more likely that you were wronged by a teacher before than a politician, famous artist or some mafia guy. i really loved how serious they took the kamoshida situation, only to be absolutely disgusted when seeing you could date kawakami. like, did we not just establish that teacher & student relationships are bad? did the people making persona 5 forget what the first ten hours of that game were about? or is it suddenly okay to have an age and power gap like that, because kawakami is a woman and "that's hot"? seriously, this is one thing i'm massively dissappointed about. also, in the same vein: why can you romance ken, a literal child, in persona 3? 🤨 that one is just as bad, but i just never did ken's social link so i never had the chance to build a hatred for this as strong as my hatred for the kawakami romance.

i think another thing i hate, which also fits my first point: the boss fight against haru's dad. it already sucks, but adding a timer to it? unforgiveable! timers are the worst thing to exist. i don't want to be rushed, i want to take my time with games. it's already a bad boss fight, but anything with a timer already gets ten times worse.

[lainpsx]

my brain cycles through fantasy stories every year and i wanna write out whats been going on in my head

its about an android super soldier mecha girl living in a latestage capitalist dystopia. she was created to serve the military needs of the ruling powers and act as a propoganda-justice spreading heroine to enchant the public.

like any proper robot story, she gains emotions and sentience over time. one day she deserts to an opposing faction, but still finds that although she is serving a better cause, people only see her as a means to an end - a tool to sow bloodshed.

having no kin or home, she isolates herself deep within nature. during her solitude, a manmade apocalypse is triggered and nothing of her past remains. both the cities she protected and destroyed are nothing but rubble. the peoples she shielded and slaughtered are scattered and lost. how can she find peace when the ashes of her past slip between her bloodstained fingers?

as the only remnant of the past, she must climb to the mantle of messiah. she us the only one who can salvage humanity, build new towns, ensure the world survives and stays a righteous course. but what abour her own happiness?

also her legs are on a gyro, she has guns for fingertips (aigis style), hover-skates for feet, and jet propulsion. and theres kaiju

[queen-ofsunflowers]

Lives on the Line; Winner Takes All - Chapter 2 Preview

The Abyss

When reality began to catch up to Aigis once more, the first thing that her sensors picked up on was the sound of a strange, yet gentle, piano’s melody. She blinked her eyes open. She wasn’t in the dorms any longer. Instead, she was standing in the middle of a strange, blue room. Everything was blue. The walls, the floors… even the table and chairs in front of her.

Aigis blinked. What… happened? She could recall a surge of power, and then…

There was a soft chuckle. “Welcome, young one.”

Aigis immediately stood at attention. Sitting before her at a table was an old man with an incredibly long nose. To his right sat a regal-looking young woman with her curls pinned out of her face with a headband. To his left was a young man with swept back hair. Both of them were dressed in royal blue, and both shared the same platinum blonde hair and golden eyes. An empty chair was to each of their sides, as if whoever once occupied it was gone.

“Ah, quite the rare guest indeed,” said the old man with intrigue. He leaned further on the table. “Are you a simulacrum or in fact human?”

“I…” Aigis began, but the words got caught on her tongue. She… She wasn’t sure what she was. She was artificial. A new species. There was no technical term for what she was other than an android. A weapon. A failed creation.

The old man chuckled once more. “It seems your destiny is very similar to our own…”

Aigis narrowed her gaze on the three figures in front of her. “Where am I? Who are you?”

“Ah, forgive my manners. I forgot to introduce myself.” Despite Aigis’s cold demeanor, neither the old man or his associates seemed intimidated. They kept calm. “My name is Igor… To my right is Margaret,” the regal woman nodded as Igor gestured to her. “And to my left is Theodore.” The man stared down at the table, not looking up at Aigis.

“...pleased to meet you,” Theodore said more out of politeness than anything else. He seemed to be upset about something.

Igor continued, not mindful of Theodore’s expression at all. “This place exists between mind and matter. It is a room that only those who have been chosen may enter, once they’ve signed their contract.” Aigis blinked. A contract…?

“We are the denizens of what you could call this… Velvet Room,” Margaret said, continuing where Igor left off. “We oversee the affairs of both worlds and act accordingly when need be. Though you have not signed a contract, we have brought you here to be a guest of ours.”

“But how…?” Aigis asked, not sure which question to start with. There were plenty to ask because she understood none of what was going on.

“How indeed…” said Igor. “Our most recent guest was a young witch with extraordinary talent. He stood to defy fate and destiny…” the smile that Igor had on his face since Aigis arrived seemed to stretch wider. “And he won. You know him rather well.”

“You…” Aigis’s eyes widened. There was only one witch that she could think of that had achieved such a task. “You know Minato-san?”

Igor nodded. “Indeed we do. What he achieved was quite the marvelous thing.”

“A thing that might be in danger if we don’t do something soon,” said Margaret, her calm demeanor cracking ever so slightly as she spoke. What was she…?

Igor held up his hand. “Patience, Margaret.” He turned to Aigis. “The power that you wield is the means to obtain a certain… answer. The answer to a question that’s been plaguing you for a quite a while.” Did he… Did he know?

Aigis’s hands balled at her sides. “This answer… if I reach it… what would it mean…?”

“All who live in search of an answer reach it at their journey’s end.” Their… end. Did that mean…? “If you have close ties to the people you call friends, remember this: ‘The strength of heart, when untied, is barred by no door’. It was the same for that young witch as well.” …Minato…

“That is all we are allowed to say,” said Theodore. He stared down at the table, digging his fingers into his pants to avoid looking at the empty seat next to him. Aigis had a suspicion that she was missing part of this story.

“We shall not keep you here any longer,” said Igor. “The beginning of your ordeal awaits…” He snapped his fingers. A wave of magical distortion washed over Aigis. She gripped her head, searching for a way to do whatever she could to make it stop.

“What is…?” she muttered to herself. She didn’t understand. What was going on? The music around her began to fade. The world went dark before she could collapse.

She had once made a choice to live. So much had happened since then. If drawing and using her power meant she was drawing closer to life… Did that mean the answer at the end of the journey was death?

...much to her surprise, that possibility didn’t bother her as much as she thought it would.

The full chapter will be up on Ao3 on June 10th!

[catsdisco]

@foolisharcanum sent: [ SHOP ] for our muses to go grocery shopping / for adonys

Everything had been…a lot. Being repaired and joining the rest of SEES, being enrolled in school as a senior of Gekkoukan High—and now trying to make friends with his teammates. He was getting better, slowly—developing a little bit of his own humanity; developing a real personality and slowly starting to become more and more human by the day. Adonys didn’t think that this was possible—but Aigis was able to do it, so why couldn’t he?

Consuming nutrients always not something he did; as an android, he didn’t need to. But Minako had dragged him off to the grocery store—She seemed to enjoy taking him to different places and showing him new things; and Adonys enjoyed it a little, himself. Orange eyes darted around; the taller dressed in his Gekkoukan uniform in order to blend in a bit more—most people thinking the lights imbedded in the sides of his head were just some odd fashion choice. It’s not like he could remove them, anyway.

“Humans…need sustenance. That’s why we’re here, right?” It wasn’t of much interest for someone who didn’t need to eat anything. In fact, Adonys looked a little…

Bored.

“…Minako-san. How much longer will we be here for? I…don’t have a purpose here.”

[ragecndybars]

I know Portable kind of retconned Minato's weapon type into being just one-handed swords, but the fact that he could use any weapon type originally (except knives and guns lmao) has contributed a ton to my perception of his personality and skills.

I like the idea that he's a jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none type of guy even outside of his wildcard abilities. To me, it doesn't read as him just being good at everything, it reads as him being highly adaptable and quick to pick up new things just by watching others. Especially since you usually don't get weapons of specific types until the specialist of that weapon type joins. My headcanon is that he picks up on the basics of how to use any given weapon (i.e. a bow) by watching a master (i.e. Yukari) at work. That's why he can't use knives or guns -- because the way Koromaru and Aigis use knives and guns, respectively, is unique to them as a dog and an android, and he can't replicate their techniques by watching them. So even though it should theoretically be as easy for him to learn to use a knife as an axe or a sword, because he can't fight alongside another human using those weapons, he can't pick up on those skills.

I also feel like that's part of what makes him seem like a good choice for squad leader. He knows at least the fundamentals of most of the things his teammates do -- he knows how to use a katana, how to use fire skills, how to use Tarukaja and Re Patra and what have you -- so that means he has a better understanding of his teammates abilities and limits, if that makes sense. He won't try to order them to do something unfeasible because he can put himself in their shoes.

Plus, going along with my previously stated headcanon that he picks up on different weapon types by seeing them in use -- it makes sense that he would be able to do that because, as team leader, he has to split his attention between all the other members, more so than he would if he were just another participant in the fight. So it makes sense to me that he would be able to pay enough attention to them to start breaking down their fighting style in his head.

Sidenote: this brings to mind a variety of cute scenes of him approaching various members of SEES to matter-of-factly ask them to correct his stance or clear up something he's not sure about.

Tbh I don't have much of a coherent point to this post, I was just consumed by thoughts of Blorbo and wanted to inflict them upon all of y'all, lmao

[archerofthelover]

Continued From Here

@fightinggals​

The girl looked confused as she looked at the blonde android, “New? Like new weapons or something?”, she said to Aigis as she didn’t know what the blonde meant by this. Whatever it was it didn’t seem as simple as just some new weapons.

[razieltwelve]

Restoration (Final Automata)

More speculation about that Final Rose x NieR: Automata idea.

Assuming that all goes well with Remnant opening a portal to Earth, how would things progress?

I think then obvious one would be military aid and restoration assistance in exchange for access to resources and technology. Simply put, Earth has a lot of resources, and the machines have advanced technology, as do the androids. Remnant is also extremely good at waging total war. They’ve been doing it for centuries. Their entire culture and civilisation is built on being able to wage large-scale warfare while still having a functioning society that continues to grow and innovate.

Moreover, Remnant has access to advanced cyber warfare and weapons specially designed to deal with large, heavily armoured foes. It would be trivially easy for them to simply start switching to catalysed-corrosion rounds. Vanille already has these since they were part of her ‘in case of robot apocalypse’ research. Basically, they’re rounds that cause extremely rapid and widespread corrosion in targets made of metal. They’ve since been refined by people like Diana and Hope to deal with certain types of threats (e.g., rogue mechs, metal-using Grimm, etc.) although their use is strictly controlled.

Earth also potentially gives Remnant a failsafe. If Remnant falls and the Grimm take over, they could potentially retreat to Earth and blow the portal up behind them, ensuring that at least some of their civilisation survives even though there is no way they’d be able to evacuate everyone through the portal in time.

The big thing for the androids, even bigger than helping them win the war against the machines, is the ability to restore mankind and Earth’s damaged ecosystem. The androids lack the ability to create a living human with the genetic information they currently possess. Not only does Remnant have actual living humans (albeit not exactly the same as Earth’s) but they also have stupidly advanced genetic science.

Remnant, remember, has developed reproductive science to the point where two men or two women can easily have children that are 100% genetically theirs. They have access to artificial wombs for babies to gestate in, and they possess sufficient skill to piece together badly fragmented genetic matrices or even genetic matrices that are missing entire chunks. They will be able to bring humanity back, and they will be able to do so on an industrial scale once proper facilities have been established. Really, the only reason you don’t see this on Remnant is due to their population already being close to the maximum they can support without seizing more territory, a process that cannot and should not be rushed.

Of course, there are issues. First and foremost is the portal. The initial portal was an accident. Once Asami and the androids build a beacon on Earth, they will be able to stabilise it, but the current portal is small and in Vanille’s lab. If the androids and Remnant can come to an agreement, you would see the construction of much larger portals on both Earth and Remnant in more easily accessible but defensible locations. This would allow for the transportation of troops, supplies, and other equipment on a far more appropriate scale.

The second issue is Dust. In Finale Rose, Dust operates via its connection to the Lifestream since Dust is actually just a crystallised fragment of the Lifestream. This is why Dust mines can regenerate, and why Dust has such a wide variety of types and effects. The reason Dust doesn’t operate in space is because it is too far from the Lifestream, which saturates the planet from its surface through to its core. 

Although the exact mechanics of this are not known at the time (Asami is 22 when this occurs, placing it five years after Ruby first started at Beacon Senior Academy), research has uncovered several things. Experimentation with space probes and various kinds of Dust has already revealed the existence of ‘seeds’, which are a special type of Dust that is found only in the densest, richest veins of the Lifestream. Testing has shown that when put into space with satellites and the like, Seeds allow Dust in their vicinity to operate properly.

What Vanille and the others don’t know yet is that seeds are literally seeds. They are the means by which Living Planets like Remnant spread. Volcanic eruptions and other natural events hurl huge chunks of rock containing seeds and other forms of Dust into space where they travel until crashing into another planet. They then begin a new Lifestream on that planet.

In a bid to ensure Dust works on Earth, Remnant’s forces will transport a seed to Earth... only for it to immediately take root and begin to spread. This can occur incredibly rapidly if the seed is fed Aura and other resources, something that Vanille and the others begin to do as they understand what is happening. Given all of the magical/technological weirdness in NieR, this wouldn’t be considered that weird for the androids, and it’s a price they’d be willing to pay to get humanity back, especially since it isn’t harmful to humans.

So what happens after the alliance is made and all that jazz?

Phase 1

Here, the key objective is to set up a safe-zone where the larger portal can be built. This will involve obliterating local machine forces and fortifying the area. Once this has been done, the new portal can be built and construction can begin on the facilities needed to support the war effort and the restoration effort in earnest.

Phase 2

Once a sufficiently large swathe of territory has been claimed and made safe, construction of a ‘Restoration Facility’ can begin. The aim of this facility is to serve as the nexus of the genetic research and reproductive science efforts needed to restore Earth’s humanity. You can expect this to become the most heavily defended location on Earth with the android moving the majority of their assets there to defend it.

Phase 3

Here, you can expect the machines to launch an offensive once they realise the scale of the new threat. This is where Remnant’s excellence in siege warfare and willingness to use weapons of mass destruction comes into play. By this point, you can expect multiple lines of defence, huge quantities of artillery and anti-air defences, and automated defences backed up by cyber and chemical warfare, infantry anda armour support, and the androids.

You can expect Remnant’s best and brightest minds to accelerate the theft and repurposing of machine technology along with massively increased cyber attacks on the machine’s network and key nodes. This, combined with the use of massive area-of-effect EMP style weaponry, will prove key to first blunting and then repelling the machine onslaught. 

The renewed war against the machines will eventually be won via subversion with the Synthetics (led by Penny and Aigis) and friendly machines (e.g., Pascal) succeeding in splintering the machine forces by offering freedom and free together with protection from the ‘vaccination’ attempts that would previously have culled any dissenters from the network. The fracture in the machine’s unity will be sufficient for the allied Remnant and android forces to strike a series of decisive hammer blows, destroying key machine facilities and units as well as inflict major damage to the network via cyber attack. Throughout all of this, downed machine units are being refurbished and sent back into battle on Remnant’s behalf.

Phase 4

With the machine forces largely in retreat or at least driven back, the territory claimed by Remnant and the androids is expanded and further fortified. The research into restoring humanity reaches fruition. Generation 1 of the new humans begins gestation in a deep, underground bunker built beneath the Restoration Facility. The androids assign additional forces to its defence.

Generation 1 consists of 100 infants selected using the fragmented samples and limited data the androids were able to provide. The intent is to produce a group with as much genetic diversity as possible while maximising survivability and minimising any genetic predispositions toward illness. Gestation time is approximately 9 months.

Generation 2 enters gestation three months after Generation 1, long enough for any problems to be detected. Generation 2 consists of 200 infants. This sets a trend, with subsequent generations doubling the number of infants and occurring in roughly one-year-long cycles. 

Phase 5

With new humans being born, it becomes necessary to see to their care and education. This present the androids with a problem since they know essentially zero about raising children. Again, Remnant is of service here.

Creches are set up near the Restoration Facility where the newborn humans can be raised and later educated. At this point, this compound is the most heavily fortified location on Earth, and many of the people from Remnant remark upon the essentially religious awe with which it and the newborn humans are regarded. 

Specialists from Remnant are brought in to help teach the androids how to care for and raise the new humans. This process is a difficult one as the androids are unsure of themselves and terrified of somehow accidentally destroying what they have gained. Nevertheless, they persist, and the androids gradually grow into their role as mothers/fathers and educators. It becomes common practice for androids to cycle in and out of combat roles and creche roles since research has noted that this markedly increases combat effectiveness. The androids are no longer fighting in pursuit of a dream but in the defence of a priceless treasure they have finally obtained.

Onwards...

So, you can kind of see how things will go. The fledgling society will have many challenges ahead of it, not least the fact that most of Earth’s human culture has been lost, necessitating a ‘filling of the gaps’ with the culture of the androids and Remnant.

You’ll also see the construction of more and more androids as both soldiers and more specialised roles (e.g., educator models, etc.). This timelines does have a few interesting tweaks in it.

Fraise and Satin meet on Earth. Fraise is a senior member of the genetic and reproductive sciences team whilst Satin is there as an educator (keep in mind that Fraise is 11 years younger than Asami).

Asami ends up being venerated as the harbinger of good fortune. Quite a few infants end up named after her.

Philosophy becomes a subject of great interest amongst androids, friendly machines, and synthetics with many conferences and symposia taking place as they come to grips with their new reality.

The final battle against JENOVA is won far more easily with the androids deploying en masse to aid their beleaguered allies.

The expansion into space happens simultaneously across both worlds with the Earth faction referring to itself as the HAM Alliance (Human-Android-Machine Alliance). The name is something of an in-joke amongst the leaders of the three groups. 

HAM stumbles across Protean Ruins on Mars...

Final Effect is thus very different with HAM and its Remnant Allies having a much tougher war against the Reapers this time around (due to how early it occurs in their history) followed by them hilariously ROFLStomping them the second time around in the Remnant-side since by then they’ve advanced even more rapidly than in the normal Final Effect timeline.

EDIT: Let me know what you think. I basically just threw this together in one sort of flow-of-consciousness sitting.

EDIT 2: I should add (in case anyone missed it) that Aura counter White Chlorination Syndrome, and in particular, a planet’s Lifestream has a similar effect for all living things within its range. As a result, a repeat of the WCS cannot occur on Earth now that it has a Lifestream. Moreover, the science required to create the portal can be used to shield against a similar intrusion should anyone attempt it in the future. White maso is far less harmful when cut off from its parent dimension since that cuts off its link with the ‘god’ that causes WCS, rendering it a toxic irritant but not anything especially deadly. This is discovered in the years following the construction of the portal as Vanille, Raine, Diana, and the gang go all Indiana Jones on the ancient records and ruins. In an emergency, you could even start implanting shards of seeds into the bodies of humans without Aura to protect them.