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La || True Remembrance
Info:
Nickname: Jackie
Age: 26
Personal LJ/DW:
Method of Contact: AIM: du3na
Characters Played: Minato Arisato (Persona 3)
Character Info:
Name: La
Age: 17
Canon: True Rememberance
Pull Point: After the ending.
Background Info:
History: English patch site, Wiki article
(the following are spoilers for the story)
La's own personal history is full of sad memories. Her parents kept her locked up, and never paid any attention. Then an old man named Analye decided to take her off their hands. From there, her life got slightly better. She was still shut up inside, this time in the church basement with only a bed. But this time she also receives attention. He would read her books and other things. With time, Analye became her Pops, though never really her father. But Analye was also lazy, so eventually he drops her off at Blackiris's apartment. Despite his complaints, Blackiris ends up taking better care of her than the old man, He lets her take a bath, buys new clothes, and guides her around town. For the first time, La experiences something of a normal life. That is, normal as the City can provide, for only Mnemonicides and their Guests are allowed to live inside it. She remains hidden because she has no permission to be here.
When she has to go back to the church, Blackiris tells La she can come back to his place anytime, an offer which she takes up. Every day during evening hours she comes, to read his books. Until one day Analye mentions to Blackiris that he has a use for La. After that, she stops coming. Curious about her absence, Blackiris pays a visit. He meets with Analye, who reveals that La is an Omega, which is the most powerful Mnemonicide on the scale, even stronger than the top Alpha class. While those classes can only at best make sad memories go away for a long time (to hold back Psyche Corrosion, a type of depression that always inevitably leads to suicide), the Omegas take in all the memories into themselves.
It's for this reason that Alaye took her in, because he is an Omega himself: the legendary so-called "Alpha of Omegas". He planned to transfer all the sad memories he picked up into her instead. Naturally, Blackiris isn't pleased at the old man's plan, so Analye gives Blackiris a gun to shoot him with. But Blackiris cannot bring himself to pull the trigger and he runs away. Several days later, he returns to the church and finds La and Analye together. Too late, La's taken in all his memories and he dies, leaving La a crying mess hunched over Analye's body. Her hair has turned white from all the grief but she refuses Blackiris's offer to erase them.
(The story doesn't explain what happened from then on, but it's implied their memory of the incident was erased.)
Years later, Blackiris is given a house, and it's there he meets La, who is his new client. This kicks off the main story. La and Blackiris live together even though opposite-sex Guide/Guests are a no-no, where they get roped into Rook's schemes, take in a Guest who sneaked in illegally, and deal with underground terrorists.
After a month of this, La decides to start erasing his memories, revealing that Blackiris is her assigned client and not the other way around. But Blackiris refuses to forget. As he fights back for his memories, he remembers that La is the "kitten" he took in long ago and they kiss. After that, the two of them deal with Dexter and run away from the City. And it's from there that La stumbles into Prospero.
Personality: La has a pure heart, and is naturally curious about everything. From the moment she comes to live with Blackiris, she's always observing, interacting, and learning everything she can about anything. She's selfless to a fault, making sure she's never in the way, and trying to make other happy. When she finds a girl tresspassing the backyard, La at first is naturally hesitant, but warms to her when the girl says she's a Guest and leads the poor thing into the house. (Which also goes to show how naive she really is.) She even sleeps on the floor, so the girl can have her bed. (The house only has one bed, and Blackiris sleeps on the couch.) And she allows herself to get kidnapped in the place of a friend, even though said friend hadn't proven to be trustworthy at that point. In other words, she places others before her own safety, making her selfless to a fault. Blackiris is always reprimanding her about it.
For some, it's hard to see this. Her natural blank expression and short clipped speech can lead them to think she's cold. But it's just because La's observing them, wondering how to react to certain situations, as she has little social skills outside of books. As for her speech, it's something she inherited from her Pops (Alayne) who spoke the same way. She's also very straightforward, always saying what's on her mind, even if you don't want to hear it. She's quick to point out how not-nice Blackiris is, a "royal pain in the neck". For her part, she herself doesn't always seem to realize how strange she is to others, and often becomes self-concious when it's pointed out.
And again, La is very naive. She had to learn how to run a washing machine, and is unfamiliar with most things because of being locked away most of her life. She's stubborn about learning though, quickly learning how to cook and clean through trial and error. When she hears from Rook about a haunted mansion, she insists on going to explore, despite her obviously being scared. La insists on doing many things by herself, and even when she needs the help she'll refuse it until it's all but forced onto her, at which point she'll nervously comply. Much of this stems from her belief that with Pops (Alayne) gone, she has to endure anything now, instead of being selfish and crying. She holds his words to heart, repeating his mantras when going to sleep: "Rule #1. Know that you are you." This is a rule to keep her from being overwhelmed by the very sad memories she absorbed.
Throughout the story, La questions people's reasons for choosing to erase their memories. Because while the bad memories causing them pain are erased, so are the good ones to prevent triggers. La supports their decisions and never actively tries to convince them otherwise, but she wonders if they're not really running away from themselves. Herself personally, she would never want to have the memories she inherited from Analyne erased, no matter how painful they are, because they're all that remain of him. He mattered that much to her.
It's important to note, sometimes tears fall from her eyes, but it happens unconsciously. It's not because she's sad or depressed (at least, not always), but it's because she's carrying around a huge burden of other's memories.
Game
Specific:
Arcana: The Empress
Justification: La is very nurturing. Not long after she moves in with Blackiris, she insists on learning how to do the laundry and cook. With strays like Illina and Lip's puppy, she immediately took under her wing to look after. Despite being Blackiris's Guest, sometimes it seems she acts much like a Guide herself, trying to be steadfast and strong for his sake. She also represents the reverse aspects sometimes, being too easy-going and taken advantage of, due to her good nature and unsophisticated view of the world.
Samples:
First Person Sample: [The device comes on, showing a nervous girl with striking grey hair.] Um. This is how it works? Really? Good.
Hello. How do you do everyone? Looking for a friend. Blackiris. Has anyone seen him? He has black hair. Tall. Difficult personality. Royal pain in the neck. Ah. [She wipes away some tears that had formed.] Don't mind. I'm not really sad. It just happens.
If you find him. Please let me know. We came together. But somehow we got separated when I stepped off. [A nervous laugh.] Okay. Thank you. Bye. [The feed shuts off.]
Third Person Sample:
Personas. Shadows. Dark Hour. Church of Three. There was much to learn about this city of Prospero, including its dark underbelly. She had already been familiar with the concept of Personas, the "face" people wear for different people. And Shadows, the hidden unconcious feelings people had. An advanced Mnemonicide such as herself was required to read much on human psychology, though mostly related to human memory. This city appeared clean, not as much as the old city she lived in all her life, but still it was hard to believe it held such a dark shadow itself. Darker even than the supposedly "clean" city she came from.
It was all...intimidating? Definately not scary. She wasn't scared. Even if she was, La couldn't allow herself to be anyway. Blackiris wasn't around, and while that made her sad, she wouldn't let it overwhelm her. She knew better.
If there was one bright side, no one here seemed afflicted by the Dolor. That was good. If these Personas were a reflection of one's self, who knows what effect Psyche Corrosion could have on those things. Would they rust away? Or would they become violent? La really didn't want to know.
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