Summary: Mementos: A dark, twisted version of the Tokyo subway, with running trains and tunnels full of monsters.
Full Details:Mementos is a black-and-red underground series of tunnels that can be accessed most easily from the subway station in Shibuya. A twisted version of the Tokyo subway, it's a maze of wooden train tracks haunted by eerie screams and voices on the wind. Occasionally, a train goes by, leading one deeper and deeper into the depths. Of course, it can be traversed on foot, or even with a car, with escalators on train platforms to enable one to go up or down. Its walls are lined with spidery veins, structures that could be mistaken for bones, and the occasional forgotten-looking graveyard or classroom. Each floor potentionally contains some treasure chests with equipment or valuables.. There are more than 50 floors, and the trains never stop running. Every so often between floors, there's a waiting area that's safe from monsters and looks like a normal subway platform with seats and overhead coverage.
As the manifestation of the collective unconscious, its floors are constantly shifting and changing. One can always get to where they want to go, if they keep looking, but they'll never take the same path twice. Sometimes floors are pitch-dark, other times they're a maze with several dead ends, and still others are a simple straight line from beginning to end.
Mementos is populated by Shadows, both just general random encounters, and the more sophisticated Shadows of other people. It's not generally a safe place to walk around, though its size means that encounters could be avoided through stealth. Its also affected by weather conditions outside: flu season brings despair, freezing temperatures brings the possibility of a frozen enemy, high pollen counts lead to itchy eyes, and heavy rain increases the likelihood of rare enemies and treasure.
In game, the depths of Mementos has the final boss of Persona 5, the false god Yaldabaoth. Who knows what could be in the depths here, if there's even a bottom!
Other: I've been working with Ren's, Damien's, and Ann's players with the thought of combining Mementos with Shibuya Station, the Chicago L, and the Underground Mall imprints that they're bringing in! Ideally, we'd like a subway system to enable greater accessibility to different areas. We were imagining something with different stops that might take characters to different key locations to make it a little easier to access areas (like Messiah or Wall Market), but also like, a little cursed. One can take the subway and get there, but is it worth it? kind of thing. Since it's based off the Tokyo subway, we were also thinking it could be neat if like, platforms would just crop up with new locations in the future as well if they're far enough away, since the subway is always expanding
canon imprint
Character: Goro Akechi
Canon: Persona 5
Imprint Type: Scenery
Influence: Link
Summary: Mementos: A dark, twisted version of the Tokyo subway, with running trains and tunnels full of monsters.
Full Details: Mementos is a black-and-red underground series of tunnels that can be accessed most easily from the subway station in Shibuya. A twisted version of the Tokyo subway, it's a maze of wooden train tracks haunted by eerie screams and voices on the wind. Occasionally, a train goes by, leading one deeper and deeper into the depths. Of course, it can be traversed on foot, or even with a car, with escalators on train platforms to enable one to go up or down. Its walls are lined with spidery veins, structures that could be mistaken for bones, and the occasional forgotten-looking graveyard or classroom. Each floor potentionally contains some treasure chests with equipment or valuables.. There are more than 50 floors, and the trains never stop running. Every so often between floors, there's a waiting area that's safe from monsters and looks like a normal subway platform with seats and overhead coverage.
As the manifestation of the collective unconscious, its floors are constantly shifting and changing. One can always get to where they want to go, if they keep looking, but they'll never take the same path twice. Sometimes floors are pitch-dark, other times they're a maze with several dead ends, and still others are a simple straight line from beginning to end.
Mementos is populated by Shadows, both just general random encounters, and the more sophisticated Shadows of other people. It's not generally a safe place to walk around, though its size means that encounters could be avoided through stealth. Its also affected by weather conditions outside: flu season brings despair, freezing temperatures brings the possibility of a frozen enemy, high pollen counts lead to itchy eyes, and heavy rain increases the likelihood of rare enemies and treasure.
In game, the depths of Mementos has the final boss of Persona 5, the false god Yaldabaoth. Who knows what could be in the depths here, if there's even a bottom!
Additional Links: here are some pictures!
Other: I've been working with Ren's, Damien's, and Ann's players with the thought of combining Mementos with Shibuya Station, the Chicago L, and the Underground Mall imprints that they're bringing in! Ideally, we'd like a subway system to enable greater accessibility to different areas. We were imagining something with different stops that might take characters to different key locations to make it a little easier to access areas (like Messiah or Wall Market), but also like, a little cursed. One can take the subway and get there, but is it worth it? kind of thing. Since it's based off the Tokyo subway, we were also thinking it could be neat if like, platforms would just crop up with new locations in the future as well if they're far enough away, since the subway is always expanding