Beyond the Blue Door... [Open to 1 Attendant]

After hearing about a certain room's existence, Mae looked around San Malarus for a very peculiar door... One that normal people could not see, or even hope to enter under normal circumstances. According to Hyde, the door was a deep blue color, with gold trimming. What better place to look for it than San Malarus, which was, without a doubt, the largest Island in the Azores Region. At least population-wise. After strolling around for what seemed like ages, Mae eventually caught sight of the blue door. // There it is! The door Hyde-kun was talking about! // Mae thought.


// About time if you ask me. // Today, she had 2 important tasks to do. 1. Meet an attendant. 2. Find a place to stay for the foreseeable future. Due to some strange phenomenon, the entire school and the dorms had been un-inhabitable. It was almost like the place was cursed. Which was why Mae was trudging along with her trunk. All the necesities were in there. Toothbrush, shampoo, fresh clothes, her futon and everything else she might need. She would've taken in at a hotel or something if she had known for how long the school dorms would be out of buissness, but seeing as this problem wasn't going to be resolved anytime soon, she needed a place to crash. But, that was not the important thing now. She had a place in mind already, but right now, getting aquainted with the velvet room was of upmost importance. After all, she would need it's services should she want to survive in the other worlds. Mae was a Ranger now, and keeping the team alive was her (self-given) responsibility. That meant stocking up on supplies should any problems arise.


As soon as she approached the door, and touched the handle, something fell on the ground with a metallic 'clink'. // A Key...? // Mae picked up the small key off the ground. Despite it's size, and looking like it was made out of pure silver, the key basically weighed nothing at all. What's even stranger was the fact that no-one else seemed to have taken notice of it. It was as if... Mae was the only one who could see it. After coming to that conclusion, she knew what to do. Putting two and two together wasn't all that difficult after all. She took the key, inserted it inside the keyhole, twisted it, and opened the door.

The inside was even stranger. She had walked into a blue room. Not a very suitable color considering the name of the room referred to a dessert which was usually red in color. Mae walked in cautiously with a meek "H-Hello?". What was all this?

Lisa was still busy drawing. When she heard the blue door opened, she quickly went to her position. Still, the room was messed with Lisa's beautiful drawings despite that, Lisa will still try to serve this upcoming guests. She was nervous since this is her first encounter with a guest. So as the girl entered the room, she gave it all in order to greet this girl.


Lisa greets the redhead. She would then clear her throat then continue. "Welcome to the Velvet Room. I am Lisa, I am an attendant. If you're looking for 'father', I am sorry to tell you that he has gone somewhere. I am in charge for a while, so is there anything that I can help you with?" she said. Lisa was really serious and she thinks that she is doing a great job despite being nervous. Lisa was looking at the redhead seriously waiting for an answer.

"Nice to meet you, Lisa. I guess I should introduce myself as well." Such a polite little girl. Didn't Hyde say that most attendants were... older-looking? Then again, this place held many mysteries. "I'm Mae Iharu." A good start. The little girl seemed to have been... drawing, prior to Mae's arrival. "I was actually looking for an attendant. I was just recently made aware of this room's existence, and I could most certainly use it's services. Is it just you here for now?" She looked at the little girl. "Oh, you're drawing?" Mae made a gesture towards the sketches scattered across the floor. "Mind if I take a look?"

"Hmm... Mae Iharu. What a rare name, nice to meet you too" Lisa replied and by just a peek on her, Lisa discovered what her arcana is. Lisa managed to summon a Magician Arcana tarot card on her hand which was Mae's arcana. "The Magician... the power to harness your talents. I am guessing that you must be talented. Say what's your talent? Mine is drawing while singing tee-hee" Lisa started a conversation and crushed the Magician Tarot making the card to fade away. Mae asked if she was the only one here and she answered "No i'm not the only one here. The others might be somewhere doing their own business". Mae noticed one of her drawings and asked if she could take a look at it. "Ah, yes I am drawing. I like to do it a lot since it's the only thing I can do here and it seems I've drawn a lot tee-hee. I am sorry for the mess, I'll clean it up later before 'father' comes and you want to take a look at it? I don't mind, I hope you'll like them though."

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"I-I guess I am... I am a good singer, if anything..." Mae said modestly. She wasn't the one to brag. "Well, You're pretty good at drawing." The pinkette looked at one of the drawings. "I guess you attendants can tell what power we have awoken to, huh? From what I've heard, this place is deeply rooted to the Powers of Personas." Come to think of it... Who created this place...? "So... What sort of assistance can you provide us with?" Now that the two had introduced themselves, it was time to get down to buissness. She was here on an errand after all.

"Tee-hee you sing too? I guess we'll get along" she chuckled a little bit from a guest who has some similarities with her. As she heard Mae's compliment, she blushed a little bit and her mood changed "T-thank you" her voiced turned serious to meek due to her shy personality, she doesn't get compliments much so she is not used to it. Lisa doesn't have a compendium yet so she can't visualized her explanations but she do knows the answer. "Us attendants will help you in your journey. We will be here for you when you are facing hardships that's all but we won't be allowed to get involved. We're just here to guide in your life that is all. Also yes, the Velvet Room is deeply rooted to the powers of Personas. We all manage the personas of our guests" Lisa then noticed the Velvet Room key that she used to get in "Ah, it seems that you got the key to the Velvet Room. Where did you find it? Oh never mind, it's yours now keep it. From this day onwards, you are now a guest of the Velvet Room" Lisa let Mae to keep the Velvet Room key. She is the guest of the Velvet Room, she is now her attendant. Lisa is kinda happy to have her first guest so she was secretly happy and hopes that she will get more closer with her new guest although Igor is not allowing them to get close with their guests.

"I sure hope so, Lisa. I'm looking forward to it." Mae gave the girl a warm smile. It certainly seemed like the two would get along. For being so... Young(?), Lisa seemed very mature for her apparent age. At least, in speaking mannerisms. "Ah, that makes sense... kinda. So you're allowed to assist us Persona Users, but you can't get directly involved with what we are doing... " Mae contemplated this fact. So they were not allowed to involve themselves directly in the persona user's fate. "Compendium? What's that?" Mae asked. Hyde had never mentioned what a compendium was, so the term was unknown to her. The more she knew about this place and it's residents, the better. "Oh, this key? It sort of... appeared when I touched the handle of the door..." Maybe that was how this room chose it's guests? Fate is a funny thing...

Lisa just nodded and smiled keeping her cool although she was still nervous. Now that she asked about the compendium. Speaking of compendium, Lisa doesn't have one yet but she knows what a compendium is. "A compendium is a mysterious book exclusively for us to use. Unfortunately, I don't have one yet but I hope I can get one sooner. As it was an important tool to help our guests here in the Velvet Room. So I really need one right now because of the fact that I will be the one guiding your journey" she answered, as usual with a formal manner just like will any attendants will do. "Now that you're a guest here. Feel free to ask more questions" she added, smiling again at Mae,her new guest. Lisa was happy to meet her first guest. Now, she needs to get her compendium.

"I can access this room anytime I wish, right?" Mae asked curiously. It may have sounded silly at first, but Mae knew little to nothing about this place, and knowing with confidence that she could access it at any time was something Mae needed. "So... What do you do here when no guests are around?" Sitting in alone in a room like this at her age must be boring. "Are you even allowed to leave this room at all?" What exactly was the limitations of the Attendants to begin with? The more she knew, the better.

"Tee-hee! Of course you can go here whenever you want! You're a guest here now" Lisa laughed at Mae's obvious question but it mean't nothing, it's just a chuckle. Now about their activities when there are no guests, well they can't stay here forever. "What do we do when the guests are gone? Hmmm, we go outside of course! We can't stay here for ages! Haha but in my case, i just draww and sing a lot! cause those are my hobbies! I also go outside when I have the mood!" Lisa was really jumpy while answering the question there. It seems that Lisa likes to answer questions and she enjoys answering them a lot. "Anymore questions?" she asked Mae again if she had any, if there is nothing then that will end their conversation.

"Well, I can see how sitting in here all day would get stale after a while." Yeah, as interesting and mysterious this place was, sitting here for hours on end alone would make anyone restless... "Well, since the school is out of buissness right now, I have a lot of spare time on my hands... So if you ever feel bored, you can just contact me, okay? I'm sure I can come up with a ton of fun stuff to do!" Mae smiled cheerfully back at Lisa. There was something about this attendant's child-like innocence which made it difficult for Mae not to like her. "Well, I don't think so... It was nice meeting you Lisa. I hope we can see each other again soon." The pinkette grabbed the handle to the blue door, smiling back at the little attendant. One task down... 2 more to go...

Lisa blushed a bit, feeling shy, when Mae said that she might wanna visit her in the real world sometimes when she had the time. Lisa would love to but the rules, they can't get close with their guests. However, this is a good opportunity as well to learn about the human world. "Ok, i'll think about it" she said with a weak voice. As Mae was about to leave, she returned to her 'attendant' mode and tried to pull herself up. "Oh! goodbye! It was nice meeting you to Mae. I guess we'll see each other next time" she said while waving at her as she leaves the velvet room. Lisa let out a deep breath of relief. It's the first time that she encountered a guest and it went well! Igor is so gonna be proud of her! I guess she is an attendant now and what's missing now is a compendium.

[EXIT]