Difference between revisions of "Kazuo Kagayama"

• The only exception to this so far is Hinata Itoh, who he met in nicer circumstances. The fact that the Lurker regards her as something of a threat is causing a bit of dissonance within the man. Minako Arisato is in a similar situation.
• Also of note is Mitsuru Kirijo, for even more drastic reasons. While Kazuo's conscious and logical mind acknowledges the reasons behind her actions, in his current state that part of his mind is rather badly damaged. Which leaves the Lurker to scream and hate her with a rage like the heart of a star.

The Lurker

• Apocalyptica - Path YouTube
• Apocalyptica - Until It Sleeps YouTube
• HalfLife OST - Cavern Ambiance YouTube (The Lair of the Lurker Beneath)
• Jesper Kyd - Wetlands Escape YouTube
• MDFMK - Missing Time YouTube
• R3FORGED - Omen YouTube
• Sonic Mayhem - Noize Purge YouTube
• Static-X - Night Terrors YouTube

Kazuo

• Assemblage 23 - Infinite YouTube (Past events)
• Mediaeval Baebes - Kinderly YouTube (Look up the translated lyrics, trust us)
• Metallica - Until It Sleeps YouTube
• Nightwish - For the Heart I Once Had YouTube
• Sarah Brightman - Fleurs Du Mal YouTube
• Vast - Touched YouTube (His lost wife)
• VNV Nation - Beloved (Grey Dawn) YouTube (Another one for his wife)

"The poor on the borderline of starvation live purposeful lives. To be engaged in a desperate struggle for food and shelter is to be wholly free from a sense of futility."

Eric Hoffer, "The True Believer", 1951 (1902 - 1983)

• Conversely, if his more 'animal' emotions are in ascension (fear, hunger, rage, etc), his speech loses coherence and cohesion, though is usually still understandable. Usually.
• On the extreme far end of this, if the Lurker Beneath takes full hold, its speech is remarkably coherent, though it's hardly much of a conversationalist. It has full access to Kazuo's intellect and memories, and applies them directly and brutally to fulfilling its needs (usually hunger).
• There are times when the damage to Kazuo's mind proves too great even for his Shadow to work through, leaving the man nearly comatose, or beset by delusions and flashbacks. During these periods, if he responds to outside stimuli at all, it is usually in a confused and/or confusing manner.

Known to frequent the Port Island train station in particular, but has also been sighted at similar facilities around the area. Apparently something about the trains themselves interests him.

Though the trail has long gone cold, someone with determination and connections might be able to track Kazuo back to the handful of survivors from the Port Island Kirijo disaster.

Kazuo's Shadow, the Lurker Beneath, is an inversion of the Egyptian demon Ammut. Presumably, if he could be freed from the grip of his Shadow, it would revert to a proper Persona.

• In Egyptian mythology, Ammut was closely associated (in a subservient role) with Ma'at, the Ancient Egyptian concept of truth, balance, order, law, morality, and justice. In its currently inverted state, this expresses as a fear and avoidance of things enforcing a "lawful" effect (i.e. constraining its hunger), most notably police and similar officials.

It is a very real possibility that some factions know of Kazuo's existence, if not the details of his condition.

• Strega, for one, has probably encountered him or signs of him down in the sewers.
• The NWO may have retained enough interest in him to keep track of Kazuo after the Kirijo Disaster.
• SEES, by this point, knows rather directly and horribly of his existence, as they were instrumental in removing the Key of Time given to Kazuo. Though they might not have realized just what they were pushing him back into at the time, they certainly do now.

10/18/2009 (4/20/2010 OOC)

Wataru Hoshimoto gets tossed into the sewers, wanders into the Lurker's territory. Gets closer to death than he probably realizes. Log

10/20/2009 (4/22/2010 OOC)

Kazuo, having scraped together a bit of money, finds the Lucky7 for some actual food, and talks a little with Hinata Itoh. Log

10/26/2009 (4/28/2010 OOC)

Masumi Hayashi has the misfortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and is almost made into a meal for the Lurker. Log

11/16/2009 (5/19/2010 OOC) - Broken Fragments (Cutscene)

News of Lunarvale being tugged away into its own private hell stirs old memories...

11/20/2009 (5/23/2010 OOC)

Masumi finds himself the target of the Lurker's hunt again, but this time manages to get to some help at the Lucky7 in the form of Sayaka Takuma, Hinata and Kanon Itoh. Log

11/25/2009 (5/28/2010 OOC)

Thora Kobayashi encounters the Lurker Beneath, and manages to dissuade it from turning her into a meal. Log

11/30/2009 (6/02/2010 OOC)

Shinjiro Aragaki finds himself the next target of a hungry Lurker, manages to convince it to go elsewhere. Log

12/08/2009 (6/09/2010 OOC)

The Lurker tries to eat the Potential Hitoshi Taniguchi. Initiate SEESbomb! Log

12/27/2009 (6/28/2010 OOC)

Another Dark Hour, another hunt. But this time the prey has some protection... protection that seems a little out of control. Log

12/30/2009 (7/01/2010 OOC)

Mysterious doors start appearing to various people, and what lies behind them are things they'd probably prefer to leave behind. Log

The Door (Cutscene): Things start to go very badly for a few people as the past comes calling.

12/31/2009 (7/02/2010 OOC)

The path is opened, and the outside world discovers the Desert of Time. Log

1/03/2010 (7/05/2010 OOC)

An excursion into Dis finds perhaps more than they bargained on. Log

1/29/2010 (7/31/2010 OOC) Overmap Patch Removed

Timeline resumes normalcy in regards to Kazuo's patch.

1/31/2010 (8/02/2010 - 8/06/2010 OOC)

Kirijo Group Observational Report (Cutscene)

2/25/2010 (9/01/2010 OOC)

Mitsuru and Enoha try to get some information out of the still-captive Kagayama. Things do not go as planned. Log