AU where Persona users have animal features.
Traits, consisting of ears, tail, teeth, and wings, come in the night of an awakening, and is a general pain in the ass. Bloody, teeth rapidly falling out and coming back in just as fast, headaches, the whole misery. They also come with instincts, toned down and easily suppressable... except for Teddie (though how much of that was the Traits and how much of it was Just Teddie Literally Being A Bear is debatable). Most notably, if an animal is a carnivore, the Persona User craves raw meat.
They often hunt at night for wild animals since it's cheaper than constantly buying meat from Junes, and they can't risk getting caught shoplifting. Teddie gave tips on how to hunt, despite never needing or being capable to do so himself. Since he was out of the TV World before Naoto's awakening, he was able to go along with her and show a more in-depth tutorial on hunting. Teddie does not start with the traits, despite the others thinking he would have.
YU NARUKAMI
TRAITS: Light gray cat ears & tail, sharp teeth
Worried over Nanako and Dojima finding out about his eating of small animals, though currently Nanako just finds everyone's animal features really adorable. He can see in the dark, and his tail'll fluff up when angry + he hisses. And purrs. Yosuke freaked out the first time Yu started purring while hanging out with him.
YOSUKE HANAMURA
TRAITS: Light brown floppy dog ears and tail, sharp teeth
Hates his ears but at least he can hide them in his hair. His tail not so much. Yosuke's tail wags when he's happy or excited, and it is the BANE of his existence. Growls if annoyed, barks at squirrels. Has tried hosing down Teddie numerous times as the bear hoards "snacks" (dead animals) in his suit and he smells so bad as a result. "Saki-senpai would never love someone like me."
CHIE SATONAKA
TRAITS: Light brown kangaroo ears and tail
No more meat... sad... she has tried and gotten sick over it. Often threatens to kick others with "kangaroo strength" which isn't a empty threat. Despite only having the ears and tail of a kangaroo, her kicks are way more powerful.
YUKIKO AMAGI
TRAITS: Light black small bird wings and tail, still has teeth
Yukiko's wings only function in the TV World. This does mean she could fly when the TV World was blending into the Real World. They stay small no matter if she's using them or not. Due to this, she's a very poor flier, though tries to get practice in when she can.
KANJI TATSUMI
TRAITS: Light blonde wolf ears and tail, sharp teeth
Home pierced his ears and tail as soon as he could. While he knows how to hunt, he probably does so the least out of the IT, prefering instead to buy meat from Junes when he can or recieve other's hunted animals - he can't really bring himself to hunt cute animals.
RISE KUJIKAWA
TRAITS: Light brown lop rabbit ears and tail, buck teeth
Rise's ears perk/hover upwards when using her Persona. She also wears her hair in a simple ponytail and tends to drape her ears over her shoulders.
TEDDIE HANAMURA
TRAITS: Blue bear ears and tail, sharp teeth. Bearsuit is obviously unaffected by the traits (other than it having sharp teeth).
Due to Teddie's fabricated body and the fact he's really a Shadow, the traits kind of severly fuck him up - causing him to go into a animalistic feral state where he ended up eating Morooka. The guilt haunts him for the rest of the game (as well as during the events of Q), though he's gotten through it (aka he's suppressing it like the truth that he's a Shadow) for Arena and DAN. The guilt caused him to go feral again around Naoto's joining, clawing up his throat, causing it to be bandaged up. Others don't really question the blood since they don't know that's what it is (it's blue, after all). Also, his bearsuit's zipper leaks (red) blood. Oddly, Teddie is strictly a carnivore - Naoto believes it's due to the Morooka incident.
NAOTO SHIROGANE
TRAITS: Dark blue fox ears, light blue tail with darker blue band and light tip
Naoto's ears are pinned down by her hat, but they are still visible.
TOHRU ADACHI
TRAITS: Light black weasel ears and tail
Cut off his traits to not raise suspicion (though apparently no one cares considering the IT are running around just fine), also manipulated Namatame to do the same once he realized that Namatame had the traits as well, and he didn't want any connection to him so there wouldn't be a risk of Namatame being caught. Claimed to have had a bad head injury when he took off time to recover from the trait-related injuries - they come back when he's possessed.
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