This is all for me, Arona. Go back to your bright and warm classroom.
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~ Plana towards Arona
A.R.O.N.A, or colloquially known as Plana (プラナ in Japanese) is one of the characters in the 2021 roleplay game Blue Archive who is an AI residing in the mysterious Shittim Chest belonging to the Sensei of Schale, the main character of Blue Archive. She is originally Arona belonging to Sensei from another timeline, one that is not as fortunate as the current one. Utilizing the powers given by a mysterious god-like entity named The Iridescence, that Sensei (now named Phrenapates) along with another person named Shiroko Terror came into the current timeline to destroy it, only to be defeated. Phrenapates died, but Plana and Shiroko Terror were rescued by the current timeline's Sensei.
Since Plana is Arona from another timeline, she takes on the same role as Arona, acting as Sensei's assistant in various tasks and as their combat support.
Although Plana is Arona from another timeline, she acts as Arona's counterpart. Unlike Arona's cheerful and expressive attitude, Plana appears glum, fititng with the darker nature of her appearance compared to Arona. She also originally spoke with simple commands like "understood", "affirmative", etc before lightening up her speech after spending some time with Arona, who she calls "Arona-senpai." However, both commonly share the willingness to assist Sensei in their tasks. Plana also joins in on Arona's shenanigans that are recorded in their new channel "AroPla Channel".
Trivia[]
The Shittim Chest Plana originated from requires a password to unlock: "We long for the wailing of Jericho. We bear the seven koans." This is actually a swapped version of Arona's Shittim Chest's password: "We yearn for the seven wailings. We bear the koan of Jericho."
The name "Plana" was given by Arona. It's actually derived from the word "planetarium" for Arona wanted Plana to shine like the hundreds of stars one would see from a planetarium, instead of a single lonely star.
