If you can find a place the line fits well, then go ahead. I'm not gonna play at copyright lawyer in a fanfiction forum.
As for the bypass of... whatever Yukari's issues are to get her persona? Its fine Since it's basically how the Protag gets The Fool in the games IIRC. But, maybe consider having a few conquences to cheating out her persona. Like maybe she's a little nervious about summoning it at times, or if her personal issues that she's been repressing flare up, her persona is a little weaker or something.
I have an idea of how the line would fit in future chapters. I will be sure to reference you in properly.
Yukari as far as I remember was terrified of putting a gun to her head to force her persona out. She had a scene about that in the opening cutscene of the game. We don't really see her overcome that problem but we do know it's after the protag protects her, taking her gun and fighting on their own when she was ordered to protect them. So after the protag passes out she was filled with guilt then later resolve to utilise her own persona.
There are a few consequences for this and it will show up mostly because it's forced. I am still debating how it will happen but so far it's a mental thing where her persona since it was forced out is semi-independent from her. It's kinda like a shadow where it wants to do its own thing at times. Will even get tired of her problems and argue a bit with Yukari. But this all depends on what happens in the future. Tell me what you think because I like what you suggested.
I now got to look into more of Yukari and her issue with her mom for those personal issues. Also, I think she's jealous of Mitsuru but that's about it oh and her father. I know most but just research backchecking. As for weaking, the persona I was just going with she has less control over it.
The SI can ask for a history book of the history of the wild cards that used the velvet room?, so it seems it's sherlock from the books with the memetic aperance... Mhh i wonder, how would he react to it's moderm incarnations?, Cuestion does sherlock can pass more knowledge?, like how to play the violin, do chemistry, etc, because doing baritsu sounds useful, It also applies to the others personas?, like acting classy from the elf.
The SI can ask for a history book of the history of the wild cards that used the velvet room?, so it seems it's sherlock from the books with the memetic aperance... Mhh i wonder, how would he react to it's moderm incarnations?, Cuestion does sherlock can pass more knowledge?, like how to play the violin, do chemistry, etc, because doing baritsu sounds useful, It also applies to the others personas?, like acting classy from the elf.
Interesting idea but I'm not sure if such a record of previous visitors exist. They can ask and Igor would not mind telling them about their predecessors. Sherlock's appearance is a mix really he's influenced by Roy's mind. So he's a mix of his book description mixed with FGO's Sherlock.
Since Sherlock and the others have access to Roy's memories he's seen Robert Downey Jr's Sherlock.
Sherlock is able to pass on knowledge but since he's made from Roy unlike the others. He is however capable of learning things fast and able to pull an Uchiha teaching Roy. For fighting skills... well it depends on Roy to make sure his body can handle it. Knowledge is easier to pass on once learned by Sherlock.
Eh, he already is indirectly involved. No personal appearance, but aspects of him. You can guess who they are. He's not evil (well, not completely evil) just crazy and very very screwed up in the head given what he represents.
Eh, he already is indirectly involved. No personal appearance, but aspects of him. You can guess who they are. He's not evil (well, not completely evil) just crazy and very very screwed up in the head given what he represents.
Yeah, he means well but Philemon is fine with people suffering and meeting hardships if it means they will come out stronger. He's kinda like the lion that will throw his cubs off a cliff and make them climb back up.
Yeah, he means well but Philemon is fine with people suffering and meeting hardships if it means they will come out stronger. He's kinda like the lion that will throw his cubs off a cliff and make them climb back up.
Please add in spoiler tags Roy is going in blind for this FI. I know what you posted is little knowledge but he might google things. Well as long as it's nothing specific and not shown in the story your free to talk about it. Theories are fine but if it's spoiler like please put it in a spoiler tag.
Thank you for reading.
He possessed a lot of things and people. He is responsible for Persona 3 making the old head Mitsuru's grandfather and his research team obsessed with shadows and carry out the prophecy.
"There is too much damn paperwork!" Roy exclaimed in aggravation. He had been finishing the paperwork for his new identity and other miscellaneous work to not have his butt booted into international waters. He felt incredibly uncomfortable working with Kirijo because while she was nice, he remembered that was kind of how Yakuza operated, they used kindness as a piece of bait before bringing people into their fold step by step. He felt a little disappointed he couldn't relax even here in this world, but at least with his persona, he would be able to fight back if it came down to it.
He reminisced back to the situation of Yukari and her new persona...
As the excitement and congratulations on the new persona emerging, a tear-soaked Yukari bowed and thanked Roy. "Thank you thank you so much" An honest smile blossoming on her face.
After all the excitement died the SEES members questioned Pixie more on the nature of personas and how they could make use of them. It lasted for an hour or so before the meeting ended, Mitsuru being the punctual type informed everyone it was getting far too late and that the strain of maintaining Pixie's existence was starting to wear down on Roy. Much to the protests of the chairman who had taken so many notes.
Before they left for their rooms Mitsuru gave Roy a stack of papers. "These are the documents we have made to legalize your stay in Japan. Please go through them and if you want to make any changes please add them in."
'That was…' Roy thought, '...fast.'
Afterward, Akihiko escorted Roy to his room, "This is yours if you have any questions I'm down the hallway." Pointed down the beige hallway, with yellow walls closer to the ground. Green and yellow patterned carpeting under a long royal brown one. The hallway was pretty wide he noted now that he had taken a second, about several meters.
"Got it, thanks for this," Indicating everything they had helped him with, while he had been in this dilemma not just showing him where his room was.
"It's not a problem. Well, have a good night's rest" He nodded "Listen, can you give my thanks to Pixie. She cleared up so many questions I had about Personas".
Roy smiled, "I will, though if you really want to, just get her candy."
"Ha, I'll get her the limited edition Chocolate flavored Protein Balls"
[YES YES!!! Minions offer them to me!]
"She's ecstatic," Roy's eyes widened, "Oh sh-fudge I forgot this was Japan you guys have vending machines for days and for everything." I knew where my money was going, mango-hot sauce ice cream.
"Hmm, yeah now that I think about it. We do have vending machines for everything" He then looked down at his watch. "Well, this is getting late."
"Before I go, Roy, I have to thank you" Akihiko placed his hand out for a handshake "In the west, you greet each other with handshakes right."
"Not always but sometimes," He held out his hand,
"Thanks," Aki said. "Let's work hard and get stronger, I feel like with what you told us there are more ways for us to reach new heights"
Time froze, a familiar blue taint surrounded your vision and the back of a tarot card appeared in your eye. A mysterious voice rings in your head as the card turns. Revealing the silhouette of a figure clad in robes befitting of an emperor.
I am thou and Thou Art I.
Thou hast established a social link of the Emperor Arcana.
Thou shall have our blessing when thou choosest to create Persona of the Emperor Arcana.
Time soon resumed and the blue tint faded away.
Keeping the surprise from his face Roy simply smiled and let go. 'What in the world? Again, this soon?'
Akihiko and Roy soon parted ways.
o-o-o-o-o
Inside his room, Roy stretched his arms behind his head having finally finished researching his computer about what was happening, he had put in enough fail-safes to keep anyone from tracking him unless they had direct access to his computer.
[Oh, by the way, they've bugged your room] Sherlock's form flew to one side of the room and inspected a corner.
'Isn't that nice of them,' Yakuza vibes couldn't intensify any further. He had suspected as much, but it was good to have Sherlock check for him.
[Why yes it was generous of them, this recording device is the same as the computer in the command room. It can function in the dark hour] Reaching his hand out the Persona poked and prodded a small camera. [But for your privacy I'll see if I can turn it off]
'See if you can hack them and show random loops throughout the day, so they think the cameras are just fritzing when they took a good look. I'd rather they not be aware of the extent of what we can do.'
[I'll see what we can do]
Roy felt he'd been up long enough and decided to head to bed.
o-o-o-o-o
Day 4 (April 8 / 2009 / 8AM)
It was around 8:00 AM by the time Roy got down, the paperwork Mitsuru gave him was far too much to complete in one sitting even with Sherlock's help, especially since he didn't have access to the full range of his abilities yet. There were cover stories to memorize and alter, the paperwork was meant to be done at the end of the day when the students got back. Mitsuru would be going over with him to finalize everything.
By the time Roy reached the kitchen for breakfast everyone had already left for school.
There was apparently a note stating that he shouldn't leave the building until his paperwork was finalized so he just trained his persona and came up with a variety of attacks, tactics on the ground floor and around the hallway, familiarizing himself with the building. He had sent Sherlock for research and anything at all that he could use in the future.
[So are you going to ask about the Emperor Arcana thing?] Pixie's voice resounded in Roy's mind.
'So do you know of it?'
[Oh well you know how Sherlock is the fool, Lenan is Empress, and I'm the Magician, right? It kinda just comes naturally to me]
'Sure yeah.'
[Since you have a social link to the Emperor, it's as the voice said you can create stronger Emperor Personas in the Velvet Room]
'That's pretty cool, even if a tad manipulatively bad.'
[Why do you think so?]
'Basically, if you make friends you get power. Where friends can become a tool in the process, it's a super fine line to walk. To the point, I'm actually going to make it a goal of mine to only work with the Persona I have to their utmost and ignore even thinking about that friends' equal persona. Just keeping the process separate in the mind is likely safer.'
The sound Pixie slurping something resounded in Roy's mind [... Aren't you thinking too much on it, you humans do it all the time. Each time you meet someone you grow.]
'The power is messing with my mind and apparently my soul. Safety is paramount.'
[Well do what you think is best. To me it looks all the same.]
'Until proven otherwise, caution is good, so anyways what else about the Card can you tell me?'
[Well this is an interesting conversation] Sherlock's voice chimed in [I have returned from my investigation, would you like to continue this, back at your room].
Settling onto his bed, Sherlock floated above. The Detective produced a glowing notebook, possibly an item he created, Roy just assumed ghost powers were in effect, he thought to ask later taking it from the Detective's hands to flip through the pages.
Mystery
=================================
Why is the Dark Hour here?
Under Investigation but leads found. The Kirijo group is involved.
What are Personas?
Manifestations of thoughts. They are born from humans, their powers and forms are based on human perception.
Where did they come from?
Personas have existed before the Dark Hour
Testaments for Pixie and Leanan Sidhe supports this claim
The Dark Hour started possibly a decade ago from the records of the Kirijo group
Yukari's Dad and the experimentation of Kirijo group?
The Kirijo group had a research facility
Possibly the research into Shadows and Personas may have been conducted there
There was an explosion at the facility and Yukari's father passed away in that incident, the blame of the incident was placed on him
After the incident, the research facility has been remodeled into a Gekkoukan High. A school under the direct control of the Kirijo Group
Other Information
Electronics do not function when the Dark Hour occurs
The Kirijo Group has developed equipment that operates during the Dark Hour and devices to help summon Personas.
Despite having a group of active Persona users, the Kirijo Group has no access to Persona's which are conscious so unaware of their true nature.
Mindscape is immense and Pixie can apparently play around in it provided she does not damage it. To sum things up it may work like the Matrix, the limits of human minds are such an interesting concept to explore.
Tatsumi Port Island Mysteries [I'm going to go read the previous chapters to see what was written down. Up to pg 15]
No reports of large scale plane crash or machine failure connected to the dark hour.
How the Dark Hour occurs outside Tatsumi Port Island is unknown.
Velvet Room
A metaphysical room located between consciousness and unconsciousness. It changes its form to fit the metal state and desires of its guests. (ie. It can change from a Limo to a train to a plane to the library.)
Residents:
Igor
The person in charge of the Velvet room
Immensely powerful
He is excited to see Roy's journey and aid in his growth
Roy assumes he's someone like Lea
Elizabeth
Igor's assistance
Appears to be interested in the outside world. Hoping Roy can help her learn and experience the outside world.
She's incredibly skilled in cooking, Pixie loves her deserts.
They exist to help the guest master the power of persona
They appear to be a neutral group unconnected to the case. Roy assumes their goals are aimed elsewhere and having read too many stories assumes it's to either save the world or to cause mass mayhem, or both.
Roy has been given a Key to access the room again so far the means to enter the room is unknown.
Roy currently has a tab with them. The tea was absolutely wondrous.
There were far more pages left to read but Roy had seen enough for now. Sherlock stood upside down on the ceiling and Roy asked, 'Getting comfortable?'
[Very, so about what I've learned] Sherlock handed Roy the notebook to read as he looked over it Roy noted something, ' oh haha, the Tea was great wasn't why don't you stick it where- wait hold on, so the Kirijo group was involved with researching and Yukari's dad died… I don't think she knows.' Roy was starting to worry. 'That girl was way too much baggage.'
[It is unlikely for her to join such a group if this were the case yes, how are you going to handle it?]
'By avoiding it like the plague...ugh, my conscious hurts just saying that. Best to wait until Yukari trusts me enough to talk about it...Ugh, that sounds like a growing and impending time bomb if we go by narrative tropes. I don't know. Wonderful. I'm just going to ignore that for today, and deal with it tomorrow.'
[My investigation has been fruitful. I went snooping around when you were sleeping. Nothing too deep that could give myself away but I got a good enough picture just from the internet. This Port city was built mostly with the help of the Kirijo Group, so they have much control over the city]
Roy blinked, 'That's a lot more...nevermind anime, should've expected it. That's not really the important bit, are they evil is the core issue?'
[No, the current head Mitsuru's father Takeharu is intended to solve the Dark hour.]
'So wait, let me get this straight. They aren't organ, slave, weapon or another type of smuggling, and they aren't doing any sort of blackmailing or anything even remotely criminal!? How can they even call themselves- what's with the Yakuza vibes!?'
[So far they are clean and so no foul play. However, there have been some shady things in the past mostly under Mitsuru's grandfather Kouetsu's reign]
'Oh. Reformed criminals.' Roy took a few minutes to think, 'That's, relieving to hear actually. I really didn't want to fight her group, they were nice. An anime trope I can get behind.'
[Yes, they have been of great help in your integration into this world. Mitsuru and the team are clean… however, I am still investigating the chairman Shuji Ikutsuki. He has been missing since the revelations made by Pixie, he has not gone to school and has put on a notice that he will be busy.]
'That sounds like someone we need to call Ezio Auditore for. Well, at least 80% of them are in the clear, out of curiosity, how do they make money?'
[They make their money in research, developments, construction, etc. They operate globally as a multinational trading company. We have powerful allies.]
'That makes sense and yay for legal and good morals.'
[Ezio Auditore… it's possible to summon him as a persona. Though I suggest asking Igor on how to make that happen.]
'That's going to be weird. Especially when you consider all the- putting it out of my mind for now.'
[Getting back on track, there wasn't much else of note. Your current worry should be the documents and then find a source of income I guess outside of the operations tonight. We do have to pay our tab in the Velvet room]
'Yeah, btw, I set up an online writing service, maybe code a few apps myself and get ahead of the curb.'
[That's an interesting way to get some income]
'Very, especially helps since I don't pay attention to stocks so there goes that easy way of making money out the window, I'm one of few...oh wait I can probably start social media services too.'
[We can start now, with my power it should be simple enough. Though I suggest you get more Persona's who can help with this.]
'So a programmer Persona? Or something to do with machines… I guess this is my income method.'
[Well there goes my plan, I was going to suggest you work alongside the authorities.]
'I mean it's not like I can't...work as a consulting service, cough. Cough, cough.'
[Kufufu, then I have some interesting suggestions for you. In my research I have discovered an officer who is aware of the Dark Hour and is working alongside the Kirijo group.]
'Is his name Lestrade. That would perfect, or even better Watson.'
[Sadly his name is Kurosawa and he would make a poor Watson.]
'Thy name disappointment.' Roy sat on the chair of his desk, 'His name means, Black something or other?'
[Black Marsh to be exact.]
'Well, he's a good choice at least.'
[With Miss Kirijo's help it would be a simple matter for you to work alongside him.]
'Well, that's nice at least, anything else?'
[Well I do have a theory I would like to confirm, when we are able to get out I like for you to go buy airsoft or any toy gun]
'That's not a problem.'
[Good, now shall we return to your question about the emperor arcana or shall we do some training]
'Sure.'
Roy ended up practicing summoning his personas, trying to increase the time needed to summon them and trying to light a fire between his hands unaided by Sherlock or a lighter. Pixie just watched them for a bit correcting Roy every now and then before getting bored and Roy told her to go come up with techniques and the like to use in battle.
By sundown when the rest of the residents of the dorm had returned, Pixe had watched enough anime for inspiration, Leanan having given her tips.
o-o-o-o-o
Roy was called up into the meeting room by Mitsuru. Inside Akihiko was present however the other two from the last meeting were absent.
"Yo, what do you guys need me for?" Roy said sitting down on the sofa.
On the desk was a new set of documents "It might have been rushed due to the nature of our work, but we have completed your legal documents. You are free to roam the city on your own, please look through the documents at your own time" Mitsuru had a small smile of satisfaction on her face.
"Appreciate this immensely, and I will."
"How was your day, by the way, hope you were not too bored on your own" Akihiko voice chimed in "I would have been restless if I was stuck here half the day"
"I managed, it helps to always have voices in your head to talk to." And Roy took a second to double-check what he said was logical. Reassessed his reality and continued, "Can't say processing papers were as much fun either."
"It never is but it is important for our work and your life, it's good to read anything you sign."
Irony. Thy name it is. Sherlock looked at Roy from his spot above him and Pixie snickered in his head.
"Now for the reason for the meeting," Mitsuru now had a serious face. "After yesterday's revelations, it flipped what we knew about Personas and Shadows. The chairman and our research department are going into overtime researching."
"Right now we are tasked with confirming if it is possible for us to make a contract with a shadow and convert it into a Persona." She then looked at Akihiko, "It's rare for us to encounter a strong Shadow as you had, but tonight during the dark hour I will try to find the strongest one for you and Akihiko to confront"
"Takeba and I will be staying here to monitor your situation"
"The easiest way I would say after this bit would be to go to the Tartarus once we're strong enough, likely enough to test them on. For now yeah I agree we should stay near the city and try for the dorm's equivalent."
"Hah there won't be any strong ones near here, I've defeated enough of them that they stay clear" Akihiko spoke up for the first time "Tonight we are going near Paulownia mall."
"What other places do the strongest of them usually congregate beside the Tower and the Paulownia Mall? Another point to test is how far the World extends to, I want to see how far we can go before the Realm runs out."
"The Dark hour as far as we assume extends to the entire world, however, it is difficult to send sensitive equipment outside of the country so we are unable to fully confirm the theory but we are certain it affects the entirety of Japan and other countries"
"Great so we can travel to see if other countries have different types of Persona, I'm assuming Japan would be affected by the Yokai types more often than not."
"We have tried to travel to other countries but it was deemed too dangerous. We have few persona users as it is so it is dangerous for us and this city if we travel out. As for Yokai, sadly all the persona and shadows we have seen are not influenced by any Yokai we know of. There are some that look similar to some yokai but that is about it. "
"Wait I just realized. The Dark Hour happens after 12 right? Then doesn't that mean, if you switch time zones correctly then you can effectively stay in the Dark Hour forever? That and the other side of the world should at least have another happening on the other side of the planet? Calling it Noon Hour is ridiculous though...."
"As far as we know the dark hour originates from this city, it occurs throughout the world at the same time the hour occurs in the city. This is why we focused all our research here."
"That's pretty funny." In that, it put a smile on his face.
"How so Roy?"
"Because the Dark Hour is super mystical and interesting because of it happening after Midnight but then you have something like America experiencing it around when everyone goes for the lunch break." Roy thought the theme is a little broken in that sense, "Maybe it's only amusing to me, regardless is the Mall the only area?"
"It may be a cultural joke from your time perhaps but yes the Mall area. You two should start heading there before the dark hour starts please get a feel of the area"
"Coolio," Roy looked at the clock, "Alright, so we have a bit of time, was there anything else?"
"Yes, a thing to note. Do remember that there is a female student living in this dorm her name is Arisato Hamuko. While we are unsure if she can summon a persona, we believe she has the potential so we have housed her here. Takeba is currently with her since they are in the same class, Takeba is watching over her. she is unaware of the dark hour and we would like to keep it that way if she cannot summon a persona."
Roy kept his expression from going flat, she sounded like she was part of the main cast, "Sure thing."
"Well, that's enough for a briefing" Picking his coat up from his chair he stood up "Let's get going the faster we get there the longer time you have to get a look at the area. Hopefully this time it won't be as rowdy as last time Roy"
"How are we getting access to weaponry?"
"We have some in the dorm but I'm taking you to a place with a better selection, you can take your pick when we get there" Akihiko started to walk towards the door.
"Nice."
o-o-o-o-o
April 8, 9:10 PM
Roy and Akihiko arrived at the mall, despite the late hour there were various people at the mall. From students playing at the arcade, adults going into a club, shoppers and much more.
Arriving near a fountain, Akihiko looked towards a police center. "We will be going there to meet… how shall I put it? Someone who knows about what we do and helps us in his own way." He then walked towards the station.
"Someone from the law I'm guessing or are we meeting someone from your underground fight clubs," Roy teased lightly.
"Heh, your imagination sure is something."
The mall looked more like a museum and a rich hotel's lobby. A massive fountain in the middle and a large space to walk around in, at the edges near the walls were the entrances to the stores. Roy could see stairs opposite from the entrance leading to the second floor, the balcony blocked off by barricades of steel. The ceiling of the entire thing was a large glass dome to the clear blue sky and low hanging cotton candy clouds.
Entering the police station, the two were greeted with a stern-faced police officer "This is officer Kurosawa."
"You've arrived Sanada-san and is this your new recruit? " Roy felt the officer study him with his gaze.
"Hello," he went for a handshake. Roy was equally studying the man, and from what he could see was someone who cared for the Law but more for its citizens. Since Roy doubted he was a Persona User himself, it would make sense why he was working with a group of high school kids and one adult, if he wasn't already aware of the company.
The officer took the offered hand and gave a firm handshake, "Greetings, I hope you have a welcome stay in our country. Now then, as I'm quite busy tonight so will you both follow me" The officer guided the two into a back room, walking towards a large locker he fiddled with the lock before opening it. Inside was a wide assortment of weapons. From various types of swords, blunt weapons, bows, spears and knives"
Roy guessed he'd been briefed on everything, which would make sense, "Hmm, this is a good selection, probably, the sword, walking stick, knuckle dusters, the knives, and the bow can be for backup."
"I suggest you just pick one, switching out weapons in a battle is hard but it's just my opinion," Akihiko commented as he rested his back against a wall.
"It won't be too much of a problem, and besides, I want to see which I'm more effective with, I'll drop the one I don't think I'll be able to use," Roy was thinking of how Sherlock would help teach him a few of them then throw aside the rest.
"Well since we arrived early, why don't you just test them all out until you find the right one." Akihiko looked down at his watch "It's about 9 so we have 3 hours"
"I am swamped with police work right now so Sanada san I will be trusting you to look after your new member" Your turn
Calling on Sherlock to converse with, Roy got pulled into his mind.
[Thought this would be more of an appropriate setting, we'll have a little longer here.]
"Sweet." The place was a massive field of green and low hanging clouds surroundings floating shelves of books, sometimes giant books were slumped against mountains. We atop a large stadium ring.
[Truth be told it wouldn't be hard for me to teach you how to wield all of them, but the best form right now would be our fastest, let's get you started with a single weapon then move on to the others.]
"Let's start with the Katana, it's likely I'll come across more melee-based opponents, and we have long-range with Pixie."
[Hmm, if that is your weapon of choice very well] Various katana's appeared in the air, every one of them was the weapons Roy was looking through.
"I just need the basics then we can work on Baritsu."
[Pick one that feels right and we can begin]
They then proceeded to go through what Sherlock had learned, he realized quickly however it wasn't his specialty even as fast as Sherlock could learn, so they eventually switched to a walking cane and Sherlock taught him Baritsu which he was a better master in.
Once the basics were ingrained in Roy, he left his mind and was greeted with Akihiko staring at him. "You know, this reminds me of the time Mitsuru would stand still and use her persona's ability. I take it that you were using Sherlock to help you settle with a weapon?"
"Yeah, my bad, though it wouldn't take as long as it did." Roy wasn't sure exactly how the mind dilation worked, but it seemed he'd gotten an hour from ten minutes in there when he compared the clock to how long it took in there.
o-o-o-o-o
April 9, 9:33 PM
"I don't mind, got pretty used to it with Mitsuru but I suggest you tell others beforehand next time"
"Will do, now any plans or would you like to get a layout of the place."
"We have time, you can go out and explore the mall" Akihiko then reached into his pocket and pulled out an earpiece "Here take this, it's a communicator for the operation. The Kirijo group made it so it works in the dark hour and durable."
"Sweet tech, do you frequent the mall much? Maybe recommend the best store to visit first? Before everything tells if there is a book store here," Roy was an experienced window shopper.
"Other then this place, I used to hit the arcade with a friend" done
"You're Senpai… Senpai?" Roy felt trying to joke in Japanese was a trial.
"No, we grew up together. He's the other persona user he's left SEES due to his own reasons."
Whelp that's a minefield, "Gotcha."
"Well, that soured the mood, how about we go to the arcade. You've been cooped up in the hospital and now the dorm so I'm sure you like to stretch your legs."
"Oh, man do I ever, I think grew shorter, the dorm is a lot smaller and bigger than you'd think to look at it from the outside."
"I go stir crazy too in your shoes, so let's check out your weapon and leave it here till the operation."
"Sure." Roy picked up the walking cane and a small baton-like staff, he took one of the knives in case things went south. "Alright, I got what I need let's roll."
After leaving the weapon to the officer, Roy and Akihiko went to the arcade where they bonded playing games.
"Damn, it's been a while since I've been here"
Looking at the selection of old arcade games he hadn't expected exactly how old everything was. He saw Street Fighter, Mario, Sonic, and some older ones that were more Japanese in origin. Roy blinked when he saw something he never expected.
"Is this a Fate Stay Night Brawler!?" It was located in the experimental games section, the place where companies beta-tested game ideas.
"Oh, must be new, that was not here last time I came here" Akihiko sat down at the game booth and fished out some tokens "Want to give it a spin."
"Sure." They played for a bit.
"That was fun, we should play again next time."
Time soon froze, a familiar blue tint entered Roy's eyes and the emperor arcana card appeared.
I am Thou
and Thou art I
Thou shall have our blessing when creating personas of the Emperor Arcana.
Roy felt the connection to Emperor Arcana grow stronger and in turn his bond with Akihiko.
He ignored the level up of their social bond, it was nice to know that they were friends but it was still weird.
So this is more of a set up chapter, I feel, but Roy got more of a lay of the land and Sherlock got to play Exposition Fairy alongside the Literal Fairy.
I have to say that Roy's slowly dawning realisation that he's in an anime inspired world to be kind of amusing.
So this is more of a set up chapter, I feel, but Roy got more of a lay of the land and Sherlock got to play Exposition Fairy alongside the Literal Fairy.
I have to say that Roy's slowly dawning realisation that he's in an anime inspired world to be kind of amusing.
Yep, an exposition chapter so I don't have to do more of them later on for a while.
That's a natural reaction most weebs would make them get superpowers and find themselves in a creepy world. Kinda did not help that he was in japan the home of anime.
After playing at the Arcade Roy and Akihiko spend the last remaining hours getting Roy acquainted with the area. It was nearing midnight, after a short visit to the police station. They retrieved Roy's weapon from the officer and waited near the Mall's entrance.
Soon the clock struck midnight and the world changed. Greenlight shone down over the blood-covered street. Due to the lack of people at this hour, there were no confines near them. "I hope you got well acquainted with the area Roy," Mitsuru's voice came from their headsets.
"Shouldn't be a problem," Roy said having scanned the area previously, it was barren, and he could hear the deafening silence of an empty room multiplied by the mall's size.
"That's good to hear, I'm currently monitoring the two of you from the command center"
"Gotchya, what do you see?"
"With the help of the equipment, I have a bird's eye view and a grasp of your surroundings"
"That's pretty cool," 'and useful.' thought Roy. He had his weapon ready, still getting used to how fast he was able to wield it to fighting capability. He tapped it against the ground, trying to draw as much attention, it wasn't like they were being stealthy.
"Mitsuru do you sense any shadows near us?" Akihiko spoke up as he put on some boxing gloves.
"Give me a moment, so far I have checked on Tartarus. None has escaped" A brief silence befalls upon the group as Mitsuru scanned the city for shadows "Ah. shadow detected. It's not far from your position"
"Good, let's rush to its location"
Roy nodded, and followed Misturu's directions, making their way towards the sea wall near the train station. The shadow had appeared near the beach area. The two were standing atop the 15-meter tall sloped pavement wall that met the start of the beach, which then stretched to the sea.
Built to keep back tsunamis or rise in sea levels from affecting the island. There were stairs built into the side for people to make their way to the beach.
Roy smiled wryly as he found the staple vending machine that was said to be everywhere in Japan, making a mental note to check the selection later.
Upon arrival, the two heard the screech of wheels on pavement. Looking down at the beach they saw a giant spinning wheel, by the side of the wheels had large spikes and it's front had a lion's head. The roman numeral seven, VII was etched on its mask. The head looked up at them and let out a bestial roar.
"Ah, one of those." Akihiko's hands went to his evoker on instinct but he stopped himself.
Roy didn't move his eyes and asked Akihiko, "You fight these often?"
"Yes, and lucky for us they're weak against wind and lighting" As the shadow narrowed its distance towards them. Akihiko closed his eyes and concentrated. "You're in there right, come out" Blue energy gathered around him then Akihiko's eyes snapped open. "Polydeuces!"
The large form of Akihiko's persona materialized alongside a large bolt of lighting. As the lighting slammed into the shadow making it cry out in pain. Akihiko jumped into the air, his persona trailing behind him. "Let's finish this quick"
Following suit, Sherlock had been charging up a large fireball attack before releasing it at high speeds, causing a minor wind blast from the release. He then leaned on his cane, pulled out his revolver and let loose six rounds before Roy could blink.
The bullets hit right into its joints, permanently stunning the Shadow. Then Akihiko's fist crashed into its face, his persona's giant hand pinned it down into the wall. "Now show me your form" Grabbing the mask's edges, the shadow tried to weakly resist but it was no use. Akihiko ripped off the mask.
With one last roar, the Beastial wheel exploded in blue whips of energy and a new form emerged. A roar accompanied the emerging persona, its powerful shockwaves sending Akihiko flying back into his persona's waiting hand catching him.
The new persona was a large golden Lion.
Golden fur glistened in the green moonlight, scars littered its body and a chain wrapped around its body. For some reason, the lion had its hair braided and a spiked club for a tail. A set of regal and intelligent green eyes peered at them.
[Where am I and who are you all?]
Roy turned to Akihiko, "It's your show Akihiko, but I've got your six." He stood there at the top of the slope out of range for the lion but not for his Persona.
"Akihiko, try to get as much information from the persona and contract it if possible." Mitsuru ordered, there was an edge in her voice followed by a small amount of desperation that Sherlock was able to pick out "I'll be monitoring the situation and inform you if it attacks"
"Will do." Akihiko's full attention was on the lion, despite being on a slanted sea wall. He kept his footing and walked towards the beast. "This is Tatsumi Port Island in Japan, my name is Sanada Akihiko and this is my friend Jack- Roy Jackson"
[I thank you for answering my query] The lion then looked around him [Yes, this is the eastern island of the rising sun, how did I… my memory is clouded.]
"You were a shadow and I was able to release you from that form"
[A.. shadow. Ah, I must have fallen far to have reverted into that form. You have my thanks human]
"Do you remember anything about how you were turned"
[Sadly no, my memory is greatly fragmented] A frustrated look appeared on its features [All I can remember is being swallowed by darkness… and a desire to kill your kind. Young one]
"A desire to kill us" Despite the revelation Akihiko's gaze never left the lion's eyes. "Is that why shadows attack us, something made you all target humans"
[I cannot speak for other shadows, but from what I can remember, yes. That may be why.] The lion soon took a step forward. [You young one, for releasing me from that corrupted form I owe you a debt. What do you want, as long as it's within my power, I shall grant it.]
"I want you to fight alongside us, I work for a group called S.E.E.S we are combating the shadows. We could use your help"
[Hmm, that I can grant.] The lion peered into Akihiko [You, I sense a strong desire to grow stronger within you. You would have made a fine hero back in the day]
Roy asked, "Are you the Nemean Lion?"
The lion turned towards Roy with a smirk [Yes, I'm glad to hear my name is remembered even in this far eastern land] Then he looked back to Akihiko [Let's make this contract. ]
Blue energy surrounded the lion's frame.
I am Thou
And Thou art I
I am the Nemean Lion, the golden beast Terror of Peloponnese and Child of Typhon and Echidna Prince of the Monsters of Greece.
A tarot card with the number four appeared, on the one side was the image of an armored man riding a chariot. Alongside the beast, the card entered Akihiko. As the power condensed within him, Akihiko's form was coated in blue energy. After a few seconds, the power died down and Akihiko almost wobbled in his next step.
"That… that was a rush of power." He then held up a fist and looked at it "I've gotten stronger"
"Well done Akihiko" Mitsuru chimed in their headsets "With this we confirmed that it's possible for us to gain new personas as well."
"It would be weird if it wasn't." It was a little bit of a relief that he wasn't in one of those annoying stories where the MC did everything by himself… that or he was a side character. He wouldn't mind if there wasn't an almost guaranteed chance of death.
Roy continued, "Good thing too, at least with this we can at least upgrade everyone in terms of firepower."
"Yes, now then let's-"
Mitsuru's alarmed voice cut in "I'm detecting a large shadow signal!"
"Right, Akihiko you good?" Roy asked him if he could still fight.
"I'm fine, just feel... my mind feels a little heavy, but I'm getting used to it"
"That's good to hear but Akihiko does not push it. The shadow is emerging near your location. No, it's coming right out of the sea!"
Roy spun around and switched out for Pixie, who sprang into being with a stretch of her arms.
The sound of machinery moving could be heard alongside the roaring waves. Soon a large pipe could be seen first coming out of the waves. Then the rest of the shadow's body emerged, it was a giant grey tank. Its entire body was grey aside for its top which had a yellow mask with the roman numeral 4.
"...Legit why."
[A tank!] Pixie exclaimed happily.
"This is new, it looks strong too. Now, this is a challenge!" A feral look appeared on the normally cool faced Akihiko.
Roy glanced at Akihiko wondering how much the lion had affected him. If he came down one morning to him gnawing on red meat… Roy decided to put it out of his mind and pointed towards the tank as he slid down towards the vending machine, "Fire the Laser!"
"I'll start scanning it immediately, be careful the shadow's power is three times stronger than the wheel"
Pixie saluted [Aye aye Captain!] She had gotten a sailor's uniform from… somewhere, and let loose a massive bolt of lightning.
The tank fired its cannon, a large metallic bullet met the lightning bolt head-on, nullifying it. The tank roared, the shockwave was deafening, Akihiko and Roy's knees buckled from the tremor. Soon dark shadow portals appeared near the tank as it finally left the water.
The shadow was summoning more reinforcements, from the shadows emerged three giant swords each wielded by a large hand made out of stone bricks.
Roy switched Persona and told Sherlock to Scan and to let him also utilize the ability. He found it weak to lightning, nuffily-
Mitsuru cut into his observations, "The tank is of the Chariot Arcana and it's weak to lighting but it's able to shoot metallic shells which will nullify lighting spells. Do not attack it with blunt and piercing damage it will absorb it." Akihiko switched persona and summoned the Nemean Lion which roared and met the hands head-on tearing into them with its fangs. Their sword swings bounced off its hide, "Give me time to scan the hands."
From Roy's eyes, a stream of data filled half of his vision, he was able to comprehend all of it even within the small time frame where he had essentially read the equivalent of a single chapter from a novel.
The hands resist electric spells but are weak against wind spells. The tank, however, was as Mitsuru described weak against lightning spells but it has developed its own countermeasure for its weakness. A sound of a chamber being reloaded rang through the battle. The tank was reloading and Roy calculated how long the tank took to reload however there was a more pressing situation. The shadow was going to fire an artillery strike which would rain over them all.
Roy instantly told Sherlock to fire to interrupt the reload and intercept its aim. The persona flipped a gun shell out to skip the build-up and used the explosion, instantly alighted a laser-focused stream that went much faster than his usual shot.
The shot met the tank's shell as it emerged making it explode.
At that moment his persona rocketed forward-firing in front of him to cover fire and to intercept any bullets before aiming for the mask.
As a cloud of dust and smoke blanketed the area from their clash, the Nemean Lion tore up a sword-wielding arm dispersing it before setting its sights on another. Biting into the next Shadow's sword swing, it threw it into the air sword and all, Akihiko jumped, coiling power in his right before punching it. The shockwave from the blow destroyed the shadow and cleared the smoke revealing that a scorched tank, did not appear to be heavily damaged. Seeing the detective as a larger threat it fired at it.
The payload flew in the air in erratic patterns and homed in on Sherlock, the tank fired two more rounds in succession. The new projectiles curved midair and made a beeline for Sherlock.
At his User's command, Sherlock backs up and brought out his revolver to shoot them out of the air. Simultaneously, Roy snapped his fingers in the direction of the tank pinpointing an explosion right inside the tank's main gun to take it out.
The blast destroyed it. With its primary weapon gone the shadow started to retreat only for Akihiko to appear behind it, his fists crackling with electricity. Unleashing a flurry of blows on its threads the tank spasmed in shock and it's mobility grounded to a halt. Akihiko's hands clamped down on the shadow's wheels keeping it in place.
"Now's your chance, Roy." Mitsuru's voice resounded in Roy's ear "The enemy is immobilized"
Not wasting any time Roy dashed across the sand grabbing the mask's edge and lifted. Jolts of blue sparks came from the mask, the shadow was resisting him. Roy drew on his Persona's abilities, his calves flexed with power as he pulled.
Roy's mind jolted as a presence came from within the shadow and connected with his own. For a moment the connection held then broke when the mask shattered.
At the mask's destruction, the tank's body exploded in light, launching Roy into the air he started to fall only for Sherlock to grab him and slowly descend on the beach.
[For releasing me from that hideous form.] A young voice called out above Roy. The figure was clad in white armor, half of his face was covered by a blue scarf. It was a familiar figure to Roy, from an anime series he enjoyed watching.
"A new persona has emerged" Mitsuru continued her work analyzing the new persona."Confirmation its of the chariot arcana"
A white spear firmly grasped in his hand the warrior descended near Roy [Your early attacks woke up slightly and I was able to recall pieces of my memory.] His blue hair shone under the moon. [Setana of Ireland has awoken and I will have my vengeance on these creatures]
"Are… are you Cu Chulainn?" Roy was shocked to see him, it really hadn't sunk, as he recalled 'Manifestations of thoughts. They are born from humans, their powers and forms are based on human perception.'
It ain't that one also spoiler that comment please Lack of updates does not know about that one. He's going in blind.
Hope you liked the chapter this one had more action in it and some developments actually did happen. The shadow is one of the mooks you can find in the tower of death this one was just spawned outside and found some wreckage's underwater.
It ain't that one also spoiler that comment please Lack of updates does not know about that one. He's going in blind.
Hope you liked the chapter this one had more action in it and some developments actually did happen. The shadow is one of the mooks you can find in the tower of death this one was just spawned outside and found some wreckage's underwater.
Ah dammit, your right. I thought they auto edit themselves. Thanks for telling me.
I haven't played P3 in a long time before this fic so I kinda forgot things too. It was fun researching the series to write this. Though can I ask for your help. Can I get your thoughts on what happened in chapter 9?
