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wildmagician) wrote2016-05-08 08:52 pm
wildmagician) wrote2016-05-08 08:52 pm
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It's been a month since peace had returned to Inaba and Souji Seta has left for the big city again. Yosuke Hanamura, Chie Satonaka and Yukiko Amagi started their third year, Kanji Tatsumi, Naoto Shirogane and Rise Kujikawa started their second and Teddie Hanamura started his first year at Yasogami High School.
One night, Yosuke happens to be awake on a rainy night, right around midnight. Without even thinking about it too much, he stares into the tv in his room. Of course he expects to see nothing, because the case was solved long ago, but something draws him to watch until the clock hits 00:00.
The tv lights up and something appears on it. Not only a silhouette like there normally would be at first, but an image of a very familiar, sleeping person, at a temple. He's being watched over by a very familiar Persona; Izanagi. There's no doubt this is Souji, the leader of their Investigation Team and Yosuke's best friend.
Before Yosuke can even think of reacting, he sees his own persona card flash in front of him and dive into the tv. Not long after his Persona, Takehaya Susano-o, joins Izanagi in watching over Souji. That's when Yosuke's own consciousness fades and he collapses on the floor.
Next day, he receives a phone call from a panicked Chie and the all decide to meet at Junes to discuss what happened. It seems everyone watched the Midnight Channel last night and had the same thing happen to them. They try entering the TV in June's electronic department, but only Teddie is able to do that. It would seem their Persona's are really gone.
While Teddie is in the TV they try contacting Souji and his relatives to find out that he's been missing for a few days already. There have been no signs of him after he came over to Inaba to meet with them. Of course Dojima and Nanako were the only ones informed as it was a surprise for the group.
Upon returning, Teddie explains there's really someone inside the TV, but no matter what he did, he couldn't even begin imagine where because the powers there are very different from before. With him being the only one with an access to the TV World, he decides that this isn't the time for him to sit here and decides to go back to his world to look for sensei. The others have no choice put to leave this to Teddie as they would all get immediately get exhausted in there without their Personas.
The same evening, Yosuke sits near the Samegawa River, thinking about the situation by himself. All of them promised to get together and figure out a plan, but what could they do without any powers? Yosuke feels frustrated over not being able to help Souji when it counts.
That's when Marie appears by his side and explains that they are helping Souji; their Personas are in fact protecting him by being his shield. Though even she cannot say why this has happened and she too, feels frustrated she couldn't prevent this. But there is one way she can help.
Marie takes Yosuke's hand and a light starts shining between them. A card with the number 0, the Fool, appears in front of Yosuke and goes inside of him. Marie then explains that Yosuke will have the same ability as Souji has and that he would be able to search for him with Teddie and her now. Yosuke asks why he got the ability and she explains it had to be Yosuke because of he was the first link Souji ever had.
The same night, Igor and Margaret invite Yosuke to the Velvet Room and explain everything they did for Souji. How the place can only be visited by him now, about Personas, and Social Links. It would seem that Yosuke will need to form the same links Souji had in order to restore the other's Personas. The hardest Social Link would be Yosuke himself; the Magician. Margaret warns him that he should not ignore it, as it was Souji's first. Yosuke asks how he'll manage a Social Link like that - but Margaret only smiles and Yosuke wakes up.
Investigation Team Reassembles
Next afternoon Yosuke and Marie explain what happened to the other group and after some discussion the two of them enter the TV World to meet up with Teddie and explain what's going on. They make a plan to search through the dungeons they already know - with Marie helping them as well. Of course in their world the team will search for any clues they might have by talking about Souji with other people and giving that information to Yosuke - as well as Naoto researching into Persona matters with the Kirijo group.
The Investigation Team is back in business. It would be up to Yosuke and Marie to fight through the dungeons, but at least they had their feelings with them (no matter how corny that sounded).
School though
School still goes on and Yosuke tries his best to stay focused in class. This, however, is hard. It was hard enough last year and this year is even more demanding. Studying is also part of his day and sometimes he even gets called to the teacher's office because of sleeping during class. Give him a break already!
On top of that he was gently forced by Margaret to join the clubs Souji was in to connect with people he knew.
Dungeon crawling
Of course, going to dungeons they've been to would be easier if Teddie remember all of their locations. First one they get into is Marukyu Striptease, the start of Teddie's (and Rise's) Persona. Most likely as the old team members get their Persona's back and are able to enter the tv, the more dungeons they get to unlock again.
There is one dungeon that comes to Yosuke's mind: Saki-senpais. After only finding a huge ass shadow in the strip club, the trio goes there to find the place has expanded - yet there's something blocking the way. The Magician arcana flashes in the barricade once Marie touches it. "Looks like we can't get through before you unlock it". That's easier said than done...
Of course, there are some reckless enough to demand they can go to the TV World without a Persona. That's a job left for one Naoto Shirogane, who comes in fully prepared and they do manage to unlock the Secret Hideout, but at the cost of Naoto exhausting herself and getting all the shadows to attack her... so they need to get her out and therefore everyone without a Persona is banned from the world except Marie and Teddie.
With Naoto's recklessness it seems Teddie got fired up and found them more dungeons to crawl in. This is great news...! And more work for Yosuke.
They had made progress in finding clues from the old dungeons: tarot cards. Each of them held a power that was still locked behind something, according to Marie. Even if Yosuke had opened the Hanged Man social link the tarot card remained still. They decided to keep them safe with Marie until they would be needed again. It was clear the cards had something to do with the captive Souji, but what? The world had gotten bigger and the mysteries started to pile up again.
Some progress was made on the human world side as well: Yosuke was able to reach out to Naoto, whose Persona also re-awakened. With her on the team, they would have more fighting power inside the tv world. Of course, Naoto was eager to get to investigating and they set off to find new clues and solve a mystery of the tarot cards.
The next dungeon they entered was Magatsu Inaba. Upon entering the dungeon, the air around the TV World changed. It wasn't the same kind of fog that surrounded the world before - it was more sinister and unpleasant. Despite that they kept going. Strong gusts of wind blew around, making it hard to see anything.
After the wind ended Yosuke was alone in the dungeon. He couldn't see or hear anyone - not even Teddie who had always been there. Yosuke had a bad feeling about this and he started running around to find the others as fast as possible.
After looking for his teammates, Yosuke finds himself at the ruins of Yasogami High. It was clear he was still in the same dungeon, as the atmosphere and style were the same. Yosuke walked cautiously forward, calling out to his missing teammates.
Then he felt like he wasn't alone and readied his kunai for action. The one who walked to the view was no other than his own shadow. The two Yosuke's kunai's clashed. Yosuke only wanted to talk but his shadow was of different opinion. In the end Yosuke was victorious and got to the heart of the problem: admitting he felt insecure and pressured by being in someone's shadow and needing to form someone else's links and realizing he's not supposed to be someone else's replacement.
When Jiraya returned, he transfigured straight into Takehaya Susano-O, granting him the power to change. He was safely reunited with his teammates but then due to his shadow confrontation, he collapsed.
In the velvet room, Yosuke then discussed the direction he had been going and realized he had approached it the wrong way. Yosuke accused Margaret for being misleading and only received a chuckle for his trouble. What was important was that Yosuke was getting on the right track and becoming the wild card he was meant to be.
Fresh starts
Next time Yosuke woke up in the real world he was resting in one of the rooms at the Shirogane estate. Naoto was there and Yosuke decided it was better if he stayed a while longer - to chat and rest up. With Naoto's help he realized that the social links of his teammates weren't about their worries: they were more about helping Yosuke grow.
Kanami Mashita and her (and Rise's) manager Inoue Minoru came to down to do a shooting for a video. Unexpectedly, Yosuke helped out Kanami to fend off over-excited fans and formed a social link with both of them. They would be back for many times to come for shooting - and Rise would be joining them later for promotional reasons.
Back in school, Yosuke focused on his social links, changing around the arcanas of his social link, strengthening the change that was happening. Even some of the new social links he formed didn't stay the same for long and change before long. Yosuke was even able to form social links with those Souji never had - one of these being Yosuke's own father.
Yosuke also met a fox and started helping him with a series of tasks. While the temple was already doing well, it seemed that the fox wanted to show his children the way to help people.
With the changes in social links, Yosuke grew stronger even in battle. They started exploring the previous dungeons again with newly gained confidence and knowledge, finding more cards in the progress.
Yosuke was also able to go through the barrier in the Shopping District, leading to a shadow world version of none other than Junes. There in the food court there was a table with slots for each tarot card. They placed all of the ones they have on it and they got stuck there. Marie sensed a power in the cards getting stronger so they decided to start looking for the rest of the cards to bring them here. Nothing else in the shadow Junes really stood out so they decided to leave the area be.
During the investigations and their free-time, Yosuke had gotten closer to Naoto. After a long day out Yosuke walked Naoto home. He didn't want to leave without saying anything, so he finally confessed his feelings to her. To his surprise they were returned with the gesture of Naoto wrapping a new pair of headphones around his neck.
Yosuke managed to form a social link with someone he certainly didn't want to and thought was unavailable. Unlike his other social links, he would meet Adachi in the Velvet Room from time to time. Thanks to the first meeting, he began to had doubts about whether he and him are so different, after all.
One night, Yosuke happens to be awake on a rainy night, right around midnight. Without even thinking about it too much, he stares into the tv in his room. Of course he expects to see nothing, because the case was solved long ago, but something draws him to watch until the clock hits 00:00.
The tv lights up and something appears on it. Not only a silhouette like there normally would be at first, but an image of a very familiar, sleeping person, at a temple. He's being watched over by a very familiar Persona; Izanagi. There's no doubt this is Souji, the leader of their Investigation Team and Yosuke's best friend.
Before Yosuke can even think of reacting, he sees his own persona card flash in front of him and dive into the tv. Not long after his Persona, Takehaya Susano-o, joins Izanagi in watching over Souji. That's when Yosuke's own consciousness fades and he collapses on the floor.
Next day, he receives a phone call from a panicked Chie and the all decide to meet at Junes to discuss what happened. It seems everyone watched the Midnight Channel last night and had the same thing happen to them. They try entering the TV in June's electronic department, but only Teddie is able to do that. It would seem their Persona's are really gone.
While Teddie is in the TV they try contacting Souji and his relatives to find out that he's been missing for a few days already. There have been no signs of him after he came over to Inaba to meet with them. Of course Dojima and Nanako were the only ones informed as it was a surprise for the group.
Upon returning, Teddie explains there's really someone inside the TV, but no matter what he did, he couldn't even begin imagine where because the powers there are very different from before. With him being the only one with an access to the TV World, he decides that this isn't the time for him to sit here and decides to go back to his world to look for sensei. The others have no choice put to leave this to Teddie as they would all get immediately get exhausted in there without their Personas.
The same evening, Yosuke sits near the Samegawa River, thinking about the situation by himself. All of them promised to get together and figure out a plan, but what could they do without any powers? Yosuke feels frustrated over not being able to help Souji when it counts.
That's when Marie appears by his side and explains that they are helping Souji; their Personas are in fact protecting him by being his shield. Though even she cannot say why this has happened and she too, feels frustrated she couldn't prevent this. But there is one way she can help.
Marie takes Yosuke's hand and a light starts shining between them. A card with the number 0, the Fool, appears in front of Yosuke and goes inside of him. Marie then explains that Yosuke will have the same ability as Souji has and that he would be able to search for him with Teddie and her now. Yosuke asks why he got the ability and she explains it had to be Yosuke because of he was the first link Souji ever had.
The same night, Igor and Margaret invite Yosuke to the Velvet Room and explain everything they did for Souji. How the place can only be visited by him now, about Personas, and Social Links. It would seem that Yosuke will need to form the same links Souji had in order to restore the other's Personas. The hardest Social Link would be Yosuke himself; the Magician. Margaret warns him that he should not ignore it, as it was Souji's first. Yosuke asks how he'll manage a Social Link like that - but Margaret only smiles and Yosuke wakes up.
Investigation Team Reassembles
Next afternoon Yosuke and Marie explain what happened to the other group and after some discussion the two of them enter the TV World to meet up with Teddie and explain what's going on. They make a plan to search through the dungeons they already know - with Marie helping them as well. Of course in their world the team will search for any clues they might have by talking about Souji with other people and giving that information to Yosuke - as well as Naoto researching into Persona matters with the Kirijo group.
The Investigation Team is back in business. It would be up to Yosuke and Marie to fight through the dungeons, but at least they had their feelings with them (no matter how corny that sounded).
School though
School still goes on and Yosuke tries his best to stay focused in class. This, however, is hard. It was hard enough last year and this year is even more demanding. Studying is also part of his day and sometimes he even gets called to the teacher's office because of sleeping during class. Give him a break already!
On top of that he was gently forced by Margaret to join the clubs Souji was in to connect with people he knew.
Dungeon crawling
Of course, going to dungeons they've been to would be easier if Teddie remember all of their locations. First one they get into is Marukyu Striptease, the start of Teddie's (and Rise's) Persona. Most likely as the old team members get their Persona's back and are able to enter the tv, the more dungeons they get to unlock again.
There is one dungeon that comes to Yosuke's mind: Saki-senpais. After only finding a huge ass shadow in the strip club, the trio goes there to find the place has expanded - yet there's something blocking the way. The Magician arcana flashes in the barricade once Marie touches it. "Looks like we can't get through before you unlock it". That's easier said than done...
Of course, there are some reckless enough to demand they can go to the TV World without a Persona. That's a job left for one Naoto Shirogane, who comes in fully prepared and they do manage to unlock the Secret Hideout, but at the cost of Naoto exhausting herself and getting all the shadows to attack her... so they need to get her out and therefore everyone without a Persona is banned from the world except Marie and Teddie.
With Naoto's recklessness it seems Teddie got fired up and found them more dungeons to crawl in. This is great news...! And more work for Yosuke.
They had made progress in finding clues from the old dungeons: tarot cards. Each of them held a power that was still locked behind something, according to Marie. Even if Yosuke had opened the Hanged Man social link the tarot card remained still. They decided to keep them safe with Marie until they would be needed again. It was clear the cards had something to do with the captive Souji, but what? The world had gotten bigger and the mysteries started to pile up again.
Some progress was made on the human world side as well: Yosuke was able to reach out to Naoto, whose Persona also re-awakened. With her on the team, they would have more fighting power inside the tv world. Of course, Naoto was eager to get to investigating and they set off to find new clues and solve a mystery of the tarot cards.
The next dungeon they entered was Magatsu Inaba. Upon entering the dungeon, the air around the TV World changed. It wasn't the same kind of fog that surrounded the world before - it was more sinister and unpleasant. Despite that they kept going. Strong gusts of wind blew around, making it hard to see anything.
After the wind ended Yosuke was alone in the dungeon. He couldn't see or hear anyone - not even Teddie who had always been there. Yosuke had a bad feeling about this and he started running around to find the others as fast as possible.
After looking for his teammates, Yosuke finds himself at the ruins of Yasogami High. It was clear he was still in the same dungeon, as the atmosphere and style were the same. Yosuke walked cautiously forward, calling out to his missing teammates.
Then he felt like he wasn't alone and readied his kunai for action. The one who walked to the view was no other than his own shadow. The two Yosuke's kunai's clashed. Yosuke only wanted to talk but his shadow was of different opinion. In the end Yosuke was victorious and got to the heart of the problem: admitting he felt insecure and pressured by being in someone's shadow and needing to form someone else's links and realizing he's not supposed to be someone else's replacement.
When Jiraya returned, he transfigured straight into Takehaya Susano-O, granting him the power to change. He was safely reunited with his teammates but then due to his shadow confrontation, he collapsed.
In the velvet room, Yosuke then discussed the direction he had been going and realized he had approached it the wrong way. Yosuke accused Margaret for being misleading and only received a chuckle for his trouble. What was important was that Yosuke was getting on the right track and becoming the wild card he was meant to be.
Fresh starts
Next time Yosuke woke up in the real world he was resting in one of the rooms at the Shirogane estate. Naoto was there and Yosuke decided it was better if he stayed a while longer - to chat and rest up. With Naoto's help he realized that the social links of his teammates weren't about their worries: they were more about helping Yosuke grow.
Kanami Mashita and her (and Rise's) manager Inoue Minoru came to down to do a shooting for a video. Unexpectedly, Yosuke helped out Kanami to fend off over-excited fans and formed a social link with both of them. They would be back for many times to come for shooting - and Rise would be joining them later for promotional reasons.
Back in school, Yosuke focused on his social links, changing around the arcanas of his social link, strengthening the change that was happening. Even some of the new social links he formed didn't stay the same for long and change before long. Yosuke was even able to form social links with those Souji never had - one of these being Yosuke's own father.
Yosuke also met a fox and started helping him with a series of tasks. While the temple was already doing well, it seemed that the fox wanted to show his children the way to help people.
With the changes in social links, Yosuke grew stronger even in battle. They started exploring the previous dungeons again with newly gained confidence and knowledge, finding more cards in the progress.
Yosuke was also able to go through the barrier in the Shopping District, leading to a shadow world version of none other than Junes. There in the food court there was a table with slots for each tarot card. They placed all of the ones they have on it and they got stuck there. Marie sensed a power in the cards getting stronger so they decided to start looking for the rest of the cards to bring them here. Nothing else in the shadow Junes really stood out so they decided to leave the area be.
During the investigations and their free-time, Yosuke had gotten closer to Naoto. After a long day out Yosuke walked Naoto home. He didn't want to leave without saying anything, so he finally confessed his feelings to her. To his surprise they were returned with the gesture of Naoto wrapping a new pair of headphones around his neck.
Yosuke managed to form a social link with someone he certainly didn't want to and thought was unavailable. Unlike his other social links, he would meet Adachi in the Velvet Room from time to time. Thanks to the first meeting, he began to had doubts about whether he and him are so different, after all.