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Persona: Shattered Memories

~Port Island and the Velvet Dream~

"The time has come once again to delve into a mystery. A Fool has entered the area and the Shadows are moving...Ah! It looks like my new assistant has arrived. Welcome..."

A young man woke up suddenly. He just had the strangest dream about a long-nosed man and a beautiful woman.

We are now entering the Port Island area. Please remember to gather all your belongings before exiting the train. I repeat...A voice on the speaker announced.

The young man looked out the window and looked over the sparkling water. Port Island, huh? Well, I suppose it's better than being stuck in the middle of nowhere. He stood and gathered his belongings. He turned his music player on and stuck his headphones on.

This young man was pretty average looking. He wasn't too tall or too short nor was he fat or skinny. He had an untamed mess of grayish-blue hair. His eyes, covered by his glasses, were a piercing, ice blue. (Sometimes people said his eyes changed hue depending on his mood.) He was wearing a crisp, white shirt with a black jacket over top. His pants were black as well, and his shoes a nice, cloudy gray. His belongings consisted of his messenger bag, in which he kept all his important stuff, and a travel suitcase, for his clothes.

The train stopped and the young man got off the train. He pulled a scrap of paper out of his pocket and read it. He folded it up again and stuck it back into his pocket. He hefted his pack and walked out of the station towards town. As he passed a TV store, he paused and watched the news that was on.

"...Today is the one year anniversary of the start serial-murders in Inaba. Thanks to the efforts of the police department there and several local teens, the murderer was eventually found just a few days prior to Christmas. The murderer, another detective at the Inaba Police Station, admitted to killing several people including: Yamano Mayumi, a talk show host, and Konishi Saki, a young teen girl. He also admitted to kidnapping others including: Kubo Mitsuo, Dojima Nanako, and several of the other teens that helped capture him. In other news..."

I heard about that...I wonder how that guy managed to kill those people like that. I wish I could meet those teens...The young man walked on, looking for the dorms he was supposed to stay in during his stay. He soon reached a co-ed dorm. He suddenly had a strange sense of deja-vu, but that wasn't possible because this was the first time he had ever been at Port Island. He shrugged the feeling off and walked in.

"...But it's not possible! No! We got rid of the Dark Hour four years ago! It cost Minato his life...I can't forget about that!" shouted a tall woman with short brown hair and a heart choker.

"W-well, Yukari, it's back...And I've seen Minato too. In the Dark Hour. It was just like when Metis came out of the Abyss of Time..." another girl said.

"Thank you, Yamagishi-san," said a girl younger than Yukari and Fuuka, about the same age as the young man.

"Uhm, excuse me...?" he asked tenatively.

Yukari spun around. "Huh?! H-how long have you been there?"

"O-oh, uhm, n-not t-too long..." he answered, not wanting to sound like he was eavesdropping.

"Oh! You must be Tsugashi-kun! I've been expecting you, I'm Suzuki Hisae. You can call me Suzuki-chan. Uhm, well, these two are, well..." Hisae looked towards Fuuka and Yukari.

"We were just leaving. I have a thing or two to discuss with Fuuka," Yukari decided. She grabbed Fuuka by the arm and steered past Rin Tsugashi. "It was nice meeting you. And forget anything you may have heard, it doesn't mean anything." Fuuka waved bye to Hisae and Rin as Yukari drug her outside.

"I'm so glad you were able to make it! I've been looking forward to some company. Let's see...Your room is on the second floor...uhm...last door on your...right. I'll take you there," Hisae said cheerfully. She led Rin up the stairs and talked animatedly at the same time. "So are you going to Gekkoukan High? What grade are you in? Wouldn't it be cool if we were in the same class?" The questions never seemed to cease. Rin answered all with ease though. They reached his room. "Well, here we are. Anything else you need? No, I guess not. I guess you just want to rest right? Well, good night, I'll see you bright and early when we leave for school!" Hisae bounded away.

Rin sighed. Suzuki-chan sure is energetic. Ah, well, could be worse I suppose. Now for some quiet sleep. He went into his room and fell onto his bed where he promptly fell asleep.

Rin could have sworn he fell asleep, yet here he was awake in some strange place. It looked like some sort of train or something. Everything had a bluish tint to it it as well.

"Welcome to the Velvet Room," said someone sitting on the seat opposite Rin. Rin was about to say something but was stopped. "Don't worry. This is only a dream. After all, you do not yet have the key to the Velvet Room. I am Igor and this is my new assistant, Alice." Igor gestured to a young woman next to him. Rin realized that these were the two from his first dream on the train.

"Hello. I am Alice, pleased to make your acquaintance," Alice introduced herself.

"Now there is much to be discussed, but there is so little time. But in short amounts of time, great things can happen. Ah, it seems our time now has come to a close. The next time we shall meet is when you decide to visit on your own. Here is the Velvet Key. Now I must bid you good-bye," Igor said, fading away. Rin looked at the key in his hand and stuffed it into his pocket. Everything went dark then.

"Tsugashi-kun! Tsugashi-kun!" came a voice from the other side of the door. "Alright! I'm coming in!" Hisae opened the door and walked in. "Come on sleepyhead! We're going to be late for the first day of school!" Rin sighed, shoo-ed Hisae out of the room, and got ready for his first day at Gekkoukan High.