AN: Hiya, dudes and dudettes! I've decided to start a P4 AU Fanfic. Yes, it's a role swap, but with a few twists! Instead of just shuffling the Investigation Team, everyone is being swapped. Yep. New IT, new killers, new Social Links, the works. The only thing is that some characters, like Igor, shall stay in their rightful places. Second, I'm going to keep everyone's Arcana the same unless I need to. With all these twists and turns, let's see just how this tale shall unfold!
April 10, 2011. 12:00 AM
Yumi Ozawa stretched out and yawned. "Man, I feel tired," she mumbled to herself, slowly rubbing the sleep away from her eyes. As she was doing so, she soon realized that she wasn't in her home anymore. She looked around where she was. "W-where am I?" She was in a strange limousine. All around her, she saw blue. Blue windows, blue carpeting and seating, and shining blue lights surrounded her. In the limousine, there were two other passengers seated with her. One was a regal looking woman dressed in a blue coat, as if to match the color of the room she was seated in. Her hair was a fair, almost white, blonde, an unusual haircolor, unless she bleached it. for She had piercing yellow eyes, looking as if she was using them peer into Yumi's very soul. However, the passenger that truly caught Yumi's attention was the second passenger, a short hunchbacked man who had his hands folded in front of his face, as if he was contemplating something. He reminded Yumi of one of those vampires in the old black and white films, Nosferasomething? His ears were pointed much like an elf's, and he was dressed in an immaculate pitch-black tuxedo. He was bald, except for a ring of hair around his head that reminded Yumi of a halo, and his eyebrows were grey like stormclouds, large and menacing. However, the strangest thing about that man was his nose. Sharp and hooked, much like a bird's beak, Yumi couldn't help but stare at it. Suddenly, the man's eyes slowly opened, revealing his large bloodshot eyes, and he stared at Yumi directly, chilling her to the bone.
"Welcome to the Velvet Room." He said cordially. On his face, he had a terrifying smirk, and it only scared Yumi further. "Ah… it seems we have a guest with an intriguing destiny…" The short man chuckled, a menacing sound, almost if Death itself was laughing at her. "My name is Igor… I am delighted to make your acquaintance." Yumi could only nod at that, too fearful to speak in front of the hunchback. "This place exists between dream and reality, mind and matter…" Igor continued. "It is a room where only those bound by a 'contract' may enter. Perhaps such a fate awaits you in the near future." Igor's smile widened. "Now then… Why don't you introduce yourself…?"
Suddenly, Yumi felt her throat close up and become dry. "Y-" She coughed in her fist in an attempt to clear her throat. "Yumi Ozawa," She managed to croak out feebly.
Igor nodded. "Hmm… I see… Now then, Miss Ozawa, let's take a look into your future, shall we?" Igor held his hand over the small blue table, and suddenly, a small glowing blue deck of cards appeared out of thin air. "Do you believe in fortune telling?" With a swift sweep of his hands, the deck separated into several different cards, all face down on the table. Despite not believing in tarot cards or anything of that nature, Yumi had her attention focused completely on the cards. Maybe it was the fact that they glowed blue, something that she knew wasn't supposed to be happening. Maybe it was the pull she felt towards the cards, as if they were a part of her. Maybe it was the words Igor was speaking, pulling her in. "Each reading is done with the same cards, yet the result is already different… Life follows the same principles, doesn't it?" He chuckled amicably, and he flipped one of the cards over. A tall structure struck by a bolt of lightning, breaking the structure apart. Several small people dove out of the building in fear. "Hm… The Tower in the Upright position represents the immediate future. It seems a terrible catastrophe is imminent. The card indicating the future beyond, that is…"
Yumi's eyes widened at that. "Catastrophe? In Inaba?" Igor continued on with his reading, seemingly not letting Yumi's reaction interrupt him.
As Yumi watched with bated breath, Igor flipped a second card over. This one was of a simpler design, featuring a crescent moon with a gentle-looking face on it. Above the moon were two structures, and strangely enough, a small crayfish. "This card represents 'hesitation' and 'mystery…' very interesting indeed." Yumi looked up to meet the strange man's gaze. "It seems you will encounter a misfortune in your future, and a great mystery shall be imposed upon you." His grin widened. "In the coming days, you shall enter in a contract of some sort, after which you will return here. The coming year is a turning point in your destiny… If the mystery goes unsolved, your future will be forever lost."
Yumi swallowed nervously at that. "No pressure or anything…"
"My duty is to provide assistance to guests such as yourself to ensure that does not happen."
"So he's on my side?" Yumi pondered. "Could have fooled me…"
Igor's eyes widened in surprise. "Ah! How very rude of me! I have neglected to introduce my assistant to you." *He made a hand gesture to the regal-looking woman beside him. "This is Margaret. She is a resident of this place, like myself."
The woman nodded politely towards Yumi. "My name is Margaret," *The golden-eyed woman stated simply.* "I am here to accompany you throughout your journey." *Yumi respectfully nodded towards the woman in return.
"We shall attend to the details at a different time," Igor interrupted, bringing Yumi's attention back to the small hunchback. "Until then, farewell, Miss Ozawa…" And then, despite her best efforts, Yumi felt her eyelids become heavy once more, and slowly but surely, she began to fall asleep, and the strange blue room and its residents began to gradually fade away.
AN: Sorry it's short. I promise the next chapter will be longer.
