I've heard that July 3rd is Ryuji's canon birthday. So to celebrate, here's a chapter.
Magical Gentlewoman Phantom Thief Joker-chan
By Bilbo-sama
Chapter 3 - The Night Before
The calling card is almost finished. All is left is the name.
Ryuji sighed and leaned back in his desk chair.
Shit. Why hadn't everyone sat down and discussed that part before deciding on sending the calling card by tomorrow? It would've been so much easier.
Alright. Let's brainstorm.
Morgana has been training him, Akira, and Ann to be phantom thieves while calling them Persona users...which is what the beings they've summoning in battle are.
Akira's first Persona sounded very familiar. Turns out the anime he remembered was based on some old timey French novels about a thief...which explains the gibberish Arsene would say in Captain Kidd's general direction. It must be something bad because his Persona would bitch about the 'snail eating pansy who would not last long on a boat' afterwards when Ryuji's trying to sleep.
At least Arsene is still there instead of say, Incubus who only lasted a couple of hours before she kicked him out for a Kelpie. The only explanation they got was 'he was being a creepy motherfucker.'
Part of him wanted to say 'what did you expect, the guy has a giant sword thing for a dick' but he didn't want to get a Garu to the face by Mona again.
Anyway, where was he?
They're being trained to be phantom thieves which is like thieves who are ghosts or some shit like that because they pop up when you least expect it, steal your shit, and leave when you're not looking. This gig is easier to do in the Metaverse because whatever the fuck is Mona talking about when it comes to the cognitive stuff that needs to be explained better. Or at least say it without being a total snob about it. Ryuji should probably look this up sometime.
Didn't the cat say the Metaverse was in everyone's hearts? And the treasure is what's in a particular Shadow's heart? So therefore, they're stealing hearts. Technically.
Ryuji grinned as he typed down the final touches to the calling card:
'Signed,
The Phantom Thieves of Hearts'
Are you sure that's a good one? asks Captain Kidd.
What's wrong with it? Ryuji thinks back.
Wouldn't this be enabling Akira? the Captain points out.
...Wait. Shit. It would, wouldn't it?
Y'know what? Fuck it.
It'll be fine as long as Akira doesn't think up poses and speeches for everyone. She wouldn't be that obsessed, right?
[The Next Day]
"We're not doing that," Panther declared.
"But why not?" Joker whined.
"We don't have time to rehearse! Let's just grab the treasure and go!"
"Ugh, fine."
"You're so wise, Panther," gushed Mona, who also had a limit to Joker's obsession. You would too if you lived with her for the past week and a half.
'Thank fuck for Panther,' thought Skull.
I have relatives visiting for the week so there might not be another chapter in the next few days. So yeah, just a heads up.
