Daichi: Verity! Get back here with that Compendium!
Verity: You won't need it for this, anyway!
Daichi: I borrowed it from Margaret! Do you want to get blown up!?
BlackGatomon: If they owned this stuff, they'd have their own Compendium.
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"Aneki, you're back!" Pharos shouted.
Minato sighed. "How many times have I told you, I'm not Minako? I wish my hair dye would still stick..."
Ryoji shrugged. "He'll get it eventually."
"Are all of you like this?"
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"Seta-san, are we going to rescue Amagi-san today?" Aigis asked.
Souji shook his head. "And miss out on sports clubs? No way!"
"Shouldn't Amagi-san's life be higher on the list of priorities?"
"But... but basketball! And I know Chie's joining soccer, so..."
Aigis sighed. "If you say so. If I am needed, you can find me working on my Social Links."
"Got it."
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She found Teddie by the Samegawa, sitting with a book in hand. "Oh, Ai-chan. I didn't know you would be here today." He nudged away a little, uncomfortable. He hadn't felt like making an expedition solo or anything, but that suddenly seemed like a good idea.
A shrug. "The police have nothing new to report, and my reports get back to my superiors in real-time."
She lay back. He watched her just lie there, shrugged, and followed her example. This didn't seem like an interrogation, anyway.
"I heard that you just transferred here, yet you seem to have no problem getting around."
"It's not beary different from where I usually live. I can bearly tell the difference at times."
"You seem... different from everyone else."
He blinked a few times. "Are you trying to make a Social Link with me?"
"What do you know about Social Links?"
"Makes a Wild Card stronger... weakens with distance but doesn't break... you're not the first Wild Card I've met, Ai-chan."
Had he somehow made her fluster? "I suppose, but... I wasn't trying to make a Social Link, I was trying to upgrade it." Well, this hopefully meant that when he inevitably had to tell them, she might not kill him. He liked living. "Maybe I'm trying too hard."
"Trying too hard?"
"Maybe I can't make friends by pushing myself on them." She sighed. "It seems I still have lots to learn about how humans think." Teddie could sympathize with that. It had been years, and he still didn't entirely understand humans.
"It can't be that bad, Ai-chan! Just bear with it and it'll all turn out fine." Aigis groaned.
"Was that really necessary?"
"Was what really necessary?"
"Never mind." Teddie felt his relationship with Aigis would grow deeper soon...
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This world... was it his involvement that had caused so much change? Aigis' presence in Inaba was definitely his fault for giving them an obvious Shadow reading, but everything else? Not that Chie joining soccer was much of a surprise. He recalled when she defeated the Reaper entirely by kicking it to death.
Admittedly, there was probably a better way to secure better armor and weaponry, but it wasn't like they could just march right up to Kirijo Group headquarters. Well, they could, it just wouldn't be healthy. No matter how many Persona-users learned of his existence, there was always one or two who didn't know and charged right ahead. Whatever trouble it may have caused the Amagi family, those emergency Evokers were definitely useful. Of course, it was highly unlikely they could get Evokers out here at the moment. Maybe he could work on that idea he had...
He had always known that a Shadow could become a Persona, and that it required control. A Shadow was a part of one's inner self. In theory, this meant that a Persona's magic was the same as the user could have.
He was a Shadow, but he didn't have any real powers of his own. Not that were useful in combat, anyway. But his Persona was a part of him, wasn't it? If it was created from him, than couldn't they share the same power?
He'd accepted what he was. But in truth, they all mostly just ignored it. It was just another of the things that made Teddie... Teddie. The only thing hinting at it was a single object in his desk drawer.
A mask noting the Star Arcana. One unmistakably his, as there was no other Shadow like him. His own Shadow had been the Moon, although the form it took as his Persona was definitely the Star.
He called upon his inner self for most of his power. Perhaps it was time he took matters into his own hands.
He made sure to have sodas on hand before he started, just in case. He had no clue why Mitsuru had seen fit to have her company branch out into soft drinks, and at this point, he wasn't asking. It was cheaper than Soul Drops, at any rate.
A deep breath. Eyes focusing at one spot. For just one moment, a flicker of gold.
"Bufu."
Not much happened besides a slightly cracked mirror, although there was frost running along it. He was overtaken by dizziness and had to sit down. The pressure of using magic, even for such a short time, exhausted him. But still, he had done it. He could use his powers.
Well, so long as he had soft drinks. And topsicles. He liked topsicles.
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"So it seems he has begun to awaken to his true potential," Yatagarasu noted. "Kamui, do you see what your other self has accomplished?"
"Obtaining seven years of bad luck?"
"That's just superstition and you know it. He is actively trying to use his powers for good."
"I thought he was already doing that. And if you're going to stay, I may start charging rent."
"You wouldn't do that."
"What makes you think so?"
"You'd have no one to talk to. One of his hidden feelings is loneliness, after all."
"How do you know more about that than me?"
The bird let out a laugh. "Maybe it's the shared Arcana. I am a Star, after all."
"The Moon is a perfectly respectable Arcana. Really." Just another day in the life.
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Daichi: Please, stop. Margaret wants the Compendium back by tomorrow. It's nine o'clock!
Verity: It'll be fine. She's not as trigger happy as her sister.
