Inside the Velvet Room…
"Welcome, we've been waiting for you." said Casnar to Isamu, Akemi, their teammates and Miyuki after they entered the Velvet Room.
"Well, we're here now so what's going on, Casnar?" asked Akemi in slight confusion at Casnar.
"Since I've also been summoned here like my younger siblings did, I wish to aid you all in some way… And what came to my mind is "Persona sacrificing"-it's a means of strengthening your Personas by sacrificing your Personas too." said Casnar.
"Huh? Persona sacrificing?" said Miyuki with a confused look on her face while Isamu had a grim look on her face since she know what Casnar meant.
"Judging by the grim look on Isamu-chan face, it can't be good." thought Akemi after she noticed the grim look on Isamu face.
"That has a rather ominous ring to it." said Yusuke.
"Don't worry. I won't ask any of you to offer your own Personas as sacrifices or anything, so please take solace in that. This process involves merging 2 Personas together to strengthen your Persona." said Casnar.
"Is that different from Persona fusion?" asked Ryuji curiously to Casnar.
"Persona fusion is the means of creating a new Persona from multiple Personas. A sacrifice is performed on a single Persona, wherein other Personas are merged with it to assist in it's growth. The original Persona will grow and those merged with it will disappear." replied Casnar.
"I see, one becomes stronger while the others are lost… That would definitely be consider a sacrifice." said Makoto with a small nod of her head.
"Guess it's not as ominous as you initially think, Yusuke." said Rokuro as he glance at Yusuke.
"Yeah, I guess so, Rokuro." Said Yusuke as he nodded at Rokuro.
"Can that be done with both Main and Sub-Personas?" asked Goro.
"Yes, it's possible to help both of them grow… Although, naturally, you'll be unable to sacrifice your main Persona." replied Casnar.
"Obviously not since each of our main Personas are the first ones that showed up after we awaken to them." thought Isamu in her mind.
"But wait-isn't there more? Like, at a really high cost?" asked Teddie.
"Teddie's right. Like you Velvet Room people need compensations for it…" said Akemi.
"You're correct, Miss Akemi. We do need to ask compensations for it-a reasonable amount. However, since this is for our own research as well… If the Persona to disappear is being sacrificed for the first time, it shall be free of charge. When that same Persona is sacrificed again, though, we'll ask to be compensated." said Casnar as he nodded at Akemi.
"So, essentially, all Personas can be sacrificed for free the first time?" said Haru.
"That is correct." said Casnar as he nodded at Haru.
"Ooh… This is an awesome way for us and our Personas to grow stronger!" said Chie with a happy look on her face.
"Thanks for telling us all of that, Casnar. I appreciate your cooperation." said Akemi gratefully to Casnar.
"…No, my part here is destiny's doing as well. With your and her arrivals, a change has occurred within the movies-the distorted programs are being corrected. You all may have been cast into roles as Persona-users to accomplish this." said Casnar.
"We were cast into such roles?" said Akemi with a confused look on her face.
"Yes. And we believe we were called here to watch over this… So, Marie?" said Casnar before he called for Marie.
"Ugh… do I really have to?" said Marie with an irritated look on her face.
"You'll have plenty of time to write your poems later, so don't concern yourself with that." said Casnar coolly at Marie.
"Th-That's not-They're not just my poems, they're my pathos! StupidterribleCasnaryou'rethworst! Just drop it, alright!?" snapped Marie as her face turned red in embarrassment before she calm down and glance at Isamu.
"Well, listen up, I'm gonna explain this once… I'll help you connect with "worlds that aren't here". There are people just like you, that purple-haired girl and silver-haired girl in those. And when I say just like you all, they're trapped in their worlds as well. I'm pretty sure they'll help you all out in some way." said Marie.
"Other versions of us trapped in other worlds, huh? Sounds like a multiverse thing to me which is fitting for them and for us." thought Isamu in her mind.
"Oh, gotcha. We'll leave all that to you, then." said Ryuji as he smiled and nodded at Marie.
"You've grown quite accustomed to providing such explanations… All that's left for you now is to improve your poetry-" chuckled Casnar.
"LALALAAAA! What was that!? What!? I've noooo idea what you're talking about! M-More importantly, Isamu! Do you have any more questions!?" said Marie in more embarrassment at Casnar before she glance at Isamu.
"No, I'm good, Marie." said Isamu as she nodded at Marie.
"Huh, you catch on surprisingly quick… unlike someone else." said Marie.
"Oh dear, whomever could you mean?" chuckled Casnar again.
"It's grown quite obvious by now, but Casnar's quite the sadist, isn't he?" said Chie as she sweat-dropped a little at Casnar.
"You've no idea, Chie." said Akemi with a shake of her head.
"Please feel free to stop by and see us whenever you need my assistance. I'm certain that I'll be able to live up to your expectations." said Casnar.
"Right, thank you." said Akemi thankfully to Casnar before she glance at Isamu. "Let's be grateful for their help and come back when we need it, Isamu." added Akemi to Isamu.
"Yeah, I know, Akemi." said Isamu as she nodded at Akira before they turned and left the Velvet Room.
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In the ticket box room…
"Those blue-clothed people seem so dependable. I was rather surprised at first with their… divergent personalities." said Haru.
"Yes, I know what you mean and I appreciate their support. It should really improve our odds in combat." said Makoto.
"Alright, that means the exploration's only gonna get better from here!" said Kanji with an excited look on his face.
"Mmhm! It'll make searching for Yosuke easier too, so why don't we pop back in there now?" said Chie, excited as well.
"Hold on… I have a suggestion first." said Akemi.
"Hm? What is it?" asked Morgana in confusion at Akemi.
"It seems like you all know more about this world than we do… Would it be alright if we ask your leader, Isamu, to command us as well?" said Akemi.
"Confusion about the chain of command is a common cause of defeat. I think such a decision would be very wise." said Naoto as he nodded in approval at Akemi's suggestion.
"How about it? Won't you accept the leader role, Isamu?" said Akemi.
"Of course I will but only if you accept the vice-leader role, Akemi." said Isamu.
"Alright, I accept, Isamu." said Akemi as she nodded at Isamu.
"Ohhh! She's just as dependable as our leader!" said Chie as she glance and smiled happily at Isamu.
"That settles the matter. From here on, we leave the commands to you, Isamu-san." said Naoto as he smiled and nodded at Isamu.
"Now that we've wrapped that up, let us venture forth into the movie! Here we gooooo!" said Teddie excitedly to them.
"Yeah, let's go, everyone." said Isamu as she nodded at Teddie before she, Akemi, their teammates and Miyuki left the ticket box room, entered the theater room showing Junessic Land movie and they went back into the movie.
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Inside Junessic Land movie…
After Jester, her teammates, Miyuki, Akemi and her own teammates are back in the dino-infested forest of Junessic Land movie, they went down a pathway, turned right and went through an old gate to the next area.
"Whew… it seems there's still a ways for us to go. Is everyone's health okay?" asked Queen as she glance concernly at the others.
"So far so good, Queen." replied Paladin.
"Mmhm, this is nothing so far." said Yukiko. "But wow-your clothes really do change! It's so amazing, is there some kind of trick behind it?" asked Yukiko curiously to Queen about their change of clothes.
"I know it's amazing and all, but it's a bit embarrassing to be stared at like that…" said Queen with an embarrassed look on her face.
"I agree that your attire is intriguing, same goes for the attires of the others too but your nicknames-Jester and the like… Could they be codenames?" asked Naoto curiously to them about their codenames.
"How perceptive of you. Has the detective found a working theory?" chuckled Crow.
"W-Well, no… It's simply my own curiosity." said Naoto, embarrassed now.
"Is that so? About your previous question, you're correct, they're our codenames." said Jester as she nodded at Naoto.
"I knew it." said Naoto with a small nod of his head.
"Considering how we rile up society to such a degree, we're all but required to perform our work incognito. That's the reason we decided to use codenames for each other during our missions." said Fox.
"Oooooh! That sounds so cool!" said Teddie with an excited look on his face.
"Hey-I want a codename too." said Yukiko eagerly to them about wanting a codename for herself like them.
"Wha-Yukiko!?" gasped Chie, surprised that Yukiko wanting a codename for herself.
"I mean, it's so cool. How about you, don't you want one too, Naoto-kun?" said Yukiko before she glance at Naoto.
"Huh!? I… I… Um… I was only thinking how useful they could be if we had them too…" said Naoto, embarrassed again.
"I see. Chie, we'd better hurry and decide our codenames. What're they going to be?" said Yukiko as she glance at Chie.
"How'd I get roped into this!? I mean, coming up with a codename so suddenly… we're not experts on that!" said Chie in disbelief at Yukiko.
"I guess there's no way around it then-leave it to us pros!" said Mona as he smiled at Yukiko before he glance at Jester. "Jester, come up with a cool phantom thief name for Yukiko."
"Hm… How about "Black Fire"? The same name of Star Fire evil older sister in the Teen Titan cartoon or "Scarlet Princess"?" suggested Jester after she think of 2 codenames for Yukiko.
"Are you serious? How could you think and gave her the codename of a cartoon villain and the other one is no better either, Jester." said Paladin in disbelief at Jester's 2 codenames suggestion for Yukiko.
"Then why don't you come up with one for her since you don't like the ones I think and spoke out, Paladin?" snapped Jester as she narrowed her eyes at Paladin.
"Me? Um… "Blaze"?" suggested Paladin.
"That's not a good codename for her either, Paladin." said Spade as he shake his head at Paladin.
"How about "Okami" since the Japanese word for a hotel boss lady sounds intimidating?" suggested Skull.
"How stupid you are-Actually, considering foreign hotel guests love using terms like sushi and geisha, Okami's not that bad…" said Panther.
"Why do I get the feeling that they're just gonna start spouting Japanese words like teriyaki, tempura, udon and tamago for our codenames…" groaned Chie.
"What makes you think that they would used food names as our codenames, Chie-senpai?" said Kanji as he scowled at Chie.
"Shut it, Kanji!" snapped Chie as she scowled back at Kanji.
"Now, now, you two. Please don't quarrel." said Akemi calmly to both Kanji and Chie (who let out humph sounds and look away).
"Okay, you're next, Naoto-kun." said Yukiko as she glance at Naoto now.
"Huh? We're really going to do this for everyone…?" said Naoto with a surprise look on his face.
"Looks like it, Naoto." sighed Kanji.
"Let's see… How about "Platinum Lady"?" suggested Fox.
"What? Why "Platinum Lady", though…" said Skull in confusion at Fox's suggestion.
"True, I think "Lady" is a bit prudish. Wouldn't "Platinum Girl" be better?" said Panther.
"I agree with you, Panther. "Girl" is more fitting for Naoto than "Lady"." said Jester as she nodded in agreement with Panther.
"Wait, no! I mean, why are you guys using "Lady" and "Girl" for Naoto!?" said Skull in disbelief at Fox, Panther and Jester.
"Why not? Naoto-kun's a girl." said Noir.
"Wha-Huhhhh!? For real, Naoto's a girl!? Did you and the others know, Jester!?" asked Skull in a shock tone of voice at Jester.
"Of course we all know that Naoto's a girl. Can't believe that it took you this long to know about it, Skull." replied Jester in a deadpan tone of voice at Skull.
"Seriously? When did you figure that out and why didn't you or the others tell me about it?" said Skull.
"Isn't it because of how dense you are? I thought you already knew about it, guess I'm wrong." said Panther.
"This has nothing to do with me being dense! I just… didn't have a clue. I mean-I can't believe it…" grumbled Skull as he crossed his arms and with an annoy look on his face.
"Isn't that proof of how dense you are, Skull?" said Oracle.
"Tch." said Skull as he look away.
"L-Let's stop talking about this, shall we!? Rise-san, you're next!" said Naoto as her face turned red in embarrassment at them already knowing that she's a girl.
"Me? Ooh, what kind of codename do you think would be good for me?" asked Rise.
"For Risette, huh… Idol? But that seem so obvious." said Skull.
"Plus that could confuse others into thinking of myself-I'm an idol too." said Teddie as his face turned red in embarrassment.
"Yeah, yeah, moving on…" said Chie.
"I guess Kung-Fu for you, Chie-senpai? Or, maybe, something meat-related…" said Rise.
"Meat… Hmm… Sirloin?" said Noir with a pondering look on her face.
"Oh, that's totally Chie! And it's easier to say than Filet Mignon or Beefsteaks, too." chuckled Yukiko.
"What's with these codenames!? They're just cuts of meat! Aw, man…" sighed Chie.
"Welp, next it's Kanji-kun… since you're wearing a shirt with crossbones and skull on it, maybe Skull, Part 2?" suggested Panther as she glance at Kanji.
"Wha…? Why are you treatin' me like some kind of sequel!?" said Kanji in disbelief and shock at Panther.
"Hm… Well, he's always yelling "dammit", so… Dammit Skull? Snrk! That sounds so ridiculous…" said Yukiko with a pondering look on her face before she began laughing about it.
"I don't even care anymore… I mean, how much longer are we gonna do this?" sighed Kanji as he sweat-dropped and scratch his head a little.
"Oh, mine hasn't been decided yet! Maybe something like "Pretty Boy" or "Cutie Bear"…" suggested Teddie.
"Yours is just Ted. Done." said Skull.
"Grrrrr! We're nowhere near done! There're so many for me to choose from, like "Everyone's Idol" or "Beloved Lad"… I just can't pick one!" snapped Teddie angrily at Skull before he fell on his back and started rolling side by side.
"Oh my god, Teddie…" thought Akemi as she face-palm herself in embarrassment at Teddie being childish in front of her and the others.
"Even still, it's Ted." said Fox.
"Mmhm. Definitely Ted." said Jester.
"H-How cruel… At this rate, all I can do is hope for Sensei to avenge me!" said Teddie sadly to them before he start shedding sad tears from his eyes.
"Sorry, not this time, Teddie." said Akemi sternly to Teddie.
"What!? Why, Sensei!?" said Teddie before he shed even more sad tears.
"Next is codename for Akemi-chan, huh… What do you think would be good for her, Jester?" asked Panther as she glance at Jester while ignoring Teddie.
"Codename for Akemi, huh? Hm… How about "Lily" for Akemi?" suggested Jester after she think about it.
"Huh? Lily for me? Why Lily?" asked Akemi in confusion at Jester.
"Lily because it fits your gentle nature, Akemi-san." replied Jester.
"You know, that codename does surprisingly fit her, Jester." said Spade as he nodded approvingly at the codename Jester suggested for Akemi.
"Yeah, in a way." said Jester as she nodded as well.
"You know, it may also be a good idea to mention Nanako-chan since she's Akemi's cousin and family." said Yukiko.
"Like… Nanako's Sis?" said Kanji.
"That doesn't sound bad." said Akemi with a small smile on her face.
"Uh, who's Nanako-chan? Is she your family, Kanzaki-san?" asked Noir curiously to Akemi about Nanako.
"Yes, she's my little cousin, Noir. I live with her and her father." replied Akemi as she nodded at Noir.
"Ah, so it's kinda like Jester and Oracle." said Skull.
"Hey, I'm bigger than a schoolgirl, Skull!" snapped Oracle in an annoy tone of voice at Skull.
"THAT'S what pissed you off!?" said Skull in disbelief at Oracle.
"Skull, there are some things that us girls don't like guys to say to our faces, like our heights, for example. Remember that." said Jester as she smiled coldly at Skull.
"Y-Yeah, I'll r-remember that, Jester." said Skull as he nodded nervously at Jester.
"I've no idea what's ever happening anymore…" sighed Mona.
"Why don't we stop giving codenames to each other? I don't think we're doing ourselves any good at this rate…" said Naoto.
"Yeah, you're right. Let's stop it now." said Jester as she nodded in agreement with Naoto.
"Ah, that was fun. Let's think up more codenames later." chuckled Yukiko with an amused look on her face.
"Fine… All we ended up doing here was racking our brains for codenames and run our mouths, anyway." said Chie.
"Well, since you guys and girls don't need secret identities, I don't think you all need any codenames, either. Let's just focus on finding your missing friend and getting out of here." said Mona.
"Yeah, come on, everyone." said Jester as she nodded at Mona before she and the others resumed their exploration of the jungle while searching for Yosuke, found and obtain "Unknown Rings", "Coral Stone" and "Amber Chunk" items in the glowing Treasure Spots, encounter and fought shadows and gained EXP and had their Personas level up and learn new skills before they went on to the next area.