A few minutes later…
After Jester, her teammates, Akemi and her teammates and Miyuki open and went through the metal gate into the next area, Noir began talking to Queen.
"Queen, about that battle a moment ago…" said Noir.
"…" said Queen as she didn't hear Noir talking to her due to her in deep thinking about something.
"Queen?" said Noir.
"Hey, Queen. Noir's talking to you." said Paladin as he lightly shake her shoulder with his right hand.
"Huh? Oh, I see-What is it, Noir?" asked Queen as she glance at Noir.
"Oh no, it's nothing serious. Is something on your mind?" asked Noir curiously at Queen.
"Well, I was just recalling when you and me were both captured and held captive by Kamoshidaman in the Kamoshidaman movie. It's times like this that I need to get my act together…" said Queen with a troubled look on her face.
"Queen…" thought Paladin sadly in his mind at Queen.
"I see. You sure are responsible, Queen." said Noir softly to Queen.
"No, this isn't responsibility-it's only because I'm ashamed of myself for getting captured and held captive like that with you." said Queen with a shamed look on her face before she realised that some of her words were harsh to Noir. "Oh-sorry, that sounded harsh. I don't feel the same about your capture, I'm just. Uh…" added Queen apologetically to Noir.
"Don't worry, I understand-plus, I feel the same way." said Noir as she gave a small smile at Queen. So, don't try taking on all of these burdens yourself, okay? We're friends, so we help each other with problems." added Noir reassuringly to Queen.
"Yeah, she's right, Queen." said Paladin as he nodded in agreement with Noir.
"Yes, I know and thank you. It's time for us to push ourselves to even greater heights so we can redeem ourselves!" said Queen with a motivated look on her face.
"That's the spirits, all of you." thought Jester as she briefly glance at them with a smile on her face after she overheard their conversation.
"Yeah! If only we could figure out something in particular we could do…" said Noir with a pondering look on her face.
"You're right. I wonder what can we do, Noir…" said Paladin.
"Heeey, guys! I've got some pipin' hot intel for ya!" said Oracle suddenly to them.
"What's up?" asked Mona.
"I don't know the whole story, but apparently, the ticket machine in the theater suddenly lit up! Looks like Zabby wants to give us a spiel about it. Stop by the box office when you guys get back-don't forget now!" replied Oracle.
"Hm… the ticket machine in the theater suddenly lit up and Elizabeth wanted to see us once we get back, huh? Sounds interesting." thought Jester to herself about what Oracle just told them before they resumed their exploration, encounter and fought normal and rare shadows, found a switch machine and used it to rotate the cage to clear a path for them to walked on, found and picked up some treasure items from glowing treasure spots, found some hidden shortcut doorways before they arrived and stopped in front of another metal gate.
"Guys, just a sec! I'm sensing an unknown presence beyond the gate… It's different from anything we've encountered so far. Just to be sure that all of you're ready for anything that could happen, you guys might want to check if you guys are fully prepared…" said Rise cautiously to them before they open and went through the gate.
"Is that so? Thanks for the warning, Rise-chan." said Akemi thankfully to Rise.
"So there's a mystery presence past this gate, huh? That's so scary… Do we really have to go this way?" groaned Chie with a worry look on her face.
"Of course we have to or else we'll be unable to keep going and can't search for your missing friend." said Jester.
"F-Fine then, uh… You can lead the way, Jester! After you, eheheh…" said Chie.
"Did you hear that, Jester? You've been called upon for the task. You won't let the lady down, will you? We'll all be right behind you." said Crow teasingly then reassuringly to Jester.
"Fine, you bunch of pussies…" thought Jester in annoyance in her mind at them for choosing her to lead the way while they stay behind her before she saw both Akemi and Miyuki approach and stand on both sides of her. "Hm? What're the 2 of you doing standing with me?" asked Jester in confusion to them.
"Why, you asked? To accompany you, of course, Jester." replied Miyuki.
"Yeah, we're not letting you go alone, Jester." said Akemi as she nodded in agreement with Miyuki.
"… I see. Very well then." said Jester as she nodded and smiled at them both before she opened the metal gate, went through the opened gate with them and the others following behind the 3 of them to the next area.
"Wait. Everyone-stop, stop!" said Panther suddenly to them and they all stopped in their tracks and glance at her.
"Huh!?" asked Kanji.
"What's wrong now, Panther!?" asked Mona.
"Look, over there-it's a herd of dinosaurs!" replied Panther as she raised and pointed her finger at a herd of 6 dinosaurs a few feet in front of them.
"Whoa, you're right! Should we run or are we gonna fight'em?" said Kanji with a surprise look on his face.
"Hold on-that herd… They look like the dinosaurs from the movie trailer that we see before we came into the movie." said Noir as she recognized the herd of dinosaurs standing a few feet in front of them.
"You're right, Noir. They do look like the dinosaurs that we all see from the trailer." said Spade as he nodded in agreement with Noir.
"As I recall, Crow say that the key to changing this movie lies with that herd of dinosaurs." said Fox.
"Right, just as we did before with Kamoshidaman in Kamoshidaman movie, it seems that we need to change their mentality. Now, as for how exactly to do that…" said Crow before he closed his eyes and began thinking of a way.
"Uhhh, you guys-one of 'em is coming this way!" said Chie nervously to them and they all glance at the approaching dark and light-grey fur, two-legged dinosaur and Akemi and her friends gasped and widened their eyes in disbelief and shock when they saw that the approaching dinosaur had a familiar human head instead of a dino head before the dinosaur stopped and began munching on the grass in front of him.
"Fresh grass is just the best!" said the dinosaur with headphone with a happy look on his face while he kept on munching the grass.
"Y-YOSUKE!?" said Chie with more disbelief and shock on her face at the dinosaur with headphone.
"Oh my god! What happened to him!?" said Rise, in disbelief and shock as well.
"Huh!? Are you 2 referring to your missing companion?" said Noir as she glance in disbelief and confusion at both Chie and Rise.
"THAT'S Hanamura-kun? He has a human head, but his body…" said Queen as she glance at the dinosaur with headphones with a shock look on her face.
"No way! He can't be your missing companion! It's not possible!" said Paladin as he shake his head.
"Wait, did we ever see a dino that looks like him in the trailer?" said Skull as he crossed his arms and with a confused look on his face.
"I don't think so, Skull." said Miyuki as she shake her head at Skull.
"Miyuki's right because we wouldn't have forgotten something like THAT!" said Panther.
"Yosuke, nooooo! Have you been turned into a dino in the short time we were apart? Well… I won't let something like this ruined our friendship!" said Teddie before he fell on his back and began shedding sad tears for the dinosaur with headphones.
"Uhhh, that dude's just munchin' away on grass. I don't think he's noticed us at all." sighed Kanji as he scratch the back of his head.
"I'd no idea that he loves eating greens that much, guess I should give him a head of cabbage next time I get a chance…" said Akemi.
"Are you sure because I think giving him lettuce is much better than giving him cabbage, Akemi." said Jester.
"True, cabbage doesn't evoke the same grasslike imagery as lettuce does… And while delicious, if you buy a whole head of cabbage when it's on sale, it's difficult to finish before it spoils." said Fox as he nodded in agreement with Jester about lettuces better than cabbages.
"I know someone with that exact same problem!" said Akemi as she think about the clumsy and lazy detective named Tohru Adachi who worked with Nanako's father and also her uncle in Inaba.
"Uh, we don't really care about this cabbage convo." sighed Panther as she shake her head at them.
"Back to the matter at hand, what exactly could that dinosaur be? Considering the striking similarities, it seems foolish to think they're unrelated." said Naoto as she glance at the dinosaur with headphones again.
"Your team, these dinosaurs and this movie… I feel like there must be some kind of connection. If only we could speak with that dinosaur…" said Crow.
"Speak with that dinosaur, huh? Why don't I give it a try then?" said Jester.
"You will, Jester?" said Spade as he glance in surprise at Jester.
"If you want a conversation with those dinos, I can think of someone better…" said Skull before he glance at Mona.
"Did you just shoot me a look!?" snapped Mona as he glared at Skull.
"Skull, stop antagonizing Mona." said Jester as she scowled at Skull for antagonizing Mona.
"Fine, Jester." said Skull as he look away.
"Well, he spoke our language when he was talking to himself, so I think we'll be fine." said Noir before she and the others suddenly heard the heavy stompings and loud roars of several incoming enemies.
"You guys hear that!?" said Miyuki worriedly to them.
"Yeah, we did, Miyuki-chan." said Yukiko as she nodded at Miyuki.
"What was that!?" said Panther.
"Look out! Predators are coming!" said the nervous herbivore in a panic tone of voice to her fellow herbivores.
"Aaaaaaah! R-Run for it!" yell the loud herbivore.
"Crap, I better run too… Hup, Whoa-Whoaaaa!" said the dinosaur with headphones as he stop munching on the grass, quickly turned and run only for him to tripped on a rock and fell face-down to the ground.
"…Oh, he tripped." said Yukiko with a worry then pity look on her face.
"The poor dino…" said Akemi with a pity look on her face as well.
"H-Hnnnnnnghhhh!" groaned the dinosaur with headphones as he slowly stood up from the ground with a pained look on his face due to the large bruise forming on his right leg.
"Wow, he really ate it, didn't he? Look at him, all writhin' in pain." said Skull.
"That pitiful sight… it's truly the spitting image of Yosuke alright." said Akemi with a small nod of her head as she remember the times she see Yosuke crash into something several times on his way to school in the mornings.
"It's coming! Everyone, we gotta get out of here!" said the sulky herbivore fearfully to her fellow herbivores.
"Yeah, hurry!" said the stubborn herbivore as she nodded in frantic agreement with the sulky herbivore before they all turned and run away, leaving the injured dinosaur with headphones and all of the persona-users behind.
"Hey, they're all running away and abandoning him!" said Mona with a disbelief and shock look on his face at the herbivores running away and leaving their injured friend behind without any hesitation.
"Isn't he supposed to be their companions!?" gasped Noir, in disbelief and shock as well.
"What the bloody hell!? How can they do that to him!?" snapped Jester with an angry look on her face at the fleeing herbivores.
"Calm down and mind your language, Jester." said Crow calmly to Jester.
"Yeah, I know, Crow." said Jester as she nodded at him before she calm herself down.
"I can't believe them! What they did is no different to what I see the students did to Yosuke when we go to school in the mornings back in Inaba!" thought Akemi in disappointment and anger in her mind at the cowardly herbivores.
"Hnnnnghhh… Hrgh…" groaned the dinosaur with headphones in more pain.
"At this rate, he's going to get attacked by the enemy! What should we do!?" said Miyuki.
"We can't just leave him like that-he's got Yosuke's face! We gotta saved him!" said Chie.
"Right, let's go, everyone!" said Akemi as she nodded at Chie before she, Jester, their teammates and Miyuki run toward the injured dinosaur with headphones to protect him from the incoming enemies.