In the theater…
"Ooh, you're all back! Sorry for the rush, but come with me to the box office-the blue chick's calling for us." said Futaba.
"Did something happen?" asked Ann.
"Supposedly she's got something for us so incredible that it'll… "make our cheeks fall to the floor"." replied Futaba with a confused look on her face.
"Make our cheeks do WHAT!?" said Teddie with a worry look on his face after he stops crying. "How awful! I'll make sure to keep your cheeks in place, Futaba-chan!" added Teddie reassuringly to Futaba before he walked forward, quickly raised and placed his hands on Futaba's cheeks to prevent them from falling.
"Teddie! You don't just do that to a girl without her permission!" snapped Akemi sternly at Teddie for touching Futaba without her permission.
"Don't stop me, sensei! I'm helping her!" said Teddie without looking at Akemi.
"Why you…" thought Akira as he scowled at Teddie for touching his cousin.
"Wh-Whaaa!? His paws are… fluffy, but plump at the same time… Do I even detect a pleasant fabric softener scent!?" said Futaba with a surprise look on her face at Teddie.
"Say what? She likes how fluffy and plump his paws are, huh? Looks like you got lucky, you damn bear. Next time, keep your paws to yourself." thought Akira as he scowled even more darkly at Teddie (which make him felt a chill down his spine).
"That's because Teddie keep spilling the ice-cream he bought to eat on himself and make Yosuke had no choice but to washed him every time he did, Futaba-chan." Sighed Yukiko.
"Is that so? What a messy eater he is." said Isamu as she scowled at Teddie now.
"Yosuke-senpai's real considerate, isn't he…?" said Kanji.
"Yep. He is, Kanji." said Akemi as she nodded at Kanji.
"Say, Teddie: how do you get washed?" asked Haru curiously to Teddie.
"Heheheh… how do YOU think I get sparkling clean?" chuckled Teddie with an embarrassed look on his face.
"Maybe by shoving him into a washing machine? Nah, not possible. Probably by drenching him with a hose on the outside first." said Isamu with a pondering look on her face.
"And then scrub him down with a brush? Sounds like a carwash… or maybe more like a Teddiewash." said Futaba.
"Of course not! My fur is far too delicate for those kinds of treatments! A coat like this can only be hand-washed!" said Teddie as he shake his head at both Isamu and Futaba.
"It's a costume. He can take it off." said Chie.
"What… He has…?" gasped Yusuke with a surprise look on his face.
"That's right! I just go like this, aaaaaand… Hup-hup, and another hup!" said Teddie before he closed his eyes, clench his hands and teeth before a fair-skinned, short blonde-haired, light blue-eyed guy wearing a long sleeve white shirt with ruffles and a single red rose on it, long black pants and black shoes on his feet pop out of the Teddie costume with a huge smile on his face as he happily moved his hips from side to side.
"Huhhhh!?" gasped Haru.
"There was somebody inside!?" said Ann with a surprise look on her face.
"…" said Isamu with a deadpan look on her face.
"Oh my, are you girls so surprised by the sudden appearance of such a pretty boy that you're at a loss for words? Heehee…" chuckled Teddie with an embarrassed look on his face.
"Nah, we don't, Teddie." said Isamu as she shake her head.
"Whaaaat!? That's it!? Couldn't you, like, fall to your knees in surprise?" said Teddie in disbelief at Isamu.
"Why should we do that?" said Rokuro as he shrugged his shoulders.
"Um, I'm sorry… It wasn't worth that much of a reaction." said Makoto apologetically to Teddie.
"So mean!" snapped Teddie as he raised and stomped his feet in anger at both Makoto and Rokuro.
"Yeah, yeah. Enough of this stupidity. Shouldn't Yosuke be more important to us right now?" said Chie.
"Yeah, we know, Chie." said Yukiko as she nodded at Chie.
"I wonder where he's gone…" said Kanji as he scratch his head a little. "I hope he's okay-I mean, he'll be okay, right?" asked Kanji as he glance at Chie.
"Yeah. He isn't a guy that goes down so easily, Kanji." replied Akemi as she nodded at Kanji.
"We'll just have to continue doing what we can at the moment for now." said Naoto.
"Oh, that reminds me, isn't Elizabeth's waiting for us? We should get going!" gasped Yukiko with a shock look on her face.
"Oh, that's right! Let's go see her now!" said Akemi as she nodded at Yukiko before they and their friends turned and left to see Elizabeth.
"Heeeeeey! Don't leave me behiiiiind!" yell Teddie before he quickly run after them.
"Sheesh… What a rowdy bunch. Okay, let's go, Lady Isamu." said Morgana as he glance at Isamu.
"Yeah. Come on, everyone." said Isamu as she nodded at Morgana before she, her teammates and Miyuki turned and follow behind Akemi and her friends.
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A few minutes later, in the Ticket Box room…
"Thank you for taking your time out of your hectic schedules to come here. The ticket machine that you've all been waiting for is finally operational." said Elizabeth (who's now wearing a sleeveless black and white movie films dress with dark grey gloves on her hands, dark grey boots on her feet and a pair of red and blue 3D glasses on her head) calmly to them after they came into the Ticket Box room to see her.
"Oh yeah. That machine wasn't working earlier." said Ann.
"That is correct. However, the ticket machine now seems to be shining, as if it's received the spark of life… Did you catch that?" said Elizabeth as she glance at Ann.
"Uh, well…" said Ann before she got cut off by Elizabeth.
"What's that? You missed it? In that case, let's try it once more for those who-" said Elizabeth.
"Nah, it's okay! We all got it! And what I wanna talk about is that outfit! Where'd your previous blue outfit stuff go to?" said Ryuji quickly to Elizabeth, cutting off her words before he asked her about her new outfit.
"While I swiped-I mean, sifted through the items in storage here, I happened upon this costume. It seems perfect for my role, so I decided to wear it." replied Elizabeth.
"What do you mean by your role?" asked Miyuki with a confused look on her face at Elizabeth.
"Indeed. Allow me to explain that, along with the circumstances that led to it. It all started when I was stuffing my face with popcorns and began drifting to sleep… When-all of a sudden! A bright light shot forth from this ticket machine!" explained Elizabeth dramatically to Miyuki.
"Oh. I see." said Isamu with a deadpan nod of her head.
"So, while we were in there busting our asses, this woman was munching away on popcorns and napping…" said Ryuji as he sweat-dropped at Elizabeth.
"Shhh. She'll hear you, Ryuji." said Ann warningly to Ryuji.
"This light that I beheld was so nearly blinding, I had no choice but to wipe up my drool and rise up to my feet!" said Elizabeth sternly and more dramatically to them now.
"It almost feels like she's blaming us for this event…" sighed Naoto.
"Sooooo, what does this ticket machine do, Miss?" asked Teddie curiously to Elizabeth.
"It can now issued "Special Screening" tickets." replied Elizabeth.
"What's a "Special Screening"?" asked Akemi in confusion to Elizabeth.
"If "Kamoshidaman" is a full length feature-film, then the special screenings can be seen as short films. Your goal isn't to change the endings- instead, accomplishing the goals set for them will end the screenings… That's what it says in the "instruction manual"." explained Elizabeth.
"Instruction manual?" said Akira.
"Yes, how fortunate that it was attached to the machine itself." said Elizabeth.
"I wonder about that…" thought Rokuro suspiciously in his mind.
"So, these special screenings: will something happen if we complete them?" asked Makoto.
"If you report your success back to me, I'll have Godric prepare an ultra-extravagant rewards for your endeavours." replied Elizabeth.
"Extravagant, you say?" said Yusuke with a confused look on his face.
"See? Isn't this "cheek-droopingly" great? I have no idea why she's doing so much for us, though." said Futaba with a confused look on her face.
"If I can witness an intriguing movie, then this is a small prize to pay. Please consider it a token of my gratitude." said Elizabeth with a smirk on her face.
"… Oh dear. She's way too into this." said Akemi as she shake her head a little.
"According to the manual, it seems I'm now appointed to issue tickets and manage relevant affairs. Basically, I'm the vendor here… More specifically, it makes me the box office's booth babe! Thus, I followed the instructions and TRANSFOOOORMED! … into this attire." said Elizabeth as she raised her arms above her head.
"I see. It does suits you and do you have another one because I think I want to wear it." said Isamu as she nodded at Elizabeth.
"Huh, you do, Isa?" said Goro as he and the others glance in disbelief at Isamu wanting to wear the same outfit like Elizabeth.
"Why, thank you. And no, there's only one of this dress and no spare outfit for you." said Elizabeth as she nodded back at Isamu (who caused a disappointed look to appear on her face).
"Wha-Why are you tryin' to wear it? And why do you look so disappointed with her answer too!?" asked Ryuji in a disbelief and shock tone of voice at Isamu.
"We should leave her be…" said Akemi.
"It just so happen that a ticket can be issued at this moment, so let's give a try without any delay…" said Elizabeth before she take out and show them an empty ticket.
"Hm? Nothing's printed on this ticket." said Yusuke with a confused look on his face.
"Supposedly, the ticket's details will naturally develop upon your entrance into the movie- This particular special screening requires you to strike down enemies as if they were flies. In particular, you must defeat "8 Basalts."." said Elizabeth.
"Eight Basalts, huh?" said Rokuro with a pondering look on his face.
"Mmhm? And what's the reward for this screening?" asked Futaba curiously to Elizabeth.
"In the event that you succeed, you will received a monetary reward… Not only that-a "Healing Armlet" that can be made from materials dropped by those enemies will appear in the shop." replied Elizabeth.
"What's a Healing Armlet?" asked Goro.
"It's an exceptional accessory that unable the use of a healing spell to whoever equips it… Such hyper-ultra-amazing equipment will soon become purchasable in a concession stand near you!" replied Elizabeth.
"Wait-we gotta pay for it!?" said Ryuji in a shock tone of voice at Elizabeth.
"Offering a reward-and then making us purchase said reward… It seems you're quite the skilled merchant." said Yusuke.
"But new equipment like that can be helpful-it'd improve our odds in battle too…" said Akemi.
"Yeah, you're right, Akemi-senpai." said Rise as she nodded at Akemi.
"These special screenings sound useful, so why don't we try this one, Isamu?" asked Haru curiously to Isamu.
"Sure. If we've free time, Haru." replied Isamu.
"Yeah. If we can increase our battle potential with these rewards, they'll help us speed up our exploration efforts… Not only that, if we engage in activities that differ our usual efforts, they should help us get stronger as well. Let's work through these short films while we progress through the movies-after all, slow and steady wins the race." said Makoto.
Yeah, you're right, Makoto-san." said Miyuki as she nodded at Makoto.
"By the by, these tickets have no particular time limit. If you wish to view a different special screening, it's possible to cancel any already-printed tickets. Reissues of such cancelled screenings are also available to you." said Elizabeth.
"I see, so we really do get to do these at our own pace…" said Futaba with a small nod of her head.
"Well then, everyone: please heartily participate and enjoy these special screenings." said Elizabeth as she bowed to them before they decided to check out the special screenings in the ticket machine, saw that there's 2 tickets inside with the titles "Doing Our Part" and "Churro Time" with 3 pictures of Makoto, Teddie and Haru in one and 3 pictures of Ann, Rise and Miyuki in the other one before they bade farewell to Elizabeth and left the Ticket Box room, went to the concession stand to sell off the items they get in Junessic Land movie, bought and pay for their new weapons, armors and items from Theodore then went into the Velvet Room to fuse old Personas to get new Personas from both Caroline and Justine before they went back into Junessic Land movie.