"Looks like all of us managed to get through the gate before it closed and electricity came back onto it. What a close call." said Akemi to Jester and the others with a relief look on her face.
"Yeah, we know, Akemi." said Jester as she nodded at Akemi.
"…Like I was saying, if there's anything here you guys don't know about, feel free to ask-" said Yosukesaurus happily to them before he got cut off by the sound of something rustling in the bushes nearby them. "Aaaaaaah!?" yell Yosukesaurus with a fearful look on his face.
"Hm? Who's there!?" demanded Fox.
"Whatever kind of dinosaur you are, we won't hesitate to use our weapons and personas on you!" said Panther.
"Wait wait! It's me!" said Teddie quickly to both Fox and Panther before they could do anything to him as he came out of the bushes.
"Teddie!?" said Yukiko with a surprise look on her face at Teddie.
"Oh, it's just you… You surprised us. What were you doing off in the bushes?" asked Queen.
"I wondered if Yosuke could be hiding somewhere, so I was looking around over there… I didn't find him though." replied Teddie.
"Seriously? What makes you think that he'd hide in the bushes, Teddie?" groaned Kanji as he shake his head at Teddie.
"Yeah." thought Paladin in agreement with Kanji.
"D-Don't surprise me like that! I thought it was a carnivore!" snapped Yosukesaurus in anger at Teddie.
"I'm sorry… I just can't help but worry about Yosuke…" said Teddie sadly and guiltily to Yosukesaurus before he start shedding sad tears.
"I'm serious-don't scare me like that. Us herbivores are always on edge since we never know when predators will show up." said Yosukesaurus.
"Teddie didn't mean any harm by it. He's really sorry-do you think you could forgive him?" said Akemi gently to Yosukesaurus.
"Sensei…" said Teddie as he glance at Akemi.
"F-Fine… But, remember-don't scare me like that again, okay? I'll let it slide this time since you say it in a gentle manner-just be careful from now on, partner." said Yosukesaurus.
"Of course, Yosukesaurus." said Akemi as she nodded at Yosukesaurus.
"Wha-So he's already decided that you're partners?" said Chie with a surprise look on her face.
"Heheh, I gotta say, I'm a fan of how it sounds! Anyways, let's keep going, partner!" said Yosukesaurus happily to them before they resumed their exploration, went down some more pathways, encounter and fought shadows (and obtain a glowing blank card from one of the shadows), found shortcuts and take money and items from treasure chests, found and pull handles down control boxes to open and disabled the electric gates before they could passed through and open another metal gate to the next area.
"Boy, these carnivores… It truly is scary to have no idea when you encounter them." said Noir with a worry look on her face.
"Right!? If they came after us, we'd be done for… Cornered and eaten-and not a thing we can do about it… it's super scary." said Yosukesaurus with a fearful look on his face.
"But, you're a dinosaur too, right? You could at least put up a fight-" said Skull before he got cut off by a loud and ferocious roar of a carnivore.
"Woah! You guys hear that!?" said Spade.
"Wh-What was that sound!?" gasped Queen.
"A-Ah… Aaahhh…" stammer Yosukesaurus as his face turned pale with fear and his body started shaking.
"Hey, what's up? You look pale and your legs are all wobbly." said Kanji in confusion to Yosukesaurus.
"I-It's a carnivore!" said the sulky herbivore in a panic and fearful tone of voice.
"It's coming!" yell the nervous herbivore.
"If we don't get outta here, we'll be spotted! Run!" said Yosukesaurus before he and his fellow herbivores quickly turned and run away into the forest, leaving Jester, Akemi, their teammates and Miyuki behind.
"Wha-!? Those guys just ditched us!" said Kanji with a shock look on his face at the fleeing herbivores.
"What!? How could they do that?" said Yukiko with a disbelief look on her face.
"Why those cowards…" said Paladin with a cold look on his face.
"Crap, we better hurry after them!" said Chie.
"Oracle and Rise-chan! Can you 2 find them?" ordered Jester.
"We already did, Jester! The herd shouldn't have gone too far from you guys yet!" said Oracle.
"Just don't forget to stay cautious while you tail them!" said Rise warningly to Jester.
"Got it and thanks for finding them, you two. Let's go after them, everyone." said Jester thankfully to both Oracle and Rise before she told Akemi and the others to follow her in pursuing the herd of cowardly herbivores and they did and managed to find and caught up with them inside another area.
"Found them! Those damn cowardly herbivores!" snapped Paladin as he glared at Yosukesaurus and his fellow herbivores.
"Paladin, I know that you're mad at them now for suddenly fleeing and leaving us after they heard the roar of the carnivore but please calm down, alright?" said Queen calmly to Paladin.
"…Fine, Queen." said Paladin as he reluctantly nodded at Queen before he take 2 deep breaths to calm his anger down.
"We got away… from the carnivore… right?" panted Yosukesaurus to his fellow herbivores (who nodded in unison to him).
"Ah, we finally caught up to you all." groaned Mona with an exhausted look on his face.
"Oh, my bad-I totally forgot about you guys…" said Yosukesaurus apologetically and guiltily to them.
"You and your herbivore friends really lost all of your composures back there, and at the drop of a hat too… Wasn't that a little extreme?" said Queen.
"No way! Just take a look at that, you guys!" said Yosukesaurus as he gestured with his head at an old yellow sign that had the black head figure of a T-Rex with a red caution word below it and they all turned and saw the sign. "There are a whole lot of carnivores around here-that's why everyone's being on edge." added Yosukesaurus to them.
"Hm, I see." said Naoto with a small nod of her head.
"Still, isn't it bad for your health to just panic and flee like that all the time? Have you tried a different tactic? You know, like fighting back, or something." suggested Panther concernly to Yosukesaurus.
"Yeah, Panther's right. You and your herbivore friends can't do that all the time and should do what she suggests." said Akemi in agreement with Panther.
"Don't be ridiculous! There's no way we can win, even if we threw everyone at them! Anybody who's put up a fight has gotten eaten. Who knows when it'll happen to us too…" said Yosukesaurus worriedly to them.
"Hrgh… Now that's a grim thought… I wonder how strong these carnivores really are. Would it be impossible for us, even with our Personas?" said Chie with a worry then pondering look on her face now.
"It's only impossible if we think it is, Chie-san. That's why we need to train ourselves some more until we're prepare to faced them." said Jester calmly to Chie.
"You're right, Jester. As the saying goes, wounded bears are the most dangerous…" said Naoto as she nodded at Jester.
"Wounded bears?" said Chie with a confused look on her face.
"When a wounded bear is cornered, it's desperation makes it especially scary. The same is also said of boars." explained Naoto calmly to Chie.
"Then does that mean I'd become invincible if I got into a pinch? Hraaaaaaaah! I'm pumped up now! Yosukeeeee! Just you wait for me!" said Teddie before he start yelling then falling on his back and rolling side by side.
"Oh, Teddie…" thought Akemi as she shake her head at Teddie.
"You idiot-shut up! We'll get spotted by a carnivore!" snapped Yosukesaurus angrily at Teddie.
"Remaining here any longer is also too dangerous-we ought to pass through this area quickly. Let's go." said Crow concernly to them and they all nodded to him and went on to the area but soon after they did, they stopped when they see a huge light grey-skinned, light blonde-haired, yellow-eyed T-Rex standing a few feet in front of them.
"Crap, crap, crap, it's here! We better run-fast!" said Yosukesaurus frantically to them.
"Wh-What is that!? It's huuuge! We won't last a minute if that thing gets us!" gasped Chie with a fearful look on her face.
"Um, uh, c-calm down… There's some distance between it and us-we should be okay… for now. Plus, uh… look at how scraggly it's arms and legs are, compared to the rest of it! I bet it's really slow-just watch!" said Mona concernly and slightly reassuringly to them.
"Oh, okay then… I was thinking about having all of us playing dead if we were spotted, but maybe it's possible for us to just run away instead." said Teddie.
"What a stupid and terrible idea you thought up on us playing dead instead of running away from it. It's not a bear and it won't fall for it." thought Paladin as he shake his head in disbelief at Teddie's idea.
"Ooh, impressive! I guess we gotta ask an animal when it comes to strategies against other animals, huh?" said Skull with an impressed look on his face.
"Don't you start! Look where we are-either we stop fussing about here, or we get ourselves eaten!" snapped Mona as he glared at Skull.
"You're right, Mona. If we were caught by such a ferocious FOE, we'll be dinosaur chow in no time. Looks like we ought to proceed even more cautiously than before." said Akemi as she nodded at Mona.
"Thank you, Akemi." said Mona as he glance and smiled at Akemi.
"Let's try to prevent ourselves from panicking. Rational decision-making skills are especially vital to us right now." said Crow before he glance at Jester. "Jester, let's progress with a roundabout path so that FOE can't catch up to us." added Crow to Jester.
"Uhu huh, not a bad idea, Crow. Let's do it then." said Jester as she nodded at Crow before she listen and follow Crow's idea and beckoned hers and Akemi's teammates and Miyuki to follow behind her in a roundabout way to avoid the T-Rex FOE until they arrived, opened and went through another metal gate to the next area, saw a second T-Rex FOE and they quickly avoid it by opening another metal gate and going to the next area, went down some more pathways and found and opened short-cuts along the way, fought and defeat shadows and took some more treasures from treasure chests before they opened and went through another metal gate only to stopped when they see a third T-Rex FOE standing behind the electric gate.
"A-ANOTHER ONE!? C'mon, partner! We've gotta run for it!" said Yosukesaurus worriedly at Kuro.
"Tch, again? If we have to go through this every time a T-Rex FOE shows up, it's really gonna slow us down." groaned Mona with an annoy look on his face.
"Yeah. So what're we gonna do now, Mona?" said Miyuki as she glance at Mona.
"Well, this time, perhaps we should make use of that…" said Crow.
"Make use of what, Crow?" asked Yukiko as she glance in confusion at Crow.
"Oh, you mean that gate in front of it-the electric one…! Ah, I gotcha! Wait, we have to trap that huge carnivore by ourselves!? But, how?" said Chie hopefully then worriedly at Crow about trapping the T-Rex FOE.
"Unfortunately, that wouldn't do us any good at the moment anyway, unless we were to open up the gate as well." said Naoto sadly to Chie.
"Maaan, we're just stuck here!? What was the point of suggesting the gate, then?" sighed Chie with a disappointed look on her face.
"Well, if we can find a way to manipulate the gate, it should work to our advantage. That's why we have to find the switch for it… then we can search for the proper path to follow." said Naoto.
"Good idea, Naoto. Let's search for that switch then." said Jester as she smiled and nodded approvingly at Naoto before she, Akemi and the others look around for the switch and Akemi found it hidden in the bushes, grab and pull the handle on the control box down to disabled the electric and opened the gate before they lured the T-Rex FOE to come after them and they managed to trapped it behind the electric gate then they went on to the next area.