A few minutes later, back in the attic room in Leblanc…

"Today's celebration would be great if it weren't for that rude bald-headed jerk and his equally rude lackeys ruining our joyous moods and shoving you aside like nothing at the elevators. Who do they think they are?" said Mallory with a cold look on her face as she sat down on the couch with her hands clench into fists on her lap while thinking back about the elevator scene.

"Yeah. I know how you feel about them but it's in the past now so please calm down and forget about it, Maly." said Keiko calmly and reassuringly to Mallory.

"… Fine." said Mallory in reluctant agreement with Keiko.

"Good. And speaking of today's celebration, I noticed that you didn't get yourself the ice-cream desserts that you love so much, Maly." said Keiko.

"Oh yeah, you're right, I didn't because I forget about getting it during the celebration, Keiko." said Mallory with a sad look on her face.

"I thought so. Well, lucky for you I did remember and managed to bring some back with me without any of the hotel staffs noticing me taking some back. So, here you go and it's your favourite mint chocolate chip ice-cream with chocolate syrup on it too, Maly." said Keiko as she take out a plastic container that contain the ice-cream inside and a plastic spoon from behind her back and hold it out toward Mallory.

"You did? Thank you for the ice-cream and for getting my favourite flavour for me, Keiko!" said Mallory happily and gratefully to Keiko before she took the plastic container and plastic spoon from her, open it and began eating her ice-cream dessert (while Keiko felt her social link with Mallory went up to rank 2).

"You're welcome, Maly." said Keiko as she smiled at Mallory.

"What a nice friend you are to Miss Mallory, Madame Keiko. Well, we spend almost all of our money on the buffet, but… We officially established the Phantom Thieves, so it was totally worth it, Madame Keiko." said Morgana as he smiled at Keiko.

"Yeah, I know, Morgana." said Keiko as she smiled back at Morgana before she (and Mallory) felt her phone vibrating and she pull it out to see her friends messages.

RS: The Phantom Thieves, huh… I'm liking the sound of that!

AT: I hope we can really helped people. I'm curious about the Phantom Aficionado Website too. I wonder who made it…

RS: No clue.

MC: Maybe it's someone from our school? Any ideas who is it?

RS: Maybe and no idea who is it, Caelum. More importantly, did any of you see the survey on there? I dunno how I feel about it.

AT: Yeah, there was this approval rating thing, but it was only at like 6 percent…

KA: That's better than I expected.

AT: I guess it's not so bad if you put it that way…

RS: But don't you girls just wanna get it higher than that? I bet it'll go up tons if we keep taking down big targets. It's pretty damn exciting if you girls try and think about it like that.

AT: You know, you're actually right. Well then, let's keep working hard from this point on!

MC: Of course we will.

"From tomorrow on, we're officially the Phantom Thieves. I hope we can find a big shot we can target soon, Madame Keiko, Miss Mallory." said Morgana to both Keiko and Mallory.

"Yeah, we know, Morgana." said Keiko as she nodded at Morgana before she noticed another weird app with the words "Thieves Den" at the bottom under the Meta-Nav app on her phone. "Huh? Another new and weird app showed up on my phone and what's this "Thieves Den" thing about?" thought Keiko with a confused look on her face at the app on her phone.

"Is something wrong, Keiko?" said Mallory as she noticed the confused look on Keiko's face, closed and put her already finish container of ice-cream aside before she stood up, approach and glance at the app on Keiko's phone. "What's this "Thieves Den" app, Keiko?" asked Mallory, confused at the app as well.

"I don't know, Maly." replied Keiko as she shake her head.

"How about you 2 try checking it out then?" suggested Morgana.

"Oh sure, let's check out another unknown and possibly dangerous app that suddenly showed up on Keiko's phone immediately, such a brilliant idea from you, Morgana." said Mallory sarcastically at Morgana.

"Don't be so dark and talk like that to Morgana, Maly! Who knows, it could probably be safe and won't harm us at all. Let's check it out together." said Keiko sternly at Mallory.

"Fine. But if anything happen to us once you do so, I'm blaming you for this, Keiko." said Mallory in reluctant agreement to Keiko (who retaliate by stepping on her foot, which make Mallory winced in pain from it) before Keiko press the new app on her phone and everything went dark around both Keiko and Mallory.

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Inside the Thieves Den…

When both Keiko and Mallory opened their eyes, they widened their eyes and gasped in surprised unison when they look around and saw that they're standing in a huge and expensive-looking room that had several huge different-coloured glass floors with black and white stripe stars in it in the middle of the room, a vending machine and several smaller rooms (a TV room, Awards room, Gallery room, Karaoke room, Cards room and Archives room) and a staircase that goes up to the second floor before a random light blue toy car with dozens of boxes on it and several yellow-coloured, star-shaped balloons tied to the car driven by a pale-skinned, short grey-haired (which is the shape of a half egg shell), yellow-eyed small boy wearing a long sleeve oversized light grey raincoat with dozens of star and moon motifs on it and a pair of goggles around his neck, black gloves on his hands, black pants and short light grey boots with matching star and moon motifs on it suddenly came crashing through a wall to Keiko and Mallory's left into the room.

"What the? First the app took us to this unknown room filled with things and smaller rooms that people need and used for rest, relaxation and fun everyday and now a random little boy driving a car literally crash himself into the room? What's gonna happen next?" thought Mallory to herself.

"I really messed that up. I can't believe I mixed up the gas and brake pedals… Eh, oh well. First, I need to fix this up…" said the boy with a guilty look on his face at the destruction he caused before he quickly got off his car, walked toward and swiftly covered up and fix the hole on the wall with dozens of wooden boards and nails on it. "That oughta do it. Okay!" added the boy with an approving nod of his head after he's done covering and fixing the wall up.

"Wow, that's some neat and quick work you did to the wall there, little boy. And who are you?" asked Keiko curiously to the small boy after she complimented his work.

"Hm? Thanks and hello there, pretty ladies. My name is Jose. Who are you two?" asked the small boy named Jose to both Keiko and Mallory as he turned to glance curiously at them.

"I'm Keiko Amamiya and this is my best friend, Mallory Caelum." replied Keiko as she introduced herself and Mallory to Jose.

"Keiko Amamiya and Mallory Caelum, huh? Fitting names for you 2 pretty ladies." said Jose with a small nod of his head.

"My, aren't you quite the flirting flatterer for one so young, Jose." chuckled Mallory.

"I don't know what you mean by that and I'm only saying the truth, Miss Caelum. So, do you 2 need anything from me? Were you 2 drawn here by the smell too?" asked Jose.

"Huh? What do you mean by that? We got here via the app on my phone, not drawn here by smell like you said, Jose." replied Keiko in confusion to Jose.

"Oh, I see. Sorry about that-I guess you 2 just got here, huh? I can definitely understand not knowing what's going on here-don't worry." said Jose reassuringly to both Keiko and Mallory.

"Uh huh. Whatever you say, Jose." said Mallory before she, Keiko and Jose turned to have another thorough look of the huge room.

"Hmmm, I think I'm starting to get it, though… So, THAT'S what this place is!" said Jose with a realization look on his face about the room.

"You do? Please explain to us then, Jose." said Keiko as she and Mallory glance at Jose.

"This is a place created by the cognitions of people like you 2 ladies… Both of your memories and feelings are collected here and given shape." explained Jose calmly to them.

"Hold on. This huge place is collected and given shape by our memories and feelings?" said Mallory in more confusion to Jose.

"Yep, exactly, Miss Caelum. Boy, am I sure glad I came here now! I bet this place can teach me all sorts of cool things. I'm going to stick around here for a while. You 2 could take a look around too, if that interests you ladies. I'm curious to see more of the memories inside you two. If there's anything you 2 don't understand, just ask me! I'll help as much as I can. Well, that should wrap it up and good job, you two." said Jose as he glance and smiled at both Keiko and Mallory.

"Sure, Jose. Come on, let's check the place out, Maly!" said Keiko excitedly to Mallory before she grab hold of Mallory's arm and drag her to check the entire place out until they're done checking the place out and went back to where Jose is, bade farewell to him before Keiko take out her phone and press the app on it to transport herself and Mallory back to their attic room.

XXXX

"Welcome back and how is it, Madame Keiko, Miss Mallory?" asked Morgana to both Keiko and Mallory after they came back from the Thieves Den.

"We're back and the app took us to a huge and amazing-looking room that had several smaller rooms for rest, relaxation and fun that's created by our memories and feelings and we also met a cute little boy named Jose, Morgana." replied Keiko.

"Oh really? Sounds interesting and now I wish that I'd come with you and Miss Mallory into the place, Madame Keiko." said Morgana with an envious look on his face.

"Sorry that we didn't take you with us but we will next time, alright, Morgana?" said Keiko apologetically to Morgana.

"… Alright, Madame Keiko." said Morgana as he nodded at Keiko.

"Good." said Keiko as she smiled at Morgana before she (and Mallory) heard and felt her phone vibrating with more incoming messages and she take out her phone to see them.

RS: Oh yeah, lemme send the celebratory pic I took for today! Celebrating the founding of he Phantom Thieves! And celebrating us crashing that classy buffet!

The next second, both Keiko and Mallory see the celebratory picture that Ryuji sent over to them, which is a picture of him using his phone for a selfie photo with Keiko holding and drinking a glass of coke and Morgana sitting on her lap and munching a piece of fatty tuna, Mallory eating her plate of ham and cheese panini and Ann eating her plate of tiramisu cake.

MC: Wow, you're quite the photographer for taking such a nice photo of us, Sakamoto.

AT: You can cool it with all the "celebrating" and time now… Wait, you took that while I was eating!? Why didn't you tell me!?

RS: Uh, I did. You just never stopped eating those cakes. Anyways, this is our start as the Phantom Thieves! We're gonna take the world by storm! All the shitty adults in the world better watch out for us! Right, Keiko?

KA: Right, Ryuji-kun. Good night and see you guys tomorrow.

AT: Sure, good night.

RS: Night.

After both Keiko and Mallory's done in messaging with their friends, they turned off and put their phones away on the desk, change into their pajamas, take out and prepare their futons before Keiko picked Morgana up and they fell asleep.

XXXX

Meanwhile, outside Leblanc…

"About time those 2 girls went to bed." said an unknown guy's voice.

"Finally! Now let's charge in and capture the human girl who's the vessel of Mother Hydra so we can wake her up!" said a second unknown guy's voice and as the second unknown guy about to charge into Leblanc, the first unknown guy quickly grab hold of his shirt collar before he could do so and yank the second unknown guy back.

"Don't be an idiot and stay here and control yourself, Ghatanothoa! You're not allow to charge in there and get the vessel of Mother Hydra yet and ruined the game set by our friends!" snapped the first unknown guy angrily to the second unknown guy named Ghatanothoa.

"Yeah, listen to Yog-Sothoth and learn some patience like me, will you?" snicker the unknown girl behind the first unknown guy.

"Fine and stop snickering at me, Kassogtha!" growled Ghatanothoa as he glared at the still snickering unknown girl named Kassogtha while the first unknown guy named Yog-Sothoth conjure and blew a ball of black mist from his hand, watched as the ball of black mist pass through the door into Leblanc, flew up toward the attic room where Mallory is and went inside her, causing her to winced and caused the being inside her to stirred a bit more, which pleased Yog-Sothoth before he, Ghatanothoa and Kassogtha turned and walked away from Leblanc.

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In the Velvet Room…

"Here I am, back in the Velvet Room once again." thought Keiko in slight exasperation to herself after she opened her eyes and see that she's back inside the cell of the Velvet Room before she stood up, turned and glance at Caroline, Justine and Igor.

"First off… I'd like to begin by congratulating you." said Igor in an approving tone of voice to Keiko.

"Uh huh. Thanks." said Keiko thankfully to Igor.

"To think our master would give words of praise…" said Justine as she turned to glance at Keiko.

"You better treasure this moment, Inmate!" snapped Caroline as she turned to scowled at Keiko.

"You have encountered allies who shared your aesthetics, and you have found your place in reality. The time has finally come… Your rehabilitation will soon begin." said Igor.

"What rehabilitation?" asked Keiko in confusion at Igor.

"I shall explain it to you now… You have a special potential. However, that must be refined into a useful power. It is weak now, but refining it shall grant you the strength to stand against the coming ruin… That is the rehabilitation cast upon you." replied Igor.

"Strength to stand against the coming ruin?" said Keiko hesitantly and uneasily at Igor.

"There are various means by which you may gain the power to resist the ruin. Fighting Shadows, gather personas and gaining experience is one way. The fusion process I taught you prior is another." explained Igor even more to Keiko.

"This is all possible because of our master's guidance, Inmate!" said Caroline.

"Though it may be presumptuous of us, we have words of wisdom as well." said Justine.

"When you're out in reality, you better hone your relationships with those you have contracts with!" continue Caroline.

"Spending time with these people… will lead to the cultivation of your relationships with them." added Justine.

"If you've got time to waste, you'd better visit your contractors, Inmate!" finished Caroline.

"That is another source of power to evade the ruin that our master has mentioned to you." finished Justine.

"Oh dear god, what they just told me is a little too much to take in all at once but if what they say is true, then I've no choice but to do it." thought Keiko in more exasperation in her mind.

"Thanks to the contracts you've formed, your heart is steadily gaining the power of opposition. It seems the rehabilitation is going well. This is a truly joyous occasion… I shall grant you an ability befitting of your newfound growth. Consider it a gift. May the devotion to your rehabilitation grow even deeper… I have high hopes for you and one last thing, it seems that there's some old and evil entities have appear and had their sights set on your friend, Mallory Caelum." explained Igor even more about Keiko's rehabilitation and the dangers on Mallory to Keiko (who felt her social link with Igor go up to level 3) as he chuckled amusingly at her before they heard the bell ringing out.

"…The time has come. Return to your brief moments of rest." said Justine.

"And don't forget to go talk to your contractors, Inmate!" said Caroline.

"…Fine and thanks for the warning about Maly." said Keiko to them as she felt her eyelids started to go heavy and she closed her eyes and fell asleep.