Persona 5 Royal: tmdrago Special Edition
By Tayla Drago
Episode #143 - The Phantom Thieves fight back
The Eternal Pearl to retrieve, Janet as Atsuko Sakurai's cognitive half against her shadow self to be put the rest in her final stand, the whole world to be saved, the Holy Grail 'known as Yaldabaoth' to be stopped, and such to be waiting in the tower. Also, to get the pearl back – for Janet, Keiko/Joker, Akechi/Crow, Morgana/Mona, Ryuji/Skull, Ann/Panther, Yusuke/Fox, Makoto/Queen, Futaba/Oracle, and Haru/Noir have arrived to save the many lives back outside of the fused real world of Mementos of the darkness to slowly be growing fast. While Daisuke, Tohru, Kiwa, and Kasumi helped out the other people get to safety; the same can be said for Aika/Templar and Hitomi/Jester took out the leftover Shadows 'being the commanders of the team'. And now for the final fight at the other Team Drago of the Phantom Thief of Hearts.
Tayla: All nine of the Phantom Thieves and Janet vs. Yaldabaoth and Beast Form Atsuko Sakurai/Queen Lilith for the final battle. Begin! There's no turning back now!
Arriving back in the huge tower-like jail cell room with the people to still be in for Yaldabaoth and Lilith were both waiting for the Phantom Thieves and Janet's arrival.
Janet: (It's time to finally be put everything to rest.) Yaldabaoth! It's over! You and my other half are done for! And this time, we're all ready to take you on without the help of people's selfish chanting.
That's right, they know what they have to do now and with Morgana helping them out. Arriving inside for the ten were ready to take on Yaldabaoth and Queen Lilith to be waiting for them to arrive, with the Eternal Pearl being used for bad things and being completely filled with darkness.
Holy Grail: Rebels who chose to deny the Prison of Regression...And the other half of Atsuko...Why do you mere humans still dare oppose me...?!
For Lilith in her beast form to be fast, strong, taller, and much deadlier to not be mess with who was ready to fight and acting like a wild animal.
Ann: Stop acting like you're some kinda god! Even what you did to use Atsuko is unforgivable! You're just a Treasure! Shut up and let us destroy you!
Keiko: You're rein of terror to this world and Mementos, along with the whole Metaverse take over ends here!
Holy Grail: Fools...Do you still not understand? Your actions shall not save a single soul. I have the Eternal Pearl, I have Lilith free me with words to believe in, and have the power to do whatever I want after centuries of imprisonment.
From the fake Igor he was to move aside to turn back into the Holy Grail again to fight them to know of the outcome again, well not this time.
Akechi: Get ready! He's transformed again!
Morgana: We know...! Stop Lilith, destroy the Treasure himself, and get back the pearl.
Easier said than, done for this fight might be a bit harder for them to do as a team unlike the rest they've done so far.
Holy Grail: How do you think it is that I became a god to begin with?
Makoto: What is that supposed to mean?!
Holy Grail: The freedom not to choose...The freedom not to think...If every person pushed the burdens of their lives upon others, nobody would have to act for themselves. Or to live to act like you felt to get what you needed to have...Freedom, power, and a goal to accomplish it all is what I only want and nothing more. And who should be there to receive those burdens?
Somehow it was all his doing to make it all wrong when Yaldabaoth does it badly.
Haru: Are you saying...that's you?!
Holy Grail: Precisely! Humanity itself wished for the Holy Grail to be a god that would rule over them! If you continue to reject that order, there will no longer be a place for you in this world!
That's it...? It sounds more like a selfish reason to them for this False God can't take a hint.
Morgana: ...And?
Holy Grail: Hmph. So you wish to reject me...even if it means forgoing praise from those you want to "save"...
Janet: After feeling deep down to really do love me but love power more to hide your true feelings to make my other half into something she's not is still wrong, Yaldabaoth! You got a lot of nerve to say on what you want than us wanting more, but we don't!
No kidding! People make choices on their own, not to something that wants them to by force.
Haru: We don't want others think hold us down anymore!
Makoto: That's right!
Holy Grail: If you are not going to obey...then you shall suffer yet again. And so will you the most, Lilith's other self is as good as dead. I shall bring down the hammer of judgment upon who dare disrupt my world order! And me to love Lilith...? Never! I shall you all who I truly love, is this Eternal Pearl with the power of darkness that I've gathered. So answer me this...You all dare to test me?
All or nothing here for Yaldabaoth was ready for Lilith comes charging at them Phantom Thieves, only...for Janet to jump in to give her evil self a total beat down with her weapon.
Janet: Test this! (If I can't talk some sense into her, then I'll just beat her up until she breaks...!) Go! I got my other self! Stop Yaldabaoth and get the pearl! Fight!
A strong ice to monster type of battle to be going on right now for Janet was fine to hold up against Lilith.
Holy Grail: No matter, I'll still win...I am the one who grants the desires of the masses...I give life to their voices...
Saying so for the blood pumps were coursing through the Yaldabaoth's body to heal and grow stronger for others to chant for him, Futaba scans the enemy to find his weak point...With a plan in mind to give it a try to be their only hope left.
Futaba: If we don't do something about those blood-pumping supply-line things, this'll never end! Our opponent knows that too though. It'll try and stop us if we go straight for them! We'll need to send someone in to cut the lines. Then while they're out, everyone else will have to keep attacking to distract the Holy Grail!
Thinking carefully...Morgana wanted to do it to be fast and small to get the job done.
Morgana: I'll cut those supply lines!
Keiko: Go, Mona. We're counting on you...Oracle, give us power for attacks and defense to go up too.
The two were on it for Futaba to back the team up and Morgana to go somewhere to cut down Yaldabaoth power supply to go away from healing completely.
Futaba: Now then, Phantom Thieves, give this Holy Grail some real hell!
For her to boost them up and Morgana in hiding to make his move very carefully, the other members give it their all against Yaldabaoth.
Makoto: No holding back...Our weapons, guns, and attacks...Do it!
Powering up for Yaldabaoth to fire off some laser beam attack that cut through anything to move fast for the other thieves to get away from it, for Yusuke and Haru move fast to swing away to give this Treasure the hurt a lot from the powers they have to hurt this False God a bit from weapons to attack moves next.
Haru: From cuts and burns, it'll hurt you more than it will to all of us already...Petals of Doom! Fox!
High fiving for Haru was done to run back down, for Yusuke to spin to releasing his water mix ice next.
Yusuke Begone, you demon! Frozen Waves!
Instead of freezing Yaldabaoth 'it wouldn't work completely', Yusuke's attacks use ice shard to shoot at to get this False God the hurt. Nice work! Now firing bullet like laser shots at them...Makoto rides on Anat to make Yaldabaoth miss to use her fighting skills to place damage on the color spots with her powerful kicks and punches to make her move next from the venom smokes all over.
Makoto: Power can be very deadly if you're not careful using it wisely. Viper Sting!
Hitting some of it to make some damage to start melting slowly, for Ann whips herself up next to do some shooting with her powerful type of gun for more fire power and her attack...
Ann: You play with fire, then you'll get burned...by me! Flame Shooter!
Hey! The laser shots and beam holes were getting destroyed to melt off completely o still be fighting them with other back up shooters from the statue arms of his to be moving by his magic. Didn't see that part coming...Huh? As Janet holds up well against Lilith to be strong, but the ice was over powering the mad one pretty hard; a lot to be done carefully for Morgana to stay put to make his move soon as the other kept Yaldabaoth distracted long enough.
Holy Grail: Keep fighting, my pet! Show your weak self who's boss...Women...The happiness of the populace rests in my regulation...Those who cannot understand must be eliminated.
Yeah, right...Like this will stop neither the Phantom Thieves nor Janet at all. Heads up with Yaldabaoth's stone-like arms next to move, hit, and shoot down as much as they could give at the enemy himself for it was strong and fast to fire off more beam blasts which was made of blood to really hurt with fire power in it.
Morgana: It hasn't noticing me yet. I'll keep going...Just a little more!
One hand doesn't move yet for Morgana to use it to climb up top, for Akechi's ESP powers to hold one back as long as he could to hit it where it hurts.
Akechi: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. But fool me three more times...You're good as dead! Double Edge Sword Takedown!
Nice shot! It was beaten up, but Yaldabaoth hand was able to keep on fighting on some more. Almost recovering if Morgana doesn't cut the power line soon! Another hand moves for Morgana to jump on top of Yaldabaoth's top.
Futaba: I got this other hand to stay still...Web Cage!
Before he even notice Morgana, Ryuji beats it up to push some lines away to start to leak a little for some blood to be spilling out.
Ryuji: This is the best I can do for now! Lighting Flash Attack!
Electrocuting Yaldabaoth's body 'a little' for a bit to fire another shot and more hands to move around for Ryuji to move away with his track running skills of his, too close that was. Even more for some other fire shots for Keiko to get rid of to blow up in his face.
Keiko: Got you! Double Daggers of Darkness! (A direct hit!)
Even more Janet to almost get crushed by Lilith's giant foot to be push back and to fall for her to finally seal the deal right into Yaldabaoth's chains on the ground.
Janet: Mochizuki, guide me to victory! Ice Shard of Ten Thousand Kunais!
And she was down for the count to get stabbed and bleeding a little to be pinned down by her lover's side.
Holy Grail: You fool! The mass that praise the Holy Grail are infinite. Their desire and power in turn with the Eternal Power under my control it'll grant me immortality.
Not for long for Morgana makes a scene next right on top of you!
Morgana: ...I'll show you the real desires the masses! I'm cutting them! Blaze of Rage!
Using the powers of the air, Morgana uses his sword combined with his attack to cut all of the lines down for the blood to pour out to weaken Yaldabaoth all over. It worked!
Futaba: It worked! How's that?!
For the power from the weak people was no more to this thing.
Holy Grail: Hm...? I am no longer receiving the strength of my inmates! You repugnant rebels...
Futaba: It can't heal itself anymore! This'll be a head-to-head fight from now on! Take it down, everyone!
It was all or nothing for Lilith to see the defeat of her lover...for everyone use an all out attack to destroy this False God.
Keiko: Give us the pearl back! Now, everyone, give him some hell!
Time for the All-out Attack for the eight to give the hurt and Janet to slice and dice Yaldabaoth's metal body to get cut with no more healing powers this time thanks to Futaba's boost of speed she gave to all of them. It was strong in an all out attack to break the chains to push Lilith directly at Yaldabaoth's body and his chains to break along with the statue hands too, for they've done it! All was quiet to get the Eternal Pearl next that was somewhere on Yaldabaoth's body to retrieve next.
Janet: Not bad, you guys...And now for the pearl.
Ryuji: Hey...Did we get him, yeah? And Queen Lilith?
Wanting to know for Futaba double checks again just to make sure.
Makoto: Oracle?!
All seems well, but it wasn't over to lower their guard just yet for Futaba to try to pick up on something.
Futaba: It's silent, but...I dunno...
Well, it would've been done, however...it wasn't the pearl to make this happen, but Yaldabaoth himself to glow up all over the entire room for something happens next to have Lilith's body gets all tied up to be drained from her blood from the lines to go from her body into Yaldabaoth's to do something mess up-like. No! It was changing for Janet was unable to destroy the False God to be pushed back, but not hurt.
Janet: Stop-! Ah! No...! He's getting stronger suddenly with my other half is force to give him more power!
Akechi: The pearl!
This wasn't good at all...
Ryuji: What the eff is goin' on...? This looks bad, you guys!
From the towers to open up to show Yaldabaoth in Holy Grail form to break for the wings to spread to stop glowing all gold-like to morph into something else, far worse than what it looked like already.
Haru: Could it be...?
Yusuke: What's going on...?!
From the floors getting destroyed to change a little, move up high to the skies, and Yaldabaoth to keep on transforming for his true form was much stronger and bigger look than it was before. For them to face something from in the clouds.
Keiko: For him to go this far to try draining Atsuko...! This is wrong!
Haru: The Holy Grail in its entirely...
From the other remains to be falling down and the rest to rise from a scene of their final fight has only just began to be careful in the next battle.
Ann: Is this real...?
And Yaldabaoth also grows larger wings to be like swords to it. They were huge!
Ryuji: Guys, pull it together!
For the grounds to change and the form to still be growing from Queen Lilith's powers to make it all happen...
Futaba: G-Give me a break!
From pillar grounds to be standing, them left standing of the ten, Queen Lilith who was all chained up, and the giant robot-like False God was floating and to be very tall to go up against the Phantom Thieves to fight Yaldabaoth in his true form. How can they get to the pearl and for Janet to place her entire form into rest? How?!
Janet: If we don't stop him now, then we're all good as dead. (We need the Eternal Pearl right away!)
They better think of something quickly, in order to get the Eternal Pearl somehow to be purified quickly to stop him right away.
Yaldabaoth: I am the administer born of the collective human unconscious. The god of control, Yaldabaoth.
Futaba: This is crazy! It's like a building!
From bigger to a giant from the looks of it.
Akechi: He has grown twice as large to be very deadly to stop with us only...! This is bad!
Ann: It was already huge back when it was the Holy Grail...!
Yaldabaoth: The administrator must guide mankind toward proper development. And now that the foolishness of the man has been proven, it is the administrator's duty to purge them.
And still have feelings for Atsuko to be use as a weapon wasn't good enough? It just wrong! Well, for Janet to try attacking at him again to miss to not feel a thing from getting cut that time...
Janet: No! I've missed!
Yaldabaoth: Try to scratch me, it's nothing to feel or to get frozen over. Not when I have the other you as my personal battery.
Now what...?
Ryuji: You kidding?! This is just some kinda rigged game you started?! And we can't even lay a finger on you?! So unfair!
Yaldabaoth: The foolish masses merely spread indolent thoughts and force the progress of society backward. If left to humanity, the world would slowly meets its demise. Rehabilitation is impossible now.
Not true, this thing's way out of line! If Janet wasn't around, how does it prove of Atsuko to still have some humanity from within herself? Huh?! Some humans are bad, that's true...But not everyone to end the world like this!
Makoto: That doesn't mean humans are evil though!
Yaldabaoth: Indeed. There are many upstanding citizens. However, they merely take the sole path before them. The act of mankind decisions is accomplished by nothing but pain. Even if the cliff of ruin lie ahead, these lemmings would march on without a second thought...
Like killing off the bad ones will do him any good.
Ryuji: Bullshit! You're just forcin' your selfish ideas on people!
Akechi: You're not a God, you're just a sick bastard who doesn't know his own place to use people like they were nothing!
Futaba: For a god, you're pretty damn prejudiced!
Haru: If this all for the sake of humanity, wouldn't being beaten by humans satisfy you?
Keiko: And to throw aside Atsuko who loves you a lot to force her by lying to break free to cause more pain at others and on her from everything she went through?! It just wrong what you're doing, all of this!
Yaldabaoth: I am the entity which governs this world. Its future depends holly on my leadership to make others do my work for me to get what I want. Those who dare defy this natural order shall be met with punishment raining down from the heavens.
Using its wings to make a powerful gust of wind to push the thieves aside a little to feel how strong Yaldabaoth is now flying, strike down, destroyed, and to use on his own powers in this fight.
Makoto: Ngh...!
Futaba: Rgh...! That thing's on a totally different level!
Yusuke: Can we defeat something like him?
They have to try something to complete with this mission as the Phantom Thieve they all are. For Morgana, they will not give up at all without a fight.
Morgana: This is the best possible outcome...! We're fighting against a god who's not holding anything back, right? What bigger target could there be for the Phantom Thieves to tackle?
Janet: The bigger they are, the harder they fall, right?!
Good point...For Janet to think of something else and the others had to try to do on her own, and try to not be doing all of this alone.
Makoto: Although...it's still way too big for my liking.
Keiko: Either way, we can do it to get the pearl and still help Atsuko lay to rest for her sake against Yaldabaoth right here, right now!
Futaba: You heard our leader, people! All right, I'll give the navigation everything I got!
Haru: We can do this if we all work together!
Akechi: I'm in this until the very end!
Ann: Let's take him down! This one is for you, Janet!
Yusuke: Crowning our glory by defeating a god...Now that is true art.
Ryuji: We basically just gotta beat that thing, right?!
All of them to be ready to go in this next round and more importantly to give it their all.
Morgana: Man...You guys are the best, stupidest group I could ask for. I'm so glad I was able to be part of your team...Madame Keiko.
Keiko: Then let's win this, Morgana.
Morgana: We'll take it all back...Our future...And this world!
For Janet to do something on her end, we hope it'll be good to fire some ice shards at Yaldabaoth since her sharp weapon can't cut him down, then fighting him. As Atsuko as Lilith sees this to feel upset to learn the truth the hard way now, to all be stopped. It's show time!
Yaldabaoth: Rebels who dare defy my rule...You shall perish.
Futaba: This guy's behind everything...but we're all together! We can win! Prometheus!
As Futaba powers to helping out the Phantom Thieves and Janet to freeing Lilith from Yaldabaoth's powers to have plenty from within to beat his enemies to fight on; firing off lots of laser bombs to come falling down for the others use their Personas to fight back to hit this False God where it hurts.
Keiko: Arsene! Everyone, combine your powers with your Personas to hit Yaldabaoth with everything you got!
All together now...
Ryuji: Seiten Taisei!
Ann: Hecate!
Yusuke: Susano-o!
Makoto: Anat!
Haru: Astarte!
Akechi: Robin Hood!
Morgana: Mercurius!
It seems to be working and Janet to still back them up as Futaba does her moves with her Persona to powering them up with everything she has. It was working so far...! Only for Yaldabaoth had more tricks up his sleeves to release upon them all.
Yaldabaoth: I release upon you the deadly sin of lust. You have no means of escape, humans. The insanity of mankind shall bring forth the demise...
Pulling out of his wing to use an arm to be long with a big gun to use on the Phantom Thieves.
Morgana: It grew an arm?! And it has a gun?!
From the firing some gunshots to be slowing them all down to be a sign and to be way careful again Yaldabaoth now. For Keiko and Akechi's powers to combining them into one to destroying the gun to have the arm still moving around...To try firing some gun shots and more weapons to use on this False God's chest to be taken a beat down to hurt Yaldabaoth to work so far, with more tricks to come along for him to use next on them. With some powers to have a direct hit on Arsene and Robin Hood to both be injured but alive to not die like this.
Akechi: No, Robin Hood!
Keiko: Arsene! They got hit protecting us!
Using some powers to still stay alive as long as possible, and the other Personas too.
Yaldabaoth: I release upon you the deadly sin of vanity. You have no means of escape, humans. The fraudulence of mankind shall bring fourth ruin...
Using another arm to make a bell to be more powerful than it looks, moving it around to make powerful sound waves to push the others back to hold on to their lives to be this powerful to not hold on tightly.
Arsene: This won't kill us so easily, Joker. I can promise you.
Getting healed in time for Morgana to slingshot the beat down for the other arm to move around freely as well, again.
Futaba: Careful...He has a lot more to use next!
Yaldabaoth: I release upon you the deadly sin of gluttony. You have no means of escape, humans. The fraudulence of mankind shall bring fourth ruin...
His third arm comes out to get a large sword to wield for them to move away from it to crush the platform in half! From Yusuke's sword, Keiko's dagger, Akechi's laser sword, Morgana's long sword, and Haru's axe to push it back as much as they could for Janet to freeze this one up to break it into ice shard pieces.
Morgana: A sword this time? Almost getting hit by that would've be dangerous for sure if we didn't you our powers and Personas to save ourselves! Arsene and Robin Hood are almost close to death. It looks like this is how his main body attacks...He may keep switching up his moves! Let's be careful!
Yaldabaoth: I release upon you the deadly sin of wraith. You have no means of escape, humans. The fraudulence of mankind shall bring fourth ruin...
Akechi: Don't back down now, everyone! We can do this!
And with Yaldabaoth's fourth arm to appear to have a powerful attack to be used like this.
Yaldabaoth: The abyss of the unconscious yearns for ultimate ruin...You have no means of escape, humans. Punishment shall strike you all...As you pass through the gates of destruction...
With all three of the other items back with all four arms with it, Yaldabaoth powers up for a powerful attack to unleashed.
Futaba: Huh? What's this spike in energy?! Some kind of insane attack's coming! Watch out! The enemy's charging...It's going to be a big one!
What can they do?! For them to use their Personas to take it all out for Keiko uses a Persona with fire power to blast the rest of the four away from firing a big blast, they have this enemy to be close to finished!
Yaldabaoth: So...this is the power that resists ruin...
Futaba: Did we do it...?!
Keiko: We got him hard, we're getting close...
But for how long they all have to keep this up? Somehow, this False God wants some more to not go down for Janet has to make another move again.
Futaba: ...No, no yet!
Yaldabaoth: My control shall not bow down to ruin. My control is the ultimate truth to this world.
Firing another powerful blast to send the Phantom Thieves flying to falling down hard gets to all nine of them. A bit more with Janet too, only she smiled to be laughing to do something right to make a choice she was planning out.
Ryuji: He's strong...
Akechi: That blast almost got us all killed...!
Keiko: He only did it as a test, but he won't miss the next time!
This was really bad...Getting back up to try to think of something to do next, something...anything!
Morgana: If you're really a god, you should be guiding humans to your ideals! You're destroying them because you can't do that, aren't you? So that you can flaunt your own existence. That's why you were observing us! You had to because the reaction of the "masses" worried you!
I guess that's how Yaldabaoth does things...For the others find this to be a big joke to get back up on their feet.
Yusuke: That sounds about right.
Ryuji: I don't know how long you lived, but you're the perfect example of a pain-in-the-ass old man!
Ann: You find people like that everywhere to use Atsuko for your own games to hide your true feelings for her. If so, why are you still keeping her alive?
Like he cared at all to have power and control is all Yaldabaoth really needs.
Yaldabaoth: What drivel...
Just as it was about to fire another attack, Yaldabaoth notice something was missing, a ice shard was on his instead of the Eternal Pearl for Janet to be laughing about it, she switched it out to get away and heal it all up from the darkness to get away out of it.
Janet: Hey, Yaldabaoth...Missing something?
Yaldabaoth: But how...? No! You've tricked me!
Throwing it to Keiko to leave the rest to her and the others to use the item against their enemy now to beat the darkness, to use the light against it.
Morgana: She's got the Eternal Pearl back!
Janet: Morgana! Keiko! Now's your chance! Use it to stop Yaldabaoth! Leave Atsuko's Lilith other half to me, I can handle it!
Keiko holds on to the pearl to make it all count. Leave it to her to deal with the weaken Lilith for Janet to do the rest for herself of good of bad to be reuniting, Yaldabaoth was mad to fire off another blast at the Phantom Thieves to keep on standing without falling down from this one.
Yaldabaoth: Fine then...! I don't need the pearl, I have all of my powers back to still defeat you all!
Ann: What is this?!
Ryuji: Dammit, I can't see anything!
Powered by darkness, it'll be kind of hard to break out of this one.
Haru: Do you want to erase us from this world that much?!
Morgana: G-Guys...!
No! Because Keiko has the pearl to push back against Yaldabaoth once and for all, to be back in the in the good hands with a pure heart to beat the evil one...
Keiko: I got this...! Please, Eternal Pearl...Help us beat this False God to save our world and have Atsuko Sakurai to finally rest in peace. Bring in the light!
Holding it up in the air to do something to glow a little, but it was not enough to be fade to have some light...No, and at the worse time for this to happen.
Yaldabaoth: Sad, isn't it? It'll take more than a prayer of the light to beat my powers to try to stop me...But it was for nothing for me to win this battle. Since you've been forsaken by the world, there is nowhere that you can belong.
Firing another hit to bring the heroes down to their knees and Keiko to hold on to the pearl to not let anything happen to it. But this will be nothing on how they can still win this fight, it was there for Janet to have a talk with her Atsuko's other half of Lilith to be opened up a bit as herself while she still have a chance to finally be lay at rest.
Janet: Hey, other me...We meet at long last since...I guess seventy something years now, huh? And look at us...? You a Shadow and me a Cognition whose fighting off to know what's right, and you were doing them all wrong to have Yaldabaoth still love you. But you know what? He still does, I can feel it and you can too. What he's still doing is very wrong to let you pass on, but you're scared. I get it. Really I do. Still, this is the fight we can't win I'm afraid...We have to stop him by going with this False God from the cancer to still have to meet with our end, so it must be done for the Phantom Thieves who's been helping us out. To help me see the life I missed out and I'm done. OK? Please bring me back to you.
For her to start crying to finally understand everything, Lilith nodded a yes at Janet to hold hands and to hug each other and to embrace the truth once more.
Lilith: No more...You're right, I should've known. I should've seen the truth sooner, but now I do because you've showed me. Thank you. And...I'm sorry...
Janet: No, I am the one who's sorry. Now please, let us fuse together to go out with a bang.
Lilith: Yes, time to go out with a bang...Both you and I will become one again.
As they hugged from Lilith 'as a older adult one' and Janet 'the teenager one' to both be crying, to fuse back into the original Atsuko Sakura to look young long enough to do something honorable before fading away...But not before the Phantom Thieves can get back and fight back first with the pearl to power up somehow!
Ryuji: We...can't lose...like this...
Akechi: No...! I won't allow it to end either...! I will bring real justice!
Makoto: If we lose...the world is...
Ann: I need to...get back up...
For they tried getting back up, only for Yaldabaoth to be laughing at this to see them fall down and to get hurt again from his attacks.
Yusuke: Ngh...My strength...
Keiko: No...I need to protect the pearl...
Futaba: I can't...go on...
Haru: Is this it...?
There has to be some hope left for Atsuko can't stop Yaldabaoth on her own, only by the Phantom Thieves' help and the Eternal Pearl can!
Yaldabaoth: Not even one silver of unpredictably can be permitted under my control or for the pearl to be used against me once I poured it with consume it all in darkness to lose its light.
Hearing the people back down below to give up fate to be loss for the Phantom Thieves to face defeat to have their lives and the world to end like this.
Keiko: No...It can't end like this! (What can any of us do? Without the pearl's powers, we're as good as dead. The people can't give up on hope either...!)
Yaldabaoth: Do you hear the voices of the masses? They mock you for revolting against a god. Humans are naught but clumps of desire. Logic dictates that a world filled with them will decline. The sin or rebelling against a god is severe. As punishment, you shall taste pain everlasting.
Is this it...? The end of it all? The end of everything? Well, not for Morgana to get back up to go to Keiko and to see the Eternal Pearl to do something with it – and that's by helping out the entire team.
Morgana: ….Not letting that happen! Madame Keiko, I might know how to work the Eternal Pearl out. Let me help you.
She sees what he was getting at.
Keiko: Morgana...Yes, let's have this pearl fixed.
Hurry...! Before Yaldabaoth finishes the job.
Yaldabaoth: The attendant created from the dregs of human hope, hm...? It is impossible for a pretty existence like you to overrule my precedent.
Morgana: Human hope is a desire too! You better not underestimate it! The Phantom Thieves will yield to no one, no matter who they are! Even if only one of us remains, we'll get back up and fight to the very end. And we'll definitely...definitely...! Take the world! Everyone on Earth! Hear us out! Give us the power to win and to change anything to prove this False God wrong to believe in us, the Phantom Thieves will win by placing all of your fates from within the Eternal Pearl. Please, help us by shouting out these words... "I am thou, thou art I!"
Saying those words out loud for Keiko to help Morgana to lift the Eternal Pearl in the air to let it shine a bit for Arsene appears to help them out; along with Robin Hood 'who were both hurt still', Anat, Hecate, Astarte, Prometheus, Susano-o, Seiten Taisei, and Mercurius all joined in as well to have the powers grow more and more.
Arsene: Come Keiko, my sweet...Let us make magic...If I'm going down, then I'm taking this thing with me. All together now! I am thou, thou art I.
Robin Hood, Seiten Taisei, Hecate, Mercurius, Susano-o Anat, Prometheus, and Astarte: I am thou, thou art I.
This also allows Atsuko to grab hold of Yaldabaoth to freeze up his entire body slowly spread to trapping him and her together.
Yaldabaoth: What is all of this...? Atsuko?
Looking like her normal self in spirit once again.
Atsuko: If I'm going to die, then I'm taking you with me...lover...I am thou, thou art I...
The Phantom Thieves then join in with Morgana next to say those words too...
Keiko, Ryuji, Ann, Yusuke, Makoto, Futaba, Haru, and Akechi: I am thou, thou art I!
Not just them...From back down below for people to were panicking, running away, some to be disappearing, and pleading for help.
Tearful Woman: Someone...Someone just disappeared!
Pale Man: What the hell?! What's going on?!
Frightened Punk: Do something, dammit! Aren't you the police?!
Somehow, I doubt he can do anything at all.
Young Officer: Please, you have to calm down! Sir, what's going on here?!
Too scared to do anything at all.
Veteran Officer: …
Not even a phone call was any help either.
Shocked Man: It's no use...
Then hearing Morgana's voice for the pearl to start glowing little at a time for others to hear his cry to bring some hope left; to also see the TV screens to show the Phantom Thief logo to for the others to stop to see a sign of some kind.
[Morgana: And we'll definitely...definitely...! Take the world! Everyone on Earth! Hear us out! Give us the power to win to change anything to prove this False God wrong and to believe in us, the Phantom Thieves will win by placing all of your fates from within the Eternal Pearl. Please, help us by shouting out these words... "I am thou, thou art I!"]
The pearl was starting up to grow powerful more and more from the light of a pure heart, in a very good way.
Shocked Man: ….Huh?
Seeing it all and hearing on a giant building TV.
Alternative Man: What is this again...?
Veteran Officer: The Phantom Thieves?
Kid: This logo?
Officer: The Phantom Thieves again...? Weren't they...?
Woman: They haven't given up yet.
Man: Can they even do anything about this situation like this?
Young Man: No, it's impossible...There's no way...
All to feel scared like this for others to question to see if it's true, but it was. For one person to stand up to say it first for the others to see and hear him out...it was Yuuki Mishima! Others to be staring at him, like this will bother with it at all.
Yuuki: Take it down, Phantom Thieves! I am thou, thou art I! Come on, why do you think they've risked their lives all this time? Dammit, you guys! Snap out of it! When will you stop running from the truth?!
From his word to not lose hope, but not until others to remember who they were to be cheering and knowing who the Phantom Thieves were to cheer on with Yuuki to also chant out 'I am thou, thou are I' as well...and the ratings of the Phan-Site to be going up again more and more. Same thing with Igor as well.
Igor: I am thou, thou art I!
Tayla: Everybody cheer now!
Yuuki: Phantom Thieves, can you hear us?!
A lot to be chanting and such to make all of this happen, even Sojiro to join in as well.
Sojiro: Are you someone who's been charmed by the Phantom Thieves too?
Yuuki: ...I sure am. Is the same true for you too?
Sojiro: Pretty much. I am thou, thou art I. Looks like it's not just us though.
The others that Keiko helped and made friends with were also chanting all the way until the very end like Shiho, Lala, President Tanaka, Angel and Julian, Kasumi's Father, her gym teacher, Sugimura, the five teachers, Mika, Natsuhiko Nakanohara, and Kaoru. They all say - "I am thou, thou art I." Daisuke, Tohru, and Kiwa do the same thing.
Daisuke, Tohru, and Kiwa: I am thou, thou art I!
Same with Kasumi to join as well.
Kasumi: Please win, everyone. I am thou, thou art I!
Don't forget about Aika, Hitomi, Sonya, and Jeanne D'Arc to put their powers for their teammates/friends.
Aika: Ah, what the hell? We're in this until the very end. I am thou, thou art I.
Hitomi: I agree. This is what we were train for from our old Boss. I am thou, thou art I.
You all said it, Metropolis 12. And then one of other group was Tae, Iwai, Kawa, Ohya, Chihaya, Yoshi, Hifumi, and Shinya.
Tae: I am thou, thou art I. I'm not letting you lose after getting this far. You better finish what you've started!
Iwai: I am thou, thou art I. It may not looks like it, but I've got high hopes for you guys. You better win this!
Kawa: I am thou, thou art I. They'll win if I cheer them on? Then I'll cheer them on as much as they need!
Ohya: I am thou, thou art I. You've stolen the hearts of this many people. I won't let you lose!
Chihaya: I am thou, thou art I. I can tell that you are all capable of standing up against any kind of fate.
Yoshi: I am thou, thou art I. You are all truly causing a revolution right now! Go!
Hifumi: I am thou, thou art I. Look forward, and keep fighting! ….You taught me that, after all!
Shinya: I am thou, thou art I. I've cheered you guys on all this time! And I'll continue doing so here on out!
Same with with Lava too.
Lava: I am thou, thou art I. You are out last hope...! I beg you...finish this!
Everyone kept on chanting more and more, for Sojiro and Yuuki know that Keiko and the others can win this.
Sojiro: It's you guys' fault I don't know when to quit either. Get back up! Don't lose to that thing!
Yuuki: No matter what anyone says, I believe in you guys! Got for it, Phantom Thieves!
As well as Sae to be cheering Makoto and her friends on too.
Sae: I am thou, thou art I. I'm counting on you, everyone...I will believe in you to the very end...!
All of them kept on going to be heard from within the cloud from above...
"I AM THOU, THOU ART I!"
Lots to be heard for the people cheer them on, and then the Eternal Pearl glows up to the brightest to shine of a purest heart for Morgana and Keiko to make it all happened.
Yaldabaoth: What...? No...! No! How can this be!?
Looks like they're winning for Atsuko smiles to trap Yaldabaoth from going anywhere else.
Keiko: It's shining again!
Morgana: It worked. You hear that?! Those are the voices of the humans you made fun of! No one wants you to rule over them! Isn't that right, Madame Keiko?!
For the Eternal was back to be held and the others like Keiko to all get back up on her feet again.
Keiko: Yes! We are going to win this against you for people are all chanting to keep us going to the pearl to shine bright again!
Soon Akechi, Ryuji, Ann, Yusuke, Makoto, Futaba, and Haru all joined in to be getting back up too.
Ryuji: Why do they gotta word it like they're lookin' down on us?
Haru: But...they're cheering for us...
Futaba: Heh...Doesn't feel bad...
Yusuke: We don't have to tell us twice...
Makoto: We won't let ourselves be erased!
Ann: We're going all out, dammit!
Akechi: I will fight by their side once more if I have to...for my friends and for my true love!
All of them were not done yet to let it end like this, they can still fight back.
Yaldabaoth: God is the one who creates the world! Not this or you-! Wait...Atsuko, you want to die by taking me with you...? Are you insane?!
Atsuko: No...just done with feelings in the end...
A lot to stand up for and for Morgana to see that Atsuko has done her part to have them and the pearl do the rest now.
Morgana: I've made up my mind. I will see my justice through for the sake of protecting what I care about.
Ann: Morgana...
Morgana: ...The same goes for you guys too! If you've decided to take the world from him, don't compromise your ideals to the very end!
Because that's what the Phantom Thieves do!
Keiko: We have each other and this pearl to see this battle to the very end and win.
Ann: Let's defeat him together!
For more chanting for others to cheer them, this is going to be one hell of a final blow.
Ryuji: Hey, god. Foolish humans are prayin' down there. They're prayin' there's no place for someone like you in this world!
Morgana: Give that evil god his final warning, Madame Keiko. Fire off that Eternal Pearl to make this shot count!
For this, Keiko she does it to say one thing to Yaldabaoth for her and the others to look at Atsuko – from Junko, Witch, Lilith, Jackie, Janet, and her made up stories to be names from her imaginary friends' of those names to her from long ago of memories to come to her and to remember well and her personalities, to soon let it all go with a smile to be frozen up with Yaldabaoth. And Keiko to say this...
Keiko: (Goodbye, Atsuko Sakurai, and thank you from your other good half.) Yaldabaoth, you made the wrong enemy with us...The Team Drago of the Phantom Thief of Hearts.
For everyone to cheer all over Shibuya to gather for the Phantom Thieves to win as the Phan-Site finally goes up to 100% percent to finally get there, at long last! With Keiko removing her mask to have the injured Arsene help her out a lot, having the Eternal Pearl to glow up for the chains to surround them; as Keiko grabs hold of it with her bare hands, and whips it to break to unleash the Eternal Pearl to fuse with her first Persona.
Arsene: Do it, please don't worry about me, Madame Keiko. I'm ready!
Keiko: Eternal Pearl...! Burn brightly and grow!
For it to chain up and Arsene to be fuse with something to surprise everyone else to be seeing this being bigger compared to the False God himself...
Yaldabaoth: So you have failed to harness the power. No matter how many prayers of those foolish masses come together...Hm?!
Oh, really? Look up for the thunder to make a powerful sound for something was about to happen all right.
Ann: What the...?!
Coming down above Yaldabaoth from within the clouds to make a whole for the Eternal Pearl makes Arsene into a powerful Persona of them all...For him to aid Keiko and the Phantom Thieves for one more showdown to talk about this powerful Persona of them all.
Tayla: Persona # 182 – Satanael
In the second Book of Enoch, Satanael is mentioned as a leader of the fallen angels that rebelled against YHVH, by refusing to bow to the human Enoch, leading to his imprisonment. Due to his name and role, he is considered an interpretation of Lucifer.
In some Gnostic traditions, Satanael is said to be an angel that once served the Demiurge. He rebelled when he realized that the Demiurge was not the true God and granted humanity the knowledge to liberate themselves from the Demiurge. In other traditions, he is said to have created the material universe as a second heaven to rule over and became the God of the Old Testament, making him an interpretation of the Demiurge.
According to the beliefs of the Catars, a notorious medieval heretical creed, Satanael was the angelic name of Satan before Michael the archangel removed the -el suffix (signifying the loss of his angelic nature) and sealed him in Hell. In this interpretation, Satanael is the radical opposite of God and the ruler of the material world.
Yusuke: That's-
Ryuji: Man, it's huge!
Morgana: What an immense power...! No way...Is it a Persona...?
Akechi: I think it is...
For others to be seeing this from down below was amazing to be cheering on even harder for Satanael is a cool looking Persona from Keiko's doing combined with the Eternal Pearl from within him. Awesome! Having more people praying heals the Phantom Thieves better than ever now to keep fighting on.
Yaldabaoth: Fools...! This is why man is doomed...
Firing another shot out, but it doesn't work this time for the Eternal Pearl to reflect it into dust of light to shine in the skies and Atsuko to help them out with the last power she has left.
Atsuko: Not this time.
Yaldabaoth: Impossible! The pearl did this?!
The more people were praying a lot, the stronger Satanael was getting to be glowing from the power from the Eternal Pearl.
Morgana: I see...If a god plays naughty, then it's a demon lord's duty to punish him...! What better way is there for a finale as a Trickster! Joker, we're entrusting our strength and the people's hopes to you! Put an end to this for Atsuko's sake and the power to be use for good from the Eternal Pearl!
Powering up for more light for Keiko to feel out to give Satanael a command for a full on attack of hers, the pearl, and the Persona himself.
Keiko: Pillage them...! Satanael! Begone!
For their Sinful Gun type of attack of the Eternal Pearl, it's time to get ready to aim and then...Fire a big one from his and her guns to be syn as one.
Yaldabaoth: Preposterous...You dare rob the people's wishes?!
Atsuko: Well, you should've thought about it sooner because no means no, Yaldabaoth...Now goodbye, my love...Do it!
Firing away for the huge bullet goes right into Yaldabaoth's head to get hit really hard and Atsuko for the powers to all over to make her disappear for good now and so was the last of the seven False Gods was no more. They did it! For the sun to finally rise to a brand new day for the darkness curse was gone and the world will be restore better now; for this being learned from his mistakes a bit too late to go down like this.
Yaldabaoth: Atsuko's gone to make all of this happen...What power...It surpasses mine own, a god born from the wish of the masses...So this...is the true Trickster of beauty, brains, and power to be a woman with a very special gift all along...Damn that Igor...It seems he wasn't spouting nonsense...
From the light to shine all over Yaldabaoth's body to fade into nothing next to be gone too and back in is lovers arms of him looking human to Atsuko when she was young again...to be loved and learning a lot to die for it in the very end. The last that the Phantom Thieves see is him and Atsuko hugging each other in spirit to fade out slowly to be sad but the right thing to do to live now for their love to be real this time and forever where they were going for their good part from them both.
Atsuko: Yaldabaoth...It's okay, we've made mistakes and we've learned in the end. I'm here for you now, my love. I'm finally yours and yours alone of our love. I will miss you, Phantom Thieves, and thank you for everything...I can now live in peace with him by my side.
All was good for it to fade and then see something else like that final hit, huh? No kidding. No more Jackie, Jack Frost, Witch, Mochizuki, Junko, Lilith, or the real Atsuko to finally rest in peace to die for a cause for her other half to learn it all to not suffer anymore. As Satanael leaves too for Keiko was happy to also get the Eternal Pearl to now full of light back the way it was.
Ann: Look!
For the light to shine to only show the Holy Grail on its own and its normal size to take form and be brought down right to them...
Akechi: It's the real Holy Grail.
Ryuji: Ain't that the Treasure? Right, Mona?
All this to finally get it to fix things, but also to have some part they had to sacrifice along the way as well...
Morgana: Thanks for everything, gang.
Haru: Mona-chan?
Futaba: Mona?
Walking up to the Treasure to be normal again to also take the Eternal Pearl too, Morgana's work here was all done for him to leave the others and go back to the Velvet Room for good.
Morgana: Humans have the power to change the world. They just forgot about that a bit...
Yusuke: Hey...
Keiko: Morgana...You're leaving us...?
Seems like it to not see Morgana anymore after this, for they have to say their goodbyes to him next.
Morgana: Sorry, but I have to go with the pearl to take with me too...In the right hands now. Thanks to you guys, I was able to complete my duty...
Makoto: Everything was thanks to you, wasn't it, Morgana...?
Keiko: I don't know what else to say except this...Thank you, Morgana. Thank you for everything.
All this to be sad, they know this was going to happen next to be sad but a very happy ending this way.
Morgana: I got to be useful for humans that I admired so much. Nothing could make me happier...This place will soon disappear too. Time to go home.
For him to not turn back from here on out, Morgana has done his part to steal his last Treasure to let it shine for the others eight to leave the area to go back to Shibuya next from the ray of light disappearing. However, it was still raining red blood-like to flood all over town.
Ryuji: The hell...?!
Yusuke: What is this?!
All the way to their waists to be kind of scary. What's worse, that time was also frozen up to be to freaky from the skies to still be red and black all over. Not good...!
Akechi: What's happening...?! No one's moving at all. Has time stopped?
Keiko: It shouldn't...
Walking around to see some more, but it the rain and it finally stops for them to notice.
Ryuji: Looks like the rain stopped...
Then Makoto sees something else next.
Makoto: Hey, guys!
The skies was clearing up, the darkness was completely gone for good to make it just in time for the sun to rise on a brand new day to break the bloody waters to shattered underneath the Phantom Thieves. And so was the fusion of Mementos was going away too for them and Morgana to see all a miracle happen.
Futaba: So beautiful...
Keiko: We made it.
Ann: Yeah...
Haru: That was too close.
From there and Morgana was very pleased to be seeing this as the other dark magic to fade for the people were moving and other things to be working normally now, time itself was working well again.
Yusuke: My word...
Akechi: The light makes all of the darkness fade away...What luck.
Ann: Why's everything-
Soon Morgana says something to the others to try to say his goodbyes to all of them.
Morgana: The whole world is a product of cognition...Not just the Metaverse. It an be freely re-made...The same goes for you, and everyone else, Madame Keiko.
Turning around to see Morgana was glowing up to fade like the Metaverse and Mementos to never be seen ever again.
Ryuji: Dude, Mona...!
Haru: Mona-Chan...
Ann: This can't be happening!
Trying to run to his side, but the path shatters on all of them to be unable to reach to Morgana like this.
Morgana: Soon a new world will come. One where mankind isn't held captive. The world will shine brightly as long as you hold hope in your hearts.
Going up in the air for Morgana to be leaving.
Akechi: Don't go, Morgana!
Makoto: But what's going to happen to you?!
Seeing Morgana float up in the air for him to smile for Keiko, Ryuji, Ann, Yusuke, Makoto, Futaba, Haru, and Akechi all looked sad to lose a great team member like this, but some things can sometimes hurt to remember the good times to never lose those memories for a better tomorrow.
Keiko: Morgana, you're my friend...To all of us.
Morgana: I know...Akechi, keep Madame Keiko happy for me. I'll miss having her around. Ryuji, keep Lady Ann happy. Same goes for you too, Yusuke, love Makoto always. Futaba, you're amazing. And Haru, make your dreams come true soon. That goes double for the Metropolis 12 members and Yoshizawa. Remember...There's no such thing as the "real" world. What each person sees and feels—Those are what shape reality. This is what gives the world infinite potential. Even if you feel that only darkness lies ahead...As long as you hold hands together...See it through as one...the world will never end! The world exists within all of you...! Fare well, everyone...Lavenza, I'm coming back for you...To do my job back home...
And that was it. Morgana was back to the Velvet Room with Igor and Lava to have his job done for the eight Phantom Thieves were gone to have their normal clothes back, no more power, the Nav, Metaverse, Mementos, the other messes, Personas, and such to have things go back to normal now in Shibuya, other parts of Japan, and the entire world. So...What happens next with the eight heroes to remember the Phantom Thieves now to be no more...? Lots more of the aftermath next since the world has been saved and a few more things to do before we end this story.
Aika: Well, our powers are all gone. It's all over now. Huh, Hitomi.
Hitomi: Not especially, Iwamura. It's not over, this is only the beginning.
Tayla: Final fight - Yaldabaoth and Atsuko Sakurai/Queen Lilith/Jackie the Jack Frost/Janet/Junko Sakurai/Witch/Mochizuki, are both deceased...With their love to live on for all eternity in the after life.
