Persona 5 Royal: tmdrago Special Edition

By Tayla Drago

Episode #152 - The Dark Plans from Cthulhu

So much to be going on tomorrow at Shujin Academy to see Lava coming to talk to the Phantom Thieves in person; along with Aika, Hitomi, and Junko. Since Kiwa knows something to the other members to be in the Velvet Room since he told Sumire already. Only to have those three, Keiko, Akechi, Morgana, Ryuji, Ann, Yusuke, Makoto, Futaba, Haru on everything on what they need to do and what was going on to some of the Metropolis 12 members. All of it...With Keiko trying to sleep and Morgana up to try talking to her real quick, it would seem something was on his mind.

Morgana: ...Hey, Madame Keiko.

She wakes up.

Keiko: Morgana...?

Morgana: Sorry...It's nothing.

Keiko: It doesn't seem like nothing. C'mon, what's up?

Getting up real quick to turn the lights back on, what was on Morgana's mind?

Morgana: I was just...remembering what happened that night. You remember, right?

Keiko: When you were human when we talked and I healed your heart.

Morgana: Yeah...The night before we went into Mementos to erase it...Before we'd dealt with Shido...Remember how I said I'd finally found the place where I belong? Even though I said that-and really believed it-I still fell right into Maruki's hands. I know I've made it obvious how much I want to be a human...More than once, I thought it would give me a chance with Lady Ann before Ryuji became her boyfriend to win over Lady Lavenza's heart more, but...What I did was just so lame. I can't believe I was off having a blast while you and Akechi were busy trying to help us. I made you very sad.

Keiko: No, it's fine. I was confused to be scared of new changing. Morgana, you came back in the end human or not. You're my friend to never get mad at. So I understand why. You or the others were being distorted badly, you were just in something good to be all a fake.

She would never leave her friends behind after what just happened.

Morgana: ...How is it you can never get mad at any of us? Even me. Now that I think about it, you've been helping me from the very beginning. Hell, I was locked up in a prison when we first met. *sigh* I'm nowhere near cool...

Keiko: Cool? You don't have to be cool to act like someone you're not. I think you're only cool as a friend to me.

Morgana: You're just saying that, Madame Keiko. Heh, you don't have to tell me twice, though-I'm going to be super cool from here on out! ...Know what? I'm going to make you a promise right now. From here on, I'm gong to be more independent! I just kept relying on you for everything because, deep down...I thought you could figure everything out for me...But that's all changing! And me almost kissing you...

Keiko: I've forgiven you and Akechi understood everything.

From that little mistake, Morgana gets it to be a human thing.

Morgana: Well good, what happened between us to not be a big deal, stays the way it was. So yeah. I'm gong to stand proud on my own four feet...And I'm going to be the one to protect you. I promise I will!

Just then, a blue light shows around Morgana for something to happen like the second fusing of the Persona. Only this time, this was Keiko's gift to upgrade it to the third one from her powers. Cool!

Keiko: Morgana, you're glowing...! Am I doing this?

Looks like it. From Mercurius and Zorro together for their powers fused into a new Persona of Morgana being...Diego.


Morgana: (I've discovered a new...no, my original power!)

Tayla: Persona #188 - Diego

Zorro (Spanish for "fox" and "sly") is a fictional character created in 1919 by New York–based pulp


writer Johnston McCulley. His true name is Don Diego de la Vega. Zorro is a Californio nobleman of Spanish and Native Californian descent, living in Los Angeles during the era of Mexican rule. He is a masked outlaw who defends commoners and the indigenous people of the land against tyrannical officials and other villains.

I guess Morgana's Arcana and bonding with The Magician card was given to Morgana, so the others will be happening anytime soon then.

Keiko: Well, my powers are more and more powerful to grow on me.

Morgana: Seems like it, Madame Keiko. All right, time to serve Maruki his just desserts! We will get the pearl, destroy the shard, stop the two main Shadow enemies, and change this reality back to normal. Anyone who tries to pull one over on us like that is asking for it!

Keiko: Then let's do our best.

Morgana: Right! Sorry again for all the hassle. You and I are gonna be even greater partners now!

Much better than ever before.

Keiko: I know we will, Morgana.

Morgana: Well...things are going to get hectic starting tomorrow. Let's call it a night! Good night, Madame Keiko.

Keiko: Good night.

Now going back to sleep, the waiting to all meet up and talk about how to stop Maruki and Cthulhu in any way.

Year 20xx

Day #277 - January 1/11th – Tuesday

Going to school for Keiko helps out Ann in Mr. Inui's class again to be studying regularly for the hours to go by fast. And now it was lunch time for Keiko to enjoy her meal she brought and Morgana to have some too.

Morgana: Madame Keiko, you've been awfully busy lately-don't forget to eat lunch daily.

Keiko: I haven't, Morgana. We're eating right now. See?

Nice jelly-filled bread and veggie rice.

Morgana: I've notice. Thanks for saving some food for me. So good-! Hm?

About done, the two see the blue butterfly belonging to Lava and to be flying around right now; for them to be the only ones seeing it.

Keiko: Morgana, look.

Morgana: That's...

Keiko: Lava...Let's follow it.

Morgana: Yeah, let's go! Chase it down and don't lose sight of it!

Following Lava as a butterfly to be in that form when traveling a lot more in the real world...they chase down the hallways, downstairs on the first floor, and all the way to the nurses office.

Keiko: This was like in my dream when Maruki's powers took affect. (So Lava was the one who saved both me and Akechi in our dreams.)

It makes sense when it was there in the first place.

Morgana: It was? How strange...Well, never mind that for now. Let's go inside.

All was clear to enter in the office with no one else around for the butterfly to sit on a chair, and Lava appears. Along with Aika and Hitomi to show up out of the blue light.

Keiko: Aika? Hitomi? How did you two show up so quickly?

Morgana: And Lady Lavenza...

Being themselves and such for Aika and Hitomi were happy to arrive with Lava as promised.

Aika: What up? Sorry we're late. A lot has happened to our surprise too. We got so much to talk about, and Kiwa knows about it already. So...It's cool.

Hitomi: But it's nothing bad on why we're living in the Velvet Room besides Tsuba aiding us on the other side.

They seem to be telling the truth and still themselves 'with a lot to be told as well', while Lava made herself at home in the nurse's office of Shujin's.

Lava: Hello. Thank you for coming.

Still in love for Morgana and Lava.

Morgana: And thank YOU for coming...

Keiko: Hi, Lava. You three did promise to all be here.

A good well greeting so far.

Lava: ...I see. Exchanging common expression upon meeting like humans do...It has a rather pleasant feeling. And very sweet from Morgana's words too. But, that is irrelevant-let's urn to the matter at hand.

Aika: It's to get down to business.

So much to say from reasons, what to do, and to be ready for all of it.

Lava: As I told you yesterday, Keiko, there's something I wish to tell you. As these two since I've been helping them and the other members. But first, please gather you other friends here.

Hitomi: Sorry it's the late notice to do this as soon as possible.

A last minute notice then.

Morgana: Here? You wanna meet in the nurse's office?

Lava: This place is filled with the cognition of "bed rest". Maintaining my existence in a reality controlled by someone like Maruki is no simple feat...Beside the two sisters to be just like Keiko is.

Feeling out the room to end up like it from Keiko's dream.

Keiko: Yes, she's right. This spot is more in control in this room. Weird...

Aika and Hitomi: We know.

So Lava was fine to rest a bit to take a lot out of here sometimes since it was different with Caroline and Justine.

Lava: But the exhaustion that is induces is limited by this place's cognition, so I may converse with you all in person here.

Morgana: I...see...

Lava: Let y continue this conversation once everyone involved has convened. Until that time, I will provide my eyes a much-needed rest...

Morgana: Wait, "rest"-Uh, Lady Lavenza?

She goes to sleep. When Lava does sleep, her powers have invisibility. As well as Aika and Hitomi get their work done quickly to leave school at any time now.

Aika: She can do this?

Hitomi: If only we knew much sooner...

Morgana: ...Now that was the first for me. I guess we should get everyone in here...

Keiko: And you two will be doing...?

Already covered to cosplay as nurses of the school as their under cover disguise once again.

Aika and Hitomi: We got things cover from here.

Seems like it...During lunch hours for Kiwa to be doing some work to bumping into to someone to be passing by.

Kiwa: Ouch! Oh, sorry!

Shibusawa: No, it's my fault. I'm trying to look for my college friend, but I haven't seen him lately. Here, let me help you...Ah, what's your name.

Kiwa: Kiwa Tsuba from Shujin Academy, first year. And you are?

Shibusawa: My name is Shibusawa. Please to meet you. Here's your work.

Getting back the things to pick up, Shibusawa seems to memorizes Kiwa's name from somewhere and him to have a strange feeling suddenly.

Kiwa: Thank you again, have a good day now. (I got a school life to live in while the other Phantom Thieves all hear what Lavenza, Iwamura, and Kanakubo have to tell them. I hope they'll understand, for me too, and finding my cousin.)

Little does he know, Kiwa's cousin might be closer than he thinks and I mean really close.

Shibusawa: Kiwa Tsuba...Tsuba...? Could it be?

And so, from finishing lunch for Keiko and Morgana to also finish the rest of the school day, hours went by to finally meet up back at the nurses office where Aika, Hitomi, and the sleeping Lava awaits for the others. Keiko and Morgana came back - with Ann, Ryuji,Makoto, and Haru there too. As for Futaba and Yusuke wearing the Shujin gym clothes 'thanks to Makoto's help'; and Akechi in disguise to wear the same uniform too without any fan girls to almost finding him and almost getting hit by a basketball to drop their things. Ha! Which only leaves with Junko to arrive last.

Keiko: Akechi-Cun!

Akechi: Princess!

Embracing again to see each other.

Keiko: Makoto? Did you get Akechi to hide his face and hair with the same gym clothes too?

Makoto: I worked my way around it from his crazy fan girls.

Akechi: They're like dogs, but they didn't know it was me passing by them. So I got very lucky.

Keiko: What a close call.

Not have to deal with them at least.

Futaba: Infiltration - success!

Yusuke: I'm rather surprised no one took notice of us.

Nicely done, Makoto, for she aided the three.

Makoto: Considering how I don't have an adequate excuse for the school to approve your being here...We're lucky it went as well as it did.

Junko: As long as you maintain an air of confidence, you can fool just about anybody into thinking you belong. I must say though, I hasn't expected you to actually reach out to me for something like this.

She too was wearing the gym clothes too.

Akechi: I'm surprise you came prepared.

Junko: I plan things ahead all the time.

Haru: Well, it's just as we said before—we've accepted your offer to work together.

They have to deal with Junko's behavior to get through this.

Futaba: Now's not the time to let personal stuff get in the way of our goal...BUT if you, Junko, ever betray us like your copy cat sister did, we'll make sure you regret it.

Aika: Or so help us...!

Hitomi: We will stop you.

Noted for Junko was fine to stay on their good side. From Aika's toughest and Hitomi's quiet tone to sound scary from her smile.

Junko: ...All right then. I rather be stopped by you guys. Also...That's no concern of mine, anyway. Remember what I told you all before? We share a mutual interest. Until Maruki is defeated, we have a deal to uphold.

So they'll be just fine.

Keiko: She's right. She keeps her word.

Akechi: And Junko did say we can stop her if she breaks a promise.

Seems fair, and now for Lava appears to finally speak with the others.

Lava: It appears that everyone's arrived. Does this mean...you're ready to begin?

A weird way to say it the other way around...

Ryuji: Uh, ain't that our line.

Junko: Cat, this kid really your girlfriend?

Morgana: Hey! I'm not just a cat to be a human again and Lady Lavenza a lot order for us to love each other very much!

Ouch, point taken.

Lava: It is true.

Junko: well, excuse me.

Keiko: Please, Lava, care to fill us in? Tell us what you know. And then Aika and Hitomi to be next.

One thing at a time to be told.

Lava: Yes, I wished to speak with you about the circumstances that led this Maruki to alter as you know it; which also has something to do with these two sisters and their new step-parents...as well as the true nature of his power to be used by the true enemies.

Well, she knows everything, huh?

Morgana: You know all of that?

Lava: I admit, there will be a degree of speculation involved-but, only to a small extent. Mr. Akechi, you aware of the murder massacre in one town? The Midnight Strike?

Futaba: The event a few years before my Mom was killed.

They do since Cthulhu was behind it all.

Akechi: I am. And it has to do with this how?

Lava: ...First, I will explain the situation with the first current reality. Cthulhu is using Maruki to have the pearl and shard to make it all happen with his help; I believe that Maruki has altered the cognition of the masses...because he and his girlfriend were both victims from the Midnight Strike.

They were? So their was a connection here.

Aika: That's not the only thing...Her name is Rumi to survive to lose memories of her life and boyfriend with Maruki only getting a bad cut; only she and someone else in her family lived after her parents were murdered by Cthulhu's doing.

Hitomi: Little Jose doesn't know it yet, but Maruki's girlfriend from the time also had a little brother who was in bad shape. It's him today as a puppet. That's all we know of.

Rumi's loss brother to be alive was now a puppet in Mementos to aiding them? No way...!

Keiko: Jose is Rumi's little brother...? (Oh my god!)

Akechi: And the reality because of it has...? And Jose doesn't know about who he is?

It's sad but it's all true

Lava: We still don't know why he's alive, but I've been watching him a lot before I was split into two. His older sister's alive to lose her memories in the end and Maruki to remember to suffer and let the woman he once love go free to no longer suffer. Forgive me.

But wait, there was more. So please pay attention to the rest.

Hitomi: We'll know the rest later. As for the rest of us five...Iwamura and I loss our other father and our mother, as Mr. and Mrs. Jodojon also loss their family and loved ones...Other than our other new aunt and uncle of Mrs. Jodojon family, we almost died but Tsuba.

Akechi: What are you saying?!

Showing some blue powers to be the same as Lava. From Aika showing off a little and Hitomi, to also showing their cell phones recording of Daisuke and Tohru both did the same thing; and with Kiwa to have the brains in the group...A little different than the others.

Ann: Please tell me you guys aren't ghouls...!

Aika: Like hell we are the undead! We're saying is the four of us were close to death for Kiwa came to our rescue to have this girl save our asses. The nerd was unharmed to get checked in the hospital with the fake cousin of his, leaving the rest of us to lose our memories for our protection in order to fight back. Or so we all thought it was our new goal in life without our old boss Wakaba creating the Metropolis 12 group and such. It was our job to get our memories back by learning the truth.

Hitomi: It wasn't a good one too. But we had to...From Iwamura and me half sisters to have Persona-users powers and our Father to be related who loved our one mother a lot, as for our new mother...

Aika: She was heart broken the most to be used by friggin' Shido to almost turned bad to change her heart in the end. With Kiwa joining us to own our lives more and new leader, we became a team since then and aiding you guys the Phantom Thieves. So we're not dead...We've been saved with a gift. Except...

The main warden says the rest.

Lava: The ones call Aika, Hitomi, Daisuke, and Tohru haven't fully awaken the powers like I have, it takes a lot of time. Without it, they wouldn't be alive today. They're my new students with new home and base back at the Velvet Room. Kiwa Tsuba on the other hand was born with powers like you two have, Keiko and Akechi. One survivor and sadly separated away from his real cousin somewhere in your world to still aid us, he already knows to not caring to be like us. He still is a team to be the brains of the group. He's a good person. Almost becoming human sacrifices for me to stop in time on that day with luck

So that's what really happened. And after Kiwa saving Sumire's life too, it all makes perfect sense now.

Keiko: Oh, good...This is all we needed to know. So when you went away, Lava awaken to your powers so far for another base with Kiwa backing up the other.

The others didn't care other than living on still as their normal selves, but ten times better. Aika and Hitomi smiled when Keiko said such kind words.

Lava: Correct. And from Maruki's powers are only making things worse now, reality is a mess from your world and ours.

Junko: Okay, we get it finally. Victims of the event from a few years ago. Now that part's solved so far and more to come in Maruki's Palace next, anything else?

Lava: Of course. In other words, it's thought that the alterations Maruki's made are the result of his meddling with Mementos. Wanting to do good after the Midnight Strike, he was trying to do good to only be told a lie. Because of Cthulhu did it all.

Everyone were all shock to hear 'even to Junko's point of view' to all make sense.

Makoto: He changed Mementos? How is that even possible?

Akechi: She's right. Isn't it gone, though?

Keiko: How'd it come back?

That part was next to talk about next. Maruki was doing this for it won't happen again, to aid the murderer of his broken down girlfriend and her close to death brother Jose. Who knew...

Morgana: Wait-don't forget about our experiences with the Meta-Nav and Maruki's Palace. It seems like this kind of thing has a habit of sticking around despite our expectations.

Aika: When Maruki approach us for a sneak attack, we were weaken to get capture from his powers to be the same as ours...Well, other than the warden thing. Dammit, just happened out of nowhere.

So that's how Maruki captures the four in the first place.

Yusuke: And the whole World War 3 event to learn more about it?

Junko: It seems they've done a lot of their homework on me and my brother. I'm a little impressed.

It happened before they've learned what really happened to the victims from the Midnight Strike event so far before Maruki filed in the rest.

Lava: Correct. Mementos is the cognition of the masses given form. If that man is truly capable of controlling individual's cognitions and Cthulhu to get away with it to complete to with his main goal if it happens...And that man were also to gain access to Mementos with both the Eternal Pearl and Shallow Shard...It would be no surprise that he could impact everyone's cognitions and affect reality itself.

Yeah, it sucks for wha the world is today and bad people, but changing it to make things worse was still not the answer to solving everything in life. I mean really!

Ann: Ah...Could he really have done all that?

Hitomi: I'm afraid so, Takamaki. From a fearsome demon to be awake and free to take over a human body to bring it back many years later...If we don't stop it then it will be fused and trap forever.

Ann: I mean, it's assumed that Dr. Maruki has the power to control cognition, right?

All of this to try to use for good, but it was doing bad things.

Lava: Exactly. Because of Cthulhu fools with the human mind like Maruki, from him controlling of the cognition-let's see, why don't we refer to his power as "actualization"? Most likely that actualization is a power unique to a Persona. In other words, this man named Maruki is...

Ryuji: He's a Persona-user?!

Aika: Same here, even adults can have it too.

Well, it seems to be true. And nother thing to figure out next.

Akechi: ...! Wait, the Seven Deadly Sins thing...Keiko, do you recall on the ones with the seven gems your targets has and were?

Remembering them very carefully.

Keiko: Well, let me see...

Tayla: Here's a list of it all -

Suguru Kamoshida/Asmodeus: Lust

Ichiryusai Madarame/Azazel: Vanity

Junya Kaneshiro/Bael: Gluttony

Cognitive Wakaba Isshiki/Sphinx: Wrath 'although Futaba Shadow was innocent'

Kunikazu Okumura/Mammon: Greed

Tohru Hitachi/Behemoth: Nothingness 'she was a bonus'

Sae Niijima/Leviathan: Jealousy/Envy

Masayoshi Shido/Samael: Pride

The people of Tokyo/Holy Grail in the Depths of Mementos: Sloth

Yaldabaoth and Satanael: All of the Deadly Sins


And that leaves for Maruki's powers on his own of a Persona-user to be new...For the name will come up more later on to learn about as well, being Maruki's Persona.

Tayla: Persona #189 - Azathoth


Azathoth, also known as The Blind Idiot God, the Nuclear Chaos, the Daemon Sultan, The Deep Dark, The Cold One, Achamoth or Vach-Viraj, is an Outer God in Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. It is almost always said to be "too horrible to even be described" and is the ancestor of almost all of the other deities or beings in this mythology, including Cthulhu, Nyarlathotep, Yog-Sothoth and others.

Takuto Maruki/Azathoth: Sorrow.

Lava: Do you get it now, Keiko.

Keiko: Ah! Maruki's Sorrow this time!

Bingo! It seems Maruki to his powers to be special to take away from surviving the Midnight Strike event.

Morgana: That's impossible...There's no way to have a Persona and a Palace at the same time!

Hitomi: Correction, Futaba was a bit different than it is from Dr. Maruki is.

I guess so since Maruki must've thought about something for Cthulhu to give him the Persona and power somehow, it probably happened a few years ago.

Lava: Determining when Maruki first awakened to his power is wholly impossible, if buy the help of Cthulhu fooled with his mind to make it possible. However, by the time he crossed your paths...There's no doubt that he was making use of his actualization-although, he may have only been doing so subconsciously.

Akechi: His own Persona for Cthulhu to make for Maruki-san...This is really bad.

A whole bad, he doesn't know the full power to it.

Morgana: Even if it IS just his subconscious, he's using a Persona in the real world...

Keiko: It's because of the two gems of light and dark is making all of this happen.

That's one way to look at it.

Haru: So, his ability to make Yoshizawa-san think she was Kasumi-chan...

Aika: And when we started to remember, and getting attack to be used as batteries made us remember even more.

Hitomi: We even almost forgot for good reasons until then, it was for our real powers to grow and to make us stronger.

And that's how the whole power works, from good to memories and such...Somehow it worked for Maruki to get all the information to make it all come true.

Lava: It was most likely through the use of actualization.

Akechi: Even if we assume that Maruki has unique Persona abilities, such as the case with Keiko and me.

Junko: And we still need to determine how he used that power on Mementos as a whole, rather than a single individual. How annoying...!

They were both right about that part.

Morgana: Right. Even if there were some kind of power that could affect Mementos...It's on a whole other level from what we've seen so far. A single person just shouldn't be capable of all that.

Ann: That's true. Changing reality just by thinking about it isn't something humans do, it's something that, like, gods do.

The reason on why Maruki has these powers.

Lava: And what is he became such a god by Cthulhu's doing?

They soon realize what Lava meant there.

Ann: Wha-?

Makoto: *gasp* The God of Control!

Akechi: Out of all the sins in the Underworld, Azathoth is one of them.

The controller of all good or bad life of all other things.

Keiko: So the gems were gathering energy on those with the other sins...It was powering up the pearl this whole time.

Even if Maruki knows about it already, he still won't listen to reason at all.

Aika: These stupid f-!

Hitomi: ...Facts are getting more and more darker.

Lava: Indeed-the being in Mementos that you all defeated was a false deity that the masses deludedly clung to...It is easy to conclude that Maruki simply took over the false god's position when it disappeared.

From the Yaldabaoth thing got destroyed, allow for Cthulhu and Sith to take the pearl, get the shard, and had it for the God Persona to aid Maruki for more power.

Ryuji: Took over his position? Whaddya mean? So you're sayin' society thinks of Doc as a god now or somethin'?

This has Junko left confused.

Akechi: Long story short, Junko. We beaten the last of the seven False God to have this other one to stop next.

Junko: I get it. Now the Phantom Thieves are the ones who gained the masses' support after defeating this so-called God of Control...So it would follow that the masses would turn to the Phantom Thieves next as their savior. In that case, why did they instead turn to Maruki, who did none of the work the Phantom Thieves did?

Asking Lava about it, she says nothing for a few seconds in silence.

Lava: ...

Then it had Keiko thinking on the next part.

Keiko: (The masses were invested in the Phantom Thieves, not Maruki...)

From the time they got back to see Maruki was responsible and in his own Palace in a flashback...

Ryuji: Wait, you what? Whaddya mean?! We never wished for anything like...

Maruki: Is that really true?

Yeah, I think it had something to do when he hang around the school counseling things...

Lava: It's most likely because...

Keiko: No...! (I got it!) We wished for it when we told Maruki everything.

I think Keiko and Lava figured it out first.

Morgana: Wha-?!

Hitomi: Oh my...

Aika: Get the hell out!

The rest were soon catching on too.

Makoto: After we defeated the God of Control, we wished for reality to be like Dr. Maruki described it...and it happened?

Ryuji: Uh, I don't remember doin' any wishin' with you guys and Doc! I mean, when would we have even had the chance to?

And then, Ann gets it next to say it to the others.

Ann: ...! What about our counseling?!

Yep, now they get it.

Akechi: That's how it works?!

Shocking the others for them to remember, the first one was Ann when she went to talk to Maruki all about it. He hears and tries to make their dreams come true.

Maruki: You can't change the past, but you still want to keep your chin up and press onward-is that the gist of it?

Ann: Yeah, that sounds about right. I mean, it'd definitely be better if none of this had happened at all, but...

From Ann and Ryuji was the same thing...

Maruki: Well, no matter what path you might have to take to get there...I hope your track dreams will still do you some good in the end.

Ryuji: Heh, thanks...

End of the flashbacks to be the another answers they've all figure it out.

Junko: Looks like you all walked right into the spider's parlor but me, Akechi, you two sisters, and not so much on Keiko to take full affect.

Keiko: I don't believe this...! And Junko's right, the three of us, Aika, and Hitomi weren't affected. Same with Tohru, Daisuke, Kiwa, and Sumire.

It seems to be so.

Lava: There's no way of knowing how many of those situations were intentionally orchestrated by that man...However, the results is still the same-a desire for his actualization was seeded within your hearts. Thus, I have no doubt that it was your own desires that led to their actualization.

They made an accident without any of them feeling out Maruki's powers, not one bit.

Ryuji: So this is all our fault, huh...

Futaba: We're the ones who told him the cognitive world really exists, too...

Akechi: No! This is gone far enough...In the name of justice, he has to be stopped.

Keiko: Right, Akechi. Let's put and end to this.

They all hear their leader loud and clear, it was the only way to steal Maruki's treasure and then changing his heart.

Futaba: Right-let's fight! If this is our own fault, we've gotta be the ones to fix it.

Yusuke: Yes. This realization changes none of what we must do.

A good decision to make to make it all count.

Aika: If they're all in, then me too. Let's kick the Doc's ass!

Hitomi: We are too and aid the Phantom Thieves the way we always been.

It still fine with some new improve Metropolis 12 members.

Lava: Very well-then allow me to proceed. This world is in a very unstable condition currently. On the day that the God of Control and Cthulhu's powers with the two gems fused Mementos with the real world...The merging was undone through your efforts, and the two worlds are now attempting to return to their initial states.

Junko: So what you're saying is, this world has reverted to a state where the fusion with Mementos hasn't been totally undone. That explains why Maruki's Palace was visible in Odaiba.

Only to those with powers can see it clearly than other humans cannot.

Lava: Even as we speak, Maruki is still influencing this world in places where its boundaries are blurred...As slow a pace as it may be, he still continues to actualize the world of the masses as a whole...Should this continue, reality shall merge with Mementos once more. The two worlds will again become one...When that happens, anyone trapped within the actualized world can never again awaken to the original one.

Fully to take affect with more light and dark gems put together this time, it'll really happened with no way to fix it.

Keiko: So that's Cthulhu's true goal...!

Akechi: No...! We can't let them win this!

Ann: No...

A very shocking thing if they don't stop this, I know.

Lava: This issue goes beyond the masses as well. Although you are all Persona-users...It would be next to impossible to defy Maruki in a world completely under his control. All of this to change the world in Cthulhu's hands. To be clear-once the two worlds conclude their fusion, there will be no chance of your success in this mission. And...I believe this fusion will conclude in one month's time.

Like Maruki said, they have until February the 3rd. Not good to hear, the others worry even more.

Yusuke: We only have a month?!

Aika: And that month only to have our powers to awaken...! Come on!

Even Haru says the deadline.

Haru: If memory serves me correctly, February 3rd was the date Dr. Maruki gave us, right? Could he have possibly chosen the time limit based on when his actualization will be completed?

Makoto: ...It's possible.

So they have to do it now.

Hitomi: From teaming up to be tricked, Dr. Maruki wants to do it while Cthulhu waits to make his move to take what he once in the end.

Ryuji: If that's the case, we don't got another choice expect to steal his Treasure by then.

In other words, in other day due time then to plan out again.

Morgana: We'll need to secure out route to the Treasure by the 2nd so we can send our calling card...Then on the day of...we're most likely going to have to fight Maruki.

Keiko: And don't forget the two Shadows.

Yusuke: Then allow me to produce the calling card. This is certain to be our final card...I'll pour my heart and soul into its creation.

Saving it for later to be ready by then. Nice plan there, Yusuke.

Akechi: *sigh* Be that as it may, there are still some unsolved questions.

Junko: Right...You mean these?

Showing out Junko's cell phone to talk about next.

Keiko: You mean the Meta-Nav and the Palace's Ruler?

Junko: Right.

Makoto: What's the deal with the Palace's name? It doesn't seem to affect the apps functions, but...

Does it even say it on the Nav?

Lava: That must also be a product of Maruki's cognition. He most likely learned that you could somehow infiltrate the Metaverse. As long as he permits your existence, your method of infiltration will not entirely disappear, either...However, in his heart, he must have feared you would learn his identity as the Palace's Ruler. Perhaps such a feeling took the form of hiding the Ruler's name from you.

First time to happen on a new target like Maruki is.

Futaba: But in that case, why didn't Dr. Maruki just...actualize us out of existence entirely?

Keiko: Maybe he wants to save us.

Akechi: It's how Maruki-san does things.

Trying to do good and not harm any of them, but Maruki might be without knowing the other half of his powers.

Junko: I see now. Maruki told us he wants us to accept his world. It may be hard to believe, but since we mutually benefit from his actualization, maybe he really does want us to submit.

Ryuji: ...Sorry, even if it does fix shit for us, I just can't accept the world gettin' treated like that. Let's start the infiltration tomorrow, yeah?

They were all in on this one.

Aika: Count us in!

Hitomi: To make this the final one.

Akechi: I will bring justice from this mess.

Ryuji: Thanks, ladies. And you? Sound good?

The others see if Junko was fine with all of this...

Junko: You're willing to ask me as well?

Ryuji: Duh, dude! The Phantom Thieves don't act unless it's a unanimous vote.

And so thinking things carefully was all set on her end.

Junko: *sigh* Fine then. You know I have no intention of accepting Maruki's world, anyway.

Keiko: I want to put things back to normal. And Junko-!

Junko: Wait. I'll tell you guys on the other details later, I haven't confirm if it's real yet. Just give me more time.

About to know what Junko was thinking about, Keiko leaves it be for now.

Akechi: Very well, we'll leave it be for now.

Ryuji: Then that settles that.

Just one more person to add - other than Daisuke, Tohru, and Kiwa backing them up.

Ann: Wait-what about Yoshizawa-san?

Well, she didn't join the meeting since Aika and Hitomi told the others on what Kiwa told Sumire already.

Makoto: We may not have summoned her as one of the Phantom Thieves, but this definitely involves her as well.

Haru: Maybe we should fill her in on our situation once she comes to terms with her own. We'll leave it to her and Tsuba-san keeping her company. What she does with that information, though-that's up to her.

Futaba: Right.

So either Sumire does join them or not.

Keiko: We shouldn't push her then. Sumire will make the right choice.

Akechi: What matters is we changed her heart the most.

And finally the meeting was over to know what they needed to do now.

Lava: If that concludes matters-I shall continue to watch over you, Trickster. Please show me the path that you choose for humanity...Morgana...

Morgana: Yes, Lady Lavenza?

Kissing Morgana on the cheek to make him happy, Lavenza leaves back to the Velvet Room.

Lava: Be careful for me. Good luck to you all.

Leaving in a flash, the rest was up to them now.

Aika: Then let's get going. See ya.

Hitomi: We shall aid you all, until we meet again.

Leaving the same way as well, the rest was up to them now. Morgana was happy to be in love.

Morgana: Aw...Lady Lavenza...

Wait! One more thing to add to hear Lava's voice.

Lava: By the way, please don't inform the truth to Jose on what really happen to him, it's best to be himself to not remember anything, he's in great value unless it's wise to say so to a certain someone. Please trust in my words, Keiko. Thank you.

Really? Well, Keiko takes Lava's word for it for Jose's sake. And with Lava leaving and Aika and Hitomi after, someone was listening through the door outside of the nurse's office. It was Sumire, who saw and heard the whole thing. There was a lot on her mind.

Sumire: ...Kiwa was right. But I just...

Now with the meeting to be over with, they all leave back to their own homes to talk more later and go to Maruki's Palace again tomorrow.

Akechi: I say we call it a day and head back home. Until next time.

Junko: And I'll call up to keep everyone else posted, so laters.

Ryuji, Morgana, Ann, Yusuke, Makoto, Futaba, and Haru: Right.

And off they leave the room at last.

Keiko: Bye, everyone. (Now it all makes sense to know what we needed to do next. And Jose, we won't let you be lonely anymore. Akechi-Cun and I will protect you with a new home.)

A nice thing to say there, huh? Off the Phantom Thieves and Junko take off for now. With Lava returning back to the Velvet Room to rest now to carry out Igor's job, while Aika and Hitomi to come back to have their powers in tact; same with Daisuke aiding his new pregnant wife Tohru to feel fine with her child to be born real soon.

Daisuke: How do you feel, Tohru?

Tohru: We're both just fine, Daisuke. This world we're living in now is very special of our new home.

And well guarded to be a family of half of Haru's family too.

Aika: We're back.

Hitomi: And we told them everything.

Tohru: I hope Kiwa's fine to stay behind.

With friends and Sumire by his side to be just fine.

Daisuke: He's a man, we got his back wherever we'll be in now.

He was back in the real world for Kiwa to be just fine, while the other four their leader to do well and the four family to work hard still and living in their new lives now. The sisters, the tough loving father, and the mother to care for her child in her stomach to place her hand on it. So there's more to come to go back t Maruki's Palace to infiltrating it next time. What a real plot twist...At least by so far, right? Yeah. Even if Kiwa Tsuba stayed alive to be born with powers, he was still the leader and the best in the Metropolis 12 group.