Persona 5 Strikers – From Light and Dark
By Tayla Drago
Episode #10 - Keiko and Friends in Wonderland
Well, it's back to the Metaverse of Alice King's Jail. For them to save the Shadows turning into Gegasites from their Desires to be taken, and one of the Six Medallion Kings since Keiko has one of them so far...A lot to not take the Treasure, but something far more. For Keiko/Joker, Akechi/Black Crow 'with Loki backing him up a little', Morgana/Mona, Ryuji/Skull, Ann/Panther, Yusuke/Fox, Makoto/Queen, Futaba/Oracle, Haru/Noir, and Sophia/Sophie return to do what they can to stop all of this 'somehow'.
Loki: We're back...Let's do what we can to find everything and stop the mastermind of the plague on the loose in this world and yours.
Only this time, they go in the area together.
Morgana: All right, let's begin the operation!
Yusuke: Our first goal would be the Treasure route, yes?
Maybe not a Treasure, but something even more to fix everything and stop Alice's madness for good.
Morgana: I'm sensing something Treasure-like over...that way, towards 705.
From the weird looking castle of Alice King's, it was her Jail to be straight ahead.
Keiko: Yeah. I think this is where Alice King was at and where we were taken to, at 705. How can any of us forget...?
Makoto: We see...That's where you were taken when they captured you, right?
Keiko, Akechi, Morgana, and Ryuji were before meeting with Sophia.
Ryuji: Yeah...Just thinkin' about it pisses me off. That piece o' shit was so full of herself.
Ann: So Alice is there now, huh?
Probably gathering the Desires on Shadows she has captured and turned into Gegasites from inside of the Jail too.
Haru: You know, it does sort of look like a castle.
Yusuke: A castle ruled by a Monarch-I admit, it's rather fitting.
It's a Jail this time and not a Palace, although it almost looks like one.
Akechi: This will be far different than our past events we've seen so far, this one is very different.
Futaba: So we're headin' to the castle?
That's the whole plan for today.
Morgana: Yeah, that sounds good. This Jail is crawling with Shadows, though. Watch your backs out there. And Crow-Black Crow. Are you fine with the powers Loki is letting you use?
Akechi: I'm good. I still feel like myself.
Loki: You're welcome. You'll see what your powers do during battle, and keep both of your outfits in between.
I guess we'll know that soon enough, now it is time to head on out.
Sophia: Okay, I'll "watch your backs out there."
Futaba: Heheh, Sophie's inaugural heist as a phantom thief! This'll be great!
Makoto: We don't know the opposition we'll face-be sure to switch out team members when necessary.
From the fights and such to back up others, Keiko will still help out the others and then will do the same for their leader.
Keiko: Understood, Queen.
Yusuke: Good point. We're at your beck and call, Joker.
Keiko: Then let's be ready for anything that stands in our way.
Off they go from the building top and down below for the ten Phantom Thieves to have a look around. With some items to get and treasure chests too...they still need to be careful on some Shadows as cops or drones. Also, tons of search lights all over.
Ann: Be careful-they've got serious numbers.
Futaba: Don'tcha remember what to do at times like this? Watch for an opening, then jump it from behind! Be careful not to get spotted!
The same old battle moves for Keiko and the others can sneak up to shoot from afar and/or sneak up from behind to remove any Shadows' mask off.
Keiko: Right, follow my lead then...Show me your true self!
Doing the moves, the Shadow splits into more or other Shadows to be made. Lots of Sentries, Pixies, Bicorns, and Jack 'O Lanterns to stop. Here comes their powers moves and Persons to be back, with old and the last original move attacks. From Morgana's Zorro...
Morgana: Blaze of Rage!
Along with Ryuji's Captain Kidd, Ann's Carmen, and Yusuke's Goemon...
Ryuji: Lightning Flash Attack!
Ann: Flame Shooter!
Yusuke: Frozen Waves!
Same with Makoto's Johanna, Haru's Milady, and Sophia's Pithos.
Makoto: Viper Sting!
Haru: Petals of Doom!
Sophia: SP Piercer!
Let's not forget about Futaba's Necronomicon.
Futaba: Some boost, shielding, and my other attack too. Web Cage!
And last to have Loki cutting down the Shadows to stop the other ones as well.
Loki: You have messed with the wrong Shadow, boys and girls! Now...DIE!
Wow, all charge up and cut them all down so wild like, huh? Leaving Keiko and Akechi to finish this to use from shooting, cutting down, and their attacks.
Keiko: Double Daggers of Darkness!
Akechi: Double Edge Sword Take-down!
Nicely done! They still got it, and Loki to show the others something from the Cop Shadows. While other Shadows were stopped to be set free. So he did change thanks to Keiko saving both her boyfriend's heart and his.
Haru: We did it! We did it! That ambush was a real success.
Akechi: And our powers work the same. Yes...and my outfit to keep my old one along with Robin Hood. It looks like I am in control now.
Yusuke: Indeed. It's been quite some time since we fought last, but my body is still ready for more.
Morgana: They'll go a lot smoother whenever we ambush them like that, too. On the other hand, if we're spotted, they'll get the upper hand against us. Keep sharp out there.
Yep, don't get caught one bit for the security levels to go up at all.
Futaba: I guess now we just push forward and see what we see? Navigator at the ready!
Keiko: Thanks, Oracle. Now then...Let's keep on moving forward.
From jumping on to buses and light poles to passing through lots of Shadows or fighting them at a time was fine to sneak around. Also, what did Loki find?
Loki: See? I don't kill innocent people anymore. I changed it now to find this thing.
One of the Gegasites to be a ugly bug. Gross!
Ryuji, Ann, Yusuke, Makoto, Futaba, and Haru: EEW!
Morgana and Keiko: That's a Gegasite?!
Sophia: A Gegasite controlling a form of a Shadow?
Well, it seems like it is not so pretty to see at all.
Loki: From this Alice King's creation of her Jail to make more Gegasites to look like this to turn into any Shadow she wishes. While the bigger ones are the slaves from the human Shadows. And they say the smallest are the deadliest of them all. Now do you guys see who I only kill to spare the other Shadows to roam free? It's all of the Gegasites' doing by the King's orders.
Yeah, they all get it. It's best to study it more than seeing a dead Gegasite in front of them.
Akechi: OK, thank you! We got it. Still...Oracle, could you please study this for us and...locked away safely?
Futaba: I'm on it. And done...For now, let's keep going.
Continuing on to go straight into the Jail area next.
Ann: Thank you!
Ryuji: Dammit, I thought I almost lost my lunch.
Morgana: You'll live, Skull. Now let's go. (Heh, Loki's not half bad sometimes.)
I guess...two points in a good way so far on Loki's end to find a clue. Still, seeing dead bugs in real life and hating some of them really makes me sick. To the entrance next to see lots of searchlights all over, from almost entering in closely and Futaba giving the team a heads up not to get caught but Loki can make it to be invisible.
Futaba: Hang on there! Searchlights confirmed!
Keiko: Searchlights?
Seeing it near the Jail's entrance, or rather the Alice King's Kingdom Jail...known to them don't want to get caught from it or its game over.
Futaba: Getting spotted by one of those'll mean big trouble-surrounded in no time.
Morgana: Shadows are patrolling, too...No surprise, security is tight here.
No use stopping the Shadows to be not near be.
Futaba: A frontal assault sounds like it might be out of the picture. Let's see if we have anything else here...
Keiko: Then let's check up top.
Seeing a pole sticking out of the roof top building's, to see on the other side of the building on how to get through.
Ann: Hey, look! Maybe we can get in there.
Akechi: How sad, Alice doesn't do well to keep the entire building in check.
That's the whole point of not getting caught.
Morgana: Great! If we run along there, getting in the castle should be a cinch.
Seeing on the other side of another building to walk around at, more Shadows and searchlights were there as well.
Yusuke: But there are more searchlights. How will we get past?
Ryuji: They're smaller than the other ones, why don't we just try sneakin' past?
And so, they go over to give it a try to go through the other side right away. Giving it a try to climb around and walk over...gun bullets all come flying out! Moving away without getting it, there were also machine guns set up.
Ann: Skull!
Sophia: He's okay.
All thanks to Sophia's yo-yo's to pull Ryuji out of danger.
Ryuji: Wha-Holy shit!
Well, time to find another route to go to.
Haru: We can't go any further! They're firing on anything within range.
Morgana: Oracle, can you find a way to shut them down?
In order to go through any further, then something has to be done. Look at Futaba go!
Futaba: Just a sec...Analyzing...
Keiko: You got this, Oracle.
Also, one other thing...
Ryuji: Thanks for the save there, Sophie.
Sophia: Don't mention it.
She was happy to help out humans like them.
Futaba: ...Yesss! Got it! The searchlights' power source is south of here!
Ann: South...Yeah, which way's that?
Futaba: In reality, it'd be somewhere around Maruku City. Must be some sorta facility providing power over there.
Getting a map up for Futaba to guide the others to the area and shut down the power source.
Morgana: All right, off to Maruku City! Let's move out.
So it's turning back around again to get items, treasure chests, stopping Shadows, and sneaking around to start from back at the beginning to go somewhere else now.
Akechi: I'm seeing a lot more in this Metaverse. And yes...
Well, something was on his mind as Loki thought of the same thing too.
Haru: The Jail looks like Shibuya, but the layout isn't exactly the same...I'm worried we'll get lost.
From where they've started off and knowing where to go shouldn't be a problem now.
Morgana: I can keep the map intact.
Futaba: Yeah, you should keep tabs on your location of that'll probably happen!
And so he does, to make their way on the other side further up to Maruku City to be all...girlie, cute, presents, partying, other Alice in Wonderland themes, and such in this Jail part of the Metaverse area.
Keiko: Where to next?
Futaba: Maruku City's straight ahead from here. I'll highlight it on your map, Joker. Just leave everything to me.
Done and done, continuing on. But before that...
Morgana: Wait-Sentry!
One of the Drone Shadows to see things from above, they have to attack it on higher ground then, or shoot it.
Keiko: Those things again.
Ryuji: Oh great. Once that thing sees us, Shadows are just gonna start pourin' in.
Morgana: We should avoid all head-on conflict when possible. Life only gets harder when they're on high alert. And if we're spotted too many times, we'll have no choice but to come back later.
Noted, yet again. So they climb up the strange present boxes to get on top of another platform easily. And from above to see the Drone Shadows from below to be doing their jobs and not see from up top which was a good thing.
Yusuke: There's a sentry here as well.
Ryuji: Guess we just hafta take that one out...
In other words, they might have a fighting chance now.
Morgana: It looks like it hasn't noticed us yet, though.
Then seeing up next to them to be hanging on a floating thing type of blimp.
Akechi: Hmm...We should attack them by dropping down on it directly.
Morgana: Yeah you're right, Black Crow...Joker, think you could pull off an ambush from over there?
Keiko: I see it, Mona.
And from jumping up there, Keiko makes her move to strike the Shadow down and fight for the others joined in too. Nicely done!
Morgana: Nice move, Joker!
Makoto: Well done.
And more to do and keep on climbing to also getting other items as well, they're doing well so far. Also when they get treasure chests to open up, they must do it when the security levels aren't so high and lots of Shadows on patrol to set the alarms on. In other words—it won't be good at all. So be careful.
Futaba: Do yourselves a favor, everyone...Don't let the security levels go up high or no treasure chests to open up to make things worse.
Haru: Very well then.
Ryuji: I guess it's better than getting' our ass's handled.
So keep on high alert, everyone!
Sophia: Right. Don't get caught by the enemy and we can still get treasure chests. Understood.
Continuing on again, as well as knowing the other Personas of the other members of the Phantom Thieves on what they do.
Tayla: Persona #19 – Carmen = powers of flaming hot fire
Tayla: Persona #20 – Goemon = powers of water and freezing ice
Tayla: Persona #21 – Johanna = powers of venom of deadly a poison snake
Tayla: Persona #22 – Milady = powers of plants of grass types
Tayla: Persona #23 – Necronomicon = powers of technologically to hack or use to restrain enemies
Sorry, I almost left them out there. And moving on some more...
Futaba: Stoooop! Maruku City's right here.
Keiko: Yeah, I see it, but...
On the right side was a gate door of the kingdom that was down and locked up.
Ryuji: You mean on the other side of that?
Loki: Is there a shortcut anywhere...?
Doesn't seem like it was on this side here. For this kingdom gate has a cute ribbon bow on it.
Makoto: I don't see a way to open the gate, either. Looks like we need an alternative.
Yusuke: Such as? I don't think we'll be able to climb that.
But across the other side right next to them was another building to see from up top.
Morgana: Look over there-what if we tried going up that way? At the very least, we might spot a way around this from up there.
Akechi: It's worth a try.
Ann: Good idea, Mona. Let's hop on up.
Up they go! Lots of light signs of cats, cards, and tea cups all over each other's buildings too. Seeing things clearer up top of the kingdom to also have sweet designs, balloons, cupcakes, lollipops, cookies, and ferris wheels. But also seeing what was inside of the place itself was hard to tell from further away.
Morgana: Can't see...Let's get to somewhere higher.
Doing so and using the floating balloons to get across to the other side.
Futaba: Wow, we're floating!
Makoto: These balloons are very strong to hold our weight to get to the other side.
One side to another and fighting their way through.
Ryuji: I'm George of the Jungle, baby-! Oof!
Falling down also makes Ryuji feel like a fool.
Morgana: No, you're more like a complete monkey.
Ryuji: Quit callin' me a monkey!
Morgana: I'm so replacing your pillow with a bag of poop!
Ryuji: You, Mona, to use your poops on me?! They'll look like those tasty donut sticks!
Morgana: Heheh...I didn't say it was going to be my poop, I'm talking about Fox's.
Wow, well that'll be a nasty prank there, huh...? And Yusuke just goes off to be proud of it. Yeah, just not imagine the joke to not imagine the poop thing. Ha!
Yusuke: Oh yes, I take very good ones.
Makoto: You're not helping!
Hitting Morgana and Ryuji on their heads with two fans in Akechi's hands to break up the fight. When he smiles, he is serious and can be tough too and not to be messed with at times—it's kind of funny.
Akechi: Okay, boys. Break it up. Let's keep going.
Keiko: Thanks, Black Crow. (Still...Seeing Ryuji and Morgana fight all silly-like, only shows they mean well to being good friends.)
Loki: And these people are supposed to be the heroes of this story...
Moving more to climbing up, crawling back down, and finally seeing a good view of Alice King's Palace from a big window of something was glowing. In other words, Morgana can sense something big was there.
Morgana: Whoa...What a view, huh?
What was near Alice's Jail was glowing from inside of it.
Ryuji: Hey, what's that birdcage-lookin' thing there?
Ann: There's something shiny in it.
Seeing a bit more, might be what they're looking for.
Haru: Could it be a Treasure?!
Akechi: I doubt it is. No, this one's far different.
Morgana: No, Noir. I think Black Crow's on to something too. I'm not getting Treasure vibes from it. It looks the same, but it's actually totally different.
So, what was this one supposed to be...?
Futaba: I'm picking up a really strong reading from it. It's connected to the searchlights, too. If we take it, I think we'll cut the power to the searchlights!
It was just crazy enough to work.
Yusuke: It seems that is our next step. Let us advance towards the tower.
Ryuji: Buuut, how do we get up that thing?
All goes quiet to find nothing at all.
Loki: Well, this sucks.
Makoto: I don't think I see anything resembling an entrance...
Keiko: Let's drop in from above?
It would be unable to fly though.
Futaba: Sure, if we can all fly here besides Loki.
Sophia: Suggestion-why not approach from below?
Morgana: How so?
Wait, I think Sophia was on to something here.
Sophia: Below us is an underground waterway. Remember?
Keiko, Akechi, Ryuji, and Morgana came here first and found Sophia to make their mistakes. Of course!
Ryuji: Oh, right! Nice call!
Keiko: Then let's go back underground. It's where Alice dumped us there.
Morgana: That sounds like the best idea to me, too. Let's do it!
Lucky for the Morgana to look at and remember it with Futaba helping out, they go there right away.
Sophia: We should make haste.
Well, off they go back to the underground waters then. From jumping from top from one building to another, and stopping other Shadows like a big Pixie-Beguiling Girl. Strong in battle, but this was nothing compared with the Phantom Thieves to beat her. There were so many armies of Pixies all over!
Beguiling Girl: Halt! Anyone who dares to define our Queen, shall die!
So much magic to never end to slow them all down, well...not for long for Ann and Ryuji to step in for this one.
Ryuji: Sorry, but that ain't happenin'! Check this out...Raging Storm Clash!
They can use their old attacks too, for Ryuji shocks them, and Ann to burn the rest of them up.
Ann: We can still have two our attacks to use at any time and our first Persona forms to be twice as strong now. Sweet! Burning Claw!
All the Pixies burn to be Gegasite fakes and the real one had her wings burn off in her defeat. But how to save this one before another Gegasite takes over this Shadow to still turn it into a good Persona on something this big?
Keiko: So...Will my old moves work on this one?
Seeing other Shadows to be stopped too by the two sisters—Kaguya and Picaro both arrive for the other Phantom Thieves to see them.
Akechi: Hey, look!
Morgana, Ryuji, Ann, Yusuke, Makoto, Futaba, and Haru: The other two good Personas!
Loki: So this is who they are and once to be humans for them.
Sophia: I detect no threats from any of them, we're safe.
Keiko: Yeah, they're Kaguya Hime and Kaguya Picaro. So wait...you two know something to help us out?
They also give Keiko two mask types of boomerang weapons and still keep her other one. For one can save Personas and the other can do something on people's Shadows/Kings of theirs.
Picaro: Yo, Phantom Thieves. We'll back you up on Shadows to try to stop you a lot. So, this weapon can come in handy of a little upgrade. One can save a Persona to use their powers or set them free; and the other one can change the King's soul while also givin' you the other five medallions.
Kaguya: For this one, please say the name of the Shadow or Persona and the nickname given to them instead to be protected from any other Gegasites. Now please hurry.
I think Keiko knows what to do for the two and gave the first weapon a try on this Pixie.
Keiko: Right! (Here goes then, just like from before with a bit more kick to it.) Pixie - Beguiling Girl, I've commit thee to join!
One swing to spin on this Shadow and it turns into a normal size Persona to be set free and she was very grateful to heal the others and take off 'and power up for Keiko to use in battle'.
Beguiling Girl: I'm free! Thank you.
Taking off now, so do the two sisters to back them up and also finding their answers too.
Picaro and Kaguya: Let's continue to work together, Phantom Thieves. We'll stop other Shadows and find our answers to help out one another. Goodbye for now.
Continuing forward to their next destination now.
Futaba: Well, they're trustworthy.
Makoto: And once time their were once human beings who were murdered to become this after death?
Haru: How sad.
Akechi: If it's true, this is a big mystery to be solved. Two were killed to become Personas, two more humans are missing, and another little girl. Which also leaves the killer on the loose too. Hmm...
Something was on the ace detective prince's mind.
Keiko: Black Crow?
Akechi: Huh? Sorry. I'll get back to it later on. This comes first. But they can be trustworthy.
Morgana: I sense no danger from any of them whatsoever. So we're all good.
The others agreed too.
Ryuji: They got kick ass powers!
Ann: They're pretty as sisters who fight for justice like us.
Yusuke: What true beauty!
Loki: The more, the merrier then.
More to go to the underground waters they must go to next, for the two sisters there have the powers of water and light and to gravity and fighting skills. Good things there are checkpoints in the areas to save, heal, and organize from time to time and post on the map on where it is; fighting to also jumping on lots of buses from some Shadows to not fight with 'and some they do', but another Shadow appears to slow down...Silky – Troublesome Housemaid to freeze everything up.
Troublesome Housemaid: Prepare to be cleaned out, in the name of our Queen!
With Keiko moving it to use her dark fire of Arsene's help.
Keiko: Go, Arsene!
Arsene: Yes! Anything for you, sweet Joker!
Burning up to work out to stop the other fake Silky ones of Gegasites, and for Loki to finish them off.
Loki: Get out of our way!
Already killed, Keiko saves the big Silky one.
Keiko: Silky - Troublesome Housemaid, I've commit thee to join!
Same old thing happened with Pixie, now happened to Silky.
Troublesome Housemaid: Oh dear, what a mess. I need to clean up. Please excuse me.
Keep on going, let's forget about keeping all of their HP and SP things up. Down below was a hidden path of the sewers to go into, all over again. For there might be something they can find from around it than from back where they started from.
Morgana: Pew...This place stinks.
Soon, a fart was made from one of the team's doing.
Ann: Ah! I can't stand the smell!
Ryuji: Ah...That one was me...
Loki: Can we get going already?
Off they go then, with another fart moment with Ryuji there. Seeing something to go back and get some items, treasure chests, and Shadows to find...and then going back again to see something was on the other side.
Futaba: Check it out, you guys. It looks like this tunnel eventually leads right under Maruku City.
They have to find a tunnel to get through somehow.
Makoto: Tunnel? Looks more like a sewer to me. And there's no easy way to get to the other side...
Ryuji: Welp, looks like were swimmin'.
In the dirty water of the Metaverse's sewers? Dude, not happening!
Keiko: I'd rather not...
Ann: No, no, no. I am NOT swimming in THAT. Not happening!
Haru: I would prefer not to as well...Can't we search for another way?
I don't blame them there at all. Looking around in the area they were in now, Loki might have something to melt a vent of a tunnel hole of a grate.
Loki: Does this help?
Morgana: ...Hey, yea. Check out the grate.
Seeing it from one end to another on the other side, it was connected.
Akechi: I take it better than swimming across.
Morgana: What do you think, Joker? Could we use that to get around?
Futaba: Yeah, it's worth a try!
I take this over swimming too, for them to crawl through the vent hole little at a time.
Ryuji: Gah, it's too cramped in here! I keep runnin' into Panther's boots. And her fine legs...
Not now please...
Ann: Run into anything else back there than my legs and I'll show you how much damage these boots can really do.
Ryuji: *gasp* No, please don't. For real. I love you bunches.
Ann: I know, you goof.
He was being careful for them to still love each other...OK, they were finally out and on to the other side.
Morgana: Hey, we came right where we wanted! I knew that was the right move!
Haru: We should be able to traverse this using the pipes.
Sophia: Neat. Very thiefy.
From getting other items, treasure chests, climbing up, going back down, and so on to get where they needed to go on the other side now.
Futaba: We ARE the Phantom Thieves, ya know! You'll get it soon enough, Sophie!
Akechi: You'll get used to this.
This is what the Phantom Thieves do. Now going around the corner to see from up top and below, they see another path from up top next.
Morgana: I'll bet that leads to the surface.
But first...the Phantom Thieves need to fight their way through an army of Cop Shadows and Drones, also known as Sentry for some reason.
Sentry: Who the hell are you?!
Loki: Be on guard! Some are affected by Gegasites.
Good thing Loki can sense these things out faster, same with both Kaguya and Picaro too.
Futaba: Waugh! Busted! Can't have these guys raise a fuss about us. Get rid of 'em quick!
As they do so in battle, both Loki and Akechi share their skills against the other Shadows to take them all out in seconds.
Akechi: In the name of justice...!
Loki: ...STAY DOWN!
Nice team work there. From cutting down, shooting, using their attacks too, and Personas, to have this battle in the bag.
Keiko: Daggers of Darkness!
Morgana: Furious Fangs!
Yusuke: Aqua Typhoon!
Makoto: Venom Blast!
Futaba: Cyber Net Strike!
Haru: Lily Whip!
Akechi: Saber Sword Slash!
Wow! What a team!
Keiko: Now we get through here.
Done and done, and now through the next tunnel and back outside. At the Shibuya Jail-Prison Keep on the other side.
Futaba: Heey, we're just on the other side of the wall! Well done, Thieves!
Hearing other voices on the other side sounded like Shadows to be trapped inside just a bit further. Items, treasure chests to get, along with fighting more Shadows, avoiding some, and getting to the other side of the buildings to their next destination of the area. And from the voices to be all the Shadows in prison cells to chant a lot of Alice King and being...formed Gegasite with no thinking to do to leave them weak and brainless. Looks like from Yaldabaoth's Mementos from down below backgrounds, doesn't it? Talk about bad memories there.
Ryuji: Hey, what's going on here?!
Makoto: Are these...jail cells?
Haru: Look at all the prisoners!
From Desires to be taken from all of these Shadows and turned into Gegasites to be all out of it to chant about loving Alice a lot.
Akechi: They're not themselves to become slaves, or rather brainwashed.
Snapping Loki's fingers and moving his hands around their faces to get nothing out of them.
Loki: No good, they're out of it. But I've seen other jail cells like these. This is what the mastermind is doing from the Gegasites rampage.
Makoto: So are these the people whose Desires were taken?
With three more in there to be familiar to Keiko and a few others.
Morgana: I see some familiar faces. There's no doubt these are the same victims.
Keiko: Even if some look on their faces, it's their faint scent to tell it's those three boys when we first got here.
Yusuke: So we've discovered where they're being held...
Chanting, saying crazy things of loving Alice a lot, and no will of their own was hard to watch.
Loki: Is this what's happening to all of the Shadows and Personas? If so, then my family...! God dammit!
Akechi: Loki? (I don't like where this is leading us to.)
Can they save them right now?
Ann: We have to rescue them!
Morgana: No, considering their behavior and being mindless Gegasites, it wouldn't help letting them out now. Sadly, they're all too weak in their weaker states and without their Desires.
One wrong move, then the Shadow selves will be weak and die without having their Desires returned.
Yusuke: If they've lost their minds from having their Desires stolen and being these gross-taste Gegasites, they'll need them returned first in order to return to normal...
Keiko: We might kill them in this state?!
Akechi: It might have other bad effects back in the real world. Sorry, Joker, but until we can gather all of their Desires to return, only then we can set them free.
He was right, and no wonder why Loki can't find his family like this. So they weren't here.
Loki: As unfair this is, my other half's right yet again.
Ryuji: Shit...How can someone do this to people?!
Now wasn't the time to complain too much, another Another Sentry appears to stop the Phantom Thieves...or tries to.
Sentry: Where's you come from?!
Morgana: Ngh, we're busted. Let's get 'em, Joker!
They will do their job and stop Alice King's madness.
Keiko: Got it! Everyone, follow my lead!
Time to fight off lots of Shadows in this room, time to give it their all to have their Personas and Shadows 'for some to be Gegasites' to give it their all in battle.
Keiko: Arsene, come to me!
Akechi: Robin Hood and Loki, back me up!
Loki: Shut up and fight!
Morgana: Zorro, show your might!
Ryuji: Let's sail on, Captain Kidd!
Ann: Burn to ashes, Carmen!
Yusuke: Goemon, let's show them true beauty!
Makoto: Burn rubber, Johanna!
Haru: Let's dance, Milady!
Sophia: Pithos, let's shine bright!
Not bad, they were doing great as always.
Futaba: Necronomicon, powering them up! Now finish them!
It was time for Ryuji to use moves on them from lighting and a hitting baseball bat move attack.
Ryuji: Yeah...Batter up!
Boom, they're gone or defeated.
Futaba: Talk about your home 'n room. Nice play, Skull.
Now that's a home run there. Now up the stairs they go and see from within the birdcage...For the light to shine to lower it down to them for entering inside.
Ryuji: Oh yeah, made it!
Morgana: All right, let's check out that light!
Moving a bit more towards the light, Keiko holds on to it to be something which might belong to Alice Hiiragi...it was some type of Pop Dress. But get this, there are two more like this one to be three in total.
Keiko: It's a Pop Dress. (I can sense strong powers following through this thing.)
Yusuke: So that was the searchlights' power source?
Looks like a dress that Alice in Wonderland wears from the story book.
Haru: Is that...a dress? It is rather cute.
Ann: I've seen this before...It's a dress in Alice's lineup. I recognize it from a fashion magazine.
So this is one of the power ups from the searchlights to turn off, by taking items that belong to Alice. Who knows.
Ryuji: Wait, THAT dress made those searchlights move? Howzat make any sense?
Makoto: Well, we're in the cognitive world-maybe it holds some sort of power here?
Keiko: Hmm...It's her own power source.
Morgana: Joker, I think you might be onto something. Maybe it's more of a representation of a Monarch's power.
If this is one, then there's two more left to go.
Keiko: "Monarch"? Oh, it means royalty.
Akechi: It means those who are worthy and rich to take over anything in the area.
Morgana: That's right. One could say that Alice's brand is, in essence, what allowed her to become what she is today. Proof of her dominance here. And this core must be the power source for the Jails equipment.
Bingo! They're learning a lot.
Haru: Well, now that we have it...the searchlights should be off, right?
Almost, but not yet.
Futaba: Eh, looks like two of them are still up and running. They've got their own cores powerin' 'em. The first one is east of here. Real world location-wise I'd say...around Miyamae Park.
Going all the way back to the place again.
Loki: My, what a chore.
Ryuji: What a pain in the ass...Well, let's get it over with!
Still, they got the job to be done. A light up towers of three with items powering up everything.
Haru: I wonder if the other cores are in Jail-cell-covered towers like this one...
Yusuke: Some form of shorthand reference would be more convenient. How does "incarceration zone" sound?
Ryuji: In-cars-or...what? Dude, why the hell would we call it that?
Nice try spelling it out, Ryuji, but it's hard to spell it out.
Keiko: It's incarceration, Skull. I-N-C-A-R-C-E-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Morgana: And these places are for protecting the Jail's power sources, so...how about "Prison Keeps"?
Akechi: I think calling them Prison Keeps is fine with us, Mona. Now let us move on.
Works for everyone else. Not to go down the stairs back out for the other two, and for Ryuji to slide down from a pole as a shortcut.
Ryuji: Goin' down!
This time, he didn't fall down hard on his face.
Ann: Oh, Skull, you're silly when you act like yourself.
Off they go, as for the Shadows will be saved, their Desire to return to them soon, and stop Alice King by any means too. With the gate finally opened for the core's power on this side was taken, the other two will work the same thing as well. It's pretty cool how they can jump from one side or platform to another really quickly for these types of powers - for Keiko and Akechi were pros and Morgana was really quick. Sophia was learning a lot from them. Going through the Shibuya Crossing area again of Shibuya Jail...
Futaba: Go, Phantom Thieves. The other cores await for us one at a time.
Sophia: Roger that.
Haru: So the more cores we turn off and get the other items like the dress, the more we learn from Alice-Chan's madness?
Morgana: It's what we're gathering up so far, and more gates to open up. Let's keep it up then.
More things to do the same old thing, even for Loki to enjoy their work deep down.
Loki: I didn't think I would team up with enemies once and the woman I once loved to learn so much from a change of heart. Oh, what an irony.
Yeah, but you learn a lot. Soon to be entering the Miyamae Park area to get to the second core. Hiding from another Cop Shadow to be scouting around the streets, and learning where they needed to go next from it.
Futaba: This is where Miyamae Park is in the real world.
Then looking on the far left side up top of the area...
Sophia: Is that our current destination?
Akechi: Another light to be glowing up...It must be our second core to get.
Ryuji: Well, that didn't take long.
But they still needed to be on their guard. Seeing down was another gate closed, it must be the right place.
Makoto: This one doesn't appear any easier to breach, though.
Nope, they have to go the longer way here to be no shortcut.
Morgana: Looks like we're taking the long way 'round. Security is gonna be tight-let's stay sharp.
Keiko: Right, same as always then. We can do this.
Moving through on other hiding to stopping other Shadows, more of the appearances from cops and drones all over.
Sentry: Who's there?!
Here comes some newer Shadows of Gegasites to appear...
Tayla: Persona #24 – Mokoi = powers of sonic waves of strong air
Futaba: Uh-oh, busted! Take 'em out before they call for backup!
Leave for Loki to stop some Gegasites from blocking their way...
Loki: Allow me!
Man, he seems to be enjoying this way too much. More power, weapons, shooting, and a skateboard with other random things to hit or break on the Shadows seems to be working in battle. And this also allows for both Keiko and Akechi to combine their powers of berserk and light powers and dark with other copy ones, they finish the rest of the Shadows off.
Keiko and Akechi: Light and Dark - Energy Blast!
Well that was all taken care of...for Kaguya and Picaro took out other Shadows from afar for the Phantom Thieves while also seeing their progress in battle so far.
Picaro: Damn, these guys are good.
Kaguya: I just hope we'll find our answers on what we were at one time.
So, where to next...? There has to be another route to go to.
Haru: I can't see the entrance...
Makoto: Maybe we should gain some elevation?
On the other side to get where they needed to go next, was up top some more.
Yusuke: That spot seems rather odd...
Keiko: From Alice's favorite things to be too flashy? Yeah, this makes perfect sense.
Morgana: Maybe we'll find something useful there. C'mon, let's check it out!
It was time for Keiko's Third Eye to lead them to the right path.
Akechi: Joker, you got this. I'm with you.
Keiko: Right...Follow me.
Hopefully to be getting two more cores, they must fight on other Shadows who stand in their way. With one down, and two more to go from the cores that'll make three soon. Stopping Alice King, her Jail, getting back all of the Desires, save the Shadows from being gross Gegasite slaves and loving Alice too much back in the real world, and such with Kaguya, Picaro, and Loki on the Phantom Thieves' side. They can do this. Other than Ellen senses something from the crystal ball to alert her favorite brother Hans to see for himself.
Ellen: Oh, Brother...
Hans: What is it now, Ellen? I'm a bit busy finding Pandora's Box.
Ellen: We are, but I want to show you something. Look, intruders in Alice King's Jail.
Seeing it on the Phantom Thieves – ten of them on one side, Loki as a ghost flying around from above, and both Kaguya and Picaro on the other. For some to be a threat but some of the women to catch his interests.
Hans: Who are they?
Ellen: Some group called the Phantom Thieves. Two many girls, heh...Still, I think we have ourselves an enemy plus other Personas dead and alive. Should we kill them?
For seeing Haru, Futaba, Sophia, Ann, Makoto, and Keiko 'the most', Hans had something else in mind.
Hans: No. Let's alert Alice to keep her aware of them and help her out. I want to see how strong these so-called thieves and friends are made of in battle. The plan must continue on. Mommy will understand.
Ellen: Huh...? (Again with his love for women more than me?!) Fine, Brother. For you, anything. I'll report this to Alice.
Hans: Please do. Thank you. (Phantom Thieves...some of them are women...)
Whatever is on each of the twins' minds right now, it can't be good. Alice King might be aware of the Phantom Thieves stopping her, same with Loki, as well as both Picaro and Kaguya too. A trip to Wonderland like this in Shibuya Jail Metaverse was something to very much get used to. Stopping Gegasites of copycat looking Shadows, and saving the real ones. Things were looking good so far, besides the mastermind 'as Hans and Ellen's Mommy' was watching them too with the red eyes and hand fingering tapping to see and hear only. Well, we'll hopefully know who this person is soon enough as the infiltration continues on.