Persona 5 Strikers – From Light and Dark
By Tayla Drago
Episode #50 - Picaro and Kaguya's True Identities
Why is it called the chapter/episode's name? You will all soon find out. With the Phantom Thieves – Keiko/Joker, Morgana/Mona, Ryuji/Skull, Ann/Panther, Yusuke/Fox, Makoto/Queen, Futaba/Oracle, Haru/Noir, Sophia/Sophie, Zen/Wolf, and Raiho/Jack Frost make their way in the storage factory area of Konoe Shadow's Jail. Since they got one of the cores so far from the first Prison Keep to find two more now. What's next to do to get around the second one? Since the machine guns and lights are all shut down the area...More to Loki to search around still and Hans and Ellen trying to find Kaguya and Picaro's location to want the twin sisters more in the next area...Things might get even more bigger somehow. From Loki finding the location of the four mysterious children...
Loki: (I better check on the brats, or the kid won't ever shut up about it.)
Oh, I think this shows of Loki really caring more than himself. He has changed a lot even as a ghost and part of Akechi's Persona. While he gets his own way around the other side of the railway building, another pathway of the vents with Hans and Ellen race to Picaro's location to get to her sister happens.
Hans: This way, Dear Sister. We need to hurry for them!
Ellen: I know, Big Brother! I know!
Hurry...! Back with the Phantom Thieves, climbing to the top of another Sentry stops them and Raiho has his sword out to be ready for anything again.
Sentry: Intruder located!
Turning into a Shadow with more of them showing up for the Phantom Thieves shoot them all up and Raiho to have some ice powers to finish the job in seconds. Nicely done!
Sophia: Another victory is at hand.
Getting on the line to sliding to the other side and crawling around the side wall to make their way to the other side next.
Keiko: Everyone, try not to look down.
Akechi: I got you, Joker.
Keiko: Thank you, Black Crow. We can all use the help we can get.
Holding hands for those two and others to not look down or falling down at all, they needed to be careful getting to the other side.
Zen: Whoa, whoa, we're actually going through here? You guys are nuts...
Akechi: Joker said not to look down, Wolf. This is what we do best.
Zen: Huh? I...I knew that.
I think they were just find getting across.
Futaba: Make sure to watch you step!
And of course, they've all made it across safely. Going down to see the side opening was blocked up by lasers to be unable to get through...Or they'll get burned or cut through. Raiho tries using some ice to open up, but it melts in seconds with no such luck.
Keiko: Well that didn't work.
Akechi: But he did try his best.
Wouldn't hurt to try something before going through it, and it wasn't a good idea to do right now.
Sophia: Those are infrared sensors. I don't recommend trying to pass through them.
Futaba: Whaaat? But the station is right there...Oh right. Sorry, Raiho. Thank you for trying.
The little Jack Frost understands to blushing.
Zen: Hey, uh, I don't know a damn thing about this kinda stuff, but couldn't we just turn those things off?
Haru: That's true. There might be a Prison Keep that controls the seasons.
Meaning the second Prison Keep of the core to finding will be it.
Makoto: Right. Let's see if we find it.
Off they go then to find the area for it, by getting around the storage factory first. From sliding across the lines, getting to one side to another, fighting other Shadows, items to get, sneaking around, and going to another building next door...Abeno's R Mall from this and back to in the other room had the sensors still up.
Sophia: Look, there are even more infrared sensors here.
Morgana: We've really gotta do something about those. Let's find that Prison Keep ASAP.
They kept on going.
Keiko: We should keep going.
Zen: You know, I just have to put it out there. This outfit? It's freakin' badass.
Something for Zen to get use to wearing here. Soon to come across a door, but it was light up yellow color. Somehow it wouldn't up so easily.
Futaba: ...This door's locked. These types usually open with a switch, but I don't see anything like that nearby...We'll just have to find kind of secret passage. Any idea where we should look?
Akechi: We'll just have to tour around this building until we come across something. It would be for the best, or more with climbing inside this vent here as our little short cut.
Since they couldn't open the door, they needed to go through the vent to get into the other room. The same old Phantom Thief move. Entering inside to also see another light up door to be red instead, they unlock it. They have to do the rest to be more than the red and yellows color doors.
Keiko: Here we go. (So this is another puzzle maze to solve again.)
Sophia: Oh, it opened.
Makoto: This door...I wonder...Is it possible that it's connected to the switch of the same color?
Akechi: We have more than two of them.
A lot more to find around in this area in order to go to the next part once the sensors is removed.
Haru: So it we see another door like this one, we should find a switch to go with it.
This will be a something else to solve, and the same old thing to getting around too. While the Phantom Thieves do the same thing to get around 'to turn the purple doors to work for them now' to keep on going; while on the other side had Picaro racing to find the capture Kaguya by Hooded Man's doing. What did he want with the girls more? Didn't have more of a grudge on the Guyver twins? So why go after those two first?
Picaro: (Of all the times to have Kaguya capture...! Why?! That bastard's gonna pay! I won't let him hurt Hitomi...My only half sister left in the family.)
Racing into another room and finally making it, soon to hear some freaky video game type of music all over to be playing, Picaro stays on her guard for the room to slowly set up the special on what Hooded Man has plan for the twin sisters. From humans who were killed, and soon to be reborn into Personas with other mysteries to be solved for them, Guyvers, Loki's family, and the whole Konoe using EMMA a lot. Still, we don't know much on Hooded Man's background other than he might be Dr. Guru who worked with Shuzo once, so...what happened to become into this mess?
Hooded Man: Ah, welcome. Sisters, or rather...half sisters with a the same mother, but with two different fathers. How sad for your human lives to end of becoming Personas after the horrible events to happen between Aika Iwamura, Hitomi Kanakubo, Hans Guyver, Ellen, Guyver, and Mia. The other kids who you two grew up with with no families. With sadly Mia was killed and the other four, lucky for the Guyvers to be fine and alive with powers to have in return, and it's all thanks to Pandora's Box. A lot to to talk about and what better than having the girls with the first medallion out of six to speak to face to face.
Freaky way to make an introduction. By the way – I going back and forth on them and the Phantom Thieves during the story here.
Picaro: Shut it, loser! I didn't come here to talk, I want my sister!
Hooded Man: Oh, right...This involves you and her. Well, you are Aika, right? So Hitomi is just over there and hanging out after saving your life.
Showing Kaguya to be badly hurt and tied up in a strange looking spider webs...
Kaguya: ….Aika...
Picaro: No...! Hitomi!
Flying to her sister's side, but with more webs forming into spider sharp legs to start stabbing Picaro a lot to fall down. Now Hooded Man had the girls right where he wanted them to be.
Hooded Man: Oops, sorry. I should've mentioned my traps in this room. My bad. Now, let's talk. I hope you can hear me over there, little lady. Because between you and her is going to be very important for what I'm about to say next.
This was really bad here...! Back with the Phantom Thieves to enter in another big room with more Sentries and Shadows try to stop them all.
Persona #70 - Fortuna = powers of Fate
They take care of them for Ryuji and Morgana put their powers to the test on them...shoot outs, cut through hits, and their attacks as well with some back up too.
Ryuji: Lighting Flash Attack!
Morgana's: Blaze of Rage!
For them to be fighting a lot, they still make a great team.
Keiko: Bullseye!
Ryuji and Morgana: Oh yeah, we rule!
With the ray guns all over the room too, they was very useful to use as well.
Futaba: Oooh, a ray gun! We can use this against these guys!
Ann: So much technologically things.
Ryuji: Still, it packed a punch there. Kick ass!
Using it again to blow up a hole, Ryuji doesn't know when to stop sometimes.
Keiko, Morgana, Yusuke, Makoto, Haru, Zen, and Sophia: Skull!
Akechi: Things to use for battle only isn't a toy.
And he hits Ryuji up side the head again.
Ryuji: OK! OK! Sorry...
This has Raiho laughing to like people like these guys to work for like Jackie once was about a year ago. This one has learned a lot since then. Heading to the color white door now of the second Prison Keeps was there for the Phantom Thieves to go into this room, somehow...
Futaba: Looks like we found our Prison Keep! Only thing now is...how do we get there?
Yusuke: I don't see a keyhole...How is anyone supposed to open this?
Looking at the color of the third door here, this might be a while to get it unlocked.
Haru: Well, the door's color is...white. So if this is like the other ones...
Ann: Then, we gotta find a white switch! Let's take a look around!
Akechi: From yellow, red, purple, and white colors of the different doors...I hope we can get the last two to open us for us to proceed further.
Then another touring throughout the area happens again for the other two colors of the switch doors. Doing what they do best with the green color of the doors to hit the switch with, guess there are five of them and not just four. Make sense. On to the next room of where this part of the green door will lead them to.
Keiko: We got another special color door opened. Now let's get moving.
Zen: Man, you kids sure have a lot of energy. My eyes are stating to hurt...
Yusuke: Is that so? Your mask's design led me to believe it had built-in sunglasses.
Keiko: Like heat vision?
Akechi: Not unlike Joker and me who can sense things ten times more.
For Akechi and Keiko are a bit different.
Morgana: Phantom Thieves are supposed to move in darkness. What good would sunglasses do?
Makoto: The lights here are pretty blinding, though. Do you want to take a break?
Either way to still see the bright lights, the yellow switched was finally opened for the others to get around even more.
Keiko: I think we'll be fine, Queen.
Sophia: My mask has a shades mode built in. We could have matching masks, Wolf.
Zen: Uhh...I appreciate all the sentiment, but I think I'll be fine.
Akechi: Words of praise, Wolf. Words of praise.
More to go around, with some treasure chests to open up too. Another hacking job for Futaba to get active on.
Sophia: You're up, Oracle.
Futaba: Leave it to me then. Let's hacking time!
Doing so with more Shadows and Sentries trying to stop them, the Phantom Thieves got her back.
Keiko: Go, Oracle! We got this!
Futaba: With some back up too. Web Cage!
Some back up from her to do two things at once, she has learned a lot. The rest of them attack with everything they got.
Ann: Flame Shooter!
Yusuke: Frozen Waves!
Makoto: Viper Sting!
Haru: Petals of Doom!
Nicely done, for the door to open up to the next area.
Futaba: Got it! Incoming next destination we need to head on over. Come on.
Inside another room with an armor of Sentry was ready to take out the Phantom Thieves...
Enforce of Justice: So you're the ones who've been wrecking our security! Unacceptable...Prepare to face the almighty hammer of justice!
This one turns into a Thor himself, not related as much of Loki's family member here. Just saying...
Persona #71 - Thor = powers of hammer throwing
Futaba: This one looks tough. Get ready!
Also known as Thunder Emperor was ready to smash and shock at the enemies to be fast and strong for a giant. With the others moving out of the way for Raiho ice shields helps out the others to be safe from the attacks. Having Sophia and Zen to use their moves on this thing by working together...
Sophia: SP Piercer!
Zen: Ground Shatter! Do it, Black Crow!
And allowing for Akechi to finish this one off with a gun shot, weapon swinging, beat downs, and his attacks.
Akechi: I'm on it. Double Edge Sword Take-down!
Other Shadows and Sentries gone and Thunder Emperor hurt, Keiko takes care of the rest from the bigger Shadow to be saved.
Keiko: I'm up. Thor – Thunder Emperor, I've commit thee to join!
All healed up to have this big Shadow become a good Persona now.
Thunder Emperor: I am finally free. At long last. Listen to me well, real heroes. Save the other one, ours to be Akira. Also, listen to me on this one...The one call Loki, I'm but a mere clone of his kind, but you must hurry...Gegasites are using the real ones as slaves of more energy gathering to awaken to Pandora's Box. Stop it to close and seal away the true evil from within it. Let him know this. And by doing so for the item to not fall into the wrong hands, then you can end the madness of the calamity to soon follow. Please, hear my words of warning well.
Off he goes, again with the upcoming things from Konoe and now of Loki's family, I think he just felt something there. Moving on to opening up the white color doors now to go on through.
Haru: We've found the white switch. Now we can get to the Prison Keep.
Ryuji: Hell yeah! Let's head back and bust our way in!
Making there way there...Back with Hooded Man wanting both Kaguya and Picaro on something? Where's Loki, Hans, and/or Ellen when you need those three the most?
Kaguya: ….
Picaro: What do you want? If you want to murder us, then get it over with already!
Far from that idea really on Hooded Man's end to say the least...
Hooded Man: Oh, no. No. No...Far from it, I have so much to say about you girls that known of you don't know about yourselves yet. Who your two daddies were for your mother to be with for you girls to be born. Then killed...to then reborn into these Persona fine beauties. Fine weapons, but not my type. Not when it comes to "her".
What was this "her" this freak was mentioning a lot?
Kaguya: Weapons only...? We got powers from the experiment gone wrong from Pandora's Box project to become these things...
Using the webs on Kaguya a lot to keep her quiet a bit.
Hooded Man: No interrupting please.
Picaro: Stop! Leave Kaguya alone!
Hooded Man: Believe me, this won't kill two. I need...some parts from you both alive along with two more. Since I have one already, only four special ones will complete with my task at hand.
Picaro: What task?
Kaguya: We won't be part of it!
This was important of the stories in more details coming up on what the project and Pandora's Box was all about.
Hooded Man: Nope. Not by choice neither of you will be, but by fate. My project with the lousy ex-partner of mine Shuzo Ubukata and I needed to have this Pandora's Box project happened. You see...Centuries ago had a beautiful woman to love one man, to only have a friend of his get married to her instead; to make the family more rich in the Greek kingdom for her parent and brother to have modern lives for the Gods to praise upon them all, but not all of them do to have one wish for a dark destiny to make a turn of event. One day, the Greek Gods themselves agree to play a trick on Pandora with a box to keep but to never open, only to make her take the chance to do so...It releases lots of terrible Gegasite of a queen to be shed into more clones of her army of power to crave another one of a female host and one king to have the power by her side. It destroyed her family, friends, true love, and the village. All of it. This had everyone shame her to walk throughout the world for the rest of the centuries to wonder, never grow old, stayed young forever, without ever dying, and with the box to carry for she couldn't open it anymore. A terrible curse to never end, only by having someone open it for Pandora to be in love and die together in blood with them and the box will set herself free. It did work one wedding night for her and the lover could finally rest on. In their own grave had the box still active but not destroyed. Buried deep under ground to still grow more to it's fullest until some time in the future many centuries later to let the curse go through again. From one female host to another lover with power of the Gegasite demons even on to other humans can let the curse continue. It was sealed away but never destroyed, it was plenty for the two of us researchers to learn even more on its background to harness the power without any...problems I would say. But we couldn't do it because it would've killed us, along with the other woman to be an Akechi, us two, and two other twin sisters. One nice and the other one very naughty. We still needed test subjects who are born with powers which must be awaken with our help since we've done it with animals only, just not with human beings, yet. That's where you five came in. What? You two seem surprised, care to hear some more?
Yeah, it sure did give them a shock there.
Kaguya: What does this mean?
More on the story later, just getting to the first part of it to getting back to the battle of Shadows and Sentries for the Phantom Thieves to deal with next before getting the second part of the core of the Prison Keep...
Shadow: Intruders! Those who disturb the peace will be purged!
Zen: Geez, it's just one cliche after another with these guys...
This has the Phantom Thieves fighting, shooting, and attacks of their Personas to aid them all, same with Keiko to use her powerful moves of darkness with Arsene's help too.
Keiko: Double Daggers of Darkness!
All taken care of to get the second core now for the sensors to be turned off next.
Futaba: The enemy's been wiped out! Now's your chance to get to the top!
Akechi: Up we go then.
Running up to the top and seeing the second Core of the Prison's Keep, they see what this one was...Known of other than the EMMA phone app itself. Yeah, it makes a whole lot of sense here.
Keiko: Huh? EMMA? I know Konoe has the rights to it and Ichinose made it too, but still...This is the second core.
Yusuke: Still, we're doing quite well. That makes two cores now.
Keiko: I guess so... (I sense so much for this man to be both hurt and in anger.)
A lot more for the Personas did say to help out their hero whose Konoe Shadow in this world.
Makoto: So this really is...EMMA? You're right, Joker.
Morgana: She is. EMMA is the source of Konoe's power. Seeing it as one of his cores doesn't surprise me one bit either.
Haru: I wonder if those infrared sensors are gone yet?
It has to be now since this was the source of the energy like the machine guns and lights were on the other side. Thanks to Sophia, she felt the machines were turned off now.
Sophia: Yep, they're gone.
Yusuke: Now we can proceed ever further. We should head back.
Akechi: The path from which was blocked before, we can finally make our way there. Come, let us go.
But before that, something was on Ann's mind of a short cut.
Ann: hey don't you think that'll get us back faster? Down there.
Where the containers were being shipped to? Must be a good lead to get on to the next area then.
Futaba: Oh, hey...It's a railway for all those containers. Yeah, Konoe won't mind if we hitch a ride!
Morgana: All right then, we're moving!
Going around the area to get to that part of the new place to check out next since the path way sensors were all removed. From sliding down the pole, going around, and getting to the railway parts to hitch a ride on there.
Keiko: All aboard then.
Akechi: Keep your hands, feet, and sit where you are until we reach to our destination. Please enjoy the ride.
Keiko: Nice one, Black Crow.
This made the little joke here funny.
Akechi: Thank you, Joker. It's good to add a little something to this job.
A good laugh was fine from here to there, riding it on to making to the mall part for the third and final core was at the Prison Keep. Jumping down to the next building to go through now.
Futaba: That elevator over there should drop us right off at the station!
Keiko: Everyone off the ride now.
And away out of the shipping railway building.
Morgana: Hopefully, this brings us closer to Konoe's castle...
To the Juoji Station Lobby area to enter inside of it. Arriving the inside of a airport to see the giant blimp out the window, seems to be something to ride to get to one place to another.
Keiko: Hey, look out there.
Makoto: This looks like an airport...
This was Raiho first time seeing something like this and a blimp too. Just then, a message tone goes off.
[EMMA: The flight from Juoji bound for Abeno Haretas will be departing shortly. Those who seek an audience with Lord Akira, please make your way to the airship departure gate.]
Loud and clear to have the blimp around at anytime. Although, getting to there might not be so easy to do.
Ann: Did you hear that? It said airship.
Akechi: Where it'll lead us to Konoe himself. Pitiful...They still don't know the truth about that man.
Haru: And an audience with Lord Akira...It sounds like boarding this airship will take us straight to the castle.
Probably so...Just riding on the top won't do them any good. They get spotted or fall down. Imaging a little cartoon sketches of the two options to try and it might fail badly.
Zen: Maybe...Still, Konoe controls every inch of this place. I doubt we can just hop on.
Akechi: Otherwise, we get caught or fall to our dooms. We don't want any of them thank you.
Morgana: Wolf and Black Crow's right. Let's stay on guard as we make our way to the departure gate.
Better than getting caught or killed then, there has to be another way to get on the blimp then to find out right away. Getting around the mall parts with more Sentries and Shadows in the way; the Phantom Thieves take care of them with a cart ride beat down to run them all over.
Ryuji: Hey, you guys, check this out. Wee!
Going flying to ride right into them all.
Zen: What are you all? Little children?
Futaba: This does take them out much faster, watch me go!
Sophia: I want to try too.
This had Raiho do the same thing to like it a lot as the other members speed it up on their ends to have fun and made the fighting in the areas here only much easier.
Morgana, Ann, Yusuke, Makoto, and Haru: Let's have some fun!
Already take care of with Akechi and Keiko hitching a ride together.
Akechi: And that's that.
Keiko: It did take care of the job.
Zen: I guess...It was kinda fun...
Moving on now to get back to Hooded Man's story to tell the twin girls about the whole point of Pandora's Box on what he and Shuzo were working on.
Picaro: Stop leaving us in the dark and get to the point already!
Using the webs to hit Kaguya more and pull Picaro down to the floor, he was enjoying this a lot. It was really mess up.
Hooded Man: Oh, yes...The anger's cool to watch and some to keep silence, just a little. Now for the main part of the story. Hopefully before the other Guyver twins and other ghostly Persona shows up. Now for five to be taken in with powers to control to aid us with Pandora's Box for years since we save you all on the streets. Sadly, Mia was older than all four of you were to be born with a diseased to be no cure. But she did bring you all together. Why you may ask...? Well, she's t he reincarnation of the beautiful Pandora herself only child to be sleeping a lot to not age with centuries going by to make her new life and names happen; then coming upon you two and the other twins until we discover some hope until Mia's dying breath. She was nice enough to give us some of her blood in the end. Now known of you kids don't know who your parents really are, right? Other than Mia's so far to be quite a twist, huh? Well, I already known since the event up until today. Ah, yes...Ms. Akechi dealt with Shido, a close pal of mine who got me the research job to have a one night stand with her to give birth to one kid until he left...Only to have another love with Shuzo himself, they have two more young daughters...Oh yes, it's you two. Aika Iwamura aka Kaguya Picaro and Hitomi Kanakubo aka Kaguya Hime Personas. It looks like you have an older half brother without him ever knowing. As for the Guyvers, both Hans and Ellen...The other researcher twin sisters the good and the bad one, can you guess which ones thee mother? Well, I am their dear papa. Me! Kano Guru! She came up the last names to have you two get out of the labs alive, but I didn't allow any of it. Not from your mother, the Guyvers, or Mia's. Now that you two know everything, things are coming back to all of you and even from the other three you knew before, huh? Oh, and for Mia was reborn like from the other twin mean or good sisters too. Three different mothers. As for the first dad to Aika made love with the other father and then me to create Hitomi for weapons. Love for Shuzo and the other one which didn't last long, because I did Shido a huge favor in the end since he got me this far, how sweet.
Wow, what a twist there, huh? So from Mia to live look from one of the mean or nice sister twins of Mia is the rebirth curse of Pandora took the other twin siblings in until she died for the Pandora's Box to be found with her. As for the twins to be tested out...Aika and Hitomi's mother was Akechi's to fall for Shuzo 'until he was killed to be happy', but it didn't last long to not get poison a lot but more with murder for Shido's sake at the time'; for Akechi had half sisters in the family who died and became two Personas. For they saved Hans and Ellen from Pandora's Box's powers to become super human type, the project worked out then. As their mother was one of the twin sisters too to be the same, but one was mean and the other was good to have them and the other with Mia until she was killed 'with only her blood remaining', as Hooded Man revealed to be Kano Guru to use his kids for weapons and not a loving father, something must've happen to those two sister, are they still alive today? It was hard to tell, but the other four were remembering...
Hans: Dear Sister...!
Ellen: I know...I feel it too...!
Same with the other twin sisters as well, the Guyver needed to hurry!
Kaguya: No...I...I think I'm starting to remember everything...About us, Guyvers, our mother, the other twins, Mia, Pandora's Box, and this man...
Picaro: This can't be! From our parents and the curse to bring in fate to make something into this...! I don't believe this!
What will happen next? More to come back for in a bit...Now back with the Phantom Thieves and Raiho making it near another machine type of door to walk and enter through, but this one was different to play EMMA's voice as well for them to hear this part next.
[EMMA: Through here lies the airship departure gate. Those who have not surrendered their Desires will not be allowed entry...Airport staff, please present your worker's pass.]
Like they'll surrender their Desires at all to getting through, there must be another way inside.
Futaba: You guys hear that? The departure gate's just up ahead.
Yusuke: And we have to surrender our Desires if we wish to enter...
Akechi: Sorry, but that's not happening.
As if, they'll find some other way.
Morgana: So you can't pass unless your heart's been changed, huh? Doesn't sound like we'll be getting in.
Makoto: Guess we don't have a choice. We'll have to find another way.
Keiko: If we try to, we must also find something to get this door to open up. It must be in this building somewhere.
Soon for Haru to spot a vent to crawl into for them to get inside easily.
Haru: ...Hey, look! Do you think we could get in through that vent?
Raiho gets the vent thing to open up for the others to go inside.
Futaba: Ooh, you might be onto something...Nice goin' Noir and Raiho!
This Persona was clapping with joy. Into the vent they all go, well...a few go in at a time so none of them wouldn't get stuck. Entering inside the other room to get around, and another battle for the Phantom Thieves to take on more Shadow and Sentries...Here we go again.
Airport Guard: Hey! You haven't surrendered your Desires yet, have you?!
With another Raja Naga appearing, same with lots of Nagas and Sentries.
Keiko: The same old, same old.
Ryuji: Damn, they found us! Guess we'll just have to take 'em out!
A lot to hit, punch, kick, attack, fire, and for Keiko and Akechi to use their powers together to finish them all at once with one powerful move.
Keiko: Ready, Black Crow?
Akechi: Ready, Joker. Let's do this.
Keiko and Akechi: Light and Dark - Energy Blast!
And boom, all gone. With the item they needed to be a pass port to open up some of the doors now, so they needed to get a few different ones at a time.
Haru: It looks like that last enemy dropped something.
Raiho picks it up to give it to Keiko right away.
Keiko: It says "Worker's Pass" on it. This must be the one.
Zen: A "Worker's Pass," huh? Looks like we can say goodbye to that vent.
Akechi: And make our way back around.
This will be good to use it for something, right after they each break through the windows to take out the glasses and enemies from behind within seconds – masks remove and then taking the Shadows to Sentries to a beat down. Going back around to open up the first door with the pass key card, here goes nothing.
Zen: So this is the departure gate...
Using it to make an odd sound, Raiho tries it again with no luck. And a lot more to go faster, and yet no such luck. I guess this was all a no go.
[EMMA: Entry denied. Insufficient access privileges. Please surrender your Desires or present your "VIP Pass".]
Ryuji: 'VIP Pass"? the hell's that?
Going to get a VIP pass to get through this special room then.
Keiko: Something more powerful than just this pass to get us through other parts so far, but not here.
Ann: So if we get one, even we'll be allowed inside?
Seems like it.
Makoto: That simplifies things a bit. Let's go find a pass, then.
Sophia: But who would be carrying a VIP pass? I doubt we could tell just by looking.
Yusuke: If only we knew of a place where such individuals might gather...
There might be a special lounge type of first class room in this building somewhere.
Haru: Well, if they're important enough to be called VIPs...Maybe they'd be in the first class lounge?
Futaba: That's it, Noir! I had a feeling you'd know something about the VIP life!
Leave it to the rich girl in the group to know these type of things.
Akechi: Thank you for the rich tip, Noir. I believe there's a room we can use this other card for to get to the VIP one.
And that was all the way back down the hallways of the other locked door. It wouldn't be for long.
Futaba: Already got a reading! Let's check it out!
Going there to make it inside to the other room to avoid the lights to not get spotted, leave it to Raiho to make a icy floors to slide away from the danger real quick for the others to do. For Sophia knew what to do, and Zen to not keep his balance.
Zen: I never liked ice skating.
Keiko: Only when it comes to our thievery skills, Wolf. I think it's fun.
And moving on to the next room now. Lots of rooms to see and other windows to jump at to break through the other side since some of the doors were locked up.
Yusuke: Such garish scenery-they won't win any praise from me. This is hardly something I'd expect from "First class."
Makoto: Fox, this isn't the time! Focus on the enemy!
Akechi: I wouldn't end up in a place like this even if it was the last building on this planet.
Those two were made for each other, huh? From items, treasure chests, sneak around spots, and stopping more enemies in their way.
Sentry: What happened to the guards?!
Stopping them all for the Personas of the thieves take care of the that part with them.
Futaba: I'll boost you guys up! Necronomicon, help them out.
Attack, speed, evade, defense, and offense were all up the charts.
Keiko: Attack in information! Arsene!
Akechi: Loki!
Ryuji: Captain Kidd!
Morgana: Zorro!
Ann: Carmen!
Yusuke: Goemon!
Makoto: Johanna!
Haru: Milady!
Sophia: Pithos!
Zen: Valjean!
And the other part had Raiho using the skills of the samurai sword to finish them all off, with the lounge pass finally in their hands.
Keiko: Hmm... (It seems the enemy dropped something...) I got it. Thank you, Arsene.
Arsene: My pleasure...
Thanks to Arsene picking it up for Keiko this time.
Ryuji: What's this? Ooh, is it a VIP Pass...?! Nope.
Akechi: It's only a lounge pass from the looks of it.
Well, it's one thing to get around but it wasn't the VIP pass yet.
Haru: Perhaps the enemy we fought just now wasn't a VIP. Still, this does say "Lounge Pass" on it...Maybe it will open the door to the lounge room?
Futaba: There's a couple other first class lounges! Let's go check 'em out!
Again, it could be very useful for something. Off they go then. Going back around to another room to break more windows and more enemies to fight with.
Guest Room Guard: Whoa, who the hell are you? This area's VIP only!
Turning into the Legion Shadow.
Ryuji: Yo, you think this guy's a VIP? Bet he's got a pass.
Futaba: Oh, I'm sure we can get him to part ways with it!
Zen: Hey, take it easy. This is less "phantom thieves" and more just... "thieves."
Another big Shadow known as Fused Ghost. It was time for each of the thieves to use their all out attacks – from Akechi, Morgana, Ryuji, Yusuke, and Zen to do their stuff of light, thunder, wind, ice, and earth with some backup from Raiho too.
Akechi: Behold my Power!
Ryuji: Laters!
Morgana: The End!
Yusuke: A Bitter Farewell!
Zen: And that's that!
The boys taken care of it for Keiko to save this Shadow into a good Persona now.
Keiko: Here goes. Legion – Fused Ghost, I've commit thee to join!
All taken care of now...
Fused Ghost: I guess I was wrong about you guys, go. Get the pass and save Akira. Beware of the other danger ahead for those who fight among side you too.
Something caught Akechi's attention there other than having the VIP pass at long last too.
Akechi: "Among side us..." (What did this Shadow meant there?)
For Raiho, Zen, and Keiko notice as well on what Akechi heard and was feeling out right now.
Yusuke: Excellent, we have our VIP pass.
Ann: Great, now we can that airship. Let's get back to the departure gate!
Keiko: Ah, right. Let's head back.
Doing so to use the pass for this one, it works this time for the door to have an unlock tone and EMMA's voice saying so too.
[EMMA: VIP Pass accepted. You are cleared to board.]
All set to go inside.
Morgana: All right, it's open! Let's make our way to the castle!
And they do to see the third and final core of the Prison Keep up there, it would be best to deal with it now before riding the blimp and all. While back with Hooded Man 'to really be Dr. Kano Guru' who has Kaguya and Picaro of him to be their father to be Shuzo to love and such all along 'he once loved another man of Shido to have mix with Akechi's blood to Aika and Hitomi to have different names she gave to the girls before her un-timing death. While Kano used one of the twin sisters who worked there to do the same for Hans and Ellen for more power.
Kano: You know, now I think about what I did before to get me this far...If not for Shido who's in jail now, Owada's sneakiness to Konoe's back up power wouldn't have made me come this far. Along with the other useless bitch and her little ugly woman friend of Owada's love too. Yeah, in the hooded look is her. Still not my type for any of them, but still...I can beat them up without a care in the world to still get paid well. Ha! What luck! So now you two know. You see...I needed you girls first to get something out of you both. Not the medallion, since the thieves have all five with one more to go from Konoe, I will get the wilder and Pandora's Box found later because of the dumb ass Shuzo's doing. Not this time. The Guyvers of my only children will be for later. I need you two of the other shells of Persona bodies but your souls, well...it can be gone for all I care.
Kaguya: Stop! So you know more on what you're doing now, aren't you?
Picaro: Answer us already! We won't let you we!
Kano: You thought you two were reborn to stop me? Nope. Another thing in mind to have one person aid me and my true love on a bigger goal than changing the world, far from it. I can't give everything away yet, so...Need to leave a message and all before the other guests arrive. So let's begin.
Using his webs to pull Kaguya over to him and the other to hold Picaro down on something he was about to do next.
Picaro: We would never-! We do what's right and never wrong!
Kaguya: Why would we ever obey your orders?!
Kano: I just never got it set yet until this point, you know...? So since I need your Persona looks with the human souls and something from my children...I do need the ultimate weapon and wider of Pandora's Box soon and some energy of the ghost of Loki is very handy. Since you four kids are needed, you want to also know why Mia died? She got the illness to be uncured to take what is truly mine to die. Since I did that work...I also have her blood at anytime all freshen up because, I also have her leftovers.
Seeing the horrors of a corpse hanging on the wall above the twin girls, horrified to see the leftovers of the dead Mia. Things will be getting worse now...
Picaro and Kaguya: MIA!
If you guys seen or read the Anime series Ceres: Celestial Legends, then you know what scene kind of looks like it from there, not a good thing either.
Picaro: So...we were reborn as weapons under "his" orders. Our father's. No...I don't want to go out like this!
Kaguya: Same here, and yet it happen. I'm more about about the Guyvers now than our fate. At least in the end we know everything...I just wish...
The last part they said together to try to reach their hands out in the air to stay strong to do something good somehow while also reaching out for help.
Picaro and Kaguya: We know we'll be saved by this hell which we can change anything for a better tomorrow!
With Kano 'now I can say his real name' gets his powers and tools out for the final move to be laughing all mess up like for the final move...
Kano: HAHAHAHAHA!
What will happen next, it's hard to say yet...Back with the Phantom Thieves again to get the final core of Konoe's Shadow.
Keiko: Hey, up there!
Ann: Wait a sec...This is a Prison Keep!
And more than just boarding for a ride too.
Zen: I get it...This must be an air-traffic control tower for the airships.
Morgana: It might be a good idea to get this place under control if we want a safe flight.
Then it was best to do it right now.
Makoto: Agreed. If we can stop the other airships it might reduce enemy reinforcements later on.
Ryuji: All right then, if that's the plan, let's make shut happen!
Running up top to getting it, being a Madicce Badge of the business company.
Akechi: This one makes all three cores of the Prison Keeps at last.
Ann: We go the core!
Yusuke: Interesting...A Madicce company badge. Its symmetrical design is rather appealing.
But it belongs to the enemy himself here.
Makoto: We've cleared all the Prison Keeps. Let's go ahead and board the airship.
Getting back down from the pole to see another flying Sentry stopping them.
Keiko: Another Sentry!
Supplicant of Justice: Return what you've stolen from the tower immediately. This is your only warning.
They all saw this part coming...
Morgana: Hmph, like a phantom thief would ever return what they stole?
Supplicant of Justice: Filthy little rats...I shall take great pleasure in granting you your destruction!
Persona #72 - Norn = powers of time control
A Norm appears of another giant Shadow, known as Final Assessor.
Yusuke: Here it comes!
Now it was time for the girls to do the rest All-Out Attack of theirs for Futaba backs them up with her shielding of Necronomicon's help.
Futaba: Do your work, ladies!
Leave the rest to them.
Keiko: It is Done!
Ann: See ya!
Makoto: Fists of Justice!
Haru: This is your End!
Sophia: Say good-bye!
With the Shadows, Sentries, and Final Assessor down, Keiko heals the bigger Norm right away.
Keiko We have a ride to catch, so let us pass please. Norm – Final Assessor, I've commit thee to join!
Done and done...
Final Assessor: Thank you for saving my life...But please...Save our hero like your other friends too...They won't die, but they'll be enslaved if none of you don't do anything and fast...
Hmmm...Another one there? Now Akechi was on to something, and the same with Keiko as well to have her worry more.
Akechi: What is this feeling I'm getting...?
Keiko: Black Crow? (I feel something's off too.)
Akechi: We need to hurry. I'm worry about the others...
Opening the door of the blimp flying was ready to take off in a bit.
Zen: Looks like we've finally cleared up the rabble. Talk about a waste of time.
Ryuji: Man, you sound like one of the bad guys. Kinda suits you, honestly.
Futaba: He looks like one, too. Definitely doesn't look like a cop.
Teasing Zen again to keep on going, he was about use to their jokes by now.
Zen: Oh, shut up. Let's hear you say that after I put you all away.
Moving on to the airship to see even more up close.
Ann: Whoa, the airship's HUGE!
Haru: Seeing it up close, it's much larger than I imagined.
Ryuji: All right, let's hop on and take this thing straight to the castle!
Here comes the ride for them to love the feeling and enjoying the view, it was something else for a future world. A fun time for them to get to their destination. More with them later on...Back with Loki to help Hans and Ellen to get the electronic door to pen up since they're having trouble to on how strong it was against magic.
Loki: You two again?
Ellen: Hey, you're that ghost Persona.
Loki: That's Loki to you, missy. I also notice you're having trouble breaking inside...
Hans: Aika and Hitomi might be in there! We need to to save them or else-!
Using some berserk powers to do so on Loki's end in seconds to get destroyed.
Loki: Welcome. I have needs here too about my family. Let's get the others and then get out of here.
Hans: Oh, thank you...Let's hurry!
Ellen: Right! I hope they're okay.
The three entered inside of the room from where Kano was in with the dead corpse, Kaguya, and Picaro are in to saving the twin sisters right away...However, no one was there. Only thing left before some puddle of blood...it also had only floating orbs of spirit belonging to Aika/Picaro and Hitomi/Kaguya to be there but their bodies of the Personas were gone. For the whole rescue thing happen. From the shocking reaction on their faces of horror, to hear from their screams of pain on which it did already happened of a haunted Jail, and so much to be told in this chapter/episode...it all happened. Even for Loki could tell how it was done from the dark webs, the same as his family does it too. Another big clue on what's to come around as well as having a rescue mission to be done. How will the Phantom Thieves take the news once they reach to the next part in a bit for these three to say anything? Not so well.
Loki: Aika and Hitomi's souls...Their bodies are gone but their spirits here, they're still alive. (And this web, I've seen this before.)
They needed to leave now with some things to take with them.
Hans: We're too late...Come now, we need to find the Phantom Thieves. They have to know more about this.
Ellen: ….I know, Brother... (This is bad...it's him again...! I think we know who the Hooded Man is now! Our father...)
Hans: He'll pay for this!
Loki: Any enemy to me who hurts others of ours, is a friend of mine...I guess...Follow me!
Using his own powers, Loki makes a portal short cut for him to get to the Phantom Thieves as this Persona, Hans, and Ellen make their way there quickly to their next destination on where the blimp will land at. While holding on to the twin sisters souls, who knows what the mess up Kano was doing with their Personas bodies. Not good I bet...More to come next time to find out what happens. Also, a shocking twist so far to learn even more later, huh? Yeah.