Persona 5 Strikers – From Light and Dark
By Tayla Drago
Episode #63 - Harvest of the Gegasite King
With EMMA 'who's really the Gegasite Queen' to be spreading more power to have everyone's desires taken into slaves for her other Gegasites to grow more and more in the other Metaverse world and back in the Real World. For Dr. Kano Guru is now a Gegasite King while Sango had a Persona of a Persona-User to have full control of the Gegasite Queen other fighting form, while the real one took over; with the power of the Pandora's Box. With Sojiro keeping everyone safe in his cafe and all over the Leblanc area...
Sojiro: These things from bugs into weird beings...guards, machine, and dogs...? What the hell's gong on here?! Everyone, just stay away from the doors and windows! We can do this! (Those kids better be OK.)
Elsewhere – the three girls Sae, Miyako, and Akane got things to fight off the other Sentries 'or the true form of the Gegasites' for them to get somewhere in order to aid the Phantom Thieves. And hey, it'll have a good thing from these chapters/episodes to be a big showdown soon enough.
Sae: You two ready?
Having her spare shoes with sharp heels on them...
Miyako: I'm more than ready for anything.
Akane: Same here.
From handcuffs put together for Miyako and Akane with a bat, the three make a move to get across from one building to another.
Sae: On the count to three then, and don't get caught by any of them. One...
Miyako: Two...
Akane: Three...
With one more move to make...
Sae, Miyako, and Akane: Go!
Moving fast by passing a lot of brainwashed people, the Sentries go after the three. Akane swings her bat around to keep them away. While Miyako smacks them a lot with her nun-chuck handcuffs, and Sae to stab the rest of them in the eyes; close to getting her hair, allowing for Miyako to use an emergency fire extinguisher and sprays at them to get stunned while throwing in a taser too for them to go out cold.
Miyako: Got you.
Sae: A fire extinguisher mix in with an electrical taser, hmmm...not bad. And thank you for the save.
Miyako: Thanks. And you're not bad yourself, Niijima.
Throwing one more spare shoe to stab another from chasing aster them, it was too slow.
Sae: Same here, but I'm always one step ahead even in court.
Just then, a robot Sentry type of machine dog attacks Miyako with a head butt to fall down and was about to get bitten.
Miyako: No!
Akane: Hey!
But then...Akane jumps in to destroy its jaws to go down for the count, like father and daughter of Zen's kid alright.
Sae: Direct hit...!
Miyako: Nice one.
Akane: Wow...I just took down a monster. I don't think Dad would've like to see that from me.
A bit surprised, but Akane can sure fight. Still, they needed to keep on moving and away from more incoming Sentry armies.
Miyako: In this case, kid, it's fine. Let's keep going.
Akane: Right! For the Phantom Thieves and my Dad.
Sae: This way! (Makoto, you and the others can do this.)
Oh, they will all right. Now it was back in the Tree of Knowledge back in the Metaverse area of Dr. Guru and Sango see the work of the Phantom Thieves 'while Ichinose was on standby to see the mindless people with their phone of EMMA on it walk into the other room. Nothing she can say or do can't snap any of them out of it.
Ichinose: (Sister has gone dark. Going this far for power, and everyone not being saved but becoming zombies. EMMA has truly become a monster...!)
It's hard to believe, we all know. With Lava getting ready and the other Jack Frost family of all kinds wanted to help her out...
Lava: It's time we get to work, my friends. Come with me.
So glad she's on Keiko's side and to be Morgana's true love. With the others join in on all on what's to come next. Keiko/Joker, Akechi/Black Crow, Morgana/Mona, Ryuji/Skull, Ann/Panther, Yusuke/Fox, Makoto/Queen, Futaba/Oracle, Haru/Noir, Sophia/Sophie, Zen/Wolf, Raiho, Kaguya, Picaro, Hans, Ellen, and Loki 'with their RV with them too if needed a break' stood around the fuse up two worlds again; only to be quite different than the last one was. Remember? Oh yeah, good times. Only this bad thing has become much worse.
Keiko: (Huh? This feeling...) Follow me!
Rushing to the other side of the building of all fuse up things, Dr. Guru enjoys his new powers as Sango still works for the likes of this man.
Dr. Guru: Look at these humans, Sango. Some are fighting back, while the thieves race towards EMMA. From what we have of true power of Pandora's Box, we have nothing to worry about. You and your Persona will do great for me for the rest of the Gegasites to spread and more with my sister soon to be brought back into this world, for our love to bloom. And as for the world, we'll change it however we both see fit. Just you wait and see. We're so close to our goal.
Sango: ….My sister wouldn't listen to reason, we both have our own goals and that's it. The next time I see Kuon, she's dead.
Well, one's gone to the deep end.
Dr. Guru: Heh, Do whatever you want, I just want to finish with my goals too.
Selfish much? The Phantom Thieves and the others see tons of people walking up to the wall with their phones out of EMMA's apps on it.
Zen: What the hell?
Ellen: All the people EMMA has under her control.
Makoto: It's not safe here! Everyone, get out!
With Raiho moving around to get their attention, make noises, hit, throw something, and so on weren't working at all.
Futaba: No reply...They're all glued to their phones. Sorry, Raiho, you did try.
The little Persona didn't like where all of this was going at all.
Morgana: It's like they're lined up to go on a pilgrimage...
From stopping and then walking into the wall to have all of them disappear next.
Ann: Where are they all going?!
Keiko: Wait!
Akechi: We can't get through it?
Keiko: No, but to those who are under control by EMMA can. We can't get through at all.
This wasn't good at all.
Hans: The electricity isn't active in the entire building at all, this is very bad.
Haru: It's like the elevator's swallowing them all up...
Ryuji: Dammit...What's goin' on in there?
Yeah, what's going to happen to all of the victims?
Sophia: EMA is taking them to the place it calls the Promise Land.
Loki: No, it's a lie...Its the doc's doing...Mix with Pandora's curse and EMMA's, we got a lot of power coursing through this building only. Using my people's blood for more power of the Gegasites draining the innocents, your world and ours will changed under their control. All hell will be loose even more than centuries ago from Zeus's great war.
See from the last few chapters and such to understand that part. Going up to the elevator to not be working at all.
Picaro: Any luck?
Yusuke: It appears we're unable to enter.
Doing other thing to get one of the elevators doors open, but with no such luck at all.
Kaguya: Our strength or powers won't get these doors to open up.
Seeing more victims doing the same thing on the other side too.
Ann: Look, more people are coming-tons of them!
Zen: All these people, getting their hearts changed...
Akechi: And their Desires taken much worse than the last few we handled with.
Haru: We have to hurry! Let's track down EMMA!
And since the whole building they were in had weird roots covering everything else, they have to find another way to getting inside somehow.
Yusuke: We haven't much time. Do any stairwells reach the server room?
Zen: No, but if we can reach the main deck, we should find another elevator.
Trying to feel on out for the Personas can do this kind of thing, Raiho points out the location with his samurai skills of a way.
Loki: Nice work, frosty. This way.
Kaguya: Let's go, Ellen.
Picaro: Up and at 'em, Hans!
Time to follow these four to lead them, to somewhere of the main deck's location...
Keiko: These guys are the only ones to get where we need to be.
Makoto: Good thinking, Joker. Then let's head there with their help. See any places where we can gain elevation?
Akechi: I guess searching around with some back up will have to do.
Moving around to finding their destination wasn't going to be so easy. Growing even more of the tree-like roots to spread by Pandora's Box and EMMA's doing wasn't normal at all.
Ann: Are these...tree roots or something? They're super-creepy...
Yusuke: Trees often represent life and fertility, but these roots look much more sinister than usual.
Yep, not the type of plants to come across with. From opening up treasure chests, getting items, fighting to train and level up, other Personas to free, gears and weapons to have; and sneaking around won't be so easy for any of the thieves to do. From some new ones to appear of Sentry clones taking fake Shadow forms. From firing guns, weapons to cut them down 'or used', and their powers to make a good battle thing.
Sophia: The building infrastructure has become rather wild. It has been warped in an artful way.
Yusuke: Personally, I'd never call such a dreary abomination "artistic."
Zen: Focus on the danger instead of the aesthetics-parts of this floor are crumbling.
Stopping other Gegasites as well, leave it to Hans and Ellen's skills to do so.
Ellen: Brother, I got some to stun here.
Firing off more than one arrow of her powers to place a spell to paralyzing their bodies...
Hans: And the rest are mine. I got them, dear sister.
...And Hans to move in fast to cutting them down with his swords to all be destroyed.
Loki: I'm so glad we saved the real ones and their clones are finally destroyed. So happy the two real Guyver twins are on their side and have been as well.
Akechi: Sounds like you're pleased with it.
Loki: ...As if, kid!
He was hiding it again, ha! Soon to see a spot to climb up on for their path to get around.
Haru: Look, the wall's broken over there. You can see into the floor above us.
Morgana: I bet we can get higher through there. Let's check it out, Joker.
Keiko: Right. Team, keep your guards up too in case of other enemies show up.
To the Path of Yearning just above them, by climbing up top of it. But first, a bigger of a Gegasite Fake Shadow appears of a Yatagarasu – Sun's Emissary. From a powerful Dire Shadow one once, now another bigger one.
Sun's Emissary: Halt! Those who get in our way to change all worlds, shall be destroyed!
More arrow type of feather coming at them to move about as a team, it was time to show how everyone else do their stuff in battle. From the twins and the other two Personas were next.
Akechi: Kaguya sisters, go!
Giving their masters Hans and Ellen a hand, Picaro and Kaguya use their attacks on this Shadow and the other fakers too.
Picaro: Don't get in our way, bastard! Laser Explosion!
Kaguya: Please, we have a job to do! Brighten Splash!
From explosions and impact attacks there did the trick, from some to die out and the last one to be healed up. Lots to fight back with their Persona-Users to fight for.
Hans: That's my girls. It's funny they been brought back to life as our Personas.
Ellen: Best step sisters ever. I know, right? They're even better in battle.
Keiko: My turn. Yatagarasu – Sun's Emissary, I've commit thee to join!
Already taken care of for this Shadow to be set free, and the controlled Gegasite was defeated.
Sun's Emissary: Truly worthy fighters you all are. Go. The next path is just up ahead.
Moving on ahead for the rest to keep on climbing, hiding, and/or fighting the rest of the way to the top.
Akechi: From the four reunited like this as family, and Persona-Users with special Personas on their side. It's like how Loki and me are.
Keiko: He changed a lot, even as a ghost and brought back to life this time. He must be happy.
Akechi: Yes, it does show others can learn and change a lot. I thought it was me who have done something bad, but it was my own Shadow self to almost send me down the right path. Princess, if it weren't for you and our friends, I wouldn't be here today. I'm very grateful.
Keiko: Oh, Akechi-Cun. I am happy too. For me, our friends, and us as the Phantom Thieves did save you. And Loki, it wasn't his fault. Between Yaldabaoth and Atsuko love for each other from their selfishness and taking over all the worlds, no other Shadows would've been used for nothing. Loki was just hurt to learn something. I can't love someone or something who doesn't get it to save your life and his.
Akechi: Maybe Odin and Thor might've give him a spell for him to realize it to break the spell and brought him back. He thought he would have everything of power, control, and a lover. But he had to learn the hard way. In battle, but never in death. That's why he became a ghost and is now back to save his family.
It's hard to image of this Persona type was on the wrong path, until they did save Loki's life in the end right up to this point, huh? So see my other two versions of the stories to learn how Loki got around, read the original one though. See a different version, then read Royal.
Keiko: His family giving Loki a gift for another chance in life...Yeah, maybe so. (That's why with a change of heart, makes you a better person later on.)
The only thing left besides Loki stop Dr. Guru and freeing his family, but also to find his true love one day. Well, that part's for another time. Keep on going...Every room they look around in, it looks much worse for the roots keep on growing with no end to it. Not even Raiho's sword skills couldn't cut them down, they just grow right back.
Loki: Don't bother, it won't do us any good.
What matters was trying something out, which sadly didn't work but to keep on going.
Ann: This place is worse off than the floor below us. I wonder how bad it's going to get...
Akechi: Dr. Guru will stop at nothing until he gets what he wants and Sango too. (Auntie Kuon.)
Yeah, I don't blame Ichinose to have her own sister turn against her own.
Makoto: She did this to herself, Black Crow. Sorry.
Akechi: It's fine. I know one aunt still has a heart.
He gets it, while Keiko holds hands with Akechi to make through this. Same with the other four, they all get his pain.
Makoto: I only hope these roots don't keep us from reaching our destination.
Hans: If only I can try cutting these things down myself.
Ellen: Same here...God! This sucks!
It sure does right now.
Haru: If they get to be too much, just leave it to me. I'll mow anything down with my trusty axe!
Oh right, Haru's good in battle to not get on her bad side. Having others worried about that part. Ha!
Zen: right, that's...great to hear.
Keiko: Thank you, Noir. But please don't call us, we'll call you if so. (Note to self, do not get on her bad side.)
And it's good to have Haru on their side then. More to keep on going, other fake Shadows of Forneus show up with lots of ocean powers to fill up the building under water. Or tries too.
Persona #80 - Forneus = powers of the seas
Flying and making ocean water attacks to appear, it was time for Raiho's club to freeze up the others ones, while Loki did the rest for the other to make a direct hit.
Loki: You are in our way...Psycho Big-Bang-Boom!
And they were all dead. No problem with Loki, as Raiho bowed to the others. With more to climbing and see where else they needed to go to next. With Sophia learning about other locations to be normal 'when the worlds are saved' on what humans do in this type of area.
Sophia: Is this tower popular with tourists?
Yusuke: Quite, it's a historic landmark of Tokyo. Its marriage of function and form gives it an almost regal air.
Holding on that part, incoming two powerful Gegasite Sentries of Fake Shadows appears of helicopters and are ready to fight off the Phantom Thieves.
Keiko: We got company!
Flying from above, they won't be holding anything back.
Guardian of Paradise: Just as the death of suffering in nigh, the drawing of a new god too draws ear.
One turns into an angel type of being.
Persona #81 - Dominion = powers of an fallen angel
Guardian of Paradise: Man shall attain its fate and be delivered from doubt and strife. Now, enter the Promised Land.
And the same with this one becoming a giant woman with many arms and swords in her hands.
Persona #82 - Kali = powers of weapon appearances
Look strong and fearless, but this won't stop any of them at all.
Ann: No way is that happening! I don't care how much doubt I have, I want my freedom!
Makoto: Not only that-suffering can have positive outcomes as well, like how we all met.
Like any of them cared.
Guardians of Paradise: Fools...
Incoming Merciless Inquisitor and The Blackened Fury join together to attack them.
Akechi: Let's take them both down!
It's time for the other Phantom Thieves' to all shine in this battle. The girls take out the female of fury beast, and the guys go after the angel of a man. From speed of bless and lighting attacks for this angel to be doing from air to the ground; the warrior female was fast to use her swords to cut through anything. Splitting up into two different teams and the other watched the rest.
Futaba: back up boosting and slowing them down for all of you. Cyber Net Strike! Now, go! Go! Go!
Picaro: Oh yeah, they got this.
Hans: This will be over within a minute.
With the girls shooting the swords out of Kali's hands to finally attacking her next...
Keiko: Daggers of Darkness!
Ann: Burning Claw!
Makoto: Venom Blast!
Haru: Lily Whip!
Sophia: SP Piercer!
Stronger Pandora is for her real Persona to appear, huh? So cool. The girls did their parts, with the guys using their weapons against the angel to lose his book to finish him off too.
Ryuji: Raging Storm Clash!
Morgana: Furious Fangs!
Yusuke: Aqua Typhoon!
Akechi: Saber Sword Slash!
Zenkichi: Ground Shatter!
All down for Raiho freezes the ground to trap them both, allowing Keiko to heal them back the way they once were before the Gegasites took control on all of them.
Keiko: Leave these Shadows alone, Sentries! Dominion - Incoming Merciless Inquisitor and Kali - The Blackened Fury, I've commit thee to join!
Saved now for the bad was out and killed, while the other two were now freed.
Incoming Merciless Inquisitor and Blackened Fury: Please forgive us, we weren't ourselves. Please, save our world and yours.
Climbing up to the top once again into the Path of Surrender they enter through a hidden path way next. From boxes and cages to climb from below and above to keep on going, even if there were more paths to enter into, and I do mean a whole lot more.
Zen: From the country's police forces to basically a god-you guys really know how to pick your battles, huh?
Ryuji: Yeah, true, we're good at pissin' off people in power. I guess it's just our specialty!
It's just the Phantom Thieves' skill on what they all do best.
Futaba: We all decided we're done playing the games of the wicked! We'll take on whoever's wrong, even a god!
A fallen god and a mess up outcast of a Shadow to have a Persona of Akechi to do this mess, for the other two were bad than Loki once was, was one that is.
Loki: Live and learn, this is how life is for me and for them. I was saved and changed because of Joker and the other thieves.
Sophia: Take on an evil god?
Akechi: A fallen one's more like it. More bad than a regular one in this world.
Been there, done that type of thing.
Zen: Oh, yeah? Man, you guys are true-blue underdogs.
A lot has changed, huh? Even better. Soon they see a door of some room to use for way later on, trust me on this one.
Picaro: A monitoring room with a machine to locking or unlocking it?
Kaguya: I believe you're right sister.
Seeing it a bit closer on their ends...
Futaba: Hmm? Look, over there-a locked door.
Sophia: This is merely conjecture, but I suspect that is EMMA's server room.
A normal computer room that is. Some are already fusing with roots, while some tech things stay to keep EMMA working. All by Sango's doing the most.
Ryuji: So, if we mess up the server, won't that shut down EMMA, or whatever that god is?
Keiko: More of the Pandora's curse from the box and EMMA herself.
After learning so much about all of this so far, if you all remembered so far.
Akechi: The curse of Pandora herself.
Yusuke: But EMMA is still active despite the server already being shut down once before.
Haru: Not only that, but we don't know how destroying the server could affect all the people...
Thinking of something to save everyone and then stop EMMA 'same with Dr. Guru and Sango' without hurting anyone or Loki's family too.
Loki: Got any brighter ideas?
Zen: Seems like the safest thing to do with that room for now is ignore it. Let's keep climbing.
Around the corner, was the next room to go into next - the Hall of Contracts.
Makoto: I think we can reach the main deck through there.
But before that – another Dire Shadow appears to fight with the Phantom Thieves...Also known as Archangel Heavenly Punisher.
Persona #83 - Archangel - powers of the sun
Archangel Heavenly Punisher: In the name of our new god, I will punish you all.
It was time to do the All-Out Attack mix with a Baton Pass move they go. From Loki berserk mode and Raiho ice skills.
Loki: Hahaha! Get outta my way!
Raiho: Hee-ho!
The twins of arrow and sword did the trick, with the water and gravity powers combined into one as well.
Hans: Picaro, my dear.
Picaro: Got it! But I'm not your girlfriend!
Ellen: Do it, Kaguya!
Kaguya: I'll do the best I can for you two.
Other Phantom Thieves were next as well...Ryuji's lighting attacks with Captain Kidd.
Ryuji: Let's go, Captain Kidd!
Then a little fire dancing for Ann and Carmen.
Ann: Let's dance, Carmen!
Some water mixed with ice from both Yusuke and Goemon.
Yusuke: Strike with beauty, Goemon!
Poison to spread for Makoto and Johanna riding it up.
Makoto: Time to burn some rubber, Johanna.
Plants to be grown from Haru and Milady's doing.
Haru: Come and aid me, Milady.
Some light up power coming from Akechi and Loki.
Loki: Don't you dear die on me!
Akechi: I won't, Loki...! I will find my own justice!
Sophia with her and Pandora's true powers combined of ESP.
Sophia: We have to do this, Pandora. Let's go!
And finally of the earth skills from Zen and Valjean to finish the job with their skills...
Zen: Shake them down hard, Valjean! Attack!
And it was stopped, allowing for Keiko and Arsene to use their dark powers to destroy with this one.
Arsene: Do it, my fair Joker.
Keiko: No more loose Dire Shadows...anymore!
Using her gun, knife, and Persona powers of darkness, Keiko does it and Arsene to stop them all in every single different Jails. All clear to get to the other room now.
Akechi: Well, that's that.
Ryuji: All right, let's get on up there!
As they do, and back in the real world again...lots more Gegasites try to break into Leblanc's door to get to others and Sojiro all trapped inside.
Sojiro: Shit! Not good...!
Even more for Sae gets attacked while shielding Akane from the Sentries attacks. Hitting her jacket from behind, not to be bleed out badly.
Sae: Ah! Dammit...!
Akane: Hey! Are you okay, Ms. Niijima?! (Makoto's sister, she's the one who saved my Dad...)
Worried about her safety and trying to stay alive.
Sae: Are you hurt, Akane?
Akane: No...! I'm worried about you getting hurt than me...!
More Sentries and Gegasites approaching, having Miyako to use a car to drive right into a water pump to push the enemies away from the other two girls, to get to another building with better WiFi connection 'which one of them might be working' right next to the Tokyo Tower from a far.
Miyako: Stay down already!
Sae: Nice driving.
Miyako: It had to be done. Let's going!
Sae: Right. Akane, stay behind us.
Akane: Got it. (Big Brother...Dad...Keiko...everyone...please be okay. You too, Phantom Thieves...)
With more chasing after them, how each of the four get out of this mess? With Sojiro trapped and the three girls fighting for their lives on the other side, will they be able to help the Phantom Thieves digitally? As well as the Phantom Thieves reaching to their destinations? And what about Loki to think about the past if he were able to stop it all by Dr. Guru's doing?
Sango: They're close...
Dr. Guru: But for how long? Is something you ask yourself on.
And what does Ichinose discover on Guru's real back ground? More and such in the next chapter/episode of this series to talk about the past next with other thing happening in between too, so we'll know more next time for sure.