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Side stories: Night of the Persona #1
PHC - "Pixie" Hair Club #1
Pixie flew through the halls of Luna Nova.
Of course her summoner forgot her homework, and here she thought she had all of her clumsiness beaten out of her by now…
Oh well, it was not a big problem; just the duty of being a Persona. She would just grab it real quick.
As she flew through the hall, curious looks followed her. What was with the young witches? Were pixies a rare sight or something?
Naturally she ignored them and continued.
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Unknown to the Magician Persona, she was being followed. Peeking from behind the corner of the hall was a girl with very short orange hair and a girl in a purple bun and bright yellow sweater. They watched small fairy entered into her summoner's room
"Zizi... are you sure about this?" the purple haired girl asked her teammate. "Wouldn't it anger that Demon Witch if you stole her pet?"
"I will take that chance… the Pixie Cut Club needs that mascot!" Zizi replied excitedly. "Help me out, Catherine!"
"Alright, don't blame me if this goes horribly south…"
They cast their spell, transforming their wands into insect nets. Quietly sneaking by Akko's room, they patiently waited.
The sound of the door unlocked…
"On my mark, 3... 2... 1, GO!"
As soon as the door was opened, both girls lunged after the small fairy. Not expecting the surprise attack, Pixie was very confused indeed when the nets draped over her and her summoner's homework.
"Got ya!" Zizi cheered, "Now you are ours-"
Her excitement died down immediately when she realized that static electricity was dancing on the annoyed fairy's fingertips.
"Every witch for themselves!" Catherine, her dear friend whom she had known for years immediately abandoned her net, leaving Zizi to her fate.
The buzzing of electrocution was all she heard before darkness claimed her.
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It didn't take long for Akko to run over after Pixie informed her of the situation through their mental link.
"I don't know what that rumors are saying about me now… but I will have you know that you could've just asked me if you wanted my Pixie to help your club out." the brunette sighed. "Kidnapping is never the answer you hear me?"
"That's what I have been telling her!" Catherine replied. "We are so sorry about this."
The healing came to a stop. "I am sorry…" the short haired girl muttered.
"So… Zizi is it?" Akko asked. "What do you want my Pixie for anyway?"
The frowning girl related how their pixie hair cut club was in the decline. One of the ideas they came up with was to introduce a mascot to promote the short hair style.
Unfortunately, almost no humanoid fairies kept their hair short, so "Pixie Hair Cut" was actually a rarity in the magical world.
"Thou told you so," Aradia commented. "Witches consider long hair one of the signs of strong magic. No traditional witches will ever go shorter than shoulder length."
"I don't understand what's so good about long hair!" Zizi sulked. "It's uncomfortable, hard to clean, annoying… and worst of all, so uncool!"
"Well, anyway…" Akko turned to her Persona. "We may have started off on the wrong foot, but I have no problem helping them out. Are you ready to be an idol?"
Pixie gave her a thumbs up, and then began posing like a Japanese idol.
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A few days later in the cafeteria, a group of students could be seen waiting in anticipation.
Zizi, Catherine, and few members of the PHC were promoting their short hair fashion. However, most were not here for their message at all; they were here for the new idol of Luna Nova.
Pixie, now dressed in some high quality doll clothes Akko had brought from Japan, managed to hit it big with a lot of girls. It also helped that she could dance really well despite being effectively mute. Her tiny dance stage show already had a miniature fan club, and it would only grow as the school year continued.
"So, how does it feel that your own Persona beat you to being a star first?" Sucy deadpanned, unable to comprehend this event.
"Pretty good!" Akko said proudly. "She's going to be an amazing help when I am the new Shiny Chariot!"
A green haired girl with drill tails walked past them, her expression annoyed and grumbling.
"Oh? Is there something wrong Verde?" Akko asked.
"... I can't believe my natural enemies are getting so much attention!"
"N-natural enemies?!" the brunette asked, confused. "They are just promoting a haircut! Aren't you a stylist?"
"I am! But not when it comes to short hair!" Verde groaned. "It is so limiting! I can't make any drill tails out of it! If everyone adopted short hair..."
"Let's ignore her," Sucy rolled her eyes. "Her problem's literally a complete waste of our time."
"This is not over!" Verde swore. "Mark my words! The school just approved of my stylist club! I will spread the spiral power to everyone!"
Her declaration was drowned out by the deafening cheers of the audience. Pixie's face was a satisfied grin as she soaked up the attention, giving her fans a thumbs up.
I Wish to feel Love #1
Silky entered the cafeteria aiming to get dinners. Sometimes Akko and her friends became so busy with studying and homework that they couldn't leave their room. As Mistress Atsuko's personal maid, it was up to her to make sure Akko kept up a healthy diet (at least as healthy as this poor school could provide with their pathetic budget).
Snapping her fingers, ice quickly formed by her side, creating two sliding glaciers that would be her assistants. Picking up three trays, she and her ice-made drones set to work.
When she first did this, the students were no doubt shocked. The legless maid drew a ton of whispers; both words of paise, confusion, and envy. Thankfully, they were minimal now, treating her as another aspect of the school.
The line up wasn't too long, but she could only sigh at the foods. Mostly potatoes and bean sprouts again… how inadequate.
She cut down on the potatoes in favor of bean sprouts since Akko already dreaded potatoes and she needed more veggies... even if they were low quality. She also made sure to get mostly mushrooms for Sucy.
After the goblin chef handed her the small amount of desserts, she was ready to return.
Then she noticed the letter, under the soup bowl on one of the glaciers' trays.
She looked around and noticed no one close to her. Did someone slip it in when she was distracted?
Pulling letter out, she was surprised to find the stamp was heart shaped, its meaning very clear.
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"Nice going Silky!" Akko cheered. "First love letter get!"
The maid Persona frowned, not liking her summoner's reaction.
"Don't you find this extremely awkward?" Sucy deadpanned. "Someone's trying to date an aspect of your psyche. Please be more creeped out about this."
"Ah… I guess I am just used to things like this," Akko explained and shrugged. "It's not uncommon for popular boys and girls to get love letters in Japanese highschools. I remember there was a girl in my old school that had her entire shoe locker stuffed. She just laughed and recycled all of them."
"She didn't even read any of them...?" Lotte asked. "That's... kind of mean."
Akko shrugged. "Yeah, I suppose… so Silky how about you open the letter and see who it was?" she chuckled, "Who's the lucky girl?"
The Priestess Persona did as she was told. However, after a few seconds she handed the letter to Lotte, asking for her input instead.
"Huh? What's the matter… Oh."
"What, what?"
The blonde showed her teammate the letter, frowning. "It's written in Fairy script… I think Silky's admirer is one of the Fairy workers."
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His name was difficult to pronounce for humans, so everyone just called him Old Chef.
He had worked in Luna Nova for so long that he was now old even for an orc. In fact, he knew he was near the end of his life.
It was fine, that was the fate of all living things. He was no different.
He thought his last year was going to be the same as any other; cook for little witches, watch them eat his food and fill their stomachs for another day of learning. It brought pride and fulfillment to his extremely dreary life.
Until he saw her for the first time.
Long flowing green hair with flowing orange dress. Her eyes were always closed, but he could never forget her smile.
Suddenly his heart was filled with an emotion he never thought he had. Fairies didn't have a concept of romantic love, right? So why was he feeling this way?
It wasn't romantic love upon inspection, but his heart was still desperate to know her… So one day, he acted and asked a fellow worker to deliver his letter in secrecy. Deep down he knew it was probably for nothing, but it was worth trying. He just hoped his limited writing skills managed to convey his feelings correctly. Whether she agreed or declined, he just wanted an answer.
The next afternoon after the letter was sent, someone knocked on the kitchen door as he was peeling the mountain of potatoes.
"Hello!" The brown haired girl that he recognized as her mistress entered, carrying a huge sack. Following right after was his crush, her eyes closed as usual, but she was smiling at him.
"So, Silky and I read your letter Mr. Orc," the girl cheerfully said. "You just wanted a friend right? All you had to do was ask!"
Silky, so that was her name…
"So in order to do that, can you please hire her?" the brunette requested. "Let her cook here occasionally! I even brought a lot of ingredients too! Let's have better meals from now on!"
She opened the sack, inside was quality meat and vegetable that Luna Nova's budget wished it could afford.
He looked at her and then to Silky, "You… really wish to be my friend and cook with me?"
She nodded and then, in an action that surprised him, cracked her neck and knuckles. She picked up an unpeeled potato. Frost quickly covered it before shattering, removing all the skin in an instant.
… Was this what love felt like? Because his old heart had to be in love.
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"Itadakimasu!"
Akko cheered victoriously as she stuffed herself with the new menu. Much better! The food tasted like actual cooking rather than some cheap restaurant take out! There were still potatoes, but they were treated with love and they tasted amazing!
She looked over to the serving area. The old chef actually came out of the kitchen for once. A smile on his face as he served all the students with Silky's assistance.
Love could really do a lot for someone, couldn't it?
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*Thank Small Nerd
AuthorNCS: Okay, let's kiss Aug good bye with this.
Remember to play MADペルソナペルソナオブナイツ/Master LL's "Night of Persona" when reading this~
See'ya all next time on Sept with CH16~