Daichi: This is a good start. Also, this is very different from the normal timeline, for several reasons. Some of them better than others.
Verity: We only really own Satoko.
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It was hard for her to believe that it had already been a month since her arrival. It still felt like she had only just arrived, despite the calendar, among other things, telling her otherwise. Satoko had needed to deal with so much in such a short amount of time that it had all just flown by.
It didn't help that she didn't really know anyone at the dorm, with them all being at least two years older, and all of them seemingly having something better to do. Even Minako, who had arrived at about the same time, spent a lot of time out of the dorm or on her phone.
Mostly, she would spend her free time with Souji. What little free time she got, anyway.
Her life was also filled with new discoveries, such as that it was possible for Persona Users to survive extended periods of time in a block of ice. Junpei had been the unfortunate recipient of that one. She had no clue what he said to make Mitsuru so mad, but decided that she didn't need to know.
The month had flown by, but this next night would drag itself out. Minako had dragged everyone outside for some reason known only to herself.
The clock struck twelve.
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"How did you know something was going to happen tonight?"
"I have acquired Death's telephone number." Satoko wondered how Minako could say that and keep a straight face. Still, there were more pressing things to worry about. Such as the giant malicious aura that, according to Mitsuru, had decided to ride the monorail.
"Why would Shadows use the monorail, anyway?"
"We don't know. Shadows are very mysterious creatures."
She still didn't know why she had accepted that answer.
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"Am I the only one who understands the possible consequences of this?" Minako asked. Junpei had already jumped onto the train, though, so the choice had already left her.
'I think there's some slight doom here.'
'Sandy, could you stop tormenting Mistress Mina? She's got enough on her plate already.'
'I'm just pointing out what anybody could clearly see for themselves. Now shut up.'
'Orpheus! Sandy is picking on me!'
'Would you two please be quiet!? I am trying to sleep!'
'Sorry, Thanatos...' It was incredible just how she could concentrate on anything with these voices. She saw that her allies had already climbed on board.
"Well, this is the destiny I created from my own willpower."
'Did... did you just quote your contract?'
'I don't see how it matters. Now, is he here yet?'
'He's in the area. He should be around about the time you confront the big one.' She could live with that.
She hopped on the train, and the doors tightly shut behind her.
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'So... we walked right into a trap.'
'Shut up, Anubis. It can not get much worse than a Monster House, and I've escaped Monster Houses.'
'Didn't you trip over your own paws?'
'I still got out! Now, I'm going to need to summon you to take care of some of these, because Steel-Type or not, I can't last forever.' Plan set, Satoko prepared for the strain of using magic.
"Anubis! Mudo!" She had a habit of not looking at her Persona's victims. The most she would do was pick up the dropped coins, and everybody did that. Just because she didn't have to spend money on equipment didn't mean she didn't have items to get. More specifically, she needed more than eight copies of the same outfit, or else people might start asking questions.
The train started moving, so she took her other form as to not fall over. The adjusted balance and heightened senses of this form were rather helpful, even if using it in public outside of the Dark Hour was not an option.
Multiple Shadows dove at her, so she formed a large bone with her Aura and knocked them away. When one tried to come at her from behind, she casually backhanded it into Akihiko, who finished the job rather quickly.
Minako was still going strong, but Junpei was begging Yukari to heal him. Either way, they had survived the first onslaught, and were now capable of moving forward.
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Hearing about the other train on the track was the first sign of how horribly wrong things had gone. Their only hope was to stop the train themselves, or it would be just Mitsuru against whatever was out there. And she couldn't let herself fail just yet, there were still several years to the deal.
"Can't Akihiko disrupt it? He can use electricity."
"If Polydeuces were to use anything on the higher end of Mazio, it would put the passengers of this transport at risk." She had to admit that Minako was a point. Blunt force trauma and electrocution were both painful, and she had encountered both of them in her travels. "In addition, my current equipped Persona has a lightning weakness."
"Can't you just switch?"
"My other Personas on hand either suffer a crippling weakness to Mudo skills or specialize in instant death, which do not work on larger Shadows."
'Thanks for making me feel appreciated. It's nice to know I can do less than the human.'
'Anubis, be nice.'
'I am a god of death. I don't do nice. Chronos did, and we don't talk about him anymore.' Satoko sighed.
Yukari looked down. "So, that's it, then? Dead on the first big mission?"
"Well, I have one contact who may be in position to prevent our possible demise. He has an excellent reason to want certain members of our party alive, so we can be assured that he will help us."
"You just got here last month. How do you have another contact?"
"It doesn't matter. I shall send one of my Personas ahead to help, so at least there is that." Her Evoker fired, but Satoko didn't see the Persona very clearly out of the window. All she caught was a few wings.
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'Good luck, Sandy.'
'Mistress Mina, I wanna help Sandy!'
'Not now, Alice. Sandy, do you remember our plan?'
'Meet the Moon and Hierophant at the front. They seem to already be in position. Between us, I think that the Priestess is as good as gone.'
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The train had been stopped, and, according to Minako, the Shadow defeated. Still, Satoko could tell that something was off.
'This isn't over, is it?'
'If it was, would you be here for this long?'
'True. Still, what did senpai's contact do to stop the Shadow? I could sense two Personas, but one of them wasn't how it should be.'
'Too weak, right?'
'It'd be worrying, if it's strength wasn't showing signs of returning.'
'You should have tried to get a read on it, so we could find this contact ourselves.'
'If anyone knows anything about what's going on, it seems to be senpai. Let's respect her in this, all right?'
'If you say so.'
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Daichi: One month down, and things are beginning to pick up. Sandy is actually short for a specific Persona. Feel free to guess, it isn't that difficult.
