Daichi: This is where it starts diverging even more.
BlackGatomon: She only owns Satoko, out of all the characters mentioned.
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"I hate you all," Minako glared at nothing in particular. "Especially you, Slime."
'What about us?'
"All right, I don't hate you, Orpheus. Or Thanatos. Or Sandy. Maybe Messiah. But the rest of you..."
'Hey, just because Slime can be an asshole-'
'You know, Nata, you aren't entirely blameless, either.' The voices in Minako Arisato's head started bickering.
"That's it! I only need to bring one Persona with me, anyway. Thanatos, Orpheus, you're in charge."
'Wait, some of us share Arcanas with these people! That means they can break the cards if you materialize them!'
"You know what, Pixie? At this point, I don't really care anymore." With that, seventeen cards appeared and fell to the floor.
"Come on, Sandy."
'You know, with Taraki here, you may have just unleashed Death on the city.'
"It's not Dark Hour, the city will survive. We're meeting at Paulownia this time, right?"
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Mitsuru Kirijo was concerned.
No, she wasn't worrying. The heiress to a top company never worried. She just felt it worthy of her concern that, despite the squad being given the best training, given the circumstances, they hadn't even reached the big Shadow.
The team itself pressed the blame onto Junpei for that one. Apparently, he got so badly hurt that Yukari would have had to stay behind to treat him properly, and the others did not want to lose their medic. That was fine.
What wasn't fine was that she had no clue who had stopped the group from crashing. She had been paying more attention on the ones actually on the train.
Still, she wouldn't act on these concerns. Not until she got more information, anyway.
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"Takeba-senpai? What are you doing in our leader's room? And why do you have her Persona?" Surprisingly, it was not Yukari who spoke, but Pixie.
"Mistress Mina got fed up with us, and left Orpheus-chan and Thanatos-kun in charge. I share an Arcana with Miss Takeba, so she was able to fully summon me, as Mistress Mina left us here entirely to avoid paying the Compendium fees." The little Lovers pointed to one of the glowing cards on the floor. "See, you could summon Thanatos-kun if you wanted to, Sato-chan. You might not get the full results because of how ungodly powerful he is, but you can try it! Your friend could probably bring out Orpheus-chan, too!"
'This is a terrible idea.'
'I just want to try this out.' The instant she touched the card, her Aura began working against it. A large amount of energy was taken out of her, and she sat down, out of breath.
She wasn't the only one who sat there, either. A Shadow, shaped like a small child, met her gaze with unnaturally bright blue eyes.
"She didn't leave much power for me to draw on, then..." He muttered to himself, just barely loud enough for her to hear.
Nearby, Souji was looking at a carbon copy of Minako, but with eyes the same color as the boy's. "Pharos, I thought we were left to make sure this didn't happen," The girl sighed.
"Come on, Orpheus. You can't say I had anything to do with this."
"I can. Other me might even believe it. Come on. We can probably catch her on her date." The female Shadow dragged the smaller one out the door.
'You know, maybe I could try looking like you sometime.'
'Aren't you male?'
'I can be flexible.'
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"What are those three doing here?"
Minako shrugged. "I know that Liz and Theo like exploring, but Margaret's a new one."
"Our master kicked us out so he can set things back the way they were," Theodore explained.
"The way they were?"
"They turned it into a nightclub. I don't even know where they got the disco ball. I don't remember anywhere in this city selling them," Minako sighed. "Sometimes, I don't even know why I bother." She paused for a second, feeling something. "Do you want the good news, or the bad news first?"
"What is it?" Elizabeth asked.
"Well, the good news is that neither a fully powered Thanatos or Ryoji are loose in the city."
"What's the bad news?"
"Bad news is, Pharos, Pixie, and Orpheus' Shadow Minako form are loose in the city." All eyes turned to her. "Pixie's still at the dorm."
"Why are they loose in the city to begin with?"
"I didn't want to pay the summoning fees." She winced. "And I didn't want to deal with Slime. I don't know why Pharos and Orpheus went into the city, though. I precisely left them in charge!"
"You left the representation of your soul, and the physical embodiment of death, in charge of low power Personas?"
"It was a bad decision, I know!" She shook her head. "I think they're heading this way, so I can at least keep them from doing anything... too dangerous."
"You should forgive Mistress Minako. She get's a bit overworked at times," Theo explained to Margaret. She sighed.
"If I ever get a Guest, I pray that they are not as excitable as yours seems to be."
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"Still, how is this happening?" Yukari asked, quietly. "I mean, Shadows physically cannot exist outside the Dark Hour."
"Not true," Satoko immediately corrected. "I've run into my fair share before I even started experiencing the Dark Hour." And, wasn't it her fault? She didn't have those memories, but...
"Really? Where?"
"I doubt you could ever go there, senpai. And those Shadows are all gone. At least, they'll never harm another living being." She laughed. "I couldn't get rid of all of them, but I escaped, and everyone that was involved in the incident is safe now... most everyone."
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Nyarlathotep's new host was a rather gracious sort, if a bit off with his sense of humor. This, he had come to appreciate in their time together. The child with Philemon's blessing was a strong one, but as the world changed, well... maybe this time he could make a real mark on the world, even if Philemon's new host was powerful. And, of course, the new girl. The one meant to have died, or continued on elsewhere.
Still, the first thing that he had to handle was the boy. Second, actually. First was the Shadow trap set up in the basement. It had caught one from an unknown Arcana. One he didn't approve of existing, but the other probably did. Human emotion had two sides after all.
Star Arcana.
He decided to put it in the same room as the boy for the time being. With any luck, they'd kill each other and all he'd have to do was deal with the boy's body.
What use would a Star Shadow and Sho Minazuki have on the world, anyway?"
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Daichi: In summary: Orpheus and Pharos are in trouble, Satoko's still got memory problems, Ikutsuki's possessed, and Nyarlathotep hopes Teddie and Sho will manage a mutual kill. At least one of these will not end well.
