A New Life
Chapter 5
Dojima Residence
8 August, 2013
It was late into the night, and Yu had just finished unpacking his bags. Dojima was (still) at work, and Nanako had since gone to bed. Exhausted, Yu decided it would be best to go straight to sleep. So, he did.
"Welcome back, my dear guest." Yu awoke in the familiar surroundings of a blue room, faced by a long nose. As usual.
"I knew something was up, what's my adventure this time?"
"Don't get too hasty, or it could bring your journey to a premature end."
"Do you have any idea what this journey might entail?"
"You must make many decisions along they way that will decide that. It is in situations like this that fate becomes harder to determine, and the path taken is one chosen by humans alone."
"So, there isn't a god behind this?"
"To some extent there is, and to some extent there isn't. The coming events won't be orchestrated by one 'culprit' like your earlier adventure, It will be many, some acting alone, some in groups, and some inadvertently. They may be human, or they may not; it is up to you to figure these things out."
"Is my contract stil valid?"
"That it is, you may still take advantage of our services as you have in the past. Now go, a new day is dawning. One where your adventure begins." And then, the room faded away, and Yu slowly began to wake up.
9 August, 2013
Once Yu awoke, he noticed that the sun was just beginning to peek out of the trees towards the east. A new day was, in fact, dawning. Clever old man.
Seeing that it was incredibly early, he decided he had plenty of time to sit down and check some email. Why not?
He had some new emails, all from last night that he had missed. Every time he checks his email, he can't help but laugh at the (sometimes ridiculous) names he put for them in his contacts.
17:53 from Brosuke: I think we forgot to explain some things yesterday, so let's all meet up at Junes at noon tomorrow, okay?
17:55 from Steakonaka: We also need to have another 'welcome back' party for you! So, as Yosuke said, let's 'meat' up at Junes tomorrow!
18:32 from Detective Obvious: I just finished up with that case in Tokyo, so I can come back. I'll be there at around 10:00 tomorrow. I understand you were also supposed to come tomorrow as well, but I have this feeling that you're already there. See you there, senpai.
19:06 from Rich Lady: I hope your trip to Inaba went well. Is there anything of note going on, or am I just being paranoid?
That last one deserved some sort of reply. So Yu began typing: I'm fine, but I believe something has gone wrong, or if it hasn't, will soon.
Only one minute after he hit 'send', a reply came back. Exponentially faster than he was with his reply. And what makes you say that?
Yu began typing his response: Have you heard about that one person who's still unaccounted for in the Washington explosion? I have reason to believe he's now here.
I'll see what I can do to help you and your team, then. But unless something goes very wrong, I won't be sending a team over. We're understaffed as it is at the headquarters.
With the right equipment, my team could take on just about anything.
Then I'll make sure that's the case.
Author's Notes:
Sorry, another short chapter. I just didn't have as much time to write today. Anyways, I hope I made it easy enough to tell who was who in this chapter, (at least to those who've played the Persona series before).
Again, if you have any questions, comments or suggestions, or just want something to do, please review this story. It really motivates me and allows me to write things you'll enjoy. And I PROMISE I will eventually start writing longer chapters,because these are kind of sad.
See you all tomorrow!