Episode 4: We All Falldown
(Kingdom of Acceptance - Hoshigami's Throne Room)
(BGM: 'Sweet Dreams' by Marilyn Manson)
In Hoshigami's Throne Room, we see Hoshigami as he sits on his throne, Sugimura to the left of him and Claudette to the right of him. In front of him is another Shadow Ninja who is coming to him with news in regards to the three groups of Phantom Thieves.
Hoshigami: So those miscreants are en route to Philemon's Village of Hope right now, hoping that Philemon can give them guidance towards my fortresses. Thank you for telling me, my child.
Shadow Ninja: Father, what do you recommend we do about this? Should we attack the Village of Hope before the Phantom Thieves even get there?
Hoshigami: Let me worry about our Phantom Thief problem. Keep skulking around the Village of Hope in case Philemon or his other servants happen to blurt out other notable tidbits of information.
Shadow Ninja: Yes, father. (Throws down a smoke ball and disappears)
Sugimura: Master Hoshigami?
Hoshigami: Yes, Daiki, my dear boy.
Sugimura: You have intentions on killing the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, right? Do you think that's a little…extreme?
Hoshigami: Not at all. They've ruined my Metaverse more times than I care to count, and I know they'll ruin my plans if they're left alive for too long. Why are you questioning me? Are you getting soft on me?
Sugimura: No, it's just that I've never really had it in me to kill someone before.
Hoshigami: Well, you'd better learn, boy! Honestly, I would've thought someone like you who is prone to violent outbursts would have no problem with killing someone else. I've used my Construct Crystal to peer into your universe and watch everything you do. I assumed I had made the right choice bringing you under my wing. Don't make me regret that decision!
Sugimura: (Somewhat afraid) Yes sir.
Hoshigami: Excellent.
With that, Hoshigami waves his scepter and creates two battlesuits for Sugimura and Claudette.
Hoshigami: The Phantom Thieves die today, and you two are going to be instrumental in their downfall. These battle suits that I made for you two can not only dish out abuse, but take it just as well.
Claudette: (Bows along with a reluctant Sugimura) Thank you master, you are most generous.
Suddenly, the sound of the doors leading into the throne room open up and Falldown Ren and Falldown Akechi enter along with the other members of their band of Falldown Thieves.
Falldown Ryuji/Skull is wearing a dark blue jacket, pants and shoes, white elbow and knee pads and a white spinal column attached to the back, a red ascot, red gloves, and a white skull mask. This version of Ryuji talks in a very Shakespearean manner.
Falldown Ann/Panther is wearing a black bodysuit with black boots and cat mask and purple gloves. This version of Ann speaks with a Southern Accent.
Falldown Morgana/Mona looks the same as his 'good counterpart', but his eyes are red instead of blue and his neckerchief is a tattered red one instead of a yellow one.
Falldown Yusuke/Fox's attire is an inverse of his 'good counterpart's' attire; Parts of his uniform that were once white are now dark blue and vice versa, and as for his mask and tail, the parts that were red are now white and vice versa. To top it all off, he's wearing red gloves as opposed to light blue ones.
Falldown Makoto/Queen is wearing a red and yellow skin tight suit with a yellow scarf, and a gold corset/breastplate with matching spiked shoulder and knee pads and red boots. Her gloves are black and her iron mask is bronze colored. This version of Makoto speaks with a Brooklyn Accent.
Falldown Futaba/Oracle is wearing a gray bodysuit with red stripes, gray goggles that have dark red lenses, gray gloves with red fingertips, and gray boots with red soles.
Falldown Haru/Noir is wearing a mustard yellow cavalier hat with a black hatband and a white plume sticking out of it. Her clothes consist of a pale long-sleeved green blouse with a black neck jabot held by a blue gem pin, a white corset-vest with silver buttons, mustard yellow bloomers with black pantyhose, light green gloves, and a white mask.
Falldown Kasumi/Violet, instead of wearing an all black get up like her 'good counterpart', it's in the color of her namesake; violet.
Falldown Zenkichi/Wolf's outfit has more browns as opposed to the blacks that Normal Zenkichi has.
Falldown Sophia/Sophie's outfit consists of a dark purple one piece outfit with black gloves and high black boots with dark purple soles. When her hood is up, a black screen covers her face but instead of blue LED eyes, they're now red and constantly angry. Furthermore, her dark purple yo-yo weapons have spikes on them
Falldown Toshiro/Patriot's outfit consists of a black steel mask that's covering his left eye, a dark blue button up shirt, two bandoliers of silver bullets over his chest, and black pants. Both his left and right gloves are black, both shoes are black. Finally, on his head, he has a black cap with a silver star on it.
Falldown Erina is wearing a black and white get up as opposed to the black and red one as seen in 'Persona 5: Tactica', and the metal greave around her left leg is gold rather than silver.
Hoshigami: Well, if you're all here I take it that you're done with your training?
Falldown Ren/Joker: Yes master, we should be more than ready to take down those Phantom Thieves now.
Falldown Futaba/Oracle: (Yawns) Let's just get this over with so I can get some sleep. Before that training from hell I was having the most pleasant dream about eating curry while watching my enemies burn in a pit of fire, (Yawns again) and I'd very much like to get back to that please.
Falldown Makoto/Queen: Yo, I don't know why we're even bothering doing a whole 'song and dance' routine for those L7 Squares. Why don't we just all come together and go for the throat?
Falldown Haru/Noir: Now, where's the fun in that? I love to put my victims through the wringer! Play with them a little before I toss them aside like last week's supper! (Cackles wickedly) I hope my 'good counterpart' screams when she dies!
Falldown Ryuji/Skull: Yes, Madam. T'will bringeth me much rapture to hear and see the demise of our enemies. Napoleon and I are ready for a bloodbath most resplendent.
Falldown Ann/Panther: (Gets behind Falldown Ryuji and wraps her arms around him) Oh, my Skully-Boy! It gets me so hot to hear you talk like that. Oh, the things I'm going to do to you tonight!
Falldown Ryuji/Skull: Calm thyself, milady. Love making shall come once we purge those foul clampertons from this world!
Falldown Yusuke/Fox: Let's just get a move on already, goddamnit! I want to go out there and see what my 'good counterpart' and their friends' major malfunction is!
Hoshigami: Well, I can see that you're all ready and raring to go. Very well then. Go to your stations in the Woodlands of Denial and wait for the Phantom Thieves to show up! And when they do, show them the amount of mercy that they showed toward my children; none!
(BGM: 'Counter Identity' by Unison Square Garden)
(Bokura wa koe ga kareru made Sonzai, tsuzukeru (jiizasu))
A three-way split screen shows Ren, Akechi, and Minato in their universes standing on the edge of a building, staring at the sunrise on the horizon. After a while, the three of them jump off of the building and land in the New Metaverse dressed in their Phantom Thief outfits; Joker, Crow, and Lion respectively. Once they land on their feet, they run off into the distance as the title 'P5: Persona 5: From Metaverse to Multiverse' appears
(Me wo samaseba sanjuupon no hikaru no taba wo Iiwaketachi wo tada moteasobu jikan ga yurusu kagiri.)
In the Woodlands of Denial, we see the group of Ren, Makoto, Futaba, Sophia, Kaoru, Sae, Ryuta, Sojiro, Wakaba, Takemi, Ichiko, Takeishi, Toshiro, and Eri riding through the forest in Sputnik's car form; a hummer. The group is taking in the landscape and the Shadows inhabiting the area
In the Desert of Anger, we see the group of Ryuji, Ann, Shiho, Mika, Hayato, Hifumi, Naoya, Kazuya, Daisuke, Zenkichi, Shinya, Akane, Nakaoka, and Chihaya riding across the arid landscape in Morgana's car form. The group is taking in the landscape and the Shadows inhabiting the area
(Soshite subete ga sono iiwake de makanaeru gurai no sekai. Dakara umarete kuru imi toka mo son nani taishita mon janai)
In the Isles of Depression, the group of Akechi, Eiko, Sumire, Ichiro, Kas, Kimiko, Minato, Riku, Mai, Yutaka, Nayoko, Akihiro, and Kana are sailing across the water in Sputnik's Trawler Boat form.
In the Tundra of Bargaining, the group of Haru, Yusuke, Yuuki, Himari, Hotaru, Mana, Mitsu, Nariko, Kaito, Wataru, Kunikazu, Sadayo, Old Morgana, and a sleeping Chikao are seeking refuge from a snowstorm in a cave.
(Nan hyakkai kurikaeshita. Nodde mou ikkai. Hajimatte iku nai teru no? Waratteru no? Tte mou takusanda yo)
Inside Chikao's dream, he's in a dark void when he sees Claudette. Chikao tries to run up to her only for a purple haze to separate them. The purple haze gets so bad that it envelope the entire screen. When the haze clears, viewers are met with the masked gaze of Hoshigami who holds out his scepter, a blue flash of light blinding the viewer
(Hottoite warui me ga haete mo. Sonna me de minaide. Uso tsui chatte. Gomennasai, nante iu tsumori mo nain dakara)
When the light dissipates, we see the likes of Ren/Joker, Ryuji/Skull, Morgana/Mona, Ann/Panther, Yusuke/Fox, Makoto/Queen, Futaba/Oracle, Haru/Noir, Akechi/Crow, Sumire/Violet, Toshiro/Patriot, Eri/Partisan, Sophia/Sophie, and Zenkichi/Wolf standing across from their evil counterparts; The Falldown Thieves. Standing with the Falldown Thieves are Claudette and Sugimura, the latter of whom snaps his fingers causing an earthquake. The heroes retreat as what comes out of the ground next is a giant tortoise like Shadow with a large tree on his back with nine huge glowing pieces of fruit; Shadow Yggdrasil. Joined by the rest of their friends, the 58 Phantom Thieves get ready to fight the Shadow Yggdrasil.
(Bokura wa koe ga kareru made. Sonzai shi tsuzukerundayo. Taiyou ni se o mukenagara)
Shadow Yggdrasil is on the attack, first by summoning Shadow Zombies and Shadow Pterodactyls for the Phantom Thieves to fight. Futaba/Oracle is in the Necronomicon, ready to support her comrades and analyze enemies.
The likes of Sae/Arbiter, Yutaka/Dizzy, Nayoko/Warrioress, Morgana/Mona, Old Morgana/Old Mona, Remus/Tricky, Sputnik/Jinx, Kas/Crash, Sumire/Violet, and Ichiro/Hawk are fighting off the Shadow Zombies.
Meanwhile, the likes of Daisuke/Ace, Ryuta/Owl, Kimiko/Angel, Himari/Bumblebee, Kana/Darner are using their wingpacks to take to the skies and take on the Shadow Pterodactyls. On the ground, we see the likes of Ryuji/Skull, Hotaru/Feature, Akihiro/Mariner, Wataru/Maestro, and Mana/Shogun aiming their attacks at any Shadow Pterodactyls that get too close to them.
The Shadow Yggdrasil fires a Kougaon from his 'Alfheim Fruit' at Shiho/Shinobi, who dodges as she continues to run towards the giant Shadow. Shiho is just distracting the monster so that the other Thieves can attack the Shadow Yggdrasil's fruits.
The likes of Makoto/Queen, Hayato/Romeo, and Kazuya/Courage fire Nuclear Attacks at the Vanaheim Fruit. Haru/Noir, Nariko/Mage, and Chihaya Prophet fire Psy Attacks at the Helheim Fruit. Ichiko/Flapper, Hifumi/Wraith, and Tae/Raven fire Curse Attacks at the Alfheim Fruit. Akechi/Crow, Yuuki/Paladin, Sojiro/Chief fire Bless Attacks at the Niflheim Fruit. Ann/Panther, Shinya/Ranger, and Riku/Clockwork are firing Fire Attacks at the Jotunheim Fruit.
(Anata no koe ga itai hodo ni tsukisasarukara. Dounimo omoidouri ni susumanai Sukoshi damatte yo (Closing Intrumentals))
Yusuke/Fox, Akane/Spirit, Mitsu/Edgerunner, and Sadayo/Lady are firing Ice Attacks at the Muspelheim Fruit. Minato/Lion, Wakaba/Pharaoh, and Nakaoka/Diesel are firing Earth Attacks at the Svartalfheim Fruit. Kaito/Professor and Kunikazu/Colonel are firing Cosmos Attacks at the Midgard Fruit. Mai uses her powers to craft a 'BFG' which she uses to attack the Shadow Yggdrasil's Asgard Fruit. Also attacking the Asgard Fruit is Eiko/Jester, Naoya/Beat, Mika/Cheetah, Kaoru/Spore, Takeishi/Coyote, Zenkichi/Wolf, Sophia/Sophie, Toshiro/Patriot, and Eri/Partisan.
All of the attacks connect and badly damage all nine of the Shadow Yggdrasil's Attack Fruits, allowing Ren/Joker to get up on the giant shadow's back where he comes face-to-face with the Falldown Thieves, Sugimura, Claudette, and the Father of Shadows himself; Hoshigami. Ren/Joker scowls at the villain before said villain look to his side to find Chikao and Sojiro looking up at him in horror.
As Hoshigami turns his attention back to Ren/Joker, he turns his scepter into a sharp, blue scythe as Ren Summons his Persona, Satanael. Hoshigami charges at Ren, who takes out his knives to block Hoshigami's scythe swing.
This battle turns out to be all in Ren's imagination as we then cut to an image of him and the rest of our heroes staring up at Hosghigami's castle in the Kingdom of Acceptance before the intro finally ends.
(Woodlands of Denial - Yet another dirt road)
The group of 'Cannon' Thieves, 'Slice of Life' Thieves, and 'Lonely Thief' Thieves are walking along a path that they hope leads towards Philemon's Village of Hope. As they're walking, Mana is singing to try and lift everyone's spirits up…and by lift everyone's spirits up, I mean annoy them to oblivion.
Mana: 20 bowls of chicken curry on the wall! 20 bowls of chicken curry! You take one down, pass it around, 19 bowls of chicken curry on the wall!
As Mana continues singing, everyone is wearing annoyed expressions on their faces.
Kunikazu: (To himself) Wow. Who knew that one of my granddaughters from another universe is such a ball of energy?
Kimiko/Angel: (Whispers to her brother) How long has she been singing this dang song?
Minato/Lion: She started at a million bowls of chicken curry. She's going to keep going until she's either done or her heart gives out.
Kimiko/Angel: Whatever comes first I welcome it.
Mana: (Still singing) 17 bowls of chicken curry on the wall, 17 bowls of chicken curry! You take one down…pass it around! 16 bowls of chicken curry on the wall!
With a deep sigh, Mana finishes singing as Mitsu looks over at her with a confused look.
Mitsu: What? That's it?
Mana: What?
Mitsu: You're just gonna stop at 16?
Mana: (Thinks for a few seconds) Yeah.
Mitsu: You mean to tell me we had to sit through a million bowls of chicken curry on the wall, and you're just going to stop at 16 with no intention of finishing?!
Mana: Yeah, I'm tired of that song.
Mitsu: Oh my God! You are something else, you know that?!
Haru/Noir: Mitsu, calm down. At least she stopped.
Mitsu: (Sigh) I guess that's a fair point, Other Mother. Thank you.
Meanwhile, Himari is having a conversation with the other version of her parents.
Ryuji/Skull: For real, Himari? Your universe's version of me stopped dying his hair blonde?
Himari: That's right. And not for nothing, but I think you look better with black hair.
Ryuji/Skull: (Runs his hand through his hair) That means a lot, but personally, I've grown accustomed to this hairstyle of mine. Maybe someday I'll go back to my original hair color, but for right now blonde is where it's at! Especially since Ann loves it.
Himari: I don't think I'll ever get used to the idea of you and the other version of Auntie Ann being an item, dude. Anyway, I also wanted to talk to you two because I'm lookin for some advice.
Makoto/Queen: What's on your mind, Himari?
Himari: Well, I'm a little ashamed to say, but I did something terrible that could very well break the heart of someone close to me if he ever found out. But I know I can't avoid him forever and he's going to find out eventually, so what do you think I should do?
Ryuji/Skull: And you chose to confide in Makoto and me because?
Himari: Look, like it or not you two are my parents in my world. And even though you two aren't together in your reality, I still look at you two as if you were my parents. So, if you have some parental advice, lay it on me.
Makoto/Queen: Well…(She looks over at Hotaru who following along with the rest of the group while still filming the journey on his camera)...if you're keeping this secret from who I think you're keeping from, then it would be wise to rip the bandage off now and tell him. He may be a little angry when you tell him as soon as possible, but nowhere near as angry if you tell him later down the line or if he finds out your secret from someone else.
Himari: You really think so? Alright, I'll try and tell him as soon as I can.
Meanwhile, Sumire is watching Kas hold hands with Mai as they walk. She's looking at her daughter from another universe with an unsure look on her face. Ichiro notices this and tries to talk to his friend/rival.
Ichiro: Everything alright, Sumi?
Sumire/Violet: Meh, I guess so. I'm just still having a tough time trying to process the idea that you and I not only have a daughter together in another universe…but that daughter turned out to be…well…gay.
Ichiro: And how is that a big deal?
Sumire/Violet: I don't know. I just grew up in a very strict family where they believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman. I'm not saying I hate Kas or anything like that, it's just…bizarre.
Ichiro: Sumire, let me tell you something. A woman loving a woman or a man loving a man is no different than any instance where a man loves a woman. Everyone from all walks of life deserves the chance to be happy. And if our daughter from another timeline is happy in the company of people of her own gender, so be it.
Sumire continues to wear an unsure and uncomfortable look on her face as we cut to Minato and Kimiko socializing with the alternate version of their parents. The two 'Slice of Life' Thieves are showing Ren and Ann pictures of their kids; Minato's daughter Sayuri and son Haruto, and Kimiko's twin boys Tats and Akira.
Ann/Panther: Our grandkids from the other universe look so cute!
Ren/Joker: I can definitely see pieces of not only you two, but of Ann and myself in your children, Minato and Kimiko. (He and Ann hand the pictures back to Minato and Kimiko)
Minato/Lion: Thanks, you guys.
Ann/Panther: (Gets a little emotional) You know, you two are very lucky to have kids like them in your lives. When you guys get back to your universe, I want you two to give them a great big hug for me.
Kimiko/Angel: Uh, okay Other Mom, sure. We'll do that.
Curious, Ren looks at Ann to see her holding back tears. He knows that something is wrong.
Ren/Joker: Hey, Ann, is everything okay? You haven't been acting like yourself lately.
Quickly, Ann concocts a lie.
Ann/Panther: (Randomly perks up) Oh, you know, that time of the month. It's no big deal, Ren. Nothing you need to concern yourself with.
Ren/Joker: If you say so.
Minato/Lion: So, Other Father, if you don't mind me asking, why aren't you and Other Mother together?
Ren/Joker: Well the strange thing is, Ann and I actually dated in the past. Even crazier was that she was my first ever girlfriend.
Kimiko/Angel: Oh word? What happened?
Ren/Joker: Well, it was just a case of 'Summer Love'. Ann and I had a brief thing one summer when I came to Tokyo for a visit. We had a few make out sessions and some fun nights out, but when that summer ended we just decided to continue our relationship as friends. Simple as that.
Minato/Lion: So you and the Other Mother's relationship was just a summer fling that ended as quickly as it began.
Ann/Panther: In all honesty I think we can attribute our summer fling to a case of 'hero worship' too. Ren was the one who saved me from Shadow Kamoshida when I was trapped in his Palace all those years ago.
Kimiko/Angel: That sounds just like what happened between you guys in our universe.
Ann/Panther: Mmm-hmm. Anyway, I guess I still saw Ren as this 'knight in shining armor' character and in a moment of weakness I decided to see what dating him was like. But, as summer winded down, we both realized that we had different goals in life and we were worried that we'd hold each other back, so we ended things on cordial terms.
Minato/Lion: I see. Well, as long as you two are getting along. That's all that matters.
Kimiko/Angel: Can you imagine a universe where our parents hated each other, Minato? The thought of that makes even my nightmares cringe.
Minato/Lion: Mine too, Kim, mine too.
As that was going on, Naoya Makigami was walking alongside Daisuke Watanabe. The latter was humming the tune of 'Smoke on the Water'.
Naoya: (Blushes; to himself) Man, even when he hums he's just so darn cute!
Suddenly, Daisuke stops humming and takes a glance over at Naoya.
Naoya: (To himself) Oh God! Now he's looking right at me! Quick, Naoya, before you look stupid! Say something! Do something!
Quickly, Naoya reaches into his backpack to pull out an apple.
Naoya: Uh, a red delicious apple for a delicious man?
Naoya realizes how stupid he sounded as Daisuke takes the apple from him without thinking too deeply into what he just said.
Daisuke: Hey, thanks Naoya. I am feeling a little bit peckish.
Ryuta: You didn't think to pack food of your own in that oversized backpack of yours, cousin?
Daisuke: At least I remembered to pack the other essentials. (Takes a bite of the apple as Naoya watches)
Naoya: (To himself) Even when he eats he looks like an Adonis! I've gotta tell him how I feel before I go insane! (Outloud) Daisuke!
Daisuke turns to face Naoya to see what he has to say.
Naoya: I…love…Y-Y-Yar from 'Detective X Family'.
Daisuke: Oh…yeah, she's a cool character.
As Daisuke goes back to eating his apple, Naoya silently curses himself for not manning up and telling his crush how he feels about him.
While that's going on, Eiko is silently admiring Akechi as they're walking. At occasional points, Akechi would turn to face Eiko, who looks away from him. But as soon as Akechi turns back around, Eiko goes back to admiring him.
And while that's going on, Haru and Futaba are confiding in themselves, surprised that their parents from the universe that Akechi comes from are alive and well.
Futaba: I can't believe my mom and your dad are alive, Haru.
Haru: I know. I definitely didn't expect this. (Looks at her father) Do you think Akechi and his universe's version of us changed my father's heart before they died?
Futaba: I mean, if he's here now and willing to work with us, it might be a safe bet that he's not the same money hungry CEO that he was before.
Haru: I hope that's the case. I really didn't get to have much of a relationship with my father before he died, just like I'm sure this version of him didn't have much of a relationship with his universe's version of me. This could be both of our second chances, the same way you have a second chance with your mom.
Futaba: Yeah. (Looks over at Wakaba) I hope I can make her proud.
And while that's going on, Zenkichi is watching his daughter Akane hold hands with Shinya as they walk.
Zenkichi/Wolf: (To himself) Hand holding better be all that they're doing while I'm around. I don't trust that Shinya as far as I can throw him!
As Zenkichi continues to glare at Shinya, Ichiko and Chihaya are walking with Takeishi and Nakaoka respectively.
Chihaya: I'll tell you, exploring these here forests is really making me miss the forests I have back home; all the clean air that they give off on top of being fun to hike and explore.
Ichiko: Yeah, I know what you're feeling, Chihaya. Before I moved to the city I used to be a farm girl just like you.
Nakaoka: Really?
Takeishi: You don't say.
Ichiko: Yeah. When I got older though, I grew bored of farm life and wanted to make a name for myself in the big city. As a result, I kind of lost contact with my family, and I don't even know if they'd even want to see me. We didn't exactly leave on good terms.
Takeishi: (Wraps a comforting arm around Ichiko) Hey, it'll be alright, don't worry. I'm sure you family misses you just as much as you miss them.
Chihaya: Gotta say, Kuro, I never thought I'd see this sensitive side of yours in a million years.
Takeishi: Hey, when a pretty lady is feeling down, I've gotta do everything in my power to cheer her up.
Ichiko: (Blushes) You…You think I'm pretty?
Takeishi realizes what he just said freezes up like a deer in the headlights before blushing with embarrassment, causing Chihaya and Nakaoka to laugh
Finally, we cut to the four Poppets as the two Morganas learn more about Sputnik and Remus and the other Poppets Philemon had made in order to combat Hoshigami and his forces.
Old Morgana/Old Mona: So me and the skinny-younger version of myself were made as a means to help our respective versions of Joker in saving the world, as well as act as a personification of humanity's hope. But what about you guys? What's your story?
Remus/Tricky: Well, me, my sister, and all of our other Poppet brethren were meant to be a personification of the multiverse's hope, and Lord Philemon made us as a means to save the multiverse from Hoshigami's clutches. Although, if I do recall, Lord Philemon singled Sputnik and me out saying that we have a bigger purpose than that. Maybe my greater purpose is to help guide Minato and his friends while Sputnik's purpose is to guide Akechi and his two friends.
Morgana/Mona: Something like that wouldn't surprise me, honestly.
Remus/Tricky: I just hope I'm doing a good job. I want to do everything I can to prove my strength and usefulness to you guys.
Sputnik/Jinx: You helped send the evil version of Ren and Akechi packing. If that's not a sign that you're getting stronger I don't know what is.
Remus/Tricky: Yeah, but I had help. I want to prove to you all that I can be strong all by myself!
Old Morgana/Old Mona: You know there's no shame in admitting when you need help with something. You can't expect to handle every situation that comes your way by yourself.
Remus/Tricky: That's what you think, but I'll show you all how strong I can really be!
Sputnik/Jinx: (To the two Morganas) I apologize for my brother's headstrong attitude.
Morgana/Mona: Don't worry about it, Sputs. (Looks over at Ryuji, who isn't far from where he is) I'm used to putting up with headstrong idiots.
Ryuji/Skull: (Notices Morgana looking at him) Hey, cat, why don't you take a picture? It'll last longer!
Morgana only blows a raspberry at Ryuji who rolls his eyes and groans in annoyance.
Eventually, the group stops walking when Chikao speaks up.
Chikao: Alright, everybody, I think we should take a break so the other two groups of Phantom Thieves that we've acquired are kept in the loop so they know why we're heading to Philemon's Village of Hope.
Minato/Lion: Yeah, we know why we're going there. So we can get directions to each of these Fortresses you keep talking about and bring them down.
Chikao: Ah, but none of you know why we need to go to these fortresses, do you? (The 'Slice of Life' Thieves and the 'Lonely Thief' Thieves don't answer) That's what I thought.
Chikao clears his throat before continuing.
Chikao: Well, I might as well start from the beginning. My wife and I used to work for Hoshigami. He used his Construct Crystal to peer into our universe and figured he could use our knowledge on the multiverse so we could conquer it. Where my wife, Claudette, and I come from we studied the multiverse religiously.
Kas: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Quit giving us exposition and give us the bottom line, pops.
Chikao: Okay, then. After realizing that Hoshigami is nothing short of a madman that wants to lay waste to the entire multiverse, and my wife is remaining on his side, I escaped with as many supplies as I could grab and that's when I ran into Ren and his friends. We came up with a plan to go to Philemon's Village of Hope as he may have an idea as to where Hoshigami's Fortresses are.
Yutaka: What exactly are these fortresses protecting…uh…I only just realized we don't know your name.
Chikao: You may call me Chikao. Anyway, Hoshigami's Fortresses are protecting two things that we must steal. The first are these flowers that only grow in the Metaverse; the Kiyoi Flower. These special flowers are said to purify any darkened heart. We can use the Kiyoi Flowers to make what are called, 'Healing Shots', small bullet-like projectiles that when shot into the chest of their target, triggers their change of heart from within.
Riku: Wow, that's pretty cool!
Chikao: And the second thing we need to go after are what are commonly known as seals; these stone token objects that Hoshigami found long ago that give off immense power and are believed to be by products from when the Metaverse was first created. Hoshigami uses these seals as a means to create a barrier that protects his Kingdom of Acceptance so that no one could get in.
Akechi/Crow: So, basically, we find the seals and destroy them.
Minato/Lion: And then we can invade Hoshigami's Kingdom with our Healing Shots in tow so we can change his heart and put a stop to his plans.
Chikao: Bingo! You guys catch on quick! But sneaking into these Fortresses are going to be easier said than done. Hoshigami likely has his strongest Shadows guarding each Fortress, and there's an even better chance that we'll run into one of the Falldown Thieves when we invade them.
Ryuji/Skull: Pfft!We're not scared of them. Did you just forget that we just sent that evil version of Akechi packing?
Minato/Lion: And we took care of the evil version of my father before we formed this little 'Three Universe Alliance' of ours. I'm sure whenever we run into the other Falldown Thieves, they'll go down just as easily.
Falldown Akechi/Crow: I wouldn't be so sure about that!
The large group of Phantom Thieves turn around behind themselves, and they see the likes of Falldown Akechi and Falldown Ren staring them down.
Kimiko/Angel: Ugh, you two jerks again? Haven't you learned anything from the last time you faced us?
Falldown Ren/Joker: This time is going to be different. Before, you faced the two of us individually. Now you're going to face us together!
The 19 Phantom Thieves step up to face the two Falldown Thieves. They get into a fighting stance with Kimiko opening up her angel wing pack and jumping up so she could hover above the battlefield. Meanwhile, Futaba gets inside Necronomicon so she could support her friends.
Futaba/Oracle: (From inside Necronomicon) In case you two idiots haven't noticed, this battle is 19 v. 2. You two stand no chance against us.
Falldown Akechi/Crow: Maybe we don't…but we have two new friends who could help us!
Just then, from within Necronomicon, Futaba gets an alert that two more opponents are coming towards them.
Futaba/Oracle: Guys, something's coming!
Ryuji/Skull: Bring 'em on! We can take 'em!
The two opponents that are approaching the battlefield turn out to be two tall mech suits covered in a blue hue; Hoshigami's Construct Crystal made these mech suits. When the helmets of these two mech suits open up, they reveal the faces of Claudette and Sugimura! Seeing their faces makes everyone, especially Chikao and Haru, gasp in shock!
Sugimura: (To Haru) Hello there, Haru, it's been a while hasn't it?
Haru/Noir: Sugimura…
Makoto/Queen: So this is where Sugimura disappeared to!
Yusuke/Fox: And now he's working for Hoshigami!
Claudette: (To Chikao) Ah, Chikao, my love. Did you miss me?
Chikao: Claudette…
Takeishi: Dude, is that your wife? She does look like a lunatic.
Claudette: I heard that, you impudent little thing!
Hayato: It goes without saying, but I think it would be wise if we avoided making these guys mad.
Makoto/Queen: Alright, I've had just about enough of all this nonsense. (To Falldown Akechi, Falldown Ren, and Claudette) We're going to give the three of you the beatdown you rightfully deserve, (To Sugimura) and as for you, we're going to take you back home and send you back to jail where you belong, you creep!
Sugimura: Oh, Sergeant Niijima, didn't your daddy ever tell you not to call people names…or did he die before he had the chance to impart that lesson to you?!
Hearing that made both Sae and Makoto very angry.
Sae: You leave our father out of this, asshole!
Makoto/Queen: (Turns to Ren) Leave Sugimura to me, babe! He's mine!
Haru/Noir: I'll help you out too, Mako-chan!
Ren/Joker: Alright, let's get ready to divide and conquer, everybody. Three of us will take on Sugimura, and the other fifteen can take on Claudette and the fake versions of me and Akechi.
Falldown Ren/Joker: A fake version, am I? I'd say you're the fake version of me, brat! Then again, the way I see it, you're not even good enough to be my fake!
Ryuji/Skull: We'll make you eat those words!
Ren/Joker: Let's split up and kick butt, everyone!
The 18 Thieves split up and prepare themselves for a battle while the Non-Thieves hang back, watch, and give moral support. The Phantom Thieves and their respective adversaries are as follows.
The Group Fighting Falldown Ren: Ren, Minato, Kimiko, Morgana, and Old Morgana
The Group Fighting Falldown Akechi: Akechi, Sputnik, Ryuji, Ann, and Sumire
The Group Fighting Sugimura: Makoto, Haru, and Yusuke
The Group Fighting Claudette: Remus, Sophia, Zenkichi, Toshiro, and Sojiro
As everyone gets ready to fight, Haru looks next to her to see Yusuke ready to fight against Sugimura alongside her.
Haru/Noir: Fox? You want to help Queen and I fight Sugimura?
Yusuke/Fox: The way I see it, Noir, this man has abused you emotionally and physically. I view you as one of my closest allies. If someone messes with you, then they've messed with me. A man like that doesn't deserve to be called a man, and deserves to be properly dealt with.
Haru/Noir: (Blushes) Wow, thank you, Fox. Hearing that means a lot.
Yusuke/Fox: (Takes a quick glance at Haru; to himself) Goodness she's so cute when she blushes!
Makoto/Queen: Get your game faces on, everyone, here they come!
Everyone looks to see Falldown Akechi, Falldown Ren, Sugimura, and Claudette charging at them.
Futaba/Oracle: You're going to need some of this, guys!
With that, Futaba uses Matarukaja to boost her friends' power!
Ren/Joker: Thanks, Oracle! Let's take them down!
Ren, along with his comrades, charge towards the incoming enemies. With all of that said, the fighting begins!
We start with the fight against Sugimura. The man in the battlesuit gets into a fighting stance as Makoto, Haru, and Yusuke surround him.
Yusuke/Fox: Goemon! Freeze him in place!
When Goemon gets summoned, Yusuke has the Persona use Bufula which doesn't seem to do any physical damage to Sugimura and his battlesuit, but it does freeze him in a sheet of ice.
Yusuke/Fox: Go, girls, now!
Haru/Noir: Milady!
Makoto/Queen: Johanna!
When the two female Phantom Thieves sumon their Personas, Haru has Milady use Triple Down while Makoto has Johanna use Freidyne. Before the attacks reach Sugimura, however, he breaks free from his icy prison and holds up his arms to block the two attacks.
Haru/Noir: (Gasps) That's impossible!
Sugimura: (Cackles) That Hoshigami knows how to make a mean battlesuit!
Makoto/Queen: Why you!
Mounted atop of Johanna, Makoto charges at Sugimura with Vajra Blast.
Sugimura: Pathetic.
As Makoto got closer to Sugimura and his battlesuit, he grabs Makoto from off of Johanna and slams her to the ground hard.
Haru/Noir: Mako-chan!
Yusuke/Fox: Damn it!
Haru and Yusuke run at Sugimura, but the vile man throws Makoto at Haru, knocking them both to the ground. That's when he turned his attention to Yusuke, who had just summoned Goemon once more!
Yusuke/Fox: Get him, Goemon!
Goemon is about to hit Sugimura with Brave Blade, but thanks to his battlesuit, Sugimura was able to block it before blasting Yusuke with an energy blast from the palm of his battlesuit. Seeing his three opponents down makes Sugimura smile wickedly.
Sugimura: Come now, is that really all you've got?
As that was going on, we cut the fight between Claudette and Remus, Sophia, Toshiro, Sojiro, and Zenkichi.
Remus/Tricky: Burn, baby, burn! (Fires a round from his flare gun, but it doesn't do much against Claudette as it hits her battlesuit).
Claudette: Ha! A weak attack from the weakest Poppet!
Sophia/Sophie: Let's see how you like this! Rah! (Hits Claudette in the face with her yo-yos hard, knocking her to the ground) Quick, while she's down, attack! Pandora!
Remus/Tricky: Merlin!
Zenkichi/Wolf: Let's go, Valjean!
Toshiro/Patriot: Ernesto!
Sojiro/Chief: And Cyrus!
On their command, the five Phantom Thieves have their Personas use their attacks on the downed Claudette. Merlin uses Psiodyne, Pandora uses Kougaon, Valjean uses Triple Down, Ernesto uses the Baywell 45 Mk II, and Cyrus uses Kouga. All five attacks hit Claudette hard and the five are now waiting to see the results of their onslaught.
Sojiro/Chief: That had to have done something.
Claudette: Yes it did. It showed just how weak you five really are! (Laughs wickedly)
When the smoke clears, the five Phantom Thieves are shocked to see Claudette standing back on her feet.
Claudette: My turn! (In her battlesuit, she charges at her five opponents, ready to fight some more)
It's at this moment when we cut to the battle between Falldown Akechi and Akechi, Sputnik, Ryuji, Ann, and Sumire. Ryuji and Falldown Akechi clash with their respective melee weapons, and the Falldown Thief smirks at the Phantom Thief in front of him.
Falldown Akechi/Crow: Not bad. Perhaps you're not as weak as I thought you were.
Ryuji/Skull: You know what they say, 'behind every strong man is a stronger woman!'
Falldown Akechi/Crow: Eh?
Ryuji/Skull: Now, babe!
Ann/Panther: Carmen!
From behind Falldown Akechi, Carmen fires an Agidyne at the Falldown Thief. Ryuji jumps out of the way in time, but Falldown Akechi dodges the attack by jumping over it and then drop kicking Ann, knocking her to the ground.
Falldown Akechi/Crow: (Raises his serrated blade, ready to kill Ann) Damn, harlot!
Ryuji/Skull: Captain Kidd!
Before Falldown Akechi could finish Ann off, he had to dodge an Assault Dive from Ryuji's Persona. Then after that, he found himself in the path of an attack from Cendrillon!
Sumire/Violet: Get him, Cendrillon!
Cendrillon prepares to use Vorpal Blade, but Falldown Akechi jumps out of the way, successfully avoiding the attack, much to the chagrin of Sumire.
Sumire/Violet: Slippery bastard!
When Falldown Akechi gets to safety, he comes face to face with his good counterpart and Sputnik who charge at him with Lumina Saber and Baseball Bat in hand. That's when Falldown Akechi blocks the two attacks with his two serrated blades.
Falldown Akechi/Crow: You two are about to learn the hard way why you shouldn't interfere in our plans!
With that, he pushes Akechi and Sputnik back as he summons Loki.
Falldown Akechi/Crow: Show them no mercy, Loki!
Loki fires off a powerful Megidolaon at Akechi and Sputnik, and they barely avoid it. As Akechi and Sputnik rejoin Sumire, Ann, and Ryuji, the five thieves look at their opponent and soon realize they might have gotten more than they bargained for by facing him.
Finally, we cut to the battle between Falldown Ren and Minato, Kimiko, Ren, and the two Morganas. The latter two Thieves are summoning their Personas to gang up on the Falldown Thief they're faced with.
Morgana/Mona & Old Morgana/Old Mona: Zorro!
When Zorro and Old Zorro get summoned, they both use Garudyne. Falldown Ren, however, is too fast for them and he dodges the attack before charging at the two cat Poppets, knives in hand. Before the evil thief could land a hit on them, Ren swoops in on his grappling hook, grabbing the two Morganas and taking them to safety.
Falldown Ren/Joker: Come back and fight!
Just then, an arrow comes flying right at the Falldown Thief, narrowly missing him. Falldown Ren looks to see Kimiko flying in the air thanks to her wingpack as she loads up her bow with another arrow. With a battle cry, Kimiko, shoots more arrows at Falldown Ren, who reflects them with his knives before pulling out his pistols and shooting at Kimiko, who blocks the bullets with her wings.
Kimiko/Angel: (Impressed with the durability of her wings) Wow, strong stuff.
Minato gets Falldown Ren to stop his shooting when he charges at him, spear in hand. That's when Falldown Ren takes out his knives to block each thrust and swing that Minato did with his spear.
Falldown Ren/Joker: You're pretty powerful! There's no denying that you really are my son from another universe!
Minato/Lion: Shame you're not my father from my universe so I can thank you for the compliment!
Minato jumps back and shoots Falldown Ren in the shoulder with his wrist-mounted crossbow.
Minato/Lion: Quick, while he's distracted, let's get him together!
Ren/Joker: You got it!
Minato/Lion: It's time for an 'All Out Attack'!
With that, Minato, Kimiko, Ren, Morgana, and Old Morgana proceed to beat Falldown Ren up as the usual animation for an 'All Out Attack' takes place. When the animation ends, we see Minato twirling his spear around before slamming into the ground and crossing his arms as a caption appears that reads, 'Welcome to the Jungle!'.
After the All-Out Attack ends, the five Phantom Thieves come back together to see if it did any damage to Falldown Ren.
Kimiko/Angel: Did we get him?
Suddenly, they hear the sound of Falldown Ren cackling wickedly as the smoke cloud clears, revealing that there's hardly a scratch on the vile Falldown Thief.
Falldown Ren/Joker: How cute, you really thought that would work?
Morgana/Mona: What is with this other Joker?!
As that was going on, the group of Ryuji, Ann, Sumire, Akechi, and Sputnik get knocked towards Ren and his group by Loki, who fired a strong Megidolaon at them. Seeing this makes the Non-Thieves wince, especially Ichiro and Eiko.
Ichiro: Oh, poor Sumire!
Eiko: Akechi! (Covers her eyes) Oh I can't look!
Just then, Claudette punches out the group of Sojiro, Toshiro, Zenkichi, Remus, and Sophia with fast and strong punches from her battlesuit.
Kaoru: Sophia!
Eri: Toshiro!
Akane: Dad, no!
Meanwhile, Sugimura is in his own battlesuit looking to finish off a dazed Makoto, Haru, and Yusuke.
Sugimura: Goodbye!
He shoots lasers from the palms of his battlesuit which hit the three Phantom Thieves, bringing them down to their knees.
Kunikazu: Haru!
Sae: Makoto!
Minato/Lion: (Looking at his comrades falling before him) Aw, man, this isn't good!
Ren/Joker: I know. We'll all be finished if this fight keeps going the way it is.
Kimiko/Angel: So what do we do now?
Futaba/Oracle: (As Necronomicon disappears and she rejoins the rest of the group) These guys are too powerful for us to face right now. It might be in our best interest to run away for right now while we still can!
Kana: I hate to admit it, but I think Futaba is right, everyone! We've got to get away from these creeps right now before it's too late!
Yusuke/Fox: Yeah, well, I'm getting the feeling that these are the types of villains that live to chase down their prey should they run from them. We need to find a way to incapacitate them.
As the group is talking, Falldown Ren, Falldown Akechi, Sugimura, and Claudette are charging towards them, ready to land a finishing blow.
Ann/Panther: Let me handle this one. Carmen!
When Ann removes her mask and her Persona gets summoned, she has Carmen use Lullaby which slows the four villains' movements until they collapse on the ground and fall asleep.
Shiho: Good one, Ann!
Futaba/Oracle: Perhaps you have more brains than we thought.
Ann/Panther: You can thank me later, right now we need to get out of here!
The large group of thieves use this opportunity to flee from the scene. Not long after that, the four villains wake up and realize that they escaped.
Falldown Akechi/Crow: Damn it! Those bastards gave us the slip!
Sugimura: I think they took off into the forest! Get the lead out, everyone!
Falldown Akechi, Falldown Ren, Sugimura, and Claudette run into the woods, hoping to catch up to the Phantom Thieves so they could continue their fight. As they continue running through the woods, they pass by a cave, unaware that that's where our heroes are currently hiding.
(Woodlands of Denial - Cave)
Inside the cave, the large group of 58 are exploring the cave to see where it leads.
Sojiro/Chief: So, that broad we just went up against, that was your wife?
Chikao: Yeah, that was my Claudette. God, before we even came to this stupid place we were so madly in love and we felt as though we were the only ones who truly understood each other. But now she's become a sick, twisted shell of the woman that I married. I don't even recognize her anymore. (Covers his face).
Kimiko/Angel: Don't worry, Chikao, we'll save your wife from the monster that she became.
Makoto/Queen: That's right. We're going to get out of this cave, find a fortress that's guarding a Kiyoi Flower, and then make a Healing Shot so that we can change your wife's heart.
Chikao: (Smiles warmly) Thank you, everyone. Alright, let's find a way out of this cave.
Nakaoka: I don't suppose we can just go back the way we came, right?
Sadayo: And risk those other four waiting for us once we show our faces? I don't think so. I'm sure there's another way out of this cave if we look hard enough.
Kazuya: Great idea, Sadayo. And I'll stay close to you to protect you, you know in case there are any Shadows lurking about.
Sadayo: Oh, uh, thank you, Kazuya.
Naoya: (Whispers in his brother's ear; sarcastically) Subtle, very subtle.
Kazuya merely shushes him as the large group continues to explore the cave. As the continued spelunking, they passed by a passage where a bright light was seen on the other end, and Remus noticed.
Remus/Tricky: Hey, guys, look over here! (Everyone turns to face him and that's when they see the passage with a light at the end of it) I bet that light is a way out of here!
Ryuji/Skull: Kick ass, turtle!
Sputnik/Jinx: Good find, brother.
Remus/Tricky: Thank you, thank you, you're all too kind!
The group of 58 rush through the passage and when they get to the end of it…they're nowhere near the outside! Instead, they're in another portion of the cave where a giant stage is set up.
Kaito: What the hell? What is a giant stage doing in the middle of this cave?
Just then, the stage lights turn on as smoke machines on the sides of the stage activate. That's when the group hears three disembodied voices talking to them.
Falldown Kasumi/Violet (Voice): Well now, boys, what do we have here?
Falldown Morgana/Mona (Voice): (A la Peter Lorre) Oh, ho, ho! It looks like some rats went sticking their noses into the business of our lord and master Hoshigami, the Father of Shadows!
Falldown Ryuji/Skull (Voice): Verily. But these be no ordinary rats, methinks. For I smell the foul stench of those folly-fallen Phantom Thieves!
Futaba/Oracle: I don't know who that last guy is, but given his nerdy way of speaking, if things go south between you and Ren, Makoto, you can always nab this guy on the rebound.
Falldown Ryuji/Skull (Voice): A very tempting offer, but I must abhor it.
Ren/Joker: Quit taunting us and show yourselves!
Falldown Kasumi/Violet (Voice): As you wish.
Suddenly, on stage, three holes in the floor open up as platforms holding the three Falldown Thieves rise up from them. When they stop rising, our heroes look to see them as evil versions of Morgana, Ryuji, and Sumire.
Falldown Morgana/Mona: (Looks at Morgana and Old Morgana) Ah, my good counterparts, we finally meet. I did not imagine one of you would be on the heavier side, though.
Old Morgana/Old Mona: Yeah, old news, guy!
Falldown Ryuji/Skull: (Chuckles) Art thou ready for the most humiliating thrashing of thine lives!
Ryuji/Skull: For real?! The evil version of me is some Renaissance talking fruit cup?!
Falldown Ryuji scowls at his good counterpart.
Himari: (Giggles) Hey, Evil Father, doth mother know you weareth her drapes?
Falldown Ryuji/Skull: Silence, heathens!
Falldown Kasumi/Violet: And that leaves little old me, Kasumi Yoshizawa A.K.A Violet!
Sumire/Violet: Kasumi?!
Ichiro: Sumire? Isn't that the name of your sister who passed away?
Sumire/Violet: Yeah. Maruki brainwashed me into thinking that I was Kasumi until the Phantom Thieves saved me and made me remember who I really was. But I guess this version of me either still believes that she is Kasumi, or worse…she is Kasumi!
Falldown Kasumi/Violet: Hmm, we seem to be missing one more of our own, but I can't seem to remember who.
Falldown Ryuji/Skull: You must be referring to my darling wife. But where oh where could she have gone?!
Falldown Ann/Panther: Yoo-hoo!
A spotlight shines on Falldown Ann as she stands on a platform suspended high above the stage.
Ann/Panther: Is that…me?!
Falldown Ann/Panther: (Looking down at the 58 heroes, specifically the males) Mmm, boy! Skull, honey, you are one of the most attractive fellas I've ever met, but most of these here Phantom Thieves really get me goin'! Especially that stud over there in the white mask and long black coat!
Ren/Joker: What?
Without warning, Falldown Ann takes out her whip, lashes it around a hanging stalactite and swings down towards Ren, landing and pouncing on him like the Panther she's dressed as.
Falldown Ann/Panther: So, Sweet Thing, what are you doin' later? (Licks the side of his face) Mmm, anger with a hint of fear! My favorite flavor!
Falldown Ann is about to bite Ren in the neck when she suddenly feels someone's hands tightly grip her shoulders. It was Makoto!
Makoto/Queen: Sorry to break it to you, slut, but he's spoken for!
Using all of her strength, Makoto pulls Falldown Ann off of Ren and drop kicks her away from them. Makoto kicked Falldown Ann so hard that she went flying onto the stage where her other three comrades were.
Falldown Morgana/Mona: Oh, that's gotta hurt!
Falldown Ryuji/Skull: What brutes! Thou hath crossed the line! Prepare thyselves for a merciless thrashing!
Morgana/Mona: Not if we can thrash you fools first! Phantom Thieves, charge!
The 19 Phantom Thieves, including Futaba out of her Necronomicon, run up towards the four Falldown Thieves.
Falldown Kasumi/Violet: Just going to charge up on us headfirst, huh? How brave.
Falldown Ryuji/Skull: Yes, brave…but very stupid!
With that, the four Falldown Thieves get ready to summon their Personas.
Falldown Ryuji/Skull: Napoleon!
Falldown Ryuji's Persona, Napoleon, is wearing clothes very similar to the French Emperor he was based on; a black hat with a red feather, a blue coat with gold shoulder pads and coat tails, white pants, and black boots. The only difference is that his skin is made of gold.
Falldown Ann/Panther: Arachne!
Falldown Ann's Persona, Arachne, is a half woman/half spider hybrid; she has a human upper body attached to an abdomen of a spider. The abdomen and the eight legs its attached to are black, while the human upper body has long black hair that covers her eyes, purple skin just like Carmen, a dark blue top, and long black fingernails attached to her hands.
Falldown Morgana/Mona: Conan!
Falldown Morgana's Persona, Conan, has long dirty blonde hair with a brown leather band around his forehead. Conan has red eyes and no shirt so he could show off his bulging muscles. He's wearing a white loincloth and black leather boots and he's carrying a longsword.
Falldown Kasumi/Violet: Maleficent!
Falldown Kasumi's Persona, Maleficent, is a pale-skinned figure wearing a black and purple cloak, black horns, a black jeweled butterfly mask over her eyes, and her hands are limbless (Note: Think something like Rayman or Count Bleck). In one of her hands is a staff with a crystal ball on it.
As the 19 Phantom Thieves drew closer, the four Falldown Thieves just stared at them, smirked, and then pointed towards them so their Personas could attack!
Falldown Ryuji has Napoleon use Magarula, which hits Ryuji, Futaba, Zenkichi, Haru, and Yusuke, sending them back.
Falldown Ann has Arachne throw some webs to ensnare Ann, Toshiro, Kimiko, Old Morgana, and Sojiro before throwing them up in the air and hitting them with Mabufula.
Falldown Kasumi has Maleficent fire Maeiga at Sumire, Remus, Sputnik, Akechi, and Makoto.
Falldown Morgana has Conan use Mazionga, which hits Ren, Morgana, Minato, and Sophia.
All 19 Phantom Thieves were dealt with in one shot as the Non-Thieves came to their aid.
Yuuki: Aw man, that was rough!
Eiko: Are you guys okay?
Ren/Joker: We will be when we put those four in their place!
Falldown Kasumi/Violet: Really? After all that, you lot are still standing and itching for a fight?
Falldown Morgana/Mona: We've got to hand it to them. They're quite the enthusiastic bunch.
Falldown Kasumi/Violet: Yes, but I've grown bored playing with them. Maleficent, help me put these playthings away!
On her master's command, Maleficent starts firing Maeigaon at the floor and ceiling around the group of 58. Before they knew it, the floor started to fall apart beneath them and all 58 of our heroes were sent screaming as they fell down the hole that Maleficent and Falldown Kasumi created. Once all 58 had gone, the four Falldown Thieves, from their stage, look down in the hole to see if any of them survived, but it was too dark to see anything.
Falldown Ryuji/Skull: I sincerely hope those knaves survived. T'will be a shame if they perish before they meeteth our comrades.
Falldown Ann/Panther: Couldn't agree more, sugar. (Cuddles next to Falldown Ryuji) But you know, Jiji, all this fight is getting more 'worked up', if you know what I mean.
Falldown Ryuji/Skull: Methinks I know exactly what you mean, milady. Come, let us become the beast with two backs before we rendezvous with the rest of our comrades!
Falldown Ann/Panther: Say less, doll!
Falldown Ryuji and Falldown Ann begin to make out, much to the disgust of Falldown Morgana and Falldown Kasumi, who awkwardly walk away from the area to wait for their two partners to be done with their 'mating session'.
(Woodlands of Denial - Deeper in the Cave)
The fall has landed the group of 58 into a deeper part of the cave as they all get up on their feet to dust themselves off and help others up.
Minato/Lion: (As he helps Mana and Mitsu to their feet) Is everyone alright?
Akihiro: All good here, boss.
Hotaru: I've been better, but at least I'm alive.
Hotaru then looks to his right to find Hayato helping Hifumi on her feet.
Hayato: Hifumi, are you alright?
Hifumi: Yeah, thanks. Man, I can't believe we all survived a fall like that.
With Nayoko, she looks around to get her bearings straight before realizes that she's sitting on Yutaka's face.
Nayoko: Oh! (Gets up from Yutaka's blushing face) Sorry about that, Yutaka.
Yutaka: No problem!
Makoto/Queen: (Looks around to make sure that everyone is present and accounted for) Alright, show of hands, who's not dead?
The group of 58 raise their hands and Makoto quickly counts up to 58, including herself.
Makoto/Queen: (As Ren walks up to her) Alright, good, we're all here.
Ren/Joker: (Turns to Makoto) Hey, I didn't get the chance to thank you for pulling that evil version of Ann off of me, babe. So, thanks for that.
Makoto/Queen: My pleasure, sweetie. (Kisses him) No one puts their hands or mouth on you but me.
Ann/Panther: I seriously don't know what that evil version of me's problem is. I would never act that provocative or thirsty…(Most of the group from the Canon Universe look at her with straight expressions on their faces) I mean, if you put a few drinks in me, maybe I'd act up a little, but still, I'd never throw myself at other guys unless it was Ryuji.
Speaking of Ryuji, the dyed blonde Phantom Thief looks to his left to see another passage with a light at the end of it.
Ryuji/Skull: Hey, guys, I think I see a way out! Look!
Mika: Are you sure that's the way? Because the last time we thought a secret passage that led to a bright light was the way out we ran into the evil versions of you, Ann, Morgana and Sumire's sister.
Sumire/Violet: My sister probably.
Sputnik/Jinx: Well, that passage looks like the only way we can go unless you want to start climbing. (She points up from where they fell from as everyone looks up with her).
Mika: Alright, let's walk towards the light.
Ann/Panther: Yup.
The 58 Thieves then run down the passage and towards the light, hoping that it not only leads them out of the cave, but away from any and all Falldown Thieves.
(Woodlands of Depression - Meadow Area)
The Group of 58 emerge from the cave and let out a collective sigh of relief, knowing that they were out back outside again.
Yuuki: Okay, I officially hate caves and I will never take the outdoors for granted again.
Takeishi: Freedom, baby! Now let's go find that Village of Hope!
Akechi/Crow: Uh, guys?
Eiko: What is it, baby?
Akechi/Crow: Look.
Akechi points in the distance to find Falldown Yusuke, Falldown Makoto, and Falldown Haru waiting for them in the middle of the field, and the three Falldown Thieves are looking up at them.
Hifumi: Aw, great! It's - Eiko, did you seriously just call Akechi 'baby', what the hell - Aw great! It's more of those Falldown Thieves!
Ren/Joker: It's more Falldown Thieves, yes, but at least it's only three of them instead of four. We might stand a better chance.
Minato/Lion: Other father is right. I'm feeling good about this one. Let's take them down!
Futaba/Oracle: Not before I heal you guys up.
Futaba summons Necronomicon once again and uses Mediarama to heal her 18 comrades.
Ren/Joker: Thanks Futaba.
Futaba/Oracle: Thank me later. Right now, we've got some Falldown Thieves to fight!
The 18 Phantom Thieves, along with Futaba and the Necronomicon, walk towards the three Falldown Thieves, ready to face them while the other 39 hang back and watch the events unfold. As the group of Phantom Thieves get closer to three Falldown Thieves, they proceed to talk smack.
Falldown Haru/Noir: Heh, like lambs to the slaughter, you all come to face us. Oh, ho, ho, ho! My axe has been dying to get acquainted with the likes of you!
Haru/Noir: Oh dear! The evil version of me is a complete psychopath!
Morgana/Mona: What, were you expecting someone as sweet as a grandma?
Falldown Makoto/Queen: Master Hoshigami gave us direct orders to put you suckers on ice! Nothing personal, it's just business, you dig?
Makoto/Queen: No way. I refuse to believe the evil version of me talks like that and with an accent like that.
Ren/Joker: Yeah, it's vile! (To himself) I really hate myself for how turned on I am at seeing Makoto talk like some hardcore gangster. No! Focus Ren, she's not your Makoto. Calm down.
Falldown Yusuke/Fox: (Stands up as he takes out his sword) Hmph! I've seen tougher sons of bitches in the ballpit at Buck E. Cheddars! You Phantom Thieves are nothing! You're less than nothing! And I'm going to rip your balls off so you can't contaminate Master Hoshigami's perfect world!
Yusuke/Fox: My! The evil version of me is…for lack of a better word, brash. I would never dream of saying such vulgar things, not even to my enemies.
Falldown Haru/Noir: (Looks around) Oh dear, we seem to be missing Oracle, dear friends.
Falldown Makoto/Queen: It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if that little puke was taking a nap and missed her cue.
Falldown Yusuke/Fox: I swear, the best part of that girl ran down the crack of her mama's ass and wound up as a brown stain on the mattress!
Falldown Haru/Noir: Her loss. She's going to miss out on one hell of a juicy bloodbath!
Kimiko/Angel: Bring it on, dorks!
Futaba/Oracle: Hold on guys, let me make sure you're prepared to fight these guys!
From within Necronomicon, Futaba uses Heat Riser to temporarily boost her friends' Attack, Defense, and Agility.
Falldown Makoto/Queen: Heh, that's a nice party trick you fools got. But let's see what you think of this! (Takes off her mask to summon her Persona) BABA YAGA!
From behind her, an incredibly large Persona is summoned. Baba Yaga is the size of about one acre of land supported by four large, bird like legs, and on top of this acre of land is a creepy old house. In the front yard is the statue of an old woman; Baba Yaga herself. Falldown Makoto, is standing in front of the Baba Yaga statue, looking down at our heroes, who are looking up at the colossal Persona in a mixture of fear and amazement. Meanwhile, Falldown Haru and Falldown Yusuke on ground level with our heroes, looking joyfully at their gobsmacked expressions.
Falldown Haru/Noir: Goodness, our fellow foes are so impressed by our comrade's Persona that they can't take their eyes off of it!
Ryuji/Skull: For real?!
Zenkichi/Wolf: That thing is huge!
Ann/Panther: How are we expected to fight someone with a Persona that big?!
Kimiko/Angel: (Opens her wing pack) Don't give up! I'm going up there to face that evil Makoto myself!
Old Morgana/Old Mona: Not without me, you're not, Miss Kimiko.
Sputnik/Jinx: He's right, you can't face her alone. You'll get creamed. The likes of Remus, the fat one and I are small enough for you to fly us up there with you.
Ren/Joker: You should listen to them, Kimiko. We all appreciate your enthusiasm, but charging into a dangerous situation alone will prove to do more harm than good. You should bring Sputnik, Remus, and your Morgana. Makoto and I will tag along with you.
Kimiko/Angel: How do you two plan on getting up there?
Makoto/Queen: You let us worry about that.
Kimiko/Angel: Alright, you two, good luck.
With that, Kimiko picks up both Remus and Sputnik with Old Morgana grabbing onto his owner's legs, and Kimiko flies herself and the three Poppets up to the top of Baba Yaga to face Falldown Makoto. Ren, meanwhile, throws his grappling hook up towards the edge of Baba Yaga and pulls himself up. Makoto meanwhile summons her Persona.
Makoto/Queen: Johanna!
Once Makoto is settled on her bike Persona, she quickly rides it up one of Baba Yaga's legs and makes it to the top of the evil Persona. Falldown Makoto is impressed to see the six Phantom Thieves standing before her.
Falldown Makoto/Queen: Holy shiznit! You players actually made it up here! But don't think for a second that you've won, you hear?
Remus/Tricky: Bring it, street rat!
Ren/Joker: The rest of you, split the evil Haru and Yusuke evenly amongst yourselves!
Sojiro/Chief: Got it!
The group fighting Falldown Makoto: Ren, Makoto, Kimiko, Sputnik, Remus, and Old Morgana
The group fighting Falldown Haru: Haru, Sojiro, Morgana, Minato, Sumire, Sophia
The group fighting Falldown Yusuke: Yusuke, Ryuji, Ann, Toshiro, Zenkichi, and Akechi
With the group fighting Falldown Haru, Minato is the one to make the first move.
Minato/Lion: Go, Tarzan!
When Tarzan gets summoned, Minato has him use Terraga. As the pointed stone projectiles come at her, Falldown Haru manages to dodge them all. As she dodges the attack, however, Sophia manages to flank Falldown Haru and hit her with a shot from her blaster.
Sophia/Sophie: Ha, ha! Bullseye!
Falldown Haru/Noir: Let's see you laugh at this! (Takes out her grenade launcher) You won't be laughing when I get through with you!
Falldown Haru fires a few rounds at Sophia, but she dodges them before whacking the grenade launcher out of her hands with her yo-yos, catching the Falldown Thief off guard. This allows Haru to charge at her evil counterpart, axe in hand. Unfortunately, Falldown Haru takes out her own axe and blocks her good counterpart's attacks.
Falldown Haru/Noir: Oh goody! My 'goody-two shoes' self has entered the ring to face me!
Haru/Noir: Shut up, you big fake!
Falldown Haru/Noir: In the multiverse, there are no fakes. I'm as real as you are, and as alive as you are…but not for long!
Falldown Haru pushes and kicks her good counterpart away from her.
Falldown Haru/Noir: Now, let's make you scream! Constance!
Falldown Haru summons her Persona, Constance. Constance is a blue skinned Persona dressed in a wedding dress with red roses adorning it, a veil over her face which has piercing red eyes and a mouth with blood red lipstick and sharp yellow teeth. In her arms is a flower bouquet with a large axe sticking out of it.
Constance is about to finish Haru off with a Brave Blade attack from her axe, but that's when Morgana steps in.
Morgana/Mona: Zorro!
When Morgana summons Zorro, the Persona gets in the way of Constance and blocks her axe with his sword. That's when Zorro blows Constance away with a Garudyne, much to the annoyance of Falldown Haru, who now comes face to face with Sojiro and Sumire.
Sojiro/Chief & Sumire/Violet: Don't forget about us!
Sojiro/Chief: Cyrus!
Sumire/Violet: Cendrillon!
The two Phantom Thieves summon their Personas and they both use Kougaon, which hits Falldown Haru, sending her flying into the air and landing on the ground with a thud.
Falldown Haru/Violet: Heh! Most impressive! (Gets up and takes out her grenade launcher again) But you underestimate my tenacity!
Falldown Haru fires rounds from her grenade launcher as Sojiro, Sumire, Morgana, Haru, Minato, and Sophia dodge the explosive projectiles.
At this point, we cut to the group fighting Falldown Yusuke.
Falldown Yusuke/Fox: Get ready to fuckin' bleed, Phantom Twats! Ghenghis Khan!
Falldown Yusuke summons his Persona, Genghis Khan. Khan is wearing golden Mongolian soldier armor with a golden helmet on his head, a silver mask over his eyes, and brown boots. He's mounted on a black horse wearing bronze plated armor and on his shoulder is a falcon with brown feathers and red eyes.
Genghis Khan uses Maragion on his six opponents who dodge out of the way.
Ann/Panther: You call that a fire attack?! Let me show you how it's done! Carmen!
When Ann summons Carmen, she has her Persona use 'Blazing Hell', but Falldown Yusuke and and his Persona dodge out of the way before any major damage could be done.
Falldown Yusuke/Fox: Take her!
On his master's command, Genghis Khan uses God's Hand! The attack come barreling towards Ann, but that's when Ryuji intervenes.
Ryuji/Skull: Captain Kidd, show him what a real God's Hand looks like!
When Captain Kidd gets summoned, he uses his own God's Hand which collides with that of Genghis Khan. With the two Personas entering a power struggle, that gives Ryuji and Ann's teammates the opportunity to sneak up behind Falldown Yusuke and his Persona. By the time the Falldown Thief notices that Toshiro, Akechi, Zenkichi, and his good counterpart were behind him, it was too late to do anything as they had already summoned their own Personas.
Toshiro/Patriot: Go get him, Ernesto!
Akechi/Crow: Show him what you're made of, Robin Hood!
Zenkichi/Wolf: Take him, Valjean!
Yusuke/Fox: Attack, Goemon!
Ernesto uses Megido, Robin Hood uses Kouga, Valjean uses Megido, and Goemon uses Bufudyne. The attacks hit Falldown Yusuke and Genghis Khan from behind, causes the Persona to disappear and for the Falldown Thief to fall down to his knees.
Yusuke/Fox: So, my evil counterpart, do you surrender?
Falldown Yusuke/Fox: Worthless maggot! (Gets up and takes out his Assault Rifle) I'm just getting warmed up!
Falldown Yusuke fires a few rounds at his good counterpart, who dodges out of the way before taking out his sword and engaging him in melee combat.
As that's going on, we cut to the top of Baba Yaga where we see Ren, Kimiko, Makoto, Sputnik, Remus, and Old Morgana fighting against Falldown Makoto.
Falldown Makoto/Queen: Alright, Baba, let's show 'em!
As Falldown Makoto takes out her revolvers, the eyes on the statue start to glow. Makoto fires a few rounds while the statue unleashes a blast of Mapsiodyne. Fortunately, our six heroes were swift footed and avoided their attacks.
Kimiko/Angel: Did that freaking statue just attack us?!
Makoto/Queen: My evil counterpart's Persona just gets weirder and weirder.
Ren/Joker: We can't get close to that evil Makoto without that statue firing attacks at us.
Kimiko/Angel: Alright, so what are you thinking, Other Father?
Ren/Joker: Kimiko, can you, Sputnik, and the fatter Morgana…(Hearing this makes Old Morgana pout)...act as a distraction for the statue to attack while Remus, the real Makoto, and I attack the evil Makoto?
Kimiko/Angel: You can count on me!
Old Morgana/Old Mona: Just don't call me fat again, okay?
Makoto/Queen: Get ready! She's coming this way!
The group of six look to see Falldown Makoto charging at them, her spiked Tekko weapons in hand. Right behind her, the statue's eyes were glowing again as it prepared another attack.
Sputnik/Jinx: Let's move!
The group of six dodge Falldown Makoto's melee attack as Kimiko, Sputnik, and Old Morgana make a beeline for the statue. The statue fires a few blasts os Psio, but the three Phantom Thieves dodge them as they get closer. When they got close enough, Kimiko, Sputnik, and Old Morgana began to attack the statue with their melee weapons; the Celtic Flame Sword, baseball bat, and curved swords respectively. The only time the three of them would stop attacking the statue would be when it would fire a 'Psi-based' attack, which they would quickly dodge before attacking once more.
Meanwhile, Makoto, Ren, and Remus are engaging Falldown Makoto in combat. Falldown Makoto is seen firing a few rounds from her revolver at Remus, who is hiding in his shell to protect himself. While Falldown Makoto continues to fire at Remus, the good Makoto fires her own revolver at her evil counterpart's hand, causing Falldown Makoto to drop her weapon. That's when Ren steps in.
Ren/Joker: And now…(Takes off his mask) Barong!
When Ren summons Barong, he wastes no time in firing off a Ziodyne at Falldown Makoto, shocking her badly as she falls to her knees. As Ren, Makoto, and Remus stare down at the downed Falldown Thief, they fail to notice the skies above them starting to darken.
Falldown Makoto/Queen: (Panting) Goddamnit…I can't lose…to the likes of you!
Remus/Tricky: I think you just did.
Ren/Joker: (Looks over at the trio fighting the statue) How are things going with you three?
Kimiko/Angel: Pretty good, Other Father! We're just about done here! One good attack from Mary should send this Persona crumbling down!
Kimiko reaches for her mask and is ready to take it to summon her Persona when, from the sudden dark clouds, a black tentacle comes down and grabs her along with Old Morgana and Sputnik.
Ren/Joker: No!
Ren, Makoto, and Remus are ready to help, but they too are grabbed by a tentacle.
Down on the ground, the groups fighting Falldown Yusuke and Falldown Haru see the tentacles grab their friends, and before they knew it, two more tentacles came to grab them just as a few more came down to grab the 39 Non-Thieves.
Inside of the Necronomicon, Futaba is trying to figure out where these tentacles are coming from.
Futaba/Oracle: What the hell is inside of those clouds?!
A few moments later, Futaba got her answer and her eyes widened as the source of the tentacles comes out to reveal itself. It was another Necronomicon, only this one was colored black and red rather than green and blue.
Futaba/Oracle: No way! Is that another Necronomicon?!
Back on ground level, Falldown Yusuke and Falldown Haru look up at the Evil Necronomicon and realize that their universe's version of Futaba has finally joined the fray.
Falldown Yusuke/Fox: Well it's about time you showed up, missy!
Inside the Evil Necronomicon, we see Falldown Futaba yawning as she floats freely and bright red lines of text surround her.
Falldown Futaba/Oracle: (Yawns) Sorry, I figured I'd take a quick little power nap before I came to help you guys. Mmm, but I guess those Phantom Thieves got here sooner than I expected.
That's when Falldown Futaba notices her good counterpart's Necronomicon.
Falldown Futaba/Oracle: Ugh, what an eyesore that is. I can fix that!
She presses a button and a portion of Necronomicon separates to reveal a beam cannon that begins to charge up. Akechi looks up at it and gets bad memories of when the Grand Reaper killed his universe's version of Futaba in a similar manner.
Akechi/Crow: Futaba, get out of there!
In a panic, Futaba makes her Necronomicon disappear just as the Evil Necronomicon fires its beam cannon. Futaba is send free falling to the ground, but one of the Evil Necronomicon's tentacles grabs her before she can reach the ground.
Falldown Futaba/Oracle: And that's all 58 in my grasp! Am I good or what?
Falldown Makoto/Queen: You'd be better if you were on time and fought alongside us instead of sleeping in and coming in at the very last minute, buster!
Falldown Futaba/Oracle: Hey, at least I showed up and saved you guys!
Falldown Haru/Noir: Oh, there's no sense crying over spilt blood and guts. We have more pressing matters to deal with at the moment. Like how are we going to finish these bastards!
Falldown Futaba/Oracle: I think I'm going to give them a little ride! Are you ready? Hold on tight!
And with that, Falldown Futaba as her Necronomicon spin round and around in circles, with the 58 Phantom Thieves still wrapped up in the Persona's tentacles screaming all of the while. After a while, Falldown Futaba as her Necronomicon let go of the group of 58, sending them all flying off into the distance towards another area in the Woodlands of Denial.
(Woodlands of Denial - Flower Field)
After being flung by Falldown Futaba, the group of 58 land in the middle of a field of white flowers. Miraculously, none of them were seriously injured. They all slowly got up, groaning in pain as they stretched and got their bearings straight.
Shinya: Okay, how the hell are we all still alive?
Chihaya: We're all just very lucky, I guess.
Toshiro/Patriot: (Helps his girlfriend on her feet) Eri, are you okay?
Eri: For a minute I thought I broke my leg again, but I feel fine.
Takeishi: I'm amazed you managed to keep up with us with that bum leg. Not to be mean, but I thought you'd be deadweight.
Eri: I'm stronger than you think I am, boy. And if you think I can't kick your butt six ways from Sunday, you're sadly mistaken. If you've been using a cane for as long as I have, then you should know that it can be a great makeshift weapon.
Takeishi: Noted.
Nariko: (Looks around at the flower field) Man, what a beautiful place this is.
Hotaru: You can say that again. I've got to get some footage of this.
As Hotaru reaches into his bag to pull out his camera…he instead feels parts of a camera. A look of fear appeared on Hotaru's face as he looked into his bag to see that his camera had been destroyed from when Falldown Futaba flung him; he must've landed on his bag and that caused the camera inside to break.
Hotaru: N-No! No! No, no, no, no! (Falls to his knees and breaks down in tears)
Himari walks up to her husband and rubs his back in an attempt to comfort him as everyone else watches him break down.
Yutaka: I mean, I don't know what the big deal is, personally. We were gonna have him delete any and all footage that showcases the Metaverse's existence.
Hotaru: But that didn't mean my camera had to be a casualty!
As Hotaru continued to cry, the group of 58 started to hear someone talking and it sounded like Zenkichi.
Falldown Zenkichi/Wolf: Ah, wails of utter despair. There really isn't a more beautiful sound in this world!
The group turns around to see Falldown Zenkichi, Falldown Toshiro, Falldown Sophia, and Falldown Erina staring them all down.
Akihiro: Oh my God! How many of you assholes are there?!
Falldown Toshiro/Patriot: You have quite some mouth on you, don't you?
Falldown Sophia/Sophie: Currently looking up the most efficient ways to kill a person.
Falldown Erina: Don't bother, Sophie! By the time you find the answer to your query, I would've already torn these poor bastards apart!
Makoto/Queen: Is that a challenge?!
Ren/Joker: Come on, guys, let's go!
Akechi/Crow & Minato/Lion: Yeah!
The four Phantom Thieves then notice that the rest of their comrades haven't joined them and are sitting right behind them.
Minato/Lion: What are you guys waiting for, a Phantom Thief Movie Deal to come in? We've got baddies to fight!
Yusuke/Fox: Face it, guys, we haven't won against the other Falldown Thieves so what makes you four think we stand a better chance against these guys?
Makoto/Queen: We have to try!
Zenkichi/Wolf: We appreciate the enthusiasm you all are putting on display, but at some point you have to acknowledge when you're hitting above your weight. This is that moment! I say we all fall back and run away while we still can!
Minato/Lion: We can't give up now! We just can't!
Ren/Joker: Alright! Minato, you take evil Sophia. Makoto, you take evil Erina. Akechi, you take evil Zenkichi. And that leaves me with evil Toshiro!
Falldown Toshiro/Patriot: Well now, it looks like I'm facing the big boss of the Phantom Thieves. Hope you don't mind if I invite my plus one! (He takes off his mask) Homelander!
When Falldown Toshiro takes off his mask, his Persona of Homelander comes forth. The Homelander Persona is wearing black spandex bodysuit, the Japanese Flag for a cape, a dark red belt with matching gloves and boots, and he has pure white skin, red eyes, and black hair.
Toshiro/Patriot: What?! My evil counterpart has a Persona…but his universe's version of Erina is still there?
Eri: Toshiro, sweetheart, what are you talking about?
Toshiro/Patriot: During my time with the Phantom Thieves, there was a woman named Erina who fought alongside us. She was the manifestation of my repressed will of rebellion, and as a result she looked like you in appearance. Erina became my persona of Ernesto when I learned to stand up for myself against my oppressors. So, I don't know what happened in this 'Bizzaro World' where I become evil, but my evil self must've awoken to an entirely different Persona that doesn't involve the use of that other Erina.
Ann/Panther: Aw no! Does that mean that evil Erina has a Persona?
Falldown Erina: No, no. Unfortunately for me, I don't have a Persona. But that's alright with me, because I fight with the strength of ten Personas!
Makoto/Queen: Let's see you put your money where your mouth is! Are you boys ready to rock?!
Minato/Lion: Let's get 'em!
With that, Makoto, Minato, Ren, and Akechi charge at their respective Falldown Thief, ready to engage them in combat.
Makoto/Queen: Johanna!
Makoto summons her Persona and as soon as she gets on the motorbike Persona, she immediately tries to ram into Falldown Erina with her. Unfortunately, even though Makoto and Johanna's movements were fast, Falldown Erina was even faster as she quickly avoided every attack that Makoto had to throw at her.
Makoto/Queen: (As Johanna comes to a screeching halt) Let's see how you like this!
Makoto has Johanna fire blasts of Freila, but Falldown Arena uses her spears to block each blast, rendering each attack null and void much to Makoto's anger.
Meanwhile, Minato is squaring off with Falldown Sophia. The Falldown Thief beings by throwing out her spiked yo-yos at the Phantom Thief, but he blocks them with his spear. That's when Minato fires a round from his wrist-mounted crossbow right at her face, but Sophia dodges it by merely moving her head to the left.
Minato/Lion: So you think you're hot stuff, huh? Let's see how you like this! Tarzan!
Minato summons his Persona of Tarzan, and that's when he uses Terradyne; where Tarzan summons round rocks with spikes all over them before hurling at fast speeds at the enemy. Falldown Sophia braces herself and when the attack ends, she is surrounded by a wall of smoke.
Minato/Lion: That had to have done something. (The smoke clears and Falldown Sophia is still standing) Aw crap.
Falldown Sophia/Sophie: Still here! (Lunges at Minato who blocks her attack with his spear)
In the battle between Akechi and Falldown Zenkichi, Akechi wastes no time in summoning his Persona.
Akechi/Crow: Robin Hood!
When Robin Hood gets summoned, Akechi has him use Megaton Raid. But when Robin Hood fires the arrow, Falldown Zenkichi moves out of the way and destroys it with his greatsword.
Akechi/Crow: I'll admit that's a very fine sword you have there. (Takes out his Lumina Saber and charges at him) But it pales in comparison to my own!
Falldown Zenkichi/Wolf: Make my day, punk!
Akechi and Falldown Zenkichi clash with their swords numerous times before they both jump back, realizing that, in terms of melee combat, they're equally matched.
Finally, we cut to Ren as he summons one of his Personas to fight Falldown Toshiro and Homelander.
Ren/Joker: Uriel!
When Ren summons Uriel, the Persona flies towards Toshiro and Homelander and proceeds to use Bloodbath. Unfortunately, Homelander blocks every attack and punches out Uriel, causing him to disappear. Ren gasps at the site of Homelander defeating his Persona, and that's when the evil Persona and its master turn their attention towards him.
Falldown Toshiro/Patriot: Do it!
In the blink of an eye, Homelander appears in front of Ren and punches him so hard that he goes flying back towards his allies.
Meanwhile, the fight between Makoto and Falldown Erina was continuing as Makoto has Johanna fire another Freidyne at her opponent. Falldown Erina just jumps over it before drop kicking Makoto with enough force that it not only knocks her off of Johanna, but sends her flying towards where Ren is.
In the fight between Minato and Falldown Sophia, the latter summons her Persona.
Falldown Sophia/Sophie: Your time to shine, Jezebel!
Jezebel is a Persona with purplish-pink skin and black hair, and she's wearing a golden laurel crown, a green dress with the stomach cut out, and is barefoot. Behind Jezebel are seven dark blue snakes.
When Jezebel gets summoned, Falldown Sophia has her use a Water-Skill on Minato where the seven snakes shoot high pressure jets of water from their mouths; Aquadyne. The attack hits Minato so hard that he goes flying towards the rest of the group where Makoto and Ren were blown back.
Finally, in the fight with Akechi and Falldown Zenkichi, the latter summons his Persona.
Falldown Zenkichi/Wolf: Sikes!
Sikes is a Persona with a crooked gray top hat on his head. He also has pointed white hair and a white beard that covers the whole lower half of his face as well as yellow eyes with red pupils. He's also wearing a black long coat over a gray vest, gray pants, and black shoes. On his hands are two gauntlets in the shape of bull-terrier dog heads.
Once Falldown Zenkichi summons Sikes, he holds out his bull-terrier dog gauntlets as the eyes on them start to glow a yellow light. After that, he fires a Terraga at Akechi which hits him for great damage and he goes flying back towards the rest of his friends where Ren, Makoto, and Minato were.
Falldown Zenkichi: Hmph! Hardly a challenge for us.
With the fight over, the likes of Ryuji, Kimiko, Sae, and Eiko run towards Ren, Minato, Makoto, and Akechi respectively to help them on their feet.
Ryuji/Skull: Geez! Are you guys alright?!
Ren/Joker: Yeah, we're fine.
Falldown Erina: You fools should've listened to your Yusuke. We know how our comrades bested the likes of you, so you should've known that you'd have a hard time against us.
Makoto/Queen: I just can't believe it. I would've thought we'd have at least one of these Falldown Thieves on the ropes.
Minato/Lion: In case you've forgotten, Kimiko and I are newbies.
Ren/Joker: And the rest of us haven't been Phantom Thieves for quite some time, so we're a little rusty.
Akechi/Crow: Damn it! It can't end like this! I'm not going to lose my friends again!
(Blink and you miss it moment: Wakaba and Kunikazu are right behind Akechi and their eyes widen in surprise when Akechi refers to the people with him as his friends, implying that Akechi is making progress towards opening up with people again)
Eiko: (Tries to hold him back) Hey, take it easy. You know you can't beat them by yourself.
Hoshigami (voice): My oh my, this Goro Akechi is very tenacious. But it'll take more than that to achieve the impossible and defeat us!
As everyone looks around to see where Hoshigami is, some stone pillars begin to rise from the ground surrounding the group of 58. Some of the pillars appear beneath Falldown Zenkichi, Falldown Sophia, Falldown Erina, and Falldown Toshiro, and they rise up with them.
Once the pillars have stopped rising from the ground, the rest of the Falldown Thieves, as well as Sugimura and Claudette in their battlesuits, and Hoshigami appear out of portals to stand atop their respective pillars. As the 17 villains stare down at our 58 heroes from their stone pillars, they all begin to lose hope with Sojiro and Chikao glaring at Hoshigami, who stares back at them.
Hoshigami: What do you think, Sojiro? I don't need you to be my friend anymore! I have all the company I need right here. And even better, they hate you just as much as I do!
Sojiro/Chief: Ugetsu…
As that was going on, Haru is looking up at the pillar that Sugimura is perched upon, and that's when she hears Sadayo speak.
Sadayo: Daiki…why?
Haru/Noir: Wait, Kawakami-san, you know Sugimura?!
Sadayo: I used to know him…but now, I don't even know who I'm looking at up there.
Meanwhile, Chikao is looking up at the pillar that Claudette is perched upon.
Chikao: Claudette! Please, think about what you're doing! Don't you know that I still love you?!
Claudette: If you really loved me, you wouldn't have deserted me! Now, you're going to reap the consequences of your actions!
Hoshigami: (Chuckles wickedly) Things aren't looking too good for any of you right now!
Naoya: Isn't this usually the part where something resembling a miracle happens and we get away safely?
Kana: I think we're all out of miracles, Naoya! I think this time we're done for!
Riku: Hang on, guys, I think I know how to take this guy down! Stand back!
Riku steps up to the pillar that Hoshigami is situated upon and he looks up at him just as Hoshigami stares down at him.
Riku: You are now banned from Cross-Box Live!
As an immediate response to that, Hoshigami waves his scepter, creating a shockwave that blows Riku back.
Mai: You stupid f-
Mai gets cut off when Riku crashes into her.
Riku: (Gets up as does Mai) Well it works whenever Soji misbehaves and Nariko and I have to lay down the law.
Everyone rolls their eyes before turning their attention back towards Hoshigami on his pillar.
Hoshigami: If you're done acting like idiots, I believe you all have a maker to meet
With that, Hoshigami begins charging an attack with his Construct Crystal scepter. Everyone begins to embrace one another as they are ready to accept their defeat. Seeing everyone lose hope and embrace the end, Yuuki looks over at Shiho.
Yuuki: Shiho, before we die a very heinous death, there's something I've been meaning to tell you.
Shiho: What is it, Yuuki?
Yuuki: Shiho…I…I…I!
Morgana/Mona: Hold up! What is that!?
Morgana points up at five lights that are falling from the sky. This distracts Hoshigami to the point where he stops charging his attack as the lights land on the ground in front of our heroes. The lights fade to reveal five figures; Lavenza, Elizabeth, Theodore, Margaret, and Philemon, the latter of whom is wearing a white suit with black shoes, a white face mask with an orange butterfly wing on the left of it, and his brown hair is tied in a ponytail. When the 17 villains see Philemon and the four Velvet Room attendants, they look absolutely mortified.
Hoshigami: You!
Our 58 heroes are also surprised to see the presence of the five beings before them.
Ren/Joker: Lavenza!
Lavenza: (Turns to face Ren) This isn't how I imagined myself introducing you to my siblings, but here we are now. Phantom Thieves, I'd like you to meet Elizabeth, Theodore, and Margaret. They've helped guide other Persona users in the past, and now we've all come together to help save you and put an end to this madness!
Philemon and the four Velvet Room Attendants turn their attention towards Hoshigami, ready to put him down by any means necessary.
Philemon: Ugetsu Hoshigami! Your existence threatens all worlds. We have come to put a stop to you and your plans!
Lavenza: You've stumbled into this forsaken world by accident, and we have pity on you. But now you've taken advantage of the very thing that created this world; the Construct Crystal!
Theodore: With it, you've brought about nothing but chaos and misfortune that'll tear apart every single universe should it spread!
Elizabeth: You've even gone so far as to take Shadows from other iterations of the Metaverse as well as the most evil and twisted souls from other universes to do your bidding!
Margaret: Mad men like you shouldn't have such world ending power at his disposal! Consider this your one and only warning. Surrender the Construct Crystal to us, return Daiki Sugimura, Claudette Shinoda, and the Falldown Thieves to their respective universes, and undo all of the sins that you've committed!
Hoshigami: Ha! What makes you think that I'm going to listen to the likes of you! My subordinates and I will dispose of you first, and then we'll focus our attention on those damn Phantom Thieves!
Philemon: Ugetsu! If you don't back down now, we'll be forced to deal with you in our own way!
Hoshigami: Your threats don't scare me!
Philemon: They should. Because I'm the whole reason why Personas exist in the first place! And if you don't believe in the amount of power I'm capable of…then allow me to show you first hand what I can do!
And with that, Philemon fires a powerful Photon Cannon at Hoshigami, who avoids it by jumping off of his pillar. As he falls to the ground, his scepter becomes a scythe again and he swings down at Philemon, who blocks it with a shield made entirely of light; the shield in question having the appearance of butterfly wings. As he continues his power struggle with Philemon, Hoshigami looks at his 16 subordinates.
Hoshigami: Don't just stand there you idiots! Kill them all!
The Falldown Thieves, Sugimura, and Claudette jump down from their pillars to dispose of the Phantom Thieves, but the Velvet Room Attendants get in their way. Hoshigami's subordinates are ready to fight them off while Hoshigami deals with Philemon.
The ones fighting Lavenza: Falldown Makoto and Falldown Futaba
The ones fighting Theodore: Falldown Ren, Falldown Akechi, Sugimura, Claudette
The ones fighting Elizabeth: Falldown Ryuji, Falldown Ann, Falldown Morgana, Falldown Kasumi
The ones fighting Margaret: Falldown Yusuke, Falldown Haru, Falldown Zenkichi, Falldown Toshiro, Falldown Sophia, and Falldown Erina.
We begin with the villains fighting Theodore.
Falldown Ren/Joker: Ezio!
Falldown Akechi/Crow: Loki!
As soon as Ezio and Loki get summoned, their respective owners have them use Kougaon and Eigaon at Theodore.
Theodore: Megidolaon!
Theodore fires Megidolaon, and as it makes contact with the other two attacks, it triggers a Beam Struggle that lasts for about three seconds before the Medigolaon overpowers the Kougaon and Eigaon. Seeing the attack coming, Falldown Ren and Falldown Akechi jump out of the way as Sugimura and Claudette charge at him, ready to punch him. As the two battlesuit clad villains make it to the male Velvet Room Attendant, they throw their punches only for Theodore to block them by grabbing their fists.
Theodore: Child's play!
Theodore then throws Sugimura and Claudette into the air before jumping up after them, ready to attack.
Theodore: Spin Slash!
By simply using a swinging motion with his hands, Theodore is able to destroy Sugimura and Claudette's battlesuits as they fall back down to the ground, landing with a thud. With two of the villains out of commission, Theodore turns his attention to Falldown Ren and Falldown Akechi who glare at the Velvet Room Attendant furiously.
Theodore: I haven't forgotten about you two!
He runs towards the two Falldown Thieves as we cut to another battle.
In the battle between Elizabeth and Falldown Ryuji, Falldown Morgana, Falldown Kasumi, and Falldown Ann, the former three Falldown Thieves are firing at Elizabeth with their ranged weapons. Elizabeth swiftly dodges them all, but doesn't notice Falldown Ann sneaking up behind her so she could wrap her whip around her waist. This act takes the Velvet Room Attendant by surprise as Falldown Ann smirks.
Falldown Ann/Panther: Let's go for a ride!
Falldown Ann, still holding onto her whip, swings Elizabeth around until the Velvet Room Attendant pulls out a tarot card that allows her to use Mighty Swing to break herself free from Falldown Ann's whip.
Falldown Ann/Panther: (Holding her broken whip) No! You broke it!
In response to that, as Elizabeth goes flying towards the base of one of the stone pillars, she lands on it with her feet, allowing herself to bounce off of it and fly towards the four villains. As she gets closer, Elizabeth pulls out another tarot card allowing her to use Maziodyne, which hits the four Falldown Thieves, bringing them to their knees. Elizabeth lands on the ground with her feet and stares at the four villains.
Elizabeth: Do you yield?
Falldown Ryuji/Skull: (As he gets up with his other three teammates) Foolish knave! We hath just started bringing the pain!
From there, we cut to the battle between Falldown Yusuke, Falldown Haru, Falldown Sophia, Falldown Toshiro, Falldown Zenkichi, Falldown Erina and Margaret. The six Falldown Thieves have Margaret surrounded, but she doesn't seem frightened in the slightest.
Falldown Yusuke/Fox: This broad is strong, there's no denying that.
Falldown Haru/Noir: Then I'll enjoy it when we finally put her in her place! Come, Constance!
Falldown Yusuke/Fox: Genghis Khan!
Falldown Sophia/Sophie: Jezebel!
Falldown Toshiro/Patriot: Homelander!
Falldown Zenkichi/Wolf: Sikes!
When the five Personas get summoned, they fire their strongest attacks at Margaret. The attacks seem to hit their mark, but the six Falldown Thieves that she's facing soon see that she's floating in mid-air and looking down at them. As she floats, Margaret uses Mind Charge before launching a counter attack by pulling out one of her own Tarot Cards.
Margaret: Morning Star!
Morning Star, a large meteor projectile falls from the sky and threatens to crush the six Falldown Thieves. They get out of the way of the attack, but Falldown Erina charges at the Velvet Room Attendant, spear in hand. As Falldown Erina attempts to stab Margaret, she is quickly dodging each thrust of her spear. That's when Margaret pulls out another tarot card, ready to summon another attack.
Margaret: God's Hand!
The God's Hand hits Falldown Erina and sends her back, although she does a flip in the air after getting hit by the God's Hand, allowing her to land on her feet.
Falldown Erina: Aw yeah! Now this is a battle!
Margaret: I don't want to hurt either of you, but if you don't cease your attacks then you'll leave me with no choice.
Falldown Yusuke/Fox: Let's send this bitch to hell where she belongs!
The six Falldown Thieves charge at Margaret who pulls out another tarot card, allowing her to use Magarudyne to blow the six of them back.
It's at this moment when we cut to the battle between Falldown Futaba, Falldown Makoto, and Lavenza. The two Falldown Thieves have already summoned the Attack Necronomicon and Baba Yaga respectively.
Falldown Makoto/Queen: So, you think you're hot stuff, eh? Let's see how you deal with us! Smoke her ass, Baba Yaga!
The statue on the Persona uses Psiodyne while, inside the Attack Necronomicon, Falldown Futaba presses a button that unveils a large Gatling gun, and it starts shooting rapid fire blasts at Lavenza.
Lavenza dodges the attacks before staring at her two enemies.
Lavenza: Just one of me might not be able to take you two down. But what if there were two of me!
With that, Lavenza splits herself up into her Caroline and Justine forms. The two girls charge at the two Falldown Thieves and their Personas as the two villains prepare their counterattack.
Falldown Futaba/Oracle: (Yawns) Oh, please, let's just get this over with.
Falldown Makoto/Queen: Right!
Meanwhile, Caroline and Justine continue to run towards the two Falldown Thieves.
Justine: You take the one on the right and I'll take the one on the left!
Caroline: Got it!
Justine comes running towards Falldown Makoto and Baba Yaga while Caroline charges at Falldown Futaba and her Necronomicon.
Falldown Futaba presses a button inside her Attack Necronomicon that causes tentacles with sawblades at the end to appear from the Persona's underside. As the Attack Necronomicon swings down, Caroline jumps up and starts running up the tentacle towards the Persona. Inside, Falldown Futaba gasps with shock as Caroline jumps up high and prepares to attack her.
Caroline: Divine Judgment!
The attack connects, and as a result it temporarily destroys the Attack Necronomicon as Falldown Futaba falls towards the ground and she lands on her face hard.
Meanwhile, Falldown Makoto sees Justine getting closer to her and Baba Yaga, so she starts firing rounds at Justine with her revolvers, but Justine uses her clipboard to block the attacks before running up to Falldown Makoto and hitting her upside the head with it, knocking her to the ground. As Falldown Makoto tries to get her bearings straight, Justine decides to focus her attention on Baba Yaga. So, she jumps up and gets on top of the giant Persona, meaning that Justine is now face to face with the statue.
Justine: Demonic Decree!
The attack hits the statue, causing Baba Yaga to disappear.
Falldown Makoto/Queen: Damn it! My beautiful Persona!
Caroline and Justine reunite and turn back into Lavenza as she stares to Falldown Makoto and Falldown Futaba, the latter of whom just stood up on her feet after her fall.
Lavenza: I may be small, but I'm just as powerful as my older siblings and Master Philemon!
Speaking of Master Philemon, he's still battling with Hoshigami, who swings his scythe at him. Philemon avoids the attack by back flipping out of the way and landing close to where our 58 heroes are observing the battle. Philemon turns back to face the 58.
Philemon: You leave the fighting to us! Right now, the lot of you need to get to work on finding and bringing down Hoshigami's Fortresses!
Mitsu: That's actually why we were trying to find you in the first place, your highness!
Ann/Panther: We don't know where these Fortresses are or what they look like.
Philemon: I have no time to explain now. Take these!
Philemon snaps his fingers causing two golden handheld mirrors to appear out of thin air as Ren and Ryuji each catch one.
Ryuji/Skull: What the heck are these?
Philemon: I'll tell you when we're done dealing with Hoshigami and his minions! In the meantime, we need to split you all up into two groups. One group will deal with the fortresses on the east of the New Metaverse and the other will deal with the fortresses on the west. Find the fortresses, my friends, and good luck!
Minato/Lion: Philemon, wait!
But it was too late. Philemon snapped his fingers and the group 58 disappeared, with Philemon already deciding who will go where.
The group that'll take on the Eastern Fortresses: Ren, Makoto, Futaba, Akechi, Eiko, Kana, Sophia, Sumire, Ichiro, Sae, Ryuta, Sojiro, Kaoru, Takeishi, Ichiko, Sputnik, Remus, Minato, Kimiko, Kas, Akihiro, Yutaka, Nayoko, Riku, Mai, Wakaba, Toshiro, Eri, and Takemi
The group that'll take on the Western Fortresses: Ryuji, Ann, Yusuke, Haru, Zenkichi, Chikao, Yuuki, Hifumi, Hayato, Daisuke, Naoya, Shiho, Mika, Shinya, Akane, Nakaoka, Chihaya, Kunikazu, Morgana, Old Morgana, Himari, Hotaru, Nariko, Kaito, Wataru, Mana, Mitsu, Kazuya, and Sadayo
Once all 58 of our heroes have disappeared, the fighting ceases as Hoshigami glares at Philemon.
Hoshigami: (As his 16 cronies come to his side) What have you just done?
Philemon: (At the four Velvet Room Attendants come to his side) Got the multiverse's one and only shot at survival as far away from here as possible and closer to your fortresses.
Hoshigami: There's nothing you can do to stop my plans, you foolish God! Soon you, your pitiful attendants, and those Phantom Thieves will be bowing at my feet.
Philemon: (Smirks) We'll see.
Suddenly, Philemon, Theodore, Margaret, Lavenza, and Elizabeth disappear in a flash of light, catching the 17 villains off guard.
Falldown Ren/Joker: What happened?! Where did they go?!
Hoshigami: I don't think that was the real Philemon we were facing, nor were those the real Velvet Room Attendants. They likely created projections of themselves to save those Phantom Thieves, and those projections were real enough to fight as hard as the real things would've. I should've known better.
Falldown Kasumi/Violet: Master, what shall we do in the meantime?
Hoshigami: Let's return to the castle and figure out our next move. Those Phantom Thieves are going to be making a beeline for our fortresses. We just have to figure out which ones they'll run to first.
With that, Hoshigami uses his Construct Crystal to open a portal that leads to the throne room in his castle. The group of 17 walk through it, and once everyone is safe and sound in Hoshigami's castle, the portal closes.
(Philemon's Village of Hope - Philemon's Chateau)
In Philemon's Chateau, he and his four attendants were seen walking down the hall and towards the balcony. When they get to the balcony, the five of them look out over the horizon.
Theodore: Things are really going to get crazy now.
Margaret: Master, are you sure it was a good idea to split that group up? Most of them aren't even Phantom Thieves yet.
Philemon: I know, Margaret. But by the time they make it here, they'll all have the power they need to defeat Hoshigami and save the multiverse. For right now, it would be in our best interest to start rounding up the Phantom Thieves from throughout the multiverse so that by the time those 58 get here, we'll have a strong enough army to save the other Poppets and Igor, and advance towards Hoshigami's Kingdom of Acceptance. Go, find as many as you can.
Lavenza, Margaret, Theodore, and Elizabeth: Yes, master.
The four Velvet Room Attendants leave Philemon alone on the balcony as he stares skyward.
Philemon: Ren Amamiya. Goro Akechi. Minato Amamiya. You and your friends are the multiverse's only hope now.
The camera begins to zoom out from where Philemon is currently standing. We go from the balcony he's standing on to a topdown view of his chateau, followed by a top-down view of the village, followed by a top-down view of the entirety of the New Metaverse.
Philemon and his Village of Hope are in the center of the New Metaverse. To the west are a desert and snowy mountain area. To the east is the Woodlands of Denial and a tropical area with vast oceans and islands. Finally, the northernmost part of the New Metaverse is Hoshigami's Kingdom of Acceptance, which currently has a haze barrier blocking it from the rest of the New Metaverse.
This top-down view of the New Metaverse, is what we close this episode out on.
TO BE CONTINUED…
(Closing Credits Theme: 'Black Hole Sun' by Soundgarden)
(Opening Instrumentals)
(The camera pans upwards with a nighttime backdrop. We see images of Chikao, Kunikazu/Colonel, Wakaba/Pharaoh, Tae/Raven, Sojiro/Chief, Sputnik/Jinx, Remus/Tricky, Eiko/Jester, and Sadayo/Lady staring up at the night sky)
(In my eyes, indisposed, in disguises no one knows. Hides the face, lies the snake, and the sun in my disgrace)
(As the camera continues to pan up, we see an image of Daisuke/Ace, Himari/Bumblebee, Kimiko/Angel, Kana/Darner, and Ryuta/Owl flying through the air as Hotaru/Feature records them on his camera)
(Boiling heat, summer stench, neath the black the sky looks dead. Call my name through the cream, and I'll hear you scream again)
(As the camera continues to pan upward, we see an image of Sophia/Sophie, Kaoru/Spore, Naoya/Beat, Kazuya/Courage, Sumire/Violet, Ichiro/Hawk, Hifumi/Wraith, and Hayato/Romeo fighting against a small group of shadows)
(Black hole sun, won't you come and wash away the rain? Black hole sun, won't you come, won't you come)
(The camera pans upward some more and we see an image of Toshiro/Patriot, Eri/Partisan, Shinya/Ranger, Akane/Spirit fighting against a Venus Fly Trap Shadow who has the likes of Mana/Shogun, Mitsu/Edgerunner, Akihiro/Mariner, and Wataru/Maestro wrapped up in its vines. As that's going on, Yutaka/Dizzy and Nayoko/Warrioress are roller blading around it in order to get the Shadow wound up)
(Black hole sun, won't you come and wash away the rain? Black hole sun, won't you come, won't you come (Black hole sun, black hole sun)? Won't you come (Black hole sun, black hole sun)? Won't you come (Black hole sun, black hole sun)? Won't you come (Black hole sun, black hole sun)?)
(After another upward pan, we see Mai/Enigma using her Persona to create a replica of the Buster Sword. Mai is seen charging at a Serpopard Shadow alongside Riku/Clockwork, Kas/Crash, Nariko/Mage, Kaito/Professor, Mika/Cheetah, and Old Morana/Old Mona.)
(Another pan up shows Zenkichi/Wolf, Sae/Arbiter, Shiho/Shinobi, Yuuki/Paladin, Takeishi/Coyote, Nakaoka/Diesel, Chihaya/Prophet, and Ichiko/Flapper battling a Shadow Ripper (Based on Jack the Ripper).)
(One more upwards pan and we see the likes of Ryuji/Skull, Morgana/Mona, Ann/Panther, Yusuke/Fox, Makoto/Queen, Futaba/Oracle, and Haru/Noir as they prepare to do battle against Claudette and Sugimura.)
(Closing instrumentals)
(The camera stop panning upwards as we cut to Ren/Joker, Minato/Lion, and Akechi/Crow standing on a mountaintop as they stare at a solar eclipse, where images of Hoshigami and the Falldown Thieves appear, glowering down at them)
Cultural References
1: The plot of this episode is based on the Digimon Adventure episode, 'Enter the Dark Masters'
2: The title for this episode is a reference to a line from the 'Ring Around the Roses' nursery rhyme.
3: The idea of Falldown Ryuji, Falldown Ann, and Falldown Makoto speaking with a Shakespearean, Southern, and Brooklyn accent respectively is a reference to Mercurymon, Ranamon, and Arbormon from 'Digimon Frontier'.
4: Falldown Yusuke makes references to some of Sergeant Hartman's lines from the 1987 film 'Full Metal Jacket'.
5: Falldown Morgana speaks in a manner similar to Peter Lorre.
6: Mana singing 'One Million Bowls of Chicken Curry on the Wall' is based on a scene from the Kenan & Kel episode 'Two Heads are Better Than None'.
7: Daisuke is humming Deep Purple's song 'Smoke on the Water'.
8: 'Detective X Family' is the Persona Universe's version of the anime 'Spy X Family', with 'Yar' being that world's version of 'Yor'.
9: The banter between Ren, Falldown Ren, and Ryuji is based on the banter between Shadow and Sonic before their first battle in 'Sonic Adventure 2'.
10: The caption that appears at the end of Minato's All-Out Attack is a reference to the Guns n' Roses song, 'Welcome to the Jungle'.
11: Himari insults Falldown Ryuji the same way Tony Stark/Iron Man insulted Thor in 'The Avengers (2012)'.
12: Falldown Ryuji's Persona is Napoleon, as in former French Emperor/Military Commander, Napoleon Bonaparte.
13: Falldown Ann's Persona is Arachne, based on a character with a similar name from Greek Mythology.
14: Falldown Morgana's Persona is Conan, as in Conan the Barbarian
15: Falldown Kasumi's Persona is Maleficent, as in the very same villain from Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'.
16: The scene where Falldown Ann licks Ren's face could be seen as a reference to Catwoman licking Batman's face from 'Batman Returns'.
17: Buck E. Cheddars is just the Persona universe's version of real-world pizza/arcade chain, 'Chuck E. Cheeses'.
18: Falldown Makoto's Persona is based on the witch of Slavic folklore, Baba Yaga. Although the Persona seems to be more inspired by the house that Baba Yaga lives in; the one that's standing on two chicken legs.
19: Falldown Haru's Persona is based on Constance Hatchaway from the 'Haunted Mansion' ride at Disney World.
20: Falldown Yusuke's Persona is based on Genghis Khan, the first khan and founder of the Mongol Empire.
21: Hifumi ranting at the Falldown Thieves before briefly turning her attention to Eiko is a reference to the SMG4 video 'SMG4 Doesn't Meme for 1 Second' where Meggy says, "Change SMG4 - Bob that was way over the line, what the hell - Change SMG4 back to normal or else!"
22: Falldown Toshiro's Persona is Homelander, based on the character of the same name from 'The Boys'.
23: Toshiro refers to the world that the Falldown Thieves come from as 'Bizarro World'. This could be a reference to DC Comics.
24: Falldown Zenkichi's Persona, Sikes, is based on Bill Sikes from the Charles Dickens novel, 'Oliver Twist'.
25: Falldown Sophia's Persona, Jezebel, is based on a character of the same name from the Bible.
26: Riku's attempt to stop Hoshigami is based on Swag's attempt to stop Zero/Ax0l in 'War of the Fat Italians 2021'. Having said that, Cross-box is the Persona Universe's version of Xbox.
27: Philemon and the Velvet Room Attendants having projections of themselves is a reference to the climactic fight between Luke Skywalker and Kylo Ren in 'Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi'.
Voice Cast
Xander Mobus - Ren Amamiya/Joker, Falldown Ren/Joker
Cherami Leigh - Makoto Niijima/Queen, Falldown Makoto/Queen
Cassandra Lee Morris - Morgana/Mona, Old Morgana/Old Mona, Falldown Morgana/Mona
Max Mittelman - Ryuji Sakamoto/Skull, Falldown Ryuji/Skull
Erika Harlacher - Ann Takamaki/Panther, Falldown Ann/Panther
Matthew Mercer - Yusuke Kitagawa/Fox, Falldown Yusuke/Fox
Erica Lindbeck - Futaba Sakura/Oracle, Falldown Futaba/Oracle
Xanthe Hyunh - Haru Okumura/Noir, Falldown Haru/Noir
Laura Post - Sumire Yoshizawa/Violet, Falldown Kasumi/Violet
Robbie Daymond - Goro Akechi/Crow, Falldown Akechi/Crow
Tom Taylorson - Zenkichi Hasegawa/Wolf, Falldown Zenkichi/Wolf
MacLeod Andrews - Toshiro Kasukabe/Patriot, Falldown Toshiro/Patriot
Megan Harvey - Sophia/Sophie, Falldown Sophia/Sophie
Jamieson Price - Sojiro/Chief
Ben Diskin - Ichiro Tanaka
Yuri Lowenthal - Naoya Makigami
Micah Solusod - Daisuke Watanabe
Troy Baker - Ryuta Watanabe
Tara Platt - Mika Shibata, Elizabeth
Elizabeth Maxwell - Sae Niijima
J. Michael Tatum - Kuro Takeishi
Crispin Freeman - Hayato Yajima
Mark Whitten - Hiro Nakaoka
Amanda Winn-Lee - Ichiko Ohya
Sarah Williams - Chihaya Mifune
Jesse McCartney - Shinya Oda
Sean Chiplock - Yuuki Mishima
Laura Bailey - Eiko Takao
Janice Kawaye - Kana Magario
Colleen O'Shaughnessey - Akane Hasegawa
Josh Keaton - Kaoru Iwai
Leanna Albanese - Eri Natsuharu, Falldown Erina
Christine Maria Cabanos - Shiho Suzui
Michelle Ruff - Sadayo Kawakami
Eden Riegel - Hifumi Togo
Quinton Flynn - Kazuya Makigami
Todd Haberkorn - Minato Amamiya/Lion
Megan Shipman - Kimiko Watanabe/Angel
Christina Vee - Mana Amamiya
Jamie Marchi - Mitsu Amamiya
Elsie Lovelock - Himari Yajima
Kari Wahlgren - Kasumi 'Kas' Tanaka
Bryce Papenbrook - Riku Mishima, Theodore
James Arnold Taylor - Yutaka Watanabe
Johnny Yong Bosch - Kaito Watanabe
Kira Buckland - Nariko Mishima
Monica Rial - Nayoko Hashimoto
Michael Kovach - Hotaru Yajima
Robin Atkin Downes - Akihiro Hagiwara
Richard Steven Horvitz - Remus/Tricky
Christopher Corey Smith - Kunikazu Okumura
Luci Christan - Sputnik/Jinx
Elijah Wood - Chikao Shinoda
Phillip Reich - Daiku Sugimura
Colleen Clinkenbeard - Claudette Shinoda
JK Simmons - Ugetsu Hoshigami
Travis Willingham - Philemon
Carrie Keranen - Lavenza, Carol, Justine
Marisha Ray - Margaret
