#Kosei crew: Futaba / Ann / Akira

[crescentmoonteas]

The fact that Haru is still the rich girl here makes me feel even worse for her, especially with the Shujin kids likely being how they are in canon when Haru shows up. At least she's working on making Shujin a better place!

luckily for Haru, I've shifted half the Shujin main cast over to Kosei! all the unnamed NPCs who spread rumours about Joker carrying a knife or whatever remain, though, so there's a whole bunch of rumours about what horrendous deed Haru did to get a criminal record and put on probation and disowned from the Okumura fortune (at least one person jokes that she over-salted the Big Bang fries or something)

[symphonic-scream]

Check it out, some Fool Makoto Swap Stuff

I'm having a lot of fun coming up with little design differences for this new arcana swap I think I might fully say it'll be like. My official swap for P5.

So I'm gonna work on the summer uniform variations, and then also, Strikers ideas. Mainly, cause Strikers for this will be Winter. I'm changing that up that way!! I love Strikers a lot so I have to include it in some way

I might try to sketch some things out?? Again I'm far from an artist, I haven't drawn in 6 years really, but like. I wanna share how everything would look,,

I'm also trying to work out more personas for the team. I have Makoto's, and have her affinity, but I wanna narrow down some ideas for Morgana, Haru, and Goro, at least. I'll have to do them for the others too (Ryuji, Ren, Ann, Yusuke, Futaba, and Hifumi) but I wanna get those three done first?? They're the most fleshed out rn

Oh!! I have some new arcana to announce!!

Judgement will be... Zenkichi Hasegawa!

Fortune will be... Toranosuke Yoshida!

I'm still working on the last two, being Hanged Man and Strength, and would love some input on those

And, another big change. There is more off feelings towards Justice from the whole crew. Our starting group are all incredibly observant, so I think it would be a fair touch that they'd notice something really off with "TV personality Hifumi Togo" from the start. Like she's not exactly who she says she is

Also. Goro's mom is alive here. Yeah. She's sickly, and that's why he had to go ask his dad for help, leading to him being a seedy intern. His Social Link is him and Makoto working together to find out who's been committing shoe locker robberies, and leads to him realizing he genuinely likes that kinda work, and other things about himself. He decides he's going to try to be a criminal investigator, and by the end of the year, would be lined up for an internship with Sae

Haru, she's more about finding a desire to do what she loves even though her dad no longer gives her any. She's lost satisfaction with cooking, and through teaching Makoto to cook, and sharing dishes with others, regains her love for the act. Though, more importantly, she remembers why she loved it in the first place, how it reminded her of cooking with her mom. Haru starts hunkering down to try to get into culinary school at the end of their next year

Also. I haven't mentioned it yet. But the main romance will be Makoto x Haru. There is some Ann x Shiho mixed in with the Faith Social Link, and I'm debating how to pair up the guys on the team, if at all. Cause. Perhaps. And I'm just suggesting this here, but. Goro and Ryuji? Maybe? I think normally they're both too, easy to aggravate. But in this au, maybe they can work???

But yeah. Sapphic focus in this one folks

Oh! And Futaba? Eventually gets to return to reality. I'm making a point that she uses crutches still after a year and a half for Strikers (cause it's LATER). Gonna have her coma thing have lasting effects. Chronically ill Futaba

I think this is the last thing I'm putting here, but I wanna lay out who is at Kosei, at Shujin, or not old enough for high school

Morgana, Sumire, and Kasumi are all too young for high school

Makoto, Goro, Haru, and Eiko are second years at Shujin. Ann, Ren, Akira, and Yusuke are first years at Shujin

Ryuji and Hifumi are first years at Kosei

Yeah. I'm loving this au so lemme know any thoughts y'all have

[takamakisu]

Trios in Persona 5 that give me serotonin:

Phantom Founders: Akira, Ann, Ryuji

Me And The Boys™: Akira, Ryuji, Mishima

Phantom Fellas: Akira, Ryuji, Yusuke

Senpai Squad: Makoto, Haru, Akechi

Kosei Crew: Hifumi, Yusuke, Akechi

Coffee Family: Sojiro, Akira, Futaba

[ceescedasticity]

i looked thru your writing babble tag and couldnt find it, do u have a link to the start again timeline? i get confused trying to figure out when everyones remembering relates to each other

Assuming that P5 takes place in 2016…

(Spoilers for everything posted so far…)

Late December 2013 –

Very beginning of Escher. Futaba starts getting a weird feeling of deja vu.

Yusuke wakes up remembering everything but isn’t sure it’s real.

Morgana also remembers at this point, though details have not been revealed.

January 2014 –

Futaba continues to feel deja vu.

Morgana leaves a warning note in the Isshiki mailbox.

Yusuke looks for Leblanc, but it isn’t there.

Goro starts having interrogation room dreams, usually about once a week.

Yusuke is dreaming of Madarame’s Palace almost every night. This doesn’t really stop.

Reserved-parking-place-related breakdown/rage fugue

February 2014 –

Goro cases the exterior of the Jikken Palace.

People are noticing Yusuke’s not sleeping well.

March 2014 –

Goro tips the police off about a drug dealer – why hasn’t been explained, but it may have been as a favor to Sasaki

Hitoshi has a manic episode.

April 2014 –

New school year! Probably April 7.

--Haru and Makoto start first year of high school at Shuujin

--Goro starts first year of high school at Jikken

--Yusuke starts third year of middle school

--Futaba starts second year of middle school

--Kiyomi starts third and final year of high school; Hitoshi starts second year of high school

--Hifumi starts third year of middle school

--Ryuji and Ann start third year of middle school at the same school, somewhere in Tokyo

--Akira starts third year of middle school somewhere outside Tokyo

Haru remembers; Count of Monte Cristo begins. Haru meets and befriends Makoto but verifies she does not remember anything.

I didn’t consult a calendar while writing COMC so I’m not 100% sure everything will line up.

Yusuke refuses the ‘life drawing’ proposal, starts painting Self-Portrait as a Cognition.

Haru tracks down Goro and blackmails him for Metaverse access.

The next day, shows Makoto Kamoshida’s Palace but doesn’t take her inside.

That Saturday, probably 4/19, Haru gets careless and runs into trouble in the castle, has to be rescued by Makoto and Goro.

Tuesday (4/22?): breakdown/rage fugue with the attacking people with shoes.

Thursday (4/24?), first joint trip into Jikken.

Goro’s interrogation room dreams turn into engine room dreams.

After the first joint trip to the space station (4/26?), Haru and Makoto get a look at Goro’s notebook, Goro hears about navigator abilities and recruiting personas.

Yeah I think I was thinking school started earlier in April than it probably did, the end of the month is getting a little rushed. Not completely implausible at least.

May 2014 –

Early in the month, Goro gets Defarge persona; his Akira dreams turn lucid.

Sometime this month, Yusuke makes sure exhibition tickets are sent to Kunikazu Okumura. One way or another Haru never sees them.

About 5/5?, Kunikazu announces Haru is engaged.

Almost a week later (5/10?), introduces Tomioka-san.

Little Palace activity in the next week. Makoto snoops around the volleyball team, Goro takes down Sasaki.

The weekend (5/17-5/18?) is rough.

Another week of little activity. Makoto breaks the starship log code and Goro scouts out Tomioka in Mementos.

Saturday (5/24?): rage fugue/breakdown for Tomioka

Sunday (5/25): Goro offers to prioritize the space station

June 2014 –

Futaba is subconsciously aware that Wakaba “will” have a mental shutdown, and very anxious.

Hitoshi/Kiyomi/Madarame start noticing there’s something kind of funny about Self-Portrait as a Cognition.

Haru, Makoto, and Goro secure a route to the Treasure, then wait a little longer to gather strength before sending the calling card

Kunikazu’s heart changed

July 2014 –

COMC crew focuses on studying and exams until the end of the term (probably about 7/20).

August 2014 –

Futaba is subconsciously aware that Wakaba “should” have had a mental shutdown. Deja vu turns into disorientation.

Madarame decides Self-Portrait as a Cognition is too creepy to plagiarize.

COMC crew reaches the top of the laboratory and the Treasure and Shadow aren’t there – now they have to go down.

Goro admits he’s not actually working for Shido.

September 2014 –

Self-Portrait as a Cognition is mostly complete.

9/1, school term starts.

9/8, Haru informs Goro he will be transferring.

9/15, Goro moves to Shuujin.

Unlike the original timeline, Kiyomi does not leave.

A politician who had a mental shutdown last timeline dies in a “car accident”.

October 2014 –

Hitoshi has a depressive episode.

Nakanohara leaves the atelier, roughly at the same time as he did last timeline.

November 2014 –

COMC crew reaches the Jikken Treasure, decides they need to scout.

11/8-11/9 – Cultural festival weekend:

--At Shuujin, there is a ‘syrup incident’, but otherwise uneventful.

--Makoto sees Kamoshida smarming at potential students.

--At Kosei, Yusuke runs into Ann, who doesn’t recognize him, and Hifumi, who he blurts out some information to.

--That evening, Yusuke and Hifumi fall through Self-Portrait as a Cognition (in front of Kiyomi) and return an hour later (in front of Hitoshi).

11/10 - Ryuji remembers, verifies that Ann does not

Yusuke starts visiting the museum Palace frequently. His sleep gets a lot better.

Wakaba’s lab succeeds in opening a portal into the Metaverse.

Futaba bugs Wakaba’s phone.

11/15 – COMC crew checks out the SIU Director’s Palace, Goro gets Medea.

11/16, Yusuke and Hifumi visit Mementos.

COMC crew defeats the Jikken Palace, changes Ishikawa’s heart.

11/29, Hifumi grounded after a fight with her mother over forfeiting a game.

11/30, Ryuji dyes his hair

December 2014 –

12/1, Ryuji mistakes a stray cat for Morgana. Ooops.

12/7, Yusuke and Hifumi visit a Palace at her middle school.

~12/15, Goro has the flu, tells Makoto his time travel theory.

Atelier water heater breaks, Madarame leaves for “retreat” (read: resort).

12/25, conspiracy tries to have Wakaba killed and fake an accidental overdose.

12/26, power in the atelier is cut off due to lack of payment. Futaba remembers everything after her uncle yells at her in the hospital. In the evening, runs into Yusuke. Yusuke & senpai go to stay at Isshiki apartment.

12/28, Futaba, Yusuke, and Hifumi go after Uncle Yoji in Mementos. On the way out pass Goro interrogating a Shadow (Ito) about judges, prosecutors, school sponsorship.

12/30, Futaba discovers Wakaba’s Palace.

12/31, Futaba, Yusuke, and Hifumi scout Wakaba’s Palace. Someone at the “spiritual retreat” sets fire to the buffet.

January 2015 –

Yusuke, Kiyomi, and Hitoshi return to the atelier. Sojiro moves into the Isshiki apartment but is mostly at the hospital.

First two weeks, Escher crew practices in the museum Palace, make tools, gather supplies.

Make it up the outside of the pyramid in one go.

Hifumi stops competing formally for the year, has another fight with her mother.

Another Palace trip: top of the pyramid to Hedonistic Braggart

Another trip: Solve the puzzle to clear the way up

1/17-1/19, university entrance exams

Another trip: up through the adyton, have to run from the Hundred-Armed Slave.

Yusuke contacts Dr. Takemi, Hifumi starts sneaking out with a rope ladder.

~1/22, beat the Hundred-Armed Slave, clear the crawlspace.

At least one Palace trip just getting money. Sojiro is alienating the nurses.

First trip into the pagoda section: have to run from Cognitive Sojiro.

Second pagoda trip: run from Shadows.

A few days of downtime before pagoda Attempt 3.

Attempt 4 on the pagoda – end up at the top of the temple, confront Asherah.

Next day (Sunday, probably 2/1), Wakaba wakes up.

February 2015 –

~2/6, Futaba remembers to look into Okumura Foods

Escher & COMC crews meet up

[some other stuff is going on with Escher&COMC crews after this but it hasn’t been revealed]

April 2015—

April 6 — new school year

April 11 — “interview” dumps Ryuji & co in Metaverse

April 13 — Ryuji & co return from Metaverse a little after midnight. Weapon shopping in the evening.