#in which the thieves try to guess jokers keywords

[sketchy--akechi]

Please feel free to ignore this. Your AU has been stuck in my head so I wanted to type it out before the thought slips my mind. :P

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Joker pressed his finger against the nose bridge of his mask even though he knew it was fixed in place without his meddling. His vision, fortunately, did not fail him because Crow stood before him, familiar smirk on his face, shining against the crowd of gray indecipherable faces.

“I didn’t think you would give in and let me lead,” said Crow.

Joker felt his heart clenched.

“Sometimes I worry that if I push you too far, you might disappear,” Joker admitted. Something strange tickled at the back of his mind, a truth he chose to hide perhaps, but he ignored it.

 “As if I would give in and forfeit that easily,” said Crow as he pulled Joker against him, resting a hand at the small of his back. “Shall we?”

That was true. Crow never would give up. Crow still owed him a duel. Crow wouldn’t leave. They had a promise.

Joker took Crow’s hand and let Crow swept him across the dance floor as the jazz music pulled them deep into the eye of the hurricane where nothing was left but the two of them.

At the corner of Joker's vision, red eyes gleamed against the faceless crowd—a familiar figure in black and blue candy-striped outfit, fury barely contained underneath his mask—and Joker felt panic seized him.

“Keep your eyes on me—” Crow growled, snapping Joker back to the present— “and no one else.”

Crow was right. There was only them. There was no need for anyone else.

With a dismissive wave of his mind, the crowd around them began to fade away like dust in the wind. “Joker!” he could hear someone’s distant scream before it was snuffled out by the breeze, but Joker let the hurricane swept it away.

He would not let anyone interrupt them, Joker thought as he tightened his grip on Crow’s hand. Not anymore.

OHMYGODBDNSVBDS THIS IS SO GOOD???? MORE WHERE IS MORE I NEED MORE

how did you KNOW the vibe i had in mind and how cognitive akechi is smooth and flirty and how joker is tired and how real akechi is wearing his black mask outfit and trying to reach out to joker who's already too far gone how did you know......

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH and you can expect some sort of art for this >:)) the ballroom dancing scene is what i wanted to draw anyway and now i have a much clearer image in my head hehehe

[ask-the-phan-site]

Phan Cam: A. Nigma of the School

>A. Nigma High School. Even though we’re just standing in front of it, we can already feel the mysterious vibe coming off of it.

Spirit said he’ll be waiting for us in detention hall. Wherever that is.

Finding it won’t be easy. This school is different from the ones we’re normally used to. Plus, we have that to worry about.

>Yusuke was pointing at some strange looking people in white.

...

Are we going to be okay here?

Not to worry, I have this. Straight from the desk of Max Modell. A message to Principal Gerneral W. Barrage allowing us to come to the school to seek out students would like to transfer to Horizon High.

>We go inside the school. The weirdness was stronger than ever. Even though a lot of things looked a bit normal. We go inside the principal’s office. Even this Barrage guy was an odd character just by looking at him. He takes the message and exams it carefully.

... APPROVED!

For real!? You’d do this?

Barrage: I’ve met Modell from time to time and I’m willing to give his idea a chance!

Thank you. I’m sure Max will appreciate it. In fact, there’s a student here at this school we’d like to interview first. Lee Ping.

Barrage: Ping!? You’ll find him and his little hooligan friends in detention hall in the basement! ... Here’s a map.

>He hands us a map and we go well on our way. After a while, we found the detention hall in the basement. We came in and the first thing we noticed was...

Zzz...

Uh. Hello?

???: Don’t bother.

>We turned.

The guy’s pretty much gone at this point.

Really? How come?

Lee: ... It’s a long story. Right now, Chaz Monerainian is our bigger concern.

Oh! Ve’re finally going to do ze Phantom Zeiving!

Hold it, Holger. We don’t know if we’re going with them.

Actually, we don’t mind if you want to help us. From what I’ve heard, Biffy kun, you’re good with communications. I think you and Futaba might work together fine you would.

Futaba: She’s got a point.

Listen to the chiquita, Biffy. These guys are professionals.

What did you just call Haru?

>Camillio was a little intimidated by Makoto’s glare.

Lee: (quickly) Okay, let’s just check the school new. It should be on by now.

>Biffy takes out his laptop and accesses the school’s website.

Hello, A. Nigma High! I’m Chaz Monarainian.

And I’m Tina Kwee. We’re here to give you the latest at our school. First off-

Chaz: On to Chaz’s Corner!

Tina: I don’t know, Chaz. Isn’t it a little early to-

Chaz: Yeah, yeah, that’s nice, Tina. Anyway, on to our main story.

I can see what the request meant. This guy’s really of himself. He keeps cutting her off.

Chaz: We just received word that eight representatives of Horizon High School (nine if you count their cat) have come here to scout for anyone who is interested in joining their school. I know I might like to try.

Tina: (groaning) Do you even know anything about science?

Chaz: I have a cousin in New York who went to Osborn Academy. How hard could it be?

>Tina just facepalms herself.

Makoto: I feel sorry for her.

Biffy: Did he say you have a cat?

Finally! I thought you guys forgot about me.

Biffy: (gasping with starry eyes) You do have a kitty!

Ren: This is Morgana. And I take you like cats.

Mew!

Biffy: Looks like Mrs. Rumplekittykat likes him... Does Mogana have a mate yet?

Hell no! I already have eyes for Lady Ann.

He says he’s not interested.

Lee: He’s right. Besides, didn’t she already have kittens?

Biffy: You never know.

>Just then, the door slams open and two people come in. One of which is very furious.

Camillio: Vaya, chica. Sabemos que estás molesto.

Tina: Upset doesn’t even cover it! I can’t believe Chaz blew me off like that again!

Better calm your girlfriend, Lee, before she tears the place up.

Lee: Right... By the way, how... On second thought, never mind, it’s you after all. Of course you knew we would be here.

Serpent: Well, it is your place here at school even though you don’t have detention anymore.

Lee: Gotta find someplace we can meet without Barrage or the Cleaners listening in. And we all know Sleeping Ugly over there won’t say anything.

>He was pointing at the sleeping teacher.

Serpent: Be nice to the man. We don’t know if he’ll ever wake up again.

Tina: Alright, we made you Phantom Thieves famous for helping the school with Horizon High, you better return the favor.

Relax, lady. We can do this.

Makoto: We already checked the Nav with Chaz Monerainian. He has a Palace here at this school. Now we just need to know what he sees this school as.

Camillio: The Nav? Oh, that’s what Lee talked about.

Akechi: Yes. To take us to the Metaverse, we need to give the Metaverse Navigator who are target is, a place that the target hold significance to, and what the target sees the place as.

Ryuji: We have the who and the where. Now we need the what.

Tina: If that’s it, I guess we can help with that.

Biffy: My first guest would be a TV station since everyone in his family are pretty much reporters.

Ren: Let’s try it.

>I enter what Biffy said into the Nav.

Nav: Conditions have not been met.

Tina: I guess that would be a bit too obvious.

Futaba: It’s got to be someplace that fits his ego. Maybe a temple.

Nav: Conditions have not been met.

Camillio: How about a circus since media is kind of like that.

Nav: Conditions have not been met.

Holger: How about a zearter?

Ryuji: Zearter?

Serpent: I do believe he means theater.

Lee: Chaz is also a member of the drama club and plays the lead often.

Nav: Condition have not been met.

This is going to be tougher than I thought.

Serpent: If you like, I do have resources that could help us determine what his Palace is.

Makoto: At this point, we’re out of options. I guess.

Serpent: Good... Because I already did it.

>He takes out his phone. It was a recording of Chaz in his home talking to himself in the mirror.

Chaz: Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?

Are you serious?

Chaz: I am so well loved in that school. It’s almost like being in a fairy tale. Now if only that Tina Kwee wouldn’t be such a hater.

Serpent: Shall we try? It sound like fairy tale is just a good an answer.

>We all agreed and Serpent enters the keyword.

Nav: Results found.

Lee: Do I even want to know why you have cameras there?

Serpent: (annoying laugh) Not really.

Ryuji: So, let’s get going in.

Holger: Oh, can ve go in, too?

Tina: That’s right. I’m a bit curious about this Metaverse. Don’t worry, I won’t talk about it on the news.

Ann: Are you sure? It’s nothing like you’ve ever seen.

Lee: We’ve fought an evil cult, clones, weird robots, monsters, and of course, a cybernetic principal. I think that about this time, there’s nothing left to scare us.

Tina: Except that classes are about to start.

Lee: Oh, right. It’ll wait after school.

Ren: Good. We’ll be waiting. In the meantime, we’ve got some students to interview.

>After almost a whole day, school was over for the day. We were waiting in front of the school.

Ren: Okay, what have we got.

Ann: Let’s see. Two older guys called the 15th Graders seem to be interested. They have a lot of experience in shop class. A couple of Skaters also seem interested. There’s also the Dudes of Darkness, the Tree Huggers, an Outcast named Deuce Markowitz, the entire Genius Club, and even a Glamazon who wishes to remain anonymous.

If it’s Kimmie McAdams, she’s definitely not in.

Ryuji: Yeah, I heard she’s a total bitch... Maybe we should go after her after this.

Morgana: We’ll have to discuss it later. Here come the Detentionaires.

>The others came.

Okay! Ve’re ready!

What the!? Why are you in that!?

Lee: Because... He’s Holger. It’s what he does.

So he’s the positive type. That’s good.

Holger: Yes. And yet, not many people in school vant to hang out with Holger.

So is everyone ready?

Everyone: Ready!

Ren: Then let’s go.

Nav: Beginning navigation.

>A red wave passes us and the school was replaced by a fairy tail forest that has more of a sinister feeling to it.

(Insert song: You in Wonderland)

Tina: (a bit amazed) Wow.

(laughing a bit) Looks like you weren’t kidding about not being surprised.

Biffy: But I am amazed that you can talk... RKK, can you talk here too?

Rumplekittykat: Mew!

Biffy: (disappointed) I guess not.

Well, there aren’t many like Mona. That’s for sure.

Tina: So this is the world in Chaz’s heart. He thinks this school is some kind of fairyland where he’s king.

Then we’ll just have to dethrone him.

It’s not the first time we took down a king and I’m pretty sure it won’t be the last.

Let’s take a look around.

Spirit: (will be called that while we’re in the Metaverse) Right. Everyone, stay close together... You especially stay close to me, Tina.

Tina: I’m not sure whether I should be flattered that you want to protect me or insulted that you think I can’t defend myself... But I guess I can stay close just in case.

>We venture into the Palace. It really does look like something out of a fairy tale.

Oracle: It looks like I’m picking something up. Look over there.

>We happen across what looks like a wanted poster on a sign.

WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE: Tina Kwee

Crime: For going up against our most glorious king.

Tina: (really angry) That jerk!

Hold on. It looks like there’s something under here.

>I lift the poster and see something carved on the sign.

Joker: Fox, can I borrow some paper and pencil?

Here. What is it?

Joker: We’ll see.

>I place the paper on the sign and begin rubbing the tip of the pencil on it. Then, an image appeared on it.

It looks like this sign is a map.

It is! Well done, Joker.

Camillio: Okay, homes. Can we get out of here? I get the feeling that-

>Suddenly, an arrow is shot. Luckily, it missed Camillio by an inch. It was shot by a Shadow that looked like Robin Hood.

Shadow: Stand and deliver, knaves! For our glorious King Chaz!

Crow: I’ve never known a Robin Hood who would say that.

Shadow: Never mind that. You have in your company, Public Enemy Number 1.

>He was pointing at Tina.

Tina: Over my dead body!

Shadow: So be it. The kind did say dead or alive.

Oracle: We already know this guy’s weak to Electricity and Curse attack. Joker, Skull, it’s your time.

Joker: Good. It’s been awhile since Arsene was out. Let’s see if he’s still got it. Persona!

Skull: Persona!

Queen: I’ll help as well. Persona!

Spirit: I’ll go, too. Persona!

>Spirit summons his Persona, Tokebi.

Oracle: Here come the buffs! Persona!

>Necronomicon boosts our stats. Archangel uses Psi on Spirit. He dodges it. Arsene uses Eiga. It knocks him down.

Joker: Let’s do this!

>After the attack, Archangel is still up. Captain Kidd uses Zionga. It knocks Archangel down again. He don’t do an All-Out-Attack this time and Captain Kidd uses Assault Dive. Tokebi uses Dream Needle. It didn’t put him to Sleep this time. Johanna uses Flash Bomb. It made him Dizzy. Archangel comes back up. He tries to attack us with Vajra Blast. Luckily, because he was Dizzy, the attack wasn’t very strong. Arsene uses Giant Slice. It was strong because of the boost and that Archangel was Dizzy. Captain Kidd uses Assault Dive again. Then, Tokebi uses Zionga. It knocks him down.

Spirit: Alright, let’s pile on!

>After the attack, the Shadow was gone.

Spirit: Wasn’t that tough.

Tina: I can’t believe they would do this because of me.

Serpent: You can still back out of this if you wish.

Biffy: Heck no. We still want to help.

Holger: Lee of Ping is our friend. We want to go help him.

Crow: Alright. But when the heist execution happens, we ask that you stay behind. We need someone to keep an eye on Chaz and it might get much too dangerous.

Camillio: No hay problema, hombre. We’ll make sure everything’s fine.

Joker: Alight, then it’s settled. We’ll do this.

>We all agreed and leave the Palace for now.

>We’ll be back for the Treasure.

[ayana-nyan]

p5 spoilers ahoy - fic brainspew

I’m not gonna be like ‘would anyone read this’ because the fandom is thirsty like whoa, so if I actually wrote it the answer would obviously be yes. so like, “the plot” of my hypothetical fic is pretty much:

new game plus - because as it’s quickly established something went wrong, but having two wild cards kinda fucks up the process, so akechi gets the memories and protag gets his social stats (mostly so I can have everyone in the background go ‘oh my god hes hot’ ‘hes a delinquent why is he so smart?’ ‘such a sweetheart im gonna die omg’ ‘holy shit did he just say that guys got balls of steel’ ‘dude have you seen what he can do with his hands kill me’ lol)

anyways, akechi got the memories up until his ‘death’ in the ship look I’m not saying he didn’t die, but Atlus never showed us a body and he’s way too popular, they’re gonna pull that boy out for some inevitable spinoff/remake you know it, so he knows how futile his plan was, and tries to change things. helps wakaba with her research into cognitive psience, tries to form actual human bonds not based upon his perfect image (tries being the operative word - he’s been the perfect pleasant boy so long that mask is pretty much welded to his face). avoids shido like the plague because even though he’s got the power of persona and knows the keywords shido’s palace is a goddamn shitkicker and he doesn’t have that level of power yet and the part with wakaba kinda establishes that the power to steal hearts is joker’s special ability, like beserking shadows is his. spends time at a newly opened cafe in yongen. just fourteen year old bby akechi attempting to make things go slightly better for himself

fast forward two years, and protag shows up and bibbidy bobbidy boo, he’s a wildcard too because yabadabadoo can’t leave well enough alone. they meet way earlier because akechi is a regular at leblanc. akechi knows damn well who this new boy is, but is kinda startled by his hotness quotient - he doesn’t remember protag being quite that gorgeous when they first met and he thought it was just his developing crush on the only person to actually give him meaningful human interaction but hey okay he’s actually really really hot, good to know. but because of their previous nebulous friendship, akechi is actually pretty genuine with protag - which startles sojiro because lol that boy is as guarded as they come but hey, guess his gut feeling about the kid being good people was right because the kid who comes into his coffee shop and sits and looks lonely and depressed actually warmed up easily to someone so they have to be a decent kind of person

shit goes down the same way at the school with kamoshit, no changes there. but akechi makes a couple of rather cryptic encouraging comments to protag shortly after kamoshit’s confession. (because he wants the phantom thieves to do their thing and get stronger, and maybe sometime in the future closer to the election they can team up and take shido down)

anyways, because new game plus and we can’t have shit getting stale and I have to stir the pot, along with akechi and sai, maybe there’s a third person added to the team investigating the mental shutdown/psychotic incidents.

did I mention those are still happening? because those are still happening. what, you thought shithead shido would leave the metaverse alone? lol nope.

anyway, I’m not sure if I’m keeping this in but for now, the new person added is a rookie cop transferred in from the countryside to get a taste of what a real investigation is like. yep, it’s everyone’s favorite lawboy, narukami yu. yu is very confused about his old friend’s successor - because akechi is still the new detective prince! (what, you thought I was gonna let that boy have a good happy life? LOL no, being akechi is suffering) anywho, akechi kind of creeps yu out? like he gets a really weird vibe from him, sorta like he’s a persona user but not quite the same? because he doesn't make the connection that akechi is a wild card too, but akechi catches on very quickly, because yu’s got the same kinda otherworldy ‘blue’ feeling that protag and the velvet room have.

so because akechi has literally no life beyond awkward flirting in a coffee shop and even that’s a new addition, akechi proceeds to kinda taunt yu by talking about jungian psychology - which he studied extensively due to it’s connections to cognitive psience (and the persona games are heavily based in jungian themes) - and also tarot which he got interested in after getting a reading a few months ago in shinjuku. yu is convinced there’s something going on with this kid, but he can’t prove it because akechi is nothing if not a slippery bastard after living the last two and a half years twice.

and that’s it, I have no real plot beyond that. even the addition of the p4 cast is just so that I can have someone new react to this kid’s bullshit, there is so much bullshit. idk if I even want to keep it in as a serious plot point because despite being confused they’re not stupid.

I mean, there’s a lot of mutual pining and idiocy. ‘does he wanna kiss me because I wanna kiss him’ and ‘okay I kind of want to punch this boy in the face. but with my face. or maybe just my fist idk’ and ‘but he always looks so depressed when he doesn’t have that obnoxious detective prince smile on I can’t hit him I just wanna make him smile’ on protag’s part. meanwhile akechi is all dramatic like ‘I wanted to shoot him in a past life I’m a horrible person oh my god he’ll never like me like that why am I doomed’. but past that, there’s no actual plot here, beyond maybe them hooking up sometime after kaneshiro?

oh! but protag totally works in crossroads a lot after meeting ohya and lala-chan, and he totally convinces lala-chan to let him crossdress because max guts and charm and he just wants to be pretty dammit. so akechi has to join the p-thieves during kaneshiro, because I wanted to have protag come to the fireworks in a girl’s yukata and completely confuse everyone except yusuke who doesn’t even react. akechi is trying to not suddenly pop a boner in public, and ryuji and makato have sudden bisexual crises (ann already knows she swings both ways and is just enjoying the eye candy, also she’s helped protag with makeup shopping before and isn’t surprised like everyone else that he would crossdress, just that he’d go out in public like that) (everyone has the ‘oh no he’s hot’ moment at some point - I’m a total shipper but I’m also all for a poly thieves pile too)

yeah, that’s my brainspew for now