#in order to hog all of his visitations lmao. and get to know everyone helping get akira out of prison!

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hm, what's this? oh, just some guy who Isn't Appearing In The Narrative at the moment. pay him no mind :)

(continuation of this au, back by popular demand)

notes under the cut ! they r kinda long lol

MISC DESIGN NOTES: drew on both apollo's head-face-mask-thing and the [spoilers] lost souls in the final boss of undertale's true pacifist route. you can only see his face from really close up, otherwise he doesnt have discernable features- i think the yellow of his eyes gets lost in the ghostly flames sometimes. debating on if the flames have color or if they're b&w but if they do have color they'd be blue, like the color of a persona summoning. the flames flicker btw!

as for his outfit- well uh. there's a reason i've been drawing headshots and not bust shots lol. please imagine an unholy crossover between the ep motorcycle leathers and whatever cape-over-jumpsuit thing apollo's got going on, only with more black elements as opposed to white.

(jun's ??? looks a lot more elegant in my mind but i cannot decide if he is wearing mostly white a la joker or mostly black a la chronos. whichever one he has, TATSUYA'S ??? HAS MORE OF THE OTHER COLOR. also please note that jun's Thing has both chronos' wings AND his flower tail thing from joker. i didnt add it in the art but i wanted to make it known. he can be your angle or yuor devil- but tatsuya's, specifically.)

AU NOTES: ok so i figured i'd elaborate a bit on the specifics of this au? but i dont actually have much to say story-wise because i think the events of persona 5 happen as normal even with the strange happenstance of ??? in mementos. but i do have background info!! so without further ado-

we're in the katsumaya variant of the flowerchild au! akira suou was adopted a while back, and has a great support system- which, when he was charged with assault, leveraged everything it had to keep him out of prison. this may or may not have consequences

the reason why tatsuya's ??? isn't in mementos is that shido's lawyers stuck a Mean little clause into the probation agreement- no contact with family allowed for the duration. (even if the adult persona users Wanted to try their hand at figuring out the shadow situation, they're... pretty high-profile, and even going to the same city is too big a risk for them to want to take.)

however there are. ways around this.

after the first set of exams, jun shows up with a post-exam care package because, legally, his relation to akira is "uncle's roommate/family friend" (tatsujun did actually get married but it wasn't legally binding or anything). that's not 'family' according to the probation rules, so he's not legally barred from showing up, but also there's nothing saying he Can't bring an arrangement of flowers and a nondescript package, full of physical letters, extra clothes, gifts and trinkets from everyone back in sumaru, and an entire cake that hopefully didn't get too squished on the train ride over... jun's not the only one who won't get in trouble for visiting, but he was the only one able to make it at that time (everyone else is facing a lot of trouble at work recently, started around when the incident happened and stuff just keeps happening, they haven't found the time yet).

in the meta-cognitive side, mementos is hungry. okay that sounds kinda bad, but all it means is that it wants to get more shadows and put them in the cages at the bottom, as one does. unfortunately for mementos, jun was subject to nyarlathotep's ten year plan (going on two thousand years) before getting the timeline reset- but as we know from ep, the other timeline still kind of exists.

so jun's shadow has a tagalong Thing that represents the possibility of the other side's memories resurfacing. (if eikichi and lisa didn't have their memories restored, they'd also have something like ??? near/around their shadows.) ??? understands that the memories resurfacing is a Bad Thing, and thus stays kinda far away, roaming the lower levels while jun's shadow is relatively high up actually. he would only return if jun's shadow was threatened, which is not likely but Could absolutely happen.

for the duration of the plot, tatsuya is too far out of range for his own shadow and its respective Thing to appear in mementos, which is unfortunate because jun's ??? would very much like to see said Thing. however, past december 25th, akira is in prison of course allowed to have contact with his family, who are visiting tokyo but are really considering moving there permanently, didn't you know?? so if there was, say, any kind of cognitive distortion that swept up shadows into its hold, then perhaps tatsuya's ??? may appear...

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DATING SHIP MEME

Status: Accepting

@bulletballet​ said: 😭 for whatever ships of ours that u feel like writing out!

where they first met and how: In English class at school. Nick bothered her for homework one day and the rest is history.

how long their ‘flirting’ phase was before feelings got involved: The entirety that their class read and did work relating to The Great Gatsby, so I’d say for a good 2-3 weeks maybe even a whole month.

who fell for who first ( if applicable ): Janie always thought Nick was cute, but I feel like Nick was the one who actually developed feelings beyond a silly crush but Janie wasn’t too far behind.

where their first date was and what it was like: I forgot the name of the restaurant you sent me with the pretty decor, but it was there! The date was honestly really awkward and that was mostly because of Janie. She sat there stiff as a board the whole time and hardly talked because she was so nervous. They most likely already had their first kiss at this point too, but the butterflies in her stomach kept her from acting out.

who asks who out and how ( with a sign? spelled out on a cake? just a simple ‘will you go out with me’? ): Nick definitely asked Janie out first and it definitely happened when he was walking her home one day. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was right after their first kiss.

who proposes first: Nick! Matter of fact he’s probably the only one who ever brings up marriage in their relationship.

if they keep / kept their relationship secret or let everyone know right away: Flash forward to endgame Nick and Janie, Janie wanted the relationship to stay a secret just incase things didn’t work out between them again, but of course Nick had to announce it to his whole family and next thing you know the women in Cassandra’s salon was congratulating her on her new relationship. 

where the proposal happens and how ( kiss cam at a baseball game? on a hillside surrounded by ducks? at a disney park? ): I can see Nick being a little extra and setting up a dinner with his whole family and proposing to her then. Would she say yes??.....idk!

if they adopt any pets together: Why adopt when chowder can have more puppies that’ll go on to harrass Nick and Jerrold?

who’s more dominant: Please, power play is a big thing between these two. 

where their first kiss was and what it was like: It happened the night Janie met Nick’s whole family for the first time. He walked her home like the true gentleman he is and she felt bad for telling him that she didn’t talk to her mom about him, so she gave him a kiss goodbye to make up for it.

if they have any matching couples stuff ( mugs? sweaters? pillowcases? ): Besides those gold necklaces Janie bought them all those years ago, I feel like they had matching varsity jackets or something like that when they were younger too. Something tells me young Janie would get Nick’s initals tattooed somewhere like on her leg or wrist.

how into pda they are: Janie hates it. She can barely stand private affection so she tries to avoid pda at all cost, but of course Nick just has to give her little pecks or hugs every now and then when they’re out.

who holds the umbrella when it rains: Nick cause he’s a gentleman like that.

where their usual ‘date spot’ is ( if applicable ): I feel like even as adults they still visit that restaurant they had their first date at often.

who’s more protective: Nick 100% homeboy was ready to deal with another anchor just for disagreeing with and dismissing Janie’s opinion.

how long it is before they sleep together ( can be as in ‘had sex’ or as in ‘shared a bed’ ): If Nick wasn’t in and out of jail as a youngin it wouldn’t have been that long, but I feel like they really honestly didn’t have sex with each other until they were in their early 20s. As for sharing a bed, not until their recent age of 40-something which is kinda crazy to think about.

if they argue about anything: Any and everything. 

who leaves more marks ( lipstick, hickeys, scratchmarks etc. ): Nick. When then leads to arguments early in the morning at 3am with Janie screaming about how she has to cover them up for work now.

who steals whose clothes and how often: Janie did a lot back when they were younger. I just know she has a bootleg Bart Simpson shirt in the back of her closet til this day.

how they cuddle ( spooning? facing each other? ): Janie likes to lay her head slightly on Nick’s chest with his arms wrapped around her torso. It makes her feel safe, she won’t admit that tho!

how long they stay mad at each other: I mean the longest has been years, but with Nick out of jail and constantly bothering her even if she is mad at him; her tangents only last for a week or 2 now.

what their usual coffee / tea orders are: Something tells me they both like dark roast coffee. Something strong that helps keep them up.

if they ever have any children together: Heh, Letita and Levi are cannon in some verse of theirs.

if they have any special pet names for each other: Though it’s not a nickname mutually exclusive to Janie, sometimes when she’s feeling particularly fond of him (which isn’t too often) she’ll follow the footsteps of his family and call him Nicky.

if they ever split up and / or get back together: PLEASE, do I even need to go into detail?

what their shared living space is like ( messy? clean? what kind of decor? ): Neat with a side of messede up whenever Janie lets Nick lounge around for too long, but even he knows better and cleans up behind himself.

what their first christmas / hanukkah / etc as a couple was like: Technically they didn’t spend New Years or Christmas day with each other, but they did hang out around that time to make up for it as teens. I’d say it was pretty magical and one they’ll never forget even as adults since that’s when Janie gifted him their necklaces and made a little Nick tear up from joy.

what their names are in each other’s phones: Nick’s number isn’t even saved in Janie’s phone because she’s terrible like that LMAO. but I feel like Nick has her name saved under ‘Janie G.’ with a heart by it or something.

if they have any ‘couple traditions’ ( buying a new mug for their collection every year? baking every friday evening? ): 

who falls asleep first and who wakes up first: Even though Janie wakes up way earlier for work, Nick is always falling asleep on her early! She’s the first one to wake uo because work requires her to get up really early.

who’s the big spoon / little spoon: Janie prefers being the little spoon. It makes her feel safe.

who hogs the bathroom: Janie. She has to make herself look presentable for tv!

who kills the spiders / takes them outside: They both kill spiders because they’re kinda evil like that. I feel like Nick tries to turn it into some learning lesson and talk abt how the spider trespassed on territory that wasn’t his and got killed in the end and Janie is just like “....Shut the hell up 😐”