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[gio-cosmo]

Babe what’s wrong you’ve barely touched your royal trio hot sauce

[hyperfixatedoncrimminalminds]

Hi! Hope your doing well!

I wanted to know if I could do a request with David Rossi? He has a daughter who has a higher IQ than Reid (it’s like 190 or 200?) has following in her father‘s footsteps and is high up in the FBI like higher than Strauss and he calls her down for a favor because Strauss is bothering Aaron and the team so she’s cracks down on Strauss and stuff?

David Rossi X Daughter Reader

Request: I wanted to know if I could do a request with David Rossi? He has a daughter who has a higher IQ than Reid (it’s like 190 or 200?) has following in her father‘s footsteps and is high up in the FBI like higher than Strauss and he calls her down for a favor because Strauss is bothering Aaron and the team so she’s cracks down on Strauss and stuff?

Third person pov...

Y/N Rossi was in her office in Quantico, she was in thr FBI, she had worked hard and was in a high position within it, Only being 18 she was making a good life of herself with an IQ of 200, it was a normal day she was in her office going over some files when she gets a call.

Wondering who was calling her she picks up. "Agent Rossi speaking" she answers, for work she uses 'Agent' as its easier. "Well hello Agent, this is your padre talking" come her Dad voice, this makes the adult laugh.

"papà non si era accorto che eri tu (1) "she laughs, the man chuckles lightly, she puts down her pen and spins around in her chair.

She looks out the window, her office being on one of the highest floors, a couple below the leader of the FBI. "allora perché chiami, c'è qualcosa che non va? (2) " she asks getting straight into business.

The man sighs wearly before answering

"It's Erin figlia (3) she going after Aaron and the tea. Again, can you do anything?" He askes, the man has just lost his wife a couple months ago.

Struass is pushing the man to leave the BAU, Y/N sighs once again Struass, the woman never knows when to shut up. "I'll see what I can do Papà (4) see you soom" she says, Rossi sighs he sounds less stressed out.

"Thank you piccolo" he says, Y/N sighs ans rubs her forehead looks like she's going to take a trip down to the BAUs floor tomorrow.

The next morning...

Strauss was taking over the case once again, the team gathered around the table, all with sullen looks as Struass looked around.

They were missing one person. "Has Agent Rossi not arrive yet?" She asks the silent room, even the evert rambling Spencer Reid didn't feel like talking to her.

Growing annoyed she goes to talk when a commotion starts in the bullpen, hearing it the team and Strauss stand up and walk out of the room, they are shocked to see Rossi standing with Agent Y/N F/N, one of the only Agents with ties to the chief of the Bureau.

"What is the meaning of this!" Exclaims Strauss, this made Y/N look at the woman, a glare on her young face. He the  looks at her Dad. "I guess that's Struass" he says, the man nods his head.

Y/N cracks her knuckles. "You know Struass if you paid more attention to ypur family than this family then maybe you wouldn't be hated as much" she says, this earns her gasps of shock from around the bullpen.

Struass opens her mouth to retort but the H/C girl is quick with more. "You better leave this team alone unless you want a certain fact of yours to come into conversation" Y/Ns ruthless.

Eventually Struass has enough andeaves the bullpen fuming with anger, Y/N smirks at the woman, She gets a smile of thanks from her Dad.

After everyone calms down Y/N gets to meet her Dad team. She looks at Hotch and waves. "Hello Uncle Aaron" she smiles.

The others stare at their boss in shock. "You know her!" Exclaims Derek and Emily, Hotch just gives them a look. "Of course he knows me !" Smiles Y/N.

Rossi soon saves the team from confusion, as he wraps an arm around his daughter pulling her in for a hug and kisses her forehead. "lavoro assolutamente meraviglioso, piccola, hai bruciato quella strega (5) "He says in Italian.

"What how do you know her!" Yells Penelope, the team stare at the two, wondering how close they were, looking at her Dad Y/N laughs.

"You haven't told them about me" she accuses making the old man blushes embarrassed.

Pulling away her him  Y/N straightens her suit of before talking, she looks around at the team smiling. "Nice to meet you all I'm Y/N Rossi, F/N is my Mothers last name, I use it so Papà and I are safe from people who wish to kill me or hurt him to get to me." She explains.

Everyone takes the nes well and welcomes Y/N into the family, they all thank her for what she did, Derek and Emily loving how she black mailed Struass into finally leaving them alone.

"It was no problem, Papà called about the old witch, of course I had to help him out"she says, Reid was surprised to meet someone who had a higher IQ than him but was happy when she actually listened to his ramblings about anything and could actually keep up with him.

As the day was coming to an end the team had gone home, apart from two,

Y/N and her Dad, the woman was waiting for him to finish up, once he was done the two walk to bus car.

"Thank you again piccolo, we couldn't of done it without you" he confessed. Y/n hugged the man, "it was nothing Papà, you can pay me back by cooking your famous pasta for dinner" she bargained.

This man the man laugh, of course as always she speaks with her stomache. "Pasta it is piccolo!" He announces making the girl laugh.

The end!

Italian translation

(1)

papà non si era accorto che eri tu - Dad didn't realize it was you

(2)

allora perché chiami, c'è qualcosa che non va? - so why are you calling, is there something wrong?

(3)

figlia - Daughter

(4)

Papà -Dad

(5)

lavoro assolutamente meraviglioso, piccola, hai bruciato quella strega -

Absolutely wonderful job, baby, you burned that witch

Hope you liked this oneshot! Sorry for the spelling and grammar mistakes.

Request are open!

Word count : 1040

[frickingnerd]

right place, wrong time

pairing: shinjiro aragaki x gn!reader (+takaya sakaki)

summary: while looking for shinjiro, to convinve him to join S.E.E.S., he finds you instead, as someone threatens you...

tags: protective!shinjiro, takaya threatening reader, shinjiro acting tough & distant, romantic/platonic relationship

“who would've thought that of all the people living in this city, you are the one i'd meet here tonight~!”

you knew you should've never went to the station alone at night, but after hearing the rumors about shinjiro hanging around here, you really thought you might find him here! but instead of finding shinjiro, you ran into the leader of strega, who was more than happy to get his hands on a member of S.E.E.S.

“don't look so scared! i won't hurt you… too much! after all, you'd make a fine bait. perhaps with you as my insurance, your friends would be swayed to side with strega instead…”

takaya slowly cornered you, taking all the time in the world. at this time of day, nobody was here anyways. even if you'd screamed, who would even hear you?

but just as he reached his hand out to grab you, someone grabbed his wrist instead and yanked him back.

“touch them and it'll be the last thing you do!”

both you and takaya recognized that voice! while takaya glared angrily at the boy stopping his plans, you couldn't help but smile relieved when you realized that none other than shinjiro had saved you!

“i didn't know you had company… my bad!”

takaya gritted his teeth and stepped away from you, knowing it'd be unwise to pick a fight with shinjiro. while he believed there to be quite a good chance he'd win against the boy, that wasn't what he wanted. at least, not yet. for now, he was more than content to let you go and wait until another opportunity came around.

“you're not hurt, are you? that bastard didn't lay a hand on you, right?”

as soon as takaya had left, shinjiro began to check up on you. he grabbed you by the chin, tilting your head and checking for any bruises. but when he found none, he sighed relieved, stuffing his hands back in his pockets and taking a step back.

“you shouldn't have come here! especially not if you were here to see me…”

shinjiro glared at you as he scolded you. he had already rejected akihiko's request to join S.E.E.S., but he feared neither you nor akihiko would give up that easily.

“just… don't ever come here again, got it? i'll walk you home now, but don't ever do anything that reckless again! i might not be around to save you next time…”

[v4mpyinred]

!! P3 SPOILERS !!

I don't think I've seen anyone talk about this line from right after Mitsuru's father dies, and it keeps me up at night

Like this is so incredibly sweet! He just picked her up??? I always imagine Akihiko carrying Mitsuru back to the dorm and comforting her that night 😭💜 He cares so much for her and is so heartbroken when she's grieving.

Sigh... I could write an essay on how Akihiko, who's gone through so much, is ALWAYS the first one to speak up / be there for someone after a death (Ken when he was grieving shinji, junpei & chidori, all the strega deaths etc) but I'll save that for another day

[revclver-jesus]

{{ ok so. Miles and miles of me rambling incoherently about the musical--

I never really got to see the kotone version of the musical?? I'm not sure why... Maybe I was already on hiatus by the time it came out, i'm not sure, but I'm just now seeing it!! And~ adding it to my extensive Strega knowledge!! dskhgdkhs

First thing, I really love how Jin is depicted in the femme MC musical,,, a very slight change, but Jin is very distinctly an active agent of Takaya's agenda in this depiction. I love these two together !! They are such good friends !!!

There's a great little musical bit ( its short so im not sure i'd call it a song, but it is a musical tidbit lol ) where they actually depict Takaya,,, doing cult leader stuff! And he's preaching to a crowd. And Jin is an excellent hype man!! And its sinister but they have such great chemistry-- they're efficient together, yknow? And once again, its obvious that Jin is not a victim. He's a cunning and willing accomplice.

And even more interesting-- when they come to break out Chidori, Jin actually talks more than Takaya, being the one to say the line " you don't belong anywhere else but with us" and adding on to that sentiment that "some things are never meant for people like us" of which Takaya simply says "Harsh, but true" basically lmao. Takaya also indicates more open resentment, referring to Junpei as a "Self righteous hypocrite". As always, reading between the lines of his cool, confident demeanor indicates the sincere emotion behind his actions.

Combining this with Jin's canon tendency to refer to Chidori as a very dear friend to him? Its emotionally complicated. Jin is not manipulating her like a supervillain, he is emotionally manipulating her accidentally through self projection, the fear of losing one of his only friends, and giving bad advice from traumatic experience.

THUS INDICATING THE EMOTIONAL COMPLEXITY of Takaya AND Jin's relationship with Chidori. Because if both characters can say that line interchangeably.... their motivations are probably quite similar, even if they express it differently. Especially because Jin is so in agreement with Takaya in that play. Takaya is also giving bad advice due to traumatic experience-- made evident by his earnest resentment for the heroes-- he just does it on a wide scale and with a far more calculated way of speaking. But the origin of why they think the way they do is identical.

And then, of course, the most important scene-- showing exactly how Takaya saved Jin, its clear that Takaya also saved Chidori-- just more literally speaking, in that he shot the men leading them into missions that would inevitably kill them and ran away with them in tow. ( Somehow he had a massive revolver-- they do not explain where he found the gun, I guess he stole it off a lab assistant? lmao ) There was no reason for him to do it except to help them. But, the reason its most memorable to Jin is that he interrupted Jin mid suicide attempt-- seeming to be driven to kill those men because of Jin's near death. ( saying the same phrase as the bridge scene! )

And there is something very striking about the way the actor plays his younger self, accompanying the shadow actors, as so emotional. Because in this version of the story, this is the first time we see Takaya scream like that, let alone to save someone else, completely shattering your perception of this character who was otherwise calm and sinister up until now. There is really no way to interpret what he did as anything other than an act of empathy to stop someone from dying. And what an unexpected side to see of the....... death cult messiah lmao.

mini observation-- I know this is just a thing people do on stage plays to cleanly transition and not leave props behind, but I like the detail of Takaya picking up Chidori's weapon and looking at it for a moment before he leaves. idk lol. }}

[docsfallfromgrace]

Tell me your thoughts about Strega please please please

short version: underrated villains who could've been a lot more

long version: really interesting characters atlus made and then instantly stopped caring about. the scenes with takaya in reload were minimum effort and it SHOWS. nothing ever becomes of them and i think that really sucks. “oh yeah here you get to fight with him” but then they never expand on it. i think it would've been cool if there was an extra bad ending where you agree to join takaya/stop interfering with the promised day, maybe there being more scenes with jin too. jin has so little screentime and basically all we know about him is that he's loyal as hell to takaya bc he saved him. DO MORE WITH THAT IN GENERAL?? also chidori is heavily watered down to just junpei's girlfriend AND YES im calling out some p3 fans too. don't get me wrong i like jundori and i like all of her stuff but i think they could've done so much more with her and her dynamic with the other two. these are three individuals who went through horrific experiments and had a power forced onto them that they never wanted, leading them to disconnect from bonds and life as a whole. they're traumatized as hell to the point they believe death is the only way they'll be happy. that's REALLY COOL. honestly i heavily prefer a lot of the fics and art this community makes of strega compared to the canon stuff we got. although i do still really like the reload scenes even though i do criticize them heavily

this turned more into a rant but tldr strega is fucking cool and i wish people would stop brushing them as one off villains like they do ikutsuki. do i get why people do so? yes!! absolutely!! but there's so much more potential there than some people seem to think

also takaya and jin are gay as hell

[department-of-landing-strategies]

I made a tier list of Persona 3 to Persona 5 characters that I could remember my opion of them.

Featuring notes under the cut:

I probably shouldn't be surprised at every P3-P5 moon arcana member being a part of the "My Beloveds" category, yet I am.

I'm also surprised how few P4 characters are in "My Beloveds" compared to P3 and P5

Joker receives the award for being the only protag to not get put on the tier list at all out of the protag options the tier list provides. More sround 8 uk time.

"Favourite party members not a part of the beloveds" got done with favourite navigator, favourite in-game female party member, and favourite in-game male party member, so ignoring gender headcanons. For P5, though, my favourite navigator and in-game female party member is Futaba by a mile. Meanwhile, Yusuke and Ryuji are tied for my favourite in-game male party member, which leaves Ryuji as the only P5 party member in that category.

The ability to save Chidori for me is what guarantees her a place in "I really like you as a character" though I think there's a chance she still ends up in this category even if you couldn't considering she's probably the most fleshed out member of Strega

I am willing to fight Eri haters. I'm also willing to fight Sayoko haters, though I can get why her link can make someone uncomfortable. The start of both of their links is why they aren't higher than they are.

I really wish Ann and Haru were higher, but Ann not always having her more fanservicy (there's better ways to put that I can't think of rn) moments be on her own terms and Morgana taking moments away from Haru in her dad's palace mean I don't think it would be honest to put them higher.

I'm pretty sure I've reblogged more Saki stuff than Shiho stuff, but I like both of them roughly equally. My main wish surrounding them is that the player got to interact more with them before their main part in the main story of their respective games.

A full disguise of a Scooby Doo villain is better than a magazine or a pair of sunglasses, and that's all I'm saying on that tier

Yosukue gets saved from the getting punched tiers through fanfic and me semi liking his character in the main game outside the parts of the game that make me uncomfortable that's usually started by him

Teddie, I love your arc but the more perverse in game actions makes me really want to punch you

Marie feels like an obvious addition to the game, and the way the game keeps her relevant makes me want to punch Marie and makes me interested in her character at the same time

Early game Dojima I really want to punch and the more his arc goes on, the smaller the urge gets

I have no reason for wanting to punch Igor beyond I want to do it. He's interesting enough to me as a Velvet Room member to make hesitate tho

To no one's surprise the punch on site tier is mostly P5 palace rulers. Between all the Palace rulers, Yusuke's social link makes the urge to punch Madarame slightly less (only by 5 millimetres) and Sae's connections to Makoto keep her put of the punching tiers

[cyanrendipity]

New full moon... which I totally wasn't avoiding... ahaha... I love arcana strenght and arcana wheel of fortune.... nothing bad ever happens after that fight 🥲👍

WELL starting from the beginning, what a month

We got a bit more strega but turns out only Takaya talked to me again, I assume I won't get 1 on 1 Jin time which is sad, but I'm enjoying it anyway, we also got to see Medea but just for a split second, come back girl (Is that all we see of her? Does she show up again?)

Amazing month, I loved the Shinjiro's hang outs but I feel like there was some dialog missing from just talking to him around the dormitory? Maybe I'm wrong, or wait hang on maybe I didn't check them all?? Time to play this month again (not) I love Shinjiro 🥺

But on the other hand is really hard not to hate Ken LOL It's the same as I feel with Yukari, like I understand they're young and going thru a hard time but also they're annoying to me specifically,

(I say that as if I didn't feel the exact same way when I was 11)

I think Ken is an interesting character tho and I thought his first two linked events, the ones that happened so far, were pretty neat, him asking MC to take care of his hamster if something happened to him pulled on my heartstrings I'll admit, these children should stop being ready to die they're making me sad

Speaking of which, Mitsuru Akihiko and Shinji flashback😭 I loved Shinji's linked events, I don't remember the fact that he skipped classes being acknowledged in the original (before his eulogy I mean). The 3 of them making a promise to graduate together torn my heart to pieces god, how can they make this EVEN SADDER.

Shinjiro without a hat is always funny looking tho, hat hair <3

Now finally for the full moon 😔 I thought I would have a hard time cause I only pick my team based on my faves (Aigis, Akihiko and Koromaru, pretty sure I've always used this team for everything since my first playthrough of fes lmao) but turns out I'm op and poor fortune couldn't even do the unfair wheel properly, I remember I had SO MUCH trouble with them when I was playing portable, I kept having to use save states to cheat that fight. I'm pretty sure on that version the colors meant who it was gonna affect? But this time no matter what it affects everyone I feel like that makes it so much easier. Anyway it was over pretty quick

And MY GOD this was THE MOST HEART WRENCHING VERSION OF SHINJIRO'S DEATH WHAT THE FUCK, this cant be recency bias I'm gonna go watch the other versions hang on

BANGING MY HANDS ON MY DESK, OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ITS SO GOOOOD AAAAAAAAA

Ok so, I guess they took inspiration on the anime version of the scene with Akihiko holding Shinjiro instead of Shinji just fucking walking and falling over (good choice, very good choice, my heart) BUT THEN RELOAD ALSO ADDED HIM PETTING KOROMARU, I CAN'T, I CAN NOOOOOOT HE HOWLS ALONG WITH KEN'S SCREAM AUGH!!!!!

THE JAPANESE VA REALLY SOLD THE SCREAM TOO I THINK THIS IS ALSO THE BEST SCREAM EVER

I am literally so hyped up right now this is amazing I almost cried but then I got too excited by how good it was LMAO, absolute cinema as my friends say, my heart hurts I need to punch something

[gio-cosmo]

This is my favorite image ever I think

[saltyluminaryvoid]

His Saving Grace

Chapter Two

1114 Klaus x future daughter reader

I recommend re-reading chapter one as I made some major changes. I know I promised this update two years ago, but university got in my way and when I came back to these old stories a lot of re-vamping took place.

Masterlist

The year is 2030, Y/N the daughter of Niklaus Mikaelson and Hayley Marshall. A powerful young witch which threatens the survival of Malivore. In retaliation Malivore unleashes a time fay to return to the past and kill Klaus to ensure his survival.Y/N is Hope’s younger twin, now that no one remembers who she is the job is left to y/n to stop Malivore.

                   “You still live in the silences between my thoughts.”

Y/N resisted the urge to sign impatiently as the crowds around her soared and rejoiced as the pastor preached. The loud voices screaming into her sensitive ears, highly agitating her short temperament. Y/N hated church, she was by no means an atheist but she was a witch and a woman living in a time where she could be hanged for simply defying authority. So with that in mind Y/N had begrudgingly entertained Alaric, to keep up the role as godly saints whom attended church every Sunday. 

For the past weeks tempers were high within the household, Alaric and Davina could only watch as she battled silently with her demons.  Putting up a saintly farce everyday in the village as boys swarmed for her hand in marriage and village girls scowled jealousy. As someone who was influenced by the strong women in her life, to always be true to ones self and to never shape shift into society's ideal, the pretense (and the besotted men) were killing her. Alaric was getting far too accustomed in his daily ritual of turning away marriage proposals from haughty mothers and corpse like men. 

Pulling her away from her thoughts was the strain of her far too tightly, bonded corset. Thank the old gods she was from a thousand years into the future. Now Y/N realized why her Aunt Rebekah mostly if not always bit the heads off every man she met. If I had to suffer almost seven hundred years in such a tightly wounded corset which restricted most movements I would have done the same Y/N thought impatiently. As the preacher vivaciously expelled the devil with the crowd, Y/N reaching a breaking point silently casting a notice me not charm and made her way to the exit, silently huffing as she straightened her ankle length, grey dress which carried a turtleneck-like neckline. She wore a pristine, white shirt underneath whose sleeves puffed loosely around her arms but knotted tightly below her elbows. On top of her grey dress carried a loose brown corset of sorts held together by a length of ribbon criss-crossed. This corset did not converge in the middle, rather it showcased about five inches of the grey vertical striped pattern upon the bust and midriff as to emphasise her figure. Stitched upon her grey skirt was a length of brown which stopped at least six inches above her grey ankle length skirt, but it was gauged elegantly upon her right thigh allowing an elegant stylish slide flow. After all she was her Aunt’s niece and secretly she hoped it pissed off the conservatives in the crowd. Oh yeah! that speech about playing the part was not translating so well into her everyday life. 

Finally reaching a safe distance, out of sight from zealous fanatics just upon the edge of the forest, she dropped the spell. Huffing a sigh of relief all Y/N now needed was a pack of cigarettes or some weed to make 1114 much more bearable. 

“That’s quite the trick you pulled back there, little strega.” Now that snapped Y/N from her inner thoughts. Spinning around in a quite unlady like fashion, for this period at least, more than ready to confront the intruder. Only to be left dumbfounded to the stranger standing before her. But with a practiced ease which came from years of sneaking out and around  the Salvatore Boarding School, Y/N layered on her oh so innocent Mikaelson charm. “I’m sorry, what did you just call me?, I have to say I’m not aware of that particular term!” Lies, her mind rang out. Play cool, Y/N thought, talk him up just to get close enough and wipe his memory. Now that particular trick was her favourite. The stranger smirked coyly at her, “I think you know exactly what I mean, liten heks.” Y/N paced herself now, he knew old norse. Whomever this stranger was, he was clearly quite wealthy at that judging by his smooth velvet and silks in comparison to her simple cotton dress. Now she had to thread carefully, wealth clearly meant high influence and political sway in a community as small as this one. And that meant possible exposure, this man was a threat, Y/N deemed carefully.

“Now, now liten heks, the stranger went on, I mean yours truly none harm.” My heart is void of ill contempt and malevolence for one with such great power and beauty. As he spoke he drew closer towards her, his face now completely unobstructed from the mist of the early morning. Y/N exhaled softly, the stranger a man’s whose face see had seen everyday in her New Orleans home, a demon who hunted her from birth, Finn Mikaelson. But if he was standing before her, that meant the brotherhood had not yet daggered the Mikaelsons. This younger and less vengeful ghost was still a threat to her but quite possibly an accomplice. The fae had yet to reveal itself it was either supplementing its diet with animals or news of children going missing had been covered up. 

The fae according to the texts preferred a warm tropical climate, for if their wings were exposed to cold they would simply fall apart. A fae’s lifeline was linked to her wings, losing them could kill the fae but iron to the heart worked just as well. All in all, the upcoming winter was now days away and left no time for procrastination which meant Y/N directly disobeying Alaric to seek the creature out herself. A venture she had no luck in, the fae who boasted of powerful magics was able to cleverly keep herself hidden. 

“Not one for much words I see.” Finn Mikaelson was now standing toe to toe with her. That’s quite alright, he continue as he played with a stray curl. Y/n flinched away slightly as he stared into her eyes, carefully examining the details of her face. “If I didn’t know better, I could have mistaken you for my Freya.” Finn whispered as he continued to tug upon her curl. It was low and if not for her keen hearing it would have been swept to the winds.  Y/N kept her head high and passive, thinking to herself how much of a leering creep her elder uncle was becoming. Quite unlike all accounts of the uptight, wet blanket her uncle Kol always described. As his hand came up to caress her face, Y/N instinctively jumped back, conjuring fire within her palm which she kept safely tucked behind her. Finn only smiled sheepishly, “I seemed to have forgotten my manners, in the presence of a young lady.” I deeply apologise, I do not know what came over me, my lady.

Y/n relaxed slightly and utterly confused as the man introduced himself. As he began to speak on what not, Y/N could only stare at his face in a daze. It would take her some time to sort herself out, only to realize he had disappeared only to leave behind a simple envelope in her hand. Y/N thought back to the genuinely baffled daze Finn fell into as she made her way into town. To onlookers her face was almost dreamy, as if paying much more attention to the envelope she twirled in her hands rather than her path. But rather Y/N was silently contemplating the latent abilities of the fae and just how she could manipulate Finn into helping her.The fae a creature in the future known for its deceitful ways but that though made her wonder just how much accurate Alaric’s information truly was. It was done before, the supernatural popularized lies like silver bullets and garlic to throw suspicion off of them so what if the same was done with the fae? As Y/N ventured into the town’s market lost in her thoughts many eyes followed her, women and young girls gossiped of her weird behaviours and wayward thinking.

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Bloody hell, Y/N thought to herself. Now while the young witch prided herself on being a fashionista, dresses were her absolute nightmare, well behind her murderous grandparents and malivore of course. I do have my priorities in order, thank you very much.

Somehow Davina had managed to convince the stubbornest Mikaelson into another deathtrap these humans called corsets. Y/N huffed, begrudgingly following her “parents” out of their temporary home. While she was ecstatic to receive the dinner invite to the Mikaelson home hours prior from Finn which came in the form of the mysterious envelope he left behind, she still heavily detested that damn corset suffocating her. There was just no space to hide her knives!, What’s a girl in multiple skirts and a stuffy attire supposed to do to defend herself when all her knives were confiscated on this occasion. 

But nevertheless Y/N compiled it only to see her family again while also plotting to defy Alaric once again on his no knives at the dinner table rule. I mean, its not really a family reunion if someone didn’t have a devious plan in the works. 

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Servants scattered frantically to the sides, keeping their heads bowed as the feared Mikaelson hybrid descended the grand staircase stepping onto the foyer. Holding an impassive mask, Niklaus surveyed the immediate area ensuring the preparations to his liking. Stepping to the right of the grand foyer Niklaus strolled into the grand sitting room which doubled as a music room, the soft notes of the harp eased his twirling mind. 

Taking a seat on a velvet cushioned armchair, with hands clasped elbows resting on his knees and eyes closed Niklaus thought back to the hauntingly familiar pup no he corrected himself, child. Days had passed since their first encounter and thoughts of the child haunted him. In the strangest of ways he craved her presence, but not in a way a lover does. But this vastly unfamiliar pull deep inside him yearning and pushing his self control. But if Niklaus didn’t know any better he would have called it fatherly love and as unbelievably usurp that idea sounded in his head, he couldn’t help but let his mind linger on the possibility. Barr the facial similarities and attitudes that crossed with his, perhaps it was her life that resonated with him he knew all too well the struggles of an abused orphan. 

Just maybe when he meet her today, try not to give away how he always crept away at night to watch over her. By the old gods, what would Elijah think of his stalker like behaviour. If his enemies only knew of this attachment, if he only knew. Niklaus sat and wondered of the possibilities, so lost in his thoughts he nearly missed his guests arrival. 

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Dinner surprisingly went smoothly, Klaus was utterly entertained by the ideas and thoughts of the young woman before him. Her guardian agitated him deeply with his distrustful glances and cold demeanor. 

Y/N on the other hand was on edge for an entirely different reason. As much as she wished to truly enjoy the rare company of her family, she could not help but be worried about the whereabouts of Finn. Given the  strange behaviour she witnessed earlier from him and his sudden disappearance she could not help but ponder the worst, especially given the current circumstances. It could be entirely possible Finn had aligned himself with the fae in order to rid himself of Klaus and the others. As far as she recalled, Finn had never been too particularly fond of the vampiric lifestyle and it is certainly within his motives to fix the balance of nature and forever end the vampire lines.

The rest of the night in the company of the Mikaelsons continued smoothly, with the exception of Kol getting a little too drunk and flirting with Davina. Y/N was able to enjoy the company of her lively Aunt. Soon came the peak of the full moon and the makeshift family slipped away to trap the fae. As Davina gathered the necessary ingredients for a binding ritual and Alaric his iron weapons, Y/N shared her suspicions of Finn and him possibly knowing her true identity. Both had agreed that Finn would be a potential suspect in aiding and plotting with the fae to get rid of the Vampire Sire line, him included. With caution in mind, the trio made their way towards the woods where Y/N last spoke to Finn. Since, Finn was most likely aligned with fae, the two would track him using Y/N’s blood, a plan which quickly came to a stop when the magic revealed the family together in their manor. 

Relief didn’t last as the winds picked up around the trio and both Y/N and Davina picked up the excited whispers of dead witches. The brotherhood so it seemed had finally succeeded in crafting the daggers it was only a matter of time before they used it. Huh, maybe it was her paranoia seeping in earlier and Finn was just too ashamed of his earlier behaviour to make an appearance at dinner.

@physically-a-cheesecake​ 

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[twilightknight17]

Last time on P3R: fun, not-fun, and another full moon!

Also, Koromaru <3

So I went back into Tartarus because two people wandered in like… three days before the full moon. So I gotta go get them. BUT. Elizabeth informed me that there was also something else in Tartarus I needed to rescue.

HOW did you get to the 72nd floor, kitty??? I mean, we got him out, he’s fine, but just ?????????

Elizabeth also requested another outing, this time to Naganaki Shrine. We had a great time. It’s actually really refreshing to have Elizabeth around. In a world where everyone seems to be some shade of unhappy, she’s full of wonder about the small things.

She recognizes a slide and a jungle gym, which means she’s seen them before somewhere. Do you think the Velvet attendants were kids once, like Lavenza? Now I want a whole room of the Velvet Room that looks like Discovery Zone.

Anyway, it’s full moon again. We’re off to an… abandoned underground military facility on the north side of the city. We didn’t have any trouble getting in, but once we arrived and determined that the shadow was deeper underground, we were surprised by two out of three of our weird trio of midnight assassins.

At least they’ve introduced themselves now.

Strega is pissed off that we’re trying to destroy the full moon shadows and Tartarus, because… they’re selfish, basically. If we get rid of the Dark Hour, they might lose their powers.

They like running around in a hidden hour, playing god. They like being untouchable assassins. And they don’t actually think Apathy Syndrome or anything worse that might come is something to worry about.

I mean… he’s not wrong, considering how many times over the course of Persona canon that humanity has almost destroyed itself. But like… dude. We still have to try.

Takaya and Jin lock us in the underground facility. Kudos to them, I guess, for not just shooting us dead right there. If they’re not killing anyone but their targets… at least they have some sense of decency? So, rather than banging on the impenetrable steel door, we’re going to head down into the dark to go look for the shadow.

...fun.

There are OLD ROCKETS AND DEAD BODIES DOWN HERE. Why would you just leave this stuff like this, wtf????

Anyway, something like 30 meters underground, we find the Justice Shadow! Or maybe Chariot?

Or both! It splits in half when you hit it hard enough. Which… the only thing that seemed to hit it hard enough was my theurgy abilities, so that was kind of a slog. They also do the thing where if one dies, the other revives it, so you have to balance your attacks so you can kill them in the same turn. I liked it. And the designs for these were cool. Half the full moon shadows so far have had really good designs, and the other half have just sort of been “...okay?” XD

So after the shadows are down, we call Ikutsuki to inform him that we won, but we are stuck in the base.

...sir, you could be a little more concerned???

Who are you sending, it’s still midnight???? Are you making us wait out the Hour? Hello????

We all make it back safe, though, and Pharos comes to visit literally the next night. I feel like I should be concerned that he showed up right away, but that’s fine. Hi, dude.

...baby boy, you could be a little more specific. X’D If we’ve got a traitor, that’s kind of important info.

Elizabeth gives me a chain-of-deals sidequest the next day, with the weird stipulation that she doesn’t want anything specific. She just wants me to trade the random bandage she gives me and turn it into something cool. I traded all over Iwatodai and ended with…

If she’s happy with what I got her, I’m glad. ^_^

Mitsuru calls a meeting in the evening, and we learn that Koromaru is better, and officially joining the team now!

No one’s really sure how this tech works, but with Aigis translating, we learn that Koromaru wants to help us because we saved him. He’s such a good boy. T_T

With the shadows eliminated and our fluffy new teammate, I’m ready for the rest of summer to be aweso---

...you know, Mitsuru, when I jokingly called you “mom”, it was just that. A joke. You didn’t have to do this to us. I’ve already had a week of mandatory track practice.

Fuuka claims that it’s only for “a few weeks”, so we should make the best of it. Actual school starts again in less than a month!! When do I get a break!! There’s at least two part-time jobs I haven’t even managed to try out yet because there’s no time!!

At least if I’m back at school, maybe I can rank up some of my school social links…

But first, we’re going on an outing with Junpei for some summer fun. We’re gonna smash a watermelon! And learn some more about Junpei in the process.

Instead of using Junpei’s childhood bat, Akihiko smashes the melon with his bare hands. Which… holy shit, senpai.

Adding injury to insult in terms of my summer break, Ikutsuki has decided that we all need to go to the doctor. You’re not my dad! Leave me alone! But I cannot refuse. We’re going one at a time, and my appointment is on the second to last day of summer school (which is only a week, btw, Fuuka).

Summer school sucks, though. Like… not only is it another week of just “go in, see cutscene, go home”, it takes my evening slots away too! Six days of getting nothing done, and the worst part is, even though it gave me points towards my academics for each day, my academics still didn’t rank up!! Ugh. X’’’’D

Thank god you can pet Koromaru.

When Friday rolls around, it’s off to the hospital for a checkup, which… goes very weirdly. Apparently Minato’s took much longer than everyone else’s, because his persona power is so unique. They had to run so many more tests! But, uh… what kind of tests are you running on personas at the hospital? That’s weird, Ikutsuki. What are you testing for?

He comments on how we’ve been making so much more progress since Minato arrived in Iwatodai.

Well, I am the Protagonist. B)

Apparently my fucking doctor’s appointment took so long that by the time I get back to Iwatodai station, it’s midnight. Like, wtf, Ikutsuki. Fuuka’s on-call with Lucia to make sure I get home safe, but before I can go anywhere, she detects a shadow in the city, like the night Koromaru got hurt.

LET’S GOOOOOOO, MOONLIGHT BRIDGE.

Sprinting off to Moonlight Bridge, I do not get to actually run around, but I do find Takaya and a weirdly fucked-up-looking Abbadon.

Minato and I are not willing to leave anyone to die, even if it’s this dude, so we team up to take out our common foe. Takaya’s gun is really effective, but we also get to see him summon his persona.

Dude looks like he’s in pain while summoning, and no wonder, considering what his persona looks like.

We successfully take out the shadow, and Takaya leaves before Mitsuru can show up to get me. But not before acknowledging that he owes me for my help. We’re enemies, but he doesn’t leave his debts unpaid.

Dude’s bonkers, but again, apparently has some sense of decency in there somewhere.

The summer festival rolls around, and it’s nice. We went with Aigis and Mitsuru, to give Aigis some more regular human experiences.

...I just suggested that we hold hands!

Koromaru is also a regular part of the household now, so you can spend time with him like you do your other teammates. Either going for walks, or…

You know what? Okay. Let’s do it.

Outstanding.

Lastly, since NONE of my school confidants are available to rank up, I guess we’re going out with the Gourmet King, again. Who is 100% legit in a cult and I am uncomfortable.

DUDE, NO. I’m not drinking your damn kool aid. I’m going home to watch more documentaries with Koromaru. X’’’’D

Next time I need to head back into Tartarus to see about the new area that unlocked. I’ve been trying to go for like a week, but stuff keeps happening at night! God, P3, I’m trying to manage my time and you are killing me. I’ve resigned myself to the fact that I’m not gonna max everyone’s links this time around, but I want to at least try, you know?

[nero-vanderwolf]

Ken Amada’s hand trembled as he scrawled out his note. This wasn’t technically how these things were supposed to be written, but he didn’t have time to get the official papers. 

I, Ken Amada, of mostly sound body and mind, write this to be my last will and testementtestiment testament. 

If I am found dead, I want all of my posessions to go to Makoto and Kotone Arisato to divide it between themselves. I would also like to be dressed by the members of the S.E.E.S club, and buried next to my mom Kyoko Amada. 

I ask that none of my relatives are told about my death, and that nothing of mine goes to them. I do not want them at any funeral service or reception that might be held for me, I do not want any of my belongings going to them. 

The time of date as of writing this is October 4th, 2009, at 9:00 PM. Tonight, at midnight, I will be dead. 

I'm sorry. 

-Ken Amada 

Yes, Ken thought. That would do. He folded the note up and put it in his hoodie pocket, tucked away safely where it wouldn’t fall out during their mission tonight. During his fight with Aragaki-san tonight. 

During his death tonight. 

A chill ran down his spine. Was he really going to do this...? Aragaki-san had been nothing but kind and understanding to him- cooking him meals, watching out for his safety during Tartarus missions. Once or twice he had even overheard Aragaki-san telling Sanada-san that he refused to get too close to Ken for fear of accidentally hurting him. 

Yet the memory of sobbing over his mother’s unmoving body, of Aragaki-san’s wild, terrified eyes, of blood leaking from his fingers as he clawed and kicked and screamed as he was separated from his mother, haunted him. He would never escape the nightmares. Because of Aragaki-san. 

That was how he spent the next few hours- fighting an internal conflict over the nature of revenge until Makoto-san knocked on his door telling him to get ready. 

He hurried to don his stuff, despite saying through the door that he wasn’t coming tonight. He felt sick, Makoto-san, and he was really sorry he couldn’t accompany them. Makoto-san, of course, said it was fine. And left it at that. 

Sometimes, his lack of meddling was a blessing. 

Everything went horribly wrong from the moment Aragaki-san arrived. 

Ken hated this. He hated the hesitation that latched onto his body, the resignation in Shinjiro Aragaki’s eyes, the weight his will had in his pocket. 

Then everything fell apart. That slimy Strega guy had arrived, preaching about revenge and how Shinjiro-san was going to die either way and it wasn’t fair- 

And then he found himself facing the barrel of a gun and there was a shot fired and someone fell to the floor and there was blood pooling at his shoes and the gun was reloaded and he was lying through his teeth and there was a horrible, terrible, searing pain at his temple and someone was screaming and he could barely think and Shinjiro-san needed to run because he was going to die if he stayed here any longer and Ken didn’t know if he wanted him to die anymore and he was screaming and he was going to die here at someone else’s hand- 

Ken felt a hand release him, and he would have smacked his head on the concrete if not for someone catching him. He looked up, saw Shinjiro-san’s pale face looking back. 

“You need to run, kid,” he rasped, his voice pained and thin, “you need to get out of here. Go!” 

Ken stumbled to his feet, but didn’t move. He couldn’t leave Shinjiro-san, not like this. He didn’t know if he wanted him to die anymore or not, but what would his mom say if he left someone to die? If he ran away again without looking back? 

He grabbed his Evoker. He knew he didn’t stand a chance against Takaya, but it was worth a shot if it meant saving someone else’s life. Even if that person was someone he swore to kill, he wouldn’t let them die. He wouldn’t run away again. Never again. 

He pressed the Evoker to his temple, right over the scald mark from the revolver, and pulled the trigger. There was the familiar sound of blood rushing in his ears, the familiar feeling of his stomach dropping, and... 

This wasn’t Nemesis. This was something new, a different Persona than what he’d had. This one looked sort of like a falcon- or at least, it had the head of one. 

There was no time to speculate on who this was. He had to save Shinjiro-san. No more running away. 

“Oh, so the little navigator wants to play hero? Very well then, I’ll indulge you. And after I win, I’ll help you into the afterlife along with our dear Aragaki!” Takaya snarled, loading his gun once again. 

Suddenly, there was the sound of glass shattering, and a light flashed behind Ken’s back. 

“Ken-kun! Shinjiro-senpai!” Fuuka shouted, her voice quivering. Ken didn’t blame her- the sight of Shinjiro-san bleeding from his leg was enough to terrify anyone. 

Takaya looked away from Ken, distracted by the arrival of the other members of S.E.E.S, and Ken seized his opportunity. He charged at Takaya, striking him in the knees with his spear. The man crumpled, lunging for Ken with one clawed hand, but he managed to step aside, grabbing for the gun still in Takaya’s hand. 

Suddenly, searing pain errupted in his arm. He cried out, clasping his hand over the injury, trying with all his might not to collapse. He had to protect the others. They were all preoccupied with tending to Shinjiro-sam, meaning it was up to Ken to keep Takaya away from them. 

He had to keep everyone safe. 

Perhaps sensing his resolve, his Persona extended one of its hands. It was carrying some strange curved blade, and it struck Takaya along the head. The man fell, and another gunshot rang out. 

“Get the gun!” Sanada-san shouted, his voice sounding oddly far away. Maybe it was the ringing in his ears, maybe it was the bloodloss. Distantly, he wondered about Shinjiro-san. Was he still okay? Did Makoto-san succeed in helping him? 

Fear gripped at his throat at the thought. Shinjiro-san. Shinjiro-san. 

“Focus on Shinjiro-san! Keep him safe!” Ken shouted. His voice sounded hoarse and quiet- too quiet, way too quiet for anyone to reasonably hear in the chaos of the gunshots. He would have to do it himself. 

He rushed over to Shinjiro-san’s side, shaking him as much as he could with an injured arm. “Shinjiro-san! Shinjiro-san!” He cried, desperately trying to get a response. 

Don't be dead, don't be dead, please don't be dead, please have been successful, Makoto-san- 

“I’m here, kid, I’m here, it’s okay-” Shinjiro-san’s agonized voice said, reaching a shaky hand up to Ken’s head, and Ken almost sobbed in relief as he brought his Persona over. He had to focus, he had to help keep Shinjiro-san alive, he couldn’t let him die- 

Heal him, heal him, please. Even if I have to take his place, just don’t let him die. Not again. Not again. 

He closed his eyes, gripping Shinjiro-san’s hand. It lacked the same icy chill his mother’s had had, it squeezed back, there was a voice murmuring in his ears and promising he was okay. 

He felt dizzy, and there was pain everywhere. Yet, there was a calmness in his heart that he’d never known after his mother died. Was this what dying felt like? 

“Ken. Open your eyes. It’s okay,” Shinjiro-san’s voice muttered. Ken shook his head. 

“I don’t want to,” he mumbled, clinging to Shinjiro-san. If this was a dream, if he was half-dead and this was his brain’s way of comforting him, he didn’t want to wake up. He was content to stay here, with his eyes closed, holding on as tightly as he could to the man who had saved him. 

“Ken-kun, it’s over. Takaya left, Shinjiro-senpai is okay,” Fuuka’s voice said behind him. He felt soft hands on his shoulders, a weight on his back. Was he alive after all, then? 

He opened his eyes. Shinjiro-san was still laying on the ground, but there was a small smile on his face. His leg wasn’t bleeding as much anymore, and there was no bullet wound on his chest. He was okay. 

Ken’s shoulder throbbed painfully, but he ignored it. Shinjiro-san was alive, and- and he was happy about it. He was happy. 

Shinjiro-san became a blur of colour as tears welled up in his eyes. “I’m sorry- I’m sorry, Shinjiro-san...” He mumbled, hiccuping. His chest was tight, and he felt himself gasping for air. 

“’S okay, kid. I’m alive, see? It’s okay,” Shinjiro-san said, sitting up with Sanada-san’s help. He pulled Ken into a hug- from where he was, Ken could hear his heartbeat. It was faster than usual, but it was there. 

Ken didn’t know how long they stayed there, him sobbing into Shinjiro-san’s coat, but eventually the others joined as well. They all heaped into a giant pile around Shinjiro-san, clinging to him and Ken and each other. 

“Are you okay, Ken?” Makoto-san murmured next to him. He was hugging Ken close, his weight warm and comforting. Ken could almost fall asleep there, sandwiched between his senpai. 

He nodded, curling up further. “I’m okay. Shinjiro-san needs a hospital, though....” 

Makoto-san nodded, murmuring something to Mitsuru-san, who extracted herself from the pile with some difficulty. Her heels clicked as she strode away, and Ken hissed in pain as the pile shifted and his weight moved to his shoulder. 

His hoodie and jacket were definitely soaked in blood- he was scared to take them off, to reveal the grisly sight beneath. How bad would it be? Would his shoulder be mangled and bloodied beyond recognition? Would the hole be gaping and torn? 

Even just thinking about it made his body ache, so he just readjusted how he was laying and did his best to hide his pain. 

Ken hated hospitals. 

It was where he spent a lot of time when he was younger, constantly being worked and checked on after his mother’s death. After Shinjiro-san had lost control of his Persona, after she had died making sure no one else was a casualty. 

His shoulder hurt. 

“Is there anything you want from the store, Ken-kun?” 

Ken tore his gaze away from the blankness of the wall, brought his eyes to Fuuka-san. She was sitting at his bedside, wearing her winter clothes. She looked very pretty in green. 

She smiled, her cheeks flushing. “Thank you for the compliment, Ken-kun. Do you want anything from the store?“ 

Ken thought for a moment. After he went to the hospital to get his vaccines, his mother always bought him American plums. She would put them in the fridge as soon as they got home so they were nice and cold, and he would gnaw on them to distract himself from the ache in his arm where they’d injected him. 

“I think I want plums,” he murmured, trying and failing horribly to keep the quiver out of his voice. His lip trembled, and he knew his eyes were shiny- his vision was getting quite blurry, after all. 

Fuuka-san tilted her head in thought for a while before nodding firmly. “Alright. I’ll get you some plums, Ken-kun, don’t worry. Why don’t you try to get some rest?” 

Ken nodded, rolling over as though ready to sleep. In truth, he had deliberately been avoiding it- he knew the moment he let his guard down, he would be nailed by a nightmare. He knew he’d see a bloodsoaked alley and crimson hands and feel cold skin against his and he wouldn’t hear a heartbeat andsomeonewas calling his name. Huh. 

He rolled back over, and felt a hand rest on his head, ruffling his hair. He pawed at the hand, trying to jerk away. Immediately, the hand removed itself. 

“Woah, careful little man. Don’t pull those stitches,” Junpei-san’s voice said. Ken huffed quietly, sitting up slowly. 

“Why are you here, Junpei-san?” He asked, tilting his head. His senpai grinned, presenting... 

A chocolate bar and a bottle of soda. His favourite kind of soda too- the one with the marble inside and the funny-shaped neck. 

He grabbed for the soda, struggling to pop the marble inside with his bad shoulder. Junpei-san took it back to open while Ken tore into the chocolate. He hadn’t had this kind of chocolate in years. His mom had always said it was too expensive, and he was never given an allowance to buy it himself. But Junpei-san had gone out and bought it just for him- 

“Woah, do you not like that kind of chocolate or something? I can go get you a different one-” 

Ken shook his head, ashamed of how much he was crying. He was a big kid, dammit, so why was he crying over stupid things like plums and expensive chocolate? 

“...Thank you, Junpei-san. I- I appreciate it,” he mumbled in between teary bites of chocolate. It was just as delicious as he imagined- the packaging hadn’t been lying. 

“Of course, little dude! You’re part of the team, aren’t ya? One of the pals. I’d do damn near anything for you.” 

Once again Junpei-san ruffled his hair. Ken didn’t pull away this time. 

“Ken-kun! I brought your plums!” 

It had now been two days since Ken and Shinjiro-san were admitted to the hospital. Ken would be dismissed sometime later in the week, while Shinjiro-san was in the 24/7 care wing of the hospital- according to Mitsuru-san. 

Yesterday evening, Fuuka-san had come to him asking what he wanted from the shops, and now here she was in the early morning carrying a tote bag that was positively bulging with goods. 

She placed a small box on his lap- he felt the cold of it seeping through even the thick blanket Makoto-san had brought him from the dorms. Had she refrigerated them? 

He pried the box open, eagerly digging a plum out and sinking his teeth into it. The skin was cold and tight, giving way easily to pale, sweet flesh that stuck between his teeth. 

He blinked a few times, aware of the burning in his eyes. He was crying again, over refrigerated American plums that dripped everywhere and left his jaw aching when he tried to scrape the last remnants of flesh off of the pit. 

“...Thank you, Fuuka-san,” he murmured, sniffling. She smiled at him again, as though it was no problem at all. As though she would do it again for him if he asked. 

First Junpei-san had gone out of his way to buy Ken nice chocolate, and now Fuuka-san went out of her way to buy him plums- and chill them for just long enough that the cold wasn’t painful. 

...Did the others truly care about him? He had spent so long wallowing, burying himself in thoughts of being useful to the group and revenge against Shinjiro-san, that he never stopped to think about it. Had they not spent time with him too? Had Kotone and Makogo-san not both hung out with him, separately and together? 

Had everyone not proven that already? 

That evening, he shared his plums with the others, trying not to smile and show the flesh of the fruit stuck between his teeth. 

Yes, he decided. He was loved here, among his friends, and here he would stay. 

i dont even know what to say akshdhehghfjfduehfjdj maybe its because im. extremely tired and cant even form one coherent thought but OUUHFFGHHH.... OWAAFGG OUUUGHHHHH!!!!! the detail goes insane GET HIS ASS KEN!! i think ken should be able to kill <3 also him realizing the world is full of friends who are nice to you :D

[x1e3ju]

another rant: hey guess who's back!

was and am still going through some hyperfixation moments but persona5 will always stands strong for some reason?? no clue what sorta chokehold that franchise has on me but i homebrewed our old 3ds and now im playing q2 on it (rando side note but i might get my own computer soon!) its all fun and games.... a bit but i was playing through some of it and now i have things to say! more shit to talk, how exciting

i should be doing my homework yes, but i find it interesting the clash of games because each persona game is literally so different and they are all so of the time. persona as a franchise taught me that video games are rly nothing special and the person franchise is like the least of that like all the games are just what everyone else is doing at the time even from the first one ToT but i think the 90s cunt that the personas serve in the first 2games couldve been such a staple for the later games and no, the chokehold of being trendy and relevant and like..."relatable"... very embarrassing so again, its interesting to see those all clash. i love persona 3 a lot because i genuinely believe that out of all the persona games, that one is truly the best. i havent seen the 1st one yet and i will never in my life ever say persona 4 as it is objectively not the best one but i think the 3rd part just has the best ending and the best sense of everything all the games offer and offered afterwards in one and i appreciated it alot for that and it was such a beautiful ending like when i finished it, it was such an experience i truly felt i could move on from how disappointed i honestly was with the fifth part but to further my point, i love the way they summoned personas in the third part even if it was uhm. violent. i think it had a charm and such a sense of uniqueness and it brought up a lot of bigger questions about how we view ourselves, our "personas" and the way they get affected by society which all play into the people we are and become and all that.

i think one reason i rly hate the fourth game is because of just that. the game talks about the person you "truly are" or whatever by literally feeding into societal norms and pushing the made up "laws" that are placed on human emotions that are so vast and complex to even have one think about. its so ridiculous and not that persona3 really does a better job at that either but i think the whole gun thing and the implications/substance that could be dissected within that is again, what gives it its charm. for example, shinjiro and strega's story was there to introduce how difficult it was to control one's persona, that you were practically being held hostage and it almost was like a separate entity within oneself. now, i dont personally like that all that much because again, its still you and the way the game handles it feels very action movie early 00s were the plots always just. divert completely somehow but again, the implications are what save it. i know shinjiro's storyline was nothing of that sort at all but all the scenes with mitsuru and akihiko and even ken bring in such a different perspective. we see this emo loner (lol) who basically does drugs to control all the crap thats going on inside of him and we see the way these two smart kids who've always had it relatively easy in that aspect pressure him and handle what he goes through all in the wrong ways. it feels almost like an allegory for growing up, pretty straightforward but i feel like that sense of realness is what the rest lacked. no more queerbait, no more fan service, yea theres quite a lot of it in persona3 definitely but hey, we all know high school sucks and a lot of it... isnt pretty. the whole idea that you need to find a way to handle the mental and control that "being" inside of you is done soo much better than anything in persona5

i know that technically, the way they handle the personas in persona5 is much better with the whole outfit thing and even with anything and everything, i think the way they handled akechi's personality thing was pretty well considering.. many things ToT but it just feels so too the nose, nothing about it feels special. it doesnt give us suicide allegories (lmao) it doesnt give us any genuine stories. i feel like even though so many of the individual character plotlines are so heavy, like ann's (hello??) and akechi's are so real and terrifying in a way that that happens to so many people constantly, just all of them really and none of them ever really make you feel like something deep for them, yk what i mean? i cried so much for ken and shinjiro, it was soo embarrassing but it made you feel so much for ken, even if that whole situation was very unrealistic, i think the way they handled it in the beginning was wonderful. nobody ever really said anything or suspected much but ken was going through so much all at that time, shinjiro was always there for him but never said anything either and of course, with nothing to stop it, time took its course and things ended the way they did. as tragic as it was, those were the consequences that followed him through the cracks of no confrontation. even to aigis dealing with her robotic brain lol and her lack of emotion, lack of humanity towards the world. such an unrealistic situation but the implications made it what it was, aigis is such a staple for us neurodivergent folks and i know autistic people love her lol. her character meant so much to me because i related so much to her rather than i did with futaba, who is actually a human being

when they unlock their personas, you dont see struggle, you dont see will. its tough, having to accept who you are and continue to brace through it. even being shot a bullet to the head, yukari for example, was still scared to accept herself even if she knew what life had in store for it. she didnt want to relive that trauma with her father and know the truth but she knew that she had to if she wanted to move forward and be the better person. like idk it just means so much more. again, you dont see that same struggle and the costumes dont even reflect who they really are and even if it could, you would never know. mind you i never finished any of the confidants but damn i managed to learn so much of the p3 characters and connect with them only through my first playthrough and that says enough. even doing ryuji's confidant (which i love btw omg) i slowly started to let go of that love for him and his story with the dirt they pay him afterwards its just so lazy. i love that concept from the 3rd game, even the way they handled arcs in p2 was better, i dont like they way they acted about the personas but i feel like that combination into the 3rd part that focused on all aspects was something that DEFINITELY shouldve been kept and NOT turned into whatever persona4 was good lord!

ok so thats all i have to say for today, ill been either knocking out (and severely regretting it in the morning) or drawing for a bit...then knocking out! life is such a mystery sometimes amirite (cries my eyes out) rough week, but q2 has been fun so far much better than starting q1, i am never going to be free from p5r chains! lord have mercy on my soul! heres some pictures i took of the 3ds to accompany this horrifying rant :')

like the whole determined line.. ugh i love it! it really encapsulates what the whole persona thing stands for! like yes! this is about us discovering our true selves! us becoming better people! us embracing who we are through the power of connection to the world around us! like ugh, yes life is beautiful how did you know??? i love it..... persona 3 you will always be famous... and you too femc you deserve better every redditor who calls her a pedo is like. omfg get a hobby (a job and wife too while youre at it) i bet you call naoto a woman you fuckass loser smh

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Hi, love your blog.

So after playing it how do you feel about Reload? Was it worth the remake? Is it worth it to buy this game if you've played the original? Does it add enough for things it takes away to not matter as much?

It's quite a big price and I'm not sure whether the game is worth it. Did it leave enough of an impression on you to say yes?

Reload is quite expensive... things like whether you'll like a game or not are entirely subjective. My answer would be to wait for a sale if you don't want to pay so much.

Content wise, the new Theurgy and Fragmentory Memoirs are a bit lacking, the Memoirs especially: they don't feel like they were explained at all. The Strega Episodes are nice, but they're entirely automatic save the last one and can feel like exposition dumps. The new Linked Episodes for the male party members and Ryoji are completely different than their P3PHeroine Social Links, and I feel like their characterisation is pretty good. There's also finally the ability to friendzone your female Social Links, and it seems like it's strangely robust - you can lock them on either platonic or romantic routes depending on what you say. The removal of jealousy makes planning what to do easier, but you can still reverse some Social Links if you say the wrong thing. The fully voiced Social Links are very nice. The dorm activities are fun little extras, but end up being the only thing you can do at night.

Gameplay wise it's a definite upgrade for me. The fatigue system is gone, instead the Arcana Burst does the opposite - rewarding you for doing all of Tartarus in one night. I do prefer this; your dwindling SP is already enough of an issue. It's far too easy to get overleveled though. If you can do all of thr Tartarus block, you're the right level. This means you don't have to grind, but also means that I destroyed the final boss since killing the Reaper gives so much exp, and changing the difficulty to hard didn't really make it much harder(not sure how they work in Reload, but in P5 the higher difficulty options make both your and the enemy's weakness strikes more effective, so a higher difficulty can arguably be easier).

Presentation wise, it is a very pretty game. I played on medium graphics settings, and it still looked good. The portraits can be less expressive than the original's, but that really isn't much of an issue. There are fewer animated cutscenes - a lot of them are done in-engine, and they're less dynamically directed than the original's. I do like the music: Unavoidable Battle is the only one I can definitively say is worse than the original's, and the new songs are FANTASTIC.

Overall, expensive game. It's still Persona 3, no matter what - they didn't change the story, only added extra hangouts. If the original P3 you're talking about isn't Portable, you might want to consider buying that instead since it added so much more extra content than Reload did. It's also cheaper. The gameplay changes with Portable aren't nearly as much of an upgrade as Reload's(they only really added controllable party members and slightly reworked the fatigue system), and it's entirely a visual novel. This is a dealbreaker for some, but for me it was fun to see how they would change some scenes.

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Ok I’ve had like 24 hours to digest the ending of P3 so I’m here to dump my thoughts. Full disclosure this is going to have a ton of spoilers for Persona 3 Reload!!

The party members were good, I didn’t like them as much as 5 but I do prefer them over 4.

I was kind of annoyed to learn that Chidori could be saved, because the whole thing is easy to miss. I also think the whole idea of her coming back alive and not remembering anything about the Dark Hour or her persona is kind of… lame. It’s just a very convenient way to wrap up her storyline. I did like Junpei’s growth, though, and she obviously contributes to that. Their personas merging when she dies is really… bittersweet.

Speaking of character deaths… Shinjiro??? Hello??? Absolute shock, I was not expecting to lose a party member. Can’t believe they got me to instantly ship Shinjiro and Akihiko just to have Shinji die in Aki’s arms.

And bringing up both Chidori and Shinjiro’s death, let’s talk about Strega. Jin is overall pretty plain, I don’t have much to say to him either way. Takaya, on the other hand, I have so much to say. Full disclosure, I started calling him “Jesus” as soon as I saw him, which I mean… makes sense with the theme of the game. He’s a good, creepy, culty villain and he does it well. My only issue with him (aside from like, obviously disliking him because he’s the villain and a murderer and stuff), is his design. I absolutely hate that he is always shirtless, it is super uncomfortable and weird (which is presumably the point, but still it gives me the ick).

I enjoyed most of the social links, overall. I didn’t really like Kenji and his whole dating a teacher thing, but his link did get better once he was dumped.

I was also kind of irked by Nozomi because his character and the writing is… pretty fat-shamey, but my main problem was the way his storyline feels incomplete. We learn he was in a cult but don’t ever really learn directly what they were about.

I maxed out all but two social links. Chihiro was left at rank 9 and Kazushi at rank 6. I consider that a pretty solid attempt at maxing for a first run.

I knew this going in (one of the few things I knew about the game before playing) that the male party members did not have social links. It’s still a bummer though, because I would have liked to spend more time with them and see them developed outside of the main plot.

And speaking of main plot. I did actually like the pseudo-science involved in the Dark Hour’s creation, I thought it was kind of neat to have a sort-of explanation for how the world with shadows came about (at least for this game).

The way I lost my mind when it was revealed that Ryoji was death… damn. It was a little predictable, because something was obviously weird with him but I was not expecting it to be that weird!

The whole end of the world final showdown is pretty standard JRPG stuff, so I don’t really have much to say on that plot point, but I have to admit I don’t really like the ending.

Don’t get me wrong, I think the idea of the protagonist sacrificing themselves is fine, even if it’s emotionally charged, I respect that as an ending. I’m more irked by the idea that the protagonist basically fought to survive a few months in order to fulfill his promise to meet the team on the school roof, just to die right before they all arrive (excluding Aigis). It feels like the ending doesn’t really give closure, to see SEES happy together after their success or alternatively have them grapple with the loss of their leader and friend.

Overall, I thought the gameplay was fun. Theurgy adds an extra little boost to your character’s strengths which was nice and helpful in speeding up some of the full moon boss battles (and cheesing the Reaper). People (and cats) getting lost in Tartarus adds an extra reason to explore Tartarus along with Elizabeth’s requests, making extra trips to Tartarus worth doing.

The music is fantastic, of course. Bangers all around, and I don’t think this needs any additional explanation.

So here’s my final thoughts/stats for the time being—I’ll be back to 100% it soon:

Persona 3 Reload

Achievement Progress: 85%

Play Time: 85:15

Rating: 8/10

Favorite Song(s): Master of Shadow, Mass Destruction, Burn My Dread - Last Battle

Favorite Character(s): Yuko, Ryoji, Mitsuru, Shinjiro, Koromaru

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absolutely shaking you /pos about your persona fit designs for the oct2path cast, I gotta know if you have any persona thoughts about them

Aw thank you!! Right now, I don't have any set ideas for all the gang's specific Personas; I think initially, I was gonna have the progression be OT1 travelers for everyone's initial Personas -> gods for ultimate Personas, but I felt like I could do something more with it, so that didn't stick.

I do have detailed ideas for the healers' Personas at least, along with approximations for how long everyone's had their powers.

Since I went into this not wanting to have a specific wild card since everyone's a protagonist, everyone can use multiple personas and access the Velvet Room. However, due to the *gestures* natures of some of Temenos and Castti's storylines, they get some unique stuff w/ their ultimate personas.

...Specifically to do with Temenos 3 SH and Hunter & Apothecary 2.

— Temenos

Regarding canon divergence

I mentioned it on Twitter (albeit, not here) that Crick does not die in this AU. This tends to go for anything I write involving Temenos' storyline, since I generally do not agree with Crick's death as a writing decision; mostly for Temenos' writing's sake than anything.

He works best when interacting with another character (e.g. Crick, Throné) so when you kill off the one character he has a real rapport with, a lot of his scenes in Temenos 4 suffer as a result. Not to mention, it does read like Crick got killed off to give Temenos a personal reason to pursue Kaldena as if she didn't already kill his adoptive father.

Note: I love Kaldena though. Crick is a friend but his murderer is an oomf to me. I've been cooking up a fic for her and I like her a lot.

It's not an uncommon occurrence to kill off a detective's ally when they get too close to the truth. But in this instance, I can't say I like how it's pulled off. NTM Temenos already gets to deal with a pretty significant loss, discussed below.

(The joke answer here is that I need one of every element covered in the team, so Crick lives to see another day.)

Roi

Remember that snippet I wrote about Ochette killing a shadowy monster? That was Roi. He was experimented on by the MO (most comparable to Strega here) in an attempt to fuse Shadows with living humans, and it didn't go well. It resulted in him becoming a monster like he did in canon.

Temenos learns of this a bit before when SH takes place —which is around mid-October here— and he and Ochette are both horrified. He doesn't blame her for having to defend herself, especially when it's clear Roi was beyond saving at that point, but he's still upset over the circumstances regardless; and it's opened up a wound he's been trying to ignore.

So at this point in the story when SH takes place, Temenos' mental state isn't doing too great. And it'll only get worse for a bit longer!

Stormail

During when SH happens here, it happens pretty similar to canon: Temenos and Crick realize that Vados is dead, Crick begins to doubt the institution he's working for, and is attacked by Kaldena— who, here is probably like. Chief Prosecutor or something.

Crick is attacked near the local courthouse while investigating on his own during the Dark Night (our Dark Hour equivalent). He's bleeding out, and can't heal himself. Lucky for him though, only being able to operate for an hour means Temenos and co. are active around that time, and the team finds him losing consciousness fast.

One fun thing to note about Persona is that a living person can become a Persona for a specific user through a strong desire to protect their loved ones after death.

So, when Temenos finds Crick bleeding out with wounds too deep to heal normally... he thinks of all his loved ones screwed over by the law, how Crick may very well join that number, and thinks only that he cannot —he will not— allow that to happen.

This, combined with Roi in canon thinking of protecting Temenos despite everything, repeating only snippets of his last conversation warning him to protect him... Roi becomes Temenos' ultimate Persona, and the surge in magical strength is enough to keep Crick alive long enough to get serious medical treatment.

— Castti

Eir's Apothecaries

Like in canon, all of Eir's Apothecaries have died prior to the travelers finding Castti. While IDK if all of them were Persona users (Malaya, Castti, and Trousseau definitely were tho), rn I think all of them were aware of Persona stuff and tried to use their resources to heal people affected by Shadow attack.

Claude, as part of the MO trying to bring Vide into the world, tried to recruit them for their medical and scientific knowledge, but they refused.

Trousseau, however, was swayed and soon enough, tried to kill the rest of the team as part of his desire for humanity's end. The rest of the group, aside from Malaya and Castti, died trying to get the two as far away from him as possible; and even then, the two were on their last legs due to his Persona's debilitating attacks.

Malaya, realizing that they both couldn't survive, instead used all of her power to fully heal Castti. This causes whatever Persona she had to, not fuse with Castti's (not yet), but just transfer over to Castti p much.

Castti doesn't remember this. When the travelers (the team atm being Temenos, Osvald, Ochette, and Throné) find her, she starts off with two personas.

Castti's memories

When Castti recovers her memories and fights Trousseau, she and Malaya's Personas fuse to become a completely new and stronger one. It combines their Personas' designs, and carries some elements of Malaya's physical appearance too— representative of her loss, albeit, with the knowledge that she will always be loved and watched over by her departed loved ones.

However, her character development (and unique Persona stuff) doesn't stop there.

Hunter & Apothecary 2

In this Persona AU, Personas are formed from the knowledge of limited time and that life is given value through the existence of death. This is the contract that binds Personas and their users, thus making it possible to go against that.

When Hunter & Apothecary 2 rolls around, I imagine that it happens real late into the year— like, mid-December as everyone's preparing to face Vide. I imagine the tone here is... honestly a lot like P3's fourth movie, where because of the sudden time limit (and feeling of responsibility) everyone's really stressed out.

Like canon, Vide's main target to get rid of is Castti due to her vast medical knowledge, battle prowess, and her being a source of emotional strength for her allies. He plays on her feelings of powerlessness as a medical professional, along with exacerbating her guilt that comes with being Trousseau's mentor.

At first, the group notices she's less social and starts to skip meals. But for a day or two, chooses to not leave her room. While the rest of the group aren't doing... fantastic, this is especially alarming.

Because Persona contracts are formed around valuing limited time... if a user becomes apathetic towards death, what do you think it means for them when they break that contract, even briefly?

They can go berserk— at least, in the movie adaptation. Warning for depictions of strangulation in the video linked.

So, Castti gets attacked by her Persona. It isn't Malaya like Temenos' is Roi, but is a separate entity summoned through her love and grief. Becoming apathetic towards life and death goes against her contract, thus making it go berserk.

Ochette finds her and like canon, has to fight it to get it under control before it kills Castti; but afterwards, she has to rest and recover from that.

How long everyone's had their Personas

Ochette, Agnea, and Partitio's are awakened mid-story.

Hikari's was forcibly awakened as a child, and underwent experiments growing up. He wasn't born with the ability to summon a Persona, he was forced to learn how.

Throné's in a similar situation. For the sake of adaptation, the main part I'll focus on when adapting Claude is his desire to find the best candidate for a Vide vessel. Throné is an artifical Persona user created for the MO's experiments, but does not need suppressants where her former colleagues did.

Because I follow the theory that Temenos is a claudelet, the same also applies to him. He's adopted by Jörg at age 6, and was found after one of the MO's experiments went terribly wrong during a full moon — during an early (failed) attempt to bring Vide into the world. He was about to die due to injuries from an explosion, right when the Velvet Room (likely run by like. the OT1 cast taking shifts basically. probably) realized it needed outside power to combat Vide's descent. It reached out to Temenos, having him sign a contract to accept a limited amount of time, and to value what time people have left alive.

Temenos does not remember any of this, and in this specific adaptation, did not originally have white hair. He has the Velvet Room's white hair as a result of his contract... which is renewed prior to the beginning of the story when he and Osvald began their investigations. It's how the team is able to find the Velvet Room in the first place (but can all use it), as Temenos pretty much got the key sealed inside him as a kid. This is how I'm adapting him being chosen by Aelfric for now, but could be subject to change.

Temenos will be fine. He'll die for like 5 minutes though.

Castti's was awakened before the story with no issues. She has some later though, as you can see.

Osvald awakened his when he realized Harvey framed his family, but couldn't train it until Temenos got him out on parole.