Uhhhh so what does it mean when somebody who's caught up in a replay of their past just.... disappears....


And also since when did THAT GUY teach chemistry!?

Yo!! I've been gone for two weeks and when I finally come back it's to a cold, dark, EMPTY apartment? And the only thing in the fridge is a half-eaten thing of cup ramen! What gives!!

But I guess the place is still standing... and pretty tidy, to boot. I suppose that's all I should have asked for.


So? What'd I miss? Zombie invasion? Nuclear meltdown? The Rapture? Everybody bodyswaps for a week? You know, more of the same-old, same-old?

How's Naoto doing? I brought her back a Junes brand mini dinosaur excavation kit, I figured she'd be pretty bored by now of just lying around. Mom also sent me back with a TON of snacks, but I guess since I'm the only one here.....

( [ABSOLUTELY private oh my god no peeking, ever] )

[FILTER: investigation team]

Wait up, I'm coming too

[/FILTER]

Okay, guys, I know it's not going as well as we'd hoped.... but on the bright side, we made a lot of progress yesterday! Ikari is practically rescued, we just need to all get our heads together and THINK.

I vote we meet in the courtyard by the big tree at lunch today and go over some strategy. Operation "bum rush the hell out of them" has worked for us in the past, but this guy's a surprisingly tough nut the crack.



Thoughts.......?

Souji! Ted!! You're not going to believe this - apparently the night manager's going senile or something, because my folks left a letter for me before they moved and APPARENTLY he just remembered to give it to me NOW, so it's been sitting in the back room for a week and a half just getting dusty--


--whatever, that's not important. What's important is my folks didn't cancel the lease on the apartment! It's paid off until the end of September, they said we can move back in whenever!!

Huh........





someone want to fill me in as to why I'm standing in the middle of the train station like a total tool?

Wow, I guess we all got nostalgic at about the same time, huh? This place must've put us all in synch, or something.

It's been a long time, but man Desai never changes! I would've thought it'd gotten some fancy new upgrades at least, but it looks more or less exactly the same. Hey, Souji, I wonder if our old place is still standing?

uhhhhh, has anybody seen Souji?? Seems he left his futon in a total mess this morning, my mom's kind of bent out of shape about it...




But that's kinda weird, you know? He has this morning ritual that he always sticks to, no matter how busy he is. I mean, for him to abandon it......

holy shit




Turn on the news, right now!! Channel 13 - any channel - it's all over all of 'em


Are you guys seeing this??

Ugh

Never thought I'd be saying this, but can we have the dinosaurs back???

I'm not saying RUNNING IN FEAR is a lifestyle choice I wanna pursue full time, but at least the dinosaurs didn't crap their pants!!! Or if they did I didn't have to deal with it


ugh, Teddie, you're on diaper duty from now on

I guess now is as good a time as any to mention this........ My dad applied for a transfer, and he got it. He's been assigned to a new store opening just south of Nagano. He's already put a down-payment on a house up there.

It's not that huge a surprise -- I mean, they've been talking about it for practically forever. I guess the man-eating killer plants were just the straw that broke the camel's back? Anyway, we have until the 31st to move out.



Sooo.... how about those zany plants, huh?? One got me on the arm, but I guess I got off pretty easy, considering! Just another wacky day in desai; wonder what the next bi-monthly fight for our lives is gonna be like!!

Ha ha, really funny joke Teddie!! You totally almost had me for a second there. But seriously, where are my real clothes??



.... huh, why's the futon out...?

what




what the hell is this











shit i am so tired of all this crap, find somebody else to mess with!!!!

what is this, "fuck with yosuke month" or something

Now that you're all back to your usual selves, you'll notice I have taken the liberty of sending you all video and photographic evidence of the sheer HELL that was my life last weekend




Well.

In less than six hours my parents are coming back from their business trip, and the apartment is in shambles thanks to SOMEBODY, who will remain nameless but wears a goddamn bear suit, going crazy and trashing the place

AND trying to eat the couch!!




I am calling in the favour

(The camera whips around the ceiling for a moment before panning down and focusing on a young man's face. His hair is completely dishevelled, and he looks sleep-deprived and highly stressed, like a man at the end of his rope. He appears to be holding the camera at an arm's length from himself. There is a soft, low sound in the background, just odd enough to distinguish itself from feedback.)

Kanji, Naoto!! Where the hell are you guys, why aren't you picking up your phones?? Anyway, I've got a couple of uh..... a couple of problems, here!!! I could really use some backup, if you catch my--

(a sudden movement from the corner of his eye draws his gaze away from the camera, and in moments his expression turns from "mildly panicked" to a textbook representation of "oh, shit!")

NO! NONONONO SOUJI-KUN, DON'T CLIMB UNDER THE BED, IT'S DANGEROUS!!!!


(The camera falls to the ground and the picture flickers slightly. In the field of vision is the side panel of an unmade bed, and the haunches of a small child jutting out from underneath it. Yosuke dives into the picture and drags a grey-haired kid out from under the bed, just in time for a black arm to come swiping out, missing Yosuke's shins by mere inches. Yelping, he topples backwards, kid in tow.

There's a momentary groan of pain, under which the low growling is clearly audible now. The palm of a hand obscures the lens for a second, before the camera rights itself up again. Sitting in Yosuke's lap is a very tiny, very familiar, very serious-looking boy.)

Uh yeah. Problem number one, obviously - I think this crazy place has some kind of weird devolution side-effect - but THIS is the big one:

(the camera whips around again and focuses on the shadow under the bed. Two yellow eyes can be seen peeking out from the shadows.

Faintly:)

I-....... I think that thing's Teddie.......

Damn it.... what gives?? They're telling us the trains back into the city are no longer running, and that we have to get to higher ground. NO KIDDING!! I practically swam all the way over - if my bike rusts up cuz of this I'm gonna be pissed!


How'm I supposed to get home, now? They closed the school now, too, so I can't get back there. And anyway, I'm already drenched!! This crazy rain had better let up fast!!

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JAPAN
Shadows -> human thoughts corrupted -> bad to begin with? -> repressed so lashing out?? -> ?? shadows w/ teenage angst??? <-- stupid

Persona -> bad human thoughts made.... good? -> accepted? -> accepted = controlled?


ask Souji more re: wtf is persona

shadow incident in iwatodai -> man-made? -> man-CAUSED?? (same thing?)
persona -> shadow attached to human psyche
Souji & Naoto hanging out a lot lately. Dating??

persona = shadows <- def


ELSEWHERE
monsters -> demons? -> ANGELS? (ikari)

poss. shadows?
Souji would def say something if he & Naoto were going out <- obviously


MONSTERS/DEMONS/ANGELS = SHADOWS

y: destroy things, attack humans, ugly!!!
n: monsters =/= manifestations of mind? afaik

BUT!!!: being weirdly protective of her lately
kind of like w/ Nanako?? <- siscon?? ewwww


Every world has monsters -> every world has shadows? -> every world has persona???

Souji my bff. Wouldn't hide something like that
even if naoto asked him not to say? <- would def say
↳BROS B4 HOS

confirmed persona users: me, souji, naoto, kanji, teddie, minato
unconfirmed: RYOJI



REASONS WHY NAOTO WOULDN'T WANT ME TO KNOW:
- tease her (wouldn't give a fuck?)
- try to interfere w/ dates
- would tell kanji (TWO-TIMING!?!?)
- jealous

ryoji & teddie:
- shadows (?)
- annoying
- attractive <- FROM GIRLS POV
- slutty

If monsters = shadows, then every world has persona users
persona = only way of fighting shadows?? OTHER METHODS???


guys hang out together -> we ARE bffs -> supposed to tell eachother everything -> supposed to hang out together all the time -> not jealous she's just interrupting!!


"excuse me, can you summon monsters to fight for you from your subconscious??" <- shut up yosuke

Man, I've had it with this stupid bike! Today makes the third time this month the chain's come off while I was riding it - I almost hit a lamp-post!!! Guess I was just lucky it wasn't garbage day, huh.

Does anybody know anyone who wants to sell a used motorbike? It doesn't have to be fancy or anything... I mean ideally I'd like a street-bike, 1200ccs or above and made in the last five years - like a Suzuki GSF1250 (in red) - but hey! Beggars can't be choosers. At this point I'd be happy with something that doesn't fall apart the second it hits pavement....


Souji, Naoto - sorry I didn't make it on time to meet you guys at the gate this morning. Did you get your schedules yet? Tell me what homeroom you're in!

Damnit..... did I even change at all??

uh







so



nobody go up to the roof.......

EDIT: better yet, nobody go past the third floor unless they ABSOLUTELY have to!!