week 4 ( monday )

[subordinacy]

[It's a bright new week (and by that I mean it's probably been an awkward start to the week for two certain plotters), and Setz is peering curiously at Worth Every Penne, because finally! A place to eat that isn't McDonald's again! But he's taking a look before he heads inside.

Yo, Akira.]

Comments

[purrtagonist]

No. Of course not.

[he taps his temple]

The power of Persona. That's what kept us alive in that world.

[subordinacy]

... And that's...?

[purrtagonist]

Everyone has a mask that helps them face the hardships of society. It's really a metaphorical thing, but in the Metaverse, those masks are more tangible. We can use them to summon a being to fight by our sides. They're what we call "Personas."

The physical shape they take depends on the person, and they're supposed to be reflections of who we are in here-- [thunks his fist against his chest, over his heart]

[subordinacy]

[Huh.]

... What's yours like, then?

[purrtagonist]

[a grin]

Have you ever heard of Arsene Lupin?

[subordinacy]

No.

[purrtagonist]

[wow. that was quick and blunt]

Famous literary gentleman thief.

[subordinacy]

... Sounds appropriate for an actual thief.

[purrtagonist]

It is.

[heh]

Everyone on my team had Personas modeled after famous thieves or rogues. Yusuke's was Goemon, for instance. And Makoto's was Johanna.

[subordinacy]

[None of those ring a bell.]

So what exactly do you steal, then? I assume "hearts" wasn't meant to be literal.

[purrtagonist]

It wasn't.

[yeah, ASS]

We'd steal the distorted desires of the wicked and corrupt, and make them have a change of heart. Normally afterwards, they'd confess their crimes to the public and turn themselves into the police.

[subordinacy]

... That's...

[That's, uh, a lot.]

How does that even work?