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A new generation of Phantom Thieves
People have forgotten about the Phantom Thieves of Hearts over the years but their accomplishment have still remained. Under the hustle and bustle of busy politicians to daily family life, it seemed as if everyone was truly neighbors with one another. Very rarely do adults confront one another or bury secrets with the dead. But with all things good and cliche in the world, good endings never really last. The world was constantly changing and it's the people that decide if the change is for the better or the worst. This time around, the change was too great for the adults to keep up with.
Once again, people started being hostile to one another. Family friends steal from one another, parents go about abusing their children and politicians do whatever they can to meet their own needs. You were not blind to this. You knew all too well what lies beneath the stage after the curtains fall. You can tell the difference between good and evil but you were a mere teenager attending high school. What power did you have to stop the confusing world of adults? Life was truly an unjust game for you. That's why you and your friends went looking for answers. Ways to expose the lies under the surface. Ultimately this search has lead you to the new and reformed metaverse.
Much like the original phantom thieves, you were on your way to school when an app was installed to your phone that transported you outside of where your school was supposed to be. Luckily you weren't the only one there. A group of fellow classman have arrived with you. How are you going to find your way back with the help of other students? Can you reform the system once more?
((If this is a recreation of my first post I'm going to self combust.))
*cat noises*
(...okay, I kid. But let's not meme this one thnx. Anyway, hw time for me, so I shall join in later if I can)
*Does a thing*
Ooc: What am I supposed to be doing in this RP?
Ooc: Rp. Duh.
*Gamma arrives in the new metaverse, still holding his phone, it takes a moment for him to notice the dramatic shift in scenery and looks around for a few seconds*
OK, everyone, calm down.... I... I don't know we are, but it'll be fine. I have this app.... If it was able to get me here, it can get us out, right? So, there's nothing to worry about.
*Gamma takes a few deep breaths to calm his nerves and observes the area around him*
ooc: Basically, rp, but not exactly the Nexus or in canon. Mostly because Gamma here's alive.
Situation: Everyone is standing outside a castle and must find a way out while being introduced to the metaverse app.))
OOC: He's not dead..... Just sleeping.
Ooc: Oh.
Ic: *Minato is looking up at the castle*
What's up with this app anyway..?
(edited by Minato_Yuki)
OOC: Lets clarify further, you don't have anything from canon, your character is pretty much as well-armed as the average, persona-less high-schooler, which is to say not very.
Ooc: I edited it.
A grey haired high schooler steps into the new strange world holding onto his flip phone as he looks around
What is this place? Hello?
Yu then waves over to Gamma and co, walking over with his thumb in his pocket as he speaks while waving
Ah, at least I'm not alone, do you have any idea what's going on here?
(edited by Golden_Yu)
Ooc: Misc?
Ooc: Yes, misc/co I wasn't sure who was here so I just said co
Gamma looks around at his new companions and shrugs, putting his smartphone in his pocket
Do I look like I know what's happening here? I was just checking out this cool app I got, guess its the same one you're referring to
Gamma tilts his head at Minato, almost like pointing at him
Anyways, no harm in exploring a bit, right? I mean, we can probably get out at any time anyways. Can't imagine its a one-way trip
Reaper had not noticed the sudden change in scenery as he had walked from home to school. He had mostly kept his eyes on the ground and allowed his feet to carry himself to the school but he must have gotten lost. Reaper looked up at the building that was supposed to be his school but instead there sat a castle that looked as if it had just popped out of fantasy picture book. He scrunched his eyebrows in confusion as he looked around. Seemingly there were other teens from his high school there and Reaper walked over.
"Hey! You guys go to the same high school as me. Do you know if there's an event going on or?"
Keilin groaned louder as she saw the app pop up AGAIN on her phone...interrupting her bussiness. Of course, the only thing she had was her phone, no weapons for self defense.
"Why does this stupid app keep appearing on my phone! I'm busy trying to enjoy myself while watching my-" she said as she looked up to see the new atmosphere made from the metaverse. "...videos. What is this place?"
From what you could tell by her appearance, the only thing that differentiates her from other Shujin students is her braids, soon becoming more fancy due to a friend of hers. She proceeded to ask the nearest person by her, that being Gamma, if he knows anything about this.
"Hey you, lavender haired boy. What's your name? Mine's Keilin. Can you get me out of the drama club? I'm more of a passionate girl myself." she said to Gamma, clearly not in a serious tone as she's using her fluent mimic of her country accent.
Ooc: Actually I'm going to switch to my other account.
Ooc: Just pretend that Minato was me.
(edited by Jiyu-Hatanaka)
Woah, looks like we wandered into some film set or something! How else would there be a castle in the middle of town?
Hey, maybe if we're persuasive enough, we can get a job as extras or something! I'll get in the credits, first name Chaos, last name Trash, on the big screen! Beats going to school anyway. Look, there are guys in crazy knight costumes in there!
*He looks at Gamma*
Yeah, a little exploring won't hurt a bit.
A teenage girl with rainbow colored hair and blue skin looks at the castle in shock
What? Since when was there a castle here!?
Yu scratches the back of his head and smiles warmly at the group, however, he recoils at Gamma's sudden hostility
Come on, no need to be so cold, we are all in this together, my name is Yu, Yu Narukami, nice to meet you. That goes for everyone else as well, it's nice to be accepted into a group.
Yu then looks at the castle for an entrance, staring it down
This is not our typical school, however if we work together we should be able to find the exit,
"I don't think exploring will do us good." Hirato pipped up and gestured to the group of knights Chaos was talking about. "Maybe they're holding up a movie set just like they said and they look rather... Intimidating." Hirato sighed and rubbed the back of his neck in confusion. How did they all end up here? If this many kids from his high school were gathered this early in the morning in one palce that surely would mean that the castle was the school. "Did any of you get an email from the school or something?"
Gamma faintly chuckles and casts Reaper a sideways glance
Oh yeah, totally, they just rented out this venue and brought us all here from our way to school without any notice. Simple enough right? No big-
at this point Gamma's interrupted by Keilin, she approaches him from just behind, and causes him to jump a bit and turn around rapidly
Hey, watch it, don't you know better than to sneak up on people.... *sigh* Nice to meet you I guess, call me Gamma, not a real name of course, but more of a friendly request. Either way, I'd suggest joining the comedy club since you're SUCH a WONDERFUL comedian
Well if it's a movie set, then let's go check it out.
*He starts walking towards the entrance*
Impulsively rushes inside, knocking away anyone close to her.
This is SO cool! I've GOT to check this out!
"Hey! What if we get in trouble with the director or something? Shouldn't we try to find a way to school?" Hirato softly whined. Here goes his perfect attendence.
Hirato jogged after Jiyu and was immediatly greeted by the knights at the enterance. Hirato looked around and noticed no camera. They must not be filming out here. The actors sorta look... Dead. Hirato reasoned and tried to strike up a converstation with one of the actors. "Hey, do you know if the high school relocated?" No responce from the knight. "Sir?" Still no responce. Getting annoyed, hirato waved his hand agressively infront of the knight. "Hey! I'm talking to you!" Hirato growled. Suddenly, the knight became animated and raised a lance at Hirato. "Whoa! C-Calm down!" He whimpered as the other knights began to march to the group.
*Jiyu backs away from one of the knights charging at him*
Woah woah woah man, settle down.
Yu seeing his new found friends rush forward follows behind quickly, however he is quickly stopped by the lances, backing up rather quickly
Those weapons... everyone... these people aren't friendly, we should get out of here as soon as possible. Do we have any escape routes?
What's the issue gu-*is grabbed by one of the knights*
H-Hey, sorry if we we're not supposed to be here but could you cut out the method acting shit? Let go!
She snickers slightly toward Gamma, knowing well about the arts of sarcasm. Especially as he put so much emphasis on it.
"Not what I meant, but I'll gladly take it. Especially since I know that this school has no comedian club, Gamma." she responded back, losing her accent as she said his name.
"Anyways," she retorted, rolling her eyes at him. "how do you think we should deal with this castle? Better not be another thing they didn't tell us about. They're one of the only reasons why I come."
She glanced over at everybody else, eyeing Reaper and Chaos as they both had the same name trend with Gamma...them being why they sound so dorky. As such, she looked back toward the entrance, her eyes passing by Yu, and started taking pictures of it with her phone.
Ooc: And this is where I edit, yay. Mishi needs to make BBCode when editing a thing.
She quickly turned her phone at the knight atttacking her students, taking a quick snap before reacting like any normal person would.
"What? Why is everybody so hostile? Oh, I wish I could delete my browsing history right now..." she mutters as she tries to run away, the knights also grabbing her because she sucks at escaping.
"Sir, or Ma'am, please, get your dirty hands off me! If my arms were useable I would call the police for attempted rape!"
(edited by Keilin_Minami)
*As he backing away from the guard, another guard behind him picks him up by his Shujin uniform*
L-Let me go damn it!!
(edited by Jiyu-Hatanaka)
Nervously, Hirato ran over to Chaos and grabbed the other by his hips. He tugged trying to free the other but the knight wouldn't relent. "Hey! Let him go! We promise that he won't run on the set. Hey- Hey!" Hirato cried out. Soon, Hirato found himself seized by another knight. He squirmed in the Knight's gasp. "H-Hey! A little help here!?"
Yu seems to look terrified as he watches all his friends get caught in their grasp, Yu freezing in place
You guys...
In his shock he gets grabbed by a knight, Yu gasping for air from how hard the grapple is, being thrown onto the knight's back
Hnng!
I will personally end y-...
*Before Jiyu could finish his sentence, he is punched in the face by the guard, making him go unconscious*
(edited by Jiyu-Hatanaka)
((thinking of awakening scenes for everyone. Shoot me a message in PMs @Akira))
((Confirmed awakening scenes in this order; G.Yu then Keilin until further notice.))
Hirato called out after the wounded Jiyu and tried to reason with the knights but, of course, they were unresponsive to his or anyone's words. All of the seized children were brought into the castle without much hestitation. WIthin the castle, were many vast floors and the cieling looked as if it could touch the moon with how high it was. Unfortunately for the stuents, they were slammed into the very bottom floor. The knights opened a cell and threw all the kids into one another and closed the cell door shut with a loud slam. The knights stood lifelessly in front of the cell.
Hirato looked over at the unconcious Jiyu and tried to wake the other up by gently shaking him. "Hey... Anything alive in there?"
Ahh..
Yu slowly gets up and looks around, shifting his glasses to a more comfortable position as he looks around the room, scratching his head and trying to recompose himself, before talking to the knight
Who are you? What do you want?
*Jiyu wakes up*
H-Huh?! Where am I?
Hirato looked around, nervously. "Sorry to be Captain Obvious but we definately aren't in a movie set. This whole place is so... Vast." Hirato inquired and allowed Jiyu to have some personal space after he woke up. He looked over at Yu demanding questions from the guard and shook his head. "It's no use. They don't respond to a kick or a punch let alone words."
Hirato stood up and tried to peak past the knights but saw no escape route. They were stuck. "Anyone got a plan? Maybe we could try escaping." Upon hearing the word "escape" the guards reacted once more and began banging on the cell cage at Hirato.
Keilin slowly gets up, rubbing her eyes and inaudibly mumbled to herself. She proceeds to stretch and slowly pick herself up from off the ground. Though as she remembers where she was, she swiftly got back to her original self, alebit, a bit worried.
"Why wasn't that a dream? I just wanna go back home! I have a life you know." she whined, still not being THAT serious as she's still using her accent.
She turned to the knight, opening her mouth to add on to her complaining but decided against it as she wouldn't want to get executed first out of all people.
*Jiyu gets startled by the banging*
Why did I have to transfer to this country?!?
*burbling* keep it down... ow... tryna sleep he... zzz
Hmm... there has to be something we can do... If we can't get answers we'll need to do something ourselves
Yu then tilts his chin down and begins to enter deep thought, checking his cell once more to see if there was anything he could do, he then however puts a hand up to his head in pain, making a small grunt as he contorts before returning to normal and resuming his search
She then stumbled backwards to the sudden banging at the cage door. Obviously in the same mood as the knights, she faced toward Hisato.
"Not to be offensive or anything, but why would you openly suggest we escape in front of the very people that locked us up?" she queried as she turned back to the knights.
"Stop making it louder for pete's sake. Could you at least do that?" she requested of them before sighing out loud, turning to Yu. "You seem like one of the smart ones here, do you have any idea how to fix this mess?
I'm thinking but... This situation looks like a lost cause unless we can find some sort of seam, look around the cell and tell me if you find anything. If only I didn't have this headache...
*He turns his head to Yu*
You have a headache too, it must have been from us getting knocked out.
A voice rings out in Yu's head causing the pain to increase but the voice was still very quiet. It's powers weren't as prevelant until the knights begin to open the cells revealing a man wearing a royal garbs including a large crown. He looked at the knights who started making gurgling noises as if communitcating to the man.
"That's the drama teacher at our school!" Hirato exclaimed. "Make those things go away!" He demaned but the teacher only tutted at his students and smirked.
"Why should I listen to trespassers?"
Yu falls on one knee as he clutches his head, slowly looking up through his glasses as he turns to the teacher with a look of pain, crying out to him
Trespassers? But we were just trying to get to school. Please, can't you let us go? I'm not feeling very good... ever since I stepped foot in this town I've been getting bad headaches, I really need to see a doctor.
*Jiyu gets up and looks at the drama teacher*
Yeah, I just wanted to get to my new school, and then this place showed up.
"How about..." she said, seemingly pondering on what to say, "because these trespassers are your students? It's the school's law not to treat kids like garbage. Unless of course, you're just some dumpster fire this world spewed out."
"It's not like I'm one for trespassers, but you've got every screw in your head loose if you think that the kids you taught are peasants to you. I don't even go to the drama club, but I have common sense, and it's telling you to-" she rallied to him, looking as if she had much more to say before getting interrupted by Yu.
"Oh look, now your bullshit gave this boy a headache." she mumbled before sighing. "look, can we just leave? Go to the nurse? Go home?...please?"
*he teleports in*
Hearing about new Phantom Thieves. This caught my interest.
ooc: *deep sigh*
Read the first few posts, buddy.
Ooc: *An even deeper sigh* Why can't we ever have a normal RP?
(edited by Jiyu-Hatanaka)
Oh! I wanna partake in this role play! Lemme lemme!
(Even if you say no, I'm going to! 😋)
Dove teleports into the metaverse
"What- where am I? " She looks around and her eyes shine with amazement.
"Is this some Virtual reality video game? Cool! "
Ooc: This RP's kinda dead, so...
OOC: MY bad!
Ooc: Unless Akira can get his ass back in the RP.
Ooc: I hope I can bring light to this group and make it powerful again! It seemed like it was doing good before.
OOC: Sorry, the writer, Akira, is studying for the PSAT he had forgotten about was happening tomorrow, so for now this thread is ded.
Ooc: I guess we'll continue it tomorrow, so... https://youtu.be/W2evDvaa25U
Lolol
(In the metaverse) maybe I should come back tomorrow
The drama teacher leered his golden eyes over at Keilin in distaste. "You remind me of a whore of a woman. Mrs. Minami was it? She had a rather nice body. Shame that she refused me. Never the less, you have all trespassed in my castle! Prepare to be executed!" With the snap of his hands, the man commanded the knight to grab one of the students by random.
Being the closest, Hirato was yanked by the elbow and shoved onto his knees. Hirato yelped and cried out as he tried to squirm free of the knight's grasp.
b-bump~))
Ooc: We back?
backstreet's back, alright~
Also, I might throw in Akira instead of Hirato. This group needs a mentor.))
*Jiyu glares at the knight*
Hey asshole, let him go.
OOC: Can I still join?
(Ill be here in like 30 min? Idk, gonna take me some time to be back)
@Rose_ you would have to wait until this scene is over. I'll ping on PMs you when you can join))
OOC: Ok
((FOR ANYONE THAT WANTS TO JOIN; AFTER YU'S AND KEILIN'S AWAKENING IS AN OPENING. PLEASE PM ME SO I CAN PLAN AN AWAKENING SCENE FOR PARTICIPANTS))
"That's the best thing you can do? Call my mother a whore? Wow, you really have a way of-wait what did you mean by she had a nice body? Pervert! You should be ashamed of...insulting the dead." she replied back, losing composure as she tried to keep the ball rolling.
She glared at the drama teacher, soon noticing tears running down her face. She impatiently wiped them off and pointed at him, smirking confidently, ignoring her emotions as best as she can to say what she needs to say.
"You need to stop thinking that you're the only one that matters in this world." she continued on, soon letting her emotions get to her as her voice soon got unsteadier. "Becuase, because...you're not! You're just some stupid lofty degenerate!"
After saying that, she threw her phone at the cell bars, and ran to the corner, now beginning to vent out to a wall. Like all people do. Right now, she just wanted to push everything away or have some knight in shining armor come in and save her. She was too busy to be the heroic one right now unfortunately.
Ooc: I guess I'll PM you about my awakening.
(edited by Jiyu-Hatanaka)
The teacher howled at Keilin's display of dominance through throwing sharp words at him and then throwing a tantrum like a child. "You know, you mother acted the same way when I approached her that night. " He taunted. He began to recall the memories of his attempted assault on Keilin's mother and recalled the gruesome steps he took to ensure that her mother would be tortured by his presence up until her death. "Now look at you, you always get the role of the heroine but you're nothing but a coward. Watch as your classmates die before your powerless self!"
shit shit shit... maybe I could buy some time at least... here goes something
*somehow rises from a crumpled heap in a corner and saunters to the bars of the cell in one fluid movement*
Hey... teach. Wait a sec. Hold up with the executing for just a minute yeah? I've got nudes of Mrs Minami on my phone and.... y'see, I thought maybe we could make a deal. If you could let us out of here maybe I could send 'em your way? Just a thought, yeah?
(Was walking around the metaverse) well this is strange (hears voices) what, who could that be
Keilin chuckles at how cliche this scene is. Villian trying to kill everyone, she can't do anything about it. There can't be a knight in shining armor like her friend says, she has to do this by herself. But she can't, she might just screw everything up. It's only reasonable to just lay low and let it happens, right?
At least, that's what she thought, before a voice started chiming in her head, giving her an excrutiating headache. This resulted in her retreating from her moping state and into a state of pure agony, crying and whining to ease the pain.
"Is this really what you want? Tell me, you would let your friends die because you're too scared to do anything? You don't want to dissapoint anyone, especially the ones you've lost. But if you listen to me, I can bail you out, at a cost." the voice said to her, sounding very motherly and caring, while also vicious and lustful.
"I'm all ears, just, please, make this stop..." she muttered to herself, crying with her hands on her ears.
My my, what a wonderful plead! Very well, I shall start with the contract. I am thou, thou art I...You must be my precious doll and henceforth proceed as so!
"Emotions can be easily manipulated if your will is shakable. By the power of my love, it shall be unbreakable!
A mask soon appeared on her face, resembling that of a female vendetta. Though it's time is short-lived as she rips it off swiftly, but reluctantly. This resulted in her now sporting a different attire, as well as something shaking from underground. What emerged was just a nude woman, the only thing covering her was her hair, that covering her breasts. Though she wasn't finished, as the ground erupted again to reveal her scorpion-like body.
Keilin herself now sported an attire looking similar to a yakuza boss, albeit, female. Jacket on her back not being worn, and also a hat for an added touch. The only thing missing is an eyepatch and a cigarette, but that would add on to the mask...and you can't have everything.
"You really stoop low you know. Life's too short to do these kind of things." she said to him as she unveils her newly acquired butcher knife, turning it sideways to reveal the blood stained on it. "I understand that I got this role, and I'll do my best to fufill it!" she finished, raising her arm high to show her armcannon.
"How about we start this? Of course, you couldn't finish what you were gonna start, so I figured it's fair if I do this early. Do your thing, Sashokuri." she commanded, as her Persona had lunged her scorpion arm at the knight that grabbed Hisato.
(Sees what's going on) what the-
*Jiyu falls down to the sight of the persona*
Wha-What is that thing?!
@Blu you can join the rp after the teacher is defeated.))
Ooc: ok
Jiyu was asking the question the teacher was thinking. The man was temporarily blinded by the sudden bright light and stared up at the other's persona in terror. It had no place in his castle and his fear of the unknown was taking over. Why was this girl standing up to him? This was his castle! He controlled every single aspect and he cannot be overpowered! Frantic, the teacher sent floods of knights against Keilin in hopes to overpower the young girl and her persona.
Keilin, shocked to now see the overflowing amount of knights tries to fight them off, her Persona slashing at them as much as she could and her basically flailing at them with a gun and a knife.
"What? Why are you all here! No fair, jerk!" she shouted, trying to stand taller to reach him over the flood of grunts. "no matter, let's do our best!"
Her Persona soon slashed at the knights, weakening them all but not enough to sap them of their strength. Keilin did her best and killed one of them, but then one of the other knights soon knocked her back, sending her colliding with the wall as all the other knights wail at her Persona.
"...Ugh, why me? I've said my speech, lived my life, stood up to this jackass, but to no avail...Prince Charming...save me..." she mumbled to herself as the knights soon dealt the last blow on Sashokuri to make her disappear (not die of course.), and soon ganging up on Keilin.
*Jiyu is still on the ground in shock of what's going on*
As if on cue, Prince Charming did come in the form of a man in a white mask and a strange outfit. A large black trenchcoat with a large collar with a grey undershirt and black pants. The man stealthily maneuvered his way past the knights and just before they could wreak further havoc, the man cried out for his Persona, Arsene.
Arsene managed to clear the flood of knights but the teacher could not be found. Turning around, the man looked at the students. "Follow me! I know a way out!" He gestured for them to follow. "There's no telling when more knights will show up!"
*Jiyu looks at the man*
Who are you?
Keilin soon opened her eyes to see the Prince Charming she called out for,
staring in awe as he cleared through the group of knights and saving them all.
She then snapped out of her trance, and dusted herself off and began to follow him, as told.
"I really didn't expect you to come here. What's your name? You look kinda cool if I do say so myself."
As she was talking, she noticed that she was falling behind the group a bit as she clearly sucks at running. So she started to speed up a bit...albeit, still slow.
"When we get out, are you going to be explaining all of this to us? I'm only saying this because I expect you to say it if I didn't first."
Ooc: Pls Kms Kmn.
Ooc: Oh and he's running too, I forgot to add that.
The man stopped for a moment and decided it was faster if he carried Keilin on his back. "Pardon my rudeness," He muttered as he picked her up and began running again. "Yes, I'll explain myself later but for now we must go!" The man leads them to the exit, a vent leading out of the castle and instructed them to climb through. Once they were all out, nausea took over their minds as the castle began to change into the school and reality began to set back in. As the students stood outside their school, they noticed policemen and the ambulance were blocking the streets. Seems like Hirato didn't make it. He must've sustained an injury when the group had their backs turned.
Yeah, you've sure got a TON of explaining to do! What were those weird monsters that just blew those knight guys away? Why did our school turn into a castle? And what happened to that... goofy cosplay you were wearing?
Well, it was kinda cool though...
(edited by ChaosTrash)
*He puts his hand on his head*
Ugh, my head.
*He turns around, looking at the school*
The school's back?
Keilin, seeing the commotion appear in front of them, reacted acordingly. She did her best to muster up energy. She was drained out from all that happened today. First, she got to see a castle, then had a not dragged out sailor moon transformation, and now she's back in the real world, seeing a dead Hirato.
"But, but how?...I thought I saved him! I should've looked behind us..." she "cried" to Akira, before turning to Chaos.
"I didn't know myself either. I think it had something to do with that voice. Sadly, I'm so bad at reviewing, so I'll let him take it away." she said, turning to Akira.
Keilin then got off of Akira, and walked to where Chaos was and stood there, waiting for his response.
(edited by Malintent_Covet)
*Jiyu follows Keilin over to the chaos*
(edited by Jiyu-Hatanaka)
Ooc: I hate myself. Minato, it's Keilin, not Covet.
Ooc: Oh, okay.
The man ruffled the back of his hair. He knew he should talk to the kids but there were some things he had to attend to first. "Here," Akira took out a notepad and wrote the address of LeBlanc and gave it to the kids. "Meet me here and I promise I'll explain everything. Right now, I got to..." Akira sighed and side glanced at Hirato's body. He pat Keilin on the head. She really looked like she needed a picker-upper after seeing a classmate's dead body. He turned his back to them and raced over to the crime scene.
"Detective Akira Kurusu on the scene! Clear the way!"
Akira Kurusu?
*Jiyu says to himself*
I remember mom mentioning that name once.
After Akira patted her head, she chuckled before she started yawning, soon extending her arms out for a stretch.
"I'm really tuckered out." she sighed, "surely we can go some other time. He'll understand, right?"
"Akira Kurusu was the name of-" she started before yawning again. "Ugh, I'm too tired to care. I don't even know how I'm tired. I just am."
Keilin, from being too tired, decides to slowly walk away from the group,
aiming to go home while giving Chaos the address.
"...Akira's a nice name..." she mumbled to herself as she left.
(edited by Keilin_Minami)
Let me see that for a second.
*He snatches the paper from Chaos and reads it*
Yongen-Jaya... Café Leblanc, named after that author, heh... Alright, let's go.
What, right now? I know school's closed, but that Akira guy won't be back until later, no doubt. Unless you're itching for coffee right now, I suppose.
Well, how else am I supposed to cure my drowsiness?
*He starts walking*
Also, this Akira guy might know about that castle we were in.
Ah, whatever, not like I have anything better to do.
*follows on, fiddling with the weird new phone app*
Dude, have you seen this thing? I swear I didn't install it, and it keeps coming back every time I try to delete it. I don't even want to try opening it, it's probably some malicious bullshit phishing scam or something...
*He looks at his phone*
You mean the one with the red eye?
Yeah yeah, that's the one. It showed up this morning and won't go away. That icon is starting to give me the creeps, and after today I don't feel like touching anything sketchy. You've got it too, huh?
Yeah, it showed up on my phone two days ago when I first arrived in Tokyo.
*He walks down the stairs to the subway station*
It looks like we have to get on two trains to get to this place.
Ooc: Let's speed up the process.
Ic: *They both get on the two trains and arrive in Yongen*
*He turns around to Chaos*
Oh right, I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Jiyu Hatanaka.
Well I don't blame you for forgetting after what we've been caught up in. Nice to meet you.
By the by, I know Chaos Trash is a weird name, but... my parents were hippies. And also satanists.
MOVING ON, that cafe address is pretty close to the station, just down the street and... there it is, in that alley. Leblanc. I hope it's open.
*Jiyu walks down the the alleyway, and then looks at the open sign Leblanc's door*
It says it's open, but why is it open at such a late time?
*He shrugs and then enters the café*
Hey, there's no one in here... Hellooo~~~~, is anyone home?
Eh, guess the owner's popped out for a smoke or something. I'll stick around, maybe take a little nap on one of these nice... comfy... couches.... zzzzzzz...
(genuinely gonna sleep now, later)
*He sits on a stool*
Well, I guess we have to wait for that Akira guy to get here.
Ooc: <=To=Be=Continued=|?
Ooc: I'll be the roundabout
The words will make you out 'n' out
I spend the day your way
Call it morning driving through the sound and
In and out the valley
New repers can join but!!!
1.) Their story cannot overlap with the drama teachers ((aka no awakening other than Keilin and Yu in this arc))
2.) Cannot already have their persona/awakening prior to meeting Akira
3.) Can have the metaverse app on their phone and have been to the metaverse but they cannot properly comprehend it until meeting Akira.
Let Akira be the mentor guys.))
The soft jingle of a bell announced Akira's presence to the rest of the teens in the cafe. The man looked understandably tired. After all, Akira had been sucked into the metaverse after long years of inaction and on top of that, he had just witnessed a teen's death that he could have prevented. Looks like things weren't going to be as easy as they were when he first started out as a Phantom Thief.
Akira looked up at the teens before him and counted the number. It seemed like only one of them were able to unlock their persona. "Please sit down. I know talking to an adult like this is weird but I have something very important to tell you." He stated and waited for the teens to sit down. Once they did, Akira made sure no one else was in the cafe. Luckily, LeBlanc was slow today. "Tell me everything that had happened before I arrive at your school. This is urgent."
Ooc: @Jiyu-Hatanaka @ChaosTrash @Minato_Yuki @Malintent_Covet @Keilin_Minami, Story's continuin rn, fyi. (BTW, I'm going 2 be in the story later, but I won't be there at the moment)
Yu steps into the cafe somewhat late, waving at the group and taking a seat, somewhat surprised at the person tending the cafe but nods and waves
Sorry I'm late, I got trapped behind some of those knights, did anybody get hurt though? Im kinda worried with that ability you used...
[i]Yu then recalls his morning, thinking about what happened before responding[/i
I believe that we tried to get to school and appeared at that castle, then we approached a knight, got captured and the rest you know.
At first, Keilin felt kind of relaxed at Leblanc, sitting in a bored position...while also waiting for some coffee. She had pocket money on her, but she didn't feel like doing anything serious until he "suddenly" told her to do something urgent.
"Wait, what? Everything? But, I had told you back there, right? I'm terrible at explaining things..." her eyes widened as she quickly stood up straight and got out of her bored state.
She breathed in to attempt to review what happened, but then sighed relieved and got back to slouching and putting her head down on the table.
"Thanks, whatever your name is..." she mumbled to them as she closed her eyes, trying to make it so that she won't have to be involved more.
Heh, it's Yu Narukami, did you already forget? I don't blame you though, you must be exhausted from using that... thing...
Akira nervously adjusted his glasses as he listened to the individual accounts of each of the students. They all lined up with each other along with his first experience inside the metaverse. Akira drew his lips into a thin line. So much for twenty years of without worry. Peace was an ongoing process, Akira knew that, but the way to peace could be lost so easily. Now, look at what happened. The metaverse is suddenly back and new kids were supposed to fill in his shoes. Akira could feel himself growing grey hair on the top of his head.
"Thank you. It must be difficult for the three of you to recall such memory. I know it wasn't a fond one," Akira took a deep breath. "You're not alone in this experience. A couple of friends and I went through the same experience back in our high school days. I'm sorry to inform you but the worst has yet to come. You children are forced into a situation you cannot escape. Fate has decided so. You are to be the new generation of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts." Akira bluntly explained. "I'm sure you may have seen news articles floating around the internet about the vigilante group, am I right?"
"Hmm? Well, I guess so..." she replied back to Yu, twirling her braid around her finger.
She almost fell asleep until Akira had spoke up. It was then that she had gotten back to her usual self. Though, she was a bit worried. A humble girl like her being assigned to be part of this group, at least.
"Forced? Cannot excape? Fate? What is this all supposed to mean? I know I have a big responsibility and all, but I thought that...experience...was just a one-time thing."
"But wait, even if I were to agree to this, wouldn't that mean that some others would also have to go through what I did? I don't want to do this with just you and me..."
Yu listens intently and pushes his glasses up to his face, seeming a little shocked at the mention of Phantom Thieves as he begins to respond
No no, its fine, I just regret I couldn't help my friends, I was completely powerless, and somebody died, I won't let that happen again. However... Us? Phantom Thieves? But we are just teenagers, we know nothing of stealing let alone stealing a heart!
Ooc: too late to join?
Ooc: I'll arrive after this target
"The original Phantom Thieves were teenagers too. Your point?" Akira cocked his head to the side with a raised eyebrow. He didn't mean to come off as rude but he had been in their position and gotten through the ordeal. At least he had the patience to tolerate with their self-doubting. "Anyways," Akira continued. "Even though we were just teens at the time, we managed to fix up most of the problematic aspects of society mostly we developed as a team and we had a guide. Mona was the name of our guide and he lead us through the process of being able to steal someone's heart. I'm going to do the same for you and teach you everything I know in order for you to be safe on your mission." Akira looked over at Keilin who looked displeased by her current predicament. He gave the other a soft apologetic smile.
"I'm sorry if my words confused you but you really have no say in this. The only course of option you have is to become a Phantom Thief and do whatever higher power expects of you. It doesn't make sense. Even I have a hard time grasping that concept at this age but what happens already happened. You can't change the past. I'm sorry. I really am. I would rather put myself in your shoes so teens like you wouldn't get hurt. There's already a death on our hands anyway." Akira muttered, thinking back to Hirato's dead body in front of the school. It looks like Akira still had some room to improve his strengths. Hopefully, this opportunity would allow him to grow stronger so he would be able to protect the kids. "Getting down to business, please take out your phone for me. I'll explain how you ended up in the castle in the first place."
Yu then clicks something in his head as he nods in affirmation, pulling out his phone before speaking again
Ah, I see, so the P.Thieves were teenagers... interesting, I do suppose you are right though, I cant give up before I even start, Im ready to learn how to change society for the better. I shall follow in your footsteps.
Uh, sure, what're we gonna do, look at Google maps or something?
*whips out phone*
Just so we're clear, not a fan of this whole fate thing, I'm in because I wanna know what's up with that castle, and I don't want any more people dying.
Akira took out his own phone and set it on the table for all to see. On his phone was a red app with a rather disturbing eye as the app's logo. Akira then tried to delete the app, failed, and then looked up to the teens. "You all have this app on your phone, don't you? It won't delete no matter how many times you've reset your phone or try to delete it. This is the Metaverse Navigator. It takes you to that other world you were in and places you in front of the 'palace' you saw but you need three keywords in order to access it. The target's name, location and what the palace looks like. Everybody following along?" Akira asked, looking up at his pupils. Hopefully, they understood what he was saying. He hasn't used the Metaverse Navigator app in ages. Hell, he was still surprised he retained his memory as a Phantom Thief.
"The original Phantom Thieves were teenagers?...How did they do? I wonder if any of them looked like how I did. After all, I-" she said to him before her phone started ringing, the caller being "Mal".
She looked at it for a quick second before hanging up, she wishes she could have Mal learn this. Keilin then reluctantly put her phone on the table for all to see, the app appearing on her phone again.[i]
She softly snickers. "I'm glad you two are the heroic types. Makes me slightly less nervous about all of this..." she mumbled inaudibly, before speaking up. "I wish I could just...forget about this and push it away. But unfortunately, I can't. I was "chosen" to do this, so...with all my strength, I'll help in service to the cause."
Ooc: Editing, great.
[i]Keilin tilted her head sideways, and thought for a bit before replying. It took her a bit though, but she'll let him teach. Though, of course she has to say her bit.
"Of course I am...it interrupted me a lot, so I couldn't forget it. Especially with the not-so-welcome icon going along with it."
(edited by Keilin_Minami)
I see... so that castle we went to was an illusion? It was created by the drama teacher, right? I don't understand how he made it though.. and why an app? There are too many unanswered questions.
Yu then follows along and tries to delete the app from his flip phone to no one's surprise it doesn't work and Yu decides to open the app
So we need a name a place and a distortion I suppose?
Akira couldn't help but be a little proud of Keilin and Yu taking standing up to the task even if their circumstances were less than favorable. "I'm sure the three of you will fare well in the Metaverse. I'm sure you'll even surpass me as a Phantom Thief. Now to answer your questions," Akira turned to look at Yu who was obviously confused. "You can call the castle an illusion but more confusingly, the castle you saw was actually in another world called the "Metaverse", hence the name of the app. The Metaverse is where the heart of everyone resides. More corrupted individuals, such as your drama teacher, are able to manifest distortions according to how they view a certain place. Your drama teacher views himself the king of the school. It translates over to the Metaverse and in his place is a double commonly known as a Shadow. It's a reflection of their true self but the Shadow and original body aren't mentally connected. Don't worry about your teacher remembering you." Akira explained in length. "I suppose you know want to know how to get rid of corrupted adults now. Right?"
Yu then nods and closes his flip phone with a flick of the wrist, putting it back into his pockets as he begins to run down the info again
So this app manifests their distortions? Our drama teacher thinks of the school as his castle, free to do whatever he wants, then we must stop him, I can't tolerate that, tell me how to fix this.
Yu speaks with conviction, his glasses reflecting light off
"Oh, ummm...might as welL We are a part of this now so we have to keep on moving...right?" she said, blushing a bit as her promise to being a Phantom Thief was worded like how Mal said it. She's the one with the fancy and noble stuff after all.
Keilin then decided that she won't be mopey like all these past few hours. She'll try to gain her composure back, and that starts with showing joy in her speech...you'll know what she means.
"Alrighty then," she started, trying to get back to her happy self. "I understand everything you're saying, and I certainly understand one thing..."
"The drama teacher of ours surely has something comin to 'em! We'll surely do our best out there, and change his heart! For the students, for the teachers...for my parents...heck, even for us of all people...Sorry, got a bit into the moment there..."
(edited by Keilin_Minami)