#c: takeba yukari

[errant-light]

Last scene of Kotone's side of the stage plays (spoilers for the entirety of the game obviously)

[elle-p]

Here is what every Persona 3 character calls each other in the jp version of the drama cds, movies, the weird masquerade, and dancing.

Leader/Makoto Yuki/Sakuya Shiomi

L/MY/SS-YT: Takeba/Yukari(PQ2)

L/MY/SS-JI: Junpei

L/MY/SS-AS: Sanda-senpai/Sanada-san

L/MY/SS-FY: Yamagishi(mostly)/Fuuka

L/SS-MK: Kirijo-senpai/Mitsuru-senpai(DMN)

L/MY/SS-A: Aigis

L/SS-KA: Amada

L/SS-K: Koromaru

L/SS-SA: Senpai/Aragaki-san

SS-SI: Riji-cho(Chairman)

SS-P: Pharos

L/MY/SS-RM: Ryoji

L-HO: Vice-president/Odagiri

L-MK: Obaa-san(Granny)

L-BK: Bunkichi-jiisan(Grandpa Bunkichi)

L-KH: Hiraga-senpai

L-CF: Fushimi-san

L-MO: Maiko-chan

L-M: Mutatsu-san

L-AK: Kamiki-san

L-E: Edogawa-sensei

L-K: Kurosawa-san

L-E: Elizabeth

Leader/Kotone Shiomi

KS-YT: Yukari

KS-JI: Junpei

L/KS-AS: Sanada-senpai

L/KS-FY: Fuuka

KS-MK: Kirijo-senpai

L/KS-A: Aigis

L/KS-KA: Amada-kun

L/KS-K: Koromaru

L/KS-SA: Aragaki-san/Aragaki-senpai

KS-SI: Riji-cho(Chairman)/Ikutsuki(after 04.11.09)

KS-P: Pharos

KS-RM: Ryoji-kun

L-RI: Rio

L-YN: Yuko

L-I: Igor-san

L-T: Theo

Yukari Takeba

YT-MY: Yuki-kun

YT-SS: Shiomi-kun

YT-KS: Kotone

YT-JI: Junpei(Stupei is Junpei-no-baka)

YT-AS: Sanada-senpai

YT-FY: Yamagishi(at the start)/Fuuka

YT-MK: Kirijo-senpai/Mitsuru-senpai(after 18.11.09)

YT-A: Aigis

YT-KA: Amada-kun

YT-K: Koromaru

YT-SA: Aragaki-senpai

YT-SI: Riji-cho(Chairman)/Ikutsuki-san/Ikutsuki(after 04.11.09)

YT-RM: Ryoji-kun

YT-NM: Moriyama-san

YT-KT: Tomochika-kun

YT-HO: Odagiri-kun

YT-RI: Iwasaki-san

YT-YN: Yuko

YT-CF: Fushimi-san/Chihiro-chan

YT-IT: Toriumi-sensei

YT-E: Edogawa-sensei

YT-K: Kurosawa-san

YT-KS: Kikuno-san

YT-E: Elle-P-san(DMN)

Junpei Iori

JI-MY: Makoto

JI-SS: Sakuya

JI-KS: Kotone

JI-YT: Yukari-chi

JI-AS: Sanada-san/Sanada-senpai(P3M/DMN)

JI-MK: Kirijo-senpai

JI-FY: Fuuka

JI-A: Ai-chan(mostly to her)/Aigis

JI-KA: Amada-shounen(mostly)/Amada

JI-K: Koro

JI-SA: Aragaki-san

JI-SI: Riji-cho(Chairman)/Ikutsuki-san

JI-T: Takaya

JI-C: Chidorin(mostly to her)/Chidori

JI-RM: Ryoji

JI-NM: Moriyama

JI-KT: Tomo-chi/Tomochika

JI-KM: Miya

JI-RI: Rio-chi

JI-B: Bebe

JI-E: Edogawa

JI-K: Kurosawa-san

JI-E: Elle-P/Elle-P-san(DMN)

Akihiko Sanada

AS-MY: Yuki

AS-SS/KS: Shiomi

AS-YT: Takeba

AS-JI: Junpei/Iori

AS-MK: Mitsuru

AS-FY: Yamagishi

AS-A: Aigis

AS-KA: Amada

AS-K: Koromaru

AS-SA: Shinji

AS-SI: Riji-cho(Chairman)/Ikutsuki-san/Ikutsuki(after 04.11.09)

AS-J: Jin

AS-C: Chidori

AS-RM: Ryoji

AS-K: Kurosawa-san

Mitsuru Kirijo

MK-MY: Yuki

MK-SS/KS: Shiomi

MK-YT: Takeba/Yukari(after 18.11.09)

MK-JI: Iori

MK-AS: Akihiko

MK-FY: Yamagishi

MK-A: Aigis

MK-KA: Amada

MK-K: Koromaru

MK-SA: Aragaki

MK-SI: Riji-cho(Chairman)/Ikutsuki(after 04.11.09)

MK-T: Takaya

MK-J: Jin

MK-C: Chidori

MK-RM: Mochizuki

MK-HO: Odagiri

MK-CF: Fushimi

MK-E: Edogawa-sensei

MK-KS: Kikuno

MK-E: Elle-P(DMN)

Fuuka Yamagishi

FY-MY: Yuki-kun

FY-SS: Shiomi-kun

FY-KS: Kotone-chan

FY-YT: Yukari-chan

FY-JI: Junpei-kun

FY-AS: Sanada-senpai

FY-MK: Kirijo-senpai

FY-A: Aigis

FY-KA: Amada-kun

FY-K: Koro-chan

FY-SA: Aragaki-senpai

FY-SI: Riji-cho(Chairman)/Ikutsuki(after 04.11.09)

FY-C: Chidori-san

FY-RM: Ryoji-kun

FY-NM: Moriyama-san/Natsuki-chan(after 12.06.09)

FY-KT: Tomochika-kun

FY-RI: Iwasaki-san

FY-KH: Hiraga-senpai

FY-E: Elle-P-san(DMN)

Aigis

A-L: Leader

A-MY: Makoto-san

A-SS: Sakuya-san

A-KS: Kotone-san

A-YT: Yukari-san

A-JI: Junpei-san

A-AS: Sanada-san

A-MK: Mitsuru-san

A-FY: Fuuka-san

A-KA: Amada-san

A-K: Koromaru-san

A-SA: Aragaki-san

A-SI: Ikutsuki-san

A-C: Chidori-san

A-RM: Ryoji-san

A-KT: Tomochika-san

A-E: Elle-P-san(DMN)

Ken Amada

KA-MY: Yuki-san

KA-SS/KS: Shiomi-san

KA-YT: Yukari-san

KA-JI: Junpei-san

KA-AS: Sanada-san

KA-MK: Mitsuru-san/Kirijo-senpai

KA-FY: Fuuka-san

KA-A: Aigis-san

KA-K: Koromaru/Koro

KA-SA: Aragaki-san

KA-SI: Ikutsuki-san

KA-C: Chidori-san

KA-RM: Ryoji-san

Shinjiro Aragaki

SA-SS: Shiomi

SA-KS: Shiomi/Kotone(04.10.09)

SA-YT: Takeba

SA-JI: Junpei

SA-AS: Aki

SA-MK: Mitsuru

SA-FY: Yamagishi

SA-A: Aigis

SA-KA: Amada

SA-K: Koro(in P3M/WM, he calls him Koro-chan when no-one's looking, and Koromaru when someone is)

Shuji Ikutsuki

SI-MY: Yuki-kun

SI-YT: Takeba-kun

SI-JI: Iori-kun

SI-AS: Sanada-kun

SI-MK: Kirijo-kun

SI-FY: Yamagishi-kun

SI-A: Aigis

SI-KA: Amada-kun

SI-K: Koromaru

SI-SA: Aragaki-kun

SI-TK: Takeharu-shi

Takaya Sakaki

T-J: Jin

T-C: Chidori

Jin Shirato

J-T: Takaya

J-C: Chidori

Chidori Yoshino

C-JI: Junpei

C-T: Takaya

C-J: Jin

Ryoji Mochizuki

RM-MY: Makoto

RM-SS: Shiomi-kun

RM-KS: Kotone-san

RM-YT: Takeba-san/Yukari-san

RM-JI: Junpei/Junpei-kun

RM-AS: Sanada-san/Sanada-senpai

RM-MK: Mitsuru-san

RM-FY: Fuuka-san

RM-A: Aigis-san/Aigis(after 2.12.09)

RM-KA: Amada-kun

Natsuki Moriyama

NM-FY: Fuuka

Kenji Tomochika

KT-MY: Yuki

KT-YT: Takeba-san

KT-JI: Junpei

KT-A: Aigis-san

KT-KM: Miyamoto

KT-RI: Rio

KT-YN: Nishiwaki

Hidetoshi Odagiri

HO-YT: Takeba-san/Takeba-kun

HO-JI: Iori

HO-MK: Kaicho(President)

HO-KH: Keisuke

HO-CF: Fushimi-kun

Mitsuko Kitamura

MK-BK: Ojii-san (Grandpa)

Bunkichi Kitamura

BK-MK: Jaa-san (Grandma)

Kazushi Miyamoto

KM-MY: Yuki

KM-JI: Iori

KM-RM: Mochizuki

KM-IT: Sensei

Rio Iwasaki

RI-KT: Tomochika

RI-KM: Miyamoto-kun/Miyamoto

RI-YN: Nishiwaki

Yuko Nishiwaki

YN-JI: Iori-kun

YN-AS: Sanada-senpai

YN-KT: Tomochika

YN-KM: Miya

YN-RI: Iwasaki/Rio

Keisuke Hiraga

KH-L: Leader-kun

KH-FY: Yamagishi-san

KH-HO: Odagiri-kun

Chihiro Fushimi

CF-YT: Takeba-senpai

CF-MK: Kaicho(President)/Kirijo-senpai

CF-A: Aigis-senpai

CF-HO: Odagiri-san/Odagiri-senpai(P3M)

Maiko

MO-L: Onii-chan

Bebe

B-JI: Iori-dono

B-A: Aigis-dono

Tanaka

PT-RM: Ryoji-kun

Toriumi

IT-JI: Iori

IT-KT: Tomochika

IT-KM: Miyamoto

Edogawa

E-JI: Iori-kun

E-MK: Kirijo-san

Elizabeth

E-YT: Takeba-sama

E-JI- Iori-sama

E-MK: Kirijo-sama

E-FY: Yamagishi-sama

E-A: Aigis-sama

E-KA: Amada-sama

E-K: Koromaru-sama

E-T: Theo

Theodore

T-JI: Iori-sama

T-KA: Amada-sama

[dragondemoness]

New Fandom Unlocked: Persona 3

Yep, now that I'm done with the game, I can and will now begin taking requests for the characters (once they're open, I mean)

Characters Available to Request Are:

Makoto Yuki/FEM-C

Yukari Takeba

Junpei Iori

Mitsuru Kirijo

Akihiko Sanada

Fuuka Yamagishi

Shinjiro Aragaki

Aigis

Rules:

Same rules apply. I can write fluff, angst and crack, as well as platonic and poly relationships and yandere characters and readers.

I will write Character x Reader and Character x Character.

I will write LGBTQ+ content.

I will write for heavy topics and mental illness, but only for the purposes of comfort. I am not romanticizing these concepts or making light of them in any way.

I can write for Ken, but only platonic content. I will also write for Chidori, but not Takaya or Jin. I can also write for Ryoji.

I will not write NSFW, abuse, incest or non-consensual actions, unless it's recovery or comfort.

Like always, I have the right to deny requests

That's all. I already know I'm gonna have fun with these :3

[kamoshidakun]

Bottom Heavy

Fandom: Persona 3 Ship: Junpei Iori/Yukari Takeba Rating: Explicit, R-18, NSFW Warnings: N/A Prompt: "Junpei fucks Yukari's fat ass send tweet"

“C-can’t you… go a little slower?!” Yukari hissed. Her fingers gripped the loose sheets, her nails threatening to rip through the thin fabric, so hard that her knuckles began to turn white. “It’s not a race.”

Junpei huffed, “Y-yeah, sure, sure.” That would be easier said than done. The sight of your cock half-buried in Yukari Takeba’s amazing ass was something that would’ve made anyone, woman or man or anything else, go insane. Of course, the tightness around his cock was also amazing. As was the soft yet firmness of her silky skin in his grip. It was the stuff that dreams were made of.

He was sure that he jerked off to her ass—it wasn’t like he was trying to look up her skirt on the stairs but accidents happen—more times than he could count. Now she was letting him see her soft perky ass like this. It was a dream come true! It was also amazing how much things could change within a year. Junpei moaned as he slowly inched himself back and forth. His fingers rolled and groped her soft cheeks. His body ached as he tried to hold back. He knew he didn’t want to risk pissing Yukari off.

Though, he could probably outrun her and hide until she was able to walk without a limp again. The thought would have made him laugh but the idea of utterly ruining his haughty friend like that… It was an enticing one. “Shit, you feel good, Yuka-tan,” he moaned. His cock throbbed as he bottomed out.

She huffed before pulling herself away from him… only to slam herself back hard. Her body trembled as he bottomed out once again. “Wh-what the hell! I-I… y-you’re givin’ me a lotta mixed signals!”

“I said go slower, n-not slow to a complete stop, stupid.”

He gripped onto her hips as tightly as he could as he picked up the pace. Angry red handprints stained Yukari’s body under his grip. His balls smacked against her cunt, her quim splashing onto his thighs and his messy sheets below. His thrusts, while still slow, were hard and deep. Enough for the brunette to collapse onto the mattress. Her face was buried in his sheets, the scent of his lingering musk invading her lungs, as her perfect ass was left in the air.

“Finally~!”

He could practically hear the smirk in her voice and he was going to wipe it off of her face!

[randoimago]

Hello! Is it okay if i requested Akihiko Sanda and possibly Yukari Takeba with the C, F, M, N, S, X or Y from the alphabet list?

Anon, I only take up to 4 letters from the list. I assume you meant for me to choose between the letters you picked out, but I'd prefer to just be asked specific letters or only have 4 to choose from if you are giving me that option.

[axolotl--kun]

I made that one small list of kins a while back ago. Might as well make a full one.

All characters will be listed in tags. All are my beloved

[arcanaunbound]

“Ha! There is nothing funnier in the world than when someone’s trying to guilt-trip you about your problems, then watching them backpedal when you tell them they’re the problem!”

[statiquesolace]

>>

ahhh, hello everyone!

my name’s leonella, im 24, and use she/her pronouns. it’s been a minute since i’ve RPed... at all! about four years, to be exact hahaha. i’ve RPed at several other masterlists in the past, and some may know me from c*tta from some previous characters of mine (sice from ff type 0, yukari takeba from persona 3, etc.). i’m excited to hop back into the game and i’ll hopefully get a starter call out sometime today!

i do work full-time, so i tend to be more active at night and on weekends. i also am deep in gamer hell (apex, OW, call of duty, FIGHT games) so if you ever need a gaming buddy, feel free to ask for my handle! 

it’s nice to meet everyone and i hope i can do this sweet, perfect bean justice im LOVE her...

[mystech-master]

So what does everyone think will happen in P5 Scramble?

I’ve seen a theory that maybe the P-Theives will be framed for something and they need to clear their names, and in the process seeing the Shadow Operatives and Investigation Team all grown up. I mean come on Musou/warriors games have a shit load of characters.

If this takes place in a pseudo-Metaverse, then that would be a good justification on how the P3 and P4 casts can get special outfits. It’d be a justifiable reason for Mitsuru and Akihiko’s outfits I mean WTF was Arena?

Also, I’d love to see what Labrys and Sho are up to. Remember, Sho bonds by fighting, that’s why he did the Arena plot (or at least that’s how Narukami interpreted it), and now we got an entire game about kickingvthe shit out of hoards of Shadows. He bonds via fighting b ut who says he has to fight against them? Why not alongside them?

Then I say this on the main TVtropes page for P5S:

“ The code of the website featured a hidden message; when translated, it hinted at the game's reveal during the Persona Super Live concerts, with the promise of having "new" Phantom Thieves introduced.”

I have 3 theories on what this means

We’re getting entirely new characters to be P-Theives. Not surprising, Lana and Cia were unique to Hyrule Warriors, as was Linkle (Hyrule Warriors is the only Warrior/Musou game I truly know personally, show shut up).

They’re taking some of the side cast of P5 and giving them Personas. The only people I could see this for are Mishima and Sae. Mishima b/c he runs the site and has been a supporter since the beginning, and Sae b/c I’d love to see her and Makoto fight back to back as sisters.

They’re having old characters from P3 or P4 join the P-Theives with ther own mask and rebel cosutems and such. Proabbaly the most unlikely

If we ARE getting P3-5 characters let’s look at out roster size:

Ren Amamamiya (I hate that name, I prefer Akira Kurusu)/Joker

Morgana/Mona

Ryuji Sakamoto/Skull

Ann Takamaki/Panther

Yusuke Kitagawa/Fox

Makoto Nijima/Queen

/Haru OkumuraNoir

Goro Akechi/Crow (if he IS alive after P5, maybe Black Mask with Loki is DLC)

Kasumi Yoshizawa(Royal DLC)

Yu Narukami

Yosuke Hanamura

Chie Satonaka

Yukiko Amagi

Kanji Tatsumi

Teddie

Naoto Shirogane

Tohru Adachi (If they SOMEHOW manage to get him in, not too sure how)

Labrys

Sho Minazuki

Aigis

Mitsuru Kirijo

Akihiko Sanada

Junpei Iroi

Yukari Takeba

Ken Amada (maybe with Koromaru)

Elizabeth

Margaret

Marie

Lavenza (or split into Caroline and Justine b/c we need to keep the marketability)

Rise Kujikawa (if they remember she CAN fight as of P4AU)

Futaba Sakura/Oracle (If she gets the Rise treatment)

*random unique character introduced in this game*

Yeah, this’d be a massive roster. If they limited P3 to just Mitsuru, Aigis, Akihiko and Labrys then maybe that’d be fine. Maybe limit P4 to Narukami and Yosuke, so we don’t just have this cluttered mess of a story. As much as I’d love to see an Endgame/Smash Ultimate “Everyone is HERE” thing going on. That’ll be a massive fustercluck that PQ2 would’ve had if the P-Theives and the P3P FemC weren’t the main focus. Maybe they could if there were like 3 different campaigns to go though kind of like P3 and P4 stories in P4AU, but IDK.

Lemme knbow what you guys are speculating on for P5S.

[shadowtarot]

Here's a prompt. Ren and Futaba were out doing a quest when they come upon a Featherman shoot. (you could also do this after you complete Persona 3, and Persona 4/Arena/Ultimax)

Oops this one’s been a long time coming, let’s get on this shall we?

Quest Obtained: Lunch Out!

Quest Giver: Sojiro

Objective: Socialize with Ren outside of Leblanc

Futaba and Ren are walking through the outskirts of Okina. She had decided that today, she’d take a day trip out to Inaba to meet with her brother in all but blood. It had been a while since the two had met up, so this was a nice change of pace. 

“And you’re sure you’d rather eat here then somewhere in Inaba? The place isn’t nearly as busy you know.” Ren points out, hands behind his head.

“That’s exactly why I want to eat here! Tokyo was my first map, this is a fresh one! If I can get used to other cities in Japan I’ll be max level in no time!” The hacker giggles.

“Well if you think it’ll help your confidence then I’m all for it.” He gives her a kind smile.

But as they head out to the restaurant they choose, they see an area blocked off. Confused, the duo go to check out why.

“Why’d they close off this part of town?” The frizzy haired teen mutters. “I made sure to check for any public events before I gave Sojiro the go ahead…”

But Futaba’s eyes are fixated at a van logo. “Ren…do you know this studio at all?”

“Hm? Studio?”

She nods. “These guys are the ones responsible for Featherman! Do you know what this means?!”

“That…they’re filming an episode of the show?”

New Quest Received:  Let’s Go Featherman Autograph!

Quest Giver: Futaba Sakura

Objective: Get Ranger Pink’s Autograph

Futaba looks over, trying to get a look. The director calls for recess for the day, and all of the actors start to head out. 

A man is talking to the pink ranger. “You did well today Yukari-chan, as always. This episode will be great!”

“I’m hoping so, there’s a lot of people waiting for this one…” She laughs. “I’m going to go have lunch.”

With that, Yukari heads off and walks right up to where Futaba and Ren are.

“Hey Futaba, isn’t that the current lead actress? Why don’t you ask her to sign that journal you always have in your purse?” Ren smiles.

“R-Right! This quest will give me bonus EXP!” She takes a deep breath, and heads over to Yukari, journal out and all decorated with Featheman stickers.

Yukari sees this, and offers a kind smile. “Hello there, am I who you’re looking for?” 

Futaba nods rappidly, blushing due to shyness. “Y-You’re Pink Argus and I’ve been super inspired by your work! You taking the lead role was one of the coolest things!”

Yukari chuckles. “I’m glad that you were inspired by my performance. I’m glad I can make people happy like this.”

“C-Can you sign the Leader section of my journal? It’ll mean a lot to me!” Futaba bows, presenting the journal to her. 

“But of course.” Yukari opens it up and to her surprise…there is already another signature. ‘Joker’. “I see I’m not the first person to sign this.”

Futaba laughs awkwardly, nodding. Yukari signs her name and leaves a message. 

“There we go, Futaba. All done. Would you like me to see if the others can sign it as well?” She offers. 

“If it’s not too much trouble!” Futaba seems to be a bit more comfortable. 

“Then let me text them really quick.” Yukari sends a quick text to her cast mates. 

As she does so, Futaba goes to see  the two messages in the Leader section. 

Always hold true to yourself, and don’t forget the truth you were told by your Persona - Joker

Believe in yourself, and in your Persona’s abilities Futaba. Help others and your heart will soar. - Yukari Takeba, Pink Argus

Futaba’s jaw drops, looking up at Yukari who only gives a playful wink in response.

Quest Completed?

[1apple-fox1]

This is a thing 1/idfk dude

posting it on fanfiction.net didnt go over well cause i got too scared and i d ont really w ant critiques i guess c ause i already really really hate the way i write and would love not to feel any shittier so uh-

this is for Monster!Minato/Makoto I have him named Makoto in this one so i can tell the two apart better- this is basically the intro i guess and uhhhh- enjoy??

also i dont have ao3 sorry if its hard to read....

"Iwatodai, Iwatodai," the not so enthusiastic voice sang on the train speakers. Makoto sighed- after what felt like forever he was here... Again. His brows knitted together into an expression of annoyance, or maybe even slight anger? Sometimes even he had problems thinking what emotion he could possibly be experiencing. But he knew, he wished he could have been anywhere but here.

After walking out into the open walk way he stopped. It was rather dead now that he was paying attention. He pulled out his phone. 11:59 PM... It was almost time for...

Just as he thought about it the time changed to 12:00 AM, only for everything to suddenly stop. The world gained a sickly green hue, and everyone around him had ceased to move, transmogrifying into coffins. Another night, another dark hour... With a solemn sigh he pushed onwards, the sights, the blood, the everything- this wasn’t new to him anymore.

There was a sort of sticky splashing noise as he stepped onto one of the many 'bloody' puddles on the streets, but he didn't really care. Looking up at the building before him, it was... smaller than he thought it would be. He thought to himself, looking over his hastily made map one last time. "This is it." He spoke aloud, almost as if trying to convince himself this was indeed the dorm he was assigned. With one last breath he pushed the door open to be met with...

A girl?

The auburn haired girl hummed as she finished signing a sheet of paper and closing the book. She looked around in her small bag, placing the pen back as she finally noticed the new guest. "Oh!" She seemed rather surprised by his sudden appearance. "Man, I didn't even hear you there, that's some major sneaking talent you got there!"

Makoto wore a dumbfounded expression before responding with a quick "Sorry I guess," shrugging the whole ordeal off, and in the process sounding as un-genuine as he could while apologizing. He eyed the place the paper was, only to see that whatever the girl has signed had disappeared now too. "Anyways I guess that means this is a unisex dorm, pretty cool huh?"

"Uh-"

"Who's there!?"

The third voice yelled, with obvious panic laced throughout her words. While the dark hour was known for being dark, Makoto always found it pretty easy to see, and by the stairs indeed there was a third figure, wearing some sort of pink uniform top. "Don't tell me, you're-!" Without even a warning the girl pulled out a gun.

"W-wait hold on a minute!" The auburn haired one spoke up, now even she was panicking. "We're students! ordinary students and-"

"Takeba wait-!"

A fourth voice now, called from the stairs. Just as she had interrupted the lights, the TV, his headphones. Everything came on again- everything was back to normal.

Meanwhile the situation’s tension lessened. The red head explained who they were.

"Oh um..." The pink clad girl almost seemed embarrassed now. "Well my name's Yukari Takeba. Sorry for uh-"

"So why do you have a gun?" The auburn hair girl interjected, Yukari seemed taken aback by the sudden comment.

"Well um, it's- sorta like a hobby of mine-"

"A hobby?" Makoto finally spoke, there was something odd about calling a gun a 'hobby' of all things.

Yukari looked like she had just been cornered by some wild animal when she heard him ask the question. "I-It's um-"

"For protection," The red head chimed in. "You can never be too careful in times like these."

He nodded. Despite his questioning before, Makoto had all but run out of caring for this situation.

"Fine, I buy it-" The auburn haired girl spoke. She wore a cheeky grin, and despite how big it was it was hard to tell what exactly she was thinking. "Well, Yukari and..." She gestured to the red head, while she finally reached the bottom of the stairs.

"Oh-" It took her a bit to understand why the younger girl had stopped. "Mitsuru Kirijo- a third year- And you, if I remember correctly by your file, are-"

"Hey, hey! You can't just take away my introduction like that!" The auburn hair girl interjected in a childish manor."I'm Kotone Shiomi, second year, and new to this area!"

"Oh hey, uh- me too-" Yukari spoke up, and when she did it was almost an instant match in friendship heaven. The next thing he knew the two girls were hoping to be in the same class as they both walked to- what he assumed- was their rooms.

It was just him and Mitsuru now. With a cough to draw in his attention Mitsuru started again. "And you are Makoto Yuki, correct?"

He nodded. Whether he meant to or not though his posture and lack of an audible response made him come across as rude to the senior, though she didn't dare say anything. "Come, I'll show you to your room."

Without a word he followed Mitsuru up the stairs and down the hall in silence, the tapping of shoes on the carpet was the only audible noise. But even that came to a stop as they reached the end of the hallway. "Floor one, last door on the right shall be your room." She forced a pair of keys into his hand. "While I do have extras try not to lose those keys, I wouldn't want to be seen as unreliable."

Unreliable?

Without another word Mitsuru walked back down the stairs- she must have something else to do still...

With a click and a turn of the door knob he opened his room. The first thought that came to his head was "Bland" and really that was an understatement, aside from the essentials like a bed, and a desk there was barely anything in the room. Not even his boxes filled much space. Makoto sighed, shutting the door behind him. With a quick change he hopped into bed- and tried his best to sleep.

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The clacking of the train wheels were audible over Makoto’s blaring music. He sighed trying to turn the volume up- even though he already knew he had it at max.

Yukari was talking to both him and Kotone, but of course he couldn't hear a word she was saying over his own music. Makoto saw them both looking at something through the window and without realizing, he felt his own gaze shift to the window.

A tall white building sat on the horizon, almost blinding him as the sun reflected off it. It stung his eyes, letting out a wince he couldnt help but start rubbing at his eye, like doing so would relieve the pain. Of course it didn't.

“...”

“... Hey-”

“Hey!”

Kotone practically screamed in his ear after removing his headphones. But his expression remained pretty neutral even as Kotone stared at him, wearing a pouty expression. What was a surprise to him was when the girl removed his headphones. (He could have sworn he heard a giggle come from Yukari.) “You know both of us are trying to speak with you you know? It’s not nice to ignore a girl like that!”

“I don’t really care-”

“Don’t really-! Yukari’s being nice enough to show us around and you don’t care!?” It was obvious the girl was mad with him, her pouty almost playful face had turned into a full on scowl.

“Hey Kotone- it’s fine he’s taken them off so-”

“So what? He’s still a jerk- and I just realized I don’t even know this jerks name!”

Yukari was practically clinging onto Kotone at this point. “Just drop it ok? We’re almost there anyway-” She pleaded with the headstrong girl. And indeed she was right- the train screeching to a halt, announcing their stop clearly. But Kotone still glared at the boy.

“Don’t think this is over punk-!”

And with that she ran for the exit with Yukari close behind.

He suppose he should get off as well… Makoto took his sweet time departing the train. He tried to stay away from Kotone as much as possible, not to be kind or even out of fear of being yelled at, but because he knew he had pissed her off. Staying away for now would be for the best… Probably… People were hard to read…

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The school was like a confusing maze to him, when he thought he was headed the right way to the office he’d find himself in a courtyard, he briefly wondered if maybe finding a teacher to tell them ‘hey I’m the new student’ would be too much of a hassle.

After asking around he had finally found it, sliding open the door to the faculty office he was greeted by-

Of course, of course she was here too, it was her first day too wasn’t it? She scowled at him as she left, no Yukari in sight… Huh, odd. Then again their friendship was new.

“Ah, then you must be the other transfer student-” A woman sang from the back as she looked over sheets of paper she had laid out on her clipboard. “Makoto Yuki yes?”

He nodded.

“You’re in… Class F, that’s my class- oh yes I’m miss Toriumi. I look forward to having you in my home room!” She extended her hand for a handshake. The boy took it reluctantly. She quickly went back to the notes, skimming a page or two. “You’ve sure moved around a lot, more than I expected from only a second year but-” She looked back at the notes one last time. “Let’s see… In 1999. That was- what ten years ago? Your parents-” She cut herself off with a gasp.

This always happened- no matter where he went people brought this up, and even though his face stayed rather stoic, Makoto felt an odd mix of emotions.

Sadness.

Anger.

Regret.

He felt himself straining to keep his usual composure, hearing it never got easier…

“I’m- I’m so sorry, I’ve been so busy I didn’t have time to read this before hand.”

“Can you just, take me to my homeroom now?” His straightforward answer seemed to throw his new homeroom teacher for a loop, she wore an expression of annoyance before immediately softening up.

“Of course, sorry for my earlier blunder.” She spoke and headed toward the door, Makoto following close behind.

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When he entered the classroom went silent. “Good morning class!” Toriumi called. “I have two new transfer students to introduce today-” She gestured to someone in the corner, when Kotone stepped up with a peppy step Makoto’s suspicions were confirmed. “Now go on and introduce yourselves-”

Without a second of delay Kotone blurted out a happy go lucky “Hi! My name’s Kotone Shiomi- I Like cute things and the color orange!” Every boy in the class seemed enamoured, while Makoto just sighed like he’d had enough of this already.

“Ah right, you may take a seat near… Ah! The empty desk behind Yukari there-!”

“You got it teach!” And she skipped off and took her seat, she was probably happy to be sitting beside someone she knew.

“And now it’s your turn.”

“Makoto Yuki. Nice to meet you.” That was it, that’s all he said. The ‘nice to meet you’ tacked on to avoid being yelled at by the teacher. He didn’t even wait for the employee to recommend a seat, simply sitting down on the closest one available… Which happened to be… The one beside her.

Kotone was glaring daggers, and if looks could kill he would definitely be dead by now. No matter how hard he tried to ignore it, it was like some chill that ran up his spine and kept him aware. Man she really hated him didn’t she? For some reason he couldn’t bring himself to care all that much, but the thought about dealing with this every day, at the dorm and at school… Well, it gave him more motivation to at least try and fix things.

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The final school bell rung and the teacher dismissed herself and her students, Kotone looked about ready to dash out the door. If he wanted things to get better he’d have to do them now.

“Hey Ko-”

“Sup!” A tall lanky boy greeted from the side. Makoto couldn’t help but be drawn to the sports cap on his head. “So you two’re the new transfer students right? Nice to meet you! The names Junpei Iori!” He wore a friendly grin. “I transferred here while in 8th grade so, I kinda know what you two’re goin’ through… And I thought I’d help you out you know?”

“You sure you’re not just trying to hit on the new girl Iori?” Yukari chimed in before the capped teen could finish what he was saying.

“Yuka-tan!”

The two bickered and Kotone seemed to really be enjoying the energy this kid brought. Makoto though… He felt almost like he was watching from outside his own body, the talking and everything- he wasn’t used to this. Was he being overwhelmed? Or was it because of something else? He knew he couldn’t just leave, he hadn’t even apologize to her yet what was he-

“Hey you OK?” Someone asked him, it was one of the girls but he was so disoriented he couldn’t tell who.

“I…” He began, blinking a couple of times, looking at Yukari’s concerned face, and then Kotone’s. “I’m fine.”He breathed in. “I uh,” He didn’t really think apologizing in front of Iori was the best way to go about this. “I actually have something I’d like to tell Kotone-” He should have sounded more excited but he found himself speaking in that flat tone he always did. “So-”

“Ah I get ya man! You wanna make the move as quick as possible!”

“Junpei!” While the two bickered and complained Yukari still managed to drag Iori out of the room, leaving just him and Kotone.

“So- what’d you wanna say to me?” While there was still a hint of aggression in her voice, after the weird zone out he had earlier she couldn’t help but be a little concerned. She hoped Junpei was wrong and this wasn’t about to be some love confession.

“So- I noticed you’re upset with me-”

“No-! Me?? Upset?” She said sarcastically, Makoto ignored it.

“I have a problem with being… Blunt? I guess you could say?” This was hard, being honest and talking with others was way too hard. “I know I sounded like I didn’t care and that upset you. So I wanted to apologize.” He was trying his best to sound sincere- he was so used to using the same uncaring monotone voice that he knew he probably sounded like he was trying too hard. There was no reply from the girl, at least not at first- he wondered if he had made the situation worse for a second.

The more he looked the more he was confused, she looked as if she was staring at something, but there was nothing where she was staring. And a few blinks and a second later she seemed to snap out of it with a surprised “Oh-!”

“It’s OK! After a while I could tell you’re not really a people person- you prefer to be alone right?”

“Most days- yeah.”

“No problem then!” She wore a genuine smile- Makoto thought this was too easy. That’s all it took? There had to be more… Right? “I should have taken the hint when you had those headphones on I guess- But still Yukari went through all the trouble so it was kinda rude-”

Makoto shrugged, letting out a “My bad.” in response. Kotone wore the same smile,but it was obvious she was thinking of something in that head of hers.

“We should probably get goin’, I hope Yukari isn’t still waiting for us.”

Us?

Before Makoto could register anything else Kotone had grabbed his hand and started dragging him along…

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The smell of coffee filled his nose and he couldn’t help but grimace. Coffee was never a welcoming smell to him, infact he barely touched the stuff but as he looked to Kotone, who wore a smile that was some how endearing and threatening all at the same time- Makoto thought it best to stay quiet for the time being.

“So-” Kotone started, immediately causing him to tense up. “What’s up?”

“What’s…. Up?” he seemed quite confused at this point, this girl had hated his guts before, then suddenly he was being dragged to a cafe at a mall and being asked something as casual as ‘what’s up’ Like they had been friends for years… Then again…

“Well um���” she started, looking off to the side, as if looking for the right words to say. “We- got off on the wrong foot this morning- or- more like I did.” she paused to take a sip of her coffee. “To be honest when you were ignoring us I thought maybe you were just being an ass hole for no reason- but uh- whatever happened in the class room…” Kotone twirled her hair in between her fingers, focusing intently on how she was about to word her thoughts. “... Makes me think it might be something more than ‘because I’m an asshole’- and whatever that is um, well you don’t have to share but if you need support just ask me OK?”

“Ah…” This seemed odd- for someone to go from hating his guts, to buddy buddy. Something had to be up… Right?

Kotone kept on a convincing smile, but she felt the uncomfortable silence that hung in the air. Makoto took it as a sign to leave, getting up from his chair without a word, but at least waving good bye- last thing he wanted to do was get on her bad side again. Before exiting the cafe he took one more glance, she seemed to be muttering something to herself, odd- but really none of his business. He shrugged and continued on.

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C I'm really pumped abt your recent Persona obsession because I love Persona content, it's such a small old fandom and I have approximately 8 million feelings about it, BUT i want to know are you excited for/going to play Persona 5?

Oh jesus I’m so excited for P5.  And also very scared, because look, @zeezoutenijs and I are now averaging one new AU idea every three days and a massive influx of new canon is going to break my head wide open.  And technically it’s my roommate’s entertainment system which means that she and Mass Effect get first dibs at night.

Also, I keep pounding away at my Extremely Epic Summary Posts for P3 and P4 because most of my dash doesn’t know Persona and I want to bring them with me, but right--why the fuck am I holding off on sharing story bits with those of you who could keep up?  I also have approximately 8 million feelings to share!  I should share them!

Therefore, a sampling of various universes near and dear to my recent heart, which you are more than welcome to ask questions about while this madness continues:

The truly epic and symbolic protagswap that I am actually really invested in writing, go figure.  (AKA, C has way too many thoughts and feelings about the comparative themes, motifs, and general everything of P3 vs P4 and thwos them at each other as hard as possible.  And it’s hard to be a Magician.)

The absurd, massive, contains-every-fucking-character-and-then-some bandom AU that absolutely nobody asked for (featuring rampant queerness, uncomfortable asexuality, drug use that occasionally ends real, real badly, tattoos, music, magical realism, and the Arisato twins playing Don’t Fear The Reaper on a dark stage in front of a crowded room, weaving melody and magic with every note)

The one that started with Minako and Shinjiro and Akihiko moving to Inaba as grown-ups in a world where SEES never happened, and now there’s wild rewrites of history and background Mitsuru/Yukari + magical girl squad but also midnight is a terrifying time and sometimes people die and look, this one exploded a lot, there’s fifteen years of backstory and Souji and Rise may possibly have a tofu shop and a set of triplets.  These things happen sometimes. 

The one where Souji’s terrible parents keep dragging him to terrible fancy-people cocktail parties, post-Inaba, where he just so happens to run into a familiar face (who is at least not wearing a catsuit or carrying a rapier to go along with her fur coat this time around)--aka, Elsje and I accidentally incept ourselves into shipping Souji/Mitsuru and the chaos is more delightful than angsty, for once.

The Mitsuru/Shinji/Akihiko fic where Shinji never leaves, and ‘home’ means green light and the taste of blood on your teeth, the taste of somebody else’s sweat, the taste of fresh-baked cupcakes and the scratch of Mitsuru’s pen across her homework and nobody but the three of them belongs here, not really, not Mitsuru’s dad or Ikutski or the new kids they’ve taken on as green apprentices, not anyone.

The absurd disaster where Rise is the Wild Card (this is neither absurd nor the disaster part) and everything is wildly action-adventure and massively, massively OP because everybody needs one completely off-the-rails OP mega-crossover fic, and Rise is fucking awesome ok.

More Apocaverse from Inaba, featuring Seta Souji and one miss Marie, an endless trek across an unforgiving landscape, and all sorts of small-town politics.  Also featuring the Empress and Emperor of New York,  Airship Captain Takeba’s Karaoke Hour, special guest appearances by various characters from Glee, and a boy with dark hair and a distant look in his eyes who never asked to be alive again.  (The world ends.  The Seal breaks.  It goes on from there.)

I don’t even remember which AU we invented yesterday, Elsje, chime in on this one, there are so many of them.

I am so scared of what P5 is going to do to this.  Oh god, the new canon.  Oh god, the inevitable moment when we get a half-second reference to something from before.  Help.