13th Persona

[doudemoe]

[Action: 1764 Beaver Street.]

[That strange feeling - he woke up to it again. Something similar to a reversal, but a better term would be "gone". As if a bond had just disappeared.

He had felt it strongly the other morning, the day he found Souji at the flower shop speaking about his girlfriend, in a typical 50s greaser fashion.

Concerned, Minato got

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[phone]

[princeofjunes]

Minako too? Dammit, those bastards...

[He's quiet for a few moments]

Alright. I might not have my persona back, but you better believe I'll be at that meeting.

We can use my place if you want. Rin won't mind and I can use my dad voice to get the drones to buzz off.

[phone]

[doudemoe]

That would be great. Thanks Yosuke-san.

[princeofjunes]

Don't mention it, man. Anything I can do to help.

Though... if Ruri's right about the droning...

[doudemoe]

Hmm?

[Listening mode go!]

[princeofjunes]

You know Ruri, right?

... of course you do, everyone knows Ruri.

She has a theory about people being droned. She can explain it way better than I can, but it's something about our bodies only being copies of us, and that when someone is droned it's their mind going back to their real body. So it's... kind of a good thing? If she's right.

[doudemoe]

...It does make a certain amount of sense, in a way.

[princeofjunes]

Yeah. She's the reason I've been able to keep my cool as much as I have.

I-I mean, what she said! Is the reason! I really hope it's true.

[doudemoe]

Um...yeah maybe. [But isn't that just sugarcoating it? The theory doesn't offer an explanation for why they bother bringing us here in the first place. Minato has to wonder if Ruri actually believes it, or just told Yosuke to keep him sane.]

But it doesn't make this place any less cruel.

[princeofjunes]

... it doesn't.

And even if it's true, we can't rest until we know for sure. Which means this meeting is twice as important, right?

[doudemoe]

Yes. We can't keep laying low forever.

[princeofjunes]

Right! Like I said, even without a persona, I've got your back.

[doudemoe]

Saa. Anytime good for you?

[princeofjunes]

Yeah, I can always take off from work whenever. Just let me know ahead of time and I'll even grab some drinks or something for everyone.

[doudemoe]

Okay. Then in the evening. It sounds more logical.

[princeofjunes]

Alright, cool. I make sure everything's ready, just remember to give me a heads up that morning.