File 32 - [Voice Post]

[truthinfortune]

We did it. We won...

The sky has never looked more blue than it has on this cold winter's day. It feels good to see the sun again, after all this time.

Today marks the beginning of the rest of our lives.

Everyone... Let's ensure a future where the Lord of Fog will have no reason to descend on our world ever again.

Comments

[clockmaster]

NAOTO! Thats great!

[truthinfortune]

[laughing out loud]

Hakuba! We did it! The fog has lifted, and everyone is back to normal again!

[clockmaster]

That's gorgeous. What happened with Adachi? It's someone hurt? How you defeat them?

[truthinfortune]

Adachi-san is in protective custody and has been sent to the hospital at Dojima-san's request. Despite everything that he's done... Dojima-san still cares about his partner. Once Adachi-san recovers, he'll most likely undergo an intensive psychological examination and be detained until his sentence has been decided.

No, we're all fine. We fought Adachi-san same as we did all the others... but we didn't expect him to have his own Persona, especially not the same one that Senpai has. Not only that, he was being possessed by a cosmic entity known as Ameno-sagiri. It was a long and hard battle, but we pulled through, in the end.

I know that this is going to sound so cliche, but we won through the strength of our bonds with one another and our hope for the future. Our determination to create a brighter future is what allowed us to overcome the nihilistic desires of mankind.

[clockmaster]

I cant' blame Dojima-san, he thought they were friends, it's hard to know that someone you care about is..not the person you think. It's hard when someone betrays your trust, it make you doubt about yourself too.

A god? are you telling me that a god was the one causing this? It was Eris?

If it's cliche it's a god one.

[truthinfortune]

No... They were friends. Even if Adachi-san claimed that most of it was an act, that friendship was real. But instead of drawing on the strength of that friendship, he betrayed Dojima-san's trust by allowing himself to wallow in despair, refusing all aid... perhaps is was his heart's weakness that drew Ameno-sagiri to him.

A god, or something close to it. He called himself Ameno-sagiri, the Lord of Fog. He was summoned to our world by the collective desires of mankind: the desire to live in a peaceful world enclosed in fog, oblivious to reality. He claimed that mankind wished to hide their undesirables within the fog... to turn away from the truth of how things really are...

So, he tested our strength. The strength of our hearts; the strength of our bonds; the strength of our desire to seek out the truth, no matter what. And we succeeded. Ameno-sagiri has left our world and slumbers once more. But if the weakness in the hearts of man should summon him once more... we'll be there to fight him and prove our worth once more.

[clockmaster]

It's hard for some people to open his heart to others, trust them.

In my opinion she was plying with you all. I hate it when they do that. One woudl think that gods has better things to do.

[truthinfortune]

Perhaps that's why the Midnight Channel was created in the first place. It was a means for people to look inside the hearts of others.

Maybe so... but that doesn't really matter anymore. We defeated him, and our world is safe once more.

Right now, I just want to spend time with all my friends and loved ones during the Christmas holiday. Do you have any plans for Christmas Eve?

[clockmaster]

And the price of not accept yourself it's death? Seems pretty unfair to me.

That's the most important, yes.

My mother is coming over and I can't avoid her. Do you want to come over or you will be busy with your grandfather? I'm free the next day.

[truthinfortune]

Well, to put it simply, yes. But if you think about it, to live a life without accepting who you are... it would be a painful existence, I think.

Oh. I see... Grampa is visiting an ailing friend in America, so I'd be spending Christmas Eve alone. And the next day, I promised to spend Christmas with everyone at the Dojima residence.

[clockmaster]

But forcing you to facing that sort of thing all of sudden, specially to people that young can't be good either.

Why don't you come over?

[truthinfortune]

Do you really think that's okay? I mean, does your mother know that I'm not really a boy?

[clockmaster]

Of course it is, my Dad, Baaya, Ai and Alizé will be there. I didn't told her but she has no opinion on the matter.

[truthinfortune]

Well... all right then. Just as long as I get home no later than tomorrow morning, that would be fine. We'll need time to bake the Christmas Cake for that afternoon, and... we'll probably need all morning if Yukiko-san and Chie-san are helping...

[clockmaster]

I will ride you back home, not to worry.

They aren't good at cooking either?

[truthinfortune]

Ah, well, yes... I didn't mean to make assumptions, though! Just because I'm having dinner with your family doesn't mean I'm spending the night or anything!

...what do you mean "either"? I've already baked several cakes beforehand! And not in the microwave, either. Didn't you like the Christmas Cake I made for you?