[Voice] - Persona 4 Bad Ending AU

[truthinfortune]

[Naoto speaks in a tired monotone, as if she has recorded similar posts in the past. It's apparent that she's been keeping a careful chronicle of events as they have transpired. Who else more suited to the task than a former detective?]

November 19th, 2012

It has been 330 days since the world succumbed to the cold darkness of the fog. We lost

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[stripping]

Naoto... This isn't right!

[truthinfortune]

You're right. It's wrong... It's all wrong. This isn't what we wished for... No matter what she says, this isn't the world we wanted...

If only we'd been stronger... If only we'd been able to defeat Adachi back then...

[stripping]

No, I mean this isn't what happened. This is a virus. It has to be a virus, because up until today I remember you having resoundingly defeated Adachi!

[truthinfortune]

I wish it were, Issei. I wish to God it were... But the reality is that we failed. That's all there is to it.

It's more likely that you're the one being affected by a virus. The community has been surprisingly merciful since the fog enveloped Inaba. Or maybe its influence was simply weakened due to the fog's effects... It's hard to say...

[stripping]

I know what virus I'm affected by. I'm a woman.

[truthinfortune]

And what's to say you aren't afflicted with another one on top of that? It's happened before, hasn't it?

[stripping]

What's to say your world isn't affected by one?

[truthinfortune]

I don't know... It's difficult to be certain of anything anymore. The days all bleed into one another. Some times, I think I'm dreaming, even when I'm awake...

...I feel like I'm losing my sense of self. Like I don't know who I am or what I'm doing anymore.

[stripping]

You're Shirogane Naoto. You're fighting to keep your friends alive, to pursue justice and the truth. You're my friend.

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[truthinfortune]

Yes... I can remember that much. It's just... things from before that I can't quite seem to grasp. My parents' names, their faces... I've forgotten so much already.

It's the fog. It's blanketing everything. Even our minds. Making everything uniform and grey...

[stripping]

Stay strong for just a little while longer. I promise you, everything will turn out all right.

[truthinfortune]

Thank you, Issei. Your words mean a lot to me, and even though we are far away, I am grateful to have you as a friend...

We'll keep fighting for as long as it takes, until we defeat Izanami and restore peace to our world.

[stripping]

I only wish I could do more.

[truthinfortune]

I know, and you're not the only one, either... But I'd rather you stay far away where it's safe rather than be here and have to suffer along with the rest of us...

This all happened because of the wrong choices we made in the past. It's our responsibility to put things to rights. That's what it means to be an "adult". I know that now...

[stripping]

Other people will always meddle in your responsibilities to help or to harm. That's part of adulthood, as well.

[truthinfortune]

It's one of the more pleasant aspects of adulthood, I think.