[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

Comments

[lots and lots of static/voice]

[hands4healing]

- to?

[voice]

[truthinfortune]

[Her voice perks up a bit.] Winry...? Is that you?

((Because it's an AU, the FMA cast never got to stay in Naoto's world, but she still knows who they are. I believe Ed got shunted back to Amestris for the length of this virus, too.))

[staticky voice]

[hands4healing]

Naoto, what's going on? Where're Kanji an - [fzzz - pop]

[And Winry's traveling and will miss Ed. Again. *sob*]

[voice]

[truthinfortune]

Kanji? He's here, of course. All the survivors are here at the estate. It was the most secluded and easily defensible structure we could find, so we made it our base of operations.

You and the Elric Brothers... Are you doing well?

[voice]

[hands4healing]

[Wishes she was getting all of this but the static is carrying over from her end.]

Why are you defending [crackle]

Al's with his dad. Isn't Ed with you?

[voice]

[truthinfortune]

The Shadows, Winry. It's our duty as Persona-Users to destroy the Shadows before they destroy us...

[Her tone is quizzical.] Edward? Of course he's not here. No one can enter or leave this world now that the fog has enveloped it.

[voice]

[hands4healing]

[Got 'destroy the Shadows be']

You [bzzt] Shadows before. [Not sure if she understood it entirely.]

Naoto! It's a v - [bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz]

[voice]

[truthinfortune]

Is something wrong with your communication device? Or has the community finally decided to cut us off completely...?

[She definitely sounds distressed. That would just be icing on the cake, wouldn't it? To be locked in complete isolation from the outside world and the few friends she has left on the community...]

[voice]

[hands4healing]

Device. Virus! Naot [bzzcrackle] - rus!

[voice]

[truthinfortune]

I'm... glad. I don't know if I could stand it if I lost contact with what few friends I have left to me...

[voice]

[hands4healing]

[brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrzt!]

- to. It's a viru - [pop]

[Video]

[truthinfortune]

Winry... I want you to know that... I've always valued your friendship. You, and those boys. So, if anything should happen to me, I want you to take care of them, all right?

I pray that your struggle for peace in your world will one day succeed.

[Video]

[hands4healing]

[Winry got most of that, or enough to figure out what Naoto said.]

Naoto. You're in the middle of a virus! Ed should be there with you!

[Video]

[truthinfortune]

[That came out exceedingly clear for some reason...]

A... virus? But that can't--we haven't experienced any viral activity since the fog enveloped our world...

[Video]

[hands4healing]

[And Naoto doesn't remember, either. Imagine, if you will, Winry clapping a hand to her forehead. Because she may be doing that, and Naoto might see it, if the comm device wasn't fritzing around the edges again.]

[Zzzt!] Naoto, it's going to be okay. Tru- [hmmmmmmmmmmmmm]

[Voice]

[truthinfortune]

Yes... We have to keep trying. Very soon, we'll rally against the Goddess Herself and then... the final battle will commence...