[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

[smilingtransfer]

Shouldn't you be able to get some supplies from off-world?

[truthinfortune]

I'm afraid not. This is no ordinary fog, after all. For some reason, my world-hopping device won't work, and I doubt anyone from the outside could find their way here...

[Video]

[material_guy]

So, wait. You're poor now?

[Video]

[truthinfortune]

[Naoto looks considerably different from the last time Greed has seen her. Her hair is a bit longer and shaggier. Pale and a bit on the thin side. Her eyes look hollow and haunted, and bear dark smudges, as if she's barely slept in over a week.]

Poor? Not exactly. I have plenty of money, but nowhere to spend it. What good is money when there are no goods to purchase or vendors to barter with? It's all so much worthless paper now...

[Video]

[material_guy]

That's poverty, kid. All you got's paper.

[Video]

[truthinfortune]

I suppose so. But at least I have my life... For now, anyway.

[For some reason, her tone is flat. As if whether she lives or dies makes little difference to her now...]

[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...

[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?

[timetoblog]

...Naoto?

[truthinfortune]

Ah, Mr. Watson... Things aren't going so well on this side, as you can clearly see. Then again, nothing has really gone well since December of last year...

[timetoblog]

...I haven't been here since December, I'm afraid. Seems as though some people have doubts as to your situation right now.

[truthinfortune]

It's no surprise. No one has been able to enter my world since the fog enveloped the city. We're slowly being cut off from the community. I'm afraid that very soon, that connection will be severed completely...