Just an Update.

Alright, really sorry about the wait for new content. Just, haven't had the time or motivation at all. But, having just been sick recently, I decided I might as well get the stories finished. As a reward for those who still care, I'll reveal a rough draft from the final arc of the Persona story.

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Hayai Tama's POV:

After we entered the keywords and the app worked it's magic, we opened our eyes to see what almost appears to be the inside of 'Dark and Spicy', but we know we're in the Palace, as our clothes have changed. Now, we just need to find him...

'Damn it! How did we let this happen in the first place?!' I think to myself as we head outside, and I hear a few gasps behind me as we look around at what SHOULD be Yongen Jaya. Except it's all twisted, colours shifting everywhere, the weather changing at random intivals to a different kind, with the only building we can see as normal being the cafe we just left. The Constructs are weird too. They look like normal people, except they all look like beggers, or poor people, with barely anything of their own on them.

'This doesn't make sense, why would that guys Palace have people like this?' I ask myself, and, after some time, I notice Gale head offdown an alleyway, and find what appears to be a clinic of some form, which strangely also appears normal, compared to the buildings surrounding it.

"What's going on around here??" Gale asks, about as confused as the rest of us.

"No idea, Gale. But we can't worry about that now, we just need to find him." I say, before big screens on the distorted buildings light up, with someone's face appearing, and they are chuckling. They are wearing a dark purple tophat, with a bloodied, pink ribbon around it. Since we can see his torso and above, we can also see a dark red, explosion themed bandana around his neck, dark blue glasses hanging from the bandana, a knife on his upper arm, with a dark green handle, and dark orange fingerless gloves hanging out of one of the chest pockets.

"So, you really tried to come for him, did you? I thought you were stupid, but not THIS stupid!" He exclaims, laughing now, as we glare at him.

"So, this is what you REALLY look like?" I ask, standing front and center of the group. 'I don't know why I was put in charge...'

"Ah yes, you can see me in all my glory here! So, what do you think? Better than that weak piece of shit that you used to work with, right?" He asks with a smirk.

"Of course not! We actually like him, while we despise you!" Succubus says, a glare in her eyes, despite the sad look in them.

"Ah c'mon! You haven't even had the chance to get to know me yet! You can't have judged me THAT fast, can you? I mean, you aren't like those people who bullied you in school, are you?" He asks, and I can see it hit a nerve.

"Get off of Succubus's case you ingrate. I mean, how can someone who CLEARLY doesn't know how to pick out clothing insult someone like her?" ??? asks, obviously trying to take attention off her onto himself.

"Ah, the little fashion designer. Come to save your friend, or favorite model?" He asks ??? next.

"My friend of course! He's always been friend first, model second." ??? Replies with a glare.

"He sure didn't seem to feel that way." It replies, smirking.

"This doesn't matter!" I yell, stopping him before he can shake the whole team. "We're coming for you, and that's that."

"Oh, do you REALLY think you can take us all on?" He asks.

"What do you mean by that, shit face?" I ask warily.

"This~" He says, before throwing his arms out, which makes the camera zoom out, showing 5 others with him, 4 boys, and a girl, although the girl doesn't look entirely comfortable with them. From what I can tell, they look like darker versions of his ???. "Think you can take us all on? Well, you got your work cut out for you then! Hahahahaha!" He finishes, before cutting off the broadcast.

"It seems out leader wasn't the only one..." ??? says, looking very concerned, which isn't natural for her.

"Yes, so this is going to be difficult. Knowing Palaces so far, we're not going to be able to reach him until we beat the others first. And with all of Tokyo to work though, this may take a while..." ??? say, one of the few who wasn't as shaken, and I thank her with a nod for saying so.

"Well team, we've got our work cut out for us, so we better get moving. Hopefully the trains still work here, otherwise it could be a LONG walk or ride to each location." I say, heading to Yongen Jaya station.

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Most of this was written on the fly, but is a basic draft of what I have planned for later on. Some of you may figure out the ruler instantly, others might not. But as you can summise, the '???' are people who haven't appeared in the story yet. Don't want to spoil EVERYTHING yet. Either way, I hope this is enough of a hook to get people interested while I get back to work.