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CHAT LOG
[Panther]
Ren, I need an explanation as to why I woke up with a package on my doorstep with a fucking gun in it, with instructions to shoot myself in the head to summon my Persona?
[Joker]
Skill issue.
[Skull]
Wrong meme, dude. Same though. There isn't even a hole in the barrel, tho.
[Dove]
Ryuji, I really hope you aren't aiming the magic gun at your face.
[Joker]
Did you test it?
[Dove]
No....
.
.
I was about to though.
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Ren ran into Ann and Shiho chatting at the station while waiting for the train.
"Oh Ren, you're early today," Ann smiled.
"Looks like we just need Ryuji and the group is complete," Shiho said with a smile while petting Morgana's head.
"YO!"
"Speak of the devil," Ren laughed.
'No. Him Chariot! Not Devil!' Agathion giggled within Ren's mind.
"We sending it today, Joker?" Ryuji asked.
"Shut up!" Morgana demanded.
"My bad....but are we?"
"Yes," Ren said as he pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose. Giving a wild grin, he continued,
"One button press on my phone and the card will be sent."
"HahahaHAHAHA! I knew you wouldn't let us down, dude!" Ryuji cheered as the girls smiled and everyone reached forward and pressed the button Ren was hovering over together.
"We have until the end of today to steal the treasure!" Morgana suddenly said, snapping the group out of their reverie.
"Come on!!! Why do you keep forgetting to tell us this stuff?!" Ryuji growled.
"My memories are messed up!"
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Ryuji had calmed down by the time they reached the corner near Shujin. As they passed the alleyway they usually jumped into the Metaverse through, they heard the school bustling with activity.
"Hehehehe."
'How exactly was the card sent?' the team wondered as Ren looked to the ground, trying to hide his signature Joker smile.
As they walked through the entrance, they were bombarded with loud talking from every direction. Absolutely overwhelming noise. Suddenly, Kamoshida stomped into the school foyer with a dark expression.
"WAS IT YOU?!" Kamoshida demanded as he stomped aggressively towards the group, his eyes never leaving Ren.
Ren put on an extremely convincing mask of confusion.
"Kamoshida-sensei, what are you talking about? I just walked into the school," he said in a seemingly genuine tone of worry.
"Don't give me that. Look!"
Kamoshida held out his phone to reveal that the school's website was locked on his web browser, displaying a calling card to him.
"This is on every single computer in the school! Anything connected to the Internet is locked right now!" Kamoshida snarled. "It's even on the school website!"
"What are you talking about, dude? We don't even know what that says," Ryuji cut in despite being surprised at the scale of the calling card.
"Hahahaha, you got doxxed??" Ryuji started to laugh.
"Tch. Whatever." Kamoshida clicked his tongue and stormed off.
Suddenly the world glitched and froze.
Kamoshida's Shadow overlayed the leaving teacher.
"Come steal it if you can!"
Time resumed and the group blinked.
"Wait, I gotta read this," Ryuji said in excitement as he pulled out his phone, immediately connecting to the school's Wi-Fi and....locking his phone on the school webpage.
Ryuji didn't seem to notice as he began to read out loud.
"To Sir Suguru Kamoshida, the Beast of Lust. You are a shameful excuse for a teacher. You should be leading students to a bright future. Yet you suppress and abuse them. We will take your distorted desires without fail. Signed, The Phantom Thieves."
There was a moment of silence before Ryuji broke out laughing.
"This is awesome!"
Wiping tears from his eyes, Ryuji quietly said that he was glad he didn't write it.
"It wouldn't sound as smooth."
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