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[maskreant]

WHO: the infamous nasty crimeboy, Akira Kurusu, and you!
WHERE: Places in Recolle
WHEN: Spooky Month of October
WHAT: EVENT STUFF and mundane stuff if it comes up. if you would like to plan anything, hit me up via halloway or hei#2323 on discord.
WARNINGS: Persona 5 spoilers for last boss battle and late-game conspiracy unveiling. Will update when necessary!

NOTE!! You can leave an empty comment with the subject header of your choice or even RANDOM for something unlisted/miscellaneous (lighthearted) and I'll write the prompt. For nightmares, it may skip around and make no sense very much like how actual dreams are.

nightmares

[ When you enter the dream, you're engulfed by darkness until you hear a deep and unfamiliar voice. It speaks in a language you are most comfortable with. ]

The contract has been sealed...

You have agreed to provide the Trickster support
in his journey to oppose fate and seek change.

CASINO
It's filled with a variety of gamblers from talking fish to actual people. Shadows are also gambling? But they're aggressive due to their mass losses. There are several elevators and it seems like the treasure is on the VIP level.

If you choose to enter the CASINO, you may appear outside of the structure or on the first floor in costume and mask. Akira will accompany you in his Joker outfit.

VELVET ROOM
Are you a prisoner? Or a keeper? You can stand behind the bars with Akira, withstand the abuse and rebel alongside him, or on the opposite side—ushered by two wardens and a man with an elongated nose to carry out discipline. Rehabilitation is important.

If you choose to enter the VELVET ROOM, you may appear inside or outside the cell. Your attire will change into prisoner wear or officer uniform respectively.

MEMENTOS (SPOILER)
In the city of Recolle, you notice there's something strange. People walk past the blood red rain and the towering skeleton pieces. The irrelevant become forgotten. The forgotten vanish. Is it your hand that's disappearing? Or is it Akira's?

If you choose MEMENTOS, you'll be in your normal attire or in your underwear. Whichever your character feels less attractive in if you want. Once again, Akira is beside you.

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fog

[ Akira has been having a hard time with his nightmares. Some of them he remembers bits and pieces (all useless), but he's thinking a jog in the ungodly time where the thick fog rolls in is a good idea? Unfortunately not... He ends up running away from one of these three tormentors in his pajamas. What's with his luck?

As he looks behind him, he crashes into someone. Sorry. ]

TWIN WARDENS (SPOILER)
Their names are unknown to you, but they're two girls with silver hair with a single golden eye (an eyepatch covers the other). As attendants of the Velvet Room, they have this ethereal aura to them, even menacing as they shoot various skills into the fog.

"Come back here, inmate! You can't hide forever!"

"You're only delaying the inevitable."

IMPERIOUS ANGEL (SPOILER)
An angel appears with an abstract body shape. Wings scaling wide and halo spinning over its head, it spreads its several hands that hold instruments. With the rise of the triangle, the angel rings it with a clear ding. In a matter of seconds, a flash of light magic strikes near.

"I am what humanity desires. Why oppose me?"

You can hear the sneer in its voice.

GOLD PIGGER
This silver piggy bank may seem cute, but it's also massively large and rolls without end. What does stop it from rolling are valuable items. Throw something expensive and it'll take a break to appraise it with a series of oinks. The one in control is a half-fly guy throwing out some mad rhymes.

"Yo yo yo! You think you can just walk into my neighborhood and disrespect me like that, dawg?"

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wildcard

[ THROW ME WHATEVER! Baby haunts from the new ghosts or even the Retrospec Maze! Even anything normal. ]

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[maskreant]

All right, stay there.

[ Akira materializes his gravity gun and points it at his lookalike, finger grazing the trigger. Without even giving him time to react or make a cocky comment, he summons Satanael. The demon lord spread its wings as it holds its gun out, too. With eyes of a hawk, nothing shall go unseen. ]

I can't progress if you just take these earrings.

[sketchythief]

"Oh, the commander is taking out the big guns. How scary. Though, I'm not sure what you mean by progress?"

[ He laughs, still as Akira. He resumes walking as if he's going for a pleasant stroll somewhere, and should anyone attack him, he's ready to dodge. ]

"Well, it's not like it means anything anyway."

[maskreant]

[ He guesses it doesn't matter if he tells this dream or not. However, he can give a warning shot. He's quite the sharpshooter thanks to playing copious amounts of games and shoots the place where his lookalike is about to venture.

Satanael shoots behind him so he can't take a step back. ]

I have the power to obliterate this whole museum if you dare touch the earring.

[ Like, he isn't kidding. ]

[sketchythief]

"But would you?"

[ The lookalike is no longer laughing. If it couldn't go forward or backward, it'd just have to sidestep. Easy--even if they were just warning shots. ]

"You sound desperate, though calm enough that even your lookalike doesn't affect you. But I'm not interested in you."

[ The lookalike sheds the disguise. This time, showing off what is presumably his true identity, Phantom Thief Dark. He taps his foot on the floor tile next to his twice and a trap springs, with something shooting through the glass case, taking the earring with it and he catches it easily. It all happened so fast. ]

Why don't you take another ten years to prepare yourself to catch up to me?

[maskreant]

Sometimes it’s worth it to take risks.

[ And in a blink of an eye Satanael drops a megidoloan into the museum. The massive energy and blinding light engulfs the building and destroys everything in its path, but it is indeed escapable if they’re not blinded. If they are, it’s okay. Akira can and will maneuver them out through the window with Satanael’s help. If they do escape, Akira will definitely give a chase this time

This is pretty fun! Odd enough, this has been one of the most relaxing dreams he has had yet. ]

[sketchythief]

[ Unfortunately, to cut Akira's fun times short, the megidoloan breaks the museum and makes it collapse. The museum doesn't seem to be as sturdy as the architecture would suggest. The people outside are screaming. The police officers inside the building are screaming. Everyone is screaming. Dark doesn't appear to be anywhere.

The screaming abruptly stops and Akira finds himself in the center of the room again with the glass case with the earring. The clock strikes 9.

However, the difference is that the walkie talkie is silent this time, along with everything else. ]

[maskreant]

[ He hums now that he's back in this room. How many time does he have to do this? It seems like it'll keep looping until he does something different... He's also sure there's no way to escape that blast, so he's wondering if it shouldn't be stopping the thief at all. ]

I didn't think it would be that strong... Or maybe this building is really shabby?

[ Is it silent because of what he did? He uses it— ] Hello?

[sketchythief]

[ There is static on the other end. It's difficult to tell whose voice it is.

"How many more times do I have to go through this?"

The static lingers for several seconds more until it clips. It's off.

The door doesn't even have to open this time. Dark stands there and the earring is already in his possession despite how it was just in its case. He taps his foot once on a specific tile and the floor opens up under Akira--10 feet by 10 feet with him in the center. Down below is just water and darkness. ]

[maskreant]

[ That makes Akira sputter before chuckling a bit, at least until the scene is manipulated. Not even the lack of flooring startles him. Satanael appears as flashy as ever from the black blue flame that engulfs have of his face and the room.

The demon lord spreads its wings and carries him up. In only a second, he makes the leap to ground and his dagger appears in his hand. ]

Well, I'm having fun.

[ He's nimble on his feet, quick in his movements. His eyes practically glow under the moonlight, exhilarated by this opportunity. Give him the earring!! ]

[sketchythief]

Being caught in a trap that the security made is quite something for the commander.

[ He almost scoffs as he dodges each swipe of the dagger. In the blink of an eye, he's standing on top of the glass case, which was a bit far from where they just were. ]

But that weird thing behind you--isn't that just cheating?

[ He's complaining, but he doesn't really sound all that serious. ]

[maskreant]

[ Akira lands a kick at the glass to force Dark off. Satanael disappears into the dark blue flame, but another takes his place. It's a samurai, but it appears right in front of Dark with its blades uncomfortable close. ]

The world doesn't play fair, so why should I?

[sketchythief]

[ All these things popping in and out of nowhere makes his job hard, especially when they have weapons and he doesn't. The most he can do is just dodge and escape, but either way, Dark immediately backs away from both--or at least attempts to. He steps on a tile on the floor again, letting several chunks of cement fall from the ceiling in random places. Should Akira dodge those, it'll make a huge dust cloud that covers the floor. ]

Brute force isn't my thing, so I'll just show myself out.

[maskreant]

[ Akira does dodge it, but dodging forward. The cloud of dust that lifts off of the concrete and debris doesn't obscure his vision at all. The third eye switches on and he can see Dark glowing past the particles.

Yoshitsune positions itself behind dark to pressure him to a certain direction, following Akira's precise instructions—and he's literally going to football tackle him. ]

[sketchythief]

[ It's not like Dark can see through dust, since he's actually a lot more normal than one would expect. At least this one anyway. There isn't enough space to dodge like he always does, so he ends up getting tackled to the floor.

That hurts so much. ]

Can you get any more worse--christ.

[ Dark attempts to throw him off. He's pretty strong for a thin looking guy, but... ]

[maskreant]

[ Akira is also rather strong for his age. After all the fighting in August and training every weekend since the momentous month of unreality, he has gained quite a bit of muscle. Of course it takes him a bit of scrambling to keep his hold on dark.

Sitting on him, he makes sure to pin Dark's legs so he can't thrash even more. ]

There we go.

[ Does he have handcuffs? Because I asked just now, he'll cuff Dark's hands? ]

... This is how it works, right?

[sketchythief]

[ He's been caught with handcuffs behind his back. He turns his head to the side for now. Dark can't do much as Akira is sitting on him and pinning his legs.

He tries to struggle anyway. ]

[maskreant]

[ He won't lie that it's nice to see someone in this view, groveling on the ground and looking up at him with these eyes of defiance. Now that he gets a good look at him—he's attractive?

It makes him raise his eyebrows and an idea sparks. Let's try a taunt: ]

If you give me a kiss, I'll let you go.

[ HE IS SO HIGH OFF OF ADRENALINE RIGHT NOW. He's going to regret ever saying that... Maybe. ]

[sketchythief]

Over my dead body.

[ He's pissed!! It only makes him struggle more. Dark really doesn't like being in this position, but there's really nothing he can do with his current repertoire.

... On second thought, he'll just wait. ]

[maskreant]

[ That is an amazing reply, he's so happy and proud of himself.

In other news, Akira stays seated here since he's not sure if he's supposed to turn Dark in because, well, he doesn't actually want to? So he'll wait with him. ]

You're a real Phantom Thief, right? I'm actually a fan.

[sketchythief]

Don't tell me that you actually play make believe in being a phantom thief...

[ He sounds so exasperated, almost rolling his eyes. ]

If you're such a fan, let me go.

[maskreant]

I actually don't.

[ Because he's a real Phantom Thief, but he won't even admit to it in a dream. It's a secret that he'll hold until he dies. ]

Last time I let you go, it reset. Is that your doing?

[sketchythief]

[ Dark isn't sure what that means, but it sure doesn't interest him anyway. It's because that's just the kind of person he is. ]

Not sure what you're talking about.

[ He'll unlock those cuffs quickly and attempts to shove Akira off to gain distance between them. ]

[maskreant]

[ He notices the cuffs being tampered with, but he doesn't take action. There's no point to click the cuffs back on when it's too late. He's being shoved off, too? Rude. ]

That was pretty fast.

[ Akira rolls back onto his feet, but proceeds to close the distance between them. He's adamant on sticking close to dark; it's almost scary how determined he is to pursue him like a psychotic lover. ]

[sketchythief]

Why don't you just give up already?!

[ Dark seems even more annoyed now and presses all the tiles on the way to escape, making pitfalls open, debris flying down, all down at Akira the more he walks closer to him. ]

[maskreant]

Because you haven't given me the earring...!

[ Bless Akira's memories for giving him quick reflexes. He's able to jump the pitfalls and dodge the falling debris, still chasing after Dark with a lot of energy to spare. Dreams are the Best. He hasn't used his Person yet which would make this chase end so much faster.

... Actually, let's do that again. Akira summons Yoshitsune and has the samurai carry him. Zooming through obstacles, they pick up Dark along the way. ]

Hello.