"So, should we split up or something? What do you think, partner?" Yosuke asked Yu seriously.
Everyone was now sitting at a large table, discussing what to do next.
Ren answered in place of Yu when he turned to ask his opinion.
"That may be best. There are so many people here. It would be a pain in the ass to do this together."
Yu nodded. "Sounds good. But since this is and isn't the Velvet Room, whatever that means... there is bound to be some stupid rule."
"Yeah. I was worried about the same." Ren nodded. "Let's tell each other about our strengths and weaknesses. Yu and I are Wild Cards, obviously. We can use almost any Persona, but we are limited here. I currently have Arsène, Byakko, Jack Frost, Angel, and Pixie. I planned to negotiate with some Shadows in Madarame's Palace, but we can see how that went."
He rolled his eyes.
"What about 'Team Dumbass'?" he added with air quotes.
"Don't call my team that."
"I hate you."
"I know. It fuels my existence." Yu nodded seriously. "Well, you have the floor, team."
"Ladies first," Yosuke added smoothly.
But the girls grimaced because of the greasy tone he used. It wasn't vulgar.
Just.
"Please don't do that again," Shiho said seriously, causing a snort of laughter from Yukiko.
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Ren stared at Yu like he was a complete idiot.
"Izanagi, Pixie, Jack Frost, Pyro Jack, Agathion, and Oberon? Really?"
"Oberon can't be used. He's too strong. And Izanagi reverted to his original form."
"What does that mean?" Ryuji raised his hand to ask.
He had quickly learned that the girls of the Investigation Team wouldn't put up with him being loud, which led to a pat of sympathy from Yosuke.
"Personas can evolve?" Orihime said with a tilted head.
"Got it in one, but it's too early for you guys to worry about it." Yu waved his hand dismissively.
"Your team is very versatile," Ren said seriously. "A navigator... we don't have one of those."
"I can navigate. Kind of," Morgana said. "I just can't record stuff or see the entire map with my Persona like Rise can."
"Should we give you a notepad?"
"Do you want me to write with these paws?"
"Point."
"Maybe we should mix teams and swap leaders as needed? The Thieves don't have as many people as us," Chie said quietly.
"We may have to do things one at a time."
The team turned to look at the location of the two viewing rooms.
"One hundred percent a dungeon of some kind," Ryuji said firmly.
"Oh, you noticed the RPG shit too?" Yosuke asked with a raised brow.
"Fuckin' Mementos is like a giant roguelike. It sucks."
"Can you all stop getting distracted?" Rukia snapped.
"Well, we need to know what you can do too, short stuff," Rise said.
"I'm not short! She's shorter than me!" Rukia replied while pointing at Naoto.
Naoto looked at her, took off her hat, and blinked her eyes in a way that didn't match her current body.
"In the real world, I'm 5'7" and in my twenties," she said with a smirk. "I'm definitely taller than you."
"She also has E-cups!" Rise said.
Every one of the Thieves was dumbfounded and stared at them.
"Rise, I'm going to kill you," Naoto said with a huge blush while aiming her revolver at her friend.
"Good trigger discipline," Ren said flatly.
Rukia was about to cry...
"E-cups," she shivered.
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"Okay, now that Kuchiki-san has recovered, can you explain your powers and fighting capability?" Ren said. "Stop derailing the conversation, please."
"We can try."
"Impossible."
"Give up."
Rukia sighed.
"Just call me Rukia. I am a Shinigami of the 13th Division. My specialties are swordplay, ice manipulation, and Kidō."
"Kidō?" Ren whispered. "Demon arts?"
"So magic. Moving on." Yu shook his head.
"We just gonna ignore that she said 13th Division? That implies a whole shitload of others." Yosuke's head slammed into the table.
Everyone decided to ignore it, yes.
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