Back in Tokyo – A City Beginning to Dream
Something in Tokyo had changed.
Commuters muttered names they'd only heard in dreams. Shadows flickered in the corners of their vision, and children whispered secrets about mirrors that showed your true face.
And beneath Café Leblanc, in the now-permanent safehouse carved into the seams of Mementos, the Phantom Thieves were still catching their breath.
Chihaya sat in meditation, her new Persona Velureia flickering faintly behind her like a living constellation.
Makoto closed her journal with a sigh. "It's not just the divine fragment. Something cracked open reality itself."
"Like Mementos is leaking," Futaba added. "Or bleeding into the city."
"Which might explain why we've got company," Ann said, nodding to the stairs.
New Arrivals – Bonds That Transcend
The door opened. Four familiar faces stepped inside, visibly shaken.
The first was Iwai—or who had once been Iwai.Now a sharp-eyed woman with short-cropped raven hair, still in a leather jacket but with a strange glimmer in her eyes. "Don't say anything," she muttered. "I already decked the mirror that did this."
Ren smiled. "Welcome."
Shinya Oda, a little older now, carried his modified controller like a weapon. "I saw it. The dream. You guys. Me. Fighting in that... mirror place."
Next was Yuuki Mishima, trembling, eyes wide. "I've been hearing voices in my sleep. At first I thought I was going crazy. But then—then I saw my own shadow. It told me I was ready."
And finally, Toranosuke Yoshida, the ever-humble politician, stepped forward.
"I thought my voice only reached voters. But in the dream… I spoke, and monsters listened. I need to understand what's happening. Let me join you."
A New Pact – Phantom Flames Spread
Velureia's fragment pulsed in the corner of the room. One by one, the new arrivals touched it.
Their Personas erupted into being:
Iwai's Persona: Hekate – A dark-armed forge goddess of transformation and protection. Dual-wielding fate-bound pistols, cloaked in midnight flame.
Shinya's Persona: Arjuna – A heroic spirit of war and divine precision. Laser-like skills. Attacks manifest like game glitches and snipes.
Yoshida's Persona: Solomon – The wise ruler, clad in golden chains and a spectral crown. His words can freeze enemies or heal minds.
Mishima's Persona: Echo – A mythic speaker, born from unheard voices. Stealth-based support Persona with insight into hidden enemy patterns.
The air in the safehouse pulsed with new potential. Ren felt it in his bones.
Veluria's Echo – The Next Divine Trial
Just as they began sharing stories, the room dimmed. The mirror fragment, dormant until now, shimmered with a new image.
A cathedral of chains, hanging upside-down in the void.Reflections within showed possible futures—some glorious, some terrifying.And at the heart of it, a throne made of memory shards.
"Another fragment," Chihaya breathed.
"Mementos is drawing us in again," Yusuke said, tightening his gloves. "But now, the questions are no longer what lies below—but who we are becoming."