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post-underwater adventure time

[parttimes]

Hey did you go into those weird underwater tunnels?

[ryuji]

Yooo man, don't go down there I seen some stuff

[parttimes]

Did you seriously just dive into weird mysterious tunnels on this weird mysterious planet

[ryuji]

I definitely didn't not do that

[parttimes]

Don't jump facefirst into dangerous stuff, it's stupid.

Are you okay?

[ryuji]

What are you, my mom?

Or any of my friends

Or that guy on TV I used to watch who was always telling people to get their shit together

Anyway that's super irrelevant and it doesn't matter

Yeah, I'm good. Wound up looking at a pool of water for a few hours and ate some ramen. It ain't like I got cold feet or anything, I totally woulda jumped right in there but, uh

Wait, how much has Akira told you

[parttimes]

No, also no and no. Just a concerned friend, mostly.

Anyway, about what? The Persona deal? You in general? The caverns? You gotta be clearer than that.

[ryuji]

[Friend, huh?

✨]

Aw, shit. I was bankin' on you bein' the next Dr Phil.

Ah... hahah, kidding.

You'd look so goddamned weird with a mustache.

Yeah, the persona thing. Mine came back for a bit to chill with me. It was hella neat.

[parttimes]

[FRIEND.]

I don't think your stream of consciousness ever stops, even when you're texting. Which is kind of impressive but not in a good way.

But yeah, okay, what's your Persona, then? I don't think I know the name of yours.

[ryuji]

[This basically means Ryuji will now die for you.]

Damn... you really don't hold back the punches when you swing, huh? I didn't know it was gonna be like this.

It's Seiten-Taisei! He's basically the demon monkey god king from Journey to the West. He also has a killer mohawk

[parttimes]

[RYUJI NO]

I don't see any reason not to tell it like it is.

But that's... huh. That wasn't what I was expecting. The entire "rebelling against the heavens" thing...?

[ryuji]

Yeah dude, that's pretty much my aesthetic right down to a nutshell

Serious ups to a dude that can just ride up to the clouds and give god the middle finger. Man, I never read the story before I got my persona or anything, but since he's my mythological trickster inner self and all

And man that never gets so freaking weird to say

I dunno, he seems like a cool guy. There's this one part where he totally crashes a frat party in heaven and winds up drinking all the immortality juice the place has. They try to like, boil it outta him or something? But you can't boil a god tier monkey man it just ain't gonna work

[There goes that stream of consciousness again.]

[parttimes]

You're doing it again, but... it's endearing, so it's fine.

I can definitely see how that would fit you, you know. I guess you're all rebels then? The Phantom Thief thing, and the Persona thing, and all of that.

A way to rebel against people who are being unfair.

[ryuji]

Whoa, isn't it a little early to start callin' me dear!?

Hahah nah I'm just messin' with ya.

Yeah, all of us have mythological tricksters that live within us. Started out as, like, just regular old tricksters and we sorta leveled them up by becoming better friends.

Or maybe just becoming better friends with Akira.

That guy, y'know? He's pretty damn special.

And that's what we do. We defend the underdogs who are gettin' smacked around by people who shouldn't be using their power like total assholes.

[parttimes]

[None of that sounds weird to him at all, thanks Tokyo Xanadusona.]

Yeah, that makes sense. Naturally your bonds make you stronger in battle, and that's reflected by your inner self... or something like that, right?

Gotta say, though, that's pretty darn awesome of you guys to fight for that reason.