Persona 5: tmdrago version 2.0

The Traitor

Persona 5: tmdrago version 2.0

By Tayla Drago

Episode #98 - The Traitor

Poor Keiko...It's good for the plan that Futaba did with the others to have Junko/Queen Lilith to think she killed her for Shido and Fallen One to capture Akechi...She's upset to do anything yet to be crying up in her room – thinking about on how they first met with each other, dating, falling in love, helping out one another to be born with powers, learning about each other's, and to becoming Phantom Thieves together for they knew about the plan; but not the part where he was on to Junko Sakurai this whole time. She was tricky, doing illusion spells, no real sister, no real name, has something to do with the strange children's book, other than a Persona was real to be killed for it and from here it'll get much worse, the others needed Keiko Amamiya/Joker for this job. Only for Sae 'who's on their side now after hearing the entire story' and Sojiro are the only ones who can do it.

Sojiro: Keiko? It's us...We're coming in. We just want to talk to you.

They go upstairs to see Keiko crying on the bed.

Sae: Heartbroken....

Sojiro: We have to make her snap out of it.

They can try or say something to her, anyone...?

Sae: Listen, Keiko...I wouldn't worry about Akechi-san. I'm sure he's alive and well-! I mean, of course he is! He is a smart guy after all to get ambushed out of nowhere, I'm sure he's hanging in there just for you to keep on fighting...Sorry, I'm not good with these things.

What she said was an accident. With Sae trying to say the best she could for Keiko, it was all up to Sojiro to do the rest. To act like the father that Keiko never had to understand her more and more, he sits on her bedside next to Keiko to pat her on the hand while hugging her next as Sae listens in.

Sojiro: Hey, Keiko. Come on...Don't let this get to you so much, I know how you feel. You love Akechi, don't you? I get it. Listen...I never told you much on how I truly felt for Wakaba Isshiki. From the moment we first met, she had her boyfriend walk out on her after she just gave birth to Futaba to come into her life as a new mother; I wanted to help out on the things she was working hard on to make something out of it as I found Wakaba to becoming friends, hang out a lot, and slowly to fall in love and liking her daughter a lot to get married to still keep her last name, but we did change Futaba's because of her to get out more for a better life. A hard girl she can be, but Wakaba tries to cheer her up to make up for her afterwards. Things gotten harder for Futaba after she lost her mother to be a suicide at first, but it really was murder...I did get upset when I heard the news for all the facts to be all true and Futaba to be a shut in from the world to make it up, all of this to still have each other. Now learning who you two are and why you were both doing this, I understand everything now. I mean, look what you did to Niijima just for a friend who loves her sister so much. But listen, Keiko, the point that I wanted to say is this...Do you see things you know of Akechi that you have in this room? Look around you.

Seeing from the cute clothes that Keiko wears for Akechi to going out, the photo of them and the other friends of her in a group frame, the memories they shared, and the cute plushie of the penguin that Akechi gave to Keiko for her to give him a luck charm too, with the pieces to break for them to together into one like a heart shape. Sae then plays around with the little penguin of Keiko's to try to make her smile.

Sae: This is cute.... You love Akechi-san a lot, do you? Just like Sojiro just said. Keiko, if you two are close in love to feeling out the emotions to have the same gift....and he did tell me about it a little, to really care about you so much. From this gift, there's a connection for you two and to still be connected in love, right? This could only be a sign.