Writing Playground

21. Ghost

Fandom: persona 5
Tag(s): post-game, spoilers, paranormal, ghost

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It was his last day in Tokyo, and his friends would soon be there to pick him up.

So much had happened within the frame of one year. The Metaverse, tricksters, stealing hearts, Yaldabaoth, one could barely wrap their head around it. But Ren was there, and he lived through it all along with his friends, his fellow persona-users.

Persona-user...

Ren stood up from the crate he sat on. He needed something to do to shake away the thoughts. Especially the bad ones.

He grabbed his bag and his phone before descending to the café below. At the last step, however, he froze. Something was odd.

The atmosphere felt colder than usual. Sure, Sojiro had closed up shop for today, but it was spring, it wasn't supposed to feel this chilly. And there was something else that gnawed on his gut feeling. He didn't know what to make out of it.

On instinct he used his Third Eye to catch whatever was causing a disturbance. His breath lodged in his throat, eyes widening.

There was a brilliant blue outline of a person on the counter, but no person was framed within the light. The person (?) sat hunched over, nursing what seemed like a cup of coffee in his hands.

"Akechi...?"

The figure turned to Ren, who felt every hair on his neck stand on end even though there were no eyes to meet his. It waved pleasantly, before standing up and making its way to the door.

"W--wait!" Ren said as he approached, one hand outstretched to it.

The figure faded away as the door burst open, and Ren couldn't help but jump backwards and almost falling onto the floor.

"You alright, bro? Lookin' like you've seen a ghost," Ryuji said, a mix of confusion and amusement on his face. "Come on, let's get going!"

"Yeah, I'm fine." Ren stared at the counter, at the seat which Akechi used to sit on. The temperature felt normal again, and the Third Eye showed nothing out of the ordinary. "Let's go."

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I'm tired. Also it's October soon. That's nice. I'm planning something but we'll see.

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