Futaba's Palace

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(Daytime, Yongen Jaya, Café LeBlanc)

After a brief assembly, which seemed longer for everyone else; everyone walked inside Café LeBlanc, the café was busy and with no room to sit down, everyone went upstairs to Akira's room.

"Man, that assembly had me bored to tears", Ryuji groaned while yawning

"Huh, did you have school too Yusuke", Ann asked looking at Yusuke's shirt

"I'm doing laundry, so these are the only clothes I had to wear", Yusuke stated

"You should really buy a couple more outfits", Ann suggested

"Come now, we didn't gather here to make small talk, now did we, let's get to Alibaba's case", Makoto explained

"Well then, I'll start, It looks like Futaba was listening in on LeBlanc," Morgana said which made everyone curious

"But why would she want to listen in on the café", Ann asked

"I have no idea," Morgana said in confusion

"It's just like Boss said... She's a tough nut to crack", Ryuji stated

"In any case, her hacking skills will be absolutely necessary if we wish to stand up to Medjed", Makoto explained, "going by what she has told us, we may even be able to identify who they are",

"We'll have to trust in her skills for now then", Yusuke said calmly

"Anyway, we found out that Futaba has a palace... but can someone who isn't evil have one", Ann asked

"That doesn't matter, a palace is the materialization of distorted cognitions brought about by strong desires... that's all", Morgana explained, "it just so happens that a lot of warped people turn out evil",

"She's so young though... the pain she's gone through must be the cause of her distortion", Makoto muttered

"Maybe that has something to do with why she calls herself Alibaba", Ann asked

"According to the chief's story, Futaba has auditory and visual hallucinations, right; there's a chance those are related to some important memories she's holding", Morgana said, "it's hard to explain... but those memories may have been warped by the distortions",

"Basically, we just gotta steal her treasure, right", Ryuji asked

"Well, yeah", Morgana said

"So, do we all agree about taking on Futaba's Palace", Ann asked

"She's asked us to do so, I don't think that part is an issue", Makoto stated, "If we heal Futaba's heart, it will not only help Boss, but she can then assist us with Medjed",

"I agree", Yusuke said

"I've been wonderin' about how Boss said "a lot happened" after Futaba's mom died too", Ryuji said

"Hold on a second, our investigation of her palace may not go like anything we've done up to this point," Morgana reminded

"Why's that", Ryuji asked

"Having an individual ask you to steal their heart is an extremely irregular case, there's no telling what the Palace ruler's disposition will be like", Morgana stated, "or the distortion that'll be there, we may run into some unforeseen situations, do you still want to go in",

"Let's do this", Akira said as everyone then agreed

"Alright, let's just make sure we're cautious", Morgana stated

"Well, let's get cracking on those keywords", Ryuji said

"The one's we have at the moment are "Futaba Sakura" and "Sojiro Sakura's house", Luna reminded

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