Working With Phantoms

Individual Interceptions

Madran walked up to the employee's only door and looked at a shadow, presenting him her slip. She was then let in as two more female shadows flanked her.

"Welcome to the Niijima Casino. Here, you can see the background to the profitable and renowned gambling haven. If you look immediately to your left..."

Madran was then taken on a sweeping tour of the somewhat interesting background to the palace as she watched shadows and cognitions work on their various jobs. 

"This is boring. I regret this."

"Well, at least we're getting... educated... I guess."

The tour eventually ended, with Madran, unexpectedly, being freed to walk around the area on her own.

"Wait, I'm allowed to do this?!"

"My, this is useful. Let's get moving, then."

Madran then scanned a bit with Dharma as she ran around, looking for an area where nobody and no camera could look. Eventually, she found a bathroom and went into it before checking around.

"And... no cameras. Nice."

Madran then fled into a stall before summoning Dharma.

"Ok. Please, create a map of the area."

"Will do."

After a few rather tense minutes filled with Madran repeatedly checking the door, Dharma eventually formed a map of the entire palace.

"Here. Hang on, I'll fold it up."

Dharma then folded it repeatedly into a small ball and handed it to Madran, with her slipping it into her outfit.

"Ok, cool, you can go now."

Dharma faded away as Madran went out of the bathroom and quickly found her way back to the main area of the first floor.

"Ok, so, now what?"

"We should try and hijack machines to get to the needed amount for the VIP zone."

"Cool. When we can, we should check the map to see where everyone is."

Madran then passed by the various gambling machines, progressing further into the palace until she went up to the second floor. Once there, Madran saw that it was much of the same. Eventually, after walking around a bit, she spotted Akira and his gang.

"Ooh, is that..."

"Yes, it is. Let's go order a drink."

As Madran walked by the group, they seemed to not notice her at all as they planned out their next moves with Makoto and Johanna scanning the area. Then, she arrived at the bar.

"Hello. What would you like to get?"

"Hmm... the shirley temple."

"Very well. The first drink is on the house, by the way."

"Oh, really? Thank you."

"No problem, my friend."

Madran then eventually got her drink and walked over to the machine that the Phantom Thieves were next to.

"So, Crow, what now?"

"Nothing. All we need is 50,000 points, and then we can get into that maze place."

"Oh, really?"

"Yes. How many points have you gotten so far?"

As the group chatted, Madran took the time to observe what appeared to be Akechi's Metaverse outfit. It looked to be incredibly regal, with a sharply cut white suit with golden buttons lining it, small yellow strings connected the buttons in a vertical manner, white fancy pants that didn't have much decor on them, shiny epaulets on his shoulders, a scarf-like red cape, and a red mask that covered his eyes and nose and resembled a crow of sorts.