Revealing Your True Form/ Persona 5

Threatening His Reign

Laurel's POV

"Whoa, what is this place!? Holy shit!" Skull's eyes were bugged out as he paid attention to all the gold that we were standing on. "That treasure thing's gotta be here!"

"Um Skull, you're not looking at the full picture here." I said.

"Huh?" Ryuji looked around but still wasn't getting it.

I sighed and moved forward to the misty floating object.

"So... what is this? It's... floating in the air." Panther asked.

Mona suddenly jumped on the tipped over large trophy and smirked.

"Hehe... That's the treasure. We finally found it!"

"Are you sure?" Joker asked raising an eyebrow. Morgana sighed and waved his paw.

"Just hold on a second. I was planning on telling you more once we made it this far. Simply finding the treasure isn't enough. We'll need to make it materialize before we can steal it."

Us four human beings looked at each other in confusion.

"Whaddya mean...?" Skull asked sitting down on the trophy.

"Desires have no physical forms by nature. Hence, we'll first need to make the real person aware that their desires are in fact a treasure. Once they're conscious that their desires might be stolen, the treasure will finally show itself."

"But how do we do that?" Panther asked.

"We warn them. Tell them 'we're going to steal your heart.'" Morgana answered.

"So we're gonna send a calling card? That's totally what a phantom thief would do!" Skull said.

Mona jumped up with excitement. "Once we do that, the treasure will appear for certain...! I think!" I dipped my head down when Mona said the last part.

"This again.." I asked.

"Hey! As I said before, this is my first time doing this." Mona said stomping his paw.

"Either way, sounds like it's worth givin' it a shot!" Skull said.

"Our infiltration route is secure. All that's left now is to pump out a calling card in reality. Then come cack to take the treasure!" Mona stated.

Panther suddenly tensed up and looked at us intensely. "This is it, huh?"

Joker nodded. "We won't lose."

"That's the spirit! Once we send out the calling card, there will be no turning back. Joker, I'm leaving it up to you to choose when to send out the calling card. We'll head out the hideout to discuss the details on how to distribute it." Mona said.

"We can talk more about it tomorrow. For now, we should head back and call it a day." Joker said.

"Mkay. Let's go home." Skull said and the five of us made our way out of the palace.

Later that evening (4/20)

"So what's got you so exhausted? The last time I've seen you like this is when you'd come from softball practice." My Obasan asked as I was coming out the shower.

"Are you complaining?" I asked throwing my towel and clothes in the laundry basket.

"Hell no. When you're tired like this, it's paradise for me." She said and I laughed.

"Obasan that's rude." She laughed and we sat down at the kitchen table and she handed me a cup of tea.

"But really. Why are you tired? What did you and Ryuji do today?