Persona 5 Royal AU

Chapter 27 - The New Skill

We were texting in the group chat as I went to do some night tasks meeting up with Iwai to work for him and pay him the down payment for the dagger.

"So kid, why are you so adamant on buying the dagger?"

"...Well, it was my dad's. I was surprised he sold it for my sake so..."

"Heh, guess you're a good kid. Making an honest effort to get back the knife for your dad in this way." he said.

I would rather do so honestly instead of dishonestly. I cleaned what he told me to clean and we just chatted today. Tomorrow, my friends and I will head into the palace and begin the heist to steal Kaneshiro's heart. Shadeon was telling me since I used Shade Warning on him, any image of me he sees up until we succeed in stealing his heart, he'll see Shadeon in the photos. Even Kaneshiro's shadow will too until he's defeated.

"Alright kid, you head home for the day." Iwai said.

"See you next time." I said.

I left the store and started towards the train station when I got a text from Ann, she was suggesting I use make up to hide the marking Shadeon. It's possible others will be able to see it while the effect of Shade Warning is active. I decided to go ahead and do so just in case, I went to the store to buy some and heard a few people whispering. I went and bought the shade of makeup that would suit me and the cashier starred.

"Hello sir, buying this for your girlfriend? Or to cover up your face tattoo?"

"To cover the face tattoo." I said.

"Ah, would you like to learn how to apply it?"

"Yeah that would be helpful thanks."

Another worker showed me how to apply it with a free tester they generally use with people.

"And there, that's how you apply it."

"Thank you very much." I said.

I left the store afterwards and returned to Leblanc. I wonder why no one else pointed it out. Guess teachers and students were too scared to tell me or pretending to not notice. The next day at school, a teacher told me it was good that I had washed off the fake tattoo because it scared people. I guess teachers thought it was fake.

I met up with the others and we went to the hideout and I wiped away the makeup with a rag. Once we were in, we needed to decide on a code name for Makoto. She said it was fine to call her Makoto. We decided to call her Queen which fit very well.

"So, can you tell me the plans we have for the mission?" she asked.

"Um...." Ryuji said.

"Wait, the Phantom Thieves have been acting without plans at all?!" she said stunned.

"Generally we just sneak around and beat the shit out of shadows." Ryuji said.

"You do realize we should be cautious especially since Joker is more susceptible to rage if we run into such an enemy." Makoto said.

"She is technically right." I said. "Especially since Shade Warning is active, so it could be worse."

"Why is it active?" Yusuke asked.

"Because I focused absolute hatred towards Kaneshiro. So when he sees me whether him or his shadow, they see Shadeon's energy." I said.

"Then we need to make sure to calm you down should an enemy effect you with Rage." Morgana said. "After all you did say only use the sedatives if absolutely necessary."