captain kidd is just grinning and laughing

Bradamante is just glad I have so many people who care this much about me.

...I am too. A lot.

Akira pauses. 

Joker?

Yeah, I think this is a good moment.

Akira changed her nickname to Joker

Akira wanted me to say hi

uh, you know how we all have Personas? bc of wild card bullshit it looks like Akira's got me too

hi, I'm Joker, I exist now

it was me back at the castle today actually, Akira swapped back in when you left 

we share memories so dw akira got to see how badass yall were

wait what

are you sayin theres two of you?

Oh wow!

Never heard of that before.

Yeah, there's two of us in here. Like yall have with being able to talk to your personas

except there's two of us in here plus julie

julie sez we kinda... fragmented under the strain of trying to be honest to our guardian and also ruthless enough to solve kamoshida

we were always a little different in the metaverse as opposed to in reality, but now... we kinda just both exist? & can trade who has the body at will

Joker changed their nickname to Akira

I'm kinda freaked out about this too tbh

Joker's... like me but also not, they're more... they're the kind of person who finds doing heists fun, yeah? 

a little sharper, care a little less about rules and ethics

they're still... a lot like me, but also different

it's a real weird experience

I heard about people who were like this when I was in middle school but I always dismissed it as super rare and probably a hoax

it's real weird to be one

Wow. That's fascinating.

Do you know what it's called? Is there anything you like us to do differently?

huh

is this like split personality or somethin?

whatever we call it, i support you two—three—y'all

Ryuji is typing...

hey wait which of you am i goin on a date with?

both? one?

youre both cool

Ann is typing...

Ann is typing...

Carmen is a little like that too, she chimes in sometimes

and I guess she's supposed to be part of me, right?

so really this thing with you isn't that weird given that everybody here already has a Persona 

and since you have the persona of multiple personas it's maybe something we should've expected

still unexpected though

I just want you two - three? - however many of you you end up with - to know that I support you all

you're cool

the site I read called it "being multiple" or "multiplicity"

they talked about how the body's everybody in it's responsibility and stuff 

I think that's sensible

Akira is typing...

Akira is typing...

as for your question ryuji — good fuckin' question

we haven't really sorted that out for ourselves 

but it's me who asked so I guess I get to have it?

Akira changed their nickname to Joker

The last thing I wanna do is get between Akira and —

Akira's giving me the mental stinkeye. And her try at getting a boyfriend. Or other dating relationship

I'd still date everyone here tho tbh so if anyone's interested hit me up 

but like, I should stop embarrassing Akira and let her get back to what she was doing 'cause she was in the middle of something Important

we just thought that when everyone was talking about their personas was a good opportunity to bring this up

right yeah

Ryuji is typing...

all of you are amazin

that includes everyone in this chat

and id be pretty damn lucky to date all of you

Same. Most of my focus is on Ann, but all of you are so great.

Yeah, I have to agree. Shiho comes first but I would definitely not mind dating the rest of you at all

Joker changed their nickname to Akira

Sounds like we're all on the same page then

im gonna stick with ryuji as my first date but if you and Shiho want to spend time together with me I would absolutely be ok with that

yall are great 

I can't imagine anyone else that I could come to with all this and just have them be totally cool with it

Okay! I'm glad we all have each other. Goodnight everyone! See all of you tomorrow! <3

night y'all

lookin forward to sunday, Akira

Ryuji is typing...

Ryuji is typing...

<3

Awwwww. 

<3

gn all

Akira puts her phone down, turns out the light, and curls up to sleep.

Her phone blips.

Oh yeah, Ann must be saying goodnight too.

She checks it.

goodnight everyone!

fingers crossed for tomorrow!

yeah, fingers crossed. 

Akira puts the phone down again and closes her eyes.

She wakes up in nest of black pillows, in a very familiar home.