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5/24
YAAAWWWNN.
Makoto sits up in his bed and looks out the window.
“Early, huh.” he whispers, admiring the orange sunrise. He gets up and almost gets his school uniform on, then realizes it's a Sunday. He walks downstairs and prepares some coffee.
mmm... This is great. Maybe I should open a café and name it something like Leblanc.
He turns on the tv, and the news is on.
“This morning there was a disturbance at Tatsumi Port Island station and-”
Hmm, I haven't been there much, maybe I should visit.
He walks over to the station, and looks around. He spots one person standing in front of the station with a look of confusion. Makoto walks near him, and The dark slate-purple haired man looks at him.
“Hey, you from around here?” The man asks.
“Yeah, why?”
“I've been trying to do research on the apathy syndrome 'epidemic' if you will, around here, but it's really hard to get around without the station.” The man explains, scratching his head. “Do you know why the station is down?”
Researching apathy syndrome...?
“I looked at the news, but all it said was there had been a disturbance the previous night.” Both of them murmur a little too loudly.
“Shadows...?” Both of them look straight up at each other.
“Wait, You know about shadows?” They both say at the same time. The man speaks first.
“Who are you?” The man asks, while a strain of his dark purple hair droops in front of his face.
“Makoto Yuki.” Makoto replies, still shocked. “And you?”
After a second look, the man is wearing black dress pants, a pair of grey dress shoes, and a grey suit, that kind of resembles a school uniform.
“My name is Naoya Toudou.” he shakes his head. “But that's isn't important right now, Are you-” he leans in as for no one to hear him. “A persona user?” Naoya whispers, then leans back.
Makoto struggles to speak and just stares at him for a second. He snaps out of it.
“Yes, but holy shit, never expected to meet another one outside of S.E.E.S.” Naoya raises an eyebrow.
“Oh, it's me and a punch of friends who fight shadows with our personas, in this place called Tartarus.” Naoya spikes up a bit.
“Is Tartarus that big tower that replaces the school every 'night?'” He asks while putting emphasis on night.
“Yes, but you are consious and aware during the dark hour?” Naoya strikes a thinking pose.
“Im assuming the dark hour is the part of every night where everyone turns to coffins, so that means you definitely are a persona user.” Makoto nods his head as to answer him, and then thinks.
“What did you exactly want to know about apathy syndrome?, I know some things about it.”
“Thanks, your a life saver, this is the second time I've researched an event like this.”
Event like this? I'll ask him about it later.
“Yeah uh, basically every full moon a big shadow comes and we defeat it, and delays or stunts for lack of a better word, the spread of apathy syndrome.” Makoto explains. “We really don't know what causes it.”
“Hmmm... Could it be another one...?” Naoya thinks, spiking Makoto's interest.
“Could we discuss this more over a cup of coffee?, My dorm allows visitors, and every resident is a persona user.”
And the Kirijo Group could stretch things a bit for us anyways.
“Sure.” Naoya replies, a bit of excitement in his voice. They walk to the dorm, making small talk about their lives, apart from the world saving adventures.
“We're here.” Makoto opens the door, and Yukari is on the couch. Yukari looks at them both, with a curios face.
“Naoya Todou.” Naoya replies with somewhat of a smirk. “Fellow persona user.” She stands up and rushes towards him.
“Really?!” Yukari asks.
“Yep, and he's trying to research apathy syndrome.” Makoto pitches in.