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Phantom Dumbasses

Summary:

Ren's "Not Phantom Thief related" group chat some how has a 100% chance for some dumb shit to happen in it. Within the first 2 days of the group being made, there's already something happening. So much has happened in his life within the past week: A castle in an alternate world, a floaty ghost man by the name of Arsène, Morgana the talking cat, Kamoshida and meeting his first new friends in Tokyo.

Out of all of them, he wouldn't give up his friends or family for anything. Even if most of them are complete dumbasses, they're his group of dumbasses.

This is a Persona 5 Chatfic following the "Totally capable Phantom Thieves" throughout the year, with dumbasses doing dumbass stuff when it isn't Serious O'Clock.

Whilst this does follow the main storyline of P5, I hope to curve and bend it a little bit and add some herbs and spices here and there. And sometimes snap canon over my thigh.

 

Not a Royal fic yet, contains some references to it. No Strikers spoilers please

 

 

 

We have a TV Tropes page!! :D

Chapter 1: The start of something... Wonderful?

Notes:

This is my first chatfic thingy! Hopefully you'll enjoy it :)

Who's Who?:
*Pushes up glasses* - Ren
BoneBoy - Ryuji
Sugar addict - Ann

Whilst this does follow the storyline of P5, I hope to eventually curve and bend it a little bit and add some herbs and spices here and there. So this fic operates under the assumption that you know most of what happens in the story :)

(Posted 15/10/2020)

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

April 16th.

Untitled Group Chat

*Pushes up glasses*: Gonna be honest with y'all

BoneBoy: ???

Sugar addict: Don't say ""y'all"" ever again

*Pushes up glasses*: I cannot wait to put my pointy fucking fake world boots up Kamo-fuckass's ass.

BoneBoy: THATS WHAT IM SAYIN

BoneBoy: but like you good bro????

BoneBoy: i dont think i've heard you say anything so aggressive?

Sugar addict: No no, I get where he's coming from. I'm also eager to kick his ass!!

Sugar addict: Though adding on to what Ryuji said, you don't talk much at all, Ren

*Pushes up glasses*: I'm just a quiet guy with a talking cat, weapons and a boot that needs to be imprinted on someone.

BoneBoy: sounds kinky but okay ren

Sugar addict: eggdfhafyhtesjhstj

Sugar addict: What the fuck, Ryuji?

*Pushes up glasses*: So you have time to talk about kinks but not get the hell over to Yongen???

BoneBoy: i said i was on my way!

*Pushes up glasses*: You said that like 15 minutes ago.

Sugar addict: Get fucked

BoneBoy: hey! i'm not that far away!

*Pushes up glasses*: Do you even know where Leblanc is?

Sugar addict: 10 bucks says he doesn't

BoneBoy: ...

BoneBoy: the money is right

BoneBoy: i dunno where leblanc is

*Pushes up glasses*: Meet me at the train station, I'll walk you to Leblanc.

Sugar addict: I knew it.

BoneBoy: shut up!

BoneBoy: its not like we even use that kinda money

Sugar addict: I mean I actually do have 10 bucks...

BoneBoy: oh yeah youve actually been overseas

BoneBoy: why havent you made it into yen yet

Sugar addict: It's kinda like a souvenir :)

BoneBoy: fair

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*Pushes up glasses*: @Sugar addict I have something absolutely fantastic to tell you.

BoneBoy: no you don't

Sugar addict: Oh??? Spill???

BoneBoy: he's lying

*Pushes up glasses*: So I was walking him to Leblanc and y'know, both of us walking and talking.

*Pushes up glasses*: Suddenly, I hear a loud THUNK and he isn't next to me anymore.

Sugar addict: What

*Pushes up glasses*: He walked right into a lamp post.

BoneBoy: he's still lying

Sugar addict: awasdjogjsoiugjsui

Sugar addict: RYUIJ YOU WALKED INTO A LAMP POST????

BoneBoy: nope

*Pushes up glasses*: I quote, "Who put this here?" - Ryuji Sakamoto

BoneBoy: YOU WALKED OFF WITHOUT ME YOU DIDNT REALIZE I WAS HIT FOR A FEW MOMENTS

*Pushes up glasses*: My actions are arguably less embarrassing than yours

BoneBoy: this is cyber bullying

Sugar addict: aslkjawiojfoi GEE Ryuji I wonder who put the lamp posts there!!!!

BoneBoy: well do YOU know who put them there?

*Pushes up glasses*: The Mr. Gubberment Men of course.

Sugar addict: Ren, do you think before you type?

*Pushes up glasses*: I have to make up for my lack of actual speech some how. Brain goes on with speech, brain goes off with text messaging.

BoneBoy: mood

BoneBoy: anyway are we still going to leblanc ren?

*Pushes up glasses*: I am literally right next to you.

BoneBoy: yeah?

*Pushes up glasses*: You can just ask me in person?

BoneBoy: oh right oops

Sugar addict: Have fun you two!

*Pushes up glasses*: Thank you Ann :)

Sugar addict: :)

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Sugar addict ---> Boneboy

Sugar addict: Did you see???

BoneBoy: see what i got home like 20 minutes ago

Sugar addict: Ren used my first name!!!

BoneBoy: huh

Sugar addict: Yeah!!

BoneBoy: isn't he usually all "takamaki san" or "sakamato san" in person though

Sugar addict: Sometimes without "san", but yeah!

BoneBoy: huh

BoneBoy: i got him to call me ryuji just today actually

Sugar addict: Not fair! Boyfriend privilege!

BoneBoy: aoijfaoegjteoi i dont even swing that way

BoneBoy: well ok i kinda do but not all the way yknow

Sugar addict: Either way you gotta admit, he's a pretty boy!

Sugar addict: Like, really pretty!

Boneboy: i mean yeah he's a good looking dude i aint gonna lie to ya

Sugar addict: He has a nice voice too...

Boneboy: im glad im not the only one who thinks that then

Sugar addict: This is all very gay

Boneboy: yes but platonic love for him

Sugar addict: Of course! Do you know if he's still awake?

Boneboy: pretty sure mona forced him to sleep again

Sugar addict: Ren is being pushed around by Morgana?

Boneboy: yup

Sugar addict: Ren is also our leader?

Boneboy: yup

Sugar addict: Morgana is also a cat in the real world.

Boneboy: thats right

Sugar addict: And Ren, our leader, is being pushed around by Morgana, a cat?

Boneboy: seems so

Sugar addict: I thought Ren was the odd one out but no, we really are all a bunch of stupid idiots huh

Boneboy: but he's a part of our stupid idiot group

Sugar addict: You're god damn right Ryuji!

Sugar addict: It's getting pretty late, I'm gonna turn in for today.

Boneboy: probably gonna play games for a little bit longer before doing the same thing

Sugar addict: Speak to you tomorrow then Ryuji! Goodnight!

Boneboy: night ann

April 17th.

Untitled Group Chat

Boneboy: man it is good to be out of school!

Sugar addict: THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYIN RYUJIIIIII, today was so boring...

Sugar addict: What about you Ren? Was Ushimaru boring for you too?

Boneboy: yo @*Pushes up glasses* its been like 20 minutes you there?

Sugar addict: Reeeeennnnn?

Boneboy: ann have you heard from him yet?

Sugar addict: Nothing yet, getting kinda worried...

*Pushes up glasses*: Sorry everyone, I was a bit busy.

Boneboy: there you are!

Sugar addict: Ren!

Sugar addict: Where were you?

*Pushes up glasses*: Sorry to worry you, I was busy getting my hands on some drugs from the local slightly shady back alley doctor which I was supposed to do yesterday...

*Pushes up glasses*: Oh, I am now involved in clinical trials to make medicine and I passed out from it, I guess.

Sugar addict: What the fuck, Ren?

Boneboy: bro????

*Pushes up glasses*: Hey Ryuji, if you have a bump on your head from walking into that lamp post I have (or can get) medicine for it now.

Boneboy: please let me live it down

Sugar addict: oeijgsuehgueshgujs

Sugar addict: I don't think I'll ever let you live it down, let alone Ren!

*Pushes up glasses*: The pole won't either, lmao.

Boneboy: BRO WHY

Sugar addict: OUCH LMAO

*Pushes up glasses*: Anyway yeah we have healing items now!

*Pushes up glasses*: However, despite passing out I am Mc- fucking -tired which doesn't make sense. So I'm gonna sleep for 2 decades unless delicious food is brought.

Sugar addict: Living the life we all want to live, huh?

*Pushes up glasses*: Hell yeah chase your dreams and all that crap!

Boneboy: what if they're bad dreams?? nightmares??

*Pushes up glasses*: Then kick its ass and move on to a better dream!

Boneboy: aye aye captain

Sugar addict: Bad dreams 'boutta meet these hands

*Pushes up glasses*: Hell yeah

Boneboy: hit em with a haymaker

Boneboy: oh yeah

Boneboy: hey ren why do you let mona bully you

Sugar addict: awofjoegsiu

*Pushes up glasses*: Good question.

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Boneboy: are you gonna answer the good question?

*Pushes up glasses*: :3

Notes:

Hi!

If you're reading this, this is the updated version of this chapter.

As of November 22nd 2024, I've been going back and re-doing some of my older chapters.

I hope you enjoy them, and if you're a reader that's been around for a while, I hope you're okay with the updated versions :)

That's all, see you around! Back to our regularly scheduled chapter notes, next chapter.