[orrrrr else Minato probably wouldn't be standing here. Akira takes the device in his hand, turning it around thoughtfully as he runs his finger across the handle and then the barrel. it's clear he's somewhat familiar with how to handle handguns, which is probably not surprising considering what he told Minato he fought with just an hour or so earlier]
Why do you need an Evoker?
[all Joker needed was his mask, and Souji. . . he had summoned a tarot card, right?]
Habit, I guess...? We didn't really have time for me to sit there and test out new techniques.
[That's said pretty dryly, though Minato just shrugs a little.]
We summon in the real world because we have to. The... Dark Hour, that's what it was called. It was a hidden hour of time, but... it wasn't a completely different plane, not like this.
[And...somewhere else he's been...? He feels like that's right, but really can't remember.]
[Akira is just going to gently prod while he rests the Evoker in his lap, with no intention of giving it back. eventually, yes. but not yet. the fact that Minato differentiates between the Dark Hour and the world they're in now is interesting, too. because as far as Akira knew? Shadows only existed in the cognitive world. not the real one]
[Minato's actually pretty sure by now that it's a scale more than just one or the other, and that the Dark Hour is far closer to the real world, while places like this are closer to the cognitive world.
But.
That sounds like a lot of work to explain, so... Minato just shrugs.]
A hidden hour between midnight and 12:01. Only Persona users or particular people with the potential could experience it. That's when we fought Shadows.
[Yeah, it's all on Minato for being kind of lazy.]
Yes. They only ever appeared during the Dark Hour. So we thought, maybe, if we got rid of the Dark Hour... people wouldn't be in danger of Shadows anymore.
... It's a long story. But...to shorten it a bit, we thought if we could take out the large Shadows that were causing trouble every month, it would lead us towards an answer.
[...]
I guess it did, in the end. The Dark Hour is gone now.
[He... kind of thought that might be it even from the fact that Akira never experienced the Dark Hour despite having been a Persona user for awhile, so he's not as shocked as he could be.]
[Yeah... Minato has the added perspective of being dead, so it doesn't surprise him that so much time has passed.
He'll be more confused when he realizes Souji is alive and yet there's still that weird time issue. Right now, he's just assuming he's been dead for--what, 7 years?]
... I see.
I guess it'd be silly to ask how things are in 2017, considering you had some sort of Journey to face, but...
[... It still makes him happy, to think of the world continuing on, even just for a few years longer.]
[of course he does. that's a wild card thing, isn't i?]
They were stagnated for a really long time. But. . . [. . .] I think they have the potential to grow now.
[a potential that they had given up before. a potential he believes in wholeheartedly. but it's still a potential he has yet to see realized from the inside of his prison cell]
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But, well:]
What is it?
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[but he lifts his hand to his head, pressing his index and middle finger to his temple as he steadily meets Minato’s gaze]
What was that gun you used to summon? I’ve never seen anything like it before.
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It's my Evoker. Back home... we use it to summon our Personas.
[a beat.]
It's not a real gun.
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[orrrrr else Minato probably wouldn't be standing here. Akira takes the device in his hand, turning it around thoughtfully as he runs his finger across the handle and then the barrel. it's clear he's somewhat familiar with how to handle handguns, which is probably not surprising considering what he told Minato he fought with just an hour or so earlier]
Why do you need an Evoker?
[all Joker needed was his mask, and Souji. . . he had summoned a tarot card, right?]
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Ultimately, he ends up looking at the ceiling of the train station (or...towards it...?) and into the shadowy, blue darkness there.
And, in response:]
Have you ever tried to summon your Persona in the real world?
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No.
[of course he hasn't. he couldn't. without his mask, he couldn't summon at all. and that mask wouldn't manifest anywhere except in the Metaverse]
We can't. We can only summon in the cognitive world. Why?
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[A pause, and musingly, more to himself:]
I think i could summon without it here, maybe... But I've never tried.
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Why haven't you tried? And why would you need to summon in the real world?
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[That's said pretty dryly, though Minato just shrugs a little.]
We summon in the real world because we have to. The... Dark Hour, that's what it was called. It was a hidden hour of time, but... it wasn't a completely different plane, not like this.
[And...somewhere else he's been...? He feels like that's right, but really can't remember.]
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[Akira is just going to gently prod while he rests the Evoker in his lap, with no intention of giving it back. eventually, yes. but not yet. the fact that Minato differentiates between the Dark Hour and the world they're in now is interesting, too. because as far as Akira knew? Shadows only existed in the cognitive world. not the real one]
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But.
That sounds like a lot of work to explain, so... Minato just shrugs.]
A hidden hour between midnight and 12:01. Only Persona users or particular people with the potential could experience it. That's when we fought Shadows.
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Is. . . that the only time Shadows ever appeared?
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Yes. They only ever appeared during the Dark Hour. So we thought, maybe, if we got rid of the Dark Hour... people wouldn't be in danger of Shadows anymore.
[... Obviously, that is not the case.]
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How were you supposed to get rid of the Dark Hour?
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[...]
I guess it did, in the end. The Dark Hour is gone now.
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I've never experienced the Dark Hour, despite being a Persona user. When did you get rid of it?
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[... Hrm. He wonders--]
January, 2010.
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[SQUINTS AT MINATO]
Really?
[????]
You look like you're my age.
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[................]
No, I'm joking. I'm 17.
1/2
[Akira]
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But you're sure about it being 2010? Completely positive?
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[And, blandly:]
You're from a different year?
[He... kind of thought that might be it even from the fact that Akira never experienced the Dark Hour despite having been a Persona user for awhile, so he's not as shocked as he could be.]
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[Akira doesn't look surprised as much as just. a little bewildered?]
But most of my Journey took place in 2016.
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He'll be more confused when he realizes Souji is alive and yet there's still that weird time issue. Right now, he's just assuming he's been dead for--what, 7 years?]
... I see.
I guess it'd be silly to ask how things are in 2017, considering you had some sort of Journey to face, but...
[... It still makes him happy, to think of the world continuing on, even just for a few years longer.]
... everyone's still moving forward, huh?
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[that sure is a question]
"Everyone." Do you mean the people?
[of course he does. that's a wild card thing, isn't i?]
They were stagnated for a really long time. But. . . [. . .] I think they have the potential to grow now.
[a potential that they had given up before. a potential he believes in wholeheartedly. but it's still a potential he has yet to see realized from the inside of his prison cell]
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