3 Velvet Room

Y/n: "Your Name"

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Y/n's POV:

After a tiering day of cleaning my room, part timing and bartending I went to my room and jumped on my new bed.

Tomorrow I have to get my real documentation, using Junior's is fine for now, but he said that the cops will eventually find out about me, and I should get the documents, he'll help me tomorrow, so hopefully I'll be able to get all my documentation – I also have to go shopping for clothes, having this Joker cosplay for clothes is not enough.

I yawned and laid down on my bed.

'My eyelids feel so heavy.' I thought slowly closing my eyes. I could feel myself drift to sleep.

(A/n: Recommended to Play persona 3's Aria of the soul)

I woke up to a theater, I was inside a play set. Behind me was a blue curtain, and in-front of me there was no one in the seats. I was wearing my regular clothes, but on my ankles and wrists were shackles which led all the way up to the ceiling, like strings on a puppet.

"Ah... it seems we have a guest with an intriguing destiny" I heard someone chuckle, I turned my attention upwards, to the screening room – more specifically to the man sitting down on a chair and behind a wooden table, he had two big round eyes, and a very long and thin nose which seemed to almost be the size of my forearm. He sat cross legged and with his hands one on top of the other while having a very toothy grin.

"My name is Igor... I am delighted to make your acquaintance"he said, chuckling before taking a good look around.

"I am rather surprised, the state of this room reflects the state of your own heart, for a theater to appear as such. You truly are a performer of fate." he said, making me look around, I was quite familiar with the Velvet room, and was quite surprised to be in one.

"This place exists between dream and reality, mind and matter, only those bound by a contract are bound to enter." he explained, with his grin, "Now, why don't you introduce yourself?" he asked.

"... My name is Y/n, Y/n Kurusu" I told Igor, who's toothy grin seemed to widen. "Ah... I see," he snapped his fingers and suddenly a white screen descended from the sky, a film started rolling, it was nothing but a white screen glowing however.

"Say? Do you believe in fate?" he asked, I turned around and he chuckled once again, "Life is quite similar to a movie is it not?" he asked, I didn't know how to answer, "A being inside the movie that is fate moves around – restrained by that which is called life." he said, making me narrow my eyes.

"The character inside the movies either pulls the trigger, shatters the cards or takes off different masks to awaken their power, then they create bonds with those close to unravel the story and destroy fate to achieve the ending they desire." He looked at me and chuckled, "I wonder, what kind of movie you will play," he said chuckling, "I guess I will observe and watch the movie unfold in-front of my eyes."he said, suddenly my wrist started to glow, on it a watch appeared.

"Unfortunately all movies have to end at some point – that watch is the trigger to your power, a timeless piece which will allow to awaken. Will the hands of the clock move to your will? Will you break these chains acting as your puppet strings?"he asked, I looked at the watch, it was a silver analog watch.

"In the coming days, you will enter into a contract of sorts, after which you will return here. In the coming years you will face against the viewers of this theater, the other performers, if your performance isn't enough to defeat them all might be lost. My duty is to provide assistance to our guest to ensure that does not happen." He explained, I nodded and then he waved his arm, showing the person sitting on one of the armchairs next to him.

"Ah! I have neglected to introduce my assistant to you," he waved his arm showing a tall looking woman with long blond hairand yellow eyes, she wore a blue dress and was watching me through small binoculars which were held by a stick. "This is Violet. She is a resident of this place, like myself"he said, she stood up and a mic appeared on her face.

"My name is Violet. I am here to accompany you through your journey." She sat back down.

"We shall attend to the details another time," My vision started to become blurry, "Until then... farewell." he said as I blacked out.

I woke up and jolted out of bed. I looked around and by looking at a clock way at the end of the room I saw it was 5 o'clock, meaning that... well it was very very early . I shook my head and sighed.

I looked at my wrist, sure enough there was nothing there – meaning that it was all a dream, 'I think I've been playing too much persona' I thought, getting up out of bed.

I took a shower and then went downstairs to eat some breakfast. I didn't eat diner yesterday so I was pretty hungry. As I walked downstairs I met two people I hadn't seen yesterday.

Two teenage girls, one with long black hair with a straight fringe that covered her eyebrows and pale green eyes, which was highlighted by heavy cyan makeup. She wore an off white, strapless dress that graduated to a cyan towards the skirt and high heel boots. The other girl had a short black bob hair style with a straight fringe and pale green eyes, highlighted by heavy red makeup. She wore a red strapless dress that is patterned with newspaper articles with the heading. She had an off centred bow belt around her waist. She wore a pair of red thigh-high boots with black heels and soles alongside white lace-up detail.

They looked very very similar so I took it that they were twins. "Militia," the cyan themed one said, "This is the guy in probation right?" she asked, the other one, who I assumed was Militia nodded, "That seems to be the case, Melanie." the red themed one answered.

"Hello, my name is Y/n Kurusu" I told them politely, they didn't seem to really care and walked away, something I found quite rude by their part.

Ignoring their rudeness and walking to the bar I saw Junior, sighing as he cleaned some of the cups behind the bar. I sat down on one of the stools in front of the bar and looked at him.

"Breakfast?" he asked, I looked at the bar before looking back at him and nodding. He walked out of the bar and went through another door.

"What would you like to eat?" he shouted from what I assumed was the kitchen, or where he keeps his food supplies.

Just as I was about to answer his question he interrupted, "It doesn't matter, I'll make eggs and bacon!"

I nodded and waited, after a few minutes he came out of the room with a plate, fork and knife, "Is there any bread?" I asked, Junior left the plate, knife and fork on the bar and then went for bread, he gave me a small loaf of bread which I used to eat together with the eggs and bacon, it was delicious.

"It was really good." I told him, making him huff and get back to cleaning his cup, "The kitchen is over there," he pointed to the door he came from, "Next time make your own meal,"he said as I walked towards it, "And make sure to clean the dishes." he said as I went inside the kitchen and started working cleaning the dishes.

After I was done I walked towards the entranceand Junior looked at me, "Malachite sisters, take care of the club while I'm gone." Junior said, leaving through the front entrance with me. I followed him to an even sketchier place, filled with graffiti on the walls, people crouching on the ground with guns on their hands.

"This is daynight street, you can get pretty much anything from here," he said, I looked at him and narrowed my eyes, "I thought we were going to get new and legal documentation." I said, he chuckled and grinned, "You are really naive, it's much easier to just make the fake stuff we have on us right now become legal and official." he explained as we entered a small building.

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After getting my new official documentation we headed back to the club, Junior went in to work again, but I had other plans, smiling I wandered around the city and entered different shops. With the small amount of money I got from Junior as a bartender I bought myself a meal and ate in a fast food place before heading shop to shop. I think I must've been looking for hours, because at the start the sky was blue, and now it was darkening – it was night already – showing that I spent the whole day just looking at intriguing shops – but can you blame me? I saw a shop which sold swords which were also guns.

Who the hell made something like that work?

I went inside another dust shop to see the difference between that one and the one I worked in. It was quite interesting to see these prices were all so high in this shop for the exact same products, I hope they don't find out about the shop I work for and then they create a marketing price war with us, that would really destroy my wages.

"Which store shall I assault today?" I heard someone ask behind me,I turned around and saw an orange haired, green eyed man wearing a bowler hat, a white suit with black pants. Next to him were several of Junior's men.

"Eenie meenie miney mo." he took his walking cane and pointed at the store cashier. "I guess this one is next." he lowered his cane and then walked up tot eh cashier before smirking. "Give us all the dust you've got." he said, the shop cashier didn't seem to know what to do.

I walked towards the man and grabbed his shoulder.

He turned around and looked at me, "Stop harassing the cashier."I said, "Don't you know that they already have their plates full, dealing with Karens and other annoying people every day?" I asked, however he seemed to find it amusing, slapping my hand away he pointed his cane at me, which opened a small ironsight from bellow, showing a gun barrel.

"A gun-cane, really?" I asked, he rose an eyebrow and smirked, "Sorry kiddo, you should've have gotten involved," before he pulled the trigger I slapped the barrel away from me, his eyes widened. What the fuck was he expecting? For me to let him shoot me?

"Alright," he said, "I was not expecting that."

I grabbed the long barrel and pulled it, forcing him to get near me.

"Sorry about your back." I apologized in advance, letting go of the barrel and grabbing his arm before turning around so I could face the same direction as him, I grabbed his arm with both hands and then with a swift movement swiped his feet off the ground and threw him over my shoulder, the famous over shoulder judo throw.

I saw him slam against the floor and wince in pain, "Argh! My back!" He grunted in pain, I heard gun cocks and felt something metallic touch my temple and sighed. There were five of them. I slowly let go of the bowler hat dude and get up.

"Stay still," they said, I grinned, "No – I don't think I will," I turned around and grabbed the gun with my left hand before pulling them close and uppercutting the first grunt with my right hand. I heard more gun cocks and turned the grunt I had on my hands around, making a human shield.

"You sure you want to shoot? It won't end pretty." I said, seeing the men put down their guns, I pushed the grunt away from me and then kicked his back side so he'd fall on one of his friends.

Four were lined up with one of them on top of another, making five. The one I had kicked fell on one of the people in the line, I ran to the the edges of this line they had made for me and punched the guy in the throat – unfortunately I was not that fast and heard a gunshot – followed by a pain on my left shoulder.

"Shit!" I yelled, looking at the wound, it just grazed it, but it hurt like a bitch. I grabbed the hair of the grunt that shot me – the one in-front of me – and then pulled his head towards my rising knee, breaking his stupid red tinged glasses.

I let go of his head and then heard another gunshot, followed by a pain on my leg.

"Sonofabitch!" I yelled falling down, this time it didn't just graze me, it was inside my leg, and it hurt like a bitch.

I winced and then looked up, the different grunts got up, with the orange haired one included, all of them were pointing their guns(and gun-cane) at me.

I started shivering, the man with the bowler hat was smirking, "I will really enjoy this"

(A/n: Recommended for you to play Awakening from Persona 5)

<What's the matter?>

My eyes widened as I looked around for whoever was talking to me.

I looked forwards and saw blue flames in-front of me.

I grit my teeth and got up.

"Ah–ah–ah! Don't you go trying anything," I heard the man in the bowler hat say with a smirk, I started breathing heavily, "You have no aura do you?" he asked as I glared at him.

"What the hell?!"The bowler hat man yelled as I felt a burning feeling on my wrist. I looked at it and saw blue flames appear and slowly surround my wrist before solidifying into a silver analog watch.

"W-what the hell!?" Yelled the orange haired man as I widened my eyes, the button on the inner side of the watch started to glow a faint blue. I could feel it reaching out to me.

Telling me to press it.

I pressed it and felt something reach out to me.

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