Picaresque Phantoms
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A Game that has been observed numerous times by those in the Velvet Room has thrown in a new deviation from the original version of events. They are excited to see where this butterfly effect of changes may take the story of this world, eager to watch their Trickster mature into an elegant Thief.
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Persona 5 Royal with a trans-fem Joker as well as a number of other changes that will become apparent later in the story. Just to give you a few little hints, there are more Phantom Thieves than in the regular game and every Phantom Thief is queer because I said so.Tags will likely continually change over time as the story develops.
Someone made a TV Tropes Page!ON HIATUS!!!
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- Part 1 of Picaresque Phantoms
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Goro Akechi has done a lot of horrible things in the name of revenge. He's dragged himself through hell and forced himself to go deeper and deeper into madness all in the name of making one man pay for what he did to him and his mother.
So of course, as yet another middle finger sent his way by life itself? He now has to deal with these annoying Phantom Thieves and their especially infuriating leader, one Ren Amamiya.
That doesn't matter though, not even the Phantom Thieves can stop Goro from achieving the vengeance he seeks. He won't let anything get in his way, not even the one person in the whole world who actually seems to understand him...
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- Part 2 of Picaresque Phantoms
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The Life of Haru Okumura is difficult, a father who wants nothing but absolute obedience, a fiance who abuses her at every possible opportunity and now a strange turn of events has only made everything in her life even harder. What can she do? She can't refuse her father's wishes, will she just go along and do whatever he wants? Or refuse and be sold to an abuser?
Either way, things are looking worse than ever for the poor heiress.
This is essentially exploring what Haru is up to during Picaresque Royale! I'd recommending reading that first because otherwise you'll likely be a bit confused by what's going on. But hey, I'm not gonna stop you if you want to read this first for whatever reason!
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- Part 3 of Picaresque Phantoms
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The Phantom Thieves share many things, rough lives being one of the most notable. This is a series of brief glimpses into the lives of those who would one day become the Phantom Thieves, entailing their various struggles and the hardships that they each had to endure before one day aligning with one another.
Basically this is a series of one-shots, one revolving around most of the Phantom Thieves in A Picaresque Royale. Knowledge of that story is not necessary for this one as these are technically all prequels to that story. Tags will be updated with each Chapter.
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- Part 4 of Picaresque Phantoms
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Futaba Sakura has three very important things, a ceaseless curiosity, an almost supernatural level of hacking talent and an endless amount of free time.
As could be expected, every hermit needs a hobby, and Futaba found her hobby in the form of this strange girl that Sojiro was looking after for the next year. Is it unethical to spy on some random girl? Sure, BUT, it was also quite entertaining.
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- Part 5 of Picaresque Phantoms
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The creation of a perfect world is a difficult task to manage. With so many moving parts and so many constant little adjustments being necessary to keep this entire world functional? Takuto Maruki has taken it upon himself to check in with those who's lives he's altered.
A meeting ostensibly set as just a simple check-in is really anything but. It's a chance for Takuto to verify that his reality is perfect, that more actualizations don't need to be made or to make more actualizations if they prove necessary.
And who better to start this process with than the girl who helped him reach this point in the first place? Ren Sakura.
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- Part 6 of Picaresque Phantoms
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Takuto Maruki truly believes that his research can save the world from the unnecessary pain and trauma that fills the lives of all of those around him. As difficult as this research is? His drive has been reinvigorated by the appearance of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts.
With that inspiration in mind, he strives to finish his research all while learning more and more about the pain these Phantom Thieves have had to go through. Along the way? Maruki determines how to use his research to help each and every one of them find the happiness that they deserve...
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- Part 7 of Picaresque Phantoms
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Sojiro won't let himself get too attached to this punk that he agreed to watch over. He's already got a daughter to look after and he's not looking for a second one. No way he'll start to care about this criminal, right?
This is a Sojiro story set in my story, A Picaresque Royale, you could probably read this without reading that but it won't make nearly as much sense if you don't read Royale!
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- Part 8 of Picaresque Phantoms
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Sae isn't quite sure what to think at this point... First she was removed from her position as the head of the investigation into the Phantom Thieves, then she receives word that a Phantom Thief was CAUGHT? She knew from that moment that she deserved to get an interrogation in, even if it costed her everything, she EARNED this with how many long, sleepless hours she put into this investigation.
No matter what, Sae Niijima would discover the truth behind the Phantom Thieves, even if she's surprised to recognize the supposed Thief in captivity...
This is Sae's POV of the interrogation, set in my long-fic 'A Picaresque Royale', you could certainly read this without having read that given that Sae's completely in the dark however, you will obviously be spoiled on some of the things that occur in that series.
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- Part 9 of Picaresque Phantoms
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Many people's lives have been affected by the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, none more so than those with direct ties to the Trickster. Sometimes though, those ties can lead to interesting and unexpected connections, well after their personal journeys with the Trickster came and went.
In essence, this is a story of a few of the adult confidants in A Picaresque Royale befriending each other, and a few of them becoming even closer than that.
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- Part 10 of Picaresque Phantoms
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Mementos is a dangerous place for an unprepared Phantom Thief.
But it's also an important training ground to prepare for missions.
Of course getting around Mementos takes time, and during that time a lot can happen.Basically this is just a small collection of Mementos trips that I wanted to write for Picaresque Royale, it'll cover little combat situations I want to write, the Thieves discussing battle strategies, how they deal with status effects, and of course lots of teasing at their leader's expense.
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- Part 11 of Picaresque Phantoms
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The Phantom Thieves are many things - idealistic rebels, hopelessly in love, extremely traumatized and in need of all the comfort in the world.
But above all that they are also teenagers, teenagers who talk quite a lot.
Basically this is just me writing chatlogs from various parts of Picaresque Phantoms, while these are canon they are not important or necessary reads. This is purely self-indulgent fluff because I just like writing these interactions.
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- Part 12 of Picaresque Phantoms