Home
4/10
Morning
Light Shower

I woke up to the sound of a busy house. I sat up and tried to sort through my memories. And then I had a theory. I levitated my Evoker and went downstairs after slipping into my pink shirt and white skirt. (I slept on the 2nd floor).

It was chaos.

Aigis was keeping Koromaru out of the kitchen, Shinji was cooking with Fuuka (a disaster waiting to happen), Yukari is writing out something (after closer inspection, it was the lyrics of Doki Doki Forever by Or3o), Ken was checking out my NW-S20x MP3 player and my red ATH-EM700 SV clip-on earphones, and Aki was on his laptop. I yawn. "What time is it?"

"10:25 A.M." Aigis responds like an alarm clock.

"Damn." I walked outside. Some looked at me confused, but then looked back to what they were doing.

It was slightly raining. I didn't care. I walked to the back of the home I'll be living in. Nice. A perfect spot to test this.

I went to a shed in our back yard. The previous owners left behind their ancient TV set because it was far too heavy and old. I stuck my hoof out to the screen. I was beginning have doubts, when...

It went in.

The TV started to pull me in, but I tried to pull out. In desperation (and because I was used to summoning Orpheus Telos at a time like this), I pulled out my Evoker and fired it at my head.

[BANG!]

Blue fire erected a circle around me. My shirt and skirt were flapping around rapidly with the wind. My eyes glowed blue. Blue shards flew out the other side where I fired my Evoker (my Evoker was pointed to the left part of my head, so shards flew out the right side). The shards flew into the TV screen, forming Orpheus.

"I am thou. Thou art I. From the sea of thy soul I returneth. I am the mistress of strings... Orpheus!"

I pulled my hoof out of the TV, confused. A strange incident occurred with Orpheus. She actually spoke more than just her intro lines.

"Young mistress of Fate, and survivor of Death, I am here to assist you through your journey through Cognition and back. Get ready, for this next ordeal will be harder than what you are used to." Orpheus nods, then dissolves.

You have obtained the facade to live through life's hardships
You now can summon Female Orpheus!

Neat! Orpheus' back! Wait. How can I enter the TV, like Yu mentioned? That's really strange.

"Yeah it is, init?"

"W-Who said that?!"

I felt something on my shoulder, and when I looked, a mini Orpheus was on my shoulder. "I did, kiddo. Name's Orpheus. Orpheus Picaro. Your brother used to have me before he died. I was just biding my time and here we are!"

Well. I think I'm insane.

"You kinda are. I mean, you shoot yourself to summon me, my gender-bent self, Telos, Thanatos, Messiah, or whatever other Persona you have. Seriously. Okay, so from now on, I'll just be the voice in your head. I can pop out whenever I want, but I'm not a Persona. So you can't fuse me away." He disappears. So he's another facet of my personality. Alright. I shake that thought (and the water trapped in my hair) and return into the house. I'll be job-hunting after lunch.

Ponyville Town Hall
4/10
Daytime
Cloudy

I went to Town Hall to see the bulletin board. I had my mp3 player and my earphones, and they were playing a pony named FamilyJules' instrumental cover of "Will Power". I paused it to read through the jobs on the board, but I was distracted. I was thinking about what happened earlier today with Orpheus. I look over to my right, and see Narukami looking off to the distance. I look back to the board and say "Hey, Narukami" in Neighponese.

This snapped him right out. "Oh, hey Yuki" he responds in Neighponese.

"What're you doing?" I ask.

"Thinking about what Igor was talking about last night."

"Say, I gotta show you something, if he'll appear, that is." I muttered the last part. I walk up to Narukami and say "Hey, Orphie. Mind coming out?"

"Why'd ya call me that?" Orpheus appears on my shoulder, but Narukami isn't fazed.

"Oh, that. Hey, Izzy?"

"Yeah, Naru?" Something (I'm guessing his Persona) appears on Narukami's shoulder. "Woah. Another Picaro. I am Izanagi Picaro."

"Orpheus Picaro." Orphie nods his head. Orphie then nods in my direction. "And this Wild Card is Yuki Mikata. And he's..."

"Narukami Yu." Izanagi points to Narukami.

"So you tried to enter this TV realm early this morning, and you found out you can, right?" 'Naru' nods. "And your Persona, whom I presume is Izanagi, the god of Neighpon, talked to you?" He also nods to this. "So, mind telling me what Izanagi said?"

"Yeah, Izzy said 'You who repel Lies and seeker of the Truth, I am here to assist you through your Journey through Cognition and back. Get ready, for this next ordeal will be harder than what you are used to.' That's all."

Izanagi Picaro (I'll call him Pico Izzy), stared at his wielder and said "Really? Are you sure that's all? What about that part of being the man-wh-"

"That was Nanako, and zip it before I switch you out for Mara." Pico Izzy shut himself up. Pico Orphie (I'll call him that) just look between them and each other.

"You know what I'm thinking, right?"

"Yep. Deal." We both nod.

I thought to myself "If I can make money via the Tartarus in Port Island, maybe I can do the same with this 'Cognition' place?" "Oh, I think today's venders are open. Wanna grab a snack or something?"

"Sure." Narukami says plainly, forcing Pico Izzy away.

Vender's Hall
4/10
Evening
Semi-Cloudy

My friends and I are with Narukami-kun, Rise-chan, and their friends.

"Hey, Mika-chan!" Teddie started. He was in a strange bear suit. "Would you li-"

"I'm taken, Teddie." The look on his face was pure sadness. It was hilarious.

We walked around, played at the many different stalls, and ate a lot of food. If memory serves me right, I accumulated over ¥10,000,000, which is about 5678.80 bits. So we had a lot of money to spend. But we could always use a bit more.

A rainbow-maned pony arrives in front of us and asks "Have you seen Twilight? I can't find her anywhere!"

"Did ya troy da castle?" Yukari asks. She is bad in Ponish, but at least she's not Junpei.

"I tried everywhere! Town Hall, her castle, the school, the Everfree. All my friends are looking for her, yet still nothing!"

"Calm down, miss..." I tell her.

"Rainbow Dash." I've heard of her. The new blood in the Wonderbolts, right? But she isn't being boastful or trying to elevate her ego. I guess desperation does this.

"Okay, Rainbow Dash. We'll help." I assure her. I look back to see if everyone agrees. My team does.

Narukami has a somewhat scared look on his face, but says "Yeah. We'll help." His friends agree with him.

"Oh, thank you! Thank you! Please, find her!" And with that, Dash-chan flew off.

Naru and I look at each other, thinking we know where she is. "C'mon. Let's look in her castle." I suggest. "There must be something they overlooked." And with that, we ran off to the castle.

Twilight's Room
4/10
Late Night
Semi-Cloudy

We arrived and went to the search. I brought my Vel Vel Mungua with me.

"So, Yuki, what's your team named?" Naru asks.

"The Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad. SEES for those who don't wanna bite their freaking tongues off." I respond.

"Why SEES?" asks Hanamura-kun.

"It was either that or Shadow Hunting Inverse Team. SHIT for short." Shinji responds.

"Oh. Yeah, SEES is better."

"I kinda like that second one." Teddie-kun says.

Naru is standing in front of the TV, looking a little ghostly. I look to the wall nearby. 11:59 P.M. with 5 seconds 'til Midnight.

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Author's Note

I AM BACK, FUCKERS!

So, Chromebook's back in my possession, and now I'll be able to do this story. I now have a few ideas on how the story's gonna go. EoC is still on hiatus.