if I could see all the symbols, unlock what they mean

[lifeinit]

Yaeko... has no idea what to make of this. She's half certain Akira mentioned something about a Velvet Room once, but it didn't make any sense - to her or any of the others - so she'd dismissed it. Too readily, it appears.

She lingers at the conspiracy board for a while, since it's a useful source of information from the looks of things (thirteen variations of Akechi? Why on Earth did anyone think they needed that many in one place?), before proceeding onward. Her first stop is Tokyo proper; for all she has no idea where she's going to stay now, it's somewhere familiar.

People-watching isn't nearly as fulfilling as usual when the people have no substance to them, but she can still find plenty to draw.

Once she's found her bearings, she heads for Iwatodai. Yes, it's nearly midnight according to her phone; that's the point. She's not fool enough to go into Tartarus alone, but she still wants to see it. These other cognitive anomalies are fascinating concepts.

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[lifeinit]

"Fair enough, I suppose. But I still think the app is much more convenient."

[idolwildcard]

"Probably. I still haven't seen a Palace yet." She hasn't really been here that long, though. And somehow she doubted that any of the Akechis she met would show her one.

"Oh by the way, what was your name?" She's just now realizing that she forgot to ask.

[lifeinit]

"I was about to ask if they'd even be accessible here, given their apparent tendency to self-destruct when their cores are removed, but... it wouldn't be the strangest thing here."

That might be the place itself. Or the... Gorb channel, whatever that's all about.

"Kitagawa Yaeko. Pleased to meet you."

[idolwildcard]

"I was told that the dungeons of Persona users are in the Midnight Channel, but they tend to linger." So it was possible that there were Palaces, but still not an assurance.

"Nice to meet you Kitagawa, you can call me Rise."

[lifeinit]

"Do they? Fascinating." It may well be worth checking out the TV world sometime, then, but Yaeko's not fool enough to do that alone.

Not least because if she gets distracted by something she needs to draw Right Now, she needs someone on lookout.

"Rise... ah. That's why you looked somewhat familiar."

[idolwildcard]

"If you ever feel like exploring it feel free to let me know." She'd rather know than send Kitagawa with a literal 13 year old.

Kitagawa mentions she looked familiar and Rise nods. She's still glad that it's not a big deal. "I've had some people get really surprised that I'm a Persona user."

[lifeinit]

"I'll be sure to do so."

The odds of the 13-year-old tagging along anyway... depend entirely on whether Yaeko's met him by the time she wants to explore, probably.

"The fact that there are other groups... both is and is not a surprise, I would say. One would hope this sort of thing would stop happening eventually, but until it does, someone's going to have to deal with it. Would I be correct in assuming your involvement had something to do with your brief hiatus?" She's not up on idol news, but that was hot enough gossip to make the rounds at school, at the time.