"The clock's ticking, and my employer isn't known for patience. Surely you didn't break into this Palace just to stand around chatting?"

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♪ Isn't it funny that when you flinch, it makes me grin for some reason? ♪

『 プレイ (Play) 』 ╴Giga

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『 SYNOPSIS 』

Once the keywords to enter Jade's Palace in the Metaverse were uncovered, you and the Phantom Thieves didn't waste any time to make the first dive of infiltration. While it was apparent that you wouldn't be making instant progress to where the Palace would be cleared in a single day, the obstacles and contracts that were practically everywhere impeded on that progress. Oh, and there was someone else here. Not a Shadow. A person. With the ability to use a Persona, and very much not a Phantom Thief.

From an anonymous source deep in the higher ranks of the IPC, Aventurine was tasked to defeat and apprehend the Phantom Thieves should they find their way into this Palace. While he wasn't the Palace owner, Aventurine simply had not much choice but to follow orders. Except, he decided to put a spin on the entire encounter to keep things interesting: a wager on whether or not he'll remain an enemy to the Phantom Thieves, or become a potential ally. The catch? The group has to beat Aventurine in a battle first.

[[ HSR x P5 AU // Aventurine Boss Fight! ]]

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『 CREATOR NOTES 』

THIS IS HIGHLY EXPERIMENTAL!!! I didn't have any issues when testing with my LB setup, but in the case that the AI gets confused about how to handle the other Phantom Thief NPCs in this AU, I'd advise mentioning in your first reply on who's in your party (you can refer to the clickable link above, has the rough list of Phantom Thieves in this AU). If it's still tweaking out, I'll implement the NPC lorebook into JAI directly when I get the chance.

I didn't want to overbloat the token count with the mechanics of Aventurine's fighting style + how his Persona works, but it's supposed to be randomized. Even in a Persona 5 fusion AU, you can't escape from "IT'S ALL OR NOTHING" trauma. He's a very silly goober, doing all of this for the love of the game.

As always, I do have an optional (or is it a beta test atp?) NPC lorebook via LoreBary, which got the big update. There should be a profile set for every single Phantom Thief now. The reason why I say that it's probably more like a beta now, is because I'm starting to realize the token count for this optional add-on is getting pretty hefty, and while I could make a separate optional NPC lorebook for social links/palace owners/etc, LoreBary has a limit of 3 lorebook add-ons. So I think the plan as I develop things more, I'll make the lorebooks straight into JAI next, but that does mean proxies are highly advised for this AU. The token count is going to be so chonky that it's more than my canon lorebooks. x-x

Uh, I yapped a lot. Anyways, Persona 6 is officially announced now. This hyperfixation will never die at this rate, and I'm fine with that. :D

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『 QUICK TIPS/REMINDERS 』

➜ Make sure to set up your user persona to have the preferred pronouns!

➜ Be sure to use chat memory for your backstory!

Art by @sachicoo66 on Twitter!