saving the locals one squirt at a time

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
crownne-prince
crownne-prince

[image description: a digital drawing of goro akechi and the persona 5 protagonist. the protagonist has darker skin tone than canon. its divided in three sections. first a small square with a pink outline where you can see the protagonist's right eye, it's half lidded and looking at something with a loving gaze and sparkly pupil. theres some red hearts doodled around this one. second section is a big yellow square where you can see goro pinching and pulling the protagonists cheeks as he opens his mouth and closes his eyes. goro is seen from the back only here. third section is a small square with a blue outline where you can see a closeup of goro's face, with only part of the nose and mostly lips visible. he's smiling softly but still in a somewhat smirking way. theres musical notes like the ones ingame doodled around this one. theres text reading: "the way you look at me makes me feel maybe i really am more than special". end image description]ALT
[image description: a digital drawing of goro akechi and the persona 5 protagonist. the protagonist has darker skin tone than canon. they are shown from the hips up. they are sitting on the sofa in the protagonist's room. goro is loosely hugging the protagonist from the side with a calm but content expression, with his gaze directed at the floor; while the protagonist is holding a snes controller and looking the other way, with a frustrated but embarassed expression. the background is an opaque pink, and theres light pink doodles of a cat being chased by a crow. end image description]ALT
[image description: a digital unshaded doodle of goro akechi and the persona 5 protagonist. the protagonist has darker skin tone than canon. they are shown from the chest up and drawn in chibi form. they are looking up at the viewer and holding up pieces of paper that seem to have crude drawings of their respective personas drawn on them. the drawings depict their personas as much more muscular and menacing than normal. loki's drawing has text that says: "loki but cool, bigger sword, fangs, guns and also lasers". arsené's drawing has text that says: "arsené if he was epic, huge muscles". and is signed "sergio". goro has an embarassed but angry expression and the protagonist is looking expectantly. theres written text on top that reads: "they have some suggestions about their personas". the background is bright red and both characters have a white messy outline. end image description.]ALT

sorry im not inmune to some fluffers sometimes yeah yeah whatever.,,, im such a fan of them just existing near eachother and vibing. they wont say anything out loud or they will ACTUALLY DIE FOR REAL this time!!!! (source: them)

nominated worst friends forever worst rivals worst confusing duo worst chums worst soulmates i hope they explode today 💥💥🎊

ids in alt..

fuck this is so cute look freckled akechi art p5r
vashtijoy
vashtijoy

inaccessible scenes: after the engine room

Many sequences in P5R are not deleted exactly—they're inaccessible. They're in game, theoretically, but game mechanics make it impossible for you ever to see them.

For instance, there are a bunch of TV shows that exist, that are presumably in game, but you can't ever get to the TV to watch them—usually because Morgana makes it impossible for you to go downstairs.

A couple of these scenes happen around the end of Shido's Palace, around the Akechi fight. Once you go into the engine room, you cannot leave until you defeat Akechi. You can't use a Goho-M, you can't take the route out. You are well and truly stuck.

Plus, once you have defeated him, the game funnels you to the Treasure, and any attempt to (say) go to a safe room will again be cockblocked by Morgana.

This means that the last two safe room meetings in Shido's Palace are never accessible. And one of them is important. Let's have a look.

We all know about the meetings—you go to the table in the safe room, you talk to the team, you ask how your progress is. They say some shit. It's usually worth a regular check-in:

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The first inaccessible script appears to be triggered by entering the engine room. You get it after going in, but before fighting the Cleaner—so presumably after fighting his mooks, while you chase him about:

Morgana: We found the engine room, so all we need to do now is get our hands on the letter of introduction.
Haru: It would be nice if we could avoid a fight in the process...
Yusuke: Hm, given his attitude up to this point, that is highly unlikely...

The second one appears to kick in after the Akechi fight. After Akechi has given his life to save you:

Yusuke: Goro Akechi... I believe he may have been the greatest casualty of Shido's actions...
Makoto: Was there no other way?
Ann: We'll avenge him when we take Shido down. Come on, we have the letters now—let's do this!

"the greatest casualty of Shido's actions", huh? And it's inaccessible, of course. Leaving the engine room will warp you to the locked treasure room door. If you run to a safe room, Morgana won't let you go in. If you try afterwards, you've been updated to the "we need to send the calling card" script. You never see this.

But I'd bet money it's there. Just out of reach. Just another instance of the PTs understanding Akechi, and mourning him, rather than (say) hating him and being glad he's gone.

one more thing

Most people probably know that you can lurk mournfully by the shutters in the engine room. Nonetheless, here it is:

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vashtijoy

So this post was incomplete, of course. There are not only consults in the safe room. There are also all the things party members will say to you when you speak to them.

And, just like there's a consult after the Akechi fight, the party members have things to tell you. Hold on tight.

The most effusive in his regret is clearly Ryuji:

Ryuji: Why the hell did it have to end up like this... Akechi was a victim too, dammit...

Next is Ann, who believes they could have been friends:

Ann: If only we'd met Akechi-kun a little sooner. I'm sure we would've been able to become good friends...

Yusuke is doing his own thing, as t'was ever thus. Other statements of his suggest that he empathises a good deal with Akechi:

Yusuke: His father was Shido... So Akechi was fighting against him as well.

Next are Makoto and Haru, who emphasise the importance of keeping the deal Akechi made with them:

Makoto: I didn't think Akechi-kun would be one to help us... Let's make sure we fulfill our part of the deal!
Haru: Akechi-kun entrusted us with changing Shido's heart... We must be sure to succeed.

Last are Futaba and Morgana, who remind you what Akechi did, and say outright that they won't overlook it—but also that they don't overlook what he's done for them:

Futaba: I won't forgive him for what he did to my mom... but I still appreciate Akechi for helping us.
Morgana: I wasn't fond of him, but it's because of him that we'll be able to fight against Shido!
Morgana: I can't forgive what Akechi did, but we still have to fulfill our part of the deal!

fucking weeping p5r