Early Morning - 4/14, Thru.

Tsuyoi walked to school with his headphones in, listening intently.

I did not do anything weird last night. I just watched the "Midnight Channel" and nothing happened. Listen to Nena, dumbass.

99 Jahre Krieg ließen keinen Platz für Sieger
Kriegsminister gibt 's nicht mehr
Und auch keine Düsenflieger
Heute zieh' ich meine Runden
Seh' die Welt in Trümmern liegen
Hab 'n Luftballon gefunden, denk' an dich und lass' ihn fliegen

It was raining, so Tsuyoi brought his umbrella. The walk to Yasogami was so far calm.

"Perfect timing! Sorry move over!" Chie squeaked, getting under Tsuyoi's umbrella.

... She forced herself.

"I did have my own, but I saw this Kung Fu movie where they used an umbrella to pull off this sweet moves..." Chie said, reminiscing. "And... I accidentally broke mine I tried to mimic the move."

"Huh."

"By the way... did you see it?"

"... I did." Tsuyoi mumbled awkwardly. If he said, 'oh and I heard a strange voice in my head and I put my body into a TV', he'd sound insane.

"Aha, do tell. But the person it showed... Never mind." Chie paused. "I'll save it for when the others are around. We're gonna be late for school. Oh... U-Uhh...I-It's kinda awkward to only bring this up now, but... we're pretty close here... U-Um, I'm gonna just go ahead and run the rest of the way!" She squeaked cutely.

"Don't worry about it." Tsuyoi told her.

"Huh...? Are you sure? If you say so then... I guess it's okay. Thanks. Alright, let's go."

EARLY MORNING -> MORNING

The history teacher was an interesting women. She wore a typical suit, looking proper, but was an Egyptian crown thingie proper? Not really.

"Hello, everyone. My name is Kimiko Sofue and I don't know how much you all know world history, but I'm an EXPERT."

Oh gosh.

"First, a little about me. I love to use my dowser to look for lost items, and there's nothing quite like a romance. In fact, world history is a magnificent romance. History is like a river, it was born in the past and flows ever forward. I hope we can all enjoy the profundity of history together. Hohoho. And since this is my first lecture, I'll start with an easy question. Our transferee, Mr. Birodo, please stand up. The western calendar is based on Anno Domini, the traditionally believed year of Jesus Christ's birth. What is the year before 1 AD called?" The teacher lectured.

"1 BC." Tsuyoi answered.

"Ah, you seem to understand this well. If you think that history is like math, 0 AD would be the natural assumption, but world history is much more complicated. The Gregorian calendar we use today is based on the Julian calendar, which was made while there was no concept of the zero as a number. That's why, when counting backwards, we go from 1 AD straight to 1 BC. Hopefully that was a nice introduction to world history..."

MORNING -> AFTER SCHOOL

"What's up with the body being hung upside-down? That's soooo freaky!" A short girl told her friend.

"Is is supposed to be like, mimicking an execution? It's sooo messed up..." Her friend explained.

"My senpai told me it was a third-year named Saki who found the body."

Yosuke walked up to Tsuyoi. "Yo, um..."

"Is something wrong, Yosuke-san?"

"It's, uh, it's not really that important, but... Well, yesterday on TV, I... Oh, uhh... Never mind. Look, I'll tell you later. Ahaha..." Yosuke stuttered, looking down.

Chie walked up to Tsuyoi and Yosuke. "Yosuke, Tsuyoi, did you hear the rumor?"

"What rumor?" Tsuyoi asked.

"Saki-senpai's supposedly the one who discovered that body." Chie answered.

"I wonder if that's why she looked so down... She doesn't seem to be at school today either." Yosuke moaned.

"Huh? Hey Yukiko, are you helping out at the inn today too?" Chie asked Yukiko, who was in the middle of leaving.

"Things are really out of hand right now... I'm sorry." Yukiko said sadly.

Yukiko left in a hurry.

"Is it just me, or does Yukiko-san seem way stressed out today?" Yosuke asked.

"I guess they're running her ragged... By the way, did you see...it...last night?"

"Huh...? Uh, well... what about you?"

"I did! I seriously saw a girl! But...my soulmate's a girl? What's that supposed to mean?" Chie squeaked.

"I couldn't quite tell who it was, but it was a girl for sure... Her hair was brown, about shoulder length. She was wearing our school uniform, and..." Yosuke explained.

"Hey... I think that's the same person I saw. I couldn't make out that much detail, though. The image I saw was much blurrier... Wait, so you saw it too!?"

"And we saw the same girl...? Does that mean... we have the same soulmate?"

"How should I know?" Yosuke looked at Tsuyoi. "How 'bout you? Did you see it?"

"Yes... same girl, but I think mine was blurrier. Except I thought she had gray hair." He blushed, getting embarrassed "Must've freaked me out, or something. I heard a strange voice, nearly had a panic attack, fell into my tv and temporarily got stuck. Thinking on it, I think I got stuck in it probably because it was one of those tiny CRTs."

"It sounds like we all saw the same person... But weird voices aside, what was that about getting sucked into your TV...? Were you that tired last night? You must've just fallen asleep in front of your TV." Yosuke explained, patting Tsuyoi's shoulder.

"That'd be one interesting dream, though. I like the part where you got stuck 'cause your TV was too small. That's pretty realistic. If it had been bigger--" Chie said, laughing. "Ohhh, that reminds me. Our family's been talking about buying a bigger TV."

"Oh yeah? Well, flatscreen TVs are definitely in these days. Wanna go check 'em out on the way back? We're beefing up our electronics department this month." Yosuke told Chie, looking at her.

"Oh, definitely! My parents don't know anything about electronics, and I've just gotta see my kung-fu movies on the big screen!" She posed dramatically. "Hwa-taaaaaa!"

"We've got some pretty big ones in stock. I bet they'd be big enough for you to fit into, hehe." Yosuke joked.

They don't believe me at all... Tsuyoi decided to go to Junes with the others.

YASOGAMI HIGH -> JUNES

The TV they were inspecting was quite large... large enough to fit Tsuyoi.

"Wow, this is huge!" Chie said, looking at the flat screen. "And... holy crap, it's expensive! Who buys something like this!?"

"I dunno... rich folks? Honestly, not many people shop for TVs here. That's why we don't have clerks around."

"Huh...Not worth trying then, I guess. Well, at least looking's free."

Yosuke placed his hands on the screen - obviously doing what Tsuyoi had accidentally done last night.

"...Nope, can't get in. Figures."

Yosuke paused.

"Haha, this proves it. It was all just a dream!"

"Besides, these flat-screen TVs are so thin, you'd just end up on the other side... argh, what am I saying!?" Yosuke groaned.

"You two are dicks." Tsuyoi groaned under his breath, putting in his headphones.

Playing now: Rock the Casbah (The Clash)

"So, Chie. What kind of TV are you guys in the market for?" Yosuke asked,  walking over to more TVs with her.

"They said they wanted one that's cheap. You got any suggestions?"

"Well, Miss, might I suggest this one over here? It's a newer model, just released this spring..."

"Wha--that's not cheap at all! There's way too many zeroes!"

"I should've asked what you meant by "cheap" right off the bat."

"You've got connections, right? C'mon, hook me up!"

"You know I can't do that...Hey, how about this one over here? It's a display unit. It's a little old, but..."

Now the king told the boogie men
You have to let that raga drop
The oil down the desert way
Has been shakin' to the top
The Sheik he drove his Cadillac
He went a' cruisin' down the ville
The muezzin was a' standing
On the radiator grille
The Shareef don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
The Shareef don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah

Tsuyoi looked at the TV as he listened to music, it was big enough to fit him...

He pressed his hand against the screen and...

...Pwing!

His hand was in the TV.

Oh god it wasn't a dream.

"Oh yeah, Tsuyoi, what kind of TV do you want-"

"Huh? Something wrong, Yosuke?"

"I-Is his arm... in the TV...?"

Yosuke and Chie certainly saw him.

"Woah... uhhh... Is that some kinda... new model? L-like a new function?"

"HELL NO!" Yosuke said, practically pulling Chie to Tsuyoi.

"You gotta be kidding me... did you really stick your hand through the screen."

"Yeah." Tsuyoi answered.

"Oh man... This is for real... That's some magic trick, man!" Yosuke squeaked. "So how's it work, huh!? What's the magician's secret!?"

Both of them are staring at Tsuyoi, astonished... I might be able to put in more than just my arm...

So Tsuyoi pulled his arm out, and put his head in.

It was... blurry. Well, foggy would be a better word. He could tell it was... a big empty space inside.

"H-Hey, don't do that! What're you doing!?"

"Oh my god!" Chie yelled loudly.

"It's a big empty space inside."

"W-what do you mean 'inside'?"

"Wh-what do you mean, 'big empty space'!?"

"It also seems very spacious in here."

"What do you mean spacious!?" Yosuke yelled, confused.

"I mean, what's going on...!"

Lord Yosuke will now express his surprise in the most eloquent way possible. Tsuyoi heard in his head. Must've been the guy from last night.

"H-holy crap... I-I think this is all too much for my bladder..." Yosuke squeaks in embarrassment.

"What the--? Are you gonna pee your pants!?"

"I've been holding it in all day! I-I haven't had a chance to go... Aaarrgh! Can't... hold it... anymore!"

Tsuyoi heard Yosuke run off.

"Fuck! Customers! They're coming!" Yosuke yelled.

"What!? But we've got a guy half stuck in the TV here! Wh-What're we gonna do!?"

Lady Chie and Lord Yosuke are scrambling around in panic.

Thanks. I couldn't tell.

He felt Chie bump into him, pushing him through the TV, and then-

"What the!? W-wai-- WHOA!"

📺 backside of the tv 📺

The three landed on the ground.

Tsuyoi looked around - it's so foggy...

Wait.

He wasn't listening to music anymore.

He glanced around, only to find his Walkman smashed on the ground.

"No..." Tsuyoi mumbled. "I spent ¥60,000 on you..."

"Ow, landed right on my wallet..." Yosuke moaned.

"Man... where the heck are we?" Chie asked. "What is this place? Somewhere inside Junes?"

"Hell no it isn't! I mean, we fell through a TV!... Actually, uh... what is going on here?" Yosuke yelled in fear.

They all stood up.

The fog was... golden...?

"So... uh... we're still alive... right?" Chie asked, crossing her arms.

"Are you guys okay?"

"I think my ass' cracked..." Yosuke stated.

"Is that a j-" Tsuyoi stated, before being cut off.

"OF COURSE IT IS!" Chie yelled in anger.

"Whoa!" Yosuke said in amazement, looking around.

"Wh-What now!? Did you wet your pants!?" Chie said, gagging.

"No, stupid! Look around!"

Tsuyoi glanced around... it looked like a stereotypical studio.

Of course, all three were caught of guard by uh, music.

"Darkness, endless, despair, fear no more~!! Coldness, blackened, no sound, feel no pain~!! Captured, helpless, ultimate, dreadful fate~!! Powerless, lifeless, no breath, falling down~!!"

Yosuke pulled his phone - which looked like an orange iPhone.

"Uh, sorry. That was my alarm..." Yosuke mumbled, silencing his phone and it's frightening alarm.

Chie glared at him. "All this fog...Or is it smoke? There's no place like this in Inaba, is there...?"

"Hell no... But man... this place is huge." Yosuke responded.

"What're we gonna do...?" Chie asked the two boys.

"We should go home." Tsuyoi stated, looking at her.

"G-Good plan! Look, we need to get home and--! H-Huh...?" Chie looked around, but it was just so... foggy. "Wait a minute... Which way did we come in from? I don't see a way in... or out!"

"What? That can't be right! H-How could that be!?" Yosuke yelled.

"I don't know! Don't ask me! I can't take this anymore! I wanna go home!" Chie cried.

"Okay... so how!?" Yosuke snapped.

Tsuyoi put his hands on Chie and Yosuke's shoulder. He could tell Yosuke was shaking a little. "Let's calm down."

"Y-You're right." Yosuke mumbled. "Okay... okay."

"Let's calm down and think about this." Tsuyoi told them both.

"All right, so we need to find a way out." Yosuke stated, pushing Tsuyoi's hand off.

"Is there really a way outta here...?"

"We got in... so we must be able to get out somehow."

"That's true, but..."

"If there's no exit, we're trapped, so let's cross our fingers and look around." Yosuke stated proudly.

📺 yo backside of the tv 📺 -> 📺 to some's like DV 📺

After a while, Tsuyoi, Yosuke, and Chie were... well, getting nowhere. The fog was thick it was unbearable. They were in an apartment complex of sorts, but nothing.

"What is this place...?" Chie asked. "It feels different from where we were before..."

"It looks like we're in some kinda building, but..." Yosuke paused. "Damn, this fog's so thick, I can hardly see."

"Are you sure we're not wandering farther away?" Chie asked.

"I can't be positive, but we've gotta trust our instinct a little."

"I know, but..."

"It seems that there's no choice for now but to continue onward." Tsuyoi stated.

They pressed onwards.

Tsuyoi and Yosuke walked into a wrecked room. Posters all over the walls - with the face torn out, a stained bed.

Yosuke looked around. "Hey, is it me or is the fog lighter in here?"

Tsuyoi noticed it was... a lot clearer than outside.

Yosuke pulled his phone out, the orange iPhone. "No bars. What a surprise..." and he promptly put in his pants pocket.

"Can't you guys slow down a little?" Chie panted, walking into the apartment room. "It's hard enough to see where you're going..."

She looked around, and turned around. "Huh? What the...!?"

Tsuyoi and Yosuke looked at what she was so startled by.

The entrance, covered in yellow paint and red blood.

"It's a dead end! There's no exist!"

"It keeps getting creepier and creepier the further we go..." Yosuke mumbled.

"Aargh! I can't hold it any longer...My bladder's gonna explode...!" He squeaked, and ran over to the wall, back turned to Chie and Tsuyoi.

"Yosuke!?" Chie squeaked.

"What are you doing!?" Tsuyoi asked, shocked.

"I gotta let it out before I piss my pants!" Yosuke barked back.

"You're going here!? Oh, you have got to be kidding..." Chie covered her face, embarrassed.

"T-Turn around! I can't go if everyone's watching!" Yosuke stated, even with his back turned to Tsuyoi - he could tell he was blushing.

"Aaaaargh...I can't do it! It's all your fault if my bladder bursts!" Yosuke groaned, turned around and zipped up his pants.

"Like I care... Anyways...what's with this room? Check out these posters. Their faces are all cut out... Someone must really hate this person..." Chie said, looking around.

Yosuke looked at the other side. It was a red noose and a chair.

"Dude, this chair and rope... this kind of arrangement is never good." Yosuke paused. "It's tied in a noose... is this a scarf?"

"C'mon...Let's go back to where we came from and look somewhere else for an exit..." Chie moaned.

She practically pulled the two out of the room, Yosuke stopped and looked at the poster.

"Hey... I think I've seen that poster at work before..."

"Who CARES!? Let's go! I am sick of this place! And I'm not feeling so good..." Chie barked, tugging his arm.

"Now that you mention it, me too..."

"My body does feels heavy, too... could it be due to this place's oppressive atmosphere...?" Tsuyoi asks.

"Alright, let's go back. I'm seriously starting to feel sick..." Yosuke moaned.

📺 to some's like DV 📺 ->
📺 bottomless dark so may not for the weak kids 📺

Tsuyoi, Yosuke, and Chie were back at the studio backlot, the fog thicker than ever.

"Whew... we finally made it back." Chie panted.

There was an audible sound of footsteps.

"Wait... what's that...?" Chie asked, looking at something behind Tsuyoi.

Tsuyoi automatically turned around, and put his hand in his back pocket.

Where his switchblade was.

"Th-There's something over there!"

Tsuyoi covertly pulled his blade out, and switched it open.

"Don't worry." He said, holding it front of himself.

"Dude, what the hell-! Why do you have that!?"

The things footsteps were light, like a plush doll.

It came into view - the fog trickling off from its body.

It... it was a red and blue bear, with big eyes and a large smile.

Tsuyoi closed his blade, and put it in his pocket. "Okay, nevermind."

"What is this thing? A monkey? A bear?" Chie asked, flabbergasted.

"What in the world...?"

"Th-that's what I wanna know! Who are you guys...?" The bear asked it a girly tone, but it sounded masculine at the same time.

"It talked!" Chie gasped. "W-what are you!? Y-you wanna fight!?"

Tsuyoi felt it was a good idea to take his blade out.

"D-Don't yell at me like that..." The mysterious bear cried.

The bear is cowering in fear... Maybe it would be better to ask him nicely.

"What is this place?" Tsuyoi asked firmly, lowering the knife

"This place is what it is. It doesn't have a name. It's where I live." The bear answered.

"You... live here?" Yosuke mumbled.

"If I was you guys, I'd hurry back to the other side. Someone's been throwing people in here. It's a big headache." The bear ranted at the teens.

"Huh? Throwing people in? What're you talking about?"

"I dunno who's doing it! I just want them to think before they go doing things like that!"

"Hey, what's your problem? What gives YOU the right to yell at us like that!? What ARE you!? Where are we!? What the heck's going on here!?" Chie raged at the weird bear.

The bear ran behind Tsuyoi - aka the one that was threatening him with a knife. The bear wasn't that smart, huh...

"I already told you..." The bear whined. "A-Anyways, you should hurry back."

"What it comes down to is, you want us to get outta here, right? Well, so do we! We just don't know how, dammit!" Yosuke yelled.

"Urrrrgh! That's why I'm saying I'll let you out!"

"Like I keep saying, we don't know where the fucckin' exit--" Yosuke barked, then paused. "Wait...What?"

The bear ran before them, and summoned three televisions with a poof of smoke - somehow.

"What the hell!?" Yosuke squeaked.

"Wh-Where did those TVs come from!?" Chie asked, shocked.

The bear ran behind them, pushing them towards the TV's. "Okay, now go, go, get outta! I'm a busy bear!"

"What's going on now!? Whoa! Hey, what're you doing!?" Yosuke squawked.

"Please refrain from what you're doing, bear!"

"S-Stop pushing!" Chie squeaked.

📺 underestimated way of brainwashing illuminated 📺 -> JUNES

The lights of Junes burned Tsuyoi's eyes.

Oh yeah, they were in the real world.

"Huh?" Chie squeaked, pushing herself of the ground. "Is this...?"

"Did we... make it back?" Yosuke asked, rubbing his eyes and standing up.

"Attention, shoppers. Our daily limited-time sale will now begin at the side dish area on the first floor. Why not try the delicious, fresh produce Junes picked for you this morning as your side dish for dinner tonight? All ages are invited to take advantage of this incredible bargain!" An voice rang over a Junes intercom.

"Crap, it's already that late!?"

"Looks like we were in there for quite a while..." Chie said in despair.

"That's right... Now I remember where I saw that poster before... Look over there! That's the poster we saw!" Yosuke blurted, and running towards a poster.

"What's up now?" Chie asked.

Chie and Tsuyoi walked towards Yosuke, looking at the poster.

"Hey you're right, they're the same. Couldn't tell without the face, but it was Misuzu Hiragi..."

"She's been all over the news lately. Something about... her husband having an affair with that announcer who died the other day." Tsuyoi remembered.

"Hey, so does that mean...? That weird room we saw...Could it be related to that Yamano lady's death...? Now that I think about it...there was that creepy noose hanging from the ceiling..." Yosuke mumbled.

"Yaaargh, stop! No more! We gotta stop talking about this." Yosuke squawked, he hands grabbing his head. "I'm gonna wipe what happened today from my brain. I don't think my poor heart can take anymore."

"I'm feeling a chill too...Let's go home... I wanna lie down and rest."

JUNES -> DOJIMA RESIDENCE
AFTERNOON -> EVENING

Tsuyoi entered the Dojima residence with a sore back. He needed some sleep.

"Hey, you're back." Dojima greeted, eating a bowl of soba. "Uh-Hmm...Well, I doubt you'd know." Dojima groaned. "But have you heard about a student named Saki Konishi?"

"She wasn't at school today."

"Oh. I see... To be honest... we got a call from her family. She's disappeared. We've got people looking for her, but she hasn't been found yet..." Dojima sighed. "Work just keeps piling up..."

Nanako turned on the TV.

"And now, more on the case still casting a shadow over the foggy town of Inaba." The announcer explain. "Not long ago, television announcer Mayumi Yamano was found dead in the small town."

"Up until now, her whereabouts prior to her death had been unknown. But the police investigation has found that she had been staying in the region's famous Amagi Inn."

The Amagi Inn... It's the inn that Yukiko's family runs...

"She had apparently been staying there alone. Perhaps she was taking a vacation to recover from her ordeal...?"

"Oh yes, the Amagi Inn! Their hot springs are first-rate. The manager's teenage daughter works there, and it's rumored that she'll take over the inn this spring. If that happens, she'll be one of the youngest managers on record! I should book another trip there!"

"Uhh... I-I see... Moving along, it's time for the weather report. The rain has begun to subside. From now until morning, heavy fog warnings will be in effect in the Inaba region. Visibility will be severely reduced, so please be careful if you plan on driving in the area..."

The news continues. Just before the announcer was found dead, she was apparently staying at the Amagi Inn, run by Yukiko's family... And it seems the whereabouts of Saki Konishi, who discovered the body, are unknown...

"Is the ramen ready now?" Nanako asked.

"Give it some more time." Dojima answered.

Tsuyoi sneezed and felt a slight chill...

"Are you sick? You're probably still adjusting to the new environment. Nanako, could you get him some cold medicine? You should get to bed after you take it."

Tsuyoi got up, and went to his room to sleep off what happened today.

That world... what was that place? Tsuyoi couldn't wrap his mind around it.

The backside of the tv, to some's like DV, bottomless dark so may not for the weak kids, underestimated way of brainwashing illuminated...

4/14 THURSDAY, MIDNIGHT, RAINING -> 4/15 FRIDAY, EARLY MORNING, FOGGY.

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NEXT TIME ON PERSONA 4: THE WRITTEN-;

REACH OUT/FACE OUT, CHAPTER SEVEN. PART ONE OF TWO OF ARC ONE - LET'S HELP YOSUKE HANAMURA, THE MAGUS AND JUNES PRINCE!

"Be prepared for the this unbearable bear of a battle, sensei~!"

"Why are you like this, bear."

"I'm the mascot character - like Aigis or Monokuma~!"

It's a wild ride, here in our Inba.