Part 90: 8/7/09

8/7/09

Got a call from Saori this morning.



It’s okay.
If you’re free, do you want to go somewhere?
Oh, that makes my day. I’ll see you later, then.
> Saori seems excited…

We went down to Wuck for lunch.



I snuck out. * chuckle * It was rather exciting.
> Saori is smiling…
I came to places like these fairly often until about middle school.
I’d study with my friends there before exams.
> Saori seems to be reminiscing…
Oh… Sorry. I didn’t inconvenience you today, I hope?
Nope, not at all.
…Really?
* chuckle * Thanks. You’re always so nice, Aelita-chan.
I’m glad we could talk like this…
> Saori seems to be having fun.
> Today, your friendship has grown stronger…

I still had some chocolate left over, so I shared some with Saori.



Can I open it?
Wow, sweets! It looks so delicious… You made this, right?
I love sweets like these! I’ll take it home and savor it.
Haha, I’m looking forward to that later… Thanks.
> Saori seems to really love the present.
> It’s starting to get dark out.
> You decide to go back to the dorm.

As always, the Apathy Syndrome patients are starting to recover.



Newscaster: At the time, many people wrote wishes for them to recover…
And as of today, the number of Apathy Syndrome victims has been decreasing.
It looks like the wishes came true, however belatedly.

Ken’s pretty sharp for a kid, he sees how weird it is that people suddenly get better all at once.



Isn’t that odd?
How could they all get better at exactly the same time?
……

The Lost, the Shadows, and now these Strega guys. Ugh.



But, last night was even worse, since we ran into those Strega guys.
Man, they really piss me off.

Still four left, and who knows how they’ll come at us next time.



However, the members of Strega also appear to be our enemies.
So, please be careful.

Yukari was thinking through what Strega had told us. I don’t know that we can trust those guys, though. I’ve been looking at some things online and I kind of get the feeling there have always been Persona users.



That’s basically what those Strega people were saying, right…?

Anyway no Tartarus, even if we were feeling well Mitsuru and Akihiko weren’t around.



Since Mitsuru-senpai and Akihiko-senpai are not here, let’s not go to Tartarus today.

Pharos was back again when the Dark Hour came.



I remembered something else…
The end won’t be brought about by anyone in particular…
It’s coming because there are many people who wish for it… as if it was destined from the start.
But, doesn’t that seem like a strange thing to wish for?
I sure don’t want it!
I see…
So you don’t want it…
Well, enough about that for now.
There’s something else I wanted to tell you today…
Soon, the poisonous flowers will bloom…
One in your own garden, and three in the garden opposite yours.
I don’t know whether or not this has anything to do with the end, but you should be careful.
Thanks for the warning.
* chuckle * I’m happy to hear that from you.
I’ll come again if I find out anything useful.
That’s what friends are for, right?
> Pharos gives you a carefree smile…
> You felt a bond with Pharos…

I wish he wasn’t so cryptic, though.



Well then… Good night.
My dearest…
> Pharos disappeared…

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