# Colors Flying High - Let's Play Persona 5 Royal

**URL:** <https://www.lp.zone/t/colors-flying-high-lets-play-persona-5-royal/3971>\
**Category:** Completed Let's Plays\
**Tags:** anime, rpg, screenshot\
**Created:** [August 9, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://www.lp.zone/t/colors-flying-high-lets-play-persona-5-royal/3971 "2020-08-09T20:58:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Timrod](https://www.lp.zone/user_avatar/www.lp.zone/timrod/32/85274_2.png) [@Timrod](https://www.lp.zone/u/Timrod)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://www.lp.zone/t/colors-flying-high-lets-play-persona-5-royal/3971/60 "2020-09-07T16:45:44Z")

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![Update 8](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/0/50c7099477782b3c1170a400ca3de4657d729a1c.png)

> **Click Here for Update 8**
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> ![obs64 2020-09-01 19-44-41-72](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/2/6/26c32233c95b34fb06970c9b7b040931c5764306.jpeg)
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> ![9_2iVBrO_400x400](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/5/a5caedba8650f123508225feb35ae88685f0a852.jpeg): It’s 4/20, and instead of smoking weed we’re going to head to Kamoshida’s Palace.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-33-30-11](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/2/e2a9b22200b097127913306381668e0637e5aafe.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-33-45-47](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/f/8f678ffca5e91bc211daf6261cbb2e219eb799f3.jpeg)
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> ![9_2iVBrO_400x400](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/5/a5caedba8650f123508225feb35ae88685f0a852.jpeg): We start out the day by reading Pirate Legend on the train. The reason we’re doing this is because we are in desperate need of guts and finishing the book gets us 5 points in that.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-33-58-91](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/d/7d1a721c350bf00cc472f42f6342dfa26fff3ef0.jpeg)
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> ![9_2iVBrO_400x400](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/5/a5caedba8650f123508225feb35ae88685f0a852.jpeg): Unfortunately, Pirate Legend takes two sessions to finish.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-34-11-91](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/4/043429cdde1089952ee56f991f87696bcc217e53.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-34-14-07](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/4/6480e1ec6b5435ca3bf9af0d279bbca0f4927454.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-34-16-01](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/3/43de8e9d65e2826669a6bfee7a5aef2802a4a7e8.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-34-17-51](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/2/d221096c6a432ab8393ace13cab40bf788549628.jpeg)
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> ![9_2iVBrO_400x400](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/5/a5caedba8650f123508225feb35ae88685f0a852.jpeg): We’ll be getting Joker a job just a few days from now.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-34-36-31](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/8/58c02f9c86beb7e20bc2883763dab18ee7f38f59.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-34-43-34](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/7/a7fb319c48645caf4a0b6535e4cf4a6ca33ddbd6.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-34-47-14](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/a/8adca0e4d4f695259e679bf441c5208abe53d66c.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-35-36-74](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/b/3b5571a623c77335f48d276f38b2ed80bcffbcfb.jpeg)
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> ![9_2iVBrO_400x400](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/5/a5caedba8650f123508225feb35ae88685f0a852.jpeg): There’s something we would’ve done in the base game that we’re not doing here, and that’s emptying all the vending machines in Tokyo of their precious SP-regenerating drinks. The changes to guns make most fights free EXP with no chance of taking damage.
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> ![Ann](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/4/f4ac9caece4cd55551e42505a80475b37286967a.png): “We basically just have to go to that castle and steal the Treasure from Kamoshida, right?”
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> ![Ryuji](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/7/57bdc96c230eb7ceb6b416a6de541170a0a9f012.png): “But wait, what even is a Treasure? I wanna know that before we do anything.”
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> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “A Treasure is the physical form of the Palace ruler’s desires. In other words, it’s the core of the Palace. Once we steal it, the Palace will crumble.. I think.”
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> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “Having said that, even I don’t know what Kamoshida’s Treasure is going to be.”
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> ![Ann](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/4/f4ac9caece4cd55551e42505a80475b37286967a.png): “And where can we find it?”
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> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “There’s no way of knowing that until we go in and find out. But if I had to guess, I’d say he has it locked up somewhere in the depths of the Palace.”
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-36-07-61](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/4/3456908fa68dc1d29dfeaca44c8deaff0e4c61a2.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-36-11-01](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/5/c5629d8bdc1d79b54956c9c8bf267fed2ca4e173.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-36-57-01](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/2/2/221fafaf9008b0316b33dd1f08d043bd54cc11a7.jpeg)
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> ![Panther](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/12d5f0ce57c2f0cbb8329b7ddd6803bb75cc96a3.png): “Hm? What’s up?”
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> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “N-nothing. I-I was just thinkin’ we should choose a codename for you too.”
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> ![Panther](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/12d5f0ce57c2f0cbb8329b7ddd6803bb75cc96a3.png): “A code name?”
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> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “I’m Skull, he’s Joker, and that’s Mona.”
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> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “Judging by your costume…”
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> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “I mean, she’s got that tail and stuff, so… whadda you think, Akira?”
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> ![9_2iVBrO_400x400](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/5/a5caedba8650f123508225feb35ae88685f0a852.jpeg): Well, she looks like she’s going to rob a bank.. and the Japanese word for bank is “Ginko”, so let’s call her Ginko. It just fits.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-37-23-34](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/9/59effd687a375f35485027f49296226d491dadd7.jpeg)
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> ![Panther](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/12d5f0ce57c2f0cbb8329b7ddd6803bb75cc96a3.png): “Wait! Is that what you’re going to call me from now on!? I am SO not down with this!”
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> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “What do you wanna be called, then?”
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> ![Panther](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/12d5f0ce57c2f0cbb8329b7ddd6803bb75cc96a3.png): “Um, something better than just a little cat… maybe.. ‘Panther’? That sounds pretty cool, doesn’t it?”
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> ![9_2iVBrO_400x400](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/5/a5caedba8650f123508225feb35ae88685f0a852.jpeg): Too late, she’s Ginko now.
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> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “Huh? Why?”
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> ![Panther](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/12d5f0ce57c2f0cbb8329b7ddd6803bb75cc96a3.png): " 'Cause it sounds more.. ferocious?"
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-37-52-27](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/3/93ef99334455ce95f763f851f48469d12faafc69.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-37-54-94](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/7/7732a06eaa7b99b86772615a34c58c2a451ae81a.jpeg)
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> ![Panther](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/12d5f0ce57c2f0cbb8329b7ddd6803bb75cc96a3.png): “More importantly: Kamoshida!”
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> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “Oh, right. Let’s go!”
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-38-21-21](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/d/cdfe64a95113b0f0e8f5a8e45a0e33588d219632.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): This is another tutorial, which I’ll skip apart from some of the details.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-41-16-11](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/6/e6073355a323046d4f7af8ee48599ac9dcf18f15.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): We should all know how fusion works since.. oh wait, Persona 1 and 2 didn’t have fusion as a mechanic. Anyway, you glue two Personas together and get a new one. Here, we’re forced to fuse Arsene with the Pixie we got earlier.. which is fine because we need Agathion for confidant boosts.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-41-57-81](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/6/d63e43173d3268ee5984fa1f171893b4170035e0.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Unlike Persona 4, we can pick any skill we’d like to transfer over. In this case, I pick Eiha because right now we have no other source of Curse damage.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-42-22-97](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/3/e3a64e0045db949c8110a3518693f615f8be1320.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-42-25-31](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/e/7ee6c9c0619b90aa395e78fb63187ab09accdc73.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-42-27-64](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/2/3/239bfc5b29a63ee871df1d61a424d6f5a33abae4.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-42-49-71](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/2/7/275afec24701e8b77c654a3afaa7287c853304a8.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-42-56-81](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/a/6a46d3712fe74e97af855c8157fd6e9521e01fa3.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-43-01-81](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/7/47a8d9f72926e070979c0356c2ad9beb97af744f.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): By the way, fusions in this game are done by executing the two Personas on a guillotine. Anyway…
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> # New Persona: Agathion
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> ## Origin: Abrahamic Mythology
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> ## First Appearance: Devil Summoner (Saturn)
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> Familiar spirit in Abrahamic mythology, often associated with pots or jars.
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> ![image](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/f/3fad89ac302d0195479025f636305e08ea55dd7f.png)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-44-04-37](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/4/b4dc13f151031e8117fe8211b819ae92dd801c74.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): For doing the tutorial, we get a rank up in the Fool confidant, which gives us Batman Vision. We’ll see what that does in a bit.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-45-50-47](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/4/b47f6089ddc452a8b71bc71202dacb6f658b7215.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-45-52-74](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/6/e60b651fe2a40357e1e48980cabb072f43445e96.jpeg)
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> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “Why’re you spacin’ out like that? It’s kinda hard to tell what you’re thinkin’ sometimes.”
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> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “Let’s just say he’s a man of high caliber. We’re counting on you, Joker!”
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> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “So, where do we start?”
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-46-07-77](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/f/3fc30c050cdf001dac36e18da6a0bf360a0a7da6.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-46-09-61](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/c/fcf7e52d00b461ca010ad5c210b867e679bc3da5.jpeg)
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> ![Panther](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/12d5f0ce57c2f0cbb8329b7ddd6803bb75cc96a3.png): “Safe room…?”
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> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “It’ll make sense when you see it. Welp, let’s head out!”
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): I know what you’re thinking. “There’s no way they’d explain the safe room thing a third time.. would they?” The answer is yes.
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Anyway, there’s more tutorials about how we can fast travel between safe rooms (but only certain ones) and that if you’re online you can “request assistance” and get a small HP/SP heal like in Persona 4 Golden.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-46-53-94](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/5/55f07b4a74d80ef553e2ef6218713474af6480fe.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): The door to the main hall is locked, so we have to go around.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-47-20-27](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/7/1742d96e588c19a05645cd6109fe1b87183d7877.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): This is Batman Vision. It outlines enemies with a color based on their level relative to yours, and also shows you the security level of the palace. It’ll also highlight chests and one other thing we’ll see shortly.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-47-42-87](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/d/ad1d5ed2cd0341d5169c5e67c1a6c1283d90f408.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): I got in a battle with some Bicorns to test the new guns. Joker goes from doing ~77 on his last shot to doing around 128. It’s a pretty big difference.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-47-59-21](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/7/d7ce22125ba8b5b0cf6c229f55fbd885b64a377e.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Oh right, Ann’s SMG. Unlike everyone else, Ann can’t control what she fires at, possibly because she’s holding an MP5 with one hand and also sideways. She splits her attacks evenly between all enemies, and builds damage slower than Joker or Morgana does. Usually, you want her to go last after there’s only one enemy on the board so all of her attacks hit that one enemy.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-48-51-44](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/6/16c30ae6ffc0c05d7ee0fbccf8d11d180df1f6ae.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): There’s a lot of Pixies in this area and we need money anyway, so I decided to show off each of our party’s finisher screens.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-48-59-61](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/4/a4fba6cf15fb7dd241b4e6d51931edcfd35d3f40.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-49-02-04](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/a/5ad562828813dbe4075206e5c25f4d861e4e810c.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): This is the only time we will hopefully ever be seeing Morgana’s finisher screen.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-50-38-94](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/9/395a3942fc4371be646e43caefcd72aeec6dc468.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Past the safe room that we ended up in last time, we find the kitchen.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-50-40-21](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/6/76bc4f86a9a4d2c23256acde297d9203eb59cefd.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-50-42-07](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/e/ce6827363cd87449c7e5f98770abea9708678702.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Morgana gives us a couple of items. Smokescreens let you escape a battle instantly. Molotov Cocktail and Freeze Spray do a weak fire/ice attack, respectively. Vanish Balls.. I honestly forget, they’re useless.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-53-08-71](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/2/5/25af4e4c676ba081eec11d91b6c52de7089f3c32.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): In this room, we learn another use for Batman Vision, which is that it highlights environmental objects we can break to get items: usually either crafting materials or vendor trash (we want the latter) since most of the enemies here don’t drop a lot of money and we need a lot of money.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-54-08-74](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/d/6d5825b92c0eb0069cdbcd014d64f1ec51f0196b.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Through the kitchen is a hallway with another tutorial fight that unlocks a new battle mechanic.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-55-11-17](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/c/7c3076fecfd66479a1e9874cbf76a6b073714d90.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): This fight introduces the Baton Pass. The way this works is that if one of your party members gets an extra press turn (fuck it I’m calling them extra press turns and you can’t stop me) from hitting a weakness, they can pass their extra turn to someone else. This gives the other party member a boost to attack and to healing.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-55-15-61](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/1/51a0e44b62ff85949852f0bd922aef02859c89ce.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): If the second party member also hits a weakness, you can continue baton passing. You can’t pass to someone who has already passed on that turn.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-55-30-91](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/3/73c96039f0b826fb30b88e77e8713804e8d3830d.jpeg)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-55-32-14](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/a/6a3ca18a84d9eded9350c0539460abf858baa700.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): I’m not sure what the exact numbers are, but they’re pretty huge. Ann’s doing double damage and then some with a simple Agi.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-55-48-71](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/7/f764ef8ca0942f6b0e02090767a9e669462c3b9f.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Ryuji then wipes out the Bicorn in a single hit. Note that his damage is lower because his magic stat sucks. He’ll be the next one out after we get rid of Morgana. By the way, if you manage to Baton Pass to all 4 party members, the last person to go can cast a spell or physical skill for no cost.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-56-04-31](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/6/86d5562c679d862cc952c60bfa6e3e735b7a83d3.jpeg)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-56-05-28](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/1/7159f1a00e5534b68c73bf6c5d444c5ff78774a2.jpeg)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-56-06-38](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/d/cdefb68c8f6e702a06bbd4b1d26a01bea77ebd14.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Most of the party’s finisher screens suck. There’s exactly one I like and it’s on a character who is incredibly unlikely to get one. I wish someone had done these for the P1 and P2 cast because I can just imagine them.
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Jihei’s would be him firing his SMG wildly with the words “DEVIL BUSTED” in the background. Tatsuya’s would start out as him riding his motorcycle with the frame in the back broken like he drove the bike through it, but would change after Taurus Temple to him hugging Jun.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-56-56-24](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/1/61500ba6aa9b1f71d426c2e41aa0d1e091d6f9f6.jpeg)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 19-58-11-01](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/3/631395d5804f04f034d07d527b050f6bb9cd6e83.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Anyway, the enemies around here barely drop anything in terms of money - 375 yen is on the high side. We can sell the crafting mats though, and I’m definitely doing that unless they’re for lockpicks.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-00-22-57](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/e/fe4b52f25be3a9a17e2e581621f0f8947722716d.jpeg)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-00-28-47](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/4/54e610b1a0082f1b755c0ae2075371c104f8556d.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): I use a tiny bit of Ann’s SP to capture a Mandrake. We have a side objective here, you see: by the time we’re done, we need four specific Personas. Those Personas are Agathion (Chariot), Pixie (Lovers), Mandrake (Death) and Berith (Hierophant). I grabbed another Pixie off-screen, so we’re now at three out of four. Berith is going to be a pain in the ass to get for several reasons, namely that he’s level 9 and we’re barely at 7 even after I grinded a bit.
> 
> # New Persona: Mandrake
> 
> ## Origin: Europe
> 
> ## First Appearance: Shin Megami Tensei II
> 
> Mythical plant that grows on the graves of those who died with guilt. Emits a shriek on being uprooted that kills anyone who hears it. This is Mandrake’s first appearance in a Persona game, having previously been contained to the mainline SMT series and Giten Megami Tensei.
> 
> ![image](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/f/bfdea62a757b8e20e81242bf3380db95d32c9f1c.png)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Mandrake sucks and the only reason we have it is to boost Tae’s confidant points.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-04-35-21](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/0/504e1a10bae995673c0a823d17b035ae03f3301c.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Right after this, I run into another group of three Pixies, so I get Ann’s finisher.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-04-35-87](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/2/e28608df692b97079032337c7069fa46fd14de65.jpeg)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-04-37-91](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/4/64a52b6edaeba38ecf66a3ba86d0a1b7f4590d6f.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): This finisher screen is physically painful to look at.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-06-06-28](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/6/864a2cef9750bd788d6d41f848c109bca38748bc.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): In the next hallway, we get the ability to stealth like we did in the casino at the start of the game. This removes all challenge from getting ambushes - as long as you are in stealth, the enemies can be right on top of you and not see you.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-07-11-61](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/12419adad9764f4ed3a2efcfbc3cb9445d6c22c8.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): On occasion, your party members will chime in to comment on fights. In this case, we get it because I made it through the fight without taking damage (since I’m just gunning everything down before it can move).
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-15-50-31](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/d/7d03e66dd85c11cc07a7f20a092815f0bf12f26d.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-15-56-17](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/1/e1cd2bdeb353dc62031c3df26820bbbc72ea30cc.jpeg)
> 
> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “But the bars’re blockin’ our way in..”
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “If he’s protecting it this securely, it has to be important. That means there should be a way in and out of there.”
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “Joker, do you think you can solve the mystery of this room?”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-16-17-68](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/7/d7f4e272f8cd24e31a4cc872e16cef88b6935fd8.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Our Batman Vision shows us that there’s blue footprints on the floor. I’m like, 80% sure this didn’t exist in the base game.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-16-41-07](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/6/f6b6a255ecb6088b7f8b8783ffb805ae59c748ae.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): I didn’t capture it, but you see those goat heads? One of those is a switch.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-16-55-11](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/2/f2ae4494192db029a06f08b9640343ac540d28ee.jpeg)
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “You’re hopeless… don’t you realize how vital a map is?”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-17-05-11](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/9/b97049e59f37773bf307f53a12c9e8552d04c05f.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): I wish this had existed in Persona 1.
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “It’s a true necessity for a phantom thief. This should make securing a route much easier.”
> 
> ![Panther](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/12d5f0ce57c2f0cbb8329b7ddd6803bb75cc96a3.png): “Wait, does it say where the Treasure is on there?”
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “Oh… actually, it seems like this map is incomplete. There might be more of them around.”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-19-40-24](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/6/7648423596caeaec49673371b5e57b650af9fa44.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Unfortunately, the top part of the main hall is barred off.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-19-41-97](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/a/bac077b974ffde082615a0ea3891606cfef70b70.jpeg)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-20-07-97](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/e/8ee861647fd61b473a1fef6f0ea8bf0b6f104223.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): We have to use our Batman powers to get onto the.. uh.. what the fuck is this, anyway? It’s like a rafter only it’s not supporting anything.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-20-20-97](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/b/ab15ace5dd500bf72ea86b750d9831c0d07ae0c0.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): We can then jump onto these giant chandeliers capable of holding the weight of three teenagers and a cat. This is such a novice-level villain lair mistake.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-20-31-48](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/0/605434ccf9c4bb52eedc0307b9f8bc862e95665d.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): You might ask why we can’t just drop down to the first floor, and that’s because that’s the boss arena.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-20-50-51](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/f/4f8cfca26e8379b7b581b6ae85b88382e187772c.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): The door on the other side takes us to a room with a locked chest. These are what we need lockpicks for.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-20-58-01](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/e/ae6bade886221bc444f72e3bbceac83bedad113f.jpeg)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-21-08-37](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/2/f2f2ddbcdc2cb14798ea86f3bdb69d1c49a3a6cb.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): The Nightwatch Armor is a pretty significant boost over the armor I bought for Joker.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-21-51-01](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/4/842465dff7c9a2dc494c7bf1576dbea1e819b069.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): They then bring up the safe room thing a third time, just in case we somehow didn’t get it the first two times.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-22-03-51](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/e/1e9edecbf461220cef8d6bdcf48379d20b012347.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Morgana then gives us a present I wish I had in the original game. New to Royal are items like the Stamina Kit, which can be used in a safe room to restore the entire party’s SP or HP.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-22-48-14](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/e/be51b40744b97b8cd76a8d6bd1c59f77a4ccb15c.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Past the second safe room is another tutorial hallway, this time teaching us how to use Batman Vision on enemies.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-22-57-17](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/8/382ea4822c8e9b2e8a10fdcd2fd0131610ada7c3.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): This is actually kind of useless, because most of the shadows above our level are marked in a different way.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-23-20-31](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/0/f05223b85a1d1bfdebcf6b3a3909bfd6f03da5aa.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Down the hall is a new enemy added for Royal - Cait Sith. Cait Sith isn’t strong against or weak to guns, and as long as we get an ambush will reliably go down in a single round of gunfire.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-25-29-24](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/1/716dfe912df9587df5f2f8d6aeaac7e9b942f579.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): In the same hallway is Silky, which we actually need in order to get the Hierophant Persona. I didn’t realize this at first, so let’s just pretend I did.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-36-49-34](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/e/0e6d2b658dde9bbf844b280289fad6dca2bece33.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Silky is weak to lightning, and so we have to spend a little bit of SP. This is fine, because at this point I wasn’t aware of just how different Kamoshida’s palace is in Royal.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-37-26-64](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/c/6ca808f5d0213350dbcf99bfdadad121bc73270d.jpeg)
> 
> # New Persona: Silky
> 
> ## Origin: Scotland
> 
> ## First Appearance: Ronde (Saturn)
> 
> Silk-wearing fairy maid who terrorizes lazy servants.
> 
> ![image](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/2/e27014ae909ce4870d4d7a35b55ec0cd769a71f4.png)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-46-31-63](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/b/fbb181eceacaa9cdb2cb816983365050dc66d181.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): At the end of that hallway is a storage room, and the only door leading out is locked.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-38-06-48](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/4/e41b44a7048094169d046e226e4ce3d7702c28df.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): This is fine, because we can just go through the vents.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-38-11-77](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/2/4/2434bd306c58c68cdb88159288ca36b577cf05b2.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-38-14-67](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/e/febf677dfb237b071d5aa410d6ebea37825d742a.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-38-28-74](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/f/4fc14be27a9043fc73e5fafe5c648294200a6c5c.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-39-09-24](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/5/f50d94d6f5c0c37e3e7283c7b48ddfbcf25c8e47.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): This is yet another tutorial about a mechanic that doesn’t come up all that often. On occasion, if you get an enemy’s HP low enough without killing them, they’ll surrender to you and immediately end the battle with no negotiation necessary. Each personality type has a certain chance of it happening. But hey, free Pyro Jack.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-39-15-94](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/9/b9cbc75240f0eb336a154f4e4f6f5eb028303c41.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): I think we all know who he is by now so I’m not going to log him.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-39-46-74](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/2/1/2141af8ecb242174f56152bd2c9666c0b9ab09d0.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-39-48-44](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/1/c1c6e800955c9d5367b61097ef7b2de4ee72fd68.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): We also get a tutorial on how to negotiate. Generally, Irritable and Gloomy are the hardest ones to deal with.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-39-58-78](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/8/6821c9715c581521ad2efed73d441a7eab7f88cc.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): We also get a Breeze Ring, a special kind of accessory that gives the wearer a skill. In this case, it’s Garu. We won’t be using it because there’s an accessory you more or less need to have on at all times that we’ll probably start getting before the second dungeon.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-41-11-54](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/0/50e1278c485a958fafcf2073ad727d1bc73c0c1a.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Once we leave through the room with the Breeze Ring (we can unlock that door on the other side while we’re at it) we wind up in… how the hell is it that every single medieval castle has collapsed spiral staircases?
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-41-42-04](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/5/958c3616435a475742127acb369bc5f3ea53219a.jpeg)
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “That’s just a little something I’ve been working on in secret. The grappling hook lets you zip to hard-to-reach locations in a flash.”
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-41-53-77](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/7/1780f3d9670f3ed5b6d41991268afa34d2a868ce.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-42-14-44](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/7/e756a5622e070f29feb0ce64d851f07e9312fa78.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): The hook is a new addition to Royal. The game makes it really, really obvious when you can use it, with a distinct sound and also Joker’s hand lightning on fire. This will tie in with something else we’ll see later.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-42-29-67](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/4/74964e6ca305ace4493e03d3b1ec8c88633e614d.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Past the hook spot, we run into our first instance of unidentified gear. These are items that have to be washed at the coin laundromat (it’s near Leblanc in Yongen-Jaya) and can turn into a number of different armor items.
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): In the base game, these were godawful: not only were you not getting a usable gear drop, but they only sell for 10 yen if not cleaned. Thankfully, Royal fixes that by adding in a secondhand clothes shop that buys them at the full value of whatever they’d turn into if you cleaned them.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-04 20-42-41-67](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/c/4c0ea3c0071248548e34c1eda70c44a5f877992f.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): This is where we get introduced to the red aura shadows. These are tougher enemies that drop a lot of money. Remember how I said we had three out of the four Personas we need? These red aura shadows are the last one.
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Rather than continue on, I found a safe room (there’s one in this area) and then went back to grind some more. The red aura shadows are level 9, and at this point Joker is level 7. Unfortunately, the enemies at the start of the dungeon give so little EXP that it would take forever to grind to 9.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-34-50-46](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/1/9179a5f5b106b41d9dd547dc417b15082dbe9308.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-34-51-82](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/1/415364d0b9d340e7f975458efb154ddcecb80ae8.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-35-03-39](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/3/833829edfb5a303fb17a19084dfc6223e8360963.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-35-07-16](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d3cb9405b9885f8318ef90652bba7fd6f23d423b.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Here’s the maps of everywhere we’ve been so far. We can’t actually go back to the prison, even though it’s on the fast travel list.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-50-24-49](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/9/e9990e4b63728bdaea732bbb4ae7c47181b3cb29.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): While grinding, I ran into an Incubus that surrendered to me. I grabbed him for compendium purposes, but didn’t bother keeping him because our Persona roster is full.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-53-19-52](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/2/0273b3cbe10ddabd7ec72b6266b86e0173be4558.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): The area by the third safe room has a barred door because this is Resident Evil now.
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “Wait, there’s a round indentation underneath.. it looks like it won’t move until we fill that.”
> 
> ![Panther](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/12d5f0ce57c2f0cbb8329b7ddd6803bb75cc96a3.png): “So we need a key.. I wonder where it could be.”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-52-38-42](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/3/837381a6d8533d9500a0ce7b59bd391e6b0350d8.jpeg)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-52-45-30](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/2/8/28216c9505eca536880c043bacf33ef74f328011.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): I forgot to capture it, but all of the rooms on this floor are full of books. This one is the Queen Book.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-53-36-06](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/5/d5b6a5983150128a53b56af8dbb5085f7dd4e5fb.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): The one closest to the save point has the Slave Book..
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> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-53-43-46](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/4/f497bd7f48e1fe3f013b35a1c4d499cf55708a77.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-55-36-79](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/c/bc5f6637e9f766402bb5f724a05d3765c69cac35.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): And the third room has the Beefcake Book, which sounds like what would happen if you tried to novelize Ram Ranch.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-56-30-42](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/3/8344985f952f7c103b7e3a26f0338b4e2285b9c6.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): The room where we need to use these books is down past this red shadow. We don’t want to fight him yet, so I stealthed in.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-56-44-59](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/1/3115fe0c10a63df1ec8983a437e119a52679c22b.jpeg)
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “A library, huh? This definitely seems fishy.”
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): It seems fishy because Kamoshida is probably illiterate.
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> ![Ryuji](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/7/57bdc96c230eb7ceb6b416a6de541170a0a9f012.png): “Whaddya mean?”
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “Come on, it’s a library in a castle. There has to be some kind of secret mechanism in here.”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-57-15-99](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/5/e59ad1534c5a26aaa243e967517e2726eaddc300.jpeg)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-57-20-42](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/5/c56b294257a4283d8544be7001ca8949de112128.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): We then get the King Book, which forms the full title of the theme for Kamoshida’s palace, which is called “King, Queen, and Slave”.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-57-30-56](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/a/5afa0a485b782ee0331a37ca041531b9cb0c3885.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): There’s also three glowing slots in the bookshelf, because this isn’t enough of a Resident Evil puzzle.
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “Hm… wait a second. The books on this shelf seem familiar.”
> 
> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “These’re the names of the volleyball team members! Wait, what the hell? All of the titles are boys from our school!”
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “Ryuji Sakamoto: The Vulgar Ape. There’s one here for Skull.”
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Great job on the whole codename thing, Morgana.
> 
> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “That bastard! Who the hell does he think he is!?”
> 
> ![Panther](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/12d5f0ce57c2f0cbb8329b7ddd6803bb75cc96a3.png): “Wait, didn’t we find a book earlier? What if we..”
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): “Wait a minute.. that card..”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-57-51-29](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/a/0a385807cd26d1dc3f0bc5f73932247e7e11535d.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): We can insert any of the books here, but unless we want to make like this one video of Bioshock Infinite I can’t find and play music on the bells, we’ve got to do them by theme. Bioshock Infinite was a mistake.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-58-05-12](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/f/1fbe5217ef48e5afdc272b19e9ae8167b78851bd.jpeg)
> 
> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “Tracing Kamoshida’s Steps… Kamoshida’s Heroisms… Kamoshida’s Law!? What the hell!? All these books’re about Kamoshida!”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-58-10-73](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/a/badeb41d10b38c990e51a4d65eb6cc40b9d8c9f9.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): I have to admit, inserting themed books would be my last idea. I’d probably go home, burn like a thousand copies of Shrek 2 and replace all the books with them just to see what happens.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-58-22-62](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/2/a2d506689403ae5dfb93dd988b8edb05fceb1f23.jpeg)
> 
> ![Panther](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/12d5f0ce57c2f0cbb8329b7ddd6803bb75cc96a3.png): “Huh? This book.. has Shiho’s name in the title.. wait, it’s not just this one! All of the books here are about female students!”
> 
> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “Ann Takamaki: The Charming Doll. Holy shit.”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-58-31-76](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/5/554a39a99846b6781683b434871cfe3d6c43fe8b.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-58-39-66](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/2/7/276a8dc3c2cadb047e14621d89e874a08807d0c7.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-58-42-06](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/2/422bd175ebaa9c96d0d1ee79a3b5410e28728952.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-58-46-16](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/0/905628d7d179f99c003790bc932b99a79ce3dae7.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-58-53-76](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/8/78948e8b352eeda3020aa682d2c123a0229a1009.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): So, a couple of things about this room. First, this room was changed a LOT in development - people have datamined the original game and found that originally the pictures were a lot more explicit. They also found that the safe rooms were originally supposed to have a harem of faceless female volleyball players in them, and I believe there were supposed to be a few of them in here as well.
> 
> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “Wait.. it’s all pics of her?”
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): This is also a direct reference to Persona 4 and the first room that Yosuke and the protagonist find in the TV world.
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> ![Panther](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/12d5f0ce57c2f0cbb8329b7ddd6803bb75cc96a3.png): “…”
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> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-59-02-72](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/7/971adcd476e33e7591270f6aea1123ffdbdb87d9.jpeg)
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> ![Panther](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/12d5f0ce57c2f0cbb8329b7ddd6803bb75cc96a3.png): “Yeah… thanks. If anything, I feel even more motivated to do this now.”
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “I’m sure it’ll feel awful, but we should search this room. There has to be something in here if he was hiding it with such an elaborate trick.”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-59-22-42](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/9/5955e660c1dd57be4459c820298ab50ea3c69c7a.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): It’s kind of hard to miss this because it plays a sound. I wish my car keys did that. Actually wait.. nah. That’d get annoying.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-59-27-32](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a03c11c346e7e762d650cce277d2f7242fda2d42.jpeg)
> 
> ![Panther](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/12d5f0ce57c2f0cbb8329b7ddd6803bb75cc96a3.png): “Is this.. a medal?”
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “That size, and that shape… I think that’s our key! Remember that round indentation we saw back near those bars?”
> 
> ![Panther](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/12d5f0ce57c2f0cbb8329b7ddd6803bb75cc96a3.png): “Wait, there’s something under the medal too.”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-59-40-56](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/8/b8a683720dbeed28f2a233fb28d162cabf19f026.jpeg)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-59-44-59](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/b/6be173a78ed10091a4418b2144ca2112b19ed945.jpeg)
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> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “So is it gonna tell us where the Treasure is?”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-05 23-59-53-59](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/6/d6fa3a66db82475ae5099318d2d4a55a22ce9841.jpeg)
> 
> ![Panther](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/12d5f0ce57c2f0cbb8329b7ddd6803bb75cc96a3.png): “That’s a weird-shaped building.. could it be a tower or something?”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-00-01-29](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/6/1690ca7559afef1da15a844e8bfd0cde878dc953.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): I’m not gonna lie, this freaked me out when I played this the first time. I was like “how the fuck am I supposed to get to the boss like this, I’m already down so much SP”.
> 
> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “All right! Let’s head over there!”
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “No. Now that we know how much we have left, we can calculate the best way to pace ourselves. Let’s keep exploring, but take breaks when you need to, Joker.”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-00-19-73](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/4/743730657f4d1cd201abea9d142f32aa61dfae2f.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-00-21-82](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/7/976085bde69a3aa02856b7eee19e351dd79733f1.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Here’s another new thing for Royal. In the base game, there’s no fight in this room.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-00-33-22](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/2/3242bc2a680e92e5cb54affd4a5648b586338e24.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Two Bicorns, or as I call them, a Quadricorn. Big deal, we’ll just gun them down.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-00-35-62](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/6/0646c4c1d82bcaf8f9a6e7a8220d8b1d7a86810b.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-00-37-09](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/5/b55346315a942f3ada049150d918e6fac007829a.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): This is a “Disaster Shadow”, a new addition to Royal. Disaster Shadows don’t do anything until attacked, at which point they immediately retaliate.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-00-57-19](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/a/5ae0bbfbda72478c73b0218216926c142e9f5b61.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-00-59-06](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/c/ac95a6e3f2ca4b2834a234332e543114a0f02dac.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-01-10-89](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/4/74ce00d1e806094f98f40efb67cb57586892d57d.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Morgana then kills it for us, and it drops a Snuff Soul, which restores 50 SP. Disaster Shadows always drop items when killed.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-01-13-72](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/c/4cb628a85ab64902efabb6401487fed277fa994b.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): When they die (or after a period of time from being attacked) Disaster Shadows explode for an amount equal to the damage we did to them before they exploded. In this case, it’s enough to bring the Bicorns to 1 HP because this is a tutorial fight.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-01-49-26](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/9/19f9cc796b0b303d502424579230dc47727cad60.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-02-21-02](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/6/b66fffe03cc2ddd5a91d7e7681b42a543a65092a.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): The game then throws another one at us, which explodes and drops a Bead. It’s a free full heal, I’ll take it.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-03-04-72](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/e/de129fd4cd9761897962d41fa6718f97ddf0aaa9.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-03-21-46](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/f/df7caeec663fa7fbcf42a5593b58df680d85f7ad.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Right in the middle of the hallway is a bookshelf with bodybuilding books on it.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-03-30-39](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/c/1c05fa568d7a7ad8f980f2578dc08cd30bb27c2b.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-03-33-09](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/7/e7263f416cb142bb19ac114100d52cd03580bbef.jpeg)
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> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “Huh! There IS somethin’ in here! …There we go.”
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-03-39-99](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/b/4b1ce6954f79161ecee17cbdaa0e6d5a4310a926.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): It’s just a healing item, but any healing item I don’t have to spend money on is a good healing item at this point.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-04-25-43](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/b/1b399356be83401aa6afe92dea55ac6cdf810834.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): In the earlier shots with the map, you might’ve noticed a chest in the hallway with the red aura shadow. It’s a new weapon for Ryuji, which I grabbed without fighting the shadow. Don’t worry, we fight one soon enough.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-05-00-56](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/c/4c840a1c4bd59293e14ae290ecfaf121789aa5ba.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-05-03-69](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/4/a4cbdff35366919814c00cccb5520232a1bf8e3c.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): We can now open up the barred door and make progress.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-05-39-86](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/4/c4ff321719287d83b6736c5492b9766e3305dba4.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): There’s a hallway with a save room at the bottom, which is kind of ridiculous when you remember there’s one right behind us.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-06-37-93](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/d/cd0cd4bcdf1eb2c92d2a89d5899b4d061a9dfef9.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Past that is this room, which looks like a trap but isn’t.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-07-06-76](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/6/8692fc3c461e59e0240507e4bb27724cc47c5429.jpeg)
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> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “This place is huge.. yet there are no guards? That seems suspicious…”
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> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “But the Treasure’s up ahead, right? We don’t got a choice but to keep goin’.”
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-07-45-72](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/6/1601ed10bb8c15e4f56b2bce43e44b7329517aa3.jpeg)
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> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “I guess that’s true… but we need to make sure we’re ready for whatever might be ahead. What do you think, Joker? Should we continue onward?”
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-07-25-56](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/a/faf67b149d5489420e87cef4b964c7dc47d4f1bc.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-07-28-16](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/4/d41fdc57e47c345ced21eb800c70a6174d3e3a9f.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-07-34-02](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/3/33fa4c7a413b7b19da7bdac48e728fe5de3418fa.jpeg)
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> ![Panther](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/12d5f0ce57c2f0cbb8329b7ddd6803bb75cc96a3.png): “I can’t believe he can think like that.. especially after what he did to Shiho..”
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> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “God, that bastard makes me so freakin’ sick! Just you wait, Kamoshida!”
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-07-44-06](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/e/de39069205686020b98ad5d9a97283d3a65c987a.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-07-48-36](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/d/3d76e35fb9c99ec7b2589d032acab11eb669bb2b.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-07-50-82](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/d/bddb1bac29cd1c213934b9d95b3b5b86cef3818c.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-07-57-29](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/5/85e04612f35890723527e016bc832fecb1fdb57c.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-07-59-26](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/5/e507271a8d34e23ae381f7a46ace3ab9459660c3.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-08-08-52](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/4/14c89d2c641b9998ee9c2a8bab08fd1a35ec007c.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): And now we’ve got a bossfight against Archangel. He starts by Charging, which.. I think doubles the damage on his next attack. There’s a tutorial on guarding here, which actually does something (unlike in Persona 1 and 2) in that it reduces incoming damage and also stop you from being knocked down.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-10-42-45](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/1/c1cff38b58a8fcdeef8424e645c53ea199395285.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Archangel almost kills Morgana in one hit, but I win the battle with guns and physical attacks. I could spend SP, but.. meh.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-11-09-06](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/2/821c29f467abb5f51aca4943b40488e1e369fe8b.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-11-17-76](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/6/962561b84648628360142d1c1c7341d138649a54.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): This gets us to Level 8 on everyone but Ryuji for some reason. I’m not sure why that is.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-11-39-36](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/c/5c1df702f3950fbcc138cfcdb0cc53dbffb0695b.jpeg)
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> ![Panther](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/12d5f0ce57c2f0cbb8329b7ddd6803bb75cc96a3.png): “What should we do? Head back?”
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> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “No, the Treasure is definitely up ahead, and there has to be a path to it somewhere. See anything that could help us zip by here? Keep your eyes sharp!”
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-11-46-86](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/b/cba581e31ca1781f99d73bb7617ffaa49109fa16.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-11-48-63](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/5/b522475448ff76fe899e4d80b6286dbbee8a599d.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Well, Ann and Ryuji are screwed, but..
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-11-56-39](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/0/f0f37e10577ca80710a85904633afe077baddef4.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-11-57-99](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/2/d/2d7a117eada2ba7fef83b0156f58ed05dd05d1a8.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-12-24-36](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/d/3d0ef65f82d9275d995f2bfc28230ec3181dc66b.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Rather than go through to the next area, I opt to go back down into the church. My hope was that I’d get enough EXP to hit 9 and then go after the red aura shadows, and also there’s some stuff in the church.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-12-55-89](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/9/190a6646eb49c3a1ae30a2b2f3e7c01c9689ac82.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): The problem is that we have to drop down off one of these conveniently-placed stacks of boxes, and the chances of an enemy seeing us are pretty high.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-13-08-06](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/5/75034be946f5f08fa736c882d87e1b757c31da3f.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): I get ambushed, and Morgana dies pretty quickly even though this is a fight we could solve with guns alone.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-13-16-19](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/6/f6de9ba27314d17a062a6f10cc47724caec2cefd.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): The other LP shows this, but if Morgana goes down, he’ll hide and keep announcing combat.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-14-02-36](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/b/8b826ed5cb3974a2d88963b2ebadb68cbf06e329.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): One of the Pixies puts Joker to sleep. Sleep is the best status effect in this game: while sleeping, you recover some HP and SP each turn. In fact, you could theoretically get into a fight with just Pixies and constantly guard until they put you to sleep to recover SP, since Pixies barely do damage.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-23-48-46](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/9/b931620804421f0effa7c3680289df422a13e002.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): The chest just had a Soul Drop in it, and I didn’t get enough EXP to hit 9. I’m glad I didn’t though, and I’ll show you why in a minute.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-25-18-19](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/4/44bc775a689ab8996e60de5abf1f09f9193bcb5b.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Before that though, we’ve got one last tutorial on a new feature added in Royal.
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> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “Yeah. By the looks of it, no one’s been in there for a long time.”
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> ![Panther](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/12d5f0ce57c2f0cbb8329b7ddd6803bb75cc96a3.png): “I wonder what’s over there… should we take a closer look?”
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-25-36-49](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/d/6dfd39a5e6bf758e3d9c8f984002e46fccaeb229.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-26-05-66](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/a/8a7c7b205a755a86a37bcef23fc15714eb39f9d1.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): This is what’s called a Will Seed. There are three in every dungeon, and if you collect them all you can turn them in for gear. They’re always hidden behind a grapple point. I’m skipping around a lot of the dialog.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-26-43-66](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/5/45ec24f2eaf56ba17dfa8fae0eb4d4b458e4761e.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-26-47-99](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/3/e37b1774368a797c95248ca36e49749b9f2b88ec.jpeg)
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> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “As far as I can tell, there are two of them left.”
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> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “Huh? How can you tell? You smell ‘em or somethin’?”
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> ![Panther](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/12d5f0ce57c2f0cbb8329b7ddd6803bb75cc96a3.png): “Yeah, like how dogs can - oh, but you’re a cat.”
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-27-03-99](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/5/95810afd31a39a2b111fd1b015fd8ff69428a5d7.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-27-13-59](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/d/fd39296aaecb25d4840db345f0a81c7663664b4c.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): One thing this tutorial doesn’t show is that getting a will seed restores SP to the entire party.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-27-50-82](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/7/57debe23abe31e3e5964a355754fe820c591a061.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): We also run into a new enemy: the Kelpie. I grabbed one at some point and got rid of it immediately.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-28-23-76](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/2/b/2b25b693609186946c6c240226cc595357cd38c4.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): After looting the main building, the only thing left to do is go into the tower.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-28-53-82](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/d/fdef81d0a09cdaf66ac3e618e5fb45467dd6d1d3.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): The tower has a red aura at the bottom, but I don’t bother taking it out because my plan was to level up and then come back here and negotiate with this one.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-29-13-66](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/0/60f18ca62a0a0f6045066727755ed4323281308a.jpeg)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-29-25-42](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/b/5baad107a79f5f635b41815e6f526f8418d0d4de.jpeg)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-29-28-69](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/6/a60e3d2188d564265577e75a3abcc61d7d9cbda5.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): This area existed in the base game, but was changed HEAVILY for Royal. It used to be a flat box maze with four red aura shadows in it, and is now entirely skippable.
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “Oh! That matches up with the map. There’s no doubt that’s the tower we’re headed for.”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-29-32-46](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/a/fa81dcccb4b70d1086fe6852854ad8c7d2d6a648.jpeg)
> 
> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “Hell yeah, we did it! So.. where’s the entrance?”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-29-39-09](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/c/fc9eb0e9fd8da9b5bc3ee9fd98c4e215a45f7060.jpeg)
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “It’s no surprise that security would be tight around here. But as they say, nothing ventured, nothing gained! Let’s go, Joker!”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-29-57-29](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/5/b566f09b54768c2ac0d95d093c0c7c0395bb13cc.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): In the base game, you’d have to sneak around and probably fight one or more of the shadows. Royal lets you skip the entire thing by using the grappling hook.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-30-16-32](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/7/a7a3f2b100da0815938ff3f2feb019e78ff38831.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): There’s loot down there, and at the time I was thinking “I’ll just sneak and grab it later.”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-31-14-93](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a0a02ba9e7e78d825690d1907758ad20e9059499.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): And then I accidentally press X and ambush it. Meet our fourth required Persona, Berith. All those red aura shadows? They’re all Berith. Berith is immune to guns. The only saving grace? The red aura shadows in the base game were TWO Beriths.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-40-44-79](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/d/bd968111e45ab3a56757520adc690efd67c2bbbc.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Then, I roll amazing luck. Morgana gets a critical hit with his physical attack, which knocks Berith down just as if we’d used his weakness. This is why I went out of my way to pick up Silky earlier: Silky has Bufu and Berith’s only weakness is Ice. Unfortunately, we’re only level 8 and cannot negotiate.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-41-05-99](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/7/57d68f6da053e454791bafa7056ed584e12026c9.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Remember how I said that I was glad I didn’t hit 9 earlier? This is why. Each one of the Beriths in this area drop a guaranteed Sooty Heavy Armor, which we can sell for a few thousand yen. This also goes for the Berith we passed in the tower and the one guarding the chest that had Ryuji’s weapon in it.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-41-08-22](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/f/af012cc9dddfd50da4a163570ffba95a331de12b.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): I go through a bit of SP killing the rest of the Beriths in this area, and hit level 9. By this point, we’ve got around 41,000 yen - and this isn’t taking into account all the stuff we’re going to sell.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-42-39-86](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/5/55ba34484ba0b2c3cedb805e103eea01853cc82f.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): After this, I immediately rushed back into the tower.. only to find out that Berith is a tougher negotiation target than you’d think. Unlike most demons, Berith will not negotiate with you unless he’s at a certain HP threshold: I think it’s below half. I wind up killing him and get another 500 yen and a Sooty Heavy Armor, and do the same with the one in the library area.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-43-45-59](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/7/a7ec170c1306af9e1b7177c3b897494b3ebe2e91.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): I burned our other lockpick on this chest to get a new whip for Ann.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-46-44-76](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/d/6d198769a72e9fba7972e35f6da755be3aa2585b.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Finally, I go back to the one in the library that respawns (the others don’t) and get a lucky crit from Ann. I chain this into an All-Out, and then Bufu with Joker to knock him down again.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-50-50-32](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/b/cb4a9a6298ccb2282140a239190b23cc31c8ed70.jpeg)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-51-00-32](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/a/6a453e39917a78a10c217a84c3cba49498f37d10.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): And now we’ve avoided the permafucks. We’ve also gotten all but around four Personas in this dungeon.
> 
> # New Persona: Berith
> 
> ## Origin: Ars Goetia
> 
> ## First Appearance: Megami Tensei II
> 
> Duke of hell, known for wearing a gold crown, scarlet armor, and riding a red horse. Will tell you the future if you complain at him enough.
> 
> ![image](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/1/3106fdca7020f87a45085ecf9b9a409bb9e1fcc7.png)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-33-00-19](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/8/c8265a0c6de97a78f1029162dd5f76e22721f338.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Now that we’ve got Berith, we’re good to finish the dungeon.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-33-29-46](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb5e9e4addb6a07476b46b30f132207fc146bae4.jpeg)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-34-05-89](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/7/f7ce62d481f2fba944ad3c2531f2440ec457fc52.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Note the vent on the left. I didn’t capture it, but as soon as we enter this room, Morgana will mention that there’s a will seed nearby.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-34-29-66](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/0/6037db44d2208c6e72f1ba80583cb8f9a181d60f.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): The vent leads outside, to a chest with some trash attack items I’ll probably sell.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-35-58-16](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/3/d35c30ef4221733cdd69a029dbb06afc92371342.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Just above that is a grapple point, which you can see from outside if you turn Batman Vision on.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-36-16-16](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/2/3/23a6348d575be6b40925788f594450b9524cc22f.jpeg)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-06 00-36-30-32](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/7/377eda189b7801215d5326861c01c96af2c81fe9.jpeg)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-17-54-84](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/7/a76c4fb334fe4721c68635e507d4fd1b868f0c90.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): We go up the tower, stealing everything we can on the way, and go into what I used to call the Hell Zone. I believe they reduced the number of enemies in it slightly for Royal.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-18-00-01](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/5/35b7e41c88dfe4e733ea2f64fd66657f5011c221.jpeg)
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “The distortion is getting stronger… the Treasure has got to be nearby!”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-18-31-98](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/a/9ac8855a7ab1120777b561cd619ead10347fc31c.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): There’s no enemies here, so we’re free to go past the titty hallway..
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-18-36-21](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/1/014bbe1fc769ba281378a929895f49768f69d83a.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): And through the ass gallery..
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-18-53-37](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/0/40d93bdb0986a3c793e0a8b3435d20021a38c434.jpeg)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-18-57-34](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/2/62cafc2be1e9d8d05c059c180b9438f15a48f9f4.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): That, my friends, is the traditional Dark Souls Shortcut Elevator. The latter half of Kamoshida’s Palace takes a lot of inspiration from Dark Souls.
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “Could be a hidden room. Let’s check it out, Joker!”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-19-05-77](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/4/f49541111a702f7f559673df0354712da2682b3d.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): This elevator is a bit of side content I never did in the base game. It’s in there, but I didn’t do it for a good reason. We’ll see what that is shortly.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-19-11-34](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/2/42570bb979bf27fef7a7b63c1042d2ebd905475a.jpeg)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-19-22-34](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/7/97d9b3c25398ab114d0566bd9de99d742b530419.jpeg)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-19-44-67](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/1/313e751155b7b23d0315366225755621420b20d3.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): There’s another elevator in front of us that leads to a mini-boss. We have no reason to do that mini-boss. Doing it would be a mistake… but I wound up doing it anyway.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-19-55-21](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/6/d6abd8940f7b83f98996b4c9e078a2481835cb29.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Instead, we want to go down this hallway.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-19-56-48](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/7/174e0d476770bfe96f89006c74edea32db64310e.jpeg)
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “Either way… it’s kind of strange that this would be our dead end.”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-20-06-34](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/c/7c66f16ab064b1cb30f0382e00152f5540608e62.jpeg)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-20-15-77](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/4/f4fad9a35c7a10f2d12830eb1e2722cc0fef1e7a.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): This puts us back in the entrance hall, on the bottom floor.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-20-25-61](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/4/e4f4de34b202842fd49ef2c443ed05b6c3707546.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): We can use this to create a shortcut. There’s not much of a reason to do so, because there’s two more save rooms in the Hell Zone, but this will allow us to get back to the second save room without warping.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-21-18-91](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/e/3e1f3de4a08b68a8015ca4d9c91bb683ccc6a2d9.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): We can also open this door, which leads back to the first save room.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-21-54-27](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/0/f07c646ac92b01d4974013800916e10f0efd410f.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): More important, however, is this room that we couldn’t get to before. It has a lever in it that will allow us to meet an old friend.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-21-59-78](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/4/c40e4fea1a1244681bfbd244d551dc134f10138f.jpeg)
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “I see. I bet we can access an area that we couldn’t before. Good eye, Joker!”
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): This lever activates the second elevator.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-22-40-24](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/e/be02453db269f0aa8165f7970917415098ad9986.jpeg)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-22-48-45](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/f/0f1529313966b1c78ce5769baa8e2d23ac1b60a8.jpeg)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-22-59-47](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/6/468ad0e3a9920008363b183cdc82a7434a26561c.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): I honestly don’t know what was down here in the base game, but in Royal they replace it with the last will seed.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-23-16-91](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/7/e717720f494284956521a2ad3c3e239ca34efd9b.jpeg)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-23-18-87](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/7/c71e0ffd747c9e8478bd984f8aeabdd4ed31febd.jpeg)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-23-28-94](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/c/1ccb11b59c8f4435b090e36d12b97ae6ccb3d521.jpeg)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-23-33-77](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/5/0526ebfa009e3256d5ae1d8aa9f45fc0ce4f4b56.jpeg)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-23-35-57](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/4/e49d3018621acb187e736a68b4d8d6a620097410.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Ann is going to regret those words.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-23-39-14](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/a/5ae9aae182b9dd00ba797b6d6aaa04ca8003bec5.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Meet Mara. Apparently, he’s no longer Toro’s Persona and now he’s just.. here.
> 
> ![Mara](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/d/fd87457f05a09d64d8a22fa4d998a5dc17e1037f.png): “This is character assassination! I’m way more turgid than that!”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-24-26-51](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/8/f8a9e136e959aa28a80cc9ad4fa0a97d1c43f9cb.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Mara is a shitfest of a fight. For one thing, he’ll always attack Ann if he can. He resists everything that isn’t straight up physical damage (including guns) and can oneshot Ann if she’s not guarding.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-25-16-84](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/d/1d9abeaec199a5806d2b6cb90596b1fc46a037fb.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): So yeah, he oneshots Ann. I should mention that Mara looks so.. different.. because they’re using his appearance from Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE, Atlus’s failed MMO attempt.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-26-21-74](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/5/15062673a2d3249ec91356d7a320162543c87699.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): He then oneshots Morgana, so I had to get them both back up so as to not miss out on EXP.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-27-12-01](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/b/abbf71fb01daa7efa5bec1ba466005f689017b46.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Once we get Mara down, we get the last will seed for Kamoshida’s Palace.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-27-20-61](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/1/31d82028ec3b91c950c95d2721fba91c9c4b1765.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-27-23-58](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/9/69a4c7b79fa58afe7032e6b74fdf8f84ca5af6aa.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-27-30-81](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/1/d18734276496ac23127283ebb0ea7efd869dd57f.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): This nets us the Crystal of Lust, an item that looks like a bootleg Behelit. It gives whoever has it equipped the ability to cast Diarama, which is overkill for healing at this point in the game.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-27-36-71](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8c6b0e74bffe25030edf850bf27317f95bdf7b.jpeg)
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> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “C’mon, Mona! You never told us what these Will Seeds do!”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-27-41-01](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/7/57ca18cd6cad5323cfa9ed73a09ea8aba92978ab.jpeg)
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “I mean, I never expected anything less than that to happen!”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-27-55-77](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/4/64f14679d8fc4a217ae5cba1e8f5d97c1b8c91bd.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): First you want to step on Mara, and now you’re having second thoughts about taking Kamoshida’s JO crystal?
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “A phantom thief makes use of any available tool to accomplish a mission. Who knows what we’ll find next? If we find ourselves in a situation where this could be useful, let’s see what it can do!”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-29-48-11](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/3/a35985c92aa7ece81917a60b01f7a5438d0034b8.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Back in the Hell Zone, we can start dealing with some of these new enemies.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-30-03-54](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/d/3df2040f95c7bca27baef9823c8f84bce8c8d76b.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): First up is Succubus. In the base game, Succubus was a fucking nightmare to deal with (thanks LaZodiac for reminding me) because the only spell they had was Marin Karin. Royal inadvertently turned them into your best friend by replacing Marin Karin with Dormina. There is one minor downside to being asleep, though.
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): You see, if you hit an enemy who is asleep,. you get what’s called a “Technical”. It does more damage, but it’s not the same thing as a crit - you don’t get an extra press turn. This kind of kills Sleep as a means of recovery just a little bit.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-30-53-84](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/c/3cdf63d6e2994e23abda17c993435b2e1ceb2f9e.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): There’s a chest here, but it’s locked and I didn’t have a pick for it. This is fine - chances are it’s something for Morgana and we’re ditching him ASAP.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-30-55-92](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/6/661d814f00fae0b31d6f6a36bf63585ac34ccd02.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Shit.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-31-10-57](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/e/7e85228bc59abf8ee8302696954671a51ce990e1.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): And I get spotted and ambushed. This isn’t as bad as it seems: at this point, we can pretty easily Rush down Berith with physical attacks.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-32-16-14](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/6/7683999f9ac067e6b91e89d3436cc532bd4c9b71.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Then a group of Incubi and Succubi join the fight.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-32-24-61](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a049e10d127d617ac42df1f8d20f6402d6c58c1a.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): One of them surrenders.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-32-30-14](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/b/4b1008232f522f2b9b2828040b82628b3e9314f9.jpeg)
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> # New Persona: Succubus
> 
> ## Origin: Abrahamic Mythology
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> ## First Appearance: Megami Tensei (NES)
> 
> Female demon that devours life energy through sex.
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> ![image](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/9/99c407dac5cd66e8dc87cc42d1f72a39eb7ef8e0.png)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Succubus has been nerfed to shit from Persona 1 and Persona 2, where she absorbed everything (P1) or reflected it (P2) in exchange for having a trash moveset. Here, she still has a trash moveset but no amazing resistances to make up for it.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-32-36-31](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/e/ee6a44103abd65b8f6cd39e8c5b64d9ecda1e03b.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Gotta love the look on John Persona’s face.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-33-28-28](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/9/19b9616b2cb853a0df94dfbf4d56d245e2533b83.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Right by the stairs to the next floor is a save room. I grab it, but generally you never want to warp here because that Berith is right outside and will more often than not spot you as soon as you leave.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-33-54-28](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/c/ecbcb3c38ca4b75f0ec5989364956411422d0d2e.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-34-06-28](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/a/8a66ad4a95636dc9ffe39f03f5ed0e939ac93675.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Part two of the Hell Zone is this room, which is two tiers and has a Berith walking around. In the base game, this floor sucked. In Royal, however..
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-34-25-41](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/0/9059e4aa4e0be23ca092326e207296aa016d0dcc.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): The first enemy is two Angels. Now, here’s the thing. In the base game, Angels were only weak to Gun, and because you had a grand total of like 20 bullets between the entire party, they were not a fun fight. Even worse, in the base game Angels were level 12 and had Self-Destruct, a full-party attack that did lots of damage.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-34-59-61](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/0/c0150670b589149da08e3d5385cab013dc048b5f.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): In Royal, Angels had their level lowered to 9, their HP cut almost in half, and retain their Gun weakness. I kind of wish they’d left them at Level 12, because that’d be better EXP.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-35-34-87](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/d/fdcc977ce38554cd576d6b7d0dfed90f4166e8a8.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): The last one surrendered, so I took it and overwrote Succubus.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-36-16-64](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/a/8aa52cedcc87fab026a01197cd6397f6dabcd891.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): I do this for three reasons. First, Succubus is Moon arcana, which is a confidant that does not get bonus points for having a matching Persona. Second, Angel’s moveset is better - Kouha is our first source of Bless damage. Third, Angel is the lowest-level Justice Persona, and we’re going to need one of those pretty soon.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-36-45-71](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/6/a6caccff8bcb4e6eb035ef389f063b2eed71b9d0.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Shortly after that, we run into another enemy that can be a Disaster Shadow - Angel is the third and final one. This Incubus explodes and gives us a free Soul Drop.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-39-06-54](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/2/324b4a57f7354b89d5996c19352c5d62ea64dcc4.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): There’s some chests with healing items we don’t care about.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-40-55-01](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/d/bdc353a944870842082368fb0d74ec9412c2e7bf.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-40-58-47](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/3/034599d06a0b599f5f7c112bd92c19e514e8df90.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-41-08-24](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/3/33fd21c5c225dee6cc6506545318a7c3767c97f1.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): See that chest? It’s the sneakiest one in the dungeon.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-41-16-77](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/4/445cf740c9365c34bd22e89cc1fa50fda5011d0d.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): When we get close, it gets walled off. Nothing to do now but try that other hallway.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-41-23-67](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/5/f57d23c24b274552e6eb9cbc721a1f07e3d6822a.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Sure is Sen’s Fortress around here.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-41-25-77](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/5/551e0ca8786f8a3f3977b551cb78776dd37c7bb1.jpeg)
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> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “It’s a classic security measure. My tail might be in danger if we try to force our way through…”
> 
> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “Oh yeah, same for Panther’s. So… what do we do? No way we’re gettin’ through here as is.”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-41-42-91](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/d/4d63828b867614b09d595369762914982e2f26f4.jpeg)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-41-47-61](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/7/d7493be130ec1a30a487d4aee09480680d2510cf.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): This entire segment is a direct reference to Xibalba in Innocent Sin and now I appreciate it a lot more.
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “I didn’t think it would be that easy. We’ll probably need some kind of key for it..”
> 
> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “We gotta look for a key again? What a pain in the ass…”
> 
> ![Panther](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/12d5f0ce57c2f0cbb8329b7ddd6803bb75cc96a3.png): “Where would it be though? There weren’t any suspicious rooms on the way here.”
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “Hm.. what do you think, Joker?”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-42-00-27](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/b/1bbc73765e59b29044ab4867fa1907166ab569dd.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Oh, I know! I know! This is just like Xibalba, so we say that we don’t need a key and then we find a way that doesn’t involve a key and skip another trip through the Hell Zone!
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-42-06-14](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/4/b45bdfe0db8b6a6e4fcc7e42488b44976daec5b9.jpeg)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-42-07-81](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/5/6596c4df5740f21dd7bde287ec1bca6b4179a9b7.jpeg)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-42-12-08](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/7/4718c6e19b7e2d09826a0e68e592fffc49e0a3cc.jpeg)
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “Hm.. that probably would be the most likely scenario..”
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Fuck you, Morgana! You fucked it all up!
> 
> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “An enemy? Y’mean one of those Shadows that’s roamin’ around? Dude, how man yof 'em do you think there are? We can’t beat the crap outta all of them!”
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): We kind of already did.
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “The key is for the tower, so it would have to be one of the Shadows around here. On top of that, it would have to be a relatively high-ranking one.”
> 
> ![Panther](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/12d5f0ce57c2f0cbb8329b7ddd6803bb75cc96a3.png): “Then we just need to look for Shadows like that and defeat them!”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-44-36-65](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/b/8b3054e2c5f55147a8fe6678806c123372b4c42d.jpeg)
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-44-46-14](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/2/a27f9eb62a562eaf7bfa04f2f34365abe0f5d064.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Back in the Hell Zone, a gold-armored enemy appears, and when we ambush it.. it’s Eligor.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-45-07-14](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/e/bef8031fd32d2f5790092f59605a792d7da56150.jpeg)
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): This was actually a fairly tough fight in the base game, but in Royal we simply gun him down before he even gets a turn.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-45-21-47](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/4/f4bd122aecba47576a550c786d7eb98ce5fa91e8.jpeg)
> 
> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “Hey, that Shadow did have something.. but what the hell is this? An eye?”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-45-25-14](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/2/3273be8bb42392fe58b9df79a4ba8b4ad55094ff.jpeg)
> 
> ![Panther](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/12d5f0ce57c2f0cbb8329b7ddd6803bb75cc96a3.png): “Oh yeah.. now that I think about it, the statue didn’t have eyes…”
> 
> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “Ugh, how much grosser can he get? So this is gonna stop those things, huh?”
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “Well, we’ll need one more. Another guard captain probably has it. Let’s try checking the other floors, Joker!”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-45-52-77](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/0/5034302e89413ec62ebe67858f6779dfc1b9df95.jpeg)
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “That would work, but there should only be one actual guard captain among them. Do you have any way to tell them apart, Joker? I’d think you of all people would have the skills to figure out which is the real one.”
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Just leave it to me. Trust me, my logic is fucking airtight. So, remember the [“Who Is The Captain?”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYXldDxdfSI) mission in Sonic 2006? You solve that by talking to the first guy you see, and since Sega bought Atlus, they forced them to reference it here.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-48-05-07](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/4/b4f7761b1c81594dfe62f6b83c3bd2fb3707b5b0.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): It’s gotta be this one.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-46-52-64](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/e/ee09c5f9fb335fd5509726d68e73a644c65086cc.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Actually, it’s not. The first two are a group of two Incubi and two Succubi. The way you’re supposed to find the real one is that it’s higher level.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-51-59-87](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/1/81956726acf5cac315a5a51cc7100a22aa49ee54.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): The real captain is another Eligor. Morgana gives you a tutorial about doing Technicals, but we just gun this one down too. Royal turned this entire dungeon into a joke, apart from Mara.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-52-52-61](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/c/7cea4f28eb980d2cdf18939590c3f5f949830bf0.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-52-55-91](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/1/a1676b36d560aea2ca844d85f410d92cd3c8f2eb.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-55-59-31](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/7/57841715424cdcbb12c08c962113407095220bfc.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): On our way back to the statue, I encountered two Disaster Angels in a row. The first one I didn’t even notice and killed it without thinking. This was two more Soul Drops for our collection. By the way, Archangels show up as regular enemies now. They’re still level 14, but have greatly reduced stats from the one we fought as a boss.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-57-24-18](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/8/78680f68f48acdd444916af17f55e6f9d2b677bd.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): We put the eyes into the statue and we can cross.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 09-57-36-24](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/d/bd67174bbc1ced671991d0f9d9a12107475775cf.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): In the middle is a chest with a Breath Ring, which increases max HP. I gave it to Ann.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 10-02-13-44](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/0/e096cdd74da5e0ee05b6beec0591e3cb1086b985.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): We’ve finally done it. Everyone is level 11, and we have nearly 60,000 yen (in fact, as I write this, I’m still grinding for money and I was over 60k and hadn’t left yet). There’s a save room up here, and now it’s time to end this.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 10-02-57-31](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/2/a/2ad50a94e4296fe1707440b09da5657b2e2ef34f.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Okay, first the chest. Then we end it. It’s got a Physical Guard in it, which reflects a single physical attack.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 10-03-28-57](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/4/5402c2a1d369e4858230b53b693dc1b3901fbbd6.jpeg)
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> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “Quiet down, you idiot!”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 10-03-33-51](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/b/5b26cc7e9e332121d635a28cb6ddc75828248eb8.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Relax, we’ve got this. Anne has an SMG, which is clearly the most suited for sniping him from the balcony. We just put a bullet in him and that’s it.
> 
> ![Panther](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/12d5f0ce57c2f0cbb8329b7ddd6803bb75cc96a3.png): “And a ton of soldiers…”
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Bring it! I still have most of my SP, and with Kamoshida dead that’s nothing.
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 10-03-38-78](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/0/70263191ac8ca1a6c3211810ea1e9a755249aea8.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Kamoshida is very confused as to how all of his demons have been riddled with bullets.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 10-03-40-31](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/c/9cf7de266b8adb4dc8fd8c55a1048166825287bc.jpeg)
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> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “I bet he’d never imagine we’re in the same room as him. Come on, let’s keep going.”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 10-04-24-34](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/3/43afd3ec3db03bf96fc627282667679d852dc056.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 10-04-27-94](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/c/3c61d9451f0001d07c4ac841c8601e70cd6cc463.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 10-04-39-07](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/0/e0a5eceea9691040e1f0e76791ca6b7802f1b3d7.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 10-04-41-88](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/e/9e6d2962ca2d528d10ea36850103356cdb51709e.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 10-04-49-44](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/4/c4bacd42cd60ebfd974c02a038b8f99672ce0d62.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Why do we even need the treasure? Just steal all the gold and book it.
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> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “That Treasure thing’s gotta be in here!”
> 
> ![obs64 2020-09-07 10-04-58-07](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/4/a44cef6c3419cc66fdb23ae67b63e316a727dd49.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 10-05-01-44](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/4/34a818ad2ea16114fa6dea407e030988682c8b85.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 10-05-03-38](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/c/1c64cbabf46377d68a6c8ca3125bdaf8af0c6906.jpeg)
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “Just hold on a second. I was planning on telling you more once we made it this far. Simply finding the Treasure isn’t enough. We’ll need to make it materialize before we can steal it.”
> 
> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “Whaddya mean?”
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “Desires have no physical form by nature. Hence, we’ll first need to make the real person aware that their desires are in fact a Treasure.”
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): I call bullshit. I have at least two desires in physical form: a translated copy of the PSP version of Eternal Punishment and for Toshiya Wakabayashi to stop being a dick and translate the rest of [Kanako’s Life As An Assassin](https://twitter.com/sankakujougi/status/1206761456932245504). Oh, and for the Game Center CX translators to get on the Earthbound episodes, but I’ve been told they’re already doing that.
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “Once they’re conscious that their desires might be stolen, the Treasure will finally show itself.”
> 
> ![Panther](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/12d5f0ce57c2f0cbb8329b7ddd6803bb75cc96a3.png): “But how do we do that?”
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 10-05-24-51](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/f/5fdc09bff9d55093cf33e09f51729d573b96d13a.jpeg)
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> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “So we’re gonna send a calling card!? That’s totally what a phantom thief would do!”
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 10-05-30-78](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/c/4c909c6b76fbd21b6c1ac34caf7d7e912c8cea97.jpeg)
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> ![Skull](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/0/a051e79dd3cc9c35440524b0a234a01542b6fb32.png): “That again? Either way, sounds like it’s worth givin’ it a shot!”
> 
> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “Our infiltration route is secure. All that’s left now is to pump out a calling card in reality, then come back to take the Treasure!”
> 
> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Calling cards are a very Lupin III thing. Not so much Arsene Lupin. He does it a few times, but not always.
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> ![Panther](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/2/12d5f0ce57c2f0cbb8329b7ddd6803bb75cc96a3.png): “This is it, huh?”
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 10-05-43-18](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/3/330977f34bbcc4a644437e475c1706327aed4ccb.jpeg)
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> ![Morgana](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/eb8e5d9a9c6f124062350c66c4bcb48ef9c81c4f.png): “That’s the spirit! Once we send out the calling card, there will be no turning back. Just let me know when you’re ready. We’ll head back to the hideout and send out that calling card!”
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 10-05-53-84](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/2/c2a804d493099cb549f30dd7ab30a8e783204321.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): So yeah, here’s the thing about Persona 5. Unlike Persona 4, where we could clear dungeons in one day, all dungeons in Persona 5 take at LEAST two days, with the bossfight being a separate day. Some take more.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 10-06-00-34](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/f/afe3b50456b2fee04945d37ce541a67ad382e9f2.jpeg)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 10-06-02-54](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/8/d82ddc3181bfe40a6a487958e9f3f7568087c09c.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Next time, we’ll get introduced to another new feature in Royal, see how far I can grind before I get bored (currently at level 12 with over 60,000 yen) and then do a few more days of confidants and stat-raising before we kill Kamoshida, since I accidentally posted this update before I finished it.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 10-17-01-91](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/a/5ac4550613c804c32bc662ae1b993534c24f4815.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Before I stop though, let me show you some fusions I did. Unlike the other LP, what I’m basically doing is crunching our current Persona roster down and getting better Personas out of it. Mokoi is one, which I make by fusing Silky and Angel.
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> # New Persona: Mokoi
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> ## Origin: Australia
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> ## First Appearance: Soul Hackers (Saturn in Japan, 3DS otherwise)
> 
> Evil spirits who kill magic users. They also kidnap and eat children. In the real world, we call these emus.
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> ![image](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/6/b/6b9fb77ef1ca7c5ed38a785b95eed45f5b4d5d0b.png)
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 10-17-47-34](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/5/85370b059831d1718daa335905ed5dbfebbb21bb.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): I also fuse Berith and Mandrake into Slime, which is Chariot arcana. We already have Mokoi, so we don’t need Mandrake as a Death Persona anymore.
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> ![image](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/1/51c5db7257709ad1bf1a7985e39a20a36a49ea94.png)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Slime sucks, but I fuse him anyway because he’s level 10 and it’s free to do so. Now that we have Berith in the Compendium, he’s super easy to negotiate with.. and yes, I remembered to grab one before I left.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 10-26-12-81](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/0/90d0aa00fced9dd160d37dd8c28a2368d91bdbf6.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): I also fuse Kodama out of.. I forget what. Kodama is Star arcana, and will be very useful later on when I need a cheap Star Persona for confidants. Star is one of the best confidants in this game.
> 
> # New Persona: Kodama
> 
> ## Origin: Japan
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> ## First Appearance: SMT Nocturne (PS2)
> 
> Japanese tree spirit. Said to bring bad luck if the tree it lives in is cut down - such trees are marked with a sacred rope.
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> ![image](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/5/45cf8f7b7a46353e3976016c8ce0ee7e93588d05.png)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Kodama is special because he is our first source of Psychic damage.. assuming I ever level him to 12.
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> ![obs64 2020-09-07 10-51-18-28](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/f/af09d1cb876880016ea313962ede498289be2143.jpeg)
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> ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Oh right, one last thing. Remember how I talked about that sneaky chest? To get it, you have to go around the pendulum room and then grapple over the weird hell geometry - it’s in the middle. The game fools you by putting a different chest on an identical-looking table just outside the hell blocks, making you think it’s the same one you saw from the far side. Baptismal Water removes all buffs on an enemy.

 ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): Here’s the music for this update.

[![Music Mid-Boss Theme](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/3/537db233955d930733c47ce5e7837a110501288f.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBZ4EBaYpbs)

 ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): I didn’t realize until after I made the image that the mid-boss theme is called “Keeper of Lust”. It plays when you fight the Archangel in the church and Mara in the hidden room. It also plays during all of the tutorial battles.

[![Music King Queen and Slave](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/d/c/dc88172d898236d0093cfaf6297ef1702f252eed.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvMKQzL4tPg)

 ![SaturnJoker](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7baf496e36a111a1398800f9ac2311e87004c90e.png): This one is Kamoshida’s palace theme.

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