au where mementos merges with the real world again 20 years after the events of the game and now the grown up main cast has to explore and survive a nearly-apocalyptic hellscape populated by humans and shadows alike
without access to their original personas, the gang has to make pacts with demons, get to know one another again, and face the things they’ve tried to move on from after so long
the pt: what is that
haru: a friend
alice:
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haru: a friend

alice:


Also there would be a push and pull between the different sides of the group; Makoto, having left the phantom thieves behind long ago, would want to bring more order into the world, while someone like Goro might be focused on just surviving from day to day
and like it would force akira to think: what’s the point in killing god again when you’ve done it again and again for the sake of a world that keeps messing itself up anyway? is there a point to moral goodness vs trying to make sure the people you care about are safe?
ryuji found Jack Frost on a supply run in an abandoned building and he joined the party without their consent
there's art of this au now https://twitter.com/sopotamadr/status/1294072700860805120?s=20
I promise there will be more of this thread bc smt au is living in my brain now