voice test ☀ joker

[jokered]

the hierophant; cafe leblanc

[most days have routine. get up, eat breakfast, hop on subway. school, meeting up with friends afterwards, and then a brief reprieve to do homework before some evening shenanigans.

but of course, some things don't always go as planned.

like the rare occasion where someone comes into the cafe leblanc for some coffee or curry (or perhaps both; they complement each other well here, after all) and the proprietor is nowhere to be seen. like this moment, for instance, when a certain scruffy-haired teen comes down the back stairs, bag slung over his shoulder (is that a cat popping its head out?), and he just pauses.]

Huh?

[he questions quietly, wondering why the place is unattended—he can only guess it was meant to be brief, and with the assumption that nobody would show up. whoops?

either way, it looks like akira is walking himself behind the counter, placing down the bag and picking up an apron like a semi-pro. unless you're one of the phantom thieves, in which case he's not helping your ass unless you ask, like a true pal.]

Can I help you?

[see? totally a pro!]

the magician; mementos

[how you got here may not matter. but it's certainly a strange looking subway station. it's devoid of people, but full of... something else. monsters? well, shadows, but this particular area seems to be devoid of even that.

until there's a rustling sound. one corner. the next. then behind a pole.

...do you feel like you're being watched?

...or maybe like someone is about to ambush you?

well, it doesn't matter, because as soon as joker has discerned that this isn't an aggressive shadow, but someone else, he'll somersault out from where he's hiding, gun in hand. to those who know him, he may seem familiar, even recognizable entirely. to anyone else, this masked trickster is joker of the phantom thieves. his smirk skirts on the dangerous side, knowing he's got someone cornered—though he doesn't seem particularly aggressive before asking the most important questions:]

Who are you? ["and why are you here?" he doesn't lower his gun completely though, instead twirling it in his hand.

show off.]

the chariot; texts

[did you want to make plans to hang out tomorrow? did you think akira would want a text from you?

...well, he probably does! except that he fell asleep, so being woken up to a text that says "do you have a second?" or some variation of it is going to be met with a response.]

1.

[and then, immediately after that, a second text:]

Time's up.

[nobody said it would be a helpful response. please though, continue.]

the fool; wildcard

[idk do whatever, make up some stuff!]

Comments

[pseudonyms]

[Joker!!! She makes a face because even if he's just teasing her it's so weird to hear someone else say that, given. You know. The IT. But she can't help but match his devious little smile before she shrugs, folding her hands behind her back as she approaches again from her battle station.]

Very funny. [But that's a good point.] There were users even before we discovered our true selves and fought our Shadows. I thought it would stop after everything. [A headtilt.] You have a whole team?

[jokered]

You fought your Shadows?

[what? rise, explain? this is definitely not a thing he's familiar with. sure, they've fought other people's shadows, but not their own. that's.

weird?]

I have a team, yeah. They're... around here somewhere. [that's what he was after when rise showed up, surprise!]

[pseudonyms]

Yeah. We all did in order to gain our power. Well, everybody but Yu-senpai that is. [Why is that weird, Joker?] We fought other people's Shadows, too, when they were in the Midnight Channel but it was pretty important.

[However there's one thing.] And don't you think it's a little dangerous to split up from your team like this?

[jokered]

[midnight channel? it's not often that something can actively puzzle joker while in the midst of mementos, but rise is doing a good job.

mostly because he's getting half-explanation here. of course, he grasps the basic concepts that line up with what he already knows about fighting shadows. he wonders if there's some connection to the metaverse, or some other part of it—but they can probably come back to that in a minute, considering she asked a fair and more pressing question.]

Needed to. Someone had to lure a big Shadow away and I had the opening.

[a leader always protects him team first anyway.]

[pseudonyms]

[Yeah she's. Giving him the most flat look possible because that absolutely sounds familiar.]

You're the guy in charge, huh? Their leader. Is that right? What were you going to do if that Shadow was way stronger than you could take on?

[jokered]

That's why I kept an escape route open.

[that's... kind of why they're in this situation to begin with. he knew he couldn't beat it, so he retreated to a higher floor—and boom. risette.

welcome to life with joker, rise. all reckless flashiness, all the time. for himself, at least—he'll at least keep his team from meeting the same fate if he fucks up.]

casually kicks hella-old tags to your inbox Im sorry aly, please drop whatever you feel necessary!

[pseudonyms]

[Ugh. Protags, why are you this way? She's already shaking her head and she's lightly scowling at him.]

Dummy. That doesn't change anything, especially since some Shadows are so strong you can't escape right away. [She should know. She doesn't sound mad or anything but ? ? ?] ...but I guess it was pretty brave of you. You've been doing this for a while, haven't you?

dropping this is not happening tbh FIRMLY PLANTS MY ASS IN YOUR INBOX

[jokered]

I have tools to aid in my escape.

[it's not like he'd go off running into danger just to get himself hurt. or killed. or arrested.

...right?

right!?

okay, no. the truth is that joker is the most reckless protag of them all, so rise is probably right in scolding him a bit for this. but it's not really deterring him, since joker's just shrugging casually.]

You could say that. [and also:] It seems like you have, too.

[pseudonyms]

You could say that. [It's funny that she's able to tease him with his own words even if there isn't a lot of weight behind them. It's simply the truth. It feels like it's been forever since she became a part of the IT. She knew other Persona users existed, but the costumes? That was something else.]

Just who are you putting on a show for anyway? [She looks him over one more time.] I don't think we've ever really thought about costumes for the TV world.

[jokered]

A show? The Shadows, I guess. I don't really have a choice in the costume.

[it just happens. he knows why it happens, but he supposes—] I didn't know it worked differently for other Persona-users.

[then again, he's never met any other persona users, so. that's probably a dumb, obvious statement.

though after a pause, he has to ask:]

TV world?