Last Chance

Chapter 00: The Third

The first came as a young male. At first indifferent to all, he led others to challenge the impossible and created nothing short of a miracle.

His victory was short-lived. His reward was a power to use in an eternal struggle to protect all those he held dear.

The second came as a young female. With an optimistic and cheerful outlook, she led others out of the shadows as a beacon of hope.

Her end was nothing short of tragic. The tears her friends shed pushed her to hold back the never ending threat.

Igor stared forward into the empty space in front of him. The Velvet Room was quiet as he contemplated the situation alone. Despite having always given the impression of knowing all to his guests, this was certainly a surprise he was not prepared for. He had seen potential in the first, and the path the first had followed was as expected, and Igor did not expect much more than that. However, his assistant's endeavors to save the poor soul had disrupted the clear vision he had. Time had somehow repeated itself, and yet the details changed before his eyes. The second came before him and showed him just as much potential as the first. Seeing yet another bearer of the Wild Card intrigued him to no end for the reason that all that could even remotely surprise him involved the Wild Card. Even though the details had changed and the bonds were altered, the end result was the same, and yet another Wild Card bearer had fallen to a tragic fate.

But it did not stop there.

Igor watched as the world return to the beginning once again. The same year wished to play out a third time, and even he wasn't sure what would change, if anything, this time around. Did the world wish to continue feeding these pitiful souls to the same fate over and over again? It would have been horribly depressing to see it all had he not been as collected as he always was.

This time, however, Igor could sense a much more drastic change in the world.

It was at that moment that he raised his head as if he had heard something in the otherwise silent Velvet Room. A smile crept onto the bizarre old man's face, and his bulging, bloodshot eyes seemed to glint with just the slightest bit of excitement. While there was still no one else there, he motioned his hand as if welcoming someone into the room.

"Welcome to the Velvet Room. My name is Igor, I am delighted to make your acquaintances. I do believe I have never seen a case like this before. The bearers of the Wild Card have all been intriguing to watch as they come before me one by one. But...this time, not only do we meet again after our contract has ended, you will no longer show yourself one at a time? Perhaps that is best, as we all know you will need all the help you can get for the difficult road ahead."

Igor let out a low chuckle as the smile on his face grew even wider with an almost sickening interest.

"Now, let me draw up the contracts for the both of you again. And remember..."

There was an almost painful pause as Igor's piercing gaze continued to stare forward at nothing.

"Assume responsibility for the choices you make...but I am sure you know by now. I look forward to what you have in store this time around. I am sure it will be quite the spectacle."

As if on cue, the Velvet Room door opened.

"'Til we meet again..."

.::|| I recently got Persona 3 Portable and was motivated to try and create a story for this great game. I played the original Persona 3, so I gladly welcomed the female main character addition because it added a different perspective. I spent a lot of time writing this because I wasn't sure how I wanted their memories to work. I hope that my writing doesn't have too many problems in it, haha. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this opening prologue, or Chapter 00 as I called it. The first chapter will probably be out soon, but after that I need to start planning even more how I will fit the events on particular dates into the story so it doesn't seem like a complete mess.