Reverse Tarot - ryuji-sakamoto

Hey man, can I talk to you about some phantom thieves stuff? I don’t have a ton of information, but I’m supposed to be a messenger here..

wait, seriously!?

9:42 PM

well, get on with it already! what's the message, dude?

I got a weird message from someone I don’t know! They want to collaborate with the phantom thieves, said they have the same powers as you guys and stuff… I didn’t get a whole lot of information, but apparently something bad is about to happen, and they need you all as backup.

10:41 PM

But don’t worry, I haven’t given them any information on you guys yet!

what the hell...?

10:50 PM

they didn't tell you anythin' else? (edited)

Their name is Sho Minazuki, does that ring any bells?

...uh... sorry, no damn clue (edited)

10:57 PM

you could prolly look him up with all your techno skills, right?

That’s the plan, but it sounds like there’s a group of them so I don’t know how useful it’ll be to look him up. And I can’t look up their target since they wouldn’t give me any information…

a whole group...? that isn't creepy at all...

That’s what I’m saying!

11:28 PM

I was wondering why I never heard of them, but I guess they try to stay lowkey. I don’t think they change hearts or anything either.

...can you ask them what the hell they do do?

Well, they technically can change hearts? I guess? But that’s not really what they do? I don’t know exactly…

he totally just roasted you in dms

What?? What did he say!

bro said your normie brain would be fried if he talked about stuff with you

Normie brain???

12:42 AM

I don’t like this guy at all…

well, he said normal person's brain, but it totally felt like he was sayin' normie brain!

Maybe he wouldn’t say my brain is normal if I tracked his IP address…

12:46 AM

Um, not that I’ll do that!

hey, didn't he creepily track you down first? Isn't it kinda fair?

Do you think so…?

i mean, i cant give legal advice, but wasnt he sorta way crossin' your boundaries there? breakin' the law himself and all that?

I don’t actually know how much information he has on me, but I bet it’s safe to assume he totally went too far! So it’s only fair if I make it even.

just don't piss him off too bad, yeah? he does seem like an alright guy, but i'd really prefer ya not get on this dude's radar if he ain't trustworthy

You think he seems alright? I thought we agreed he was suspicious!

me and ann— okay most ann talked to him, and he definitely seems like he knows what he's talkin' about!

4:33 PM

he saw us fightin' this big mech god thing and everythin'!

I still don’t think that automatically means he’s trustworthy!

we might as well go along with for now. if he is tellin' the truth, it's a pretty shitty ass situation!

Well, do I at least get to know what’s happening?

uh... to sum it up, a big god wants to destroy humanity

11:35 PM

but they can't get to him right now, and they need our help to open up a path to get to him, i guess? i kinda skimmed...

Wait, is this a different big god than the one from before?

yeah! some dude called hi-no... uh...

11:38 PM

Gaku...

11:38 PM

...lemme go look it up again!

Goku?

no! you know, like that fire god!

11:39 PM

we totally talked about him in class at some point!

Oh! Hi-no-Kagutsuchi!

yeah! him!

Dude… What’s with all these gods always trying to destroy humanity?

somethin' about humanity's desires creatin' them through the public subconscious to destroy themselves...?

11:55 PM

ritsu could explain it way better than me

I think I sort of understand…

12:01 AM

But thank goodness you guys are still around! Are the phantom thieves really going to be back in action?

we gotta run it by everyone first, especially ritsu, but we might have a bit of an encore!

Oh man… It would be so cool to see you guys as the phantom thieves again!!

it's still pretty early, so keep it top secret, yeah? just between us and that guy!

Right, got it! I won’t tell anyone!

thanks, mishima! i really owe you one!