So I Just Recently Learned That The P5 Dialogue Generator Now Has Strikers Characters, So I Now Have

So I just recently learned that the P5 Dialogue Generator now has Strikers characters, so I now have the opportunity to bring this old canon divergence AU to life! Basically, what if Zenkichi and Sophia joined before Third Semester (Twitter thread here)? I quickly put together the possible exchanges with Maruki during his boss fight if they were in the party.

Generator: Persona 5 Dialogue Generator (p5generator.com)

Zenkichi:

Sophia:

So... An Akechi if he were in Strikers idea:

I know him being a Monarch has probably been done already but still: Since Shadow Akane proved that Monarchs CAN change forms/attire outside of boss fights, one idea was that Shadow Akechi would have two different forms based on his mental state/emotions. One based on his Prince outfit and the other based on Black Mask. As the group progresses, his Prince form slowly falls apart into Black Mask with Loki like horns. His "crown" would be the mask he wears (resembles Black Mask in shape but dark red).

Either that or just the Black Mask esque outfit as a representation of his unofficial sin of Emptiness with hints of red to represent his Prince outfit (his whole outfit will be prince like anyways but a dark prince).

Idk which Monarch Akechi concept I want to go with though. Like the first concept would be interesting as it would represent his duality and still struggling (who doesn't have relapses despite getting help?) with his identity but would also be a little complicated too. But I am slowly leaning towards the 1st concept... Like the beginning would have him have his old bravado and phoney Prince facade which slowly starts to crack and change, showing more emptiness within himself.

His boss form being like the cursed child that he was called and even seems to accept. He may seem content in deciding the truth for himself but had he truly found himself? Who is he really? A monster or a victim? Also his boss form would definitely be inspired by "Nightmare" from Identity V and be called, "Hollow Prince Karasu/Crow" as a neat callback to P5.

His real world self would look a little different too. His hair would probably be shorter like he tried to cut it himself, dark circles under his eyes, and wearing loose clothing like hoodies and such. But after his Jail is gone, he looks more neater and wears more open clothing like a flannel or leather jacket like Makoto. More like how he views himself... But not rejoin the team after giving valuable info (would take place between Konoe and Akane's Jails)... I just don't see him doing so nowadays (that and just tired of everything). That and there will be AkeSumi (if she's in the group or he secretly started chatting with her for company) because I feel a little petty.

But that's about all I got so far!

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