madimpossibledreamer: Izanagi|Souji in full costume holding out a hand (personatown)

It was his mom that was the famous lawyer.  His dad was the one running Junes, same as canon.  She learned martial arts as a precaution, and it was useful, but not against a gun.  She fought back, though—there were signs of a struggle, blood everywhere…

Sometimes she had to stay overnight, if it was a big case, because she worked in Tokyo, so she had an apartment there.  His dad was also working a lot, and he ended up running to Katsuragi’s and staying there overnight.  Just long enough for someone to find them for revenge.

Most of the time, he loves his parents.  His dad was a goof, but meant well.  His mom worked hard, and he’s still a little in awe of her.  But sometimes, at his lowest, he hates her, because she took the case that got her killed and won.  Because sometimes he looks in a mirror and sees her.

He really didn’t know what he wanted to be, when he grew up.  It was only after he met Kirijo that he started to have an idea.  That strong sense of justice grew.

Yosuke’s mother was an expert in aikido, and she taught him a little, so he knows a number of throws and knows how to smoothly get back up if knocked down or thrown.  He enjoys transitioning a throw into a freerun along a surface, using the momentum to swing back into someone’s face.  He still retains some of the desire to keep his attackers from getting too hurt, but that idealism has been tempered by the streets of Kamurocho.  He mainly does a quick mental checklist to decide how much force he’s willing to use.  If they’ve legitimately hurt another, for example, the gloves are coming off.  He has a messenger bag with three straps that he can securely fasten to his person, but sometimes he’ll decide to loosen it and use it as a weapon for, for example, trapping another’s arm.  He’s not usually carrying it, but he does sometimes, when he thinks he’ll need to carry something more than his phone and wallet on him.  What he lacks in strength he makes up for in sheer determination, enthusiasm, and a sense of timing. 

He favors using his legs and is really flexible (if a little clumsy at times), but won’t hesitate to get some good punches in if he sees an opening (and definitely uses his clumsiness as a feint to catch opponents by surprise, since at this point his recovery is a lot faster than they expect it to be).  Unlike his canon counterpart, he’s not used to using wrenches or kunai, focusing on an unarmed style (though he’s also opportunistic and will use that wrench on the ground or that flight of stairs).  He’s really good at dealing with falls and has a quick recovery time.

Yosuke has Yagami’s mouth and gets in just as much trouble.  He’s a scrappy kid, but gets beat up.  A lot.  Protag gets the anime-canon and game-leaning slight homophobia, whereas Yosuke had the Patriarch (equiv of Matsugane) pull him aside and explain when he finally started getting settled down.  These days being bi disaster is so natural to him he half forgets that used to be a thing, and then once he realizes goes ‘oh, yeah, uh…I’m so very sorry, younger me was terrible’.  Protag is basically Mafuyu only hasn’t figured out his attraction yet.  (His game also has arcade, investigation, dancing, and karaoke, because you can’t pry music and Yosuke apart with a crowbar.  A lot of it might be original songs written in English because a lot of those 'canonically he owns these' CDs were in English.) 

Which, interestingly—he got that he’s a water (character quiz).  He’s more flexible, but he’d say he has less ‘substance’ and he also has terrible intuition.  He doesn’t, but.  He doesn’t know that.

Yosuke wants the wardrobe he used to have, but it’s been severely reduced, in no small part due to the ‘ran away from his aunt and uncle’s’ bit.  Outfit-wise he mostly still goes for the v-necks (which he has the most choices, mostly because he swaps those out and rewears everything else), jeans (a couple, 1 red pair, a couple ‘normal jeans’ color, some of which were ripped and he refuses to answer whether they came like that or not, at least one that is definitely jeggings and therefore best for fighting in, and a nice black pair he’s half forgotten he even owns), and the white fur-jacket he practically wears everywhere except in summer.  He doesn’t have money to dye his hair anymore, so it’s the naturally darker look.  A couple comfortable street sneakers.  One pair is orange, of course.  He only kept a single one of the suits, a nice brown one.

Same with his music collection.  He’s got a full drawer of CDs organized carefully, though he stopped displaying them, and the record player was a gift from a client who didn’t want it anymore and otherwise couldn’t pay the bill.  He prefers his ancient wired headphones for listening to music in the office, but uses wireless earbuds for communicating with his team and/or playing music.  That was also a gift, this time from Rise—he and Souji knew her before she became an idol.

He knows how to pull off the homeless look, too—this is because he technically was homeless, when he first came to Kamurocho.  He’d buy a bowl of ramen and doze off at the table or fall asleep on the train—apologize profusely to the workers who had to wake him up, of course, make up some story about visiting relatives and escape if he had to.  He misses his guitar, his games—the only thing he had, besides the hoodie, sneakers, v-neck and jeans was his battered old PSP.  He misses playing games, but he’s worried about breaking it, so doesn’t take it out much of the time and just downloaded a few on his phone.  It’s not the same, but it’s what he’s got. 

Disguises: Werewolf, Reindeer, Butler Suit, apron, maintenance (looks a lot like the jersey), Neo Featherman Yellow, homeless outfit

madimpossibledreamer: Jiraiya|Yosuke jumping and using a throwing star (Default)
Shirogane is actually undercover as Shiro-kun, but Yosuke isn’t going to make him dress up in a skirt and make him uncomfortable. He was a bit confused when it turned out he’d made the perfect choice as to cabaret club to work for to look into the hostess murders though.
reminder for Chie's hostess name from the notes for A Better Day, also in this universe: Keiko
Also Yukiko is Yuki-chan because the idea of throwing another quirky Yuki-chan at Majima was too funny
kanji frequently fights with tables and chairs

Main Points:
Persona 4/Yakuza
Chapter Summary: Patriarch Narukami has a crush on Cabaret Club owner Hanamura.  Majima calls 'em like he sees 'em (and is tempted to do the right thing despite himself).

Word Count: 1040
Rating: Teen
pre-Yu/Yosuke, though Yosuke only worked it out this fic also possibly pre-or-current yukiko/chie

a glimmer of hope )

 

madimpossibledreamer: Jiraiya|Yosuke jumping and using a throwing star (Default)
Okay, more posting out of order because Yosuke’s birthday. This is for a yakuza crossover I haven’t posted yet. All you really need to know is Narukami is head of one of the secondary Families and Yosuke runs a hostess club, and Narukami has a crush and pretends to be mere businessman Seta-san.
Also this does not occur during the pandemic; it’s partially based on the time I had to work retail on my birthday while sick; I wasn’t contagious anymore but my throat still hurt and all I wanted to do was sleep. I was Mr. Grumpy Gills.
It was generally considered polite to wear a mask to help protect others even with the ridiculous Japanese work ethic, however.
Chie’s cabaret name is Keiko-chan from Keiko Fukuda, the most decorated female judoka.
squeaking in under the deadline

Main Points:
Persona 4/Yakuza AU
Chapter Summary: Narukami has this all planned out.  Too bad Yosuke-kun's a master at throwing a wrench in his plans.

Word Count: 825
Rating: Teen

Pairing: Pre-Narukami/Yosuke, but can be read as friend!ship
teddie and kanji are only mentioned
Warning: as mentioned above, sickness tho not covid.

exceeding expectations )

madimpossibledreamer: Izanagi|Souji in full costume holding out a hand (izanagi|souji)

Main Points:
Persona 4 AU
Summary: This is a sketch (in terms of detail, not art), not a fic, though there are fic-shaped segments. Yosuke ends up in another world’s TV World, which has also begun acting up. Yu has come back for the summer and is helping out after Teddie noticed.
Warning: very brief attempted noncon

 

can't catch a break )

 

madimpossibledreamer: Jiraiya|Yosuke jumping and using a throwing star (Default)
Main Points:
Persona 4 Ghost in the Shell inspired au
Summary: faster to read
Word Count: 42
Rating: Gen

        “Why headphones?” Yosuke’s starting to read his boss’s moods, and that’s definitely curiosity.
        “I like the way they feel,” he forces himself to answer honestly.  “And the way they make me feel, I guess.”
        Apparently it’s enough of an answer for Narukami.

madimpossibledreamer: Izanagi|Souji in full costume holding out a hand (personatown)
Main Points:
Persona 4 Ghost in the Shell inspired au
Summary: Narukami's got something against Corporate.
Word Count: 385
Rating: Gen

        Yosuke’s running late.  Most people having to run through the acidic rain would probably have to apply a MedPatch once they got into a building after running through the rain, but he just has to concentrate a little and shake out his hair when he gets inside.  He feels a little like a drowned rat, felt the acid start to eat through his skin, and even with newly regrown skin feels odd, like plastic second skin.  Since he’s a Magician he doesn’t usually have to use manual methods of disguise, but it never hurts to do things the normal way sometimes, keep himself in shape.  It doesn’t do to just rely on tech and magic, because of what might go wrong, because he has to stay responsible.
        His hair still looks a bit odd, but then, it was his fault for not parking closer.  Technically, he could, but he hates throwing around the perks of his new position.  Maybe it’s because he’s a Magician.  It’s better to not draw attention to yourself as a Magician.  Maybe he’d be loudly obnoxious instead of quietly obnoxious.  But it’s useless to speculate about it too much, since he is a Magician and has been one for long enough he can’t guess what it would be like to not be a Magician.
        He takes the stairs three at a time, one hand on the more professional black headphones to ensure they don’t fall off, and before he gets to the top he can hear Narukami yelling.
        Yelling.  The man barely ever raises his voice.
        “I don’t care about your reputation, Mr. Director.  What I care about is finding the killer, and as a police officer I have more authority than a low-level corporate stooge like you.  If you keep refusing to cooperate, I will arrest you for obstruction, and I doubt any Corp employee would fare too well in jail.”
        He’s never, ever heard the Chief talk like that, never casually threaten anyone.  He’s so hard to rattle Yosuke had begun to wonder if his cyborg nature extended to the emotional level as well.
        Uhm, Amagi, on a scale of one to annihilation, how likely is the Captain going to bite my head off for being late?  She intimidates him, true, but less than Satonaka and definitely less than Kujikawa.
        You’re not Corporate.  You’ll be fine.  In fact, you might help his mood, given that I’m almost positive he has a crush on you.
        He blushes and hates that she can tell through the link, because it’s all she can do to hold the helpless giggle in.
        Even after that little Shadow virus stunt.  You’re lucky.
        Shut up, he grumbles, but pushes on the door anyway.
        It’s got something to do with his past, but we’re not sure and I’m not the type to gossip anyway, she adds.
        The Chief whips around, a snarl on his lips, but the words die before they are spoken.  He blinks a little, looking embarrassed, and then smiles.  That might even be a chuckle.  “Didn’t want to fix your hair, huh?  I hope the acid rain wasn’t too bad.”
        Yosuke runs a hand through his hair, annoyed.  “My hair is fine, Captain.  Now that I’m here, how can I help?”
        Narukami sends an image of petting the bedraggled hair, like Yosuke’s a cat, and in retaliation Yosuke sends the best enraged cat hiss back.  Which makes Yu snort even as he starts filling him in about corporate espionage and two heavily mangled bodies.

madimpossibledreamer: Izanagi|Souji in full costume holding out a hand (personatown)

Well.  This happened, again.
I think Shadow Yosuke or various alts tend to be flirty (in their dangerous way) because they don’t see a reason for them not to go for what they want. If they're interested and don't find something boring.  If Saki-senpai had been alive in various worlds, they'd probably be creepily flirty with her.  And they like wordplay, being shocking.
~Dreamer~

Main Points:
Persona 4 Ghost in the Shell inspired au
Summary: The Shadow Virus strikes.
Word Count: 635
Rating: Gen

 

madimpossibledreamer: Jiraiya|Yosuke jumping and using a throwing star (Default)
the anniversary stuff for lotro is annoying me

Main Points:
Persona 4 Ghost in the Shell inspired au
Summary: The bruisers debate a little.
Word Count: 210
Rating: Gen

            “Yo, Senpai, are we sure we got the right Yosuke?” Tatsumi sounds very unsure, and no wonder—the intense concentration of the young man dancing (and drawing a crowd) doesn’t seem like the happy-go-lucky Yosuke they know at all.
            “Yeah, he mentioned he liked dancing,” Narukami answers, quiet but distracted, and Satonaka glances over to see Hanamura do the splits.
            “Wow, he’s flexible!”  She’s grinning.  “He’d be a good sparring partner.”
            “Don’t break him, please,” their fearless leader requests, quiet.  Tatsumi glances over.  There’s something in his Chief’s expression, but he can’t quite make it out yet.
            “Aww, come on, he’s a Magician.  Why else have powers?” she asks, and Tatsumi rolls his eyes.
            “Casting takes effort, you know.  If he’s in too much pain, he probably can’t do anything about fixing things.  ‘Sides, why don’t you repeat yourself?  I don’t think the whole room heard you.”
            “Satonaka.  Tatsumi,” Narukami says mildly, and they instantly fall in line.
            “I can believe it, anyway.  You know how he’s always listening to those seriously outdated headphones?” Tatsumi adds.  “He’s probably got great rhythm.  Which will help with fighting training.”
            “I like the headphones,” Narukami comments, and Satonaka rolls her eyes.
            “Of course you do.  You like all sorts of weird things, Chief.”

madimpossibledreamer: Izanagi|Souji in full costume holding out a hand (persona 4)
In honor of the fact that I watched the new Ghost in the Shell movie and actually enjoyed it (for having changed the Major's background, it wasn't the angstfest I expected to which I heartily applaud) here, have Blessings of Stardust fic.
It could have used more Batou, Aramaki is as awesome as ever, and they brought in the Tachikoma and I'm kind of sad they did.  (It's no Stand Alone Complex, though.)
(I like that there was another girl on the team but who the hell was she supposed to be??  And the rest of the cast/setting felt less Japanese.  I still feel that people are getting hung up on shells and missing the ghost thing, and if the original creator and original anime director didn't have a problem with the casting of the Major...I did want to see more of Section 9 backing up the Major, because this ain't the West and it's a group effort, not Lone Hero Complex.)
~Dreamer~

Main Points:
Persona 4 Ghost in the Shell inspired au
Summary: After Jacking In.
Word Count: 505
Rating: Gen

           “Hanamura.”  He’s left part of himself running in reality, just because he’s terrified that if he jacks in with his Magician powers he’ll get trapped forever, and judging by the almost-comatose victim it’s not a place he’d want to be.  So he hears the voice behind him.  It’s the Captain.  Still, it’s hard to pull himself out of it.
           “I’m almost sure the perp edited her perceptions, at least slightly.  I’ll fixed what I can but he did some real damage.  We should check to see if she had any brain scans, so I can do a better job,” he finds himself answering, still shivering, and in response a trenchcoat is gently set around his shoulders.
           “How would that help?”  The voice is softer, now.  Like how they talk to victims, but he’s got residual trauma, now.
           “Well, I created a copy of what she looks like now.  Which, yes, will fly in court, assuming you can get a hack bank to sign off on it.  I can see some places where it’s obvious what damage was done, so I can fix those, but he basically went in and took a weed whacker to the inside of her head.  There’s so much damage it’s hard to see what was there before.  It’s hard to tell what was normal.  If she’s had any brain scans, that’ll give me more to work with.”  It’s only after the fact that he notices the boyfriend is still here and listening in on every word.  Dammit, Hanamura, I know you’re out of it but you gotta stop doing this.
           He doesn’t realize he’s broadcasting until Narukami offers him a reassuring smile, at which point he just sighs.  Come on, pull it together. 
           “She did,” the man says abruptly.
           “What?” Yosuke asks, caught off guard.
           “Have a brain scan.”  He takes a deep breath.  “She was gonna get implants, but her sister caught the Shadow virus.  Which is when she swore off ‘em forever.” 
           Eyes wide, Yosuke nods.  “That’s a good reason,” he croaks, and is confused when his throat is dry.  Yuu pulls out a water bottle and offers it.  You realize I’m gonna chug this whole thing down, right?  That earns the slightest hint of a grin around the eyes—he’s still getting used to Narukami’s quiet expressions—and drinks the whole thing down fast enough he thinks he might make himself sick.  He doesn’t, though, which is the main thing, and then tells the man, “Okay, that’s good, because that’ll make it a lot easier to put her back together, okay?  Before you know it she’ll be back.”
           “They won’t want her as a witness?” the man asks, and he has to remind himself—oh yeah, Unplugged. 
           “The state she’s in, you think she could be a witness for anyone?” Yosuke asks mildly, then adds, “Besides, we’ve had echoes—that’s copies of people—as witnesses for years, just for cases like this.  It’ll be fine.”
           If the man can derive any reassurance from that, he’s done his job.

madimpossibledreamer: Jiraiya|Yosuke jumping and using a throwing star (Default)
Main Points:
Persona 4 Universe Optional Dialogue Crack
Chapter Summary:
Yosuke and Protag.
Word Count: 25
Rating: teen

          “Dude, seriously, how do you know what the right answer is all the time?”
          “I use my saves creatively.”
          “Um.  What?”
          “Don’t worry about it.”

madimpossibledreamer: Izanagi|Souji in full costume holding out a hand (izanagi|souji)
the angst just happened sorry but it's minor I swear
~Dreamer~

Main Points:
Persona 4 Ghost in the Shell inspired au
Summary: post-mission Narukami SL, mostly learning about the characters so yeah SL away
Word Count: 640
Rating: Gen

rambly get-to-know-you )

madimpossibledreamer: Jiraiya|Yosuke jumping and using a throwing star (Default)
This too shall pass
but there's a lot of stressful stuff at the moment.  I know this is right after Christmas, sorry about that :(  for a happy season there's a lot going on that sucks.  But the good people make it worth it.
I tried to ignore it all since this is supposed to be a happy season but it didn't quite work and my productivity is suffering for it.  Not drabbles.  I'm ages ahead, thank goodness.
At least I got GitS so I'm more ready for the movie & have more inspiration for writing this so that's good I guess?  I think I'm gonna buy myself Dr Strange the day it comes out because I need this to make it through everything
If you need them, know that I will always send psychic/electronic hugs.  Because people shouldn't be hurting.
~Dreamer~

Main Points:
Persona 4 Ghost in the Shell inspired au
Summary: post-mission Narukami SL
Word Count: 200
Rating: Gen

        “Hey, Hanamura,” Narukami calls, and the brunet slows, turns quizzically.
        Hanamura’s really a cheerful person.  Smiles a lot.  But they haven’t really talked, and he wants to get to know the people on his team better.
        “You want to get some ramen?” he asks casually, and that’s definitely a smile in return.
        “Oh, man, I’m starving.  Just lemme grab my gear.”  Then he pauses while pulling on his shoes.  “This is okay, right?  I haven’t memorized that giant tome of a manual thing yet.”
        It earns just the slightest of tugs on the side of Narukami’s mouth.  Which is more emotion than he usually shows.  “You couldn’t just write that into your memory?” he asks, curious, and the brunet pauses.
        “Huh.  Yeah, I probably could.  I never considered it before.  That could’ve been really useful in college,” he states thoughtfully, before shrugging.  “But then, rewriting people is always dangerous, so I shouldn’t do it casually like that.”
        Yuu blinks.  Hanamura hadn’t discussed that before.  Then again, wasn’t that what this was about?  Learning both the man and the skills?
        The brunet picks up the beaten orange messenger bag from the locker with his name and nods.  “Okay, lead on, Captain.”

madimpossibledreamer: Eye from manga drawing. (edgeworth)
Main Points:
Persona 4 Ghost in the Shell inspired au; I will probably expand on all of these moments at some point
Summary: Yosuke isn't sure about the current avenue of investigation.
Word Count: 880
Rating: Gen

madimpossibledreamer: Paper lanterns floating over a fleet of ships. (lanterns)
I was debating whether this should be another slash fic, and then Yosuke just started flirting and I sit back and go, well.  Okay.  This is happening.
(Yosuke, stop being an idiot.  I know you can.)
~Dreamer~

Main Points:
Persona 4 Ghost in the Shell inspired au
Summary: The Captain and the Magician go undercover.  And of course Yosuke is an idiot who flirts inappropriately.
Word Count: 515
Rating: Gen

               “Who are you?”  The voice is cold, matching the icy metal placed against the back of her head.
               “This is probably a stupid time to mention that I’m actually capable of rewriting my body using the whole Magician powers thing, huh.”  Her hands shake, but she’s not too worried about Narukami shooting her.  It’s just a misunderstanding.  The Captain’s not the type to just go shooting people.  “Well, if it helps any, that was me being the idiot that I am.  I just wanted to flirt with you.  But I should’ve kept my mind on the mission.”
               “You don’t have any tattoos.”  The silver-haired Captain’s tone is derisive, much more expressive than normal.  I was looking forward to him taking down his walls, but not like this.
               “Actually, I’m using makeup.  Took me a while to find something that I wasn’t allergic to or didn’t drive me nuts.  Let’s be honest—a beautiful woman with Magician tattoos?  That’d get attention in a way we wouldn’t like.”
               “Why didn’t you just rewrite those, if your Magician powers are that strong?” the man asks, still emotional, and Yosuke resists the impulse to roll her eyes.
               “I can’t.  They’re a part of me.  I’d…I’d stop being a Magician entirely, or stop existing, or…or something.  I don’t know what happens to those who try.  I’ve never known anyone who has.  That being said, rewriting, say, to a different gender?  It’s not exactly trivial, but, well, it’s not like it’s unknown, either.”  She bites her lip and looks uncomfortable.
               “What’s wrong?”  He’s still harsh, but there’s something a little softer in the voice.
               “…I was kind of nervous, so I may have had a little too much coffee before this, and, well…I have to go pee.”  That blunt honesty is still something she has trouble with, along the lines of she does it too much, but while she’s at it.  “I didn’t actually drink any of the wine.  I figured that now is not the time to figure out whether my rewritten body is actually more of a lightweight.”
               Narukami chuckles, but the revolver doesn’t move a centimetre.  She sighs.
               “Look, you can watch like a pervert if you want, but I really have to go.”  Narukami starts for the first time, metal trembling slightly, and then she winks.  Even though he can’t see it.  Damn it.  “I didn’t say I’d mind.  Just…pointing that out there.  I…I like you appreciating the work I did.  It’s my second time messing around with this, and I think I did a better job this time.  But I can take off my makeup and reapply it, if you’re not convinced that I actually have the Magician tattoos.  They’re unique per person.  Don’t know if I brought that up, but it’s true.”  The more she talks like normal, the more obvious it’s him.  Maybe.
               She hopes.
               “Even do whatever scan you want or jack in or whatever.  But we really gotta go, now.”  And she starts walking away.
               “…Damn it, Yosuke,” she hears very quietly behind her, and Narukami begins following.  Quietly.  Like he does.
madimpossibledreamer: Jiraiya|Yosuke jumping and using a throwing star (Default)
Main Points:
Persona 4 Ghost in the Shell inspired au (probably 'preseries' honestly)
Title because Chie insisted
Summary: faster to read
Word Count: 55
Rating: Gen

              Yukiko starts laughing hysterically, and Narukami sighs mentally.  Satonaka.
              I got it, she sends back and he feels the echo of her slapping her hand over her friend’s mouth.  It’s a good thing I’m here, sheesh.  Don’t get yourself killed, you idiot.  Or us.
madimpossibledreamer: Jiraiya|Yosuke jumping and using a throwing star (sherlock)
Main Points:
Persona 4 Ghost in the Shell inspired au
Summary: faster to read
Word Count: 55
Rating: Gen

              Narukami watches his team with a smile.  Their Magician’s going to work out just fine, after all.  He’ll goof off with the best of them when they’ve got time off, but the minute things turn serious he can actually buckle down and get to work.  And for all he’s new to this, he is competent.

madimpossibledreamer: Jiraiya|Yosuke jumping and using a throwing star (Default)
Main Points:
Persona 4 Ghost in the Shell inspired au because I couldn't stop at .hack and this habit might actually be a problem but holy cow this universe is awesome.
Summary: The Inaba Team gets a new recruit.
Word Count: 600
Rating: Gen

 


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