Summary:

Persona's users didn't have a palace.

But that didn't mean they were entirely well or mentally stable, as Akechi had been living proof of that.

In which Lavenza asks for their help because her Trickster was dying, and the phantom thieves find themselves in Akira's heart, the velvet room a haunted place that was too dark and too sad, each cell locking up his worst memories, and all the times they've failed him.

In which they all find a boy that was their leader and their friend, but broken in so many ways his physical body was failing and he was going to die alone in his hometown if they didn't do something.

In which Akira finally gets to be saved, and in which there’s a happy ending even for someone like him, after all.

[Someone asked me to clarify and I thought it was important info, so: 12293/223394 words, or approximately 0,05% of the story contain explicit content.]