History Fanfic / FlightThroughFall

-->“One heart is not connected to another through harmony alone. They are, instead, linked deeply through their wounds. Pain linked to pain, fragility to fragility. There is no silence without a cry of grief, no forgiveness without bloodshed, no acceptance without a passage through acute loss. That is what lies at the root of true harmony.”\\
― Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage\\

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Akira had clung to the hope that Akechi survived after reality was restored and had dreamed and wished for a future where he lived a good life surrounded by his friends with Akechi being part of that life. Akira got his hope answered... [[spoiler:a few years after and Akira is unfortunately ''not'' in a good headspace to accept it all.]]

** Many stories had Joker living out his life after the events of the game is over as best as he can. In ''Flight through Fall'', Akira is not only spiraling from the unaddressed grief and turmoil from what he went through in ''Royal'', his grief over Akechi's death at the time was left unresolved with little closure due to having no one that he can properly talk to about it.

** ''Flight through Fall'' had a dimmer view about Maruki than most other stories of similar caliber as Maruki's actions and [[KickTheDog manipulation of dangling Akechi's very life to Akira during February 2 was the root cause of Akira's grief and eventual spiraling]] and Maruki's actions throughout the third semester only caused Akira to not trust therapists and counselors in general out of fear that they'd end up becoming another Maruki who'd take advantage of his trust and vulnerability.

* DrivenToSuicide: The first chapter details [[spoiler:Akira's three attempts to kill himself due to his spiraling mental stability. The first two failed, but Akira ''nearly'' succeeded in his third attempt if not for Akechi's timely arrival.]]Doubling as a CallBack, the story ends [[spoiler:with Akechi and Akira on the door where a few years ago, it was winter and the day before they steal Maruki's treasure and restore reality, leaving Akechi's fate unknown. In the end of the story, it's now summer and it's Akira who would leave Akechi's apartment and potentially leaving with Akechi not knowing of his eventual fate. Unlike Akechi who left without a word then, Akira chose to promise Akechi that he'd come back.]]

* RetGone: The metaverse being gone means that it will slowly fade away from the minds of those who are aware of it, with the rest of the thieves [[WistfulAmnesia having vague recollections of what led to them becoming friends]] and how Morgana can no longer be able to speak. Only Akira and Akechi are left to be able to remember it and so does Morgana as he was originally from the Velvet room. On the other hand, the government agents who tailed after Akira forgot about Akira being a phantom thief leader suspect and left him alone after that.

** The Metaverse eventually faded from people's mind after reality is restored, and by that, [[RetGone it was erased thoroughly]] with only a hint of WistfulAmnesia being the only trace left to those who had gone there except for Akira, Morgana and [[spoiler:Akechi]]. All of this led to Akira being reminded of the thieves idealized lives during the third semester that Maruki briefly actualized for them and contributed to the spiral.
** ''Flight through Fall'' had a dimmer view about Maruki than most other stories of similar caliber as Maruki's actions and [[KickTheDog manipulation of dangling Akechi's very life to Akira during February 2 was the root cause of Akira's grief and eventual spiraling]] and Maruki's actions throughout the third semester only caused Akira to not trust therapists and counselors in general again out of fear that they'd end up becoming another Maruki who'd take advantage of his trust and vulnerability.

** ''Flight through Fall'' had a dimmer view about Maruki than most other stories of similar caliber as Maruki's actions and [[KickTheDog manipulation of dangling Akechi's very life to Akira during February 2 was the root cause of Akira's grief and eventual spiraling]].

* MissedHimByThatMuch: [[spoiler:Akechi tried to meet Akira again after hearing about his arrest to help but by the time Akechi arrived, he not only learn that Akira was already freed during the day of his arrival to Tokyo, he also just missed Akira who boarded on the train back to his hometown with Morgana. Neither of them meet each other again until a few years later, in a dreadful set of circumstances.]]

* CallBack: The story ends [[spoiler:with Akechi and Akira on the door where a few years ago, it was winter and the day before they steal Maruki's treasure and restore reality, leaving Akechi's fate unknown. In the end of the story, it's now summer and it's Akira who would leave Akechi's apartment and potentially leaving with Akechi not knowing of his eventual fate. Unlike Akechi who left without a word then, Akira chose to promise Akechi that he'd come back.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: The first chapter details [[spoiler:Akira's three attempts to kill himself due to his spiraling mental stability. The first two failed, but Akira ''nearly'' succeeded in his third attempt if not for Akechi's timely arrival.]]

* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:Despite it being Akechi's own wishes, Akira felt and thought that he led Akechi to his own death for several years during February 2 that it influenced his suicidal tendencies. So when he learned that Akechi was alive after all, it left Akira furious and felt that he grieved for nothing.]]

* DeconstructionFic: Served as one to post-canon stories centering on Royal. To note:
** Many stories had Joker living out his life after the events of the game is over as best as he can. In ''Flight through Fall'', Akira is not only spiraling from the unaddressed grief and turmoil from what he went through in ''Royal'', his grief over Akechi's death was left unresolved with little closure due to having no one that he can properly talk to about it.

** ''Flight through Fall'' had a dimmer view about Maruki than most other stories of similar caliber as Maruki's actions and manipulation of [[spoiler:dangling Akechi's very life during February 2 was the root cause of Akira's grief and eventual spiraling.]]

* MissedHimByThatMuch: [[spoiler:Akechi tried to meet Akira again after hearing about his arrest to help but by the time Akechi arrived, he not only learn that Akira was already freed, he also just missed Akira who boarded on the train back to his hometown with Morgana. Neither of them meet each other again until a few years later, in a dreadful set of circumstances.]]

''Flight through Fall'' is a ''VideoGame/Persona5'' fanfiction written by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Tayani/pseuds/Tayani Tayani]] set post ''Persona 5 Royal'' and details

* UnreliableNarrator: Due to the story being heavily centered on Akira's point of view, it runs on this with Akira being on the view that [[spoiler:Akechi would have left again after saving him from his third attempt anyway]] and how he felt that his friends and those he had come to know in Tokyo all eventually left and "betray" him to live their own lives without him in the picture.
* TraumaCongaLine: The main crux of this story is Akira still reeling from everything that he went through in ''Royal'' that it caused him to spiral.

-->“One heart is not connected to another through harmony alone. They are, instead, linked deeply through their wounds. Pain linked to pain, fragility to fragility. There is no silence without a cry of grief, no forgiveness without bloodshed, no acceptance without a passage through acute loss. That is what lies at the root of true harmony.”//
― Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage//

''Flight through Fall'' is a ''VideoGame/Persona5'' fanfiction written by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Tayani/pseuds/Tayani Tayani]]

* BittersweetEnding: The story ends with [[spoiler:Akira, after a few months of living together with Akechi since he was released from the hospital, to finally come to a proper closure and take the voluntary steps to actually recover and move forward. However, Akira still need to face and come to terms with all the emotional pain and turmoil that he had gone through over the years since ''Royal'', along with having to come clean to his friends about his recent suicidal tendencies and how he truly felt about them over the years since. Akira's only taken the first step to move forward and he still had a long way to go for his recovery.]]

** In stories where Joker eventually reunites with Akechi post-canon, it's often a sweet but memorable affair. In this story, however, [[spoiler:Joker reunited with Akechi ''after'' he gave up at the hope that Akechi was alive after all and felt betrayed and angry that Akechi showed up right after he gave up]].

* UnreliableNarrator: Due to the story being heavily centered on Akira's point of view, it runs on this with Akira being on the view that [[spoiler:Akechi would have left again after saving him from his third attempt anyway]]