Chii

*NEW* - Optional Card Layout

UPDATED: 2/9/26

This skin has received a major update—please review the instructions carefully as many changes have been made! Thanks to ZerafinaCSS's refactoring of the neos skin using AO3's new variable system, we now have streamlined, cleaner code along with some added fixes and color adjustments.

When updating, be sure update all of the skins.

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They're finally here! After much ✨ pain and suffering ✨, Rosé Pine skins have finally arrived. Credits to the lovely @zerafinacss for the original neos skin, which forms the bulk of the codebase.

If you notice any issues, feel free to drop a comment on AO3 or shoot me a direct message here.

Also, be sure to check out my userscripts which pair nicely with these skins or the AO3 Essentials script set.

AO3: Skin Switcher - Change skins from anywhere on the site without losing your original place.

AO3: Site Wizard - Change fonts and font sizes from anywhere on the site; automatically fix spacing issues.

AO3: Advanced Blocker - Filter works by tags, authors, titles, word counts, language, completion status, update frequency, primary pairings / characters, and much more.

AO3: Quick Hide - Quickly hide works, bookmarks, and comments while browsing. Hide things you've read or aren't interested in.

AO3: Reading Time & Quality Score - Adds customizable reading time and engagement score bars to every work. See how long a chapter will take and hide work metrics.

AO3: Chapter Shortcuts - Adds a shortcut button to jump straight to the most recent chapter of any work.

AO3: Reorder Ship Tags: Reorders relationship tags on blurbs so platonic ships (&) appear after romantic ships (/).

Pictured: My userscripts + AO3 Fictracker.

✿✿ AO3 INSTRUCTIONS ✿✿

After losing everything including memories, people would be rendered with the inability to function and return to their old life, however, that’s not the case with Phainon. A former Chrysos Heir, former Deliverer and the former demigod of the World-bearing Titan embarked on a journey of helping aiding who are in the brink or carrying the mark of Destruction while carrying a burning hatred to kill Nanook after getting resurrected by THEM. It wouldn’t be a lie that Phainon is also searching for his place, something he can call home.

However, his path was soon intercepted by someone who carries the same void of heart as his, and strangely more, her mission is similarly to his, only towards to another Aeon, IX of Nihility.

Note: While this is Phainon Centric AU (can be Everyone & Phainon), this is also heavy NanookPhai while very slight MyPhai because Phainon and Mydei were dating before.

Important points:

If you guessed it, yes, Phainon met Acheron and I will make them best friends.

This has no connection to the Hi3 relationship nor I didn’t made them become friends for that reason. I.. just really want them to be friends.

Addressing the elephant in the room, Phainon has forgotten everything in Amphoreus. He does remember going through 33,550,336 cycles and the 402,604,032 coreflames but he doesn’t know who or what planet he grew up on including the people that journeyed with him.

When Trailblazer and everyone (Astral Express and the Chrysos Heirs, along with Herta and Screwllum) defeated Irontomb and Lygus, Amphoreus entered a new dawn thanks to Phainon last remaining flame. This costed his life but not without Nanook’s interception.

The Chrysos Heirs remember Phainon and are searching for him.

Damsel-in-distress Phainon while Phainon himself isn't aware of it.

Nanook resurrected Phainon and took claimed him as THEIR favorite Emanator, because of this the other Lord Ravagers cannot kill him.

Funny dynamic of Phainon interacting with other Lord Ravagers.

This is like Phainon was forced to work in a toxic company, his co-workers love messing with him while his boss loves to overwork him just so he can stay in the office longer.

After Phainon recovered, Nanook let him go but not without marking him. To his dismay, this caused Phainon to sense THEY are always watching him.

TLDR: Nanook is obsessed with Phainon and is possessive of him, the Chrysos Heirs are desperately searching for Phainon (everyone loves him) and Phainon himself doesn’t remember them. Oblivious to the conflict, he made friends with the Self-Annihilator of Nihility, Acheron.

In case you need ideas for angstfic, Futaba has her own set of abilities and never learns either, so presumably she can always hightail it out of battle in her UFO as the only survivor.

Only Akechi learns Endure and Protect out of order. Only Akechi is more concerned about saving Joker than saving himself:

It's likely that says more about the value he places on his own life—after all, he doesn't learn these two until he's already behind the door—but let's just have a look at the descriptions of those two abilities:

Protect: Chance to shield Joker from an otherwise fatal attack. Endure: Chance to withstand an otherwise fatal attack with 1 HP remaining.

Much has been made of the fact that Akechi-with-Endure appears in the true ending, while Akechi-without-Endure does not, so I won't belabour it here.

do we see akechi learn protect?

A few people are validly pointing out that he appears to learn both of these at the same time, and it does seem that way—but no, there is still an order, and it's deliberately been reversed from the order everyone else learns these two skills in—because of what he's doing.

Because I think we see Akechi learn Protect. Cognitive Akechi walks in, and Akechi turns to look at him along with the others—though he isn't shocked like they are. Akechi doesn't react until Cognitive Akechi turns to Joker and threatens him and the Phantom Thieves:

Notice that. Akechi is looking at Cogkechi like the others, until he issues his threat. And ONLY THEN does he look at Joker and go !.

It even gets a textbox, so we can't miss it. It's that important. And it's the same whether you have maxed his confidant or not. Because he's always going to sacrifice himself here—and he always did.

Game logic wise, he doesn't get the skill until rank 10, of course—the same point he learns Endure, after Joker reminds him of their rematch and gives him something to live for. But narratively? He's already behind that door. He's already made his choice. I think that moment he realises he's not prepared to let the others die matters.

Also, yes, Cogkechi's threat is explicitly and always to the whole group:

Cognitive Akechi ⋯お前らは、後だ。 ... omaera wa, ato da ...I'll deal with the rest of you later.

This is really IMO more like "you guys are next". That omaera—"you and your group"—is aimed at Joker. Cogkechi turns to him, addresses him, then turns back to Akechi.

I reckon that's the moment things really crystallise for Akechi: Joker and the rest are not getting out of this alive if he doesn't act. People ascribe all kinds of motives to his sacrifice—he just doesn't want to live, he just thinks this is the best chance of his plan still coming off, and so on and so on. No. Watch this moment. P5 is a story about friendship and the bonds we make. That's what's going on here: the kid whose loneliness led him into evil finally has someone (or several someones), and he's about to die for them.

"he sacrificed his own life in order to save you". It's right there, look.

everyone else learns protect too though, right

And he reacts, in turn, when they are threatened.