There may be a way. Pharos doubts the girls will like it.

(Chapter originally by faith on writing.com)

"I'm afraid you won't like the answer very much. My advise is...to wait for them to contact you." Pharos said.

"But...but...I can't stay like this for seven years!" Minako squeeled.

The thought was already sending butterflies through her stomach. The demon who took control of her body had explained the 'rules' to her already. She always had to be naked. She could not speak about Temptation to anyone. Even minute contact would inspire feelings of lust between her and her enslaved friends. And by far the cruelest constraint of all...her emotions were being regulated. Just as she wasn't allowed to wear clothes, she also wasn't allowed to stop feeling humiliation! No matter how long she was **** to be naked, no matter how many days or months or years, she would feel just as crippingly embarrassed and ashamed as that first night Fuuka had abandoned her at the shrine. Every person who sees her naked would feel brand new. Every time she caught a glimpse of Mitsuru, Yukari, or Fuuka naked would fill her with that same spike of embarrassment and lust as the first time.

The idea that that would be her life- crushed by humiliation every morning as she went on display, subjected to lewd pleasures every night by her fellow sex slaves, on and on and on for seven years....it was too much! One day of enforced exhibition had barely begun and it was overwhelming! Repeating it hundreds of times....her mind screamed at the thought, even as a suspicious moisture was collecting between her legs.

"I doubt it would be seven years. There are...patterns surrounding the lives of Persona users. Call it Fate, if you like. Usually, when a Shadow becomes too powerful a group of Persona Users will arise in response. They often assemble around a particularly powerful one, whose life comes to resemble the journey of the Tarot deck your occult teacher mentioned at one point. Choices are made, a confrontation takes place, the cycle continues." Pharos said.

"That sounds familiar. But I don't understand how-"

"That's one pattern. Another unfolds between groups. Sometimes Persona Users inexplicably find themselves drawn together to confront the machinations of Shadows. Sometimes older users meet the 'next generation' as it were, sometimes time itself is defied to ensure the meeting." Pharos continued. "I suggest you allow such a meeting to unfold. This situation fits this second pattern."

"Are there....are there any other patterns we might run into?" Minako asked hopefully.

"...None that would be helpful." Pharos said.

"So there are others?" Minako prodded.

"Yes. One major one I am aware of." Pharos said solemnly.

"What is it? Maybe we can-" Minako began.

"Dances." Pharos is in a deadpan.

"Dances?" Minako asked.

"Dances. For some....reason, Persona users have been called upon to...well, defeat shadows with the power of dance." Pharos said.

"That....makes no sense at all."

"Indeed. Nonetheless. Dance is the other pattern."

"Look, I can't just sit around waiting for someone else to help me. I mean...the humiliation is bad enough, but this shadow is clearly getting stronger! Eden Syndrome is spreading!" Minako said at last.

"I don't see a solution for you until you make peace with your shadow." Pharos said.

"Peace with my....wait. I fight Shadows. That's what Persona Users do, right?" Minako asked.

"Correct. But I believe you have misunderstood something. Personas and Shadows are the same thing. One is fundamentally the opposite side of the other's coin." Pharos said patiently.

"Wah! How...when did..." Minako trailed off.

"Personas and Shadows are born from human thought. Shadows are those thoughts the human mind rejects, Personas are those same thoughts when the human mind accept and acknowledges them. The only difference is how the conscious mind treats the ****." Pharos explained. "Usually a human only has a single Persona under their control. Although occasionally that Persona can evolve into another during a moment of strong conviction or epiphany. Only very rare minds can hold as many as you do." Pharos explained.

"....Okay...but then, if people like me accept these **** thoughts....why do I have a Shadow in me?" Minako asked.

Pharos shrugged. "No mind can accept every dark thought it experiences. No sane mind, anyway. There are some desires that slip through the cracks. Persona Users just acknowledge enough of themselves that the core of their subconscious remains a Persona rather than a Shadow. I suspect that Temptation reached into you and woke up one of these 'minor' shadows. The entity that takes control of you was born from some unspoken, unacknowledged desire in your heart."

"....do you know what that desire was?" Minako asked.

"No. There are...qualities I recognize. Exhibitionist streaks, occasional hints of lust for your teammates, frustrations that you help everyone around you with their troubles and no one seems to care about your problems. But none of those are the root of this shadow. You tend to acknowledge and accept yourself far better than most people. All I can say is that wherever that seed exists within you must be buried deep. A desire so wicked or terrible that not even you could accept it." Pharos said. "I'm afraid only you can find the answer to that question, Minako-chan."

"And until I do, she's going to have free reign, right?" Minako asked.

"Correct." Pharos said.

"Well...this is a start." Minako said slowly.

"Are you..certain you want to reverse all this?" Pharos said at last.

"Uh....YEAH! Of course! Do you think I enjoy getting ogled by everyone?" Minako asked.

Pharos cocked his head, his eyes lowered to her erect nipples and budding clit.

"Shut up!" Minako snapped, covering herself.

Pharos gave an enigmatic smile, then his face fell. "What I mean is...this world was on the path to the Fall. Events seem to have altered the course of your path. Your memories are likely a holdover from another timeline. Personas are funny things when it comes to memory. They can erase your cognition of past actions, but they can also allow you to retain knowledge of events that never actually happened. So I ask again...is the world you remember a better place than the one you are in now? I know you find this situation...troublesome. But you seem genuinely happy to be closer to your teammates than before. And the thought of you being stuck this way doesn't make me sad the way the impending Fall did. If this is the price to save the world from Nyx, should it not be paid?"

".....I don't know. I..I don't trust Temptation. I feel like it has its own plans. Like a more humiliating, sexier version of the Fall. And yeah, there's things I...some of this has been more pleasant than I would have imagined! But it still feels like giving up. If the Fall is everyone surrendering to ****, then this just feels like everyone surrendering to Temptation. Just because its more pleasant doesn't make it right."