Text: This is a public service announcement

[lighter_flick]

[After he wakes up from that weird dream, it takes him a few more hours to realize that Eikichi is, somehow, missing. And...that was it! That was the straw that broke the proverbial camel's back! Because by mid-morning, there is an angry-looking text post from Tatsuya on the network, with only these words of warning.]

ATTN: HINOTO-RI

PHILEMON WILL RUIN YOUR LIFE

[That's....it. Maybe he should elaborate.]

Comments

[acapriciousthing]

I take it you know something the rest of us don't?

[lighter_flick]

YEAH I GUESS YOU CAN SAY THAT.

WE'VE MET BEFORE THIS.

[acapriciousthing]

What can you tell me about him?

[lighter_flick]

PHILEMON IS THE PART OF HUMANITY THAT WANTS TO MAKE ITSELF BETTER AND GAIN ENLIGHTENMENT WHILE NYARLATHOTEP IS THE PART THAT WANTS SELF DESTRUCTION.

I'M MENTIONING BOTH BECAUSE THEY'RE BASICALLY THE SAME ENTITY, JUST DIFFERENCE PARTS OF IT.

[acapriciousthing]

So they're an anthropomorphic personification then?

[Finally! Something makes sense!]

[lighter_flick]

[You'll get a lot of those in Persona. Hooray!!]

I GUESS THAT'S A GOOD WORD FOR IT.

NOT A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE HERE ARE GETTING IT OR THINKING THAT THEY'RE GODS WHEN THEY'RE NOT.

[acapriciousthing]

A lot of people get confused about the difference between a god an an anthropomorphic personification. This didn't seem like something a god could pull off though.