[video][kidnapping plot aftermath]

[hetried]

[Somebody definitely looks more shook up than usual; and those bandages looked a little much for someone that was supposed to be in a fake fight.]

O-- OK. I can get-- demon kidnapping, that's a-- job hazard. I guess. I-I can understand that!

B-But how come I'm the only one that ends up in an actual death match?! Y-You guys said not to worry, but I thought I was gonna d-die--!! Who the hell let--?!

[OK. Deep breaths Daichi, deep breaths.]

I-- Look, just-- stay away from that Sam guy! H-He's one of us, timid-looking guy, brown hair-- he's completely faking it! C-C-Completely! He's like some kind of monster!! I've never seen anything like it before! He wasn't faking anything, he was trying to kill me-- I-I think he seriously almost did!

Just-- stay away from him?! Alright?!

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[Video]

[bakegarasu]

[Nope can't be bothered with text or whatever.]

Is he now?

[Well that makes sense.]

[Video]

[hetried]

Yes! I-I mean-- we talked before, and he seemed pretty OK! But we started fighting and-- I guess he didn't like me using fire, but he never told me that! I tried to talk to him and he just started going ps-psycho!

[bakegarasu]

When you say monster - what kind of monster?

[a_gentle_boy]

Sam...?

[Then that person was...]

Did he just get back to the city recently after being away? I remember him being upset about it...

You're really sure, though? It wasn't... maybe, a demon with his face?

[hetried]

U-Uh, maybe? I've never met him in the city before... he introduced himself to me while we were being held captive! It-- had to be him, right?!

[a_gentle_boy]

I...

[Lucas frowns a bit as he thinks back to the conversations he's had - both with Daichi and with Sam.]

I guess I've only really talked to him once. He didn't seem...

[Well if he were pretending, of course he didn't seem like it. Still, he's loathe to believe that anyone is a 'monster' without seeing it for himself.]

Ah. Whatever happened, I'm sorry you had to go through it. Thanks for telling us all...

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[prototype_blues]

I would think you'd be used to people trying to kill you in this place.

[text]

[hetried]

[and now we get to see if Daichi is less-twitchy enough to type]

OF COURSE i'm used to it!! it feels like its been happening regularly to me even before i got here but that doesnt mean im USED to it or that im OK with it!

[Video]

[bondsofsuffering]

[...Huh. He'd always figured something was a bit off about Sam, but...]

How, specifically, did he try to kill you?

[Video]

[hetried]

H-He used his Persona a lot-- used it to take out one of my demons. [Man he hoped Wu Kong wasn't mad at him.]

He hit me a bunch-- and some, gross, black thing...

[He's not exactly the pinnacle of coherency.]

[bittydragon]

[First time Yamato explored this network thing, and this is the first post he sees - well. A threat being openly decried... what was this about killing?]

Brown haired and timid does not build a memorable mental picture, so only those with prior knowledge of this 'Sam' will know what to avoid. More information would be required to properly process this threat.

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[hetried]

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[hetried]

who the hell are you

[Video]

[capitalbackup]

[Oh, look, it's Shijima freaking out. Miyako have no intention of reassuring him, only to gather as much information as she can from him. She wouldn't get the full picture, but she can speculate and infer information from his words.

No matter how scattered they are.

Let's see, checking the replies first before she respond.]

Shijima, calm down.

[Video]

[hetried]

[He's-- started to calm down at least, but he was still twitchy as hell. Though when he responded, he was at least more pitiable sounding than hysterical. Which, may or may not be a good thing depending on your point of view.]

W-Why does everyone keep telling me that...

[greyerrant]

I slay monsters in the name of humanity. Explain further.

[hetried]

S-- Seriously?

[W...hat....]

U-Uh... L-Like I said to the others, h-he just got really a-- angry and pissed when I used an Agi spell on him. His Persona managed to knock out one of my demons, he's-- way stronger than he looks...!

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[badluckhealer]

[...Right, she's pretty sure she knows how to handle this. She doesn't know this guy, but:]

Do you require healing?

[Time to get to work.]

[voice]

[hetried]

[The bashfulness in his voice was almost palpable.]

N-No I-- I mean, I'm pretty sore, but I think I'm OK... I went to the hospital for a bit and they said it was mostly pretty minor..

[You know except for the ridiculously high blood pressure problem.]

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[doesasordered]

[Sam... Nik thinks he's met a Sam before.]

Are you alright? What exactly did he do? So we know what to look out for.

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[hetried]

We were supposed to be stalling the fight in that tournament when we all got kidnapped, but he flipped his shit on me and attacked me for real!

[Well, he was still being an anxious motormouth, but that was actually kind of an improvement.]

[trainwrecking]

Daichi..? This "Sam" person actually tried to kill you?! Why would― Okay, I don't know this guy, could you tell me more?

And, ah, dumb question, but are you all right?

[Basically, do you need a friend and/or bandaging? Because he can do both!]

[hetried]

I-I'm fine-- now. I think. I hope.

[Aahaha ok let's try and not talk about how much of a fragile balance his damn mortality has become since the demon invasion.]

H-Honestly, he just looks like a normal guy...! H-He was pretty nice before, and I just told him to pretend to take a lot of damage, but-- I used one of my weak spells, and he just seemed to get angry for real instead of pretending, and I tried to talk to him but he wouldn't talk to me anymore...!

[video]

[plunderbunny]

[Whoops okay here comes the mediator!]

All right, all right, let's try to calm down and not bring out the torches and pitchforks, shall we? Now, what exactly happened between the two of you?

[video]

[hetried]

[On the plus side, you couldn't pay him to go near a torch right now.]

I-I didn't mean to... [well, he hadn't meant to send Otoha after him, basically, but he was too freaked out about everything to keep it to himself.]

The tournaments-- with the demons? When we got kidnapped-- someone told us a rescue team was coming, so they told us to st-stall for as long as possible... basically fake the fights, right? I-I mean, we didn't really wanna fight each other...! But when we got in the ring, we were going at it for a bit, and then he started-- actually attacking-- not pulling his punches anymore, I mean! I-I guess one of my attacks made him angry, but I don't know why....