Getting off on the wrong foot [Video]

[the_tv_is_a_lie]

[...Well, this was a lovely way to get into a new place, wasn't it?

The feed opens to this gray-haired boy, and behind him is a conveniently placed set of ruins from the Moonlight Bridge for him to subtly gawk at for a few moments before finding his bearings and realizing said feed was on to begin with. Huh. How'd that happen? Was it a part of the welcoming to this new city he's found himself in?

He doesn't seem too fazed by what he was looking at, though. ...On the surface, at least.]

Ah.

...Perhaps I'm asking a rhetorical question, but did I pick a bad time to get here? [Bad time was relative, but this seemed particularly terrible a moment for him to arrive, seeing the damage...]

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[the_tv_is_a_lie]

['Beeped'? ...Hmm. Maybe he could ask about that later. For now--] Souji Seta. It's nice to meet you.

[A pause to regard her offer.] ...I've actually been looking for people who know better for a while now.

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[eyewillprotect]

Then I suppose I should start with the basics...

This place is called Hinoto-Ri. You have been brought here by a man named Philemon to help save it, although... I'm afraid he hasn't given us very clear instructions as to how.

However... to help us with this task, he has given us the power of Persona. It's strange, but... it seems to be a facet of your mind that you are able to summon to protect yourself. Even if yours hasn't awakened yet, I'm sure you now have one, too.

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[the_tv_is_a_lie]

...The Persona, I'm familiar with. It's Philemon and this mess the city's in, that have me boggled.

[He's already asked plenty of people about the whole dilemma and nothing's really...come of it.]

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[eyewillprotect]

You're already familiar with it?

[Oh. Then that means--]

So your world already had Personas?

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[the_tv_is_a_lie]

[Nod. Sharp guess there, Aoi. And just to prove it, he lets The Fool float in his hand for a moment before willing it away.]

It's far from the first time I've wielded one.

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[eyewillprotect]

[She breathes a sigh of relief.]

That will actually make explaining things much easier.

I suppose the main thing left is this city... It's called Hinoto-Ri, and we think it must be somewhere in Japan, but we don't know much about it besides that. It seems... one way or another, most of this world has been destroyed. As far as we know, this may be one of the only remaining cities, and we are protected by a large... well, I suppose the only word for it is "bubble", really.

No one can leave, but on the other hand, nothing from the outside can enter, either.

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[the_tv_is_a_lie]

...So we're closed off.

[That...doesn't exactly sound good if you ask him.]

Has anyone tried to have the bubble lifted, somehow?

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[eyewillprotect]

That's correct. And... not as far as I know. You would have to take it up with the government, and I highly doubt they will even consider the idea.