otakuro: (Grim)
Atsuro Kihara ([personal profile] otakuro) wrote in [community profile] compnetwork2012-09-10 07:53 pm

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Hey.  Looks like I've got this working.

[Atsuro's face appears on the network under somewhat inadequate lighting.  An astute guess would place him in his room illuminated only by the backlight of his laptop.] 

Everyone get out of that first mission OK?  I can't speak for anyone else, but geez, I think I slept for a few days straight there.  If they, uh, wanted a report or anything, the research labs are fine.  ...Probably.

[He stifles a yawn before continuing on, the camera zooming out slightly to reveal a lot of bedhead and a conspicuously absent trademark floppy hat.]

Hnn...  Sorry.

So!  Anyway.  I've been thinking a lot.  About what they've told us and about... what they haven't.  Hah, I'm still surprised this place isn't some weird hallucination.  It's a little unreal, right?  Like they're asking us to act out a game or a fantasy novel.  But... even if it seems like it might be fun to stick around, I think we need to find out what it is we're really getting into.  ...There's something I want to say about all this.

You've all run into the monsters by now, right?  They talk, they cast magic, they do tricks.  Not all of them are bad, but they're things we've heard of in myths and stories from different cultures all across the globe - Cerberus, the hound of Hades.  British pixies and kobolds.  Nekomata and other youkai from Japan.  So... what gives?  What're they doing here?

...I'm not gonna get into details, but I should say that these guys - the exact same identical demons - have popped up in at least two other worlds that I know of.  And both times.... they showed up because the world was about to end.

I'm not saying this place is the same way, but... maybe that's why they need our help badly.

[addendum a few minutes later]

Ah, someone reminded me - if you guys want to see a database of all the demons I've ever met, you can drop by my room.  Libra 5-07.
greyerrant: (There is only war)

[personal profile] greyerrant 2012-09-13 12:55 pm (UTC)(link)
We shall see about that.
endears: (but my enemies can't get near me)

[personal profile] endears 2012-09-13 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Toys? [Aoba will start shifting around at this point; he needs to change the bandage on his hand right about now.] Did you bring something cool with you, Kihara-kun?
blitzkriegzwei: (Happier)

[personal profile] blitzkriegzwei 2012-09-14 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
It doesn't have to be fist-fighting. I was thinking more like practicing our Persona usage against the demons. Does that sound more reasonable? [It probably doesn't, but Ludwig wants to practice using his Persona anyway.]
greatseal: (what?!)

[personal profile] greatseal 2012-09-14 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
It's more like...

[...] In RPG terms, it'd be like being knocked from level 99 to about level 30.
greatseal: (no escape)

[personal profile] greatseal 2012-09-14 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
[She thought so. He seems like a nerd videogame connoisseur.]

You have a point! It's just a little disconcerting to have to go back to grinding again.
endears: (your instincts make you paddle fast)

[personal profile] endears 2012-09-14 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, really? That's pretty lucky! Do they all work alright?
endears: (conquers all these things)

[personal profile] endears 2012-09-14 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, is that so? That's good to know, I guess. [More importantly--]

So, does this mean we can play against each other sometime?
endears: (sinking to the bottom)

[personal profile] endears 2012-09-14 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
I'm liking it here more and more...

Can I call dibs on player one?
greyerrant: (helmet)

[personal profile] greyerrant 2012-09-14 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
You would be surprised.
drakenguard: (mildly disgruntled)

[personal profile] drakenguard 2012-09-14 10:19 am (UTC)(link)
In a way. Although they are not prevalent enough for the civilians to be privy to their existence, they still are active enough to require some supervision. My family seals and contains demons all over Japan, as well as recording everything that we have encountered with every generation.

[He shrugs]

Although you say you have had only a week...as you come from another world, you may have encountered demons that are not in the Hotsuin database. In any case we both benefit from comparing.
drakenguard: (hm.)

[personal profile] drakenguard 2012-09-15 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, usually here, considering the entirety of JP's is just one massive library. But, Yamato supposed the compendium on his phone would count, even if it was only a fraction of what data the Hotsuin family possessed.

He pulled his phone out and flipped it open]


Here.
endears: (conquers all these things)

[personal profile] endears 2012-09-15 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
In that case...

I'll have to overthrow this archaic system! [Yes, this is very dramatic.]

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