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[jonathandammit]

[Hello, this is Jonathan, otherwise known as 'that one guy with poodle hair' or 'fairies permeate every aspect of my life'. Yeah, that guy.

In any case.]

Excuse the sudden contact, but I seem to have lost one of my demons. [Yes, being 'Lost' is a legit status ailment in SMT4. It's totally possible, okay, wind spells are nasty shit.] Her name is Lailah, and I've been looking for her scrupulously the last few days, but I haven't been able to locate her.

I've attached a picture of her to this broadcast as well. If you see her, could you inform me? [...Maybe he took so long to put up this notice because he didn't know how to attach the picture...] She'll be noticeably more civil than any other demons you encounter. Thank you very much, and sorry again for the trouble.

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[By the way, if you frequent the Tauros District at the 13th Hour, you might actually find her at... Shiroku Pub. And seemingly having befriended a Lilim.

Apparently, Hinoto-Ri is a great place to gain some actual independence...? Some angel...

(You may inform Jonathan of Lailah's whereabouts, in which you will gain his thanks IN EXCHANGE FOR HER FREEDOM AND HAPPINESS. Do you really have it in you... since when did angels have individual freedom, anyway?)]

Comments

[virtualbirdwatching]

Hmmm... I'll help, but I wouldn't be sure where to start looking.

[jonathandammit]

That's a problem I'm facing as well, it seems...

[Goddammit Lailah where did you go...]

But two heads are better than one. Thank you for your assistance.

[candidusxtenebraum]

Demons are fickle creatures indeed... I fear she may have chosen to walk her own path.

[ Flynn sighs. After becoming a demon, many of his old comrades have deserted him as well. Except for perhaps Alice - the little demon seems to have glued herself to him. ]

I will help you look for her.

[jonathandammit]

Chosen to walk her own path? What do you mean by that?

[He's glad to see you again, though, Flynn. Even though he has been for the past, uh, month. Which reminds him, they still need to talk about Serious Shit. 8| ] But thank you. Where are you now, by the way?

[candidusxtenebraum]

[ There is a pause before he replies. ]

When we were still in our own world, I have had experience of some demons leaving of their own will. One deserted me, for she was unhappy with the lack of conflicts with humans. I do admit that this is a good thing. Kali is vicious even to me.

But Lailah... this is not like her.

[ Another pause. ]

I am within the Pisces Ward now, in the neighborhood of my apartment block.

[jonathandammit]

[...Demons never really left Jonathan of their own will. Mostly because he fuses and picks law more tame demons.]

Is that so... I wouldn't think she would leave out of her own will, however. She did truly get blown away.

I've never had such trouble locating them before, though. [TECHNICALLY she was. Blown away. And then abruptly decided to stay blown away. Did you know Lailah was supposed to be the opposite of Lilith? Ah, the sweet taste of irony 8|

But yeah. It really isn't like her.] Would you be fine with my stopping by? I received something interesting today.

Video;

[electricyousei]

"According to most of my research demons tend to congregate in the Taurus sector or a few sectors in the park if left to their own devices. Does she have the capacity to return on her own?"

[jonathandammit]

"No, whenever demons are lost, I have to set out to find them myself... thank you for your advice, though."

Why would Lailah be in the Taurus sector, though? Maybe she got kidnapped. Hm. "What does the Taurus sector contain?"

[electricyousei]

"Adult things. I generally do not go there. Also as I said there are areas of the park, especially near the mountain that are also demon sanctuaries."

[jonathandammit]

"Adult things? I'm afraid I don't catch your meaning."

Especially since Ruri seemed to say it with a rather negative intonation. Jonathan isn't completely innocent... just plainly ignorant of modern workings, still. Whoops.

[electricyousei]

"Things that children are not allowed to partake in. I'm only 16, I'm not really allowed into those places."

She lets out a breath and looks to her side, "I would say by their data traffic when I was handling the backbone though, mostly alcohol consumption."

[jonathandammit]

Children are not allowed to-

OH...

OH OKAY THEN...

"I highly doubt she would be there, then." He manages to struggle that out after a moment. These things make him unreasonably flustered. Really, really unreasonably flustered.

[electricyousei]

Ruri is still deadpan as ever, "Well, if she was avoiding you that may be an ideal place to be. Still, I've found that most of the demons in the park on the 13th hour can be negotiated with for information. Perhaps they have better insight in to the matter?"

[jonathandammit]

"I don't believe she might be avoiding me, however..."

Haha, yeah, about that, Jonathan... still. Yes, demon negotiations! He's able to do that. "Would you happen to know what they would most easily be bribed with for information? Any kind of food, or items?"

Or just plain old money?

[electricyousei]

"They seemed to like cans of coffee, or copies of that fairy doujinshi. They also seemed to respect threats of orbital bombardment."

She shrugs a bit, "I'm still trying to figure out demons."

[jonathandammit]

Coffee and- fairy... doujinshi...

...

Mhm alright sure. What did he expect, they're demons.

"I don't think any human can figure them out completely," Jonathan says, not even knowing what she means by 'orbital bombardment'. "I come from a world which already had them, and even then, I can't seem to understand how they think."

[electricyousei]

"I have agreements with the ones around the Nadesico. I get them food items and they leave me alone. If they get too energetic I let them vaporize themselves on the ship's distortion field. That is about the extent of my intelligence on negotiations with the demons."

[jonathandammit]

...Damn.

"Well, I suppose that's reasonable enough." Too bad Jonathan basically treats most demon like trash, huh... in any case, that's a perfectly good level to stay at with demons.

"Are they ever conversational with you?"

[electricyousei]

"Sometimes. They helped me find where Kandori was when he was returned. That just cost me loading 10 missile tubes and some cans of coffee."

[jonathandammit]

Ten missile-

-okay serious girl what do you have...

"Is that so... I might be able to get information from them regarding Lailah, then. I hope they haven't harmed her." Quite the contrary, buuut...

"By the way, where can I get coffee?"

Because guess who still can't tell what those weird cans in the marketplace are.

[electricyousei]

"Vending machines sell them for 100 yen. If you need help operating one I can show you how if you come to the park."

[jonathandammit]

Oh, those things that eat your money.

"It's fine, I've figured out myself. Thank you for the offer, though." Amazing, how the demons haven't somehow sneaked in and broke all the vending machines to steal their products yet...

[electricyousei]

"Do you know which of the cans is coffee and which is that energy drink they don't seem to like much?"

[jonathandammit]

"I'll be able to tell."

He can read, right?

"...Hopefully."

Yeeeeeah. They sometimes have really weird brand names okay...!

[electricyousei]

"All right. I just wouldn't want you to get mauled due to being unfamiliar with the technology here."