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[singsforsouls]

[ Like a true Persona protag, Naoya wakes to find he has spent a ridiculous amount of time asleep. He has settled into his apartment, but finds himself otherwise confused (not to mention, he has the worst case of the yawns...).

While not too bothered, he does recognize the use in getting caught up with what he has missed, which is why he appears on the video screen. ]

It looks like I've been out of the loop a while.

[ He runs a hand through his messy hair and then shakes it out. ]

Can anyone catch me up?

[ ...yawn. ]

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[roomguarder]

Catch you up on what?

[ Asks the perfectly normal looking teenage girl with the highly computerized voice. ]

[singsforsouls]

[ Hey, she is normal looking! That's almost a luxury. ]

I don't really remember anything besides showing up. There was a big introduction by a man named Orpheus, and then everything went haywire. But apparently that was a while ago.

[roomguarder]

Oh.

I'm sorry to say the entire city has been consumed by a giant sea monster and that you and I are the only survivors.

As I am a robot there is no hope for the survival of your kind.

[singsforsouls]

[ Naoya considers that for a brief moment. ]

... I would have thought it would be wetter.

[roomguarder]

I said sea monster not water monster.

[singsforsouls]

But if the city were consumed, we would be inside the sea monster.

[roomguarder]

Do you always take things so literally.

[singsforsouls]

Not always.

[roomguarder]

So where were you while this sea monster figuratively consumed the city?

[singsforsouls]

Sleeping.

[roomguarder]

Wow.

[singsforsouls]

Yep.

[deathboss]

...you slept the entire time?

[singsforsouls]

Seems like it.

[ Shrug. It had been kind of nice, honestly. ]

[deathboss]

Well uh...what's the last thing you remember?

[singsforsouls]

The city was under attack.

[deathboss]

..that was a month ago! Is your Persona Sleeping Beauty or somethin'?

It's been pretty quiet so far, there was a festival and more people showed up.

[singsforsouls]

...if it was based on Persona, I think it'd have been more appropriate of I'd been dead for a month.

[deathboss]

I thought she was only Sleeping!

[Wow this conversation is going places.]

Guess if my sleeping habits were dictated by my Persona I'd be dead a long time ago myself.

[singsforsouls]

[ Informative and fun for all! ]

Who is your persona?

[deathboss]

Hades, Lord of the Dead! Name's Eikichi Mishina. Now that the introductions are over, I'll need to ask the same questions from you!

So what is it, hmmm?

[singsforsouls]

He's Amon-Ra. I'm Naoya Toudou.

[deathboss]

Huh. Feel like I heard a name like that before in passing.

Well, I, Michel Eikichi Mishina, welcome you to the land of the living once again...as long as I don't have to kiss you to wake you up, should you ever fall asleep for months again.

[singsforsouls]

...I will try to avoid it best I can.

[ For one, that lipstick looks like it would smear something terrible... ]

[deathboss]

Well, you ain't a pretty girl, so you have nothing to worry about, heheheh.

...you have to be hungry after sleeping for an entire month.

[singsforsouls]

...I am, come to think about it.

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[palletless]

i dunno how you folks can do that
i could barely stand two days in bed, geez

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[singsforsouls]

I didn't plan on it, myself. Must have missed more sleep than I thought.

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[therooms]

Sleeping at a time like this?

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[singsforsouls]

Is that a bad thing?

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[therooms]

It depends on the situation, I suppose. I would consider a month's rest to be something more than just trivial.

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[singsforsouls]

I could have woke up dead.

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[therooms]

Would this be a situation you are familiar with?

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[singsforsouls]

[ Please hold; he actually has to think about that for a moment. ]

Not particularly.

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[therooms]

[At least this is not video]

I suspected as much. Well, as much as I enjoy idle chit-chat, I have work to return to. Perhaps we shall speak again later, Naoya Toudou.

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[singsforsouls]

Maybe so, anonymous typer.

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

Well, first there was a bunch of crazy guys attacking the city, and then we had a big old festival with a lot of weird food, and now there's a bunch of cute little snowmen boogie-woogieing in the Scorpio Ward.

That help?

[singsforsouls]

Surprisingly enough, yes. Thanks.

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

All right! Just remember, you got your information from Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty Pirate (tm) and Helpful Backstory Provider.

[singsforsouls]

I won't forget it. Promise.

[ There is a note of humor in his voice. ]

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[fools_journey]

... are you all right, Toudou-san?

[ While Minato is not unfamiliar with long stretches of unconsciousness and isn't particularly concerned about them when they occur to him, he's pretty sure it's not really normal in others for any reason. (Not that his bouts with being essentially comatose for a bit are exactly normal, either, but he knows why they occurred which make them okay.)

tl;dr: he's a bit worried, even if they've only really met once. ]

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[singsforsouls]

It seems so.

[ Naoya is not worried himself, because if he made a habit of being worried about strange things he would be rocking in a corner by now. ]

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[fools_journey]

I'm glad to hear that.

... have you already been caught up, or do you still have questions?

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[singsforsouls]

I'd be happy to hear how your month has gone.

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[fools_journey]

[ So Minato tells him. :| ]

Um... after the attack the night we arrived, not all that much has happened. There was a festival. Some new people have shown up since we did, too. I don't know if anyone you know has... you'll have to look.