001 | [Text] | I was Worried I'd Wound up in a Cultural Wasteland.

[delinquentkun]

Sup, dudes and dudettes? Shinagawa Daichi here with a Super Important Question.

How many of you chumps don't come from a world that fell right out of a manga or somethin?

That means no:
Mutants
Vampires
Werewolves
Ghosts'n Goblins (lol)
Magic all up in your face
Evil plots to destroy the world
And whatever the fuck else I've forgotten to list

'cause I'm really startin to wonder - where all the normal people at? Y'know, ordinary high school students and shit! (」ﾟヘﾟ)」

And for the rest of you, how'd that work out for you? Do you, uh, miss it or whatever?

[ Filtered to Adachi Hana. ]

Yo, Adachi. How's life in the big city treatin you? (〜￣▽￣)〜

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[deathbylipstick]

Yes I Did Notice The Lack Of Undead Neighbors
Actually Aside From That Single Group Of Aberrants It Is Surprising Just How Peaceful This City Is
Even With The Personas

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[delinquentkun]

Great isn't it? No pressure or anythin. I hardly even think about my Persona half the time.

What did you get stuck with as yours?

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[deathbylipstick]

I Got A Creature Called A Sphinx
I Do Not Know What The Name Would Be In Human Terms But She Looks Like A Pridebeast With Wings
As Well As A Human Head And Some Kind Of Elaborate Golden Headdress

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[delinquentkun]

Oh cool. I've heard of the Sphinx before.

But pridebeast...is that really what you call lions back home?

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[deathbylipstick]

Yes It Is
Every Animal Uses Beast As A Suffix
Some People I Know Had Taken To Using Human Terminology For Things As We Met More Humans But To Be Honest I Could Never Really Bring Myself To Use Such Words For Them

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[delinquentkun]

Take it you don't have much to do with us humans, then.

Are any of your troll buddies along for the ride with you?

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[deathbylipstick]

As Far As I Have Seen Or Heard No I Am The Only One
Would You Like Me To Turn On My Video So That You Can Get A Proper Look At Me
Trolls Have About As Many Aesthetic Differences As Humans Do So Not All Of Them Will Look Exactly Like I Do But There Are Enough Common Features To Recognize Another On Sight

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[delinquentkun]

Sure. Go ahead. You want me to switch to video too?

You already know what a human looks like, obviously, but then I won't feel like some dork commenting on a youtube video.

Yeah I'm gonna do that.

[ And he does. Enter one bleached blond teenagers with a curious look on his face. ]

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[deathbylipstick]

[Kanaya turns on her own video, and you're treated to the sight of a certainly non-human individual. She's young and female, no older than thirteen in human years, but her skin is grey and there are gradient-orange horns on her head. Her eyes are yellow with black pupils, and though it looks like makeup, her lips are black. After all that worldbuilding she just dumped, it would be pretty hard to think that it was fake.]

Hello.

[delinquentkun]

[ Shinagawa doesn't think it's fake even for a second. She's not quite giant talking robot out there, but he does give Kanaya a quiet stare before he responds. ]

You...you don't look like any troll I've ever seen.

[ Candy corn horns and grey skin wasn't quite what he had in mine. He was imagining something a bit more under-the-bridge, you know? ]

I mean, hey. I expected something a little less...

[ Normal? Well, that's not the exact word he's looking for, but more monstrous might sound a little offensive. ]

[deathbylipstick]

Yes, the general visage did become somewhat... altered as it was passed down through your history.

[She doesn't hold it against him -- or at least doesn't seem to, since she is still smiling kindly.]