Shortly after Guybrush...

[misery_hates_company]

[VIDEO]

...Blithering idiots aside, this plan they've sent us is ridiculous. Honestly, are we solving our problems by wishing on fairy stories now? Next thing we know we're going to try to spread a rumor that bending over three times and clucking like a chicken will restore the world back to its original state.

Preposterous. I thought maybe the leadership of this city would be brighter than the Anoli. I suppose that was optimistic.

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[otakuro]

Hey! Misery! I hear that if you disparage a rumor enough, it's 101% certain to come true!

You should tell everyone you know just because.

...The extra 1% means there's even a chance of it coming true twice.

[misery_hates_company]

How droll of you. I suppose you think this idea is absolutely brilliant then?

[otakuro]

Well.

Honestly, I don't understand the plan. And the message is already gone. How does luring out the Anoli leader protect the tournament from being attacked or the Mayor from being assassinated? Is the plan just to kill him first?

...And why do non-Persona-user Anoli Sympathizers exist if their goal is to kill everyone without a Persona?

[misery_hates_company]

Especially considering the Anoli seem to function on a "strongest person wins" mentality. Really, this is all just desperate foolishness, grasping at straws without knowing what's on the other end.

Hmm hmm. That is the question, isn't it? Perhaps they feel they will be spared if they aid them. A sense of inevitability, if you will. I've seen many fools like that.

*In a weird way, she was sort of foolish like that...*

Anyway, I see little good coming from this. Perhaps I shall compete as well. At least then I will be on hand to clean up the inevitable mess that results.

[otakuro]

...If we compete, we'll be in a better position to stop them if they try anything, right? It'll be easier than fighting from a stand filled with hundreds of screaming people, anyway.

Honestly, it's probably gonna be the Mayor's assistant. That's the kind of plot twist I'm expecting from this place.

[misery_hates_company]

Oh dear, you and your plot twists. Well, either way I suspect I won't be bored. And... I DO hope you do better than you did last time.

[otakuro]

Wha -- It's not my fault my Persona didn't have any healing spells! There's no way I'm going down this time around!

[misery_hates_company]

Oh my, excuses excuses! Let's see if you can back that explanation up with your actions! Oh ho ho ho!

[otakuro]

Then I challenge you to a d-d-duel!

...Whoa, sorry, jogged the screen there for a second. But if you're going to enter, maybe we'll face each other sometime.

[misery_hates_company]

Perhaps we will! I don't intend to lose, however. Just a warning.

[otakuro]

Right back atcha. I'd tell you to look up the strongest demon lords of my world for reference, but they're kinda all dead.

...

Shouldn't we be more worried about the Anoli, though?

[misery_hates_company]

Yes, yes, but we might as well have some fun before the inevitable disaster, yes?

[otakuro]

Who knows? Maybe we'll even get through the whole tournament and they'll attack at the awards ceremony. Kidnap the guys who win trophies and force them to work for 'em.

[misery_hates_company]

That would be a rather inane plan. Which is why I wouldn't put it past them.

[otakuro]

Hey, they're low on members, right? You'd think they'd have tried to recruit us before this...

[misery_hates_company]

Perhaps they already have, and we just don't know it because we're not the ones approached! I certainly HOPE they have better sense than to approach ME with that sort of nonsense, at least.

[otakuro]

I guess that's fair, but, I mean, I'd clearly be the first choice for a recruitment scheme. Who else has as much experience playing video games as I do?

[misery_hates_company]

On the other hand, surely someone who plays as much as you do, assuming such things DO have any reflection on reality, would be the one most suited towards sounding the alarm with an understanding of the potential consequences, yes?

[otakuro]

That's genre savviness for you.

There was a guy around when we first arrived who wanted to know how to join up. You think he ever got an answer?

[misery_hates_company]

Who can say? Perhaps that's why we haven't heard from him. He didn't make the cut, or something. Ho ho.

[otakuro]

That's pretty harsh. Let's hope it's just that he never found the right people....

I was almost ticked off enough to trace him through the network, but I never got around to it in the end.