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[After he wakes up from that weird dream, it takes him a few more hours to realize that Eikichi is, somehow, missing. And...that was it! That was the straw that broke the proverbial camel's back! Because by mid-morning, there is an angry-looking text post from Tatsuya on the network, with only these words of warning.]

ATTN: HINOTO-RI

PHILEMON WILL RUIN YOUR LIFE

[That's....it. Maybe he should elaborate.]

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[Thankfully, when his voice comes on, he isn't shouting. However, it does sound strained and like he just got done crying.]

Yeah. Please don't trust him. Either of them.

Please believe me.

I never met either of them personally before coming here, but I'm not too surprised. Even though they live in our subconscious, I'm not sure anyone from 'that side' understands people very well.

[at least not the ones she's met. Igor is kind of mysterious, but the attendants... are special. And let's not get into Nyx right now.

But either way, she's curious.]

What did Philemon do?

YES.

YOU WANT TO KNOW ANOTHER SECRET?

THEY'RE BOTH HUMANITY!!

SURPRIIIIIIIISE

[You are entirely free to not fucking believe him!]

HE MADE A BET WITH NYARLATHOTEP.

IT INVOLVED THE LIVES OF ME AND MY FRIENDS.

PHILEMON CAN'T DIRECTLY INVOLVE HIMSELF WITH ANYTHING BUT NYARLATHOTEP CAN.

I WILL LET YOU FIGURE OUT HOW THIS ENDED YOU SEEM PRETTY SHARP.

HONESTLY IF I TOLD PEOPLE WHAT HAPPENED TO ME, YEAH I'D SOUND TOTALLY CRAZY SO I STOPPED CARING.

WELL THEN GREAT I HOPE YOU'RE READY FOR A FUN FILLED ADVENTURE OF PAIN AND SUFFERING.

IT'LL HAPPEN. MAYBE NOT TODAY, BUT IT WILL.

ALSO I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE WITH THIS PALUTENA WHOEVER THAT IS.

MAYBE IT'S JUST ME MAYBE I HAVE BAD LUCK OR SOMETHING.

You're certainly not acting like you don't care, what with telling everyone about Philemon.

Oh I await it with bated breath.

Do you mean something like...symbolic aspects of humanity or something?

[Honestly she just thinks he's drunk.]

[.....]

Obviously not well, or you'd have a better opinion of him.

...Are you a friend of Eikichi-kun? He doesn't seem to like Philemon much either.

[...Okay, he's not gonna stand for apparently being mocked, so he switches over to video and just...stares at...whoever he's talking to.]

I wouldn't put his past them.

I think calling them divine powers is giving them way too much credit, though.

[At least he's not shouting. If anything, he sounds tired.]

THINK ABOUT WHAT "I AM THOU, THOU ART I" MEANS.

I ALSO DON'T THINK SYMBOLIC REALLY FITS SINCE I'VE MET THEM BUT ASPECTS YEAH SURE THAT WORKS.

Personas are part of our inner selves, right? Do you mean Philemon and Nyarlathotep are the same thing?

I MEAN NOT CARING ABOUT THE CRAZY PART.

OH IT'S GONNA BE A FUN RIDE, LET ME TELL YOU. I WONDER WHAT ELSE NYARLATHOTEP'S GONNA PULL FROM HIS ASS, TOO??

WILL IT BE A NAZI INVASION THIS TIME? MAYBE SOMETHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHERE EVER THE HELL EVERYONE GOT PULLED TO.

OH! HOW ABOUT ALIENS WHO ARE ALSO NAZIS???

I CAN'T WAIT.

YOU KNOW EIKICHI??

YEAH WE'RE FRIENDS AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE NOTICING THE PATTERN OF PEOPLE WE HAVE COME TO UTTERLY HATE.

I'M BEING SINCERE HERE, REALLY.

Hey at least that sounds better than terrorists and a nutball Mayor with his head up his ass.

KIND OF, EXCEPT BIGGER. LIKE IN A COLLECTIVE SENSE.

I SAW PHILEMON WITHOUT HIS MASK.

[Anant is bemused by the switch to video, but they found it easier like this. It took too much time to type and carefully use spellcheck to make sure their words were spelt correctly!]

Ah? Is that so? Hm, yes, yes, if I recall, a few months ago someone said that Philemon did not count as a god. What was it, more of a guardian presence...?

[...uh oh, that doesn't sound good.]

TERRORISTS AND A MAYOR? COULD YOU PLEASE FILL ME IN? I JUST GOT HERE.

It happened last month, pretty much shortly after I got here. Some tournament or something, the closing ceremony was crashed by the Anoli. That's the "terrorists", and the mayor gave the most insane speech ever.

And then things went nuts during it. Don't go looking up the news report on it, they cut out a lot of information so it's useless.

They're humanity.

[Ta daaaaaaah.]

OH OF COURSE THEY DID.

THERE'S PROBABLY NOT AN UNEDITED VERSION OF WHAT HAPPENED, IS THERE?

[Are you really, Tatsuya.]

We've talked some, yes.

If you're worried about him, I'm sure he's just fine. He seems really capable. [You know, when he's not being possessed by various things and attacking people.]

Edited 2013-02-09 19:25 (UTC)

[She's going to regret asking, but...]

What did he look like?

...

[W-Wait, hold on, you're confusing the poor guy here]

I am afraid I don't, umm, 'get it'?

ME.

GET IT BECAUSE HE'S HUMANITY AND THEREFORE ME THAT WAS THE POINT HE WAS MAKING.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S HIS VERSION OF A JOKE BUT IT WASN'T FUNNY AT THE TIME!

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