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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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NO, UNFORTUNATE IS HAVING YOUR MOTORCYCLE BREAK DOWN.

BILLIONS OF PEOPLE DYING IS MORE THAN UNFORTUNATE.

....WELL I ALWAYS DID SAY THAT SCIENCE COULD TURN MEN INTO GODS. I NEVER REALIZED IT WAS THAT LITERAL, TEE HEE HEE.

HOW DOES IT WORK, HOW DOES IT WORK?!?!

ACTUALLY, I'M NOT THE FIRST. A FRIEND OF OURS TOLD ME THAT HER GROUP OF FRIENDS MET HIM BEFORE...WAIT.

ACTUALLY I THINK WE GOT OUR PERSONAS BEFORE THEM BUT I WAS A KID THEN. I...NEVERMIND THAT'S NOT THE POINT.

THE REALLY SHORT VERSION IS THAT PHILEMON AND NYARLATHOTEP DECIDED TO DO AN EXPERIMENT TO SEE WHAT DIRECTION THAT HUMANITY WOULD GO IN AND IT ENDED BADLY.

NO BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I CAN'T BE SICK OF THEIR BULLSHIT, CAN I?

PHILEMON IS THE PART OF HUMANITY THAT WANTS TO MAKE ITSELF BETTER AND GAIN ENLIGHTENMENT WHILE NYARLATHOTEP IS THE PART THAT WANTS SELF DESTRUCTION.

I'M MENTIONING BOTH BECAUSE THEY'RE BASICALLY THE SAME ENTITY, JUST DIFFERENCE PARTS OF IT.

OF COURSE THERE'S A POINT TO IT. THE POINT BEING I DON'T WANT PEOPLE BEING MANIPULATED AND HURT BY THEM AGAIN.

...I'M ALSO NOT GETTING WHY YOU'RE MENTIONING CAPSLOCK.

YES??? OF COURSE IT'S A GREAT LOSS. BILLIONS OF PEOPLE DIED!!

[What is with this weird mask dude Jesus Christ.]

...Yeah. One of them, anyway.

YEAH, I GUESS. DO YOU KNOW WHY THE DOOR ISN'T AROUND ALL THE TIME NOW OR IS THAT JUST A MYSTERY?

YOU CONCENTRATE ON SUMMONING IT. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN EXPLAIN IT ANY BETTER BUT IT HELPS IF YOU'RE IN TROUBLE AND NEED PROTECTION. THEN IT JUST SHOWS UP.

[And torches the punks beating up on you yeah that was a fun time.]

I'm. Sorry.

[That is what is said when a human has something bad happen to them!! Even if it didn't make sense definition wise for the word...]

...SO I SHOULD BE PUTTING MYSELF IN DANGER?!

WOW THAT SOUNDS EASY! LEMME GO LOCK MYSELF UP WITH A FEW BOMBS OR SOMETHING!

NO DON'T DO THAT. MY POINT IS IT WILL APPEAR WHEN YOU NEED IT THE MOST.

ONCE IT HAPPENS IT SHOULD BE EASY FOR YOU TO GET USED TO SUMMONING IT, IT'S LIKE RIDING A BIKE.

...WHAT'S A BIKE?

IT'S A BIKE??? LIKE A MOTORCYCLE OF BICYCLE.

HOW DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ROBOTS BUT NOT MOTORCYCLES IT'S A VEHICLE.

No, I got that. You were quite clear in your explanations to the others. Philemon and Nyarlethotep are two sides of the same coin, and while Philemon is benevolent, everything he touches turns to shit. Your initial message was blunt in its delivery, but was too blunt and left a lot of people confused due to a lack of details.

Now, I'm a man of the information age, so I'll get right to it. The reason I mention capslock is because your texts are written in all capital letters, which is generally a sign of capslock being used by those too lazy to bother with the shift key. When people see posts like that on the forums, they tend to be disregarded as spambots or trolls. Most of the time, that's true, but as you've proven just now, there's always an exception to the rule.

Forum etiquette is important when dealing with making your posts. One step out of line is enough for people to disregard you completely. Hell, even a bad username can kill any sort of credibility you were trying to cultivate. [Poor butt-rice]

That having been said, how will you actually deal with Philemon and Nyarlethotep? I intend to do what I can in reaction, but I don't know how these guys operate. Seeing as you have a better idea of how they work, you'd be able to help others in countering their plans. Would you be willing to help us?

OH A MOTORCYCLE!! THAT I KNOW.

I NEVER HEARD IT BE CALLED A BIKE BEFORE?!

ALSO I BUILT ROBOTS AND NEOTANKS AND BLACK BOMBS AND STUFF LIKE THAT DUMMY!!! WE DON'T REALLY NEED...BIKES...SINCE OUR MECHANIZED INFANTRY UNITS MOVE IN ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS. MOTORCYCLES WOULD BE USELESS IN A WAR.

EVER SEE INFANTRY RIDING MOTORCYCLES AND BE ABLE TO SHOOT ENEMY UNITS?

[...Forum...what? Man whatever, he's been on the net a few times but...damn, being from 1999 is hard.]

Fine, is this better?

And of course I'm willing to help. I don't know what I'm going to do about them yet but I do know how they operate.

Exactly. Sorry about riding on you like that, you didn't seem like you were familiar with this sort of setup.

I'm Ryou Misaki. I look forward to working with you in the future. If you ever need anything delivered across the city, me and my bike are more than able to help for an incredibly affordable price.

So they're an anthropomorphic personification then?

[Finally! Something makes sense!]

Tell me where you are and I can probably be there in 20 or so minutes. Travel from the park isn't as fast as I'd like.

With the end of the world, as you said before.

[Great. Her group has bested gods before, but they didn't have to deal with gambling gods either. Just mass destruction.]

Although it might be a stretch, it could be possible that this Philemon is different than the one you are used to. In this city, people and beings with differing sets of memories are a very real reality. But now I'm curious; you gained your Persona as a young child?

[At least he's taking it better than her boyfriend?]

There's already enough going on with the Anoli as it is.

[She hears the difference in tone and makes it private. Whatever it is, it's something probably not meant for everyone to hear. Or spill their guts out in public.]

I think that's something some of us have in common.

Well then, if it's both, then what good does it REALLY do trying to ignore them when humans can do just as much damage without some sort of vague representation of themselves? Really, you'd be amazed how much destruction an army or two can cause in pursuit of a little power.

I really don't know. Maybe there's just too many of us for Igor to handle going in and out whenever we want?

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