Text: This is a public service announcement

[lighter_flick]

[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.]

Comments

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[gforceinmyfaaaace]

okay...?

[ text ]

[lighter_flick]

YOU THINK YOU CAN JUST BE HANDED A PERSONA AND THEN JUST LIVE YOUR LIVES HERE?

I KNOW PEOPLE CAN GO BACK TO WHERE THEY'RE FROM BUT DID YOU THINK HAVING A PERSONA WOULD BE THAT EASY FOR YOU

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[selfgodded]

how.

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[lighter_flick]

PHILEMON ARE NYARLATHOTEP ARE THE SAME.

THEY ALSO COMPETE AGAINST EACH OTHER.

IT'S LIKE THEY'RE PLAYING CHESS BUT WITH PEOPLE.

[text]

[prototype_blues]

Well yeah.

We're all here, so you're a bit late with your warning.

[text]

[lighter_flick]

I DON'T MEAN LIVING IN THE CITY.

I MEAN IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE.

WAY WORSE.

[text]

[greatseal]

Are you saying this because of the people leaving?

[or.. something else... because that's a lot of bold and capslock, dude. Minako wants to know more before she starts throwing out opinions.]

[text]

[lighter_flick]

[Actually, this is just how he types. And writes.

Yeah...]

PARTLY BUT I JUST KNOW HE'S PLANNING SOMETHING ELSE.

WAIT MAKE THAT THEY.

THEY ARE PLANNING SOMETHING WORSE THAN THIS.

[Text]

[itswhoopasstime]

That's a pretty bold statement.

[THAT SHE MIGHT AGREE WITH, SHE'S NOT QUITE SURE YET.]

===>Video

[lighter_flick]

[...That name. It couldn't.

No. But then, why didn't she recognize...?

The video flips on. Looking right at Maya is the face of a student from Seven Sisters High.

It is the face of Deja Vu boy and he is utterly silent.]

[Voice]

[whereibelong]

Philemon... he's the one who brought us here, right?

[Voice]

[lighter_flick]

[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.

[text]

[ineedthemforanalyzing]

Wait, did you say Philemon and Nyarlathotep are the same?

[Yes she reads other peoples' threads, there's no rule against it.]

[text]

[lighter_flick]

YES.

YOU WANT TO KNOW ANOTHER SECRET?

THEY'RE BOTH HUMANITY!!

SURPRIIIIIIIISE

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

[mysteriousvoice]

WOW GEEZE, CALM YOUR TITS

[lighter_flick]

NO HE WILL NEVER BE CALM!!!!

EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gigglesnortpriestess]

I'm sorry but can you explain?

[Already worried since some of her friends went missing. And after talking with Nick too...]

[lighter_flick]

EVERY TIME PHILEMON MEDDLES WITH SOMETHING, EVERYTHING BECOMES TERRIBLE AND NOTHING IS OKAY.

IT'S A LONG STORY.

[derwunderkind]

ARE YOU KIDDING?! THIS IS THE BEST THING TO EVER HAPPEN TO ME!

[lighter_flick]

YOU'LL SEE.

YOOOOOOUUUUUUU'LL SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[text]

[pastalishe]

I find it impossible to take any of your statements seriously. If your intent is to spread awareness, you've failed miserably.

[text]

[lighter_flick]

GO AHEAD AND DON'T BELIEVE ME, I DON'T BLAME YOU.

I WOULDN'T BELIEVE ME EITHER CONSIDERING EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED

[not here]

[terminalemulation]

_{[....tentatively....popcorn dot gifing at this....? she's not sure honestly]}

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[emperor_penguin]

Little late for that.

Text

[lighter_flick]

IT WILL PROBABLY GET WORSE.

PROBABLY.

[Text]

[electricyousei]

I suspected something like that, can I get the full details on this from you?

[Text]

[lighter_flick]

SURE, WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO START?

[misery_hates_company]

Oh my, and so eloquently put too! Clearly you have enlightened us all with your calm, nuanced argument. Ho ho ho!

That said, regardless of what you may say, what exactly do you intend to do about this little problem, hmm?

[lighter_flick]

WELL I ~~~~~~~~INTEND~~~~~~~~~~~ TO PUNCH HIM AGAIN IF I SEE HIM NEXT.

THEN I INTEND TO FIND WHERE THE HELL EVERYONE WENT.

AND AFTER ALL THAT I ~*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~INTEND~*~*~~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~**~~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ TO GET MY HANDS ON NYARLATHOTEP TOO.

IS THAT A GOOD ITINERARY FOR YOU?

[Text]

[capitalbackup]

Explain yourself.

[Text]

[lighter_flick]

IS "PHILEMON AND NYARLATHOTEP: LIFE RUINERS" NOT CLEAR ENOUGH OR SOMETHING?

[linefacingforever]

Got that impression when he brought a seven year old here.

[Okay, so what else is he supposed to do while laid up at the hospital? And he's not even going to mention the convicted murderer too...]

[lighter_flick]

DRAGGING CHILDREN INTO THEIR BETS SEEMS A PATTERN WITH THEM.

WHAT A SHOCK.

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[empressive]

[Ruin huh? Well, this will great. Means one less higher up to trust, other than her father, so to speak.]

I'd very much like to hear the reasons why. You can't make a statement like that without providing support.

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[lighter_flick]

FINE. BECAUSE OF THEM, THE WORLD ENDED.

I HONESTLY CAN'T THINK OF HOW MUCH MORE EVIDENCE I CAN GIVE HERE.

[Text][Anon]

[firstofthefallen]

How unfortunate that you confuse a symptom for the cause.

[Text][Anon]

[handshakegreeting]

Indeed. But then, it would not be the first time any part of humanity had forgotten that it is they themselves that caused for consequence to fall down upon their own heads.

[acapriciousthing]

I take it you know something the rest of us don't?

[lighter_flick]

YEAH I GUESS YOU CAN SAY THAT.

WE'VE MET BEFORE THIS.

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[not_that_scary]

[Forum lurking was by no means a new thing to Haseo. Because so many people were choosing to respond to Tatsuya-san's post in text, he had a large amount of debates to look through to build up his own argument.]

And?

[This is what it amounted to.]

text

[lighter_flick]

[Wow, nice, good job.]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN "AND"?

THERE IS NO "AND" IN THIS STATEMENT OF FACT.

[Text]

[beautifulmemory]

What has he done to yours?

[Text]

[lighter_flick]

OKAY THE REALLY SUPER SHORT VERSION IS THAT HE MADE A BET THAT GOT NYARLATHOTEP INVOLVED IN THE LIVES OF ME AND MY FRIENDS WHEN I WAS LIKE EIGHT.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THE WORLD ENDED.

I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TELL PEOPLE THE LONG VERSION BUT IT WOULD MAKE IT SOUND LIKE I'M ON DRUGS OR SOMETHING.

[voice]

[ladieswhodresslikemen]

Sounds like your warning might be a bit late there.

[Wow, it took her forever to get this thing working.]

[voice]

[lighter_flick]

[Takes a deep, calming breath.]

Are you talking about some of the people here being teleported away? I'm not just talking about that, sorry.

[islandshore]

Aren't you getting a little ahead of yourself? We don't even know what happened.

[lighter_flick]

I'VE MET THE GUY BEFORE THIS.

EVERYTHING HE GETS INVOLVED IN TURNS TO CRAP. TRUST ME, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT SOME PEOPLE BEING TAKEN GOD KNOWS WHERE.

IT'S ABOUT EVERYTHING.