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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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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?

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.

[.....]

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.

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.

[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.]

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YEAH I KNOW.

I SHOULD PROBABLY GO FIND WHERE HE WENT.

I JUST THOUGHT I'D NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN AND THEN I SHOWED UP HERE AND HE WAS THERE AND NOW HE'S GONE AGAIN.

You think we can do that?

I mean... I'd like to find them too, but it didn't sound like that was possible.

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IF THERE'S A WAY FOR THEM TO GET OVER THERE, THERE HAS TO BE A WAY FOR US TO FIND THEM AND GET THEM BACK. WHERE EVER THEY WENT.

HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE GONE? A DAY? A WEEK? MONTHS? 6 MONTHS? ARE THEY EVER COMING BACK???

[okay Tatsuya... she understands that you just got here and obviously went through something traumatic and are upset, but now you're getting hysterical.]

Of course they're coming back! You just answered that yourself - if they can leave, they can come back. And also, they aren't helpless if we can't find them. They're our friends and Persona users. I believe in them even if you don't believe in the person who sent them away.

[Hysterical is his middle name, to be honest.

It's awhile before he replies but when he does, it looks like he's trying to calm himself, despite still typing in all caps.]

I KNOW. I'M SORRY. I KNOW. I WANT TO THINK THINGS WILL BE OKAY. YOU'RE RIGHT I MEAN THEY'RE PERSONA USERS

[The problem for him is that being a Persona user can't protect you from some things, but at least he gets that she's trying to help.]

[She knows that, too. All too well, really... The problem is that thinking about bullets and accidents won't stop them from happening. Neither will being there, all the time. Some things aren't controllable, and once you start down that path of fearing the future and dwelling on the mistakes of the past, your thinking just becomes darker and darker until the despair swallows you whole.

That's an outcome she utterly rejects.]

Hey, what's your name?

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[See, that's probably why Nyarlathotep enjoys fucking with him...]

TATSUYA SUOU.

Tatsuya-kun. I'm Minako Arisato.

My brother and [...well, she doesn't want to spread too much sappy information over the network but may as well] my boyfriend and some other close friends left with Eikichi-kun.

You're right, though. We don't need to just wait for them. Let's work together and make sure they come home safely... But stay calm while we do.

ALRIGHT.

DO YOU THINK THERE'S A WAY TO FIND OUT WHERE THEY WENT IN THE FIRST PLACE?

The Seven and the Three Wise Men might know something. When that group of them vanished the other day it was because the Trapezohedron called them to another world, so they're probably still researching it.

Besides that... if the Velvet Room opens up, we could ask Igor.

[She knows Igor oh my god that's perfect.]

IGOR'S HERE?

THAT'S PERFECT, HE'LL PROBABLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEN WE CAN ASK THOSE GUYS ABOUT THE TRAPEWHATEVERIT'SCALLED.

[so his hatred of otherworldly beings doesn't extend to Igor at least.]

He is! But the Velvet Room isn't around all the time here, so it can be a little hard to get ahold of him.

So you used to visit the Velvet Room too...? That makes sense though because Eikichi-kun mentioned it.

[Are you kidding Igor is totally great.]

THAT'S KIND OF WEIRD BUT AT LEAST THE VELVET ROOM'S HERE.

AND YEAH, WE ALL DID. I GUESS I SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISED HE'S HERE, IF PHILEMON IS TOO.

SO ARE NAMELESS AND BELLADONNA HERE TOO?

[Belladonna and Nameless...? Well, at least she recognizes the names (or lack of them) although she didn't speak to them.]

They were once, but usually it's Igor and two attendants named Caroline and William.

[...what?]

THAT'S KIND OF WEIRD BUT WHATEVER THE VELVET ROOM IS A GOOD PLACE TO START.

Igor said the shape of the room and number of attendants changes depending on the guests... And there are a lot of us, so I guess it makes sense.

But anyway, now we just have to keep an eye out for it.

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

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

PROBABLY.

I THOUGHT MOST PERSONA USERS COULD SEE THE VELVET ROOM ANYWAY BUT THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT MORE HERE THAN BACK HOME, SO THAT MAKES SENSE.

[...]

That's not how it was for me. None of my teammates could even see the door.

[uh...wait. maybe she'd just written herself into a corner there.] Well, my brother could, but he and I were guests. Everyone else thought I was staring into space.

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