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

[text]

[lighter_flick]

[A what...?]

I NEVER HEARD OF THAT. IS THERE SOMETHING ABOUT IT ON THIS NETWORK?

ACTUALLY I CAN LOOK FOR IT RIGHT NOW BUT I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THE THING UNTIL GETTING HERE.

[text]

[ineedthemforanalyzing]

It's something they found inside the Mictlan. That strange dream implied it was responsible for transporting people out of here.

[text]

[lighter_flick]

OH GOD WHAT'S MICTLAN?

IT SOUNDS LIKE A MAYAN THING PLEASE TELL ME IT'S NOT ANOTHER XIBALBA.

I GUESS I'M ASKING IF MICTLAN IS A GIANT SPACE SHIP OR NOT.

[text]

[ineedthemforanalyzing]

I can't rule that out,

[You've seen some of the endbosses in her universe, right?]

but right now it appears to be a mountain during the day and some kind of fortress-city during the 13th Hour.

[text]

[lighter_flick]

OH GOOD!!

THAT SOUNDS LIKE SO MUCH FUN!

[Tatsuya didn't you at least attempt to curb your sarcasm when you were starting to observe rumors becoming real and stuff?]

[text]

[ineedthemforanalyzing]

Regardless of fun, it bears investigating, especially after the disappearance of so many people.