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.]

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[linefacingforever]

[...what.]

Reset?

[lighter_flick]

RESET.

LIKE THE WORLD ENDED AND EVERYONE EXCEPT THE PEOPLE WHO WERE IN SUMARU DIED OKAY.

SO PHILEMON SAID THAT MY FRIENDS AND I COULD RESET EVERYTHING BUT WE'D NEVER HAVE MET UP WHEN WE WERE KIDS BECAUSE THAT WAS WHEN WE WERE BEING SCREWED WITH WHICH STARTED THE CHAIN OF EVENTS THAT CAUSED THE WORLD TO END, SO WE DID.

AND WE'D HAVE TO FORGET EVEN HAVING MET EACH OTHER SO WHEN I CAME HERE AND REMEMBERED EVERYTHING I THOUGHT I SCREWED UP.

BUT I DIDN'T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[linefacingforever]

[...what.]

[What.]

[WHAT?!]

[Sorry, Tatsuya, now it's Yu's turn to need an intermission.]

[lighter_flick]

[SEE.

Now you get why he was upset!!!]

MAN, I WONDER WHAT I'LL BE LIKE IN 2012

[Pause while he does some quick math.]

...DUDE I'LL BE THIRTY.

THAT'S SO WEIRD TO THINK ABOUT

[linefacingforever]

[...he's more worried about being thirty instead of having to reset the world?! Is the fact that he even exists is because this person gave up everything he knew and loved just so the rest of the world could survive?!]

That's a lot to process.

[lighter_flick]

[Well he's not really worried about the 30 years old thing. More like it's weird to think about. But still!

Also he was probably more spurned to revive Maya but shhhh.]

YOU'RE TELLING ME. HONESTLY THE WHOLE THING WAS PRETTY SURREAL.

I'M GLAD I AT LEAST GOT TO SEE MY FRIENDS AGAIN, THOUGH.

I'M GLAD IT WORKED.

[linefacingforever]

Yeah... me too.

[Because yeah... he was going to need to bring this up to the others.]

Is there anything else you can tell me that might be helpful?

[lighter_flick]

I DON'T KNOW.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT CLEARED UP?

[linefacingforever]

Well, let me make sure I understand what you've said so far first.

Philemon represents a part of humanity that wants enlightenment, and Nyarlathotep is like his shadow. Something happened where the world outside of Sumaru ended, and you and your friends managed to find a way to reverse it.

[...wait a sec.]

What about you and your friends even made that possible?

[lighter_flick]

I WOULDN'T SAY THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT US SPECIFICALLY. WE WERE IN THE COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS WHEN IT HAPPENED AND PHILEMON SAID THAT WE COULD RESET EVERYTHING AND IF WE...IMAGINED OUR IDEAL LIVES I GUESS??

LIKE HOW WE WANTED OUR LIVES TO BE IN THE NEW WORLD.

I'M STILL NOT REALLY SURE HOW IT WORKS BUT HE SAID WE COULD MAKE IT POSSIBLE. LIKE A "CLAP YOUR HANDS IF YOU BELIEVE" KIND OF THING.

I'M ASSUMING IT WORKED SINCE YOU'RE FROM 2012.

[linefacingforever]

I guess so.

[It still feels like he's missing something, but he's not really sure what.]