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 ]

[gforceinmyfaaaace]

okay...?

Text;

[selfgodded]

how.

[text]

[prototype_blues]

Well yeah.

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

[ 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

[gforceinmyfaaaace]

why are you upset about this
did philemon punch your dog

Text;

[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

[lighter_flick]

NO BUT HE WAS INVOLVED IN SOMETHING THAT WAS MUCH MORE LIFE-RUINING FOR ME.

BUT WE'VE MET.

[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.]

[gforceinmyfaaaace]

oh
im sorry id idnt know
if you dont midn me asking what did he do

[Text]

[itswhoopasstime]

That's a pretty bold statement.

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

[text]

[lighter_flick]

I DON'T MEAN LIVING IN THE CITY.

I MEAN IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE.

WAY WORSE.

[text]

[prototype_blues]

Your capslock is broken.

And it can't be worse than dying.

Text;

[selfgodded]

that did not exactly answer my question.

gods are born from the same source. they are the same person. i thought that this was common knowledge.

[well, it as in his world]]

to say that one will ruin your life because the other half is malicious is technically true but. technically not.

how exactly will philemon bring us ruin. i am curious to know.

[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]

[greatseal]

[....wow....]

Philemon and Nyarlathotep, you mean?

[Voice]

[whereibelong]

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

===>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.]

[lighter_flick]

HE RUINED MY LIFE.

IT'S KIND OF A LONG THING TO GET INTO THOUGH

I'M JUST SO MAD I SAW HIM HERE AGAIN AND I LEGITIMATELY WANT TO KNOW WHAT ELSE HE COULD POSSIBLY WANT FROM ME.

[gforceinmyfaaaace]

i domt kow what to say about that then
he hasnt dones anything bad here yet altho he had me be away from Lady Palurena for a few months
but shes here now
you probably dont care about that

Text;

[lighter_flick]

I DIDN'T MEAN THAT HE'S BAD BECAUSE HE'S THE SAME AS NYARLATHOTEP.

I MEAN HE MAKES BETS THAT INVOLVE PEOPLE'S LIVES.

I MEAN I KNOW HE MEANS WELL BUT THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THAT EVERYTHING HE GETS INVOLVED IN JUST TURNS TO SHIT AND BECOMES TERRIBLE.

[text]

[lighter_flick]

I DON'T CAAAAAAAAAARE.

ALSO I HATE TO BREAK IT TO YOU BUT YEAH THERE ARE WORSE THINGS THAN DYING AND THEY WILL PROBABLY HAPPEN HERE, TO YOU.

DON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER.

[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. I'VE HAD EXPERIENCES WITH THEM PERSONALLY.

NYARLATHOTEP LIKES DOING TERRIBLE THINGS FOR FUN AND PHILEMON MEANS WELL BUT WHEN HE GETS INVOLVED EVERYTHING BECOMES TERRIBLE.

[text]

[prototype_blues]

It makes you sound crazy. Unless you want to sound crazy.

And I'm already dead.

Text;

[selfgodded]

is it customary to put on capslock in these types of discussions. no one else did but. if so.

I THINK I AM BEGINNING TO SEE YOUR VIEWPOINT. ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY THAT HE STIFLES THE FREEDOM OF MAN'S DESTINY BY GAMBLING WITH THEM. AND THEREFORE PLACING THEM INTO SITUATIONS THEY OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAVE ENCOUNTERED.

I DO AGREE THAT THAT SHOULD BE FROWNED UPON. MAN SHOULD BE IN CHARGE OF THEIR OWN PATH. MEDDLING BY DIVINE POWERS NORMALLY ENDS IN RUIN FOR THEM.

...OH DEAR.

IS THAT TO SAY THAT THOSE WHO HAVE VANISHED DUE TO PHILEMON'S MEDDLING ARE NOW DOOMED TO A TERRIBLE FATE.