Text: This is a public service announcement

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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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[text]

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YOU KNOW WHAT, MAYBE I'M NOT.

MAYBE I'M JUST SUPREMELY ANGRY ABOUT EVERYTHING.

MAYBE I WENT CRAZY WAAAAAAAAAAAY BEFORE THIS, WHO KNOWS.

I KIND OF DON'T KNOW ANYMORE SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME YOUR HIGHNESS.

[text]

[pastalishe]

We are all attempting to uncover the "truth" of our circumstances here, as subjective as that term might be. While you might have important information, it has to be taken with more than a grain of salt.

These are the main facts that you're attempting to establish, correct?

- Philemon is not a benevolent entity.
- Philemon and Nyarlathotep are the same entity; they both "are" humanity.
- Philemon and Nyarlathotep have made bets before on the nature of humanity.

And you learned these facts via the circumstances one of those bets, which involved yourself and your group of friends.

[text]

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THAT'S ALL CORRECT EXCEPT FOR ONE POINT.

PHILEMON IS BENEVOLENT. THAT'S KIND OF HIS POINT.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT HE'S NICE AND CARES ABOUT YOUR INDIVIDUAL LIVES, AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THE BETTING THING.

[text]

[pastalishe]

He's benevolent, but he'll ruin our lives. [Sigh, possibly crazy people. Those sort of things are normally mutually exclusive.] Well, thank you for the... warning.

[text]

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LOOK I KNOW IT SOUNDS CONTRADICTORY OKAY?

PHILEMON IS BENEVOLENT AND MIGHT MEAN WELL BUT THINGS GO BADLY WHEN HE GETS INVOLVED IN THINGS ANYWAY.

I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S A THING HE CAN HELP BUT LET ME JUST SAY IT'S WORLD ENDING BAD.