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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[text]

[lighter_flick]

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

[text]

[greatseal]

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

[text]

[lighter_flick]

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.

[text]

[greatseal]

[...]

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.

[text]

[lighter_flick]

[...Um.]

BUT EVERY PERSONA USER'S A GUEST, THOUGH.

[Er, wait a minute, was he thinking too generally? Because...Sudou and them could use Personas too, but he couldn't really see them being invited into the Velvet Room...so...]

ACTUALLY WAIT, I GUESS IT'S MORE LIKE "GUESTS OF PHILEMON"??? THE ENTIRE POINT OF GOING THERE IS TO GAIN MORE PERSONAS, AND YOU SAID ONLY YOU AND YOUR BROTHER WERE GUESTS?

[Ask Tatsuya Suou about using multiple Personas when you don't have the Fool Arcana!]

[text]

[greatseal]

Well, none of the rest of the team could gain more Personas. Only we could.