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[nemophila]

I assume you have all educated yourselves on what Philemon's intentions and goals are for this city in his latest charade, or you would not be wasting your time humoring that ludicrous and insipid excuse for literature.

Now, what about Nyarlathotep? Have any of you figured out anything about his plans for this city, or are you more concerned with petty child's play?

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[trollsdragons]

I'm afraid I'm quite new here myself, and am not familiar with these individuals - the Philemon and Nyarlathotep you speak of. You obviously seem to know of them, so would you care to inform a curious fellow what exactly he's in for?

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[nemophila]

They call themselves the embodiments of humanity's collective unconscious: Philemon the desire to succeed and create, Nyarlathotep the desire to destroy and fail. It's their power that grants us the ability of "Persona."

It is also by their power that most of the people here will meet their end, should they chose to continue to overlook their true nature and fester in idiocy instead.

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[viditlibertas]

What does Nyarlathotep ever desire? What the sum of all mankind believes it deserves.

To that end, to understand his design for this place, one must understand this world as a whole.

Some have made an effort, but most have not.

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[nemophila]

Whether or not people understand what he is, it is more important to know what his actions than his motivations. I don't care about the latter.

They're likely waiting until he reveals himself to them; but by then it'll be too late.

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[capitalbackup]

[The whole thing with that poor excuse for a literature annoyed her. Don't some people have anything better to do than to shriek or overreacts?]

I don't know what Nyarlathotep's plans are. I can only make logical guesses, based on information I learned from another.

[After she get past Tatsuya's capslock.]

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[nemophila]

[yeah he...saw...that post......]

A "guess" isn't good enough. If he abided by simple logic, he wouldn't be known as a herald of chaos.

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[nofairy]

thag guy was really mean and annoying

we had to chase him to a really crazy tower thing too and we had to fight him

sort of

i dont know what hes up to but i can tell hes the bad guy and well beet him eventually i promise

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[nemophila]

[who the fuck is this twat learn 2 type you novice]

Your understanding of this situation perfectly serves to prove my point.

I suppose that's something that deserves gratitude.

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[imthegoodguy]

Someone's gonna have to fill the new guy on what the hell's going on, exactly.

The names certainly sound familiar, but unless I've found my way into a book I'm not sure what they mean in this context.

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[nemophila]

It's possible you've heard them before: Philemon is a figure from the New Testament of the Christian Bible, who was on the receiving end of one of Paul's Epistles. He's also mentioned as a figure from Carl Jung's writing, as an old spirit guide.

Nyarlathotep is another name for the Crawling Chaos, an outer god from the work of H.P. Lovecraft, who is described as a nightmare and able to take on any form.

Here, they are beings who claim to be born of humanity: Philemon our desire to create and succeed, Nyarlathotep our desire to die and destroy. It was Philemon you met upon entering this city, utilizing us as his latest pawns in his bet with Nyarlathotep.

[helenchanted]

[Angry, bitter words if she ever saw any. That's okay. She'd dealt with someone who wasn't exactly a walking ray of sunshine either.]

What do you know about him? There's barely enough information as is...

[nemophila]

[He was relatively well-contained, for someone that was radiating hatred.]

I know quite a bit. My friends and I encountered him directly when we were still in our own world. We were set up to oppose him.

[Let's uh...just...not mention the part where he was way more familiar with Nyarlathotep than just that one adventure.]

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[seasidecherry]

[Nagisa can't help but hang her head as she starts to type.]

I thought Philemon sent the ones that went to that tower - I thought maybe we were sent to help. If nothing else, to at least spread some light to the place. Some hope. I honestly wanted to bring the people trapped there here, if I could.

...we couldn't. Whether that was Nyarlathotep's fault, whether it was all a wild goose chase from the start, whether it was the fault of the tower's administrators, or whether it was some combination of those, I can't say. I don't even know if we did anything at all.

But I can't...I can't let myself think like that. I just can't. I have to think that some kind of message at least got through...

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[nemophila]

[He can tell she's distressed and he-- kind of...feels bad now, honestly. But he wasn't going to sugar coat it just to let her be disappointed later.]

Nyarlathotep strives to spread despair and decay to all of humanity.
It's likely that the entire thing was completely orchestrated by him, to lead you and Philemon on.
However, though Philemon wishes to represent what is good, his grasp on what that is is tenuous at best.

[...]

If it's any consolation, give the scope of their conflict I'm sure you were able to reach out to someone.
The presence of either of them is irrelevant to that.

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[vacare]

Sounds like we're all in trouble! I don't know for sure if you're trying to help or make other people angry, though. Can you afford to be a little more decent?

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[nemophila]

Would you have me indulge them?

"Excuse me, I know that the embodiment of destruction is waiting to make his move, but could you please tell me about the new movie that came out?"

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[thewunderkind]

Who stuck a stick up your ass? Isn't there a saying, all work and no play make someone a dull boring person?

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[nemophila]

Forgive me if I have no desire to see everyone's lives ruined so that they can have time to talk about their new haircut.

[likethewolf]

I don't know anything about Nyarlathotep's plans, but I assume with how much Philemon tries to screw with our lives, his intentions probably aren't much better.

[nemophila]

[HALLELUJAH someone that gets it!!]

Let's put it this way... Philemon is supposed to be the "good guy" in this paradigm. Where he is enlightenment, Nyarlathoatep is decay.
Things aren't looking too good.

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[echo_of_a_jedi]

I missed meeting the guy while we were in the Tower, but if his goal is wanton destruction, I imagine he's got a hand in pitting the Government and the Anoli against each other.

And the books aren't that much of a waste of time. They're very quick reads.

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[nemophila]

[Oh look, someone useful!]

The Anoli? That would be the anarchist cell in the city, correct?
He wishes for destruction so I'm sure "wanton" falls well under that category.

Curtness of text and story aside, most people treat them with the attention an avatar of Satan deserves.

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[awww_yeeeeeaaaah]

[Looks like somebody got up on the wrong side of the bed...]

I've looked him up awhile ago, when I got here. I kinda doubt anything Lovecraft has to say about him will answer your question, though.

My friends...ran into him too, when they went to that tower place.

[But it's...well, not interesting, that isn't the right word. It did pique his interest, though, that's for sure. The motives of the being opposite of Philemon, huh?]

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[nemophila]

It's enough to scare some children, at least.

But what purpose would he have to draw anyone to that tower? Is it to distract from what happens here in the city?

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[destinedwaters]

His actions in the Tower were telling. That much was certain, with how he tried to inspire hopelessness and a sense of failure in those that left and returned here. The same can be said for what happened a couple months ago at the stadium.

[This is the text of a person who is seriously getting sick of this law vs chaos sheet, ok.]

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[nemophila]

What happened at the stadium? The terrorist attack, correct?

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[greatseal]

Are you another of Tatsuya-kun's friends?

[because she hasn't met anyone else as jaded about Philemon and Nyarlathotep as you guys]

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[nemophila]

That's right.

[Yes.

Friend.

Coughs.]

Do you know him?"

[enjoythemoment]

Can't say I'm that caught up with the trends in this city, though the Jungian philosophy rings a bell.

Think ya can help a newcomer get up to speed?

[nemophila]

[jesus christ how many times does he have to give someone the cliff notes fuckin a]

If you're reading this, Philemon-- the embodiment of humanity's positivity-- has likely "gifted" you with a Persona. He has thus drafted you in his wager against Nyarlathotep, the embodiment of our negativity. This is not the first time they've done so, and likely will not be the last.

Everyone seems perfectly willing to help their childish antics, but have no desire to actually seek out Nyarlathotep's schemes.

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[terra_nullius]

So he's the one behind it. Curious.

What do you know?

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[nemophila]

My friend and I had first-hand experience with him back home.
I know that if things carry on as they seem to be, there's not going to be much time for playing hero.

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[emperor_penguin]

[The video flicks on to show this penguin man here heaving a dramatically heavy sigh.]

They give us these fancy video phones, and all anybody wants to do on 'em is type. Never much saw the point in makin' somethin' as simple as conversation so damn hard on yourself.

[DeDeDe shakes his head. Not really fishing for a response for that statement in the first place, he just breezes right past it.]

So who's this Nyarly fella, then? Some other jackass that looks like he fell off a parade float or escaped from the circus?

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[nemophila]

[He.... doesn't really get the point of that at all, nope! Though Jun comes from a much less technologically advanced time, so he sort of gets it. Though he's perfectly fine to continue with text, t h a n k you.]

You could say he's fallen right out of a story book. His name is synonymous with a cosmic horror from the work of H.P. Lovecraft, an early 20th century author. In reality, he represents humanity's complete negativity and desire for destruction, as opposed to Philemon's wont for creation.

[empressive]

Finally, someone whose stance I can agree on about that book. [She doesn't understand the phenomenon. She's tried to read it, at least a few chapters, and couldn't get through a few pages.]

I don't think many have figured out what plans he has just yet. But I have heard that he's previously gambled the fate of humanity on an experiment.

[That is, if Tatsuya's correct.]

[nemophila]

For something they seem to despise, they've given it an unruly amount of attention. It'll just make it more popular. [You can practically hear him sighing behind the text.]

He has. He did it once with my friends and I, and I'm positive he's done it at least once more before-- and likely many other times, if there are still more persona-users from before coming to this city. It would seem that he and Philemon are locked in an eternal combat.

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[recycleddestiny]

Yeah, I found it hilarious for a while, now it's just getting pathetic.

[Can't deny he had a good chuckle at it, though.]

Though I can't say I heard much about the guy you mentioned. Take it he's our Big Bad of this situation or is it more complicated than that?

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[nemophila]

It was funny for about ten seconds. [ :'I ]

If you want to look at it that way, then yes; in the traditional sense. Of course it's more complicated, but I don't expect everyone to disavow their own patron.

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[foamylover]

Fanna! Are you talking about those stupid romance novels, Jun? I can't believe anyone reads that crap!

[Don't get her wrong, Lisa loves a good romance novel (and has a large collection in her apartment as she speaks), but not when it impacts her Chinyan.]

I don't know any more about Nyarlathotep being here than what Eikichi told me...

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[nemophila]

[It takes him a moment, but he slowly and a bit reluctantly switches to audio-- it was Lisa after all, it's not as if he had anything to hide from her.

Though the first thing she'd probably hear was a disinterested sigh.] That's right. I shouldn't be surprised that people are interested in things like that; they're exactly made to cater to the lowest common denominator. I wouldn't have such a problem with it if our fellow "visitors" didn't also seem to be treating it like it was the end of their dignity.

It would seem that's all anyone really knows about him around here. Some think he has a hand in the Anoli or the government, but it's all just supposition.