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When the feed switches on, it shows Desco wearing a party hat, her tail wagging fiercely behind her.

"Hello, Desco's adorable subjects! Today, Desco turns five! Therefore, you are required to come give her tribute! There will be cake for all successful tributeers!"

She pauses slightly.

"Oh! Also, Desco now lives at the Shinonome residence, since the rest of her family has disappeared. So come there, got it?"

stridercentric

[It's been over four months since Bro had that unfortunate incident with Jack Noir in the Medium. Four months since he arrived in Hinoto-Ri, because apparently that's the only damn place he gets to go. From one monster-ridden videogameish hellhole world into the next.

What sucks most about Hinoto-Ri is that there's a severe lack of Striders. In fact, ever since his alternate universe teenage self left, the city's gone even further below the minimum of required Strider. He knows Dave can take care of himself, considering Bro taught him pretty damn well, but there comes a time in every dude's life where he misses his family.

Especially when said family is prooobably still stuck in a monster-ridden videogameish hellhole. Lil Cal's a great bro and all, but talking to yourself can get old after a while.]

so.

you guys all have family back home right? siblings and parents and annoying aunts who like to pull your cheek even though youve grown to be twice their size? grannies who send you itchy socks for christmas each year?

so tell me about 'm. who do you miss most?

would you have 'm here if you could?

badluckhealer

[Aggie looks - pretty close to upset when she shows up on the feed. There's some hints that she has been crying (puffy and reddened eyelids, etc.) and she's really struggling not to resume crying.

When she speaks, of course, the reason for this becomes painfully clear.]

I...I am aware that my uncle Jack was - b-better at socializing than I am, so...he's probably got more than a few friends who s-should be told this.

[She swallows and tries to continue, but her voice is shaking all over the place.]

... All evidence points to Uncle having been returned home. I am very sorry.

E-excuse me.

[She turns off the feed in order to get the next fit of tears out before anyone replies. Old habits die hard, after all...]

aeterna_filia

[Kaguya's been fairly silent on the network lately. The reason for that becomes somewhat clear after just a moment. Behind her appears to be the interior of a temple, although it certainly looks more home-like now.

How could Kaguya not decorate it? Well, with what she could currently afford, at least. She seems rather pleased when she begins to speak.]

Good day to you, citizens of Hinoto-Ri. Thanks to the suggestion of an acquaintance of mine, I have taken up residence in the old temple located in the Aquarius District.

It's really quite lovely.

[A dramatic pause.]

Therefore, I believe a celebration is in order. This Saturday, I will be holding an open house. There will be plenty of refreshments, and I hope all who attend will bring their cheer and good spirits with them.

primordial

[The face on the screen might be familiar to some, but maybe not so familiar to others- Sam Erstwhile isn't exactly the most outgoing person in the world, after all. He's just sitting back in a chair, clothes as bedraggled as ever, and in the background, one can see the blurry shape of...well, Desco.. Hard to believe he's be living in the same house as her, really.]

Uh...hey. Long time, no see. I-I'm still not really used to going out and making public posts like this for the network, heh...

[He drifts of a little awkwardly, before he scratches the back of his head.] Oh, um, anyways, I was just a little curious. You know fairy tales, right? Like, Little Red Riding Hood, or Cinderella, or The Firebird...if you don't have those in your world, well, they're short stories that are told to kids about things like dragons, princesses, magic, and whatnot. Some of them are even told with morals in the story, so people could learn what to do and what not to do just by listening to the story. For example, one of my favorite ones is Hansel and Gretel...two children go into the woods and find a house made of candy. The witch inside wants to eat them, but instead, the brother and sister find a way to destroy the witch before she does so...

[There's a pause here, and his expression sombers somewhat before he speaks again.]

So, I was just wondering. What kind of stories do you have back home...? Everyone comes from different worlds, so, I thought it would be nice to hear what kinds of fairytales and folklore people grew up with. What are your favorite stories, people of Hinoto Ri?

[He lets out a slight huff, looking somewhat pleased with himself. In the meantime, he'll just find all those books about him and Phantom Girl's Valentine Day exploits and will be trying to destroy them by throwing them all in the river, thank you very much.]

tyrantball

As the feed switches on, it reveals Desco, wearing a unusual outfit. Her normal dress-like arrangement of chitin, spines, and eyes is gone, replaced with a crisp white blouse with medium-length sleeves and a sharply-pressed black skirt. Perched over her red eyes is a set of round, wire-rimmed spectacles. The overall effect is that of an efficient, no-nonsense secretary, or perhaps an overly strict teacher.

Who happens to be four years old, but there's not much Desco can do about that.

"Listen up, students! Your munificent Queen has remembered she has a day job as a highly-paid teacher at Netherworld Institute Evil Academy! And if she wants to continue drawing medical benefits, she has to slack off and teach something other than her specialty of applied Minionology!"

With that, she thumps the ruler in her hand against the easel behind her.

"That is why today, Desco will be teaching the basics of Little Sister Moe! When Desco finishes drilling knowledge into your empty skulls, you will know EVERYTHING about the duties of a Little Sister!"

( Class is in session! )

melodyoflogic

[Video]

[A certain minty-haired Visitor is on the screen today, his arm around the shoulders of a brown haired kid who may be familiar to some. Judging by the voices in the background, there’s about four people in all, even if they aren’t all visible on the camera ~~yet~~.]

Hey! Lately, people have been coming by the Detective Agency thinking it’s functional again. At first we turned down requests since we’re obviously not detectives, but...

Well, maybe you should say it instead, Ayumu?

[Ayumu is pretty much resigned at this point, though his expression clearly seems to have some doubts about the wisdom of this idea. They were a bunch of kids and a tanuki, after all. Who’d go looking to them for help?]

This was your idea, not mine.

[There’s some yelling from off-screen.]

But it sounds like fun!

[Ayumu’s response is muttered.]

If anyone’s even interested...

But it’s like being a super-awesome spy!

[While they keep bickering amongst themselves, a certain assistant waltzes up to the feed and waves in that wonderfully cutesy fashion of hers. Yup, it’s Hiyono, alright.]

Ahem--what they’re trying to say is, we’re now open for business! I’ve even set up an inbox for you to send all of your requests to~

Right, right. And you were going to spread rumors too, weren’t you, Hiyono?

Mm-hmm! [The agreement is punctuated with her ever present smile -- and wait, is she proverbially sparkling as she does?] To be honest, I haven’t really worked with rumors that come true, but I guess there’s a first for everything, right?

[The look on the brown haired teen’s face is just a little wary. Ayumu could only imagine how much she was going to enjoy that….]

Well, you heard them. We’ll take on jobs if you have them in our spare time.

[There’s suddenly a tanuki squeezing his face into this shot. ~~Except he’s in human form but whatever.~~]

Just try to make them interesting ones!

[Joint post! Responses will come from one of the four or more: Ayumu, Hizumi, Hiyono or Taro. Lots of threadjacking will be happening, most likely.]

primordial

Um.

[Yeah, this is starting out great. There is a reason why Sam doesn't talk on the network often, and that is because he's pretty much the most awkward young man you've ever seen. He glances away from the camera, as if embarrassed by what he's going to say next.]

So...Halloween is coming soon, right? Just a few days...I just had a couple questions for people because I was, well, kind of curious. First of all...what is Halloween like where you come from? On Earth, it used to be the day when the dead would walk the earth and rituals were performed not to make them angry...but I'm guessing it's different in other places, right? And if you don't have a Halloween...well, I guess that's okay too. It's a pretty cool holiday, though.

[He pauses again and scratches the back of his head.]

And this is a silly question, but...I really have no idea what to wear for Halloween. Do any of you have any good suggestions? Something easy to do would be nice. I don't want to spend too much time on it.

prettytamer

[Midori is bouncing on the balls of her feet. She really likes this holiday - any holiday where you dress up is good for her!]

Just reminding you to get your Halloween costumes before the stores are out of all the good ones and you have to be a ghost with a sheet over your head! Not that it's bad to be a spooky ghost, but you can be so much more interesting.

If you don't have Halloween in your world, I'll explain what it is if you want!

[Locked to Agatha]
Are you going trick-or-treating?

worked_through_labor_day

[Shortly after everyone returns from the Geartopia adventure, their COMP feeds flicker to life to reveal a small anthopomorphic dog girl, eagerly smiling and offering a friendly wave.]

Hello!  I hope everyone made it back safe and sound. I thought this would be a good time to introduce myself - my name is Isabelle, another Visitor like you all, and Mayor Sakahagi's new assistant!  I'll be working with Miss Junko to represent the concerns of the Visitors in the city, so if there's anything you would like to say to the Mayor or suggestions you might have for the city, please let me know and I'll make sure he sees them. I know some of you were worried about the meeting the Mayor was having before with some of the citizens of the city who were concerned about the Visitors, so I'm here to report the results of that meeting so no one will have to worry.

[She reaches for a stack of papers, shuffling through it for several seconds more than is probably strictly necessary.]

Oh!  Um... sorry! I'll just be a moment!

[The feed goes black for a few seconds, but there is still audio, and Isabelle can be faintly heard whining things like 'oh no, where did I put those' before she comes back.]

Ah!  Here it is!  Sorry for the delay...

[Clearing her throat, and with a small blush on her cheeks, she continues.]

First, it's been decided that all Visitors of the appropriate age need to attend school - that's elementary up through high school. Anyone old enough to have graduated high school is free to enroll in one of the city's higher education facilities, but that's their own choice!

Second, there is no curfew for Visitors because of the need to protect the city during the 13th Hour. However, very young Visitors under the age of 10 will need to have a parent or guardian with them. This does not apply to demons, ghosts, robots, clones, or Visitors who may have been created recently as part of a laboratory experiment. If there's any question about whether the curfew would apply to you, feel free to ask!

Third, the Mayor would like me to remind you all that the legal drinking age in the city is 20, and that this will be enforced the same way for the Visitors it is for permanent residents.

And last, as a matter of public decency, anyone with a, um... [she blushes again at this point, averting her eyes from the camera] ...uh, visually questionable Persona... should try to avoid calling it out during the day, especially when there are children around. There are demons and other scary monsters in the city, but the Mayor is concerned about protecting our youth.

[Isabelle coughs into her fist, quickly moving on from that point.]

Um... and that's all!  I've also prepared a Visitor satisfaction survey to get an idea of how you are all enjoying daily life in Hinoto-Ri. This will also be a chance to suggest improvements to make the city a better place for the citizens and Visitors alike, so please take the time to look at it and fill it out!  The survey will be anonymous, so please be as honest as you like! I'll report the results in a few weeks.

[Smiling, she bows her head, tail wagging in the background.]

It's been very nice meeting you all! Again, if you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact me at any time!

[Video; filtered to Desco immediately after the last call]

Um... Miss Desco?  I was wondering if I could have a quick word with you.

tyrantball

"HMHMHMHMHMM-MWAHAHAHAHAA!"

The feed starts with, well...Desco being Desco-ish. As she turns the camera around, setting things up, there's a brief glimpse of the streets of Hinoto-Ri far below - she must be flying at a pretty high altitude.

Once she's finished setting things up, it becomes apparent that she's riding on something bizarre-looking, sitting cross-legged and leaning against the ten-foot statue of a Japanese girl in a penguin hat.

"Behold, Hinoto-Ri! Desco, the Final Boss, has returned from the depths of Hades! Having overcome heartache and my own weaknesses, I have transformed into...PERFECT DESCO!"

At this she jumps to her feet and strikes a cool pose.

"Mwahahaha! Since the time Desco has left, so much has happened! Desco will now share with you the culmination of her dreams! It's very important that from now on you defer to Desco in all things, because she has CONQUERED THE EARTH. And since she rules the entire Earth, then naturally Hinoto-Ri is one of her possessions!"

A slight pause to let that sink in.

"Desco will naturally allow the current corrupternment to continue administrating Hinoto-Ri for her, since she only wants the fun parts of power and not the boring meaningless paperwork. In the meantime, Desco is forming the Netherworld Invasion Squadron Alpha, or N.I.S.A! Any Visitors that want to help Desco invade and conquer the demon world can simply contact her inbox and either swear fealty to Desco - she already has it, since you are living in her city, but it's nice to observe the formalities - or name their price for mercenary work!"

Grin grin grin.

"This is Desco, Ruler of Earth, signing out!"

aurathread

Does anyone want to train with me? My Persona could use some leveling up and it's not really worth it to use it on monsters since I have my own spells.

Oh, right. It uses Dark skills, mostly.

I'm mostly free whenever, just let me know if you want to train.

all_wound_up

[Action]

[Today is Nano's birthday, but she hasn't told anyone. She's not really the type to call that much attention to herself over something like this, and it seems sort of insignificant to her compared to all of the problems in Hinoto-Ri. But two years is a long time - at least, to her it is - and the past year especially has been full of so many chances to learn new things and meet new people, so she feels that she at least owes a little bit of celebration to herself.

And that's why she's at the bakery today, picking out a cupcake to enjoy while she wishes herself well for the next year. Once she's got the tasty treat in hand, she takes it outside to one of the small tables set up near the street for customers to enjoy their snacks, pulling two small candles out and lighting them with a small fire spell that she learned from Namine. After she hums a short little birthday song, she closes her eyes to send up a silent wish, smiles, and blows the candles out.]

tyrantball

The message Desco posts on the network - the public network - is short and incredibly angry.

"This is a new low even for you, Des-X! Are you too scared of the Final Boss to face her one-on-one‽ Gather up as many minions as you like, you stupid cow! I'LL STILL KILL YOU FOR THIS!"

...hm. Wonder what happened.

primordial

[The video feed clicks on, and at first, you might mistake the person on screen to be a dirty mop, what with the long messy strands of brown hair hanging down from his head. But on second glance, no, there's a face underneath all that, and it doesn't look that happy.]

W-why am I here? Again?! I didn't ask anybody to be here, this is not what I wanted, this is really, really, not good at all!!!

[And he murmurs and shakes his head, looking down at the ground as it he is wishing it could open up and swallow him right then and there.]

...

Yeah. Um. So...my name's Sam. Sam Erstwhile. I was here before, and then I was back home...and I guess I'm back here again. I don't know. So, really, you don't need to tell me about the whole Persona thing, I know about it. I still don't understand why in the world they would choose me to be here again...I'm no one special. Really, I'm not.

[A sigh.]

Erm, so has anything changed recently that I need to know about? Same old, same old? No crazy other-world field trips or the like? I don't think I could deal with another other-world field trip, the last one was horrible...

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