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[It was supposed to be an average morning. Well, except for the sudden waking up no thanks to his Mareep brushing up against him and frazzling him with static. And the Pidgey he caught thwapping him in the face with her wings to help with the waking up effort.

But then something happened that made him nearly fall out of his spot as he stretched his hand out to block out the sudden sunlight in his face. He wasn't even in bed at Talim's home anymore. Nor was he, well, anywhere near Mahogany. How in the--?

And then there was the voice in his head. One very, very familiar voice. He had to see if what he was feeling was true, and so he stretches his hand out, palm facing up, closing it tightly--

And there it was, the shards of a card giving way to Izanagi-no-Okami.

What. The hell.]

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[WHAT THE FUCK WHERE DID THAT COME FROM FUCK WHERE'S MY SWORD wait I have my sword why do I have my DRAWS SWORD IN ALARM SENDS OUT POKEMON READIES AN AGILAO ALRIGHT READY TO FUCK SHIT UUuuuuuu

wait

why are you]

...D-did you summon that?!

[oh my fucking god Walter why

TURNING TOWARDS HIM, STARING AWKWARDLY AT THAT FIRE IN YOUR HANDS, BRAH]

I did...why do you ask?

[THERE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DEMONS HERE...ignoring the part where his own magic is functional and presumably also his gauntlet, uh

looks Souji up and down

squints at Izanagi

squints at Souji]

How...? [I thought you were a cool dude if you turn out to be Ashura-kai I swear to all gods]

...I have no idea how, myself. He went silent when I first got here, but now...

[oh okay have a squint back, Walter, and your demons too, because PERSONAS 8|]

Wait, you can summon them too?

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["Silent"? What the hell does that mean? The squinting deepens.]

Er...

[...but then, someone else pipes up. A female voice with an electronic tinge.] Master, I think you're misreading the situation. There's something there, but I'm not sensing any demons besides your own.

[...what the hell?] Then...what is that, if not a demon?

[His Pokemon and the few demons among them look confused, and shuffle backwards a bit. Gucumatz's frozen mask of an expression is hard to read, but...it certainly seems as though it's staring hungrily at Souji, with that draconic grin...]

[Izanagi shifts to face them, guarded, ready to protect his keeper at any moment, but definitely not out to attack. Mareep and Pidgey make their way over to Souji and do their equivalent of squinting as well, about as confused over the whole situation as the rest.

Souji stares at the Gucumatz for a moment, and motions to it for Walter as he looks to him again. Oy, keep him in check, why don't ya. :|]

This is a Persona, not a demon.

[....

It takes Walter a moment to catch the meaning of that gesture, but once he does, a few quick taps to his Gauntlet's screen return the demons to stock. (Gucumatz whines out a rumbling "nooo I'm hungry" as he vanishes.) A few of his Pokemon follow suit, leaving behind only a Vulpix crouched near Walter's leg with his ears pricked nervously, and a Houndoom whose serious stance is slowly morphing into a wiggling, air-sniffing aura of curiosity.]

That's a relief... [Something blinks on his Gauntlet.] Persona, huh? I'll make a note of that. [Beep.]

[He doesn't put his sword away, but seems to have relaxed and isn't holding it up anymore. He is still studying Izanagi, though. Huh.] I've never thought that you were from the same world as I, but for a moment there...

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[...He's glad he made that gesture, because nope, he is not going to let himself become dragon food. NOPE.

Souji blinks for more than a few seconds at the gauntlet. There it was again, that voice he'd heard just a moment ago...his attention drifts back to Walter's statement, though; he'll have to ask about that later.]

Did you think I was bad company? [Yup, talk about having your sentence finished for you.]

Huh? [That's an odd way to phrase it, for him, and Walter gets it after a beat.] Oh. Hah, you don't seem a miscreant, but demon-summoners in Tokyo are always trouble. [He shrugs.] Are you trouble?

[He shakes his head. Nnnnnnope, mild mannered Souji? Trouble? The people who still recognize him after all this time would probably say otherwise, too.] Why would I be?

[Walter laughs.] Well enough. There's no way of knowing, especially with how this day's been.

You said it. It's weird enough that I went all the way from Mahogany to here in my sleep...

[Next thing they know, something's going to port them off, or they'll start hearing things.

...Wait though.]

...Er, where is here, anyway?

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[SHRUGS AGAIN] It's no road I've traveled before. I've been on it for nearly an hour.

An hour and twelve minutes, actually.

...Right. And then there's how everything from our own worlds seems to have returned.

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...It's not an unwelcome change, but still. [Awfully awkward time for it to come back, isn't it? Ahh, well.

...Oh look, a cliff near them. He'll just pull himself up so he can sit down and rest his legs--...wait, wasn't this supposed to not work out so well? How on--

...Nevermind, he'll just. Peek down at Walter again, more specifically, his gauntlet.]

That's no ordinary gauntlet, is it?

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[...Yeah how the hell did you do that...

Walter opens his mouth to answer, but Burroughs beats him to the punch.] That's right. This Gauntlet is designed for use in combat with demons; it's loaded with the Demon Summoning Application for negotiation with and storage of demonic allies, as well as a secure audiovisual communication feature, a compendium of demon-related resources, and a direct uplink to the Cathedral of Shadows fusion server - and, of course, the navigational intelligence that's giving you the grand tour, Burroughs.

...Sorry to cut you off, Master.

[Walter looks vaguely bewildered, plunking himself down against that ledge with his legs crossed.] It's not as though I could explain it half as well.

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[Hell if he knows, this world is weird enough as it is 8|

Going to let that sink in for a bit, because that was some seriously advanced talk he was listening to just now, on top of, well, demons, mythological creatures of all sorts. And unlike his Personas, they were real.

Scary thought, that... he returns his look to Walter.]

She seems pretty helpful, though. [Was it a she? The voice sounded distinctly female...though what is giving gender to machinery.]

Why, thank you. [Walter has never really known what to think of Burroughs beyond her direct support, so he just kind of. Shrugs at that.]

I imagine we'd be long dead without her. Or not bothering with demons at all. Save the Gauntlets, there's nothing like this - computers - in Mikado. And you can bring down a demon with naught but a sword, but...only for so long.

Don't mention it. [One nod to the voice from the Gauntlet, before he turns to Walter.]

Sounds like this isn't the first time you've dealt with them...

I've been a Samurai for some time. Doing battle with demons is how we spend our lives. ["Some time" is probably an exaggeration - it hasn't even been a year. No loss to him, though.]

[That look should be his default considering how often he seems to give that expression. But there is a tap on his shoulder and if he were to turn around, Souji would see Yukiko except maybe a year older, shorter hair, and dressed more...comfortably. As in jeans for once.]

Are you ok?

[Well, it was better than the initial reaction Walter gave him, at least.

Souji spun around to face her, Mareep baa-ing and Pidgey chirping in greeting. ...Whoa, hello there, completely different Yukiko. Everything else was different, but there was no forgetting her face.]

...Yukiko-san? [...Pause. Right, her question.]

...Ah, I'm alright. I'm just...a bit shocked, is all.

[When did he start using san with her? And those odd little creatures around him...what are they? She wasn't too sure but Yukiko reached into her pocket for some greens that she would give her chocobo as treats and held them out to the bird. Maybe the little sheep would like it too.]

I didn't think you would be on a journey too...

[Ah, poor priestess, she doesn't realize this is a bowlcut that isn't romantically linked to her. 8'| Still, the Pidgey stares at the greens, flapping to Souji's shoulder all the while, and the Mareep blinks at the greens for a moment before sticking to him, giving him a nice static shock in the process.]

I'm--ow!--just being polite, that's all. I don't want anyone to get the wrong impression. [...Oops, there's that subtle hint.]

[Wait, did that thing-]

D-Did that sheep just shock you?

...Its wool is full of--ow!--static.

[It just brushed up against him again. Whoops.]

[Bad sheep! Bad!]

Where did you find it anyway? I didn't think the Havens had anything like that around.

[Can't stop, won't stop the sheep. :|]

...I wound up--ow!--catching it when I first got here? [And then the long pause.]

Wait, what Havens?

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[...ok, there's something odd here. Souji not knowing about the place that they were both dragged into a year ago and not even acknowledging the fact that they arrived together? A really huge gap.]

You...forgot about them? Did the dragons do something to you? Did going into that dying haven effect you in some other way?

[Ahaha...ha...yeah, about that. Mareep and Pidgey, at this point, are just staring at Yukiko with a tilted head, as is Souji himself. THIS DOES NOT COMPUTE.]

...How could I forget what I don't exactly know about?

[Because dragons are assholes that's why. But those words...he really forgot? Everything that has happened between them like the talk before her trip, the little Izanagi figure she gave him for his birthday...nothing? She can't say it didn't hurt but she doesn't even have a clue where she is, how she got there, and why the one she loves doesn't remember anything.

While keeping a neutral face of course. Or trying.]

We were brought there together, in Drathia. You found me not even five minutes after the dragon dropped me off...we've been inseparable since then.

[Oh wow. That's a demon he hasn't seen before. Though how did someone summon one without a COMP-- wait a second, this has happened before.

Though Kazuya will be cautious of you, just in case.

... well, he is anyway, consider he's in a completely unknown place.]

How did you summon that just now?

[...Turning right around to face him. Oh, hello there. Another someone who probably doesn't know about Personas but saw him summoning Izanagi anyway. Crap.] ...I have no idea?

[He just crushed a card in his hand okay okay. PERFECTLY LEGIT EXPLANATION.

...But no, seriously, he has no idea how the hell he's hearing Izanagi now of all times and summoning him at will.]

[Was this this guys first time summoning something like this? It couldn't be. He'd be fighting that thing right now. Or so it should be.]

You're not a COMP owner, then?

...What's a COMP?

[Blink blink. How about that, he doesn't know a thing about COMPs.

But no, it wasn't.]

[... huh. This was confusing. He pulls out his DS COMP, which basically looks... like a DS.]

A Communication Player.

[He decides to show why he asked that by summoning a Jack Frost. Hee ho and all that.] You can use it to summon demons, like you just did.

[...Oh dear god it's Frosty. Except very much not from someone's psyche, namely his.]

This isn't a demon, though...

... if it's not a demon, then what is it?

[It certainly doesn't look like an angel.]

That's a Persona. A...manifestation of someone's personality, if that makes sense.

[What is properly understanding strange psychological concepts given form?]

[That sounds strange. Then again, he comes from a world filled with demons an angels that are fighting each other so maybe it's not that crazy.]

I see. Sorry for assuming that you're a demon tamer.

Ah, no worries. You wouldn't be the first one.

[He'd had someone else mistake his giant headgod for a demon only a while ago, and, well, while the situation got resolved...yeah. Awkward.]

So...you're like a friend of mine, then? [He had to do a double take at the COMP. How was a little handheld doing everything that it could?]

[Don't... think on it too much. Not many people know how it actually works.]

I suppose? I see no reason to be a foe.

[Even if this is a strange situation and he has no clue what's going on but he'll take what he can.]

I'm Kazuya Minegishi.

[ FINALLY! A strong looking opponent for her mega-all-star team! But she can't let her awe show. No! She has to play this cool.

She saunters up to him, leering at him from under her umbrella. ]

Ah, is that what you call a Pokemon around here aru?

[Gurk--

Was this person he hasn't seen before going to challenge him? This is bad...]

...Not the big one. It's...the small ones you want.

[Mareep and Pidgey get in line, though there's no end of tension behind that lineface of his. It just screams 'crap crap crap--']

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