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[warriorscribe]

*Enoch had finally been reminded of the network earlier in the day, and what had happened reminded him of something he wanted to get out there.

So here he is on the video feed, looking mildly distressed, but for the most part composed.*

The theory about the phantoms here...I don't believe it's true. They have a vaguely human shape, but I never saw any resemblance to...to the person its voice belonged to. As well, I was with someone else when we were attacked earlier, and we each heard different voices from the same phantom.

It must be an illusion.

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[matching video]

[beknightedheroine]

...

I think you're right.

The person I heard the voice from... he's actually here in the tower now.

[video]

[warriorscribe]

*He'd been talking about Taro there, but it wasn't impossible that Sayaka and he were hearing the same phantom that night.*

I'm glad you could be reunited...

*Though his face and the weight at the end of the sentence adds and I'm sorry he has to be here.*

[video]

[hundred_power]

Phantoms?

[Kotetsu would like to know more.]

[text]

[rightsiderequiem]

There are phantoms here? [a little like home.]

[fatherssins]

What phantoms exactly are you referring to?

[video]

[warriorscribe]

*He appeared after the meeting, didn't he? Enoch looks tired as he responds to Kotetsu.* They're mist-like apparitions that hunt at night. They'll call to you in the voice of a friend or loved one...

[video, text]

[warriorscribe]

*While Enoch has figured out how to open a video feed now, and has known for some time how to reply to one in kind, he decides to wait on searching for the function to turn one off, so Dextera will see him type as he responds.

It's probably an obvious option, but he obviously doesn't think it's necessary. As such, the hesitation to gather his thoughts and emotions into words is absolutely plain, as is the emotion itself, the distress on his face that doesn't match the way his words come out in the end.*

I do not know if they appear in the daytime, but they are most visible when they hunt at night, when they call out to their prey in the voices of their loved ones.

[warriorscribe]

The monsters that hunt at night. They call out in the voices of friends and loved ones...

[text]

[rightsiderequiem]

So they hurt people, right? [he'd rather avoid dying again. it really wasn't fun.]

[fatherssins]

I have yet to come across such creatures, and hopefully I never will.

[video]

[hundred_power]

[They mimic a loved one...that's not good. Someone who's trapped here for a while with a broken spirit would fall victim in a snap.]

Mist? How are we supposed to fight mist?

[ video ]

[oforder]

So, that is why the Compass is behaving oddly as of late.

[ Remember him, Enoch? ]

[video, text]

[warriorscribe]

*How old is this person, he wonders. Enoch looks a bit disquieted as he types to the unseen person on the other end.*

They don't pursue very far, so if you hear or see one, keep your distance.

[text]

[rightsiderequiem]

[older than his writing suggests. he liked simple words.]

I'll keep that in mind. Thank you.

[warriorscribe]

Then I hope you never do as well. Encountering one, even knowing what they are...isn't pleasant.

[video]

[warriorscribe]

They can't be fought...they dispel any sort of inhuman ability when they're near. We have no choice but to avoid them instead.

[ video ]

[warriorscribe]

*He doesn't, at first - an unfortunate symptom of such low mood is difficulty recalling details. But then recognition slowly dawns on his face. "Compass", the artifact related to that one world where...right, this person was someone he met in Meridian! ...Or was he? After Naoya, Jun, and Tatsuya all failing to recognize him...*

What does it normally do?

*He never did get an answer, did he? Or is he just failing to remember?*

[video]

[warriorscribe]

*Enoch got a feeling of innocence from his words, whatever the case. He visibly relaxes a bit (even if "relax" means relaxing to neutral) as he reads the acknowledgment. He's taught someone to avoid them...that's got to be worth something.*

[ video ]

[oforder]

It allows me to observe the Collective Unconscious. However, the Collective Unconscious of this world is far too erratic and unstable to interpret properly. I am unused to it.

[ video ]

[warriorscribe]

The "Collective"-...

*He stops short, trying to recall that strange term. It had something to do with God or Heaven...*

...Is it related, perhaps, to God's perception?

*...That's quite a heavy theory, Enoch, for someone who doesn't even completely understand what he's looking at, past experience or not.*

[ video ]

[oforder]

No, it is not.

[ Quite the opposite, actually. ]

It allows me to observe the consciousness of all mortals.

[ video ]

[warriorscribe]

*Well, if this was Meridian's, he doesn't remember him. Meaning he probably isn't Meridian's, given the track record.*

So you can hear our thoughts?

[ video ]

[oforder]

It is more complicated than that.

[ video ]

[warriorscribe]

What is the case, then?

[ video ]

[oforder]

The collective unconscious. It is the collective mind of all living creatures. One mind, made up of many.