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[butterflyguardian]

*There is a man in a butterfly mask staring into the camera and smiling. It feels like he could stare into your soul, but while it's slightly unnerving, it's also comforting. He seems friendly enough, anyway.*

I can assure any others that are here that the destruction of an entire universe through artificial means before its time is close to impossible. Do not fear. We will find a way to return all of us home.

Allow me to introduce myself. I am Philemon, a spirit who dwells between the conscious and subconscious mind. It is a pleasure to meet all of you.

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[fracta_anima]

We were just put through an 'experiment' where people had to kill one another whether they liked it or not. Then there's the monsters that roam around here at night and all sorts of other stuff. It's good that for whatever reason we can't die here, but the people who run this place seem to just like torturing us.

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[kamikozy]

Mmmmhmm. Things work strangely here, it's a little complicated.

[She shakes her head, hand going to her own collar momentarily.]

I'm not sure what they mean either, but everyone who they bring here gets one...

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[evokingfool]

...Similiar to the Velvet Room?

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[beknightedheroine]

Well, I dunno, it's like when contestants are introducing themselves on gameshows. I wouldn't even blink at a salaryman or a teacher, but then 'I'm a spirit that lives in the mind' would, uh.

That's about three doubletakes. Tripletakes.

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[nemophila]

Does that mean we failed?

[dragonspooker]

...that doesn't answer my question, though.

[anima_sorrow]

I believe so. I am an existence known as "Anima" in my homeworld. I was designed by the collective unconscious to be... A failsafe would the worst scenario be to happen.

[ ... Hear, one of those methods to destroy an entire universe. ]

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[fractus_animus]

The Crawling Chaos?

[ He has to know. If there is any way to fix this... he must know. ]

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[butterflyguardian]

He delights in the shadowed corners of humanity's heart. He has posed as a persona himself, once. ...I suppose you could call him my antithesis.

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[butterflyguardian]

Yes, as a matter of fact. I assume you have met Igor and the others?

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[fractus_animus]

[ ... Hell, why not. Maybe Philemon can help him? It's certainly worth a shot. Just to be on the safe side, though, he does pop a filter on this before replying. ]

... My friends and I were given Personas that we can't control very well without medication. They try to attack us, actually, and using them a lot makes us very sick. It was part of a human-made experiment to give children the potential to summon who didn't have it, I believe.

I'm just looking for a way to fix it. Ideally, I would like to get it so that our Personas accept us... but I'm not sure how.

Would you happen to have any guesses as to what we could do about it?

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[evokingfool]

That's right. I'm a guest of theirs.