That was...fast. (apping to percaligovideo)

[archditz]

It was. I figured that I should choose a game I would like instead of being the product of a random whim, fading into the fog of your mind and never seen again.

If that sounded mean, I should apologize. Sorry. You must admit that it is quite foggy in here. You should get that fixed.

...Oh, you're already trying to? That's very good. Please keep it up, as human minds need constant upkeep to not fall into disrepair. You see? We are more alike than you think.

I like Persona.

You like Persona.

It's preposterous that we don't have a "social link" yet. I think we should have one.

...What do you have to do for that? To make it "official", I mean.

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[warriorscribe]

...Will you be all right losing your powers?

[archditz]

It would...be an experience, but I'm usually not one to use my powers to accomplish every little thing. [Unlike some other people.]

I think...losing contact with everyone else would be the worst of it. But, the game has a definite end and I look forward to seeing it, even if I'm not at my full power.

[warriorscribe]

*Everyone else, or...?*

...Good luck. It's a shame we won't see each other aside from here.

[archditz]

I have thought about going over there, but he wasn't so sure about running two people from the same thing in the same place.

Plus, I don't want to startle Armaros.

[warriorscribe]

I didn't mean at Meridian, either...it would be strange for you and Armaros to avoid interaction.

I could open a...musebox.

[archditz]

Could you? Is there a difference?

I've never picked up on the parlance for the different words that mean "Playing Pretend Over the Internet".

[That could easily be taken as a snide remark, but he honestly means it. It's more complicated that he first figured.]

[warriorscribe]

*That's okay, Enoch knows Michael isn't one for sarcasm.*

A musebox isn't as formal. Anyone can play in a musebox if the owner lets them in.

[archditz]

I see. It would be nice to be able to take a break from small town murder mysteries.

[warriorscribe]

I'll create one someday, then. *Whenever he gets around to it.*

[archditz]

Thank you. Though if you would like, I could attempt to make one if you become too busy.

[He does have a blog.]

[warriorscribe]

Whenever we want to take a break, I suppose. My mundane is considering the idea we had before...a combination of a musebox and...whatever this could be called.

[archditz]

[There's a bit of silence.]

...What would a place like this be called?

[warriorscribe]

I'm...not certain. It's close to a dressing room, but those...aren't normally set next to the fourth wall like this. I've heard my mundane call it a "metaspace", but that seems to be more her term than anything.

[archditz]

[He's about to say something, then stops and closes his eyes, as if listening to something. Whatever it was, it made him chuckle a little.]

"The Complaint Department", he says.

[warriorscribe]

*Enoch chuckles in return.* That it is. Though sometimes it's used for other things.

[kidwithastick]

What's a "social link"?

[archditz]

Ah, pardon. Bit of an inside joke.

It's a technical term that's another way of saying "forming friendships".

[kidwithastick]

That's a funny thing to call it. Why not just call it making friends?

[archditz]

It's used as a game mechanic to gain power through the bonds you form.

That and I imagine "social links" has more of a gaming ring to it than "making friends", but I'm not a game developer, so I couldn't tell you for sure.

[kidwithastick]

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Huh?

[archditz]

[He just...stares.]

You know...games? Video games.

[This kid is at that age where he'd be playing video games, right?]

[kidwithastick]

...what are those?

[archditz]

[...Oh. Oh dear.]

They are games that you need some...special equipment to play. I don't mess around with them very much myself, I just like the aspects of this one.

[He should probably consider it a blessing that there's one child around who's probably never seen a television before.]

[kidwithastick]

*only because where he's from tv doesn't exist.*

like pheasant ball? I've watched some of the others play it. They spend more time hitting each other than hitting the feathers.

[archditz]

Something like that, although a better comparison would be playing House or some other form of playacting.

Although physical games are much more fun, in my opinion.

[kidwithastick]

Oh.

...so your mun is sending you to a place where you get to make friends?

[archditz]

Yes, but there's more to it than that. That's just one part of it.

[kidwithastick]

What else is there to do?

[archditz]

Well, the location is in a small town, so I would imagine it would have things to do there that one could normally find in small towns. There is also the aspect of fighting Shadows.

[kidwithastick]

Oh. I've fought shadows before. They're not so scary.

[archditz]

Ah. Sorry. Shadows in this game are not referring to monsters literally made of shadow. They are more like repressed emotions and desires made manifest, if that makes any sense.

[kidwithastick]

...weird.

[archditz]

Yes, it is very weird. But interesting, all the same.

[kamenriderfourze]

Heck yeah! Moment you get a social link, I'm so gonna max that thing all the way to the edge a space an' back!

if you don't get accepted it's a crime against humanityyyy

[archditz]

[Gentaro, you are just too amusing for him to handle. He chuckles a bit.]

Are you going to acquire all of the social links?