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[deadlyvelvet]

... you're calling this an inter-net? If this place was made out of net, surely it would be a little less solid than it seems to be? I'd be able to see through it. I can't. Are you sure that's right? Or is this another one of those wonderful inventions of yours?

But I'm happy to be here! I know it'll be a while until you can get me into a game, you do have so much to do, but I'll be fine!

I do have one more question, though...

What does 'let's play' mean if you're not actually playing anything? You were watching Minato (why do you call him all those other names, too?) walking around - that doesn't seem like a game to me! He never mentioned wanting to play...

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Have an AU-papa. >.>

[velvet_papa]

It's simply a title for a form of entertainment, Elizabeth. The contraction "let's" referring to a sort of vicarious experience. "Let us play" being a form of entertainment where a viewer can experience a video game without actually playing it.

[deathboss]

[Who is this mysteriously and not bad looking lady dressed up in the Velvet Room colors who feels really powerful?]

I don't think I've seen you around before...

XD Excuse her bafflement.

[deadlyvelvet]

Oh! But why would you not want to play the game in the first place?

[Blink. She's trying not to look rude, but.. she is kind of giving a curious look.]

[deadlyvelvet]

[why thank you...]

My name is Elizabeth. I'm pleased to meet you...

I wouldn't have it any other way.

[velvet_papa]

Like humans, entertainment has been constantly evolving as well. My generation only had books, then came radios, television, movies and then video games. It has the unique ability to create a narrative while involving the audience as part of the experience.

[Victor takes it all in stride. After all, it's not every day you see an elderly man wearing a velvet robe and leaning heavily on an arm-brace cane.]

Humor me in a question, Elizabeth. What exactly is it that draws you to the Arisato boy?

[deadlyvelvet]

So the game isn't just a game, but a story?

[Very much not every day! Even among the usual residents, he'd stand out...]

And ... [She's thoughtful for a bit, looking down. Not quite sure what to say to that one.]

He's ... so different. He's kind, and he's so full of life. I hadn't understood what the world outside was like until I met him... but he's helped me so much.

[deathboss]

[His heart belongs to one special lady but he does appreciate a beauty when he sees one!]

Eikichi Mishina...[He's a bit too confused to do the normal Michel spiel, so you got lucky, Elizabeth.] ...did anything happen to Belladonna?

[velvet_papa]

Exactly.

[Victor nods a bit, making a mental note.]

Helped how? I've observed your interactions with him, and it all seems fairly normal. There's one possibility that might make sense, but I'd rather hear your side of it.

*sadly lacking in the early games knowledge: please bear with any silly mistakes?*

[deadlyvelvet]

Belladonna?

[She looks thoughtful for a moment.]

I've never met her... Igor's mentioned her name now and then, but I'm not sure where she went.

[deadlyvelvet]

[Games are stories now? Man. That one she borrowed can't have covered everything.]

It is? Oh. And I suppose... I hadn't had a human viewpoint until I met him. It's different having someone explain these things to me who understands.

[velvet_papa]

[He just grins and shakes his head. He could say something, but doesn't.]

I see. Which brings me to my next question. What do you call yourself? Aside from your name. If you are not human, what are you?

[deadlyvelvet]

I'm...

[She pauses, blinks. Good question. Very good question, old man.]

I'm myself. What do I need to call myself?

[velvet_papa]

[He chuckles a bit.]

I had hoped you had come up with a satisfactory name for what we were. I suppose there is no need for it. Perhaps that is a remnant of my own humanity, seeking to classify everything in well defined categories.

[deadlyvelvet]

There aren't that many of us. Why do we need another name?

[... pause again. Hang on a second.]

... You're another ... one of us?

[Headtilt. He sure doesn't look like her family... well, maybe a bit like Igor if you forgot the nose... and who could forget that?]

[velvet_papa]

Ah, forgive me, after nearly five hundred years wandering the endless halls, etiquette is not my forte anymore.

I am Doctor Victor von Frankenstein. After one fateful experiment, my assistant and myself succeeded in creating life where there was none. We crafted three human bodies, one male and two female, and attempted to bring them to life.

However, something - that I cannot put my finger on myself - happened and Igor and myself were cast adrift in what you, Margaret and Theodore call home.

In a way, I am your father. ...Or rather one reality's version of you.

No worries barely anyone does, hahaha. I MEAN I AM TOTALLY JUDGING YOU RIGHT NOW!!!

[deathboss]

You've never seen her?

[Wow that sucks. So does it mean that they'll eventually leave the Velvet Room too?]

Nice lady. Excellent singer. [Unlike him, even if he wouldn't want to admit it.]

[deadlyvelvet]

[... Give her a second here. Okay, and another one.
...That should do it.]

My ...father? Or another me's...
... do you want me to call you 'Dad'?

[It's a perfectly innocent question!]

onoes~

[deadlyvelvet]

[She shakes her head.]

She was? It's a shame. I think I would have liked to hear her sing, then.

Oops sorry now it's NPCS

[djvelvet]

[There's someone close by who is wearing a mask...well really more like a helmet. Regardless, that flashing face on it means he seems pretty happy to see you. With a few motions, he brings out a card with a single word on it.]

Hello.

[velvet_papa]

[He holds up a hand. He's not exactly the family-man type. After all, creating Elizabet, Margaret, and Theodore was merely a means to an end at first.]

Victor is fine.

[He notices the book she's carrying.] Ah... so that is the 'fabled' compendium, hmm? Interesting. I would very much like to research it sometime.

XD Everyone's coming to play~

[deadlyvelvet]

[Happy mask helmet guy? Okay, that's fine with her! She smiles back-]

Oh, hello!

[deadlyvelvet]

[She clutches at it a little more protectively for a second, then relaxes.]

You would? Oh! But I'm - not sure if I'm allowed to show you, ah, Victor?

Persona Party

[djvelvet]

[D'aw you're pretty adorable. With his other hand he moves his hand in a series of gestures and another card appears!]

What color do you think my hair is?

[Yes, that seems like a perfectly normal question to ask someone randomly a few seconds after you have met them. Clearly. But hey, a riddle!]

[velvet_papa]

It is less the book I'm curious about and more its origins.

I am not interested in the power within it, as I already have it.

[To illustrate his point, he taps his cane on the ground, Messiah appears floating behind him for a moment.]

Elizabeeeth! ;A;

[hasthepotential]

I don't think any of us wanted to play once we learned the rules...

Hehe, yeah: I figured 'why not' once the idea was in my head... :)

[deadlyvelvet]

[Why is there something so, so familiar about this girl to her?]

I'm sorry. Which rules are these?

*crank that daft punk...*

[deadlyvelvet]

[She peers at him curiously for a little. Truth be told, it's not like she even knew he had hair until he said! And he dresses a bit like them, sure, but that's not enough to go on...]

I can't see it, can I?

[deadlyvelvet]

[Oh! She looks over at the Persona and smiles. For a second, her mind's drawn to someone else...]

I've always had it, I'm afraid? I could ask about them...

However did you guess my musical inspiration I mean

[djvelvet]

[Right that you are! More cards.]

No you cannot!

But you can guess.

It's part of the fun.

[Velvet Room inhabitants do tend to find some rather...unique concepts of what is fun and not.]

hey, I approve of the inspiration. :p

[deadlyvelvet]

[Oh, yes. She gives a grin, and claps her hands together...]

Oh, I don't know... blue?