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[There's a gray haired young man on the screen! Yay for more newbies. He is sitting down outside the apartment building, an Elecmon curled in his lap. The rabbit-frog-bird thing is making a dull buzzing noise like powerlines, his fan-tail sparkling. Almost like he's purring. Yu bows slightly at the camera]

It's nice to meet you all, thank you for having me. My name is Yu Narukami. Please take care of me while I adjust to all of this.

[HOW ARE YOU SO CALM YU. Well taking the time to read the letter and chat with his new partner has answered a lot of his questions- and if any of his friends are here they will see this, so no need to bellow about it. No reason to be rude, right? He sits back up, and as if feeling the shift Elecmon rolls over onto his back, showing his white belly, which Yu starts petting]

My new friend here said his name is Elecmon, but after looking around I think this might be a species name. I asked if he was alright with a nickname and he doesn't seem to really care either way. Is that a common thing here? I don't want to give him a name and make him uncomfortable with his own kind.

[Elecmon peeks an eye open, seeming to finally notice he's on camera. He rolls over, ears drooping as he slinks away.]

Ah, don't be shy...

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[His eyes sparkle with curiosity. Having just discovered other Persona users and sentient robots he's all curious about other exotic abilities and worlds outside his own]

Is that common here? People who have seen strange things?

[Deadpan:] My roommate is apparently a cat.

[Read: yes.]

I think it just depends on what your perspective on 'strange' is.

[If his eyes were bright earlier, they are now on fire. He puts his fingers up, miming ears on his head]

Like... cat-cat?

She looks human enough, but she definitely acts like one.

...I mean, she's nice enough and everything, but that's a little odd even for me.

[Yu is charmed. Omg catgirl]

And what about you?

[hollyleaf is the best catpal]

Me? Er...well, my name's Waver Velvet. I'm not secretly a cat or anything; just a pretty normal human, I guess.

[waver. stop acting like normal people practice magic.]

Have you been here long?

I've started to lose track, uh...three months, maybe?

[He winces]

Is there a leader or anything like that here?

Aside from the one who wrote the welcome guide--such as it is--I don't think I've ever heard of any definite leader.

Hmm... too bad. I guess we'll just have to do our best, huh?

If it makes you feel better, it hasn't seemed like a complete disaster without anyone leading.

That IS comforting. And leading some people is like wrangling cats. Sometimes they just do better on their own.

And some people just don't want anyone leading them, period.

True, but sometimes it makes it easier to focus on one goal. It really can go either way.

I guess ultimately the best we can expect is people just working together in general.

Has that been an issue?

Isn't it usually, with enough people in a room together?

Metaphorically in a room, I mean.

Okay fair enough. [he laughs lightly]</small. But to the point of physical fights or people running off?

Not that I've heard of so far.

There's that at least.

Do you mind if I ask a few more questions?

I don't know how much I'll be able to answer, but go ahead.

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The letter mentioned something about the partners being able to 'evolve', what does that mean exactly? I get that they change forms but... is it permanent? Does this bother them at all?

That...well, it's kind of weird. It doesn't seem to bother them--actually, they make it look pretty easy. It'd probably be easier if I could show you, hang on.

[He leaned offscreen and waved over Palmon, who walked over with a sandwich stuffed in her mouth.]

Whffr mr'r?

...Swallow that first. [:|] Then could you change to Wizardmon for a minute? I'm trying to demonstrate something. [The plant apparently swallowed the entire thing whole, not missing a beat.]

You'll owe me another sandwich.

Fine. [As her partner pressed his hand to his face with an exasperated sigh, Palmon changed form with little fanfare save for a display of shifting light and data.] It's pretty fascinating. I'm not sure I understand how or what the catalyst is other than these digivices, but the whole process is remarkable. [He paused, glancing back to Wizardmon--who gave the camera a slight wave.] It doesn't hurt or anything, right?

Not in the slightest. Rather tingles a bit, actually.

Edited (I'M SORRY I CAN'T HTML) 2013-08-08 01:48 (UTC)

[Yu's eyes widen. It reminds him a little of persona fusion, just without another person.]

That's amazing...

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