backdated to 6/29- Losing more than a bet

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Jun Kurosu shax@applenet.net
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We've all noticed names that vanish from the app, right? Those who don't make it to the end of the countdown. That can happen to those of us who have, too. It's more extensive than simply leaving the chatroom, though.

I can confirm that Marchosias 29, also known as Okuyasu Nijimura, is, for lack of more descriptive words, gone. Completely gone.

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Jun Kurosu ⚔ Shax

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[...Hm. How to put this. It wouldn't be wise to say too much, if this is one of the newer users, and Jun isn't comfortable saying too much about his past in such a public forum anyway. But at the same time....he's an experienced Persona-user among what seems like dozens of newcomers who should probably know what's possible.]

I'm not sure I want to go into much detail, but it was similar. People fading out of memory altogether, with only a few unaffected. The details were different - it wasn't an overnight shift before, and there was something left behind. I haven't found it in this case. Before there was a single person responsible, but that person isn't here.

[Another lie. But it's one he wants to believe.]

Shirou Fubuki ⚔ Marchosias

[touketsu]

9: If they're not here, that's good, right?
9: I mean, that rules out one possibility, at least.

[But what it doesn't do is provide any answers.]

9: What did you do about it before?

Jun Kurosu ⚔ Shax

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It is, but it also means I don't know what's causing it now. I have an idea, but I'd rather not say for fear of being right.

There was nothing we could do, before. Nothing but stop that person. It didn't bring back the lives lost.

Shirou Fubuki ⚔ Marchosias

[touketsu]

9: I see.
9: Then that means it's even more important to find out who *is* behind it and stop them. That way no one else is lost.

[The terms of service had referred to them as a team, and since they were in this together regardless of how much or how little each of them knew, they might as well have each other's backs. Only they could protect each other.]

9: You're not alone. Whoever is responsible, we'll figure it out.

Jun Kurosu ⚔ Shax

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If it's even a person this time. It would be good if it is - a person can be stopped in many ways.

If nothing else, there are an awful lot of us. Many minds are far more powerful than one alone.

Shirou Fubuki ⚔ Marchosias

[touketsu]

9: Yeah.
9: There's a lot of us. As long as we stick together, one person or whatever else doesn't stand a chance.

Jun Kurosu ⚔ Shax

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Positive thinking, is it? That's a good attitude.

[It hurts to type.]

Let's be certain, then. No one else will disappear, we'll stop whoever is behind this, and we'll learn all the answers soon.

Shirou Fubuki ⚔ Marchosias

[touketsu]

[He can't. He shouldn't. He...]

9: Mm. It's a promise.

[...he did.

And now he'll have his work cut out for him trying to keep that promise, too.]

Jun Kurosu ⚔ Shax

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[...A promise. He's made a mistake, here. But she'd like this kind of promise, right? The best he can do is not hold the other to it. Jun knows better than anyone just how little control someone can really have over their own life.]

Promise. We're all in this together.