[Anonymous Text]

[dazzlingdream]

Tell me what you know of demons and restless spirits. Don't worry, you needn't reveal your identity to me or anyone else.

[Of course he would learn how to do this anonymously. Voice to text is also such a lovely function.]

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Also anon

[chainlinks]

Depends what world you're from. In mine we can fight them.

[That's a good way to put it without revealing too much information.]

Anon Forever!

[dazzlingdream]

In mine too that is common. Do you use spells, weapons or both?

[bridalrose]

Oh, you mean like ghost stories? Or horror movies?

[dazzlingdream]

If that is all you know of them, then yes.

[bridalrose]

I see...

There was a longstanding rumor at my school that one-hundred boys were killed in a fire, and that they may still haunt Nemuro Memorial Hall. Something like that... I'm not too sure about the details. It seems a bit dramatic, doesn't it?

[dazzlingdream]

Hauntings are not uncommon in my world. Your school has need of a Cultivator to put them to rest if the rumor is true.

Have there been any odd circumstances? Possessions? Sightings?

[bridalrose]

I wonder, I wonder... Would any of it be very credible, though?

What's a Cultivator?

[dazzlingdream]

If you encountered a true haunting, you would know it to be credible.

Someone who is trained to slay demons, put spirits to rest and protect the common folk.

[chainlinks]

Both. The spells wasn't exactly from ourselves, but saying more would reveal too much for my liking.

Is magic simply something that exists in your world?

[dazzlingdream]

I understand the desire for privacy.

It exists alongside the elements, but it can be created by a person's golden core.

[chainlinks]

The elements...we sort of have something like that, but note quite. I'd say it's more expanded. We don't have anything as a concept called the golden core either. For the most part, humans don't even know magic or another world exists.

[dazzlingdream]

Those who use magic in your world aren't considered human?

voice

[psychophilia]

Assholes.

[Anonymous Text]

[dazzlingdream]

You know they are assholes? Why?

[psychophilia]

Daddy didn't love 'em enough, I guess.

[dazzlingdream]

Are you speaking of demons and restless spirits? The latter are not specifically evil in my experience.

[psychophilia]

They used to be people, yeah? Usually some level of asshole. But sounds like you already got your mind made up.

[dazzlingdream]

I am not the one who came to this discussion with one definite conclusion.

[psychophilia]

But you got an idea. Share it.

[dazzlingdream]

I do not think humans are inherently evil. I have seen spirits that are sad or angry and I have seen spirits that are nearly as wicked at demons.

[psychophilia]

So, called it. Demons are assholes.

But, sure. Some people can be okay. But if you got such big regrets you stick around, probably did something wrong to somebody.

[chainlinks]

Well if that was the cast I wouldn't be considered human either. It's more that the idea of magic is more fantasy than reality, if that makes sense.

Only certain people find out that it's real.

[bridalrose]

I don't believe we have those where I'm from, so it's just as well that the credibility of the story remain a mystery.

Odd things can happen here, too, however. I wonder if Jeopardy is still as strange as it was before. It's been rather hard to tell.

[dazzlingdream]

Yes, I understand. Commoners likely share that opinion until they are in need of a cultivator's talents.

It's almost better if it remains a fantasy.

[dazzlingdream]

Was it known for its oddities?

With so many Cultivators, we could likely put it to rest.

[dazzlingdream]

Not always. There are spells that can confine a spirit to this plane.

[chainlinks]

[Commoners...back home he'd think it was someone like Shido raising himself above the masses, but he's aware there's people that are from different times now. Slightly frustrating, but understandable.]

Cultivators are what they call magic users from your world, then? Or is it people born or able to use magic?

Don't answer if it gives out too much information you'd rather not share.

[dazzlingdream]

[This is a man who was born to a noble lord and a prostitute. His station, no matter how shaky, was born out of his efforts. His father gave him no encouragement or gifts.]

Cultivators serve a specific purpose; we are not simply those who use magic. We fight and we defend.

[a_gaggle_of_ghosties]

I know nothing of demons.

As for the other group- they are not to be trusted, and provide no end of headaches.

[chainlinks]

Sounds like what we did too.

[Trying to change rotten adults was helping others.]

A god wanting to take control tried to stop us too. We took care of that as well.

[Okay, he'll give a tiny bit of info because he still enjoys that part.]

[Anonymous]

[dazzlingdream]

One can easily seem like the other if circumstances are bad enough.

[dazzlingdream]

A god? That could not have been an easy feat.

[There are spirits that call themselves gods and goddesses, but if they are causing chaos, Cultivators will face them.]

[chainlinks]

No. I was lucky that had guidance and friends to help me.I couldn't have done it alone.

Do cultivators work by themselves or are they more like a magical police force?

[dazzlingdream]

We work together if the threat is great enough. [He had been such a threat.]

The sects have their own men and women, so it isn't often that we contact one another for aid.

[chainlinks]

Sounds like it might have happened.

[He himself hasn't worked with other Persona users, but was given information here that there may be more groups.]

And the demons, what are they like? Ours would take many different forms, meaning we need to change strategy for each one.

[a_gaggle_of_ghosties]

I assume then, that these 'demons' have a particular fondness for malice and madness.

[dazzlingdream]

And nothing else. They feed off of it.

[psychophilia]

Who cast 'em?

'Cause it was a bitter old lady I messed with that brought me back from the dead.

[dazzlingdream]

A few times.

[Once against the Wen overlords and once against him.]

They take many forms and not all of them can be killed or contained with this or that method. We must adapt.

[dazzlingdream]

Those well-versed in Demonic Cultivation.

She could know it.