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[forgivethemtheirpain]

Everyone in Prospero! Something horrible is happening, and I know most of you have noticed it already! People who were in love are embracing hate and fear and turning against each other, all at once! How can you do this? Don't you know how great it is to be in love? How important it is? We couldn't live without caring about each other in some way!

I've heard that this might not really be your fault, but whether or not it is... please believe in yourselves! Love is the force that moves the world! It can defeat anything, even something that makes you hate! Believe that!

If there really is someone or something behind all this, they should know that trying to destroy love is horrible and I'll never stand for it!

*You get the sense that a wave should be dramatically crashing upon a rock behind her...*

Comments

[truthsnomiracle]

(Perhaps if I phrase it terms more suited to a child...)

The usual Valentine's Day crime wave is late, too big, and missing one kind of crime.

[forgivethemtheirpain]

*Excuse me, all-powerful ocean goddess talking. Besides, the age of majority is 13 where she comes from. If you haven't noticed, this series is a little messed up.*

...so there is something wrong.

[truthsnomiracle]

Indeed. It's extremely likely that once the moon is entirely full, a Shadow responsible for these effects will show itself.

(It still feels strange to say such things with a straight face.)

[forgivethemtheirpain]

Who has a calendar?

[truthsnomiracle]

Calm yourself, miss! I can already tell you that it's the night of the twenty-second that we need to wait for.

[forgivethemtheirpain]

Sorry.

[truthsnomiracle]

Has your Persona awakened yet? For that matter, have matters of that nature yet been explained to you?

[forgivethemtheirpain]

I've heard of them, but I haven't got mine yet.

[truthsnomiracle]

Do you have normal... er, which is to say, physical combat experience, then? [John did, after all, even though he wasn't that old...]

[forgivethemtheirpain]

Not really, when you put it like that. Things are... different where I come from.

[truthsnomiracle]

Then you should probably stay out of harm's way when it appears.

[forgivethemtheirpain]

I can't just sit around, either! I might be missing what I had at home, but--!

[truthsnomiracle]

[Harshly:]As you are, you'll only get yourself hurt! [Less so:] ...I'm sorry. I understand your sentiment; I've been training with a weapon myself due in part to not wishing to stand idly by while children are putting themselves in harm's way. However, another of my reasons is so that I wouldn't be a burden in a combat situation, regardless of the reason that I might happen to find myself in one.

[forgivethemtheirpain]

If there are kids fighting here, that's exactly why I need to stop sitting around.

[truthsnomiracle]

Er... by the standards of this place and time, you would count as well.

[forgivethemtheirpain]

...eh?

[truthsnomiracle]

You appear to be in your early teens at the most. Furthermore, I would be unsurprised to learn that you were somewhat younger than that and simply physically matured early.

[forgivethemtheirpain]

I'm sixteen.

[truthsnomiracle]

Huh. You look young for your age. (And act younger still...)

[Of course, this is by the standards of someone used to child prodigies.]

[forgivethemtheirpain]

What? Really? I thought I looked pretty normal.

[truthsnomiracle]

I suppose that my eyes aren't prone to lingering on the most telling aspect of a young lady's age.

[forgivethemtheirpain]

You don't have to be a pervert to tell how old people are, you know.

[truthsnomiracle]

(That would entail the first clear evidence I've seen that this young lady's mental age wasn't entirely left behind in the late single digits.)

I offer my apologies, in any case. Regardless of your age, however, it would still be for the best if you looked into weapons training prior to heading into dangerous situations.

[forgivethemtheirpain]

Right. Somebody here does that, don't they?

[truthsnomiracle]

Several people do, in fact. To my knowledge there hasn't yet been any organization between them, although I know who best to ask about that subject.

Do you have an idea of what sort of weapon might best suit you?