First Lecture -- Audio

[profcharisma.livejournal.com]

This is Zelretch's fault, I'm certain of it.

My name is Lord El-Melloi II, and I would appreciate it if someone would inform me of where the hell I am right now.  And don't tell me 'in America', because I already gathered that.  I'm looking for information that's a little more specific.

[The voice that comes over the phone was calm and coolly confident; the voice of a man who has grown used to being listen to and obeyed, with undertones of 'it's been a very long day and it's only going to get longer' and 'this is shit only I would have to deal with'.  It is the tone of a patient man, but of one who it patient not because he has some kind of predisposition towards being long-suffering, but simply because it is the only manner of preserving his sanity.  It also doesn't sound like this is the first time he'd shown up in a strange new place before.]

[Shit always happens to him.  He has long since accepted this fact, but that didn't mean that he had to like it.]

I am a very busy man, and I can already tell that I'm going to be wasting more time that I can afford to getting back to where I need to be.  I swear to God, if my research gets set back because of this...

[Priorities, clearly he has them.]

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[unknownrival.livejournal.com]

You may be in for the long haul.

[Can you tell that this is a castmate? Probably not.]

I seem to be slow in getting to you. Welcome to Prospero. How good are you at self-defense?

[profcharisma.livejournal.com]

[Well, he might have seen Issei around when he went and dismantled the Grail? Do you remember any loud, perpetually-annoyed gaijin hanging around Fuyuki?]

I can take care of myself. Why do you ask?

[unknownrival.livejournal.com]

[Issei wouldn't have. Post-UBW, for the lulz.]

We're under attack, so you'll need to. Has anyone explained the Shadows or Personas to you.

[profcharisma.livejournal.com]

They've been mentioned to me, but not adequately explained. What do you know of them?

[unknownrival.livejournal.com]

Shadows: creatures that appear at midnight. They're feral and attack us without thought. There are different varieties, and they have different strengths and weaknesses. So far, the most irritating variety is the kind that's immune to physical damage.

On the night of the full moon, a giant Shadow appears that needs all of us to take it down.

Personas: I'm not even sure what these are, just that they can be summoned to help us in our battles. They have different skills as well - mine has a specialty towards ice so far, while I've seen that Lancer's is largely capable of physical damage. They tend not to appear until the user needs them, although that isn't always the case.

[profcharisma.livejournal.com]

Has anyone attempted to study these creatures with greater depth? If they are truly such a problem, it would be best to have as much information about them as possible.

[Just what he needed-- a new research project. Well, if he was stuck here and unable to get back to his other ones, he might as well keep himself busy.]

[unknownrival.livejournal.com]

We're sorting a database on them, actually.