[VIDEO] ☠ Death is also eternally curious.

[derparcana]

[ There's a pause, and the feed clicks on to show a kid in a long yellow scarf. You might have met him at the Host Club event earlier. :D There is an oddly evil-looking yet somehow adorable plush in his hands as well. He fiddles with it. ]

Has anyone seen a young boy named Pharos? He's about this tall, [ He holds his hand out. ] he wears black and

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[fjordsnotfords]

Quick question. Wht kind of plush thing is that that you're holding?

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[derparcana]

It's a Black Frost!

[ He just smiles. ]

I won it and a bunch of others from the crane grab near this really cool shop in Nostalgia Nook.

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[fjordsnotfords]

Hmm. How interesting. Can't say I've ever heard of it before. Is it a depiction of a real or fictional creature?

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[derparcana]

It's like the real thing. Liiiike... one of Minato-kun's Personas! Oh... but I guess those aren't really real, since they're only a part of your psyche? But they do exist, so I guess it's real, and it isn't real.

[ Durrhurr totally the most genius way to put this ever amirite. ]

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[fjordsnotfords]

[Brilliant. It's like if Freud and Einstein had a baby and named it Ryoji.]

You'll have to forgive me, but I'm a bit in the dark on knowing what a 'persona' is. Other than the standard definition, of course. Unless you're talking about blurring the lines of reality and imagination in which things like 'inner demons' are real.

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[derparcana]

Oh, yeah! Those would be Shadows and Personas, respectively!

[ He is just like not getting the "do not exist" bit, oops. Cause you know--he IS a Shadow. So. ]

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[fjordsnotfords]

[He's also talking to Norway. Norway sees fairies and trolls and other "imaginary" creatures so it's not as if he doesn't believe.]

How utterly interesting. Are they common wherever you're from?

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[derparcana]

Uh-huh! Well, Shadows are, anyway. Personas aren't, because the people who can use them are only the ones who have the potential in the first place. Even then, it's extremely taxing on their psyche, so they have to be able to handle it.

It's... actually really complicated! But... hm... how would I explain this to a regular person...?

[ He ponders, unaware what he's just said. Not that it bothers him. ] Shadows are the suppressed sides of people; the ones that they deny given form. They've been around for as long as people have.

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[fjordsnotfords]

...regular. We're all regular in a sense, aren't we. [There was a tiny smirk before he simply shrugged.]

Actually, it does tend to make a bit of sense. It's more of an internal struggle with the shadows, it seems. A darker side of humanity. Though, that's relatively speaking.

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[derparcana]

Yeah, you get it. Although these feelings are dark and you're generally unaware of them, the people who have the potential to wield a Persona can conquer their own Shadows and wield them using Evokers during the Dark Hour in my world.

Though, Vatheon seems to support both Personas and Shadows fairly well...? Normally you wouldn't be able to summon outside of then, but Minato-kun can do it, so...