003 [Action + Video]

[phantom_envoy]

[action, anywhere in the city, open to all]
'Scuse me, pardon me!

[Perhaps you are relaxing in your room.  Or perhaps you're enjoying a dip in the pool or taking a breather in the library.  Regardless of the activity in question, the peaceful atmosphere is suddenly broken by the intrusion of someone in a black and white costume carrying a knapsack filled with packages flying through -- yes, straight through.  Straight through the wall and out the outer side, tossing out a hurried note of apology along the way.

...In the moments of stunned disbelief afterwards, the girl sticks her head back through the wall and waves a bit to catch your attention.  As if it isn't already caught.]

Actually, do you know a 'Dennis'?  I'm looking for a Dennis.  Or -- maybe this is a P, I can't really tell, but I can't imagine anyone naming their kid that unless they really hated the thought of having kids.  ...It's just kind of mean.

[Before too much time can be spent pondering on the dilemma of D vs. P, Phantom Girl thrusts the package she's holding back into her sack and rummages around.]

Oh, I might have one for you, too, actually.  Did you order anything from a... 'Nyx's Nightclub' lately?

[Phantom Girl had found a day job, apparently.]

[video, public]
[Some two hours later, an irritated Phantom Girl appears on the screen.]

I can't believe it!  They're docking my pay this week!  I mean, I don't need it, but that's incredibly unfair.

I thought the point of being a courier was to get the job done as fast as you can; what's the use of plodding about all over the place reading the street signs?  It's way faster to do it my way; all of you got your deliveries faster than you were expecting, right?  I mean, it's not like you guys have anything to hide in your rooms.  And it's not like I opened a package or anything - that's the only privacy concern they should be worried about.

[She continues to stew and mutter aimlessly for a few moments before striding closer to the screen and pointing at it.]

...Seriously, though, did one of you snitch?

((OoC Note: No toilet/shower shenanigans, please!))

Comments

[terminally_clever]

[Not really a fan so much as she cared more about the result than the test subject. And the machine is really being repurposed from research it is useful and appropriate for. But of course, none of that is being said out loud anyway.]

That would work if not for the fact that you'd phase right through the monitoring equipment while it's trying to take readings. It doesn't do much good if you can't stay hooked up to it.

[phantom_envoy]

I can phase things I'm in contact with. It's why my costume and these packages aren't sitting in a pile outside your building right now. ...Electronics tend to not appreciate the trip very much, though.

[Still probably a bad idea, all in all.]

[terminally_clever]

Hm. Probably best to abandon this line of thinking entirely, then. It's only recently that I've gotten it to stop exploding just from the stress of running normally. I'd rather not take unnecessary chances.

[phantom_envoy]

...

Yeah, why don't you work on troubleshooting that and you can ring me up after say, a month or two of going explosion-free?

[terminally_clever]

I think what I may need to do is advertise for a research subject. Full disclosure about the dangers involved, and that it will almost certainly involve voluntarily subjecting oneself to physical harm.

[phantom_envoy]

You'll have to have a better draw than just money if you want anyone to respond to that. ...I recommend free ice cream.

[terminally_clever]

I suppose science for the sake of science isn't very interesting unless you're also a scientist. Maybe I'd have better luck targeting those sorts of people.

[phantom_envoy]

...If only we could go back in time to before you unleashed Persona. Then you could experiment on yourself.

[Clearly this should be Fumi's next project.]

[terminally_clever]

If I'd had this machine up and running or even built at that time, that's exactly what I would have done.

[phantom_envoy]

...I'll tell you what. I can let you know as soon as I get my Persona and you can do tests to see if there's any energy fluctuations or whatever in the hour or two immediately following the event. It's probably the best you can do right now.

[terminally_clever]

Unfortunately, you're right about that. But even that much should yield another piece of the puzzle.

[phantom_envoy]

You know, when you've put the whole puzzle together, you should see about mimicking the process to make, like, artificial Persona or something. Who wants to go fighting demons if you can just give the toaster a Persona?

[terminally_clever]

I like the way you think. Perhaps I'll do just that.

[phantom_envoy]

Ooh, or trees. I bet if every tree in this place had a remotely activated Persona, we wouldn't even need to patrol.

[...]

Anyway. I'll see you later, then.

[terminally_clever]

Yes, next time.

[phantom_envoy]

...See you later, then.

[And she lifts off and exits through the roof.]