[Open] I'm standing on the outside

[papillonmagique]

Who: Zoe Gallais and OPEN
Where: Aquarius district, Tuesday night
Summary: Zoe thinks it's time to awaken her Persona. So wandering out during the 13th Hour on her own is clearly the best plan.
Warnings: Demon fightings, persona awakenings and bratty mage alert.


[Zoe had only been here for a couple of days, but she is the impatient type. And she had watched how the 13th hour occurred and she knows how to fight and she has her lance with her, so it wasn't like she was going in completely unprepared.

She may have overestimated herself, however, especially when she came across a group of these monsters, and she was stuck using her lance to push them back more than attacking. But she had to keep trying, she had to- ]

- Come on! [And then her Persona appears in a flash of light above her, and takes care of some of the monsters with a few Kouha's. Zoe just stares at the sparkly rainbow butterfly for a moment.]

P-Petit Arc-en-ciel! So that's where you were! ... In my head. [Blink. And then she shrugs, shifting into a battle stance again. There is still a large group of monsters left, so she's starting to regret going out on her own now...]

Comments

[terminally_clever]

Of course.

[Fumi pulls out a high-tech cell phone, tapping a few buttons. Lightning crackles from the display to the ground, and in its wake there are now two demons sitting to either side of Fumi, patiently awaiting her commands.]

[papillonmagique]

[Zoe just stares in shock at the demons for a moment, before blinking.]

That... That's incredible! How were you able to do this?

[terminally_clever]

The summoning is accomplished through a series of digital protocols designed to mimic ancient demon-summoning rituals and condense them into the form of raw programming code. The program itself sends a unique waveform signal cross-dimensionally, passively drawing accumulated magnetite from our surroundings to recreate the demon's form in this world. I suppose in many worlds it would be considered OOPArts or perhaps even mislabeled as magic, but the science behind it all is really quite simple.

[papillonmagique]

[Blink. And then Zoe nods slowly as she thinks over what Fumi just said.]

Hmm, I see, and that's how you can summon them with that... cell phone, I'm guessing.

... What is magnetite though? I've never heard of anything like that. Is it some sort of energy source?

[terminally_clever]

Oh, good, you followed all of that. There's nothing I hate more than dumbing down an explanation. As for magnetite, it's what makes up the physical body of a demon.

[papillonmagique]

I thought it was pretty easy to understand. [Though Zoe can be sharp when she isn't being weird.]

And I see... Maybe when I return home, I can ask some of the demon specialists if something similar to that exists in my world.

[terminally_clever]

You shouldn't necessarily expect it to, but it would be an interesting comparison study.

[papillonmagique]

Hmm, it would be... If I may ask, what are the name of your demons?

[terminally_clever]

Tao Tie of the Vile race, and Feng Huang of the Avian race.

[She gestures in turn at the sheep and the firebird.]

Of course, those classifications were largely imposed upon them by humans.

[papillonmagique]

I see, I see... My, this is interesting. And the demons go along with these classifications?

[terminally_clever]

I've heard no complaints yet.

[papillonmagique]

[Zoe nods, tapping a finger against her chin in thought.] Mmhm... One more question, if I may. Is there some sort of... power structure between the demons in your world?

[terminally_clever]

A loose one, if you want to call it that. It's honestly more what you might call a literal power structure, as it tends to be based largely on which demons happen to be the strongest.

[papillonmagique]

Aha, so it's similar to the demons of my world then... [She thinks for another moment, before nodding at Fumi.]

Thank you very much for this information, Miss Kanno. I appreciate it.

[terminally_clever]

It's no problem. Information is only useful if you know what to do with it, after all.