INBOX for purgastory

[aerodynamic]

HELLO

"Yo. Is this thing on?"

GOODBYE

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[artificialsweetener]

[HE JUST TAKES OFF YOSUKE'S HEAD]

It's better than nothing, at least! [THAT IS certainly true...] But will you let me know if anything changes? Either physically or mentally, though I guess the latter might be a little harder to pick up on if you're the one living through the changes.

[aerodynamic]

[ hrrrgh... the thing about it is, dahut at least has seen a few things from him, so... maybe it's worth... considering... mentioning? ]

... if something did change. What would you do?

[artificialsweetener]

[MAYBE... PERHAPS... Let the scientist know that the magic river took your brain pal...]

Um! It would depend on what changed, really, but documenting it thoroughly would be the first step. Investigations, if possible! Examinations! Anything that could help tie what's happening to the river. Figuring out how it works isn't as high priority as some other things, but it couldn't hurt to try.

[aerodynamic]

[ this makes sense. very science-y of you. ]

And what if it was something that should, technically be impossible... ?

[artificialsweetener]

Normally I'd say there's very little that's actually impossible, but knowing what we all know now about the existence of the multiverse and Purgatory and things like that, I can probably say "nothing is impossible" pretty confidently! And if nothing is impossible, that means nothing's impossible to understand, either.

[Dahut says the universe is full of possibilities and they can all be observed under a microscope surely.]

[aerodynamic]

[ he's going to study you under a microscope you little weirdo. ]

Then let me ask you a question. How do you think a piece of a person could be removed?

[artificialsweetener]

[LISTEN... He is just a little guy.]

What kind of piece are we talking about? The answer would differ between body, mind, and heart.

[aerodynamic]

What if it's all of the above?

[artificialsweetener]

Then I would be pretty concerned, first of all!

[CAN YOU ALL STOP MISSING PIECES OF YOUR BODY MIND AND HEART.]

[aerodynamic]

[ he just buries his head in his hands for a minute with a groan. ]

Maybe... it just takes a minute to come back after healing. It's been sealed before, but it's always worn off.

[artificialsweetener]

[Reaching out to gently pat his head...]

Do you want to tell me what "it" is, in this case?

[aerodynamic]

[ thank you, dahut... ]

I can't feel my Persona anymore.

[artificialsweetener]

[GAZING AT HIM.]

...The thingy you can use with your powers? Um! Hm. Like a more extreme version of how the healing itself didn't work? Or just... totally poof! Gone!

[aerodynamic]

It kinda is my power? Our Personas are a part of us, it's pieces of ourselves given a physical form and usually even when I can't summon like back home because it's usually for the TV world I can at least still feel it. Now it feels like that piece is gone.

[artificialsweetener]

Uwah... The river excised a part of you straight out...

[GIVING HIM A CONCERNED LOOK.]

Do you think it's still in the water?

[aerodynamic]

[ a look of betrayal at the river. ]

If it is, it's not like I can fish it out. It's only a physical thing when it's already summoned.

[artificialsweetener]

[THE RIVER REALLY PUNKED YOU, YOSUKE. Presumably. He is probably coming up with dozens of hypotheses in his stupid little green bean noggin about this, tapping a finger against his chin as he looks toward the water.]

Well... We can keep an eye on the river and see if anything changes about it. You should document if anything changes on your end, too, so we have an idea of what exactly we're dealing with here.

[aerodynamic]

[ it sure did, maybe he will never get it back... ]

I wanna see if you ever get the same feeling I do about it. Still nothing, right? The feeling's not as strong anymore but I guess that's because I'm already healed.

[artificialsweetener]

[HIS SOUL IS JUST BALDED FOREVER.]

Still nothing! I have a hypothesis about it that would be pretty easy to test, but I have a feeling that for better or worse, I won't need to...

[PEOPLE ARE JUST GOING TO KEEP GETTING INJURED.]

[aerodynamic]

[ it'd be what he deserves. ]

Given how we probably would've been hurt worse by that stupid monster if we weren't fast enough, you're probably right. But I can still really, really hate that idea.

... think you could drink the water and it'd work the same? Like medicine.

[artificialsweetener]

[WOULD YOU BE NICE TO YOUR DAMN LADS]

Mm, you and me, both... [It would be great if they could just do things and not do it at great bodily risk.]

...Well! There's an easy way to test that out, too.

[aerodynamic]

[ no.

but... he does crawl back to the river to look at it and stick his hand in to try and scoop it up to collect enough to drink. ]

I guess... be on standby if something goes wrong.

[artificialsweetener]

Hey, hey! Not you! [IMMEDIATELY RUNNING AFTER HIM AND SWATTING AT HIS SHOULDER.] You've already lost something to the river, presumably. Don't go sticking your hands in there and trying to drink it next!

[aerodynamic]

[ HEY. ]

Dude! [ swatting back! ] You don't think it would just cancel itself out since I already lost my Persona?

[ no that is not how it works. ]

[artificialsweetener]

[DON'T HEY HIM types het first

ANYWAY, a bit more seriously:]

I think it's too early to say for sure what it might do, but it's possible that it could just take something else from you, instead. What it takes might be proportional to what it gives, and I don't know if it could give anything to a healed person, but I don't want you taking that risk.