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[undyingcrow]

[A message appears on the network one morning, not long after a certain Ren appears.

Not long after it goes up, some parts are edited out.]

Attention, "Crow" and "Joker."

With the arrival of my Ren, we formally challenge you over your precious codenames. Let us prove to you that we are the ones worthy of the titles, while you are mere variations from a simpler, happier world. despite the power you wield.

You may have seniority within this space, but we were forged in the fires of our hardships and have emerged on the other side of Maruki's reality.

You two have likely grown soft from your domesticity. Perhaps you'll find us worthy opponents after all this stagnation. They say the spirit of competition can bring out one's best and their worst.

[Is it bold to proclaim the challenge over the network? Yes. But he'd have it no other way, really. Everyone deserves to know how serious they are.]

As for the rest of you, I'd like to start a little bonding exercise.

Tell me something about yourself, and I'll tell you something about me in turn. Won't that be fun?

[It should be a simple way to start and prove that he's just as capable of "bonding" as Ren is.]

[ooc: Original parts of the message in strikethrough, with the edits after, if you want your character to have seen the original version.]

Comments

[fogbornphantom]

Well, it seems the legacy of gay chicken is alive and well, if the above thread is any indication.

Place your bets now, everyone. How long will it take before either a new installment in the Serpent Below the Belt series materializes or the tension between these two reaches a boiling point?

[undyingcrow]

That accursed film is your shame, not mine. I refuse to play a part in this.

[unfoggedlotus]

sharing is caring!
serpentbelowthebelt.film.torr

[fogboundcrow]

What the fuck, Joker?

[mountainfoggedlotus]

teenagers are so silly...

[fogboundcrow]

Except for me, of course. I'm fourteen and a beacon of maturity in these trying times.

[mountainfoggedlotus]

I will join you in non-silly teenagerhood soon!

[herewardbound]

Language, young man. What if Akira-kun or Hawk saw this post?

[fogboundcrow]

Swearing is different from talking about sex.

[youngestdawn]

there are more comments under this post?

[ Yep. The babeys cannot see anything inappropriate! Hooray for age restricting! ]

the fuck word is a bad word, raven!!!

[fogboundcrow]

Ah, sorry, Akira-kun! I didn't mean to upset you.

I was just surprised by what Joker posted. Is there any way I can make it up to you?

[herewardbound]

the fuck word


Don't mind him. He's just going to be laughing his ass off in the background.

[wicked_plan]

LOL???? What is this??

[undyingcrow]

Crow's greatest shame, I imagine.

Though I suppose the same can be said for the other participants. If I had to guess, Magpie and "Joker."

[unfoggedlotus]

hey this whole thing was made because I wasn't here
Im not in the movie B)

[fogbornphantom]

No, you absolutely are.

You come in near the end, sparkling in the sunlight.

If I'm to suffer this shame, so must you.

[pancakeboy]

I'm not in the movie either.

[Lies.]

[takutomaruki]

Back in my own world, Kurusu-kun insisted they were just “rivals,” but if I had a yen for every time Kurusu-kun casually mentioned Akechi-kun’s anything I might have funded my research a decade earlier.

Or never needed Azathoth in the first place.

[mountainfoggedlotus]

your persona looks like a keysmash

[takutomaruki]

...its a fine name

[undyingcrow]

No, he's right. It's a ridiculous name for a ridiculous Persona, belonging to a ridiculous man.

[takutomaruki]

I’d like to remind everyone that Persona names aren’t exactly handed out like job titles. I didn’t choose that name any more than you chose yours, Akechi-kun, though... now that we’re on the subject:

Loki?

Oh, yes, a name steeped in subtlety and nuance. Nothing says “this is a serious, mature Persona” quite like a trickster god renowned for chaos, pranks, and turning into a mare to birth a horse. Very dignified, Akechi-kun. Truly the height of self-reflection.

[unfoggedlotus]

don't knock it till you try it

[wicked_plan]

_{[Ren can only look at Maruki's message in discomfort. That's... talk about one hell of an innapropriate comment.]}

a TLDR

[takutomaruki]

Though all good things of course!
Patient confidentiality and all
its just a little something I did notice from our sessions