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[soulsword]

[ Illyana sounds vaguely amused when her voice comes on the feed. Then again, when doesn't she sound vaguely amused? ]

Raise your hand if you were naïve enough to touch a mirror that reflected a weird version of yourself. I'm conducting a very important and serious research survey. [ No she's not. She's just curious...]

For the id--[ wait be polite Illyana! Or at least try ] foolish ones that did, what was it like in there? What do we make of this new addition to our boring little city? I liked the sharks more. Even if some people were too afraid to ride them. [ You know who you are. You know. ]

Wonder what sort of accident caused things this time...

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[castoredux]

It's true. Even if you brought a light, it was dark. Big moon, too, that never set.

[soulsword]

That is strange. So it's always night there?

[castoredux]

I was there for a week and the sun never came up.

[soulsword]

An entire week? How unpleasant for you. How did you come back?

[castoredux]

I don't know.

[And that sounds like the truth.]

I was just here. Guess there's a time limit.

[Better than being trapped in Tartarus forever.]

[soulsword]

A time limit would suggest something very unstable. How curious. Did you run into anyone or anything there?

[castoredux]

What if it's all the same time limit? That's kind of a weird instability, ain't it?

[soulsword]

A very weird one. Did your powers work the same there?

[castoredux]

Close as I could tell, yeah.

What about yours?

[He's going out on a limb here, not sure if she went through or not, but he had a hunch.]

[soulsword]

[ She laughs. ] Oh, I didn't go through. I saw her and went on with my day.

[castoredux]

How different was she?

[Because his other self looked...happier, maybe. Lighter.]

[soulsword]

Not different enough from someone I've been.

How about yours?

[castoredux]

What do you mean?

He was...lighter, I guess.

[soulsword]

It looked like my demonic self.

Lighter?

[castoredux]

You've been a demon?

[That was a new one.]

Like he's worked through some shit.

[Like I could have been that guy. He's not sure he wants to think about it too much.]

[soulsword]

I am a demon sometimes. Or have a demonic alter ego.

[ Not exactly true but more fun to say. ]

Guess it's time for you to get to work.

[castoredux]

She hard to control?

[He scoffs.]

Maybe.

[soulsword]

Impossible.

[castoredux]

[He pauses for a moment.]

Yeah. I know somethin' about that.

[soulsword]

Do you? You had your soul taken and were transformed into a demon too?

[castoredux]

...no.

[A beat.]

I'm a Persona user. We can summon parts of us to fight for us. It's hard to control mine.

[There's another beat.]

Guess we're not all that alike. Sorry that happened to you.

[soulsword]

Why's it hard to control?

[ She's just going to ignore the apology. ]

[castoredux]

[He doesn't say anything for a moment.]

It's violent.

[And so is he.]

[soulsword]

Separate from you? Then it must be stronger than you.

[castoredux]

It is. All our Persona are. That's kinda what they do.