prismatica | .text | un: archangel

Baby steps, huh...
I might do that. I'm trying to, anyway.

[ He is either a bratty child or a batty old man... it's ok Eiji is older than him too by 4 years so it wouldn't be anything new for him either way. Don't trust people you like, Shogo. There's probably something wrong with them. ]

That's good.
No, that is actually wonderful to hear.

You're going to be all right.
I feel like that's something you need to hear.

[ Liking people leads to letting more garbage in your life, Shogo. ]

Thanks. It's always nice to hear that, even from somebody I just met.

[ It's a problem, honestly. Too bad instead of finding garbage and calling it out, he just falls for that shit. ]

You're welcome.
I hope that we can become friends, too, as I get settled into this city.
I'd like that and hope you do, too.

[ it's true. feel like eiji sees this and game recognizes game. (laughs) poor shogo. ]

Yeah, I'd like that.
Let me know if you need help with anything.

You said your name was Archangel? That's English, right?

[ oh, shogo... ]

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Of course.
What I suppose I need help with is understanding this city.
Could you tell me what you've come to understand of it?

[ Hey, wasn't Archie supposed to share his sad sad story. Yeah, he ducked out of that one real quick. ]

That's English, yes. Though, I'm Japanese.

[ Hm yes that sure seems to have happened, it's too bad Shogo really is dumb enough not to notice. ]

What I understand of it?
It's kind of a mix of everything, I guess. There's sex shops on every corner but there's also manga cafes and malls and food from everywhere you could think of.
It's definitely a lot more open about some stuff than anywhere was back home.
I haven't been to Amegahara but there was some evil cult that attacked about two months ago, and I guess they came from there?
Besides the cult guys, all of the Prismals I've met seem pretty nice.

Me too, obviously. I'm from Tokyo.
Your parents have weird taste, not offense.

Edited (totally forgot to add this) 2020-06-03 21:22 (UTC)

[ Why do bad cults have to get in the way of his good cult? (Archie, your cult is also bad.) ]

Did they give their reasons for why they were attacking?
Yes, the Prismals seem to be most accommodating to the situation they find themselves in. That's why I don't want to trample upon their rights and happiness.

[ Meh. ]

Archangel isn't my real name.
Well, I suppose it is now.
I'm a leader of an order in my world.
The highest rank in that order is called the Archangel.
When we join the order, our names are no longer part of us.
It's to show our dedication to our religious doctrine.

[ DEFINITELY. NOT. A. CULT. ]

[ What's something every cult member should do? Practice safe sects! [Yakuza 0 substory music plays] ]

They wanted to destroy all of the Moonblessed, I think.
Something about how they wanted the world to end and we were messing it up by helping the planet heal or something.

Huh. I see. So you were in charge?

[ Yeah, that sounds fairly culty. Though he seems like a nice enough guy, so of course he's gotta have his quirks.... oh, Shogo no ]

[ I gross laughed. ]

Fools and anarchists, then.

[ Come on, you fucking amateurs. Get your shit together! ]

Yes, I was.
But I don't want anything to be misunderstood.
Even though I stood at the top, I didn't want the ones that helped me to be there to feel as though they were not my equal.
If a single person is suffering under your rule, it means you have failed those that put their faith in you.

[ ABSOLUTELY. NOT. A. CULT. (Run, Shogo! RUN!) ]

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[ Munancho, my friend. ]

That's one way to put it, yeah.

Sounds like you're not a bad leader.
Guess it makes sense for you to have strong opinions about this stuff if you have people who look to you for guidance and stuff.

[ Maybe you run a cult but it's not like it's a bad cult? Definitely. That's definitely right, Shogo. ]

What's another way?

That's right.

[ WHEW. DAY ??? OF AVOIDING PEOPLE FINDING OUT HE'S A CULT LEADER. BUT ALSO HE'S A LITTLE CONCERNED AND STUPIDLY INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT... ]

I don't mean to be so forceful about it.
There are many people that come to my order that are obviously newly indoctrinated.
I care for them just as much as those that have been with me for years.
If I treated them worse just because they had chosen "now" to join us, how could I hope to show that I meant I would look after them?
So I understand that my reactions to people may come off as strange.

[ THIS IS MORE OF A ..... HEY SHOGO DO YOU NOTICE I'M A CULT LEADER? ]

Well, some of them turned on their friends and decided to help us, so they're not all bad.

[ Rest assured, it sounds like a cult, Shogo's just willing to give him a chance because Shogo has a negative instinct for bad people. Instead of being pushed away, his brain says "cool, get closer." ]

So are you trying to recruit people?

[ Shogo may not be interested in joining a cult but he sure is learning a lot. ]

I see.
They could see how far they were going.

[ STUPID FUCKING AMATEURS!!!!!!!! ]

Not at all.
They hear of what we're doing and want to help others in need.
And we're more than happy to have more hands to assist.

[ HE'S TRYING TO BURN DOWN THE WORLD. HE AIN'T GOT TIME FOR RECRUITMENT. So .... technically true.......... that he's not trying to recruit people but uh.... people are getting recruited. ]

Yeah, they're still people after all.

[ Even bad guys are people. Sometimes. ]

I see. I can see that. People like having some kind of higher purpose.

[ Not him though, he's a lazy sucker who wants to go home and get a real job. Definitely!! ]

That's right.
People are not inherently evil, and they do all want to do good.
This is what I believe, anyway.

[ STUPID. FUCKING. AMATEURS. None of his cultists-- wait, they did rebel.

Fuck. Whatever. ]

Yes.
I know not everyone wants to help everyone.
But I like to think that everyone wants to at least unburden one person.
I'm grateful for those that joined us and wanted to make the world better.
With more people, it's easier to organize and lend assistance when disasters occur.

[ HA HA he might have caused those disasters what with trying to burn the world down, but DETAILS. ]

Maybe, yeah.
Even the people get called evil usually just have problems they never learned how to deal with.

[ Caligula is a good game and this is true for everyone except Eiji, because he's Just Bad. ]

Was your order really big at home?

I knew you'd understand.

We were.
We helped around the world.

That's good to know.
Hopefully you can help people here too.

[ Surely it's a good cult. Surely... ]

I certainly hope I can.
Would you be willing to help me do that, Shogo?

Ah. Sorry...
That might be a little more commitment than I can handle right now.
I'm still kind of figuring my own shit out.

That's understandable.

[ GET YOU NEXT TIME, GADGET!!!!!! ]

And remember, you don't have to figure all that out on your own.

[ Bullet dodges thanks to his own laziness!! And, you know, the fact that going outside is hard for him. ]

Thanks. I'll keep it in mind.

Take care of yourself until next we talk.

[ Love giving orders to people while making it sound like he's worried and cares about them. ]

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