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[nullificates]

(god bless this mess.)

i am not, koto-chan. just the usual amount of alcoholism. how may i help you?

[orphne]

Just wanted to let you know I still haven't seen any marks on myself.

...Are you doing ok?

[nullificates]

... good. any strange behavior?

i'm fine, koto-chan. how are you feeling?

[orphne]

Just tired. But I can't sleep, either.

[Answering both of his questions at once.]

Akechi-san hasn't given you any trouble, has he?

[nullificates]

should i say it is because of me?

he hasn't. i did figure out what he knows, though.

[orphne]

It'd be pretty egotistical if you did. I keep having nightmares about the forest.

What does he know?

[nullificates]

i'm narcisistic, what can i say? what about the forest, though?

ah. we've been dead for 50 years. he really doesn't know anything.

[orphne]

It just reminds me of the Dark Hour. It's just after midnight now, isn't it? I woke up expecting to see everybody transmogrified.

...I guess I should say congrats? You'd hate having to live forever.

cw suicide talk

[nullificates]

... how so? you've never told me that part.

HE HAD A DOUBLE-SUICIDE, KOTO-CHAN. HE LIVED MY DREAM.

[orphne]

Remember when we were in the forest, there were all those creepy voices, and then people went missing...? It just reminds me a lot of what would happen during the Dark Hour. Usually people were transmogrified into coffins, but sometimes people wouldn't be. They'd hear this... call, and wander into Tartarus. We'd have to rescue them before Shadows got them.

Sometimes they were my friends.

I guess there's still hope for you, huh? If it was fifty years ago.

[nullificates]

is that what you're feeling like? that you have to go into the forest?

ah, yes. maybe. dreams can be reached! a cheerful suicide!

[orphne]

[She doesn't answer immediately, gaze going distant as she tries to think about it.]

No more than normal. I still really want to know what happened to those people, Dazai-san. In Tartarus, we always had until the next full moon before things went... bad. Here? I don't know. I hope they're still okay.

[nullificates]

would it help if we went looking, koto-chan? we can do that. if something is drawing them in, i may be able to help.

[orphne]

Do you really think we'll find anything? It's been weeks. People have already gone looking, and they haven't found anyone.

You can be honest. You don't have to say what you think will make me feel better.

[nullificates]

the first 48 hours givea window to obtain meaningful information from leads before the details of events surrounding the disappearance begin to fade from their memories. the first three days are crucial when the subject is in transit and exposed to significant danger.

that said, i am a detective. i don't know if we will find anything helpful, but my expertise might help at least something.

cw: suicide mention

[orphne]

Should we wait until morning...? Or do you think we'll be ok to go now?

[It's not a no, but she doesn't want to be the second person in his double-suicide.]

[nullificates]

depends. can you call a persona, give me a gun, or want to involve chuuya?

[orphne]

I don't have a gun, I don't think I can call my Personas, and is Chuuya awake?

If he's not awake, don't wake him up to ask. I know he'd agree to go. It's been weeks. It can wait until morning. We were in the forest at night, after all, and people went disappearing no matter what time it was. It's not exactly like Tartarus.

[nullificates]

... have you tried?

[orphne]

No.

I can feel them, but it feels... different. I can't really explain it. I know they're there, but it's like there's something in the way.

If I summon them and lose control of them because the summoning went wrong...? A lot of bad things could happen.

[nullificates]

that's why we need to know if 'no longer human' works on it?

[orphne]

And if it doesn't?

I know you don't care about dying, but I've seen what happens when someone kills someone else by accident. I don't want to endure that.

[nullificates]

it's your call. i think it's the smartest option to try. if it doesn't, i can also put you to sleep.

either way.

[orphne]

[Is that a euphemism for killing her?]

I'll keep that in mind.

You said "No Longer Human" stops someone's ability, right? For a Persona, it could be my ability to control them. I used Messiah, Helel, and the rest to destroy a god. I don't want to unleash that on the town. No matter what.

[nullificates]

(NO? IT LITERALLY MEANS TO PUT HER TO SLEEP!! FAINTING!!!)

your choice, kotone-chan. i wouldn't dare to tell you what to do with your ability. that said, i would call it nearly impossible. 'no longer human' is more like a balm. it keeps it contained within someone, and the moment i stop touching them, it comes back.

it also makes any ability unable to touch me. therefore, if you should test it, might as well be with someone you can't kill while at it.