lapinfrost | ✸ 1st Day: Staring Contests = Serious Business

[ When the feed suddenly opens, a dark-haired kid with bright blue eyes can be seen staring intently at the screen for a few seconds. Then it suddenly becomes saturated with bright pink and a smiley face, the stuff of anyone's pink-induced nightmares. One adjustment of the camera later, it becomes clearer that the bright pink thing is in fact a bright pink blob otherwise known as a Ditto. But once again, the kid shows up right above the blob. ]

I have an important question. Actually, I mean "questions". But for now...

[ He starts poking the top of the jelly blob, watching it jiggle slightly in response before returning his attention to the feed. ]

Can this dem-- Pokémon blink? Just wanna know if staring contests would be fair or not.

[ At that, the Ditto's smile turns upside down. The kid spares a glance downwards and pokes it again. Leaving it to pout, he looks back at the screen, poker face still in place. ]

But if you can't answer, that's fine. I'd settle for someone helping me figure out where I am instead, because I'm totally lost.

[ And in a ridiculously sudden manner, his poker face switches to a rather friendly smile. ]

Aaand that's all for now. Bye-bye! ♪

[ He then starts waving at the camera, his Pokémon half-heartedly joining in a few seconds later before it starts moving and the screen fades to...pink. A muffled voice can be heard in the background after a moment. ]

...Ah, I don't think that's how we turn this off.

[ Tags: !ic, new bark town, ^arrival, ^totally not competitive ]

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That's...the program's restricted to anyone who have modded COMPs, but then again, people's been spreading them out among the public. Does the app have the demon challenge you to a fight to prove your worth?

Modded COMPs? Hmm... For us, any cell can theoretically access it. As for that second part, yes. I had to befriend an Obariyon.

That way would be easier to spread it, just need to get the app...

I don't think I saw an Obariyon before. [Sup, new DeSu 2 demon.] I contracted with a Kabuso on my end.

Easier said than done though. Quite a few demons are running about since they managed to free themselves.

[ The implications still leaves a bad taste in his mouth. And putting that aside for now, that name sounds familiar... ]

Kabuso? I think I befriended one of those through the Cathedral of Shadows before.

Hm...can those demons use the summoning program as well?

[Demons learning how to use COMPs after being 'free'. The implications is something he don't like.]

From fusion? You got the fusion program as well, judging from the name.

Don't think so. But sometimes the app goes haywire and summons demons until the phone's broken.

[ Like when they were helping out Keita. ]

Yeah, it's part of the Demon Summoning App. The one running Nicaea doesn't skimp when it comes to ways to get new demon help.

Sound quite familiar. Replace 'app' with 'COMP' and you got a similiar thing, whether by accident or on purpose.

[SOB NAOYA YOUR BATTLE ON HIS ROUTE.]

What's Nicaea? [That's a new term.]

Hmm, I see...

Nicaea's a website. The main two parts of it are the Demon Summoning App and the death clips that show you how and where your friends will die.

[ Perhaps he should be more weirded out at himself for saying that so casually, but frankly, even now, everything ever is weird. So weird. ]

...That's pretty freaky. Probably more than getting Laplace Mails.

Yeah. Worse thing is that the subject of a death clip never gets the video, so it's up to people to get them out of the frying pan.

And out of curiosity, what's the Laplace Mails?

Wow, that'd really suck.

Laplace Mails are emails that tell us the future for the day like it's the news. Mostly about who's going to die at what exact time... Unfortunately, only a few of us get these emails. Anyone who's not in our group don't get them.

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