1st Contact

[pathofthorns]

[A teen's face suddenly appears on the video options. He's clearly new, if the confused expression is to gauge. Plus, who would have such a strange demon-print jacket?]

You know, this kind of site is the stuff people on the Ayakashi Monthly Forums would love to see. 'Fantastic Duck Site that infects your computer and forces you to talk to it!' Real chain e-mail kind of stuff. But that's not really the case here, is it? Magic, demons, gods, alternate worlds, sentai and magical girls and more...

[His face cracks a gleeful grin]

This is so cool.

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[text]

[shadow_spread]

"Ayakashi Monthly"?

[chestboard]

Well well, I can see someone's excited about our lovely community of ducks. Look no further, for this is the place to be...!

[glimmerous_fop]

That's a fresh reaction.

[Text reply!]

[pathofthorns]

Yeah. Its one of the better written occult magazines printed in Tokyo. I was actually trying to get onto their forums when I wound up here. Strange, huh?

[pathofthorns]

From what I've skimmed so far, I'd have to agree!

[pathofthorns]

...I'm sorry?

[glimmerous_fop]

Normally people show outrage when the Duck takes over their devices.

[pathofthorns]

Huh. Well, I was just going to chat on some forums, but I guess if I was doing something important, I guess I'd be pretty upset about it.

[glimmerous_fop]

I guess that makes all of the difference, most of the time foreigners are in the middle of something important.

[pathofthorns]

Luckily for me, I'm just a high school student and nothing important ever happens to me.

[Le shrug]

[glimmerous_fop]

Well your dull high school life is going to change, for better or worse, now that you are connected to this thing.

[pathofthorns]

How so exactly? I skimmed over this all but some more details could help. I doubt my teachers would accept 'Sorry, my homework was destroyed by the internet'.

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[entreats]

"Cool" is one word for it. But then it starts recording you while you're in the bathroom and then it's suddenly a whole lot less "cool".

[ But she's just biased against that word since someone she doesn't like much (or rather is tsundere for) uses it a lot, hence the deadpan tone.. ]

voice;

[pathofthorns]

Well, then I'll just have to make sure not to take my computer or cell phone into the bathroom then.

[He's totally amused and it obvious from his tone]

Happened to you, I'm guessing, or speaking about someone else?

[glimmerous_fop]

Well there are viruses that affect you in your world, and sometimes the nexus takes us out of our worlds and puts us in different places like tropical islands or haunted houses. It's probably one of those things you have to see to believe.

[seasaltzombie]

Yeah, I'm afraid it's all pretty real.

[unknownrival]

You probably won't think that for very long. But welcome to the community.

[pathofthorns]

[For the first time, he gets worried]

Oh....they couldn't affect other people here could they? Like my friends or family?

[pathofthorns]

Well, I'm not. Afraid, that is. This is so cool!

[pathofthorns]

Thank you, but I'm not so sure about that!

[unknownrival]

Listen to those of us with experience. We know what we're talking about: it's Stockholm Syndrome at best and capture and torture at worst.

[pathofthorns]

Wow, real heavy with the doom and gloom there....guy.

[unknownrival]

Five years entitles me to doom and gloom. And I actually prefer to be connected to it than not.

[pathofthorns]

Really? Because you really seem to be not so obvious about it...

Five years? Wow. That's quite a while, stranger-san.

[unknownrival]

I don't want to lull you into a false sense of security. And maybe I just enjoy complaining.

Longer than most people you'll find on the community.