Notes for Exael Meeting #1

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Here be townhall meeting materials.

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Meeting Notes

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IF YOU DIE OUTSIDE A GAME, DEATH MAY BE PERMANENT. It is possible no departments are handling it.

♜ Phones have GPS in them. That's how they track you. ♜

Idols
♘ We are not dead or dreaming or both
♕ Idols Picked: Reps from some places more than others but mostly chance, tries to avoid a Side Advantage
♕ Transfers lose their chance at graduation and aren't thought of as good reps
♕ Transfers can reenter Imeeji
♕ Better to find a niche than appeal to everyone
♕ Powers work outside of Tokyo-F
☠ They (hosts/producers) can't tell which pieces are trying to leave the game board
♘ We are undergoing a test of faith but not one as simple as it seems
♜ We are currently undergoing assessment. Unit structure is new. Previous assessments were done individually

Exael
♣ She's helping us in the hopes that we will help her out down the line
♔ Participated as an "idol" three rounds ago (if we include the current round)
♕ Unit structure was not the same as the current set-up
♔ Graduated - choosing the Heaven option
♔ Lives in a different dimension in an apartment decked up like the inside of a circus - trapeze, lava lamps, pink neon signs
♔ Her apartment does not have cameras
☠ Loyal to her boss
♔ Not human - Gold blood, see-through bruised skin and transforms into a winged creature (mostly feathers) with feathers for eyelashes, celestial eyes, elongated limbs
♘ She heals fast and is an Angel - implied she did in fact fall from heaven
☠ Power set - invisibility, throw voice multiple places, teleporting, temporary transformation of small objects, wings/flight, hands unraveled like rope
♕ Exael said to think on: What does Heaven get out of this? Is there a bigger game?
☠ Conflicting stories: Wants up to prove ourselves worthy of her help but also doesn't seem interested in an alliance
♘ Exael straight up had a hint she was supposed to drop in this meeting to let us figure out the test of faith thing

Exael's Dimension
♔ More lively and full version of Faukyo (see photos)
♔ Sky will make you sick if you look at it
♕ Our games were broadcasted at the theatre
♘ Looks like a dreamscape, def. operates on dream logic

Factions
♕ Heaven and Hell are the two factions that run Imeeji
♘ More tokyos than Tokyo-R and Tokyo-F
♕ Azzy (producer) is affiliated with the Hell faction
♘ Exael said we should already have all the clues to figure out who Azzy is
♕ Azzy's people (implied Hell) are the game-makers, they give templates and parameters
♣ Something might be happening soon. She said if we weren't worried already, we should be.
♕ Can't watch Hell TV
☠ Exael thinks we are all pawns of Azzy
♗ Implied Azzy will be looking for recruits on an individual basis
♕ Exael's boss (female) is affiliated with the Heaven faction
♕ "It's not like Heaven wants to let all of you graduate to their arms."
♕ Currently only Exael and Mukuro are active hosts

Graduation
♔ We are currently in the "opening act"
♕ Graduation is offered to you when People in Charge think you may accept it
♘ Poor compatibility makes it take longer
♔ Graduation options are Heaven or Hell
♕ Heaven's Win - You return home as you left it
♕ Belong to Hell - Get a wish
♘ Choosing Hell probably equates soul loss
♣ If we turn down our graduation gift, we can go home.

♣ Remember Your Job: "When I said it's our job to entertain, she said that's not it. It's pronounced differently."
♣ See end of notes for meaning hypothesis

Game Tower
♔ Managed by R&D and maintenance
♘ R&D deal with the interdimensional logistics
♔ The Game Tower (Tokyo Metropolitan Government) does not exist fully in Faukyo ("that Tokyo")
♔ Exael and possibly other hosts do not have clear visibility into what happens in Faukyo

Production Companies and Bel
♣ There are a bunch of different production companies, it sounds like. The one she works for isn't even the biggest one.
♣ The current production doesn't really own are city. They bought the rights from "Bel's People" for them to shoot the show here
♣ Wouldn't elaborate on Bel's people. 'Bel's a scientist!' nothing more than that. Did specifically say she doesn't work with Idols though.
♣ Trusting Bel is just as bad as trusting Azzy.

Azzy's House of Mirth
♔ Azzy's actual vacation home - everything in there actually belonged to Azzy
♕ Exael included Easter Eggs because the pieces should know about the gameboard to make winning plays
♔ Though she was the host, Exael did not know that we died in the house
♕ Exael's boss saved Exael from Azzy

Name Mythology
♗ Azzy - Asmodeus
♗ Bel - Belial (sitting out this game)

Memories
☠ Our memories are not falsified
☠ They don't know what our memories are until we broadcast them

The Audience
♔ The damned - implied that they are past representatives (unconfirmed)
♔ Human-like shadows in Exael's dimension that cannot be conventionally interacted with
♔ Will burn your hand if you try to touch them
♕ Only took notice of idols once the idol was in security's custody
♕ Security - bloody bleeding claw-y scary person; Catches people for entering non-designated areas

Travel methods to Exael's dimension
♔ Impenetrable blackness or convenient elevator travel denotes travel between the two dimensions
♔ South of Shinjuku the Ichigaya subway station
♕ Walkable depending on starting location
♘ Trees dripping shadow sap

Misc
♔ Exael mentioned giving the stagehands and production crew more respect/credit
♔ Stagehands probably have magic

♘ The meaning of "Job" ♘
Bible reference - Book of Old Testament

God brags to Satan about his happy, wealthy pious follower Job. Satan counters that Job is only that way because he is blessed by God. So God tells Satan to torture Job - murder his children, employees, plague. His wife tells him to forsake God. His friends tell him to repent. Job stays the course because he believes that God wouldn't hurt him without reason.

Job wishes for death, but God does not even let the plague end his life. God appears before Job and tells him that He is here and knows what's best for Job. Job believes him and repents for ever questioning God. God rewards Job with a new wife, kids, money and healthy body to live for the next 300 years.

Moral of the story: Don't question God.

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Source Key (not actually part of the notes):
♔ Intensity
♕ B
♣ C
☠ Nine-Nine
♘ Santa
♗ A
♜ Okami