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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
On its surface, the App | On its surface, the App is a popular social networking phone application used primarily by students. However, there exists a hidden function within the app to become registered as a player for the Game, becoming a full-fledged App User and granting the new player access to Sacred Artifacts and summoning.<ref name="ch2">[[Main Quest:Chapter 3|Chapter 2: Clash of the Sacred Artifacts -Shinjuku Cataclysm-]]</ref><sup>2</sup> | ||
The App icon is a hexagram. | The App icon is a hexagram. | ||
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After its release, the App would grow in popularity. A group of people which {{Transient icon|Toji}} belonged to would oppose the App, discovering the inherent danger within the Game. | After its release, the App would grow in popularity. A group of people which {{Transient icon|Toji}} belonged to would oppose the App, discovering the inherent danger within the Game. | ||
A conference was held by the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office to ask for opinions regarding the safety of the App. The government asked [[The Wisemen]] about their opinions on the currently trending App, submitting their answers to a panel of experts. Due to their evaluation, the government would | A conference was held by the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office to ask for opinions regarding the safety of the App. The government asked [[Wisemen|The Wisemen]] about their opinions on the currently trending App, submitting their answers to a panel of experts. Due to their evaluation, the government would come to believe that the App was harmless and safe, despite Toji's warnings. While {{Transient icon|Shuichi}} claims that their own opinions held little weight due to them being simply a student think tank, Toji would later find out that the Wisemen were also entrusted with managing the government funding of those involved. Their influence went much higher than any of Toji's group could have imagined. By the time anyone realized how dangerous the App truly was, it was too late—The App had spread too far already.<ref name="ch7">[[Event Quest:Main Quest Chapter 7 Campaign|Chapter 7: Genociders (Prelude) - Blood and Shadows]]</ref><sup>6</sup> | ||
Toji's group would not stop their efforts to put a stop to the game despite their setbacks. However, the group members would | Toji's group would not stop their efforts to put a stop to the game despite their setbacks. However, the group members would be dealt with, leaving Toji as the last member remaining.<ref name="ch4">[[Event Quest:Main Quest Chapter 7 Campaign|Chapter 4: Missionaries - Dogma City, Aoyam]]</ref><sup>6</sup> | ||
==Features== | ==Features== | ||
===Game Features=== | ===Game Features=== | ||
====''Registration and App Users''==== | |||
Through an unknown method, a person can become an App User. | |||
There are two types of App Users: those that summon [[Sacred Artifact]]s to fight, and those that can summon familiars to fight for them.<ref name="ch2"></ref><sup>1</sup> | |||
====''Attributes''==== | |||
During an App Battle, the participants' attributes can be seen. Attributes are likely assigned automatically by the App based on the user's nature, though connections may not be obvious or unclear so they should not always be taken literally and should be subject to heavy interpretation. It is unclear how someone that has different attributes for their in-game {{Star|3}} and {{Star|4}}/{{Star|5}} are shown in-universe. Some attributes are considered Rare.<ref name="ch2"></ref><sup>1</sup> | |||
The first five attributes are likely seen as common attributes seen with many of the Game's players. | |||
{{Attribute|Fire}} Associated to those associated with fire or heat of some sort.<br> | |||
{{Attribute|Water}} Associated to those associated with water.<br> | |||
{{Attribute|Wood}} Associated to those associated with nature or plants.<br> | |||
{{Attribute|Aether}} Associated to those that represent "goodness" or a connection to the heavens.<br> | |||
{{Attribute|Nether}} Associated to those that represent "evil" or a connection to the underworld.<br> | |||
The next three attributes can be symbolic of the natural cycle of a [[World (setting)|world]]. According to {{Transient icon|Horkeu Kamui}}, the [[File:Element_world.png|20x20px|link=World]] masses are felled by a [[File:Element_evil.png|20x20px|link=Infernal]] Dark Lord, the Dark Lord is felled by a [[File:Element_hero.png|20x20px|link=Valiant]] hero, and the hero is crushed by the masses in the end.<ref name="black snow">[[Event Quest:Black Snowfall on the Mountain Hot Springs|Black Snow on the Hot Spring Mountains]]</ref><sup>17</sup> | |||
{{Attribute|Infernal}} Typically assigned to those that are connected to [[Shadow]]s in some way, either because they are one or because they have control over them.<ref name="ch11">[[Release Campaign:Main Quest Chapter 11|Chapter 11: Warmongers - The Moonlit War]]</ref><sup>12</sup><br> | |||
{{Attribute|Valiant}} Typically assigned to those that are seen as a "hero", theorized to show that the person had inherited something from the world's [[exile]].<br> | |||
{{Attribute|World}} Typically assigned to those that represent some aspect of a world's [[System]] or that they hold a [[Pillar|World Pillar]].<br> | |||
The final three attributes represent those that cannot be confined by a System's framework.<ref name="spt">[[Event Quest:Summer Pool Twilight|Summer Pool Twilight]]</ref><sup>12</sup><br> | |||
{{Attribute|All-Round}} Represents the omnipotent and omniscient, they exist outside the world so that they can know everything about the world.<br> | |||
{{Attribute|Infinity}} Represents those that are unaffected by the limits of the world's frame, believed to be bigger than the world itself. <br> | |||
{{Attribute|Null}} Represents people that are believed to exist nowhere in the world or not exist at all, resulting in an existence outside of the world as a whole.<br> | |||
====''Location and Information Tracking''==== | ====''Location and Information Tracking''==== | ||
When the App is running, all users can see one's location and affiliation. Opponents who an App User has never battled before will only be able to see limited information, but one's location is available to everyone at all times.<ref name="ch2"> | When the App is running, all users can see one's location and affiliation. Opponents who an App User has never battled before will only be able to see limited information, but one's location is available to everyone at all times.<ref name="ch2"></ref><sup>1</sup> Those with administrative privileges, such as the Game Masters and Entertainers, can hide their own information and location as well as select others' if they so wish.<ref name="ch14">[[Event Quest:Main Quest:Chapter 4 Release Campaign|Chapter 14: Entertainers & Rule Makers ~Prelude~ -Alibi of the Urban Legends-]]</ref><sup>2</sup> | ||
====''App Battles''==== | ====''App Battles''==== | ||
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These Battle Zones can typically be terminated by turning off the App. However, they can persist even when the App is closed under the condition that only App Users and Transients remain in the Battle Zone, as summarized by {{Transient icon|Alice}} in [[I Ain't Scared a No Halloween!]]. Such "Battle Zones" are restricted in an enclosed area. | These Battle Zones can typically be terminated by turning off the App. However, they can persist even when the App is closed under the condition that only App Users and Transients remain in the Battle Zone, as summarized by {{Transient icon|Alice}} in [[I Ain't Scared a No Halloween!]]. Such "Battle Zones" are restricted in an enclosed area. | ||
Injuries and effects done during an App Battle within a [[collision of worlds]] do not reset once the App Battle is finished because collisions are a Battle Zone in itself. Tp revert everything to normal, the collision must be closed.<ref name="black snow"></ref><sup>17</sup> | |||
====''Battle Zones''==== | ====''Battle Zones''==== | ||
Only App Users can see inside Battle Zones.<ref name="ch2">[[Main Quest:Chapter 3|Chapter 2: Clash of the Sacred Artifacts -Shinjuku Cataclysm-]]</ref><sup>1</sup> | Only App Users can see inside Battle Zones.<ref name="ch2">[[Main Quest:Chapter 3|Chapter 2: Clash of the Sacred Artifacts -Shinjuku Cataclysm-]]</ref><sup>1</sup> | ||
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SUMMONS,[1] more commonly referred to as The App, is a mysterious smartphone application that can grant its users otherworldly, magical powers.[2]1 It is also responsible for hosting the Game, a massive competition between the various guilds and Worlds within Tokyo.
Overview
On its surface, the App is a popular social networking phone application used primarily by students. However, there exists a hidden function within the app to become registered as a player for the Game, becoming a full-fledged App User and granting the new player access to Sacred Artifacts and summoning.[3]2
The App icon is a hexagram.
History
Fujimi Academy Experiments
Research and development on the App first started in Fujimi Academy as a series of experiments conducted on the students attending. The academy lauded itself as the ideal school, taking Tokyoites and Transients alike with different physical and psychological traits, educating them according to their individual needs. However, the professors and board of executives were all researchers, and all of the students were their test subjects. They would be referred to as a cult.
Eventually, word would get out about the inhumane tests being done on the students, and a group of vigilantes such as 
Suzuka would tear the whole building down. Unbeknownst to them, a small section of the researchers escaped to another facility, taking some students with them to continue their experiments.[4]1
In the new facility, students were forced to take part in an archaic version of the Game. They were told to use their various backgrounds and specialties during the experiment to aid them, and that completing it would result in their graduation from the academy. The teachers told their students that the perspective they would gain from the class and the contributions they make would be used to help those in the outside world. 
Arc questions if the teachers were aware of the truth behind the experiment, if they simply lied to themselves, or if they were too unaware.
The students were imbued with special powers by mixing in the memories of other mythological and historical figures with the students. They found themselves participating in real life-or-death battles. Students of one facility would be pitted against students of another facility, slaughtering others to protect those they saw as family. In the end, the experiment would fall apart midway through because their battles would lead to the creation of an Exception, killing all of the students except for a select 
few.
The experiment carried out in Fujimi Academy's Otemachi branch was likely the prototype behind the App, with its original purpose being a battle royale death game designed to create an immortal, omniscient god.[5]14 
Leib describes how something as complex as the App could not appear out of nowhere, but would require numerous testing phases and experimentation. He theorizes that someone else took all of this data, finished constructing the App, and published it.[4]15
Post-Launch
After its release, the App would grow in popularity. A group of people which 
Toji belonged to would oppose the App, discovering the inherent danger within the Game.
A conference was held by the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office to ask for opinions regarding the safety of the App. The government asked The Wisemen about their opinions on the currently trending App, submitting their answers to a panel of experts. Due to their evaluation, the government would come to believe that the App was harmless and safe, despite Toji's warnings. While 
Shuichi claims that their own opinions held little weight due to them being simply a student think tank, Toji would later find out that the Wisemen were also entrusted with managing the government funding of those involved. Their influence went much higher than any of Toji's group could have imagined. By the time anyone realized how dangerous the App truly was, it was too late—The App had spread too far already.[6]6
Toji's group would not stop their efforts to put a stop to the game despite their setbacks. However, the group members would be dealt with, leaving Toji as the last member remaining.[7]6
Features
Game Features
Registration and App Users
Through an unknown method, a person can become an App User.
There are two types of App Users: those that summon Sacred Artifacts to fight, and those that can summon familiars to fight for them.[3]1
Attributes
During an App Battle, the participants' attributes can be seen. Attributes are likely assigned automatically by the App based on the user's nature, though connections may not be obvious or unclear so they should not always be taken literally and should be subject to heavy interpretation. It is unclear how someone that has different attributes for their in-game 
and 
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are shown in-universe. Some attributes are considered Rare.[3]1
The first five attributes are likely seen as common attributes seen with many of the Game's players.
FIRE Associated to those associated with fire or heat of some sort.
WATER Associated to those associated with water.
WOOD Associated to those associated with nature or plants.
AETHER Associated to those that represent "goodness" or a connection to the heavens.
NETHER Associated to those that represent "evil" or a connection to the underworld.
The next three attributes can be symbolic of the natural cycle of a world. According to 
Horkeu Kamui, the 
masses are felled by a 
Dark Lord, the Dark Lord is felled by a 
hero, and the hero is crushed by the masses in the end.[8]17
INFERNAL Typically assigned to those that are connected to Shadows in some way, either because they are one or because they have control over them.[9]12
VALIANT Typically assigned to those that are seen as a "hero", theorized to show that the person had inherited something from the world's exile.
WORLD Typically assigned to those that represent some aspect of a world's System or that they hold a World Pillar.
The final three attributes represent those that cannot be confined by a System's framework.[10]12
ALL-ROUND Represents the omnipotent and omniscient, they exist outside the world so that they can know everything about the world.
INFINITY Represents those that are unaffected by the limits of the world's frame, believed to be bigger than the world itself.
NULL Represents people that are believed to exist nowhere in the world or not exist at all, resulting in an existence outside of the world as a whole.
Location and Information Tracking
When the App is running, all users can see one's location and affiliation. Opponents who an App User has never battled before will only be able to see limited information, but one's location is available to everyone at all times.[3]1 Those with administrative privileges, such as the Game Masters and Entertainers, can hide their own information and location as well as select others' if they so wish.[11]2
App Battles
Users can also engage in App Battles with other users. All App Battles must be accepted, otherwise the user forfeits their access to the rest of the App's features. App Battles occur in Battle Zones, where Rules can be enforced. The end of an App Battle is typically marked by the defeat of one of the participants.
These Battle Zones can typically be terminated by turning off the App. However, they can persist even when the App is closed under the condition that only App Users and Transients remain in the Battle Zone, as summarized by 
Alice in I Ain't Scared a No Halloween!. Such "Battle Zones" are restricted in an enclosed area.
Injuries and effects done during an App Battle within a collision of worlds do not reset once the App Battle is finished because collisions are a Battle Zone in itself. Tp revert everything to normal, the collision must be closed.[8]17
Battle Zones
Only App Users can see inside Battle Zones.[3]1
Guilds
For more detailed information about guilds, see Guild.
The App allows for formations of guilds among groups of users, which grants certain perks. With guilds, several Rules can be enforced in an enclosed area for an indefinite period of time, without the need of a Battle Zone.
SNS Features
Communication
The App features video calls, audio-only calls, and texts.
Stickers
Debuting in Seaside Fashionista, users can use stickers to as a decorative feature.
Notes
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References
- ↑ "Tokyo Afterschool Summoners" Promotion Video Vol.2 (housamo, T.A.S.)
- ↑ Chapter 3: Berserkers - Ikebukuro Colosseum
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Chapter 2: Clash of the Sacred Artifacts -Shinjuku Cataclysm-
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chapter 8: Genociders - Beyond the Overlapping Ends
- ↑ Valentine Fantasy: An Eternal Fairyland
- ↑ Chapter 7: Genociders (Prelude) - Blood and Shadows
- ↑ Chapter 4: Missionaries - Dogma City, Aoyam
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Black Snow on the Hot Spring Mountains
- ↑ Chapter 11: Warmongers - The Moonlit War
- ↑ Summer Pool Twilight
- ↑ Chapter 14: Entertainers & Rule Makers ~Prelude~ -Alibi of the Urban Legends-
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