My fellow Lucetizens! [She still thinks it's funny okay.] I'm sure it's been on everyone's minds since that last announcement, but just what kind of weaknesses do you think we're going to have to face? I mean, most of us have experience with some pretty terrible shifts back in that bad-end timeline, so I think we know what kind of things can be thrown at us. But how many people here can say they really understand their own weaknesses?

So I got to thinking! We all have a responsibility here to help those who want to go back home, right? So we should take this chance to work together and figure out our weaknesses together! I mean, I don't think it's very reasonable to expect all of us to just overcome our problems by ourselves in a few weeks. That's crazy, right? But if we all know what everyone else might expect, then we can work together to help support each other!

Like, say some guy is like super tormented by an evil slime monster in his past that killed his beloved pet hamster, Toodles. But on the other hand, we've got a guy who's a world-renown slime monster slayer! If those two worked together, then maybe Mr. Slimophobia can get some support in overcoming his fear of slime monsters! Or, you know, he'll at least know to stick by Mr. Slime-killer when the time comes so he'll have someone to help bail him out of trouble. [Flawless logic.]

So! Here's what we should do. We'll get everyone together and just... talk things out! Just drop your name here, and everyone who knows you will chime in with what they think your biggest weakness is! Then, other people can see that and offer help or support. Of course, I know a lot of people might not want to risk hurting their friends feelings by listing off their faults, so just go ahead and cover up the camera if you wanna stay anonymous.

[There's no way this can end badly, nope.]

And don't be scared to put yourself out there! Don't forget, this is for everyone's benefit, so it's totally a judgement-free zone!

If you don't put your name down, then... well, I guess that's probably your big weakness then, huh.



((ooc: It's an IC honesty meme, guys!! Feel free to threadjack to your heart's content. For any anonymous comments, you can put ANONYMOUS in the subject so people still know OOCly which character is saying what. If your character wouldn't post to this themselves but you still want to participate, you can handwave/ask another player for someone else to post their name for them.))

[Hello, Luceti. Have you been enjoying the strange little time shifts that have been coming and going these past couple of months? Because Kari hasn't. In fact, she's in the middle of one right now, and it's extremely unpleasant. Why is that, you ask?]

[Because she was just inside the elevator when they suddenly decided to not exist anymore. Unfortunately, they only decided to stop existing on the floor she was on at the time, so there's nowhere for her to go. At least it didn't turn into a bottomless elevator shaft to drop her to her doom. But they did turn into some kind of hellish stairway-purgatory with no doors, no windows, and nothing but two sets of stairs going up and down that simply lead to walls.]

[Thankfully, she has her journal with her to live-blog the incident.]

It's been 20 minutes now.
I'm stuck in a building somewhere. Like, literally. The elevator disappeared and now I'm apparently stuck in the wall.
The possibility of escape seems low.
Updates to follow.

The first hour.
There's no windows in here. Not sure how much air I have. Probably a lot.
It's cold. And hot. I'm so hungry.
And I think I left some instant noodles in the microwave.

Hour 2 of Elevator Purgatory.
I'm starting to hear voices.
No, seriously, these walls are way too thin. Maybe if I knock loud enough the people on this floor will start to think the place is haunted?
I'm like this close to trying to break the wall down.

Hour 2 and 10 minutes.
Don't try to punch walls with your bare hands.
Especially using the arm you broke few weeks ago.
It will hurt and you will feel like a dumbass.

Hour 3.
All hope is lost.
I've resigned myself to Elevator Purgatory forever.
Tell my mom I love her.

[Okay she's clearly being a little overly dramatic. But she's bored, and this doesn't look like it's going away anytime soon, so have at it! Feel free to specify what time your character is responding to, otherwise I'll just assume Hour 3. EDIT: And for people who might try teleporting in to save her, there's also a 100% power-cap shift going on inside the room, so anyone who goes in will be stuck with her until the time shift ends!]

[Kari was sulking.]

[Or at least, that's certainly what it was, even if she wouldn't admit it to herself. She's been out of sorts since Beardface went home -- the first time someone "close" to her has left Luceti, after over a year of being here. It felt strange, and she wasn't really sure what to do about it. Should she be sad? Angry that he went home while she's still stuck here? Or should she just get over it because that's the nature of this place? She wanted to go home. She could feel it so strongly in every part of her body. And yet no matter how many times she tried, the magic to take her back to her home world just wouldn't work.]

[On the table in her apartment, the notes left to her by the spirit who possessed her body for nearly a week still sat there, staring at her. A voice in the back of her head that she wasn't entirely sure was hers silently urged her to pick them up. She wanted-- no, she needed to be stronger. And if she had to risk a deal with the devil to do it, so be it.]

[Of course, then she finally picks up the notes and realizes they're written in code.]

[Son of a--]


[Voice - Hoshikyo]
Hello, Lucetizens! Okay, now that I've heard it myself, that's actually kinda terrible... [/ahem]

So, I know that school thing does some kind of class about magic, but I was wondering if there was anyone out there with experience in teaching the more serious stuff. You know, things not related to the filial magic here. Ideally someone with experience dealing with magic that might not come from their own world... but I'm not being terribly picky here.

Of course, I'm not just expecting someone to offer out of the goodness of their own heart or anything. But, I mean, I don't think I have all that much to offer myself, but I'm sure we can figure something out!


[Action - Hoshikyo/Kari]
[Sometime after her journal entry, she reverts back to Kari and goes to the library to get some studying in. She'll need if she's going to figure out exactly what these notes say. Thankfully, it's not entirely code, but the language is pretty heavily ancient. Perhaps if it were written in a nicer hand, it could be picked up by either Luceti's or her own auto-translation power... but for now, it gave her something to do. She's got quite a few stacks of books around her, and no less than 4 open at once. Though every so often, she leans back in her chair with a sigh of frustration. That spirit is a goddamn troll.]

[When she gets too frustrated, she heads over to the battledome as Hoshikyo for some stress-relief. It's been a little while since she's trained proper, so she's a bit rusty -- all the more reason to practice. She'll be focused more on form for her sword fighting, though she may attempt a few tries at magic while she's there.]

October 8th
[It's been two days since the spirit, Hoshiko, possessed Kari's body to break the spell that had been controlling her. Now it seemed that spell's presence was weakening in the village, and soon so would the spirit's hold on Kari's body. Her magic was not quite as powerful here in this village, and once it ran out Kari would regain control. It was a shame, really. Hoshiko was just starting to like this body. But there was still much Kari needed to learn, and until those abilities and powers were unlocked, it was rather useless to be wandering around like this. She didn't even have a full understanding of how her powers of time and space worked! How shameful, given how long she's been making use of those powers. Really, she deserved to be trapped in this strange world for such foolishness.]

[But so long as it still has this time, maybe it can do a little something to hurry things along. After leaving a number of notes for Kari when she regains control, it sets out about the village to enjoy its final hours of freedom. Maybe even make a little mischief while it's at it. If Kari became too complacent in this world, she might decide to never leave -- and Hoshiko just can't allow that to happen. It has no intention of rotting away in this dead-end universe forever.]

[So, for anyone who might be a friend of either Kari or Hoshikyo, expect to see "Hoshikyo" making her way over at some point. Though for those with the ability to sense such things, there will be something very different about her. Her magical power feels stronger, and there's an almost evil aura about her, brimming with malice and ill-will. Even just looking at her, there's certainly an odd look in her eyes.]

October 9th
[But come the 9th, things will be different. Kari is forced to come to terms with two painful truths rather suddenly. First, that the spirit who possessed her from before has not only gotten stronger, but is somehow completely aware of everything she does. And second, the fictional paradise that was "Luceti" in Billy's spell wasn't real. Her mother wasn't in Luceti. And as thankful as she was for that, on top of everything else, the sudden realization caused her to break down to tears.]

[She'll spend the rest of her day as herself, trying to find answers and hopefully fix anything the spirit may have ruined. She could only vaguely recall what happened while it was in control during those days. Hopefully nothing else terrible happened. It's only after another day or being out that she comes home and decides to ask something that's been on her mind since she woke up today:]

So. I've got one of those deep questions that people seem to ask on here sometimes. Maybe someone here can help me figure something out.

If you had something really terrible, and no way of getting rid of it yourself, what would you do about it? I mean, like, something that can't be taken away from you, but something that shouldn't be near other people.

[...]

It's kind of a stupid question, so if you've got a stupid answer, lay it on me.

[You know things are bad when not even books can grab Kari's attention. It's been over a month since the draft, since she was injured, and it's only in the past two weeks that she's finally been able to train without wincing at every twist of her body. And ever since then, that's pretty much all she's been doing -- anything to keep her mind occupied with as little human interaction required as possible.]

[Not even today's rain can stop her from training. Now that her injuries have more or less healed up, it was back to her usual routine: fighting simulated swordsmen, adding another each time she successfully defeats all of them, and subtracting one for each time she's knocked down. For awhile, she leaves the safety on -- but somehow that's just not enough. The enemy wasn't going to go easy on her in the battlefield, so why should she go easy on herself now? She needed to be stronger. Better. Even at her full strength out there, she wasn't strong enough to protect herself. If she were stronger, she wouldn't still be so upset about what happened out there. That's gotta be it, right?]

[After all, killing people is just part of what it means to be a hero in a place like this... right?]

[But as some point, the training has to stop. Her arms ache -- with the safety off, she probably recieved a rather nasty cut somewhere along the line. And she won't know how bad until she transforms back into Kari... but she can't exactly do that here, or else someone might be able to deduce her identity. And so she sets off for home, hiding the tired stagger in her step well. But upon returning home, she finds herself in a bit of a... predicament.]

[The voice that calls over the journal is most definitely Kari, and she sounds a bit strained:]

Uhm... is there anyone from the clinic who wouldn't mind making a house-call? I-I broke some glass and I fell. [...] Except, you know, the other way around. If it weren't so nasty outside I'd try to make it myself, but I don't think that's really an option for me right now. I kinda live on the top floor, and I'm already a little dizzy.

--

( OOC Note )

Hello, Lucetizens!

[A pause. Let that sink in for a moment.]

It's weird, you know? If I hadn't gone home the first time, I'd have already spent a year here... [It almost sounds like she's going for a serious moment of reflection... but the smile pops back onto her face pretty much right away.] But what I'm really getting at is I never got a chance to re-introduce myself! So!

I am Hoshikyo, Luceti's newest magical girl! Some of you have probably already met me. I'm kinda hard to miss. You know. Being pink and sparklie and all. But that's besides the point!

What I'm really hoping to ask here is if there's anyone else in this village who lives as a part-time hero. And I don't mean you RPG protags or Shounen Jump wannabes. I mean, like, secret identity type hero or wears-a-cool-uniform hero. That kind of stuff! I mean, I know you're out there and all, but in a place like this it just makes sense for us hero-types to try and get along, you know?

Not... that I expect anyone to respond to this with their secret identity, of course. Because that'd be stupid. And if you do that? I'll call you stupid. Just getting that out of the way.

--

[After a few hours spent as Hoshikyo talking over the journals, she reverts back to her usual self (normalesbian) to go about her day in a far more normal manner, stopping by the library to pick up a few dozen (yes, dozen) books before going shopping for some groceries. It'd be nice if she could just take advantage of the free restaurants here, but having to go outside everytime she wanted to eat? No way. She'd rather just continue her meager existence of living off of instant foods. Just like mom used to make, yep.]

[Despite her earlier countenance over the journals, she is starting to feel a little homesick. And she can't help but wonder what the others back home are up to right now... there's a definite gloomy air hanging over her as she heads back home, several large shopping bags in hand.]

--

[[ooc: Since a lot of Hoshikyo's canon deals with the idea of fictional worlds being real, please take a look at THIS POST if you are okay/not okay with 4th-Walling! Feel free to post to it even if they've already met, since it'd be pretty easy to handwave her just not recognizing someone right away. Additionally, any character is free to recognize Hoshikyo as though she exists in media within your character's canon, whether as the star of a shoujo manga series, a new brand of Vocaloid, a soft-drink mascot or whatever! My only condition is that recognizing Kari is off-limits.]]

Friend List Rei Hino ★✰ Mars Joshua ★✰✪ Pretty-boy Billy Kaplan ★✰✪ Witchboy Fenimore ✰ Twintails Ginia Solana ✰ Gin Norma Beatty ★ Flat-chested Girl Teddy Altman ✰✪ Witchboy's Boytoy Richard ✰ Unfair Hair Guy Walter Bishop ★ Crazy Guy Kurt Wagner ★ Professional Poofer Gai Tsutsugami ✰ Battle Guy Nara Shikamaru ★ Strategy Guy Jean Kirstein ✰ Ponyboy Saten ★ Frightening Beauty The Hoshiko Spirit The Spirit Tony Stark ★✰ Beardface | Dropped Haurhi Suzumiya ✰ Chief | Dropped

Rei Hino ★✰ Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Closest Friend. Fellow Magical Girl. Text here. BACK TO TOP Joshua ★✰✪ The World Ends with You Pretty-boy. Super annoying. Text here. BACK TO TOP Billy Kaplan ★✰ Young Avengers Witchboy. Superhero. Probably hates my guts. Text here. BACK TO TOP Fenimore ✰ Tales of Legendia Twintails. Dating Rei. Text here. BACK TO TOP Ginia Solana ✰ Original Character Gin. Hot mature lady. Text here. BACK TO TOP Norma Beatty ★ Tales of Legendia Flat-chested. Malnosso-induced Buddies. Text here. BACK TO TOP Teddy Altman ✰✪ Young Avengers Witchboy's Boytoy. Nice guy. Definitely hates my guts. Text here. BACK TO TOP Richard ✰ Tales of Graces f Unfair hair. Seriously it's so pretty. How rude. Text here. BACK TO TOP Walter Bishop ★ Fringe Crazy Guy. Totally uncomfortable. Text here. BACK TO TOP Kurt Wagner ★ X-men: Evolution Professional Poofer. Kind of dumb. Text here. BACK TO TOP Gai Tsutsugami ✰ Guilty Crown Battle guy. Malnosso-induced sibling. Text here. BACK TO TOP Nara Shikamaru ★ Naruto Strategy guy. Kinda dull. Text here. BACK TO TOP Jean Kirstein ✰ Attack on Titan Ponyboy. Such a long face. Text here. BACK TO TOP Saten ★ Original Character Frightening beauty. Looks good naked. Text here. BACK TO TOP The Hoshiko Spirit Hoshikyo Lives in her head. Intentions unknown. Text here. BACK TO TOP Tony Stark ★✰ Ironman Beardface. Malnosso-induced daddy issues everywhere. Text here. BACK TO TOP Haruhi Suzumiya ✰ The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Chief. Anime idol. Text here. BACK TO TOP

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