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5TH ☄ s h o o t i n g s t a r ☄ a c t i o n / v o i c e

[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!

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[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.]

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Well, that's something maybe I could help you learn. Fire is something I'm a natural with, heat too.

[She shrugs]

But before that, have you tried using oven mitts?

...I'm pretty sure my former sword master would reach through the time-space continuum to slap me I even considered trying to fight while wearing oven mitts.

[Can exactly grip the blade safely with all that fabric between her and the hilt.]

I have tried gloves though! It's just. I forget I can't be wearing them when I transform. I'm actually wearing them right now, but they goes somewhere else when I transform. You know how that is...

[The woes of being a magical girl with a magical transformation sequence.]

Well, what I meant was using gloves after you change to see if it's heat from the sword that we could stop with some sort of protection, or if it's magical buildup that'll be harder to work around.

[She totally feels that woe, you have no idea...]

And yes, it's...really inconvenient at times. I don't even get to keep my bow unless I transform before I take it up.

Oh, I'm pretty sure it's heat from the sword. I have another magical attack that doesn't need the sword, and it doesn't hurt my hands at all! Though... it's not exactly as strong...

[Maybe it is the magic? That would be a whole different problem altogether, though.]

But wait, you mean your bow isn't just part of your regular powers?

Well, no, it isn't. [She tugs on the string.]

I know later in life I'm supposed to get an enchanted bow from my powers, because when Queen Serenity was here she commented on it, but...this one is just a regular one that I've enchanted with other magic.

Ah, right, the Flame Sniper... I guess it would be kind of hard to power up while you're still stuck here, huh. That's the same roadblock I've been hitting.

[Aaand she may have said a little too much right there. She's gotten so comfortable with knowing Sailor Mars in person now that it's gotten all too easy to forget that she might know more about her than she realizes. Sailor Moon is a classic series back home, after all.]

Yes. Exactly that. But...

[She pauses, frowning.]

How do you know about that? Honestly, how do you know about me at all?

[There's a series of faces here. First a slight look of shock as she realizes what she's said, then a small unsure frown as she tries (and fails) to remember what she told Rei back when she first recognized Sailor Mars, and finally her crossing her arms and frowning down at the ground.]

[She's always believed it wasn't a good idea to tell people too much about how the multiverse weaves together... but Luceti itself didn't exactly follow the rules, either. It seemed pretty clear that there was some sort of bigger picture behind everyone being trapped in this place. Proof that even more worlds have become unstable, perhaps?]

[Regardless, it could be of benefit to have more people who know about this stuff. And if it was someone who already trusted her, that might make the process of explaining things a little easier. It was pretty unbelievable, after all, to explain how you grew up watching the life of someone from an entirely different world in a cartoon on TV.]

...it's complicated. Like, "we should find somewhere else to talk about this" complicated. I mean, unless you want the abridged version, but that would probably just result in more questions than answers.

Then let's go somewhere more private. This sounds important.

[Because believe her, she's seen and experienced some serious shit.]

[She nods, already heading towards the battledome exit while still turned and facing Rei.]

How about the shrine? Think we'd be able to get some privacy there?

Of course. Come here.

[She reaches out a hand to Hoshikyo, and with a whispered word they're both standing under the shrine's gate. Snow flurries up as they do but Rei, now back to normal, is already marching towards the entrance of the main building.]

The fire's warm and everything. I just don't want to walk through all that again.

[You'd think the world traveler would be used to things like sudden teleporting, but she's not. Her own teleportation powers don't work here, after all. So the sudden change in scenery makes her jump a bit.]

...okay, you've gotta teach me that trick sometime.

[And then she follows in, though she keeps herself as Hoshikyo for now -- she did just finish training after all, and she's not too interested in explaining all this while nursing a few battle wounds.]

[Rei just smiles and dips her head.]

Helios would be better at it than me. I learned it from him.

[She enters and waves a hand, the flames that were burning low kindling to life with renewed vigor. There are some advantages to being a reincarnated elemental demigod from another planet, after all. If you can't show off a bit, why have the powers at all.]

Have a seat, and please, start the explaining. I can make some tea, since I am guessing you might be a little tired?

Tea would be nice. [She nods and takes a seat, letting out a soft huff. Where should she even begin...?]

Okay. So refresh me a little on what you know about other worlds. Or, like, whether you knew about them existing before Luceti at all. It'll give me an idea of where I should start.

[Rei sets about making some tea and answers...]

Well, I knew about the idea of it. Other dimensions and things. I didn't know much, though. Sometimes the others and I would have to find a way between them to fight an enemy.

And then I got here, and...well...you know what it's like here. There are other worlds, certainly. Parallel realities where things are similar but slightly different, or wildly different. Like yours, I believe.

[She nods -- the existence and reality of Luceti itself would probably make explaining this easier than it would be to explain to someone who had no experience with similar worlds at all.]

Different worlds -- or different universes, I guess, since that's what they really are -- they're a lot closer than most people think. They influence each other, and some might even spring off from others.

When two worlds are really close, they usually wind up with a fair amount of overlaps. In extreme cases, two worlds can be identical except for the given location of a butterfly at a given time. Though... worlds like that aren't always very stable, so they're pretty rare. [Also dangerous, give how they can influence the world they sprang off from, but that's a different matter altogether.]

But for most of the worlds here, there are enough overlaps to assume our universes are pretty close together. We come from a galaxy with a solar system containing a planet called earth. The current reigning species is human. Things like country names, languages, historical events, and even specific people may exist in completely different worlds as overlaps.

Right, I understand that. It's pretty simple, when you think about it. A lot of worlds are like mirrors of one another with slight alterations, like Ami-chan's world and mine. And others seem to be a lot more drastic, like Clove-san's. But they're still earth.

Are you saying, then, that there's another Sailor Mars in your world?

Well... in a way, yeah. See, not all overlaps are direct translations. Someone could be president of a country in one world, but president of the student council in another.

And from what I've been able to figure out, my world is in a location that allows for the maximum amount of overlaps from surrounding universes. But rather than create a big amalgamation of various worlds, it's created a sort of harmony in which residents of my world simply reproduce the simulacra of other worlds. [She's totally quoting that from the documents she found in another world about this.]

...or, to put it simply: I know about you because I grew up watching the Adventures of Sailor Moon on TV.

Oh. Well. Huh.

[Rei strokes her chin and actually laughs. It's not that strange at all, and the answer is, of course, something so simple. Sailor Moon merchandise and things are all really common in her world, so it doesn't really shock her that it's a TV show.]

That's easy enough, you could've just said that in the first place. Though it does make me wonder why you never figured out who I was until you saw me transform.

[...well, she took that a lot better than others have in the past. There's a reason she's grown accustomed to not telling people about this.]

It's like I said, not all overlaps are 100% accurate. Your secret identity is slightly different in the versions on my world, so I didn't exactly have an reason to expect it, you know? And there's been a few reboots over the years, so even the fiction isn't very consistent... it's been that way with a lot of other people I've met here in Luceti, too.

Ah, alright, I think I understand.

[By now the tea's whistling in it's kettle so she goes at gets it.]

It's a little strange, but after being in Luceti for almost two years, it's not the strangest thing. Do you run into a lot of things like that here?

More than you'd think, actually. If anything, it's more surprising when I don't recognize someone in this place.

[Which probably says a lot about just how much TV and media Kari takes in to have knowledge of so many "characters".]

You get used to it though. Though there are a few people around here I have trouble taking seriously because of how they appear in my world.

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