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.))

[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.]

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.]

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[[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.]]