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EVENT + TDM
PREMISE • RULES • FAQ • TAKEN • RESERVES • APPLICATIONS
REGAINS • HIATUS/DROPS • PLOT SUBMISSIONS • CALENDAR • MOD CONTACT • NAV
REGAINS • HIATUS/DROPS • PLOT SUBMISSIONS • CALENDAR • MOD CONTACT • NAV
I. - CURRENT PLAYERS + TDMERS
It's been days since the firewall took over the city of Recollé. The heat is still present even in mid-January and though the wall has consumed much of the outer edges of the city, the buildings and innerworkings of each district are unaffected and still standing tall. Firefighters are working endlessly to try and put out the flames and combat the issue, but the flames only begin to lessen as Retrospec users work together to curb the fire and stop it from spreadng.
This might be the time to jump in and help. Previously, you may have tried to help and found your efforts futile. Those new to the app may even have found themselves thinking the flames were best left to the professionals once the assessment was made that there would be minimal damage. However, there seems to be a power tied to that new app on your phone. Should you attempt to help put out the flames, your efforts shall be rewarded and a pathway will open into a tunnel of fire with a series of doors spread before you.
With many of you finding your way through the firewall and unlocking the doors within, progress is being made to wear down the security measures. Points in the wall will begin to crumble under touch alone and rows and rows of doors begin to appear. The flames are starting to die down outside, but it becomes clear that it's not just a few chambers you must explore. Several thousands of doors are scattered amongst the flames waiting for you to approach. Luckily you won't have to open all of them. The silver doors loom in the distance, but thanks to the efforts of the last two weeks, identifying the doors is much easier than before.
While several of the doors that have been opened are easy to navigate, users will come to find that as they approach a new door an error message will appear and block the path to the door. These messages will not appear on doors that do not contain keys, though this pattern may not be obvious at first. Sometimes the messages will appear just by walking in any of the cardinal directions inside the fire tunnel, popping up right in front of your face and forcing you to walk straight into them. These pop-ups can be dismantled via physical force or magic, though you may wish to be careful. Anyone who directly touches these messages will find themselves…multiplying? Oh dear. Two, three, or even four copies of yourself will appear and begin to wander off not only in the tunnels but back through the wall and out in the city of Recollé. Users who are split apart will have to round up all versions of themselves to become whole again, and the clones themselves will be more than happy to wander as they please, posing as you and attempting to deter others from progressing. Good luck getting them to stop.
It's been days since the firewall took over the city of Recollé. The heat is still present even in mid-January and though the wall has consumed much of the outer edges of the city, the buildings and innerworkings of each district are unaffected and still standing tall. Firefighters are working endlessly to try and put out the flames and combat the issue, but the flames only begin to lessen as Retrospec users work together to curb the fire and stop it from spreadng.
This might be the time to jump in and help. Previously, you may have tried to help and found your efforts futile. Those new to the app may even have found themselves thinking the flames were best left to the professionals once the assessment was made that there would be minimal damage. However, there seems to be a power tied to that new app on your phone. Should you attempt to help put out the flames, your efforts shall be rewarded and a pathway will open into a tunnel of fire with a series of doors spread before you.
With many of you finding your way through the firewall and unlocking the doors within, progress is being made to wear down the security measures. Points in the wall will begin to crumble under touch alone and rows and rows of doors begin to appear. The flames are starting to die down outside, but it becomes clear that it's not just a few chambers you must explore. Several thousands of doors are scattered amongst the flames waiting for you to approach. Luckily you won't have to open all of them. The silver doors loom in the distance, but thanks to the efforts of the last two weeks, identifying the doors is much easier than before.
While several of the doors that have been opened are easy to navigate, users will come to find that as they approach a new door an error message will appear and block the path to the door. These messages will not appear on doors that do not contain keys, though this pattern may not be obvious at first. Sometimes the messages will appear just by walking in any of the cardinal directions inside the fire tunnel, popping up right in front of your face and forcing you to walk straight into them. These pop-ups can be dismantled via physical force or magic, though you may wish to be careful. Anyone who directly touches these messages will find themselves…multiplying? Oh dear. Two, three, or even four copies of yourself will appear and begin to wander off not only in the tunnels but back through the wall and out in the city of Recollé. Users who are split apart will have to round up all versions of themselves to become whole again, and the clones themselves will be more than happy to wander as they please, posing as you and attempting to deter others from progressing. Good luck getting them to stop.
II. - CURRENT PLAYERS + TDMERS
The pop-ups aren't the only issue users will begin to experience the longer they linger in the wall. As Retrospec users continue navigating these routes and clearing the paths needed to break down the firewall, things begin to grow a little more difficult to manage. Though the passages of the doors appear to be fine and users can enter new areas to obtain keys, it seems as though there's something bigger that wants to stop the progress occurring.
Users with Retrospec-given abilities will find difficulty in using their powers in ways they've never experienced before. Superstrength gives out after two seconds while shapeshifting will leave you stuck in that form for three days. Magic is on the fritz and spells will backfire, kicking back and damaging yourself for every spell you attempt to use. A small ball of light will escape your fingertips, draining you of your abilities and gifting them to someone else temporarily (though they won't know how to control them the way you do.) The trouble with it all is that no method is the same, and even if you experience a glitch once an outside force will change the consequences so they do not repeat.
You may think to check your phone for answers. Can you Google how to fix your own powers? While a search engine won't be of any use, users will find that the Retrospec app's logo has a new, upgraded appearance. Five of the eight inner petals have will appear gray in color while the remaining three are untouched. A sixth petal is colored halfway in. Should a user activate the app while in the city, they will find that everything around them will pause in a freezeframe. Birds will stop mid-flight, cars will be stopped in the middle of intersections, firehoses will have frozen arches of water aimed to the flames…everything is perfectly still save for other users.
As for those who activate the app inside the firewall, time will become fluid and change around you. Everything seems to move at hyperspeed, actions on fast-forward and time skipping ahead. Your actions will also be at the speed of light, and should you manage to accomplish your goals inside the wall and beyond the doors, a return to the city will show that much more time has passed than you anticipated. Hours or even days have escaped you even if it felt like no time at all.
With some trial and error, users can discover that a hard reset of their phone and re-opening the app will undo these effects. However, it may not be so easy seeing how the app will appear and disappear intermittently. Be quick; you may miss it if you blink.
The pop-ups aren't the only issue users will begin to experience the longer they linger in the wall. As Retrospec users continue navigating these routes and clearing the paths needed to break down the firewall, things begin to grow a little more difficult to manage. Though the passages of the doors appear to be fine and users can enter new areas to obtain keys, it seems as though there's something bigger that wants to stop the progress occurring.
Users with Retrospec-given abilities will find difficulty in using their powers in ways they've never experienced before. Superstrength gives out after two seconds while shapeshifting will leave you stuck in that form for three days. Magic is on the fritz and spells will backfire, kicking back and damaging yourself for every spell you attempt to use. A small ball of light will escape your fingertips, draining you of your abilities and gifting them to someone else temporarily (though they won't know how to control them the way you do.) The trouble with it all is that no method is the same, and even if you experience a glitch once an outside force will change the consequences so they do not repeat.
You may think to check your phone for answers. Can you Google how to fix your own powers? While a search engine won't be of any use, users will find that the Retrospec app's logo has a new, upgraded appearance. Five of the eight inner petals have will appear gray in color while the remaining three are untouched. A sixth petal is colored halfway in. Should a user activate the app while in the city, they will find that everything around them will pause in a freezeframe. Birds will stop mid-flight, cars will be stopped in the middle of intersections, firehoses will have frozen arches of water aimed to the flames…everything is perfectly still save for other users.
As for those who activate the app inside the firewall, time will become fluid and change around you. Everything seems to move at hyperspeed, actions on fast-forward and time skipping ahead. Your actions will also be at the speed of light, and should you manage to accomplish your goals inside the wall and beyond the doors, a return to the city will show that much more time has passed than you anticipated. Hours or even days have escaped you even if it felt like no time at all.
With some trial and error, users can discover that a hard reset of their phone and re-opening the app will undo these effects. However, it may not be so easy seeing how the app will appear and disappear intermittently. Be quick; you may miss it if you blink.
III. - CURRENT PLAYERS ONLY
It seems a bit suspicious that Retrospec's gone quiet throughout all of this, doesn't it. There hasn't been word from the company since Joanne's last message about the firewall, and as usual any attempt to contact the company is futile. The message from delta#02018329 on the 13th was the last form of communication from anyone tied to Retrospec and since then all has been quiet. The animal guides from before are hard at work helping users discover new paths and find the keys, knowing they need to work quickly.
On the 24th, the firewall begins coming down in large chunks, falling away and shattering into embers when destroyed by an established user. The wall reveals the lines of doors surrounding the city and as of this date the temperature begins to drop again. Good job, users. You've almost fully dismantled the blockade. However, the wall isn't finished yet.
Beginning on this day as well, established users will become public enemy number one for the operator of the wall. A string of bad luck begins to follow you in an attempt to deter you from finishing your task of destroying this wall. Ranging from small feats such as misplacing your phone to larger feats such as removing all doors and windows from a building you're in, these attempts can be easily broken with enough willpower or simply waiting it out. For the truly unlucky, even NPCs will grow suspicious of you and begin to question you, asking you what's changed about you and why you and only you are the one who can put out the flames when the fire department has been working so hard.
Most importantly, however, are the small showers of green sparks that will appear over the city, sprinkling on you from overhead and dousing you in an invisible sheen. An equally invisible force feels as though it's pulling you down quickly despite standing in one place, and when the feeling passes…well. You may wonder what this strange app is on your phone and why you have it. It's new, isn't it? Wonder what it could be. You've never heard of Retrospec before, you think, but it can't be that interesting.
Perhaps you haven't slipped that far. You may be one of those who finds yourself with gaps in your memory, or items on-hand you don't quite recall having before. Images will flash through your mind even if you can't pinpoint where you've experienced these things before. And, of course, there's the fact that you may even literally slip between layers in the city, entering a door in the firewall and falling down into a plain white room. This washed-out castle-esque hall will make navigation difficult as the doorway to return blends into the walls. It only takes a trick of jogging your memory and recalling your true purpose to outline the door. What does it mean to jog your memory? This can be anything from sharing a memory you don't understand to showing off an item or ability and brainstorming its purpose. You will only understand the truth and remember everything upon leaving this castle, but until then? Time to brainstorm.
It seems a bit suspicious that Retrospec's gone quiet throughout all of this, doesn't it. There hasn't been word from the company since Joanne's last message about the firewall, and as usual any attempt to contact the company is futile. The message from delta#02018329 on the 13th was the last form of communication from anyone tied to Retrospec and since then all has been quiet. The animal guides from before are hard at work helping users discover new paths and find the keys, knowing they need to work quickly.
On the 24th, the firewall begins coming down in large chunks, falling away and shattering into embers when destroyed by an established user. The wall reveals the lines of doors surrounding the city and as of this date the temperature begins to drop again. Good job, users. You've almost fully dismantled the blockade. However, the wall isn't finished yet.
Beginning on this day as well, established users will become public enemy number one for the operator of the wall. A string of bad luck begins to follow you in an attempt to deter you from finishing your task of destroying this wall. Ranging from small feats such as misplacing your phone to larger feats such as removing all doors and windows from a building you're in, these attempts can be easily broken with enough willpower or simply waiting it out. For the truly unlucky, even NPCs will grow suspicious of you and begin to question you, asking you what's changed about you and why you and only you are the one who can put out the flames when the fire department has been working so hard.
Most importantly, however, are the small showers of green sparks that will appear over the city, sprinkling on you from overhead and dousing you in an invisible sheen. An equally invisible force feels as though it's pulling you down quickly despite standing in one place, and when the feeling passes…well. You may wonder what this strange app is on your phone and why you have it. It's new, isn't it? Wonder what it could be. You've never heard of Retrospec before, you think, but it can't be that interesting.
Perhaps you haven't slipped that far. You may be one of those who finds yourself with gaps in your memory, or items on-hand you don't quite recall having before. Images will flash through your mind even if you can't pinpoint where you've experienced these things before. And, of course, there's the fact that you may even literally slip between layers in the city, entering a door in the firewall and falling down into a plain white room. This washed-out castle-esque hall will make navigation difficult as the doorway to return blends into the walls. It only takes a trick of jogging your memory and recalling your true purpose to outline the door. What does it mean to jog your memory? This can be anything from sharing a memory you don't understand to showing off an item or ability and brainstorming its purpose. You will only understand the truth and remember everything upon leaving this castle, but until then? Time to brainstorm.
IV. - TDMERS ONLY
It's a little alarming to suddenly wake up and have a brand new app on your phone that connects you to a special group of people, isn't it? This may not be what you were expecting, but the Retrospec app seems harmless even if it's a bit unusual. With the power necessary to help combat the flames, perhaps you're the type who isn't even worried about what's happening. There's a job to do, after all.
Upon opening the app for the first time though you'll receive a message from a user named Z.C.
You're probably confused right now and I get it, this is really confusing. I was confused, too. But you have to be on-guard. Looks like you're a fresh target.
That's an ominous warning, and yet nothing comes from it for several days. In fact, it isn't until the 25th that those words hold some weight. It seems that there's someone out there who doesn't feel like you belong. No matter where you stand or what's happening for you at that given moment, at the stroke of midnight a large crater will open beneath you and swallow you whole, sending you straight down. The fall feels endless but as you land you'll find yourself standing on barren, gray ground surrounded by a black night sky, spiderweb cracks spreading from the center and moving outward. The world around you is dark and above you you can hear the sounds of the city and the people in it. The sounds of your fellow app-users combatting the wall of fire and even some of the ongoings of what's happening to them beyond the doors echo in this dark chamber.
The space around you is dead. There isn't a single sign of life sans what looks like a large, 80-foot whale skeleton. Even that appears abandoned, though there are footprints in the dirt near the creature's mouth. You aren't the first to arrive, but getting back will be the trick of it all. Someone wants you hidden away, but finding a clever way to reach out to those in the layer beyond will grant you an exit. Shouting, throwing items on hand, anything you can think of to create a diversion and draw attention to yourself may help. The louder you are, the thicker the cracks in the sky grow. It'll take a combination of people working below and people working above to break this barrier. Don't be afraid to reach out. It may be your only way back home.
It's a little alarming to suddenly wake up and have a brand new app on your phone that connects you to a special group of people, isn't it? This may not be what you were expecting, but the Retrospec app seems harmless even if it's a bit unusual. With the power necessary to help combat the flames, perhaps you're the type who isn't even worried about what's happening. There's a job to do, after all.
Upon opening the app for the first time though you'll receive a message from a user named Z.C.
You're probably confused right now and I get it, this is really confusing. I was confused, too. But you have to be on-guard. Looks like you're a fresh target.
That's an ominous warning, and yet nothing comes from it for several days. In fact, it isn't until the 25th that those words hold some weight. It seems that there's someone out there who doesn't feel like you belong. No matter where you stand or what's happening for you at that given moment, at the stroke of midnight a large crater will open beneath you and swallow you whole, sending you straight down. The fall feels endless but as you land you'll find yourself standing on barren, gray ground surrounded by a black night sky, spiderweb cracks spreading from the center and moving outward. The world around you is dark and above you you can hear the sounds of the city and the people in it. The sounds of your fellow app-users combatting the wall of fire and even some of the ongoings of what's happening to them beyond the doors echo in this dark chamber.
The space around you is dead. There isn't a single sign of life sans what looks like a large, 80-foot whale skeleton. Even that appears abandoned, though there are footprints in the dirt near the creature's mouth. You aren't the first to arrive, but getting back will be the trick of it all. Someone wants you hidden away, but finding a clever way to reach out to those in the layer beyond will grant you an exit. Shouting, throwing items on hand, anything you can think of to create a diversion and draw attention to yourself may help. The louder you are, the thicker the cracks in the sky grow. It'll take a combination of people working below and people working above to break this barrier. Don't be afraid to reach out. It may be your only way back home.
BONUS.
The firewall gave a good effort, but in the end the power behind the Retrospec users was too much to sustain it for long…or was it? On the 31st the rest of the firewall seems to crumble and turn into smoke and ash as though the force holding it up cut its losses and quit. Several wolf-shaped figures appear from the smoke and surround the city, spreading ash as far as the eye can see before running off in the direction of Magatus. A sharp crackling noise like glass shattering rings through your ears and the wall and the layer below disappear for good. Congratulations, users. It seems as though you've broken down the barriers standing in your way.
However…there's still the matter of all of this ash and dust to take care of. Grab a broom, a dustbuster or a friend. It's time to do some major clean-up on the city and get it back to normal.
For those who venture to Tisse though, looking up to the very top of the towers will show a set of windows that have been dark and dimmed for several months. As the night wears on, however, the lights begin to flicker on until the entire floor is lit. There isn't any way up to the top of the building just yet, but for every light that comes on it seems that the amount of ash lessens. Is there a correlation? Or is it just someone from above helping you out? Only time will tell.
The firewall gave a good effort, but in the end the power behind the Retrospec users was too much to sustain it for long…or was it? On the 31st the rest of the firewall seems to crumble and turn into smoke and ash as though the force holding it up cut its losses and quit. Several wolf-shaped figures appear from the smoke and surround the city, spreading ash as far as the eye can see before running off in the direction of Magatus. A sharp crackling noise like glass shattering rings through your ears and the wall and the layer below disappear for good. Congratulations, users. It seems as though you've broken down the barriers standing in your way.
However…there's still the matter of all of this ash and dust to take care of. Grab a broom, a dustbuster or a friend. It's time to do some major clean-up on the city and get it back to normal.
For those who venture to Tisse though, looking up to the very top of the towers will show a set of windows that have been dark and dimmed for several months. As the night wears on, however, the lights begin to flicker on until the entire floor is lit. There isn't any way up to the top of the building just yet, but for every light that comes on it seems that the amount of ash lessens. Is there a correlation? Or is it just someone from above helping you out? Only time will tell.
NOTES.
Welcome torecolle's January event part two!
All characters who are TDMing will be begin in-game AU'd as Recollé residents. You may use any of the above prompts for ideas or make up your own depicting your Recollé AU! Prompts do not have to be set in the districts listed above. You can review our list of locations for what's available. Please note that TDM threads can be used as samples, can be kept as game canon, and can also be used for bonus points for future item regains. Share a few minor details of your AU, tag around, and have fun!
If you are TDMing this round, please indicate this by including TDM in your subject line! This will help the playerbase know who is who.
As indicated in the link above for prompt 2, if you would like us to generate a key-tracking scenario for you please sign up at the comment on the first event log!
-For current players, you may claim multiple freebies from this log! These include:
-One freebie memory for threading with a character that is test-driving.
-One freebie memory for combatting the issues occurring in prompts 2+3
-One freebie memory for helping someone else combat the issues occurring in prompts 2+3
All of these threads must have at least five comments from you to be eligible. To submit for your freebie memories, please link us the appropriate thread with the trigger explanation of "freebie."
TDM characters who app in and are accepted before February are also eligible to claim this log's memory freebies! Like current players, please be sure to submit your freebie regain threads before the end of the AC period.
As a special note, we will also allow current players to use a thread from this event/TDM for their AC proofs! As this ties into a game-event, we are making an exception. However, your other proof(s) (at least ten comments) must come from sources outside of this log. Likewise, as this is an event log instead of just a standard TDM, you may use this log to trigger regains as normal.
Finally, be sure to check out January's AU workshop if you haven't yet! Any questions you have regarding this event may be directed to the mod comment here. Be sure to review the mods' question thread on the plotting post for additional information as well!
Welcome to
recolle's January event part two!All characters who are TDMing will be begin in-game AU'd as Recollé residents. You may use any of the above prompts for ideas or make up your own depicting your Recollé AU! Prompts do not have to be set in the districts listed above. You can review our list of locations for what's available. Please note that TDM threads can be used as samples, can be kept as game canon, and can also be used for bonus points for future item regains. Share a few minor details of your AU, tag around, and have fun!
If you are TDMing this round, please indicate this by including TDM in your subject line! This will help the playerbase know who is who.
As indicated in the link above for prompt 2, if you would like us to generate a key-tracking scenario for you please sign up at the comment on the first event log!
-For current players, you may claim multiple freebies from this log! These include:
-One freebie memory for threading with a character that is test-driving.
-One freebie memory for combatting the issues occurring in prompts 2+3
-One freebie memory for helping someone else combat the issues occurring in prompts 2+3
All of these threads must have at least five comments from you to be eligible. To submit for your freebie memories, please link us the appropriate thread with the trigger explanation of "freebie."
TDM characters who app in and are accepted before February are also eligible to claim this log's memory freebies! Like current players, please be sure to submit your freebie regain threads before the end of the AC period.
As a special note, we will also allow current players to use a thread from this event/TDM for their AC proofs! As this ties into a game-event, we are making an exception. However, your other proof(s) (at least ten comments) must come from sources outside of this log. Likewise, as this is an event log instead of just a standard TDM, you may use this log to trigger regains as normal.
Finally, be sure to check out January's AU workshop if you haven't yet! Any questions you have regarding this event may be directed to the mod comment here. Be sure to review the mods' question thread on the plotting post for additional information as well!
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[ She is absolutely here to poke fun at him by point it out with her fork. ]
Having friends must be nice.
[ After all, there's no way Raina would know when she struggles with seeing anyone that close to her. Even with what is meant to be subtle reassurance, it really doesn't help her much, if at all. ]
But I don't think you need to owe him anything if he was the one that offered to help you... Ah, that part's just a guess, so correct me if I'm wrong, there. Since friends sometimes want to help out without wanting anything in return. Although if you do want to return the favor, you probably shouldn't overthink it too much.
Since you're a kind person, after all.
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[Don't call him out like this! His useless bisexual heart is too fragile!]
...It's been nice, yeah. Kind of strange, but nice. Still... if even I've managed it after all this time, I'm sure you won't have any trouble. You can disagree all you want, but I'll keep up faith in you, at any rate.
[He listens to the rest of what she has to say, though, letting the previous line of thought more or less drop. He promised not to harp on her any further, after all, and he was already more than toeing the line there.]
Haha... you know, for a guess, that sounds a lot like something he'd say. Even so... I guess I can't help but overthink it and want to pay him back. That's just the kind of person I am.
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If you say so, Rean.
[ She looks at him a little quizzically when he mentions that though. ]
I don't know if I should take that as a compliment or not... but I'll probably be able to see more of his character once I meet him. [ She shrugs her shoulders, though. ] If you want to do all of that overthinking, Rean, I can't stop you.
[ Since it would be the height of hypocrisy if she did. ]
Just don't stress too much on it, though... I don't want to see you not sleeping because of this.
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In this case? I'd say it's a compliment. There... are definitely other aspects of his personality that might not be as much, but this sort of thing is good.
[He sighs a little, shrugging himself.]
Believe me. It's not like I want to live like this, but after a point I just kind of had to learn to live with it rather than fight against it. No matter what I do, I'm going to feel like I don't deserve the kindnesses I'm given – so, what's better, letting that anxiety paralyze me or at least working to move forward and pay it back?
[He wouldn't admit any of that to most people, but with her... he has a feeling she'll understand all too well. Which hurts, really; as far as he's concerned, despite all that she's said, she doesn't deserve to feel that way. If nothing else, she's not the burden he's always been...]
Don't worry about it, though. Believe me, I've had my fill of not sleeping for the past few weeks. If I try to overdo myself now, Crow's going to harp at me until the end of time, so I'm not going to make it a priority just yet.
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For her, it's because of how she sees the world.
How she sees people.
And it's because of that alone that she can say with full confidence, yet a soft wistfulness that's settled in her voice: ]
You're a lot stronger than I am.
[ A much better person than I am, she doesn't say, but immediately thinks afterwards, her hands idly spinning her own cup as a distraction. ]
Although if you tell me not to worry about it, I'm still going to be concerned, even if your friend would yell at you. And if you.did overdo yourself, he's not going to be the only one.
[ Not like she's one to talk, because she's fairly certain that she's not going to get any sleep tonight after all of this. ]
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...I don't know if that's really true, but. I guess that's a part of that conversation for a later time, huh?
[He'll let her have it, for now. As for "if you did overdo it," well. ...Let bygones be bygones?]
Aha... when you put it that way, I'm kind of doomed no matter what, aren't I...? It's a promise, though. I'm not going to do anything about this that would cause any of you to worry.
[A beat.]
...By your standards, and not mine.
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Are you sure you're going to keep that promise, Rean? I have really high standards.
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...Well. I'll do the best I can given the circumstances, anyway. [He motions to the door of the cafe to indicate the firewall beyond it.] I think worrying things are going to find me no matter what I do, but I won't run myself ragged, at least.
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[X] DOUBT
Although she does look at where he's gesturing with quite a bit of curiosity, seeing the firewall. ]
As long as you're doing your best, that's the important part... but I'm worried, considering. I hope it just doesn't get dangerous.
[ Raina is very much a non-combatant. ]
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[...There's not really much use in lying to her, is there? Even if he does, she's bound to find out what it can be like in the future.]
It's nothing we haven't been able to handle. I haven't wound up with anything more than scratches or bruises, [that didn't immediately get healed, so just that little white lie is fine, right,] and honestly with the odd jobs I pick up every now and again it's not too much different from the bumps and scrapes I get there.
[Shrug!]
And if it does... well. Would you believe that healing magic exists?
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[ She shakes her head, absolutely refusing to curse any further than she already has in front of him. ]
In all of this. I'm not the athletic one in the family! Just running around to deal with the whole clone thing already wore me out and I didn't even get injured. And even if healing magic does exist, that isn't an excuse to get yourself extremely hurt.
[ Like, Rean, please, did you think that she wouldn't pick up on the fact that you learned that healing magic is real because you got injured... She isn't that brainless. ]
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Yeah, I know. Unfortunately, Retrospec doesn't seem to care, so...
[...Ah. Called out, again. Still! Even if she is right that he has been injured enough to need it, that is actually not why he knows about it, so!]
In my defense, I knew about it just from practicing with my friend. He has a lot of different spells, but he specializes in healing.
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[ She leans back a bit, sighing. Why do things gotta be so complicated, now? ]
Well, that's good, but my point still stands. Although if people are getting back magic, I wonder if I'll get anything like that.
[ She won't because Inaba is too normal, but Raina can dream, can't she? ]
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[Sigh.]
I know, I know. [Believe him, he got his fair share of being yelled at for that exactly not too long ago.
It was kind of hot.] And who knows?Even if you don't, you'll wind up surrounded by a lot of it, I have a feeling.
[So she'll be the token normie in their Japanese animes, but hey. Still in an anime! That's a plus, right?]
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[ She'll have a lot of reading to do, that's for sure. ]
Speaking of which... you said other people had powers. But did you get any yet?
[ You can tell that there's a vague interest in her voice, is he like an RPG protagonist? ]
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...Ah. Well... yeah, I guess.
["I guess" Rean you are literally an RPG protagonist but. Okay.
He reaches for his ARCUS, still on the table from earlier, and flips it open to reveal nine circular slots, two of which (the center and the first off of a "branch" etched into its surface) are filled in. They're set with round blue stones which have gold etchings seemingly inside them.]
This thing, I guess it's an ARCUS unit. It's what grants Elliot, Crow and I our magic. I guess past me used to use this as a phone, too, but I'm not exactly looking to head back to 2005.
Let's see... ah, you remember my sword? [The one he brought to school after an embarrassing and stupid fight with his mother?] I'm suddenly a lot better at using it than I should be, given the last time I actually went to kendo class.
...Aaaand I can kind of. Sense people?
[He scratches at the back of his neck.]
It's weird, I don't really know how to explain it. I just... know people are there, even if I can't see them.
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[ "Might", more like definitely, although she doesn't really like the idea that she has to rely on others for this sort of thing. But she does look at the ARCUS unit and just peers at it a bit before making a rather offhanded comment: ]
. . . your past life is a video game character. This is like a fucking sphere grid. [ Raina, language... ] I mean. At least you have a magical phone? One that's pretty outdated, but still.
But yeah, I remember your sword. So basically you suddenly gained sword skills, too? You should show me sometime.
[ Impress your sister with sword skills!! ]
Okay, but how detailed is your sensing skills? Like do you just know that there's a person there or do you also know who...?
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[And to the offhand comment... Rean can't even balk at her swearing, he just laughs a little.]
You know, you're not wrong? I've been saying since I got roped into all of this that it feels like I'm in some kind of RPG or something. To be honest, though, I haven't tried to use the phone part of it. Just hasn't seemed as interesting as the, you know, magic part.
[He has priorities.]
Haha. I'd be glad to. [Especially now that he's stopped attacking random things every time he touches his sword!] I need to set up some time to train anyway, so once I've got that locked in, I'll let you know and you can watch. Sound good?
[And as for the last question:]
And all I know is there's something there. It doesn't strictly have to be a person, I don't think, just something vaguely sentient.
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[ She flashes him a warm, affectionate smile that shows just how honest she's being with those words. Although there's no hiding her laughter at his comment about RPGs. ]
Guess you'll have to go to your stats menu and make sure you've maxed out your dexterity and strength, Rean. Oh, but if you're a video game character, you'be got to have some sort of special sword attack, right? Like an Overlimit or a Limit Break...
[ She sounds so enthused by this, the huge nerd. ]
But yeah, let me know. It'll be fun.
[ To just hang out like they used to. ]
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Haha... well, actually, I think I do have at least one special attack? It's not a limit break or anything, but it is kind of cool. Sometimes, if I just slash at the air, it'll send this shockwave forward that cuts up whatever I'm fighting.
[Rean's pretty excited about the prospect of just hanging out with his sister like he used to, too.]
Yeah, it will. I'm looking forward to it.
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Did you come up with a name for the attack? Even a shockwave is pretty cool.
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As for that question, Raina gets a nervous chuckle.]
Well... for some reason, the name "Air Slash" is what's lodged in my head. It's pretty unoriginal, though.
[YOU DON'T SAY.]
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[ There's a bit of a worrying tone to her voice, clearly imagining the terrible things he could have named it. ]
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I don't want to know what you're imagining, do I.
[It's not even a question, just a sigh of resignation. Lay it on him, he's ready.]
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[ Like don't make her say it, she might literally die. ]
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thinking we can call this here?
looks at how long this thread is.... yeah
IT WAS GOOD THOUGH