sending to savetheearth, working on application.

[aheartstrength]

...Ehhh? Mun, why're you sending me there? You know, my life's pretty swell without being sent to a different world! I'm finally on top of my work in college and turning stuff in on time without any problems! Okay, so maybe that one time I messed up, but it shouldn't count, right?

Besides, I'm pretty sure Praesidio may need me more than this place. Even if it's also Earth. How can two Earths exist at the same time? That's weird.

Well, er - if you're insistent... I just hope that my home, friends and family will be safe without me being there!

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[peacefulwinter]

I'm p-pretty sure you'll be okay there... I've b-been there a while, and things have been... mostly fine.

I t-think it would be nice to have more people, though...!

[aheartstrength]

[ Aww... She reminds Hikaru of herself back when she was all sorts of nervous. ]

Well, if there's people like you there, I'm sure it won't be so bad, right?

[peacefulwinter]

Y-you... give me too much credit. Although... p-people have been very nice to me, and I've been... very thankful for that.

[aheartstrength]

Please don't think that. I really do think you're sweet.

Although, that does help me be at ease about this that much more. Maybe I'm just worrying over nothing like usual.

[peacefulwinter]

[Winter colors a bit, but smiles.]

It's p-possible... I think y-you'll be fine, though. Really, we've got all sorts, and... um... yeah. You probably are just w-worrying over nothing.

[aheartstrength]

I'm good at that sort of thing.

Oh, um - my name's Saki. Nice to meet'cha! wow, where were my manners?

[peacefulwinter]

W-Winter. S-sorry, I should have introduced myself...!

[aheartstrength]

Nah, it's my fault! I didn't think to introduce myself until just then.

[peacefulwinter]

W-well... if you say so... um. N-nice to meet you...!

What... sorts of h-hobbies do you have? I r-read books... a lot.

[aheartstrength]

The pleasure is all mine, Winter!

Um, for me? I cook. A lot. I want to become a chef when I grow up. What sort of books have you read?

[peacefulwinter]

I... c-can't cook well. I can do okay, but I need a recipe in front of me a-all the time, or something goes... wrong.

A-and I've read a lot of things! N-novels, biographies, informational things, newspapers... I t-try to read a lot. It's... easier than the alternative. I'm s-starting to think that not-me liked books too, but my mun is slow and I d-don't know what I was supposed to learn from the last book I read yet.

[aheartstrength]

I can always teach you how to cook! It's really easy when you get the hang of it, although maybe that's just my experience talking.

Oh, wow! The most I read are cookbooks and my textbooks from school - not much else, unfortunately. You must be really smart to have read all of those.

[the_tv_is_a_lie]

I'm sure they'll be fine.

But your biggest concern if you get in will be yourself.

[aheartstrength]

Totally... I've gotta keep myself alive, right?

[the_tv_is_a_lie]

And make a good circle of friends, too. [There's that 'can't always do things alone' mindset. It is a constant.]

[aheartstrength]

I don't think that will be too difficult. I mean, you gotta have 'em, right?

[ God, she knows. She knows. She's still reeling from the last beatdown she suffered. ]

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

My mun's pondering tossing me at that place too. Kinda annoying.

[aheartstrength]

Is it... particularly bad or something?

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

The game's some kind of hybrid of Alternate Universe and Memory Loss. Rather odd combination.

Also, the mun has no Estelle lined up to send me in with. Or Yuri. Maybe Judith.

[aheartstrength]

Memory loss-- wait, so I won't remember a damn thing about my life? What gives?

[ Oh, hey. Those sound like some friends of her's! ]

Mind telling me who these people are, miss?

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

It's more like you'll be a reincarnation of yourself, apparently. So you start as a normal human on a boring Earth, then start picking up your past self bit by bit over time.

Dunno what I think about that, really.

Estelle is pink-haired, princess of Zaphias' royal family. Judith's a blue-haired Kritya, and an expert spearfighter. Yuri... Is an idiot vigilante.

[aheartstrength]

Well, now. That's... something.

[ She listens to Rita explain her friends, nodding after each one and trying to get an image of them in her head. ]

What's a Kritya, miss?

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

They're humanoid, but of a typically thinner build. Pointy ears, and distinctive antennae-like hair patterns - they're actually tools for communicating with Entelexeia, another native race on Terca Lumereis... That's a longer story, though.

[aheartstrength]

Sorta like elves? My mun says she has a few of those "Krityas" around her, even if they go by the name "sin'dorei."

Go ahead and tell me the story, though. I like learning about new things!

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

Sin'dorei aren't quite the same. Kritya abandoned the use of Blastia some years ago after finding out that the devices had... Side effects.

Namely, they produced Aer more rapidly than the only beings capable of absorbing it - Entelexeia - could handle. A burst of it strong enough, and the Entelexeia went berserk, usually either fatally or... Worse. Much worse.

[aheartstrength]

I see...

Well, it...sounds interesting, I'll give you that. Are things alright with the Entelexeia now or--?

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

The Aer's gone, and with it their purpose. Unfortunately, they're a kind on the decline, transforming a few at a time into spirits to manipulate the newer resource of Mana.

Perhaps in that form, there will never again be a need to conflict with humanity.

[aheartstrength]

That's gotta be a good thing for you, huh?

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

Other than that, without Aer, almost all the magic I've learned ever isn't usable.

[italktofish]

You've got nothing to worry about! It's an OUTRAGEOUS place!

[Says one of the few horribly, horribly optimistic people there.]

[aheartstrength]

Are we talking about outrageous in a good way or a bad way...?

[ She's got nothing wrong with optimism seeing as she can be sunshine and rainbows herself most of the time. She's just...cautious, perhaps overly so. ]

[italktofish]

Oh, it's a good way! The BEST way! It's a lively sort of place, you know, full of mystery! And mystery leads to ADVENTURE!

[lackinginfaith]

Muns are stubborn.

[aheartstrength]

I'd say mine's more stubborn than me! And that's saying something since I'm pretty thickheaded myself.

[lackinginfaith]

Either way, you'll still have lived your full life at home before being reborn.

[aheartstrength]

Well... That's good. I wouldn't want to leave my home in shambles after all.

It sounds like it won't be that bad of a place after all.

[lackinginfaith]

I'm still being careful, but it's gone well. Mostly.

[aheartstrength]

Good point. I'll remain cautious, then.

[lackinginfaith]

It fits the situation.

[aheartstrength]

Indeed it does.

Oh, um - where are my manners? I'm... I guess I should say - Saki! Nice to meet'cha, miss.

[lackinginfaith]

I'm Kari Acosta. I moved here two weeks ago, or about that.

[aheartstrength]

The pleasure's all mine, Kari. I've been here mostly all my life or something like that.

[lackinginfaith]

You'll have an easy time integrating, then.