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Intro; 2 logs + 1 network video
WHO: Tachibana Hinata and... you?
WHERE: Her labyrinth, the city, or the Network
WHEN: 2/18
WHAT: Arrival! Several prompts below~!
WARNINGS: Tachibana has a potentially info-moddy ability, so hit up Tachibana's permissions post
[ A. ACTION: The labyrinth ]
[ This has to be a dream, Tachibana has decided on. An endless maze of cubicles? The trashy motivational posters? Corporate memos? Computers that look like they came from the 90s -- no, the 80s?
This is the classic office worker's nightmare.
And she wasn't even back in her old body! She was wandering this nightmare of cubicles as a girl too short to even see over the tops of them, dressed like some JRPG character! Which she kind of was? But still. ]
Ugggh.... helloooooo? I give up! It's way past closing time and I didn't sign up for any OT!
[ She pulls a chair out from the nearest cubicle and slumps down for a minute. She needs a rest. She's not cut out for this.
A motivational poster of a cat in a tree stares back at her. Why is a cat in a tree motivational? That cat probably wants out of the tree.
....How long is she going to be stuck here? ] Seriously, how long is this dream going to last...?
[ This is a dream, isn't it? If it's not.... well, she's seen weirder. But if it's not, Jinguuji would be here. With her. He wouldn't have left her side, not again, not after...
Right? ]
[ B. ACTION: Brick Alley ]
[ Tachibana staaaares out at the world around her. This... isn't the world that she just came from.
It looks like Earth, but this ain't Japan, that's for sure. All the signs are in English, for one. Is she in America? ...No, not enough cursing or American flags. Somewhere in Europe?
Or somewhere altogether different? Maybe she shouldn't be making assumptions.
She's not quite sure what to make of it all, really. If this is Earth, why didn't she get her old body back? Did that crappy goddess do this? Is this all her fault??Okay, that was a dumb question. Who else would it be? Maybe somebody else defeated the Demon King, so she was sent back home?
...Is she still...?
She tries to pull up her Status screen, and is just a little surprised when she succeeds. It looks like an old black-and-white 8-bit RPG menu: ]
TACHIBANA HINATA
HERO
SEX: FEMALE
LEVEL: 1
INTELLIGENCE: 30
STRENGTH: 1
DEXTERITY: 1
LUCK: 80
SKILLS
PASSIVE
NONE
[ So she still has that? And what's with her stats? She's level one again!? Wait, no, more importantly! ]
MY SKILLS ARE GONE! [ She doesn't CARE if she's attracting attention now! It's safe! It's finally safe! She cries a couple tears as she stares at her status screen... ]
[ C. NETWORK: Video. un:tachibana ]
[ The smiling face of a young(?) girl appears on the screen, a rather friendly expression despite the shark-like pointed teeth. ]
Heeey! Nice little social network thing going on. But I'm a new face in [ checks sign ] "Kaisou" [ she tries to say that like somebody who speaks English better than she usually does? and fails ] and was wondering if anybody knew someplace I could stay? I don't have any money, but I have some silver coins that are probably worth something! Or I could do chores? I'm flexible.
Actually, if you know some place that might buy these off of me, that'd also be great? Then I could find a hotel. [ She gets a bit of a far-off look in her eyes. ] Haven't stayed in a hotel since my last business trip, that might be fun. Even if Jinguuji handled everything back then.
[ GAH, snap out of it, Tachibana! You're on video right now! And it's only been a few hours since Jinguuji abandoned you! You can handle this all by yourself! At least last longer than a day before you wish for him! ]
So! Please let me know if you have anything useful for me! Thank you!
[ A little formal with that last bit, like closing out a job interview. But it's good enough! She cuts the feed off there. ]
WHERE: Her labyrinth, the city, or the Network
WHEN: 2/18
WHAT: Arrival! Several prompts below~!
WARNINGS: Tachibana has a potentially info-moddy ability, so hit up Tachibana's permissions post
[ A. ACTION: The labyrinth ]
[ This has to be a dream, Tachibana has decided on. An endless maze of cubicles? The trashy motivational posters? Corporate memos? Computers that look like they came from the 90s -- no, the 80s?
This is the classic office worker's nightmare.
And she wasn't even back in her old body! She was wandering this nightmare of cubicles as a girl too short to even see over the tops of them, dressed like some JRPG character! Which she kind of was? But still. ]
Ugggh.... helloooooo? I give up! It's way past closing time and I didn't sign up for any OT!
[ She pulls a chair out from the nearest cubicle and slumps down for a minute. She needs a rest. She's not cut out for this.
A motivational poster of a cat in a tree stares back at her. Why is a cat in a tree motivational? That cat probably wants out of the tree.
....How long is she going to be stuck here? ] Seriously, how long is this dream going to last...?
[ This is a dream, isn't it? If it's not.... well, she's seen weirder. But if it's not, Jinguuji would be here. With her. He wouldn't have left her side, not again, not after...
Right? ]
[ B. ACTION: Brick Alley ]
[ Tachibana staaaares out at the world around her. This... isn't the world that she just came from.
It looks like Earth, but this ain't Japan, that's for sure. All the signs are in English, for one. Is she in America? ...No, not enough cursing or American flags. Somewhere in Europe?
Or somewhere altogether different? Maybe she shouldn't be making assumptions.
She's not quite sure what to make of it all, really. If this is Earth, why didn't she get her old body back? Did that crappy goddess do this? Is this all her fault??
...Is she still...?
She tries to pull up her Status screen, and is just a little surprised when she succeeds. It looks like an old black-and-white 8-bit RPG menu: ]
TACHIBANA HINATA
HERO
SEX: FEMALE
LEVEL: 1
INTELLIGENCE: 30
STRENGTH: 1
DEXTERITY: 1
LUCK: 80
SKILLS
PASSIVE
NONE
[ So she still has that? And what's with her stats? She's level one again!? Wait, no, more importantly! ]
MY SKILLS ARE GONE! [ She doesn't CARE if she's attracting attention now! It's safe! It's finally safe! She cries a couple tears as she stares at her status screen... ]
[ C. NETWORK: Video. un:tachibana ]
[ The smiling face of a young(?) girl appears on the screen, a rather friendly expression despite the shark-like pointed teeth. ]
Heeey! Nice little social network thing going on. But I'm a new face in [ checks sign ] "Kaisou" [ she tries to say that like somebody who speaks English better than she usually does? and fails ] and was wondering if anybody knew someplace I could stay? I don't have any money, but I have some silver coins that are probably worth something! Or I could do chores? I'm flexible.
Actually, if you know some place that might buy these off of me, that'd also be great? Then I could find a hotel. [ She gets a bit of a far-off look in her eyes. ] Haven't stayed in a hotel since my last business trip, that might be fun. Even if Jinguuji handled everything back then.
[ GAH, snap out of it, Tachibana! You're on video right now! And it's only been a few hours since Jinguuji abandoned you! You can handle this all by yourself! At least last longer than a day before you wish for him! ]
So! Please let me know if you have anything useful for me! Thank you!
[ A little formal with that last bit, like closing out a job interview. But it's good enough! She cuts the feed off there. ]
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I'm just gonna go already like I said I should and get back to being hopelessly lost, okay?
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A big city like this is no place for a girl your age to be wandering around lost. [ Tachibana does not look any older. ]
Where are you heading? Where's your family?
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Yes, I know, I don't know, and I don't know. [All four things answered in the same order, and Nina makes no comment regarding the apparent lack of age difference between Tachibana and herself.] I was with my sister and our friends when I went to sleep yesterday, and when I woke up, I was here.
I'm really tempted to think this is just the most-boring nightmare ever.
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And then I was in a maze of cubicles! It was terrible! And when I got out I was here!
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Before I got out here, I was in some kind of maze of just trees and snow. I'm lucky it didn't get any colder than it already was, it was already painful enough to try to deal with.
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[Since she's said that much, she may as well just spell it out.]
I can't handle the cold very well. I mean like, being stuck in that maze actually hurt. Wearing all of this stuff probably spared me from the worst of it, but it was still not a great time.
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I get it. My sister's the same way. Needs a jacket and two shirts the second fall hits. [ Actually, will she be the same way? She hasn't really dealt with cold in her new body, and she's even smaller than her sister was!
In any case, it's not clear Tachibana does Not Actually Understand at all. ]
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[Tachibana at least getting that Nina and cold Don't Mix™ is...it's probably enough, for now. The details can be explained properly later—or at least an attempt at such can be made—if there's ever any actual need to do so.
Though, by now, Nina's wondering why she hasn't started feeling worse.]