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[thevenusian.livejournal.com]

[Minako's face appeared in the mirror––still in the white dress, she hadn't found her things in the nearby glade yet, or attempted much exploration. Her face is drawn]

Can I use this thing to communicate, too? It really seems like there are tons of people here. Everyone's okay, right? I mean, well, aside from waking up in this weird place, I don't remember how I got here, for sure.

[At least, what she remembers is not anything she wants to share. She pauses.]

My friends might be here, too––Ami-chan, Mako-chan, can you hear me? Or see me, I guess, [A titter at the correction] this is kind of a cool way of communicating, right?

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[border-phantasm.livejournal.com]

Oh magic mirrors are hardly unusual.

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[thevenusian.livejournal.com]

[She purses her lips, and stops from saying well, except for Neptune's.]

Well––not where I'm from, really, Tokyo doesn't have a whole lot of them. And they're usually no good.

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[border-phantasm.livejournal.com]

Well it's been some time since I've been to Tokyo, but you'd be surprised what you find if you know were to look.

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[thevenusian.livejournal.com]

Iiiiiii guess I just don't look too carefully!

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[border-phantasm.livejournal.com]

What is your name?

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[thevenusian.livejournal.com]

I'm Minako! What about you?

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[border-phantasm.livejournal.com]

I am Yukari Yakumo. A pleasure, Miss Minako.

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[thevenusian.livejournal.com]

The same to you! So, you know a lot about magic mirrors?

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[border-phantasm.livejournal.com]

More like magic in general.

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[thevenusian.livejournal.com]

[She's choosing her words carefully.]

W-e-lllll, what do you know? It doesn't help figure out anything about this place, does it?

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[border-phantasm.livejournal.com]

Well I can say whoever brought us here has great power.

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[thevenusian.livejournal.com]

Ah. Uh. Any idea what kinda power? If they're good or evil? Who they [she stops herself from saying 'work for', stumbles on the words, and then] are?

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[border-phantasm.livejournal.com]

That I couldn't say. There are...too many possibilities.

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[thevenusian.livejournal.com]

Oh. Fiddlesticks.

[Minako bites her lip, wanting to input something else, but... ~secret identity~, curses.]

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[border-phantasm.livejournal.com]

...is there a problem?

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[thevenusian.livejournal.com]

I just wish I knew more is all.

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[border-phantasm.livejournal.com]

Don't we all?

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[thevenusian.livejournal.com]

... I'm so bad at rhetorical questions.

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[border-phantasm.livejournal.com]

[She just chuckles]

[traces]

I don't remember how I got here, either. This is so confusing...

But you're right, this is fascinating. I've never seen anything like it before.

[thevenusian.livejournal.com]

It's a plant! Who knew they could do this? It's gotta be some kind of magic, I think.

[traces]

The Queen of Hearts must be a very interesting person to be able to do this.

Do you know much about magic? I didn't even know it was real.

[thevenusian.livejournal.com]

I believed in magic, but nothing quite like this! This is nuts.

[traces]

Mm... I wonder if we'll ever get used to it.

[She's quiet otherwise, as though trying to judge just what is best to say.]

[thevenusian.livejournal.com]

[Minako shrugs.]

I guess we'll have to do our best, right? I mean, it could always be weirder.

[babeltowers.livejournal.com]

It seems that people are randomly being dropped here. Your friends may be here.

[thevenusian.livejournal.com]

[She sighs; some of the happiness trickles out of her demeanor, more at the reminder of her missing friends.]

It might not be random. They went missing, ['missing', yeah, she has to pretend that's the case] right before I came here. They could be hurt. Actually, there could be lots of people here who are hurt and need help, for all we know.

[babeltowers.livejournal.com]

I suppose that could be the case. However, dwelling on the negative is not a good thing.

[thevenusian.livejournal.com]

Positivity, right?

[Deep breath. Guts, and positive thinking, Minako!]

Alright! I guess... we've gotta stay positive!

[babeltowers.livejournal.com]

You've got good spirit.

[ instant approval from samuraimanwoman! ]

[thevenusian.livejournal.com]

[A smile, quite genuine.]

Thanks.

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[marsmakeup.livejournal.com]

It is pretty cool. Ami-chan would probably be trying to figure out how they worked. And Usagi-chan would be crying about it, at least at first. Heh...

I wish she was here, though. Then maybe I wouldn't be so worried, you know?

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[thevenusian.livejournal.com]

[Minako nods emphatically.]

If they were all here, I would feel ten times better. We could take this on, all together.

And really, Ami-chan would probably have already figured it out! Ten minutes, tops.