3rd Key ♫ Cross-Class Skills ♫ Video + Action

[golden_gaytime]

[ The vine brings a simple message to the ladygardens today. There is one bushy-browed blond young lady seated outside, where she is attending to the laundry drying on the lines behind her, ] Good afternoon, everyone!

I have a small request of you, if someone could please help me out. It might seem odd, but I have given this a lot of thought, and...

[ Mugi closes her eyes, taking a deep breath as if to prepare for something serious. And her expression is quite serious when she opens those blue eyes again and leans in closer to the mirror. ] Is there anyone who could teach me magic?


((OOC: Action is open to anyone at Larry Vincent's house, whether they live there or just see her outside hanging the laundry and scribbling in a notebook with... a quill.))

Comments

[starofpleiades]

Oh, I don't mean the ones here! At least, the one's I've seen here. Just, uh...

If a cute little animal offers you a contract, you shouldn't take it, no matter what!

[golden_gaytime]

A ... contract? [ Mugi looks momentarily perplexed. ] You're saying that they would have me sign something?

[starofpleiades]

Um... not exactly! It's more like a verbal contract where they offer you one wish in exchange for becoming a magical girl! Just don't do it.

[golden_gaytime]

One wish? Why would they do that? What if my wish was to become a magical girl? [ Then it wouldn't be an exchange, Mugi... ]

[starofpleiades]

It's because in exchange for the wish, you have to fight witches... probably for the rest of your life.

[MOST MAGICAL GIRLS DON'T LIVE LONG ENOUGH FOR THAT TO REALLY COME INTO QUESTION...]

Uh, I'm not sure you can wish for that? Or it might just be redundant.

[golden_gaytime]

Is that what magical girls really do, where you're from? [ She is taking a stab at this, since it seems like Kazumi is quite insistent to Mugi. ]

[starofpleiades]

Yeah... in my world, magical girls fight witches! They protect people from the curses and despair they create.

[golden_gaytime]

It really is just like manga...! [ Says the starry-eyed girl. Though it's a bit funny the way everyone talks about their own "worlds", here. ]

[starofpleiades]

Yeah, it is! Wait, no, I mean, it may sound like that, but it's a lot worse! You definitely can't become a magical girl like that!

[golden_gaytime]

It is...? Hmm. It does sound like it is a great responsibility. I'm not so sure I would be up for something like that.

[starofpleiades]

Yeah. It's something you can never get away from once you've made a contract... and, well... unlike manga, there's no happy ending.

[golden_gaytime]

[ A gasp. Mugi looks serious about this. ] But it's no good if there's no happy ending!

[starofpleiades]

Mm. I know. And, we're trying! We really are... trying to deny the Puella Magi system and save all those girls...

[golden_gaytime]

"Puella Magi"? [ Mugi shakes her head. ] Is that what you are called?

[starofpleiades]

Mm. Well, it means the same as "magical girl"... it's... not at all like in those stories though.

[golden_gaytime]

I see.

Do you still have to do things like that while you're here?

[starofpleiades]

No! Fortunately, it doesn't seem like there's any witches here, at least not the kind I need to fight!

[golden_gaytime]

Oh, good! That is for the best, Kazumi-san. I'm relieved to hear it.

[starofpleiades]

Mm, it was a big relief for me too. [Soul Gems not accumulating taint was a relief as well] I'm just worried about my friends at home having to deal with it, though it sounds like when I go back, it'll be from the time I left? I hope so.

[golden_gaytime]

[ Mugi pauses, briefly. So many here keep talking about others she has yet to meet, and about "home", but how complete are their made-up personalities? There are so many details in this dream, and it has gone on for so long, that she is beginning to have doubts of ever waking up.

She nods. ] I hope that you will not worry too much.

[starofpleiades]

I try not to. I just hope they might show up here as well! It might be better for them.

[golden_gaytime]

I think my friends would find this place interesting, as well. If only they could meet!

[starofpleiades]

Right? That'd be a lot of fun. And then they wouldn't have to worry about all the bad things at home.

[golden_gaytime]

Or the stress of starting college!

[starofpleiades]

Oh, your friends are going into college? That's actually pretty cool!

[Now that Kazumi thought about it... would she live long enough to do that?]