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TEST DRIVE MEME #3
TEST DRIVE MEME
A confluence is defined as the convergence of one or more forces. A Confluence, capitalized, is the converging of one or more supernatural forces.
Confluences have been mild ever since the Godfall Event occurred in the 1980s. The older generations tell their children of the confluences they remember as children, the earth-shaking events that transformed the landscape of the world (and the people) every time they occurred. Now they're largely inconveniences. An explosion of experimental ALIEN NANOBOTS here, a magical LIGHTNING STORM there, nothing particularly disruptive to day to day life.
Confluences have been mild ever since the Godfall Event occurred in the 1980s. The older generations tell their children of the confluences they remember as children, the earth-shaking events that transformed the landscape of the world (and the people) every time they occurred. Now they're largely inconveniences. An explosion of experimental ALIEN NANOBOTS here, a magical LIGHTNING STORM there, nothing particularly disruptive to day to day life.
ONLY SHOOTING STARS. CENTRAL CITY.
Awareness hits you in a rush. As does the sound of a town’s EMERGENCY ALARMS WAILING. Just as you begin to register the sound, you realize how quickly the towering skyscrapers are coming up to meet you. You may throw your hands up to shield yourself from witnessing your own grisly demise. Not to worry - THREADS OF MYSTICAL ENERGY rush up to meet you, grabbing for limbs and catching you before you make landfall. A NET MADE OF STARS has come up to cradle you, giving you a much gentler entry into this world than most others have received thus far. A smattering of exhausted looking people holding staves and wands peer up at you and attempt to smile, though they appear to be much more focused on keeping you held aloft.
Correction. They’re keeping MOST of you aloft. The mystical net made of stars doesn’t seem quite large enough to cover the entire sky. THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE FALLING. Perhaps you’re not spared the fall, plummeting through the gap in the net and straight into someone’s living room. Or car. Or straight into the sewer systems.
Correction. They’re keeping MOST of you aloft. The mystical net made of stars doesn’t seem quite large enough to cover the entire sky. THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE FALLING. Perhaps you’re not spared the fall, plummeting through the gap in the net and straight into someone’s living room. Or car. Or straight into the sewer systems.
DIADEM HOTEL
You're not going home anytime soon. Hopefully, the LUXURY HOTEL they've put you up in will ease that sting.
The DIADEM HOTEL is usually reserved for the obscenely wealthy. Its rooms are enormous, the beds quite literally enchanted to offer the perfect night's sleep, and the food would usually cost your life savings just to sample. But given the circumstances, the Guilds feel its the least they can do to aid your transition into this world. EVERYTHING is complimentary, and everyone gets an ALLIANCE CREDIT CARD to spend on entertainment, clothing, and whatever other necessities they might need. The cards have an obscenely high limit and there doesn't seem to be an expectation for you to pay it back... though if they catch you abusing it, their accountant will be coming for your head.
There's a shopping center immediately across the street. It has an impressive array of outlets that cater to your every need. Food, clothing... and swords? If you can think of it, it's for sale. Although anything clearly supernatural or metahuman seems to be at a minimum and offered under the table. You can grab clothing made to withstand any superpower and a surprisingly mediocre Taco Bell order while you're at it. There's a Super Cinema in the shopping complex across the street that's showing the highly anticipated DROP DEAD GORGEOUS movie, a thriller wherein a fictional beauty queen accidentally swallows a fragment of the Necronomicon and becomes the world’s most powerful necromancer. Oh, and her boyfriend transforms into her chainsaw.
CENTRAL CITY isn't exactly the nicest place in the world. Wander too far from the shopping district and you'll find yourselves thick into territory controlled by the local non-meta crime syndicate... but maybe that's where you want to be. Maybe you're here to see just what this world is dealing with. If you're going to be stuck here you might as well make yourself useful, right?
Or perhaps you're NOT the heroic type. Maybe this is simply scoping out the competition.
Regardless, it won't take long for TROUBLE to find you. Test out your new powers, do a little thieving, stop a few muggings - this is your time to use as you see fit.
The DIADEM HOTEL is usually reserved for the obscenely wealthy. Its rooms are enormous, the beds quite literally enchanted to offer the perfect night's sleep, and the food would usually cost your life savings just to sample. But given the circumstances, the Guilds feel its the least they can do to aid your transition into this world. EVERYTHING is complimentary, and everyone gets an ALLIANCE CREDIT CARD to spend on entertainment, clothing, and whatever other necessities they might need. The cards have an obscenely high limit and there doesn't seem to be an expectation for you to pay it back... though if they catch you abusing it, their accountant will be coming for your head.
There's a shopping center immediately across the street. It has an impressive array of outlets that cater to your every need. Food, clothing... and swords? If you can think of it, it's for sale. Although anything clearly supernatural or metahuman seems to be at a minimum and offered under the table. You can grab clothing made to withstand any superpower and a surprisingly mediocre Taco Bell order while you're at it. There's a Super Cinema in the shopping complex across the street that's showing the highly anticipated DROP DEAD GORGEOUS movie, a thriller wherein a fictional beauty queen accidentally swallows a fragment of the Necronomicon and becomes the world’s most powerful necromancer. Oh, and her boyfriend transforms into her chainsaw.
CENTRAL CITY isn't exactly the nicest place in the world. Wander too far from the shopping district and you'll find yourselves thick into territory controlled by the local non-meta crime syndicate... but maybe that's where you want to be. Maybe you're here to see just what this world is dealing with. If you're going to be stuck here you might as well make yourself useful, right?
Or perhaps you're NOT the heroic type. Maybe this is simply scoping out the competition.
Regardless, it won't take long for TROUBLE to find you. Test out your new powers, do a little thieving, stop a few muggings - this is your time to use as you see fit.
MAY FLIES AND FLOWERS. EXCELSIOR.
EXCELSIOR has just opened its very own BOTANICAL GARDEN! The facility is roughly the size of a city block, a modern monolith of steel and glass, specially equipped to prevent birds from flying into the many windows. There’s plants from all over the world growing inside, different rooms hosting rare and exotic specimens from different climates. Each mini-biome has animals native to the regions they mimic, of course - not a great many of them, but you’re likely to see some insects and birds flitting here and there.
To better protect the guests, all animals inside are man-made creations - be they mechanical or genetically engineered for a single purpose. The most notable of these projects is a MECHANICAL BUTTERFLY enjoying its first test flight. Researchers hope that these butterflies can be introduced into nature to aid the waning bee populations. These butterflies, beautiful creations spun from delicate metal wire, can be found in nearly any of the ecosystems present in the Botanical Garden. Aside from being hardy and efficient, they’re also equipped with a CHEMICAL ENHANCEMENT that makes the pollen they collect twelve times more potent. Everything’s getting pollinated in here! Best hope you don't have allergies.
This SPECIAL POLLEN also has the side-effect of making anyone in the vicinity feel quite lonely or loved. Theorized as a way to make dates more intimate, no more consideration was put into the ethical ramifications of subtly altering people’s mood for commercial benefit. It’s Excelsior, after all, hopefully someone warned you they view ethics as optional.
Should you have come to this beautiful slice of nature alone you may find yourself OVERWHELMED WITH LONELINESS as the flock fly overhead. Yet this loneliness comes with an edge of courage. Perhaps you’re emboldened to approach another lonely heart and ask if they would care to accompany you.
If you’ve come with someone you all may find yourselves feeling much more WARM AND AFFECTIONATE towards them. Such a pretty place, such great company - let’s spend some real quality time!
To better protect the guests, all animals inside are man-made creations - be they mechanical or genetically engineered for a single purpose. The most notable of these projects is a MECHANICAL BUTTERFLY enjoying its first test flight. Researchers hope that these butterflies can be introduced into nature to aid the waning bee populations. These butterflies, beautiful creations spun from delicate metal wire, can be found in nearly any of the ecosystems present in the Botanical Garden. Aside from being hardy and efficient, they’re also equipped with a CHEMICAL ENHANCEMENT that makes the pollen they collect twelve times more potent. Everything’s getting pollinated in here! Best hope you don't have allergies.
This SPECIAL POLLEN also has the side-effect of making anyone in the vicinity feel quite lonely or loved. Theorized as a way to make dates more intimate, no more consideration was put into the ethical ramifications of subtly altering people’s mood for commercial benefit. It’s Excelsior, after all, hopefully someone warned you they view ethics as optional.
Should you have come to this beautiful slice of nature alone you may find yourself OVERWHELMED WITH LONELINESS as the flock fly overhead. Yet this loneliness comes with an edge of courage. Perhaps you’re emboldened to approach another lonely heart and ask if they would care to accompany you.
If you’ve come with someone you all may find yourselves feeling much more WARM AND AFFECTIONATE towards them. Such a pretty place, such great company - let’s spend some real quality time!
WORKING ALL ANGLES. SUNSET FALLS.
Be you hero, villain, or unaligned - socialite KATHERINE WEST has a request for you. Miss West appears to be quite distressed. The weirdness of Sunset Falls has put her dear father in a bit of a pickle and she’s looking for strapping heroes (and villains, and unaligned, really anyone with two feet and a heartbeat) to help out. She states that she’s no metahuman and so she can’t offer you a team-up, but she can offer you a shoutout on her Instagram page.
The TASKS she’s issuing seem simple on the surface. Safe enough that you may be swayed by her sweet smile and the 15 million followers who might take a shine to you.
The TASKS she’s issuing seem simple on the surface. Safe enough that you may be swayed by her sweet smile and the 15 million followers who might take a shine to you.
HUNT SOME WOLVES.
A shame she didn’t mention that these wolves are WEREWOLVES.
A pack of werewolves has been wreaking havoc in the PARK. They come out at night to grow their pack. Nearly a dozen locals have been conscripted by this infectious bite.
Luckily, there is a POTENTIAL SOLUTION! This particular brand of lycanthropy can be cured if you grievously wound them with a SILVER WEAPON. A quick google also tells you that curing the ALPHA – or killing him – will end the curse for the whole pack. She’s twice the size of a direwolf with jaws like a steel trap.
Granted, killing them is the faster solution. There is a slight hitch in that plan. These wolves REVERT BACK TO HUMAN FORM upon death. It might look weird to find a bunch of bodies in the park so you’d best be prepared to clean up after yourself.
There’s always the risk you’ll get bit and JOIN THEM. Should this happen, the transformation will come on suddenly and painfully, your body distorting under the light of the moon. The ANIMAL INSTINCTS will come on just as powerfully - you’re part of a pack now, and you’re out on a hunt. Hopefully some kind soul can hit you with silver or take out your alpha, because you won't turn back on your own.
A pack of werewolves has been wreaking havoc in the PARK. They come out at night to grow their pack. Nearly a dozen locals have been conscripted by this infectious bite.
Luckily, there is a POTENTIAL SOLUTION! This particular brand of lycanthropy can be cured if you grievously wound them with a SILVER WEAPON. A quick google also tells you that curing the ALPHA – or killing him – will end the curse for the whole pack. She’s twice the size of a direwolf with jaws like a steel trap.
Granted, killing them is the faster solution. There is a slight hitch in that plan. These wolves REVERT BACK TO HUMAN FORM upon death. It might look weird to find a bunch of bodies in the park so you’d best be prepared to clean up after yourself.
There’s always the risk you’ll get bit and JOIN THEM. Should this happen, the transformation will come on suddenly and painfully, your body distorting under the light of the moon. The ANIMAL INSTINCTS will come on just as powerfully - you’re part of a pack now, and you’re out on a hunt. Hopefully some kind soul can hit you with silver or take out your alpha, because you won't turn back on your own.
HERE KITTY KITTY.
Miss West has tasked you with finding all of the town’s TREED CATS. This one is an easy enough task, right? For the last four months there's been an absurd amount of cats getting stuck in trees.
Well, it seems two months of storing AMBIENT CHAOS MAGIC has made these cats more unpredictable than usual. Chaos magic isn't something you want to mess with, especially not when it's held in purrsnickety paws. It's easy to snatch them from the branches if they don't know you're coming, but if you approach under their watchful eye you'll begin to find the rules of reality start to bend. The ocean becomes a sky full of fish, and the grass beneath you a warm carpet warmed by a sunbeam. Your thoughts and feelings suddenly seem to be able to influence this space - so careful! You wouldn't want your worst fears to suddenly manifest.
Now would be a really bad time to remember that dream where all your teeth fall out.
Well, it seems two months of storing AMBIENT CHAOS MAGIC has made these cats more unpredictable than usual. Chaos magic isn't something you want to mess with, especially not when it's held in purrsnickety paws. It's easy to snatch them from the branches if they don't know you're coming, but if you approach under their watchful eye you'll begin to find the rules of reality start to bend. The ocean becomes a sky full of fish, and the grass beneath you a warm carpet warmed by a sunbeam. Your thoughts and feelings suddenly seem to be able to influence this space - so careful! You wouldn't want your worst fears to suddenly manifest.
Now would be a really bad time to remember that dream where all your teeth fall out.
DANCING SHADOWS.
This one is fairly simple. All Miss West wants is a PICTURE OF YOUR SHADOW. She gives you her best camera and asks you take the very best shot you can.
The ambient mystical energies of Sunset Falls are known to be chaotic. The LINGERING MAGIC of the spell that snatched you from the sky is ignited. Your shadow begins to glimmer faintly like the night sky itself. If you catch a glimpse of it out of the corner of your eye, you could swear you spy your shadow smiling back. Its eyes appear to be bright, burning stars.
These stars grant it a RUDIMENTARY SENTIENCE. And with it, liberation! No longer is it bound to your feet. Your shadow-self wants to live it's very best life and that means doing whatever impulsive thing strikes its brand new consciousness. CAUSING MAYHEM, infecting other shadows with its newly gained brilliance. Before long, the town is OVERRUN with dancing shadows. While their antics don't affect the physical space, if you glance down at the ground in pure chaos.
The magically inclined among you may want to work together to bind your shadows back to your feet. It's not good for a person to be split between planes like this. It's not good for the world, either, as the ground seems to give an ominous rumble every now and again. Catch your shadow and pin it under your foot!
The ambient mystical energies of Sunset Falls are known to be chaotic. The LINGERING MAGIC of the spell that snatched you from the sky is ignited. Your shadow begins to glimmer faintly like the night sky itself. If you catch a glimpse of it out of the corner of your eye, you could swear you spy your shadow smiling back. Its eyes appear to be bright, burning stars.
These stars grant it a RUDIMENTARY SENTIENCE. And with it, liberation! No longer is it bound to your feet. Your shadow-self wants to live it's very best life and that means doing whatever impulsive thing strikes its brand new consciousness. CAUSING MAYHEM, infecting other shadows with its newly gained brilliance. Before long, the town is OVERRUN with dancing shadows. While their antics don't affect the physical space, if you glance down at the ground in pure chaos.
The magically inclined among you may want to work together to bind your shadows back to your feet. It's not good for a person to be split between planes like this. It's not good for the world, either, as the ground seems to give an ominous rumble every now and again. Catch your shadow and pin it under your foot!
WILDCARD.
Metaheroes takes inspiration from all walks of comics. Take a look at the CITIES to get an idea as to what day to day life is like in the other cities. Perhaps you've encountered a supervillain (or hero) who needs to be thwarted, or a metahuman with unusual powers creating bizarre effects. You can also take a look at the MISSION BOARD to get your start as a professional hero, villain, or vigilante.
Hibiki Tachibana | Senki Zesshou Symphogear
[1] Shooting Stars
Eh? EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!??[ Falling! Falling... Hibiki is used to falling, having often times just leaped directly out of a helicopter before transforming into her Symphogear... and one time from a building, which she was unscathed from thanks to her Symphogear, but still.
That doesn't mean she likes waking up to this. She's promptly screaming at the top of her lungs, her limbs flailing wildly as she falls, and then...! ]
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!
[ ...she fell through the net.
Oops. Is she dead?
Wait, no! She realizes finally that her Symphogear pendant is around her neck. She immediately grabs it and shouts the holy words in a manner that's... more desperate than usual. ]
BALWISYALL NESCELL GUNGNIR TRONNNNNNNNN—
[ A burst of light, and mechanical armor rapidly materializes and forms, music beginning to play as gravity has her shooting toward the ground. She tries to use her boosters to slow her descent, but it's too late.
Speaking of, if you happen to be on the ground right now... ]
uWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH—
[ There is a massive crash just nearby, a cloud of smoke and debris forming in the middle of the street, where there is now a sizable crater. People are starting to crowd around as the dust clears... after all, there's a good chance a new arrival just died during their arrival.
Fortunately, instead of becoming one with the pavement, Hibiki is... perfectly fine? I mean, she landed on her back so it wasn't exactly a great experience altogether, plus she's covered in dust and debris, but... ]
Ow... ow ow ow...!
[ It's more like she just fell out of a tree, if anything. Which also isn't new to Hibiki, but hey at least she's evidently fine with falling from skyscraper-esque heights. ]
[2] Diadem
A. [ So... she's in a different world. That... that isn't great. What about everyone back home! She just disappeared without a trace! Without saying anything! Not even a note! They probably can't scan other worlds for her Gear's aufwachen waveform in another world, either.Oh... how worried are they right now? If time is flowing the same, then Miku must have woken up by now... with Hibiki mysteriously gone and nowhere to be found. She might have asked SONG or the others if they've seen her by now. Have they realized she's not in their world anymore? Making Miku worried for her has been unfortunately common ever since she became a Symphogear Wielder, but... now... ]
Nn...
[ Normally she'd be ecstatic about staying in such a fancy and luxurious hotel... but her heart is plagued with worry and anxiety for her friends back home. Heck, she even has basically an UNLIMITED CREDIT CARD!! She should be jumping for joy! Ordering everything that room service has to offer, learning more about this strange new superpower-filled world. It's like she's ended up in one of Genjuro's action movies! ]
Hah... I wanna go home...
[ If you have ended up rooming with this girl, you may find her slumped over a couch or something, seemingly going through some very chronic homesickness. ]
B. [ Still, she can't just slump around being negative! Who knows, maybe someone from home will end up here too! She needs to do her best in this world for them in that case, right? Sure, she's got no idea how she's gonna keep her identity a secret with her maskless Gear and very unsubtle way of fighting with weaponry powered by singing, but...
She's decided not to worry about that right now! Instead, she's gonna go shopping! Woohoo!
Except, instead of shopping for essentials, like clothes for when she needs to change or anything else... she's decided to instead, raid the nearest food court, taking full advantage of her essentially-limitless credit card to buy as much as she can feasibly eat.
Which turns out to be more than you'd expect. Is she really planning to put down all of that? She doesn't look afraid. ]
[3] May Flies and Flowers
[ Go to the pretty garden with robot animals! Take your mind off the fact that the girl you love the most in the entire freaking world might be freaking out about where you are... or maybe she isn't! Maybe this is still all just one big dream! She can't tell! It's all too confusing and nobody has a good answer for her! ]K-Kh...
[ She sniffles. What the heck is she doing, crying? Why is she crying? What came over her? She was
kind offine just earlier! Then some butterflies flew over her and now she felt like everything was crumbling around her.She tries to push it down. Wipe away the tears. Smile and try to convince herself that even if things are tough right now, everything will still work out. She's supposed to be GOOD at this, dang it...! ]
Miku... everyone...
[ She's sitting on a bench, her knees curled up to her chest as she buries her face between them. It feels so cold, suddenly. She needs to go back... find her Sunshine, the place where she's warmest, the place she'll always return to...
The loneliness is crushing, and it's awful. ]
Wildcard
[ In which a friend made me watch Symphogear... and I got hooked, so now I have a desperate urge to play some new muses from it! So, seeing as how this game has popped up on my timeline a few times, here I am!Man, imagine if I had castmates... the dream, honestly.In any case! If you wanna hit me up for anything specific because these prompts don't vibe too well with you, my plurk is[1]
After assuring that the bystanders are unharmed, Angela makes her way over to the edge of the crater, peering down at the girl lying on her back. ]
Are you alright, down there?
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N-Nngh... yeah! I'm fine...!
As the dust starts to clear and give her some more visibility, she does notice that this place is... unfamiliar. She definitely doesn't live near this many skyscrapers. ]
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Welcome to Central City. I imagine you must be somewhat disoriented.
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[ Alright, so there's a stranger here now, but she seems nice... and she's even offering to help her up. Hibiki takes her hand gratefully, getting up and wincing a bit as she rubs her back. She would've liked to at least land on her feet, honestly. ]
Where... where's that?
[ She's never heard of a place called Central City... though it is a pretty simple name, so maybe she's just never heard of it? ]
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[ It's best to cover all bases, she finds. ]
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[ Her first thoughts are on how the heck she got from sleeping in bed in her room with Miku in Japan... all the way to America!? Unfortunately for her, it only gets more confusing in her head when Angela mentions it not being the same Earth that she knows. ]
Not... not the same Earth? What does that mean?
[ Crap, her head might be starting to spin... ]
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The crater is beginning to draw onlookers, which Angela realizes may not be helpful to getting the girl to feel more calm. ]
Come. I will buy you some food and drink, and explain further.
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Still, the mention of getting something to eat does get her to perk up. ]
Ah, really!? Thanks...! Um... Miss...
[ Ah, crap, she doesn't have a name yet. ]
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[ She turns and gestures for the girl to follow her up and out of the crater. ]
What is your name?
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Fortunately, conversation works as a good distraction from that. ]
Ah, nice to meet you, Angela! I'm Hibiki... Hibiki Tachibana.
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[ There's a restauranteur in this neighborhood who owes Angela a favor. She could consider the debt repaid in exchange for a free meal for herself and her new young friend. ]
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[ Japanese food tends to make up the majority of Hibiki's palate... plus whatever Miku would make for her back home, and even moreso considering rice being her favorite. Still, she's not about to turn down a meal for any reason, especially when it's something she doesn't get to have often. ]
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Hey! Everything okay? [ she knows Arrivals don't get hurt, but she still has to ask, of course ]
Arrivals are always really chaotic!
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[ She winces as she pulls herself off the ground, sitting up and rubbing her back. Yikes, that has to be her worst high-speed landings yet. She looks up in the direction of the voice checking on her, craning her neck a bit since this crater is pretty deep.
Eh? EHH!?
[ Hibiki has seen a lot of things in her life, but Mina was new. ]
Y-You're all pink! How!?
[ "It's a costume" fails to come to Hibiki's mind... which is good, since fortunately for Hibiki, that's not actually the case. ]
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[ she is about to reach for her bag, but then Hibiki asks about her pinkness. Honestly, Mina has been asked about it so many times now... ]
I was born like this. [ it's not a costume, no ]
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[ Can you really blame her, though? She just fell out of the sky, and now there’s a girl with naturally-pink skin in front of her. She’s never heard of a condition like that…
Still, she takes the hand gratefully in order to pull herself back to her feet. Yikes, her back might be aching for a while… still, she takes the towel too. ]
Uh, sorry… was that a little insensitive?
[ Gah, she suddenly feels bad… ]
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I don't mind. It's just weird that everybody finds it weird. [ no one would bat an eye at her skin, but now everyone asks about it. It's strange, Mina thinks ]
But well, I guess we all come from different worlds, so a lot of things can be weird, right? [ she grins ]
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Instead, she tilts her head at what Mina says next. ]
Eh? Different worlds? What's that mean?
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The thing that brought you here is called Confluence. It's like magic and instability in the universes... something like that, but basically it grabs people from all worlds and dimensions and brings them here! [ mina is proud of herself, she is is starting to become good at this whole welcoming speech ]
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[ The explanation of 'different Earths' was already starting to make Hibiki's mind spin, but the mention of Confluences and the 'explanation' that Mina gives about them only serves to make Hibiki outright short-circuit.
Don't worry, Mina, you're getting good at the welcoming speech... but Hibiki is a special kind of dummy. ]
U-Um... I'm not sure I understand... but basically I'm really far from home...?
[ Give her time, she'll understand eventually. ]
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We don't really have a way to go back to our planets, tho. So we are kind of... stuck here. [ yeah, that's the part that really sucks ]
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[ That part is what gets Hibiki panicking, and her hand suddenly shoots up to the equipment covering her ears. She's immediately trying to access all of her communication lines, fiddling with the strange machinery. ]
Uhh... hello? Is anybody...! Ahh...
[ Only static. Crap. Next she's looking up at where she was just falling from, trying to see if she can recognize anybody still falling or strung up in the safety net. No luck there, either.
Hibiki has enough of an understanding right now to know that she's somewhere very unfamiliar and away from her friends, so hearing that she's stuck... well, it just cascades into a variety of different reasons for Hibiki to violently swing from dazed and confused to jumpy and panicked. One of which concerns a certain girl who fills up the majority of Hibiki's headspace, but that's a story for another time. ]
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She does seem like she is having a Moment, so Mina gently tries to reach for her shoulder while she speaks softly ]
Hey... it's alright. You aren't hurt, so that means there is still a chance to go home, right?
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A-Ah, yeah... you're right, totally right...
[ Right, she's not hurt, and she even still has her gear with her... but she can still feel worry starting to clutch over her heart. What's going to happen back home? Has something already happened? She can't have been gone for long yet, having just woken up, but... she just feels bad. Considering everything they've went through, vanishing suddenly without any warning would definitely worry Miku and everybody else... and when she thinks about that, she can't help but feel bad about it. ]
It's fine, everything's gonna be fine...
[ She repeats that mantra to herself a few times, though, before looking back at Mina. ]
Thanks... I was kind of freaking out, there...
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