[action/voice]

[windofgod]

[It was competition time, which meant a lot of extra practice for Maron and the rhythmic gymnastics team in her school. Extra hours of practice meant a perfected routine to perform in the upcoming tournament. It also meant a lot of stress for Maron, especially since she had sprained her ankle as Jeanne not long before. But still, she was dancing, jumping, twirling, and balancing as if nothing was wrong in practice.

In fact, that's what she was doing, when she found herself in Luceti: jumping, leaping, twirling, stop. But one of her jumps across the mat wound her in a different world entirely. Maron began the jump at one end of the mat, ribbon in hand, dancing on the air as she began...

And it would end in Luceti, with her still jumping. Into people. Were you one of them, up on cherry blossom hill that she jumped into by accident?]

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[later on, after getting settled into the welcome center and reading through the guide, Maron fiddles with her journal, and then speaks to the citizens:]

So we're stuck here indefinitely because of some crazy scientists called the Malnosso, no ways out?

Comments

[Action]

[thenightmarebegins]

The Third Party.

[Vincent's stare becomes more intense, more dramatically serious.]

Their army has invaded this enclosure, and even now we're often sent away to wage war against them. Their sole intention for us is to cause us permanent death.

[Action]

[windofgod]

...isn't death permanent anyway? [seriously side-eying you now.]

[Action]

[thenightmarebegins]

The cycle of life and death knows no true end in Luceti.

[And this sounds far more ominous coming from him than any Welcome Center person could ever make it sound. Aren't you lucky you had to run into him instead?]

[Action]

[windofgod]

That... are you serious?

[Action]

[thenightmarebegins]

[Maron, look closely at this man. Does he appear to be a joking type at all?]

I wish I wasn't... yet that is our fate, in this world.