1st Memory [Video]

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[It's midnight, but it'll take her a minute to note this. There's a drawn-out yawn, and the grunting of someone doing their usual morning stretch. And in the dark, an outline of a woman appears, in the usual Luceti New Feather garb. She touches her cheek, confused, unable to really see the book in the blue hue of night.]

That was a good rest! Ah—b-but... oh. Oh dear, did I fall asleep doing chores again? That hasn't happened in a long time... [A shiver, as she hugs herself.] It's gotten so dark... and cold, too...

[She huffs in frustration, but the nervousness is rolling off her shoulders in waves]

Kaji? Kaaaji, can you hear me?! ...Ooooh, I can't believe I wandered this far out! I don't even recognize it at all!

...Wait a moment; what am I wearing? These definitely aren't mine—

[And straight to the wings soon after; she pulls on them and immediately regrets it, wincing aloud.]

W-w-what are these strange things!? Th—

AH, they're flapping!!

[With that outburst, she promptly trips backward on her own two feet, landing her bottom right on top of her journal.]

Comments

[memoryboxes]

[Excuse her while her oldies Japanese brain tries thinks on that.]

Wow, that's incredible... And... really far away...

Is this... 'Luceti' very different from your world? I admit, I thought I was still home, even when I woke up here.

[soulbait.livejournal.com]

The countryside is quite similar, but the village itself is not at all what I am accustomed to.

[memoryboxes]

Oh? What's the village like, if I may ask? I'd love to know what I'm walking into...

[soulbait.livejournal.com]

Small and quaint. The population is scarcely a few hundred people and while there are vestiges of higher society - such as apartment complexes - for the post part it gives the air of a small rural community.

[memoryboxes]

A few hundred certainly isn't too tiny, though I've never heard of 'apartments' before...

[soulbait.livejournal.com]

[...Hm] It is a building designed for many people to live inside their own set of rooms. It is comparable to an inn, but for that people live in their rooms.

[memoryboxes]

Oh, like an inn! I definitely know what an inn is.

Then, they'll allow me to stay in them while I'm here?

[soulbait.livejournal.com]

There is no form of currency other than self-determination in Luceti. There is no one to bar you from taking an empty room.

[memoryboxes]

Amazing—I wonder why there's no money here...

Thank you for telling me all this, Ciel-san. I am very grateful...

[soulbait.livejournal.com]

[ . . . ]

Ah, of course. ...It was no trouble.

[memoryboxes]

Trouble or no, I'll make sure to cook you something in return, should I have the chance! Perhaps something sweet.

[soulbait.livejournal.com]

[SW-SWEET...]

In that case, I suppose I cannot refuse.

[memoryboxes]

Wonderful!