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[fullofhotaer]

Player Name: Jon
Are you new?: Nope.avi
Character Name: Rita Mordio
Character Fandom: Tales of Vesperia

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[Hello, villagers. Are you in a helpful mood? Or maybe you're just in for a show. On your video feed, you may notice a young girl playing with her journal. She's concentrating intently, flipping through every page, turning the book over, and anything else she can think of less than destroying it in the intent of investigation. She sighs quietly, muttering quietly to herself.]

"...There's not even a core anywhere. But it's getting some kind of energy..."

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[childofthefullmoon]

[Oh my gosh she knows that voice! Can it really be?!]

Oh! Rita!

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[fullofhotaer]

[What was that? It almost sounded like someone was talking to her. A voice. Kinda familiar, actually. Wait. That was a voice. One of Rita's favorite voices. Isn't it great Rita? It's Estelle! Why don't you go say--]

Not now, Estelle. I'm trying to figure out how this weird book works. I mean... it's clearly drawing on some sort of energy, right? But there's no blastia anywhere! It's like...

[fullofhotaer]

E-Estelle!? What are you doing here?

[childofthefullmoon]

[Rita's question kinda gets bypassed in Estelle's excitement.]

Oh Rita! I'm so happy to see you! When did you get here? Are you okay?

[fullofhotaer]

Am I okay? What about you!? [She huffs.] What about Alexei? And Heracles?

[Never mind that the last thing she remembers is having a temple dropped on her. Estelle is here!]

[childofthefullmoon]

Heracles?

[Estelle is confused for a moment before she realizes... Oh. Oh dear.]

Um, Rita, what is the last thing you remember?

[fullofhotaer]

[Remember? What was there for her to forget? She puts a hand on her hip.]

Baction! We were trying to save you from Alexei when that jerk Schwann attacked us. He couldn't handle us, so Alexei dropped the roof on our heads!

[Schwann's name is said with anger and disgust. She may or may not remember him saving them in that moment.]

[childofthefullmoon]

I see...

[She's at a loss for words. Obviously Rita is from an earlier time than even herself. In a way this is both a blessing and a curse.]

[crisisrain]

[Well this is one person he didn't expect to see in Luceti again. It's been quite a while since he last saw her.]

As buried in a book as ever, aren't ya?

[fullofhotaer]

[It may have been a while for you, Raven, but for Rita, it's been far too soon.]

Y-you! What are you doing here!?

[crisisrain]

Ya know, I could ask you the very same thing!

[fullofhotaer]

[She crosses her arms stubbornly.]

So Alexei really didn't need you anymore, huh? Didn't think he'd actually get rid of his favorite pet.

[crisisrain]

Ha, favourite pet? Not quite.

Though that goes ahead and answers my question about the last thing ya remember.

[fullofhotaer]

[Remember? Why does everyone keep talking about what she remembers? How could she have possibly forgotten anything?]

I-idiot! I remember everything just fine!

[trueknight]

[... Well. That was certainly a familiar voice. He's definitely not surprised that that's the sort of thing he's first catching her doing, but still.]

I wouldn't waste my time trying to figure that thing out, if I were you.

[fullofhotaer]

[Oh hey. Yuri is here too. So... is everyone here, then? She huffs, pinning the journal to her chest.]

...It's not like there's anything better to do around here. Do you have any idea how frustrating it is for a genius mage like myself to have no idea how anything works? It's humiliating!

[trueknight]

Yeah, I'll bet. Still, I think it's kind of a waste to have a genius mage trying to figure out what makes some magic book tick instead of ... well, anything else around here.

[Never mind that most other things are either embarrassingly easy to figure out, or just as hard as the journals.]

[fullofhotaer]

Alright then, got any suggestions for me?

[I mean, what could possibly be more useful than sticking your nose in a book for hours on end? Come on, Yuri.]

[trueknight]

Like I'd really know ...

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I guess the battle dome's console is something. It's a lot more interesting than figuring out some book, anyway.

[fullofhotaer]

Battle dome? What's that?

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[ps3pirate]

[Well, if it isn't big sis Rita! Patty will just wave cheerfully at the journal's camera.]

Look who it is! I'd be careful if I were you; if you frown any deeper you'll get wrinkles at such a young age, ya know.

[fullofhotaer]

[Who is this girl? She acts like she knows her. Is she someone she met and doesn't reme--]

W-wrinkles?! No way that's going to happen!

[ps3pirate]

Yes way! You'll look older than the old man in a couple years, so just relax, okay?

[fullofhotaer]

Older than-- [Eugh. Not going to imagine that. For now, she'll take the girl's advice and try to calm down.]

J-just what is this crazy place, anyway?

[ps3pirate]

[Just as planned.] It's Luceti! We're stuck here like fish in foreign water.