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[fullofhotaer]

Player Name: Jon
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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.]

[fullofhotaer]

[Man, the last thing she wants to do is upset Estelle. She isn't even sure how much she knew about their journey to save her. She does her best to muster up a smile.]

But hey... we're all together now, right? Everything's okay?

[childofthefullmoon]

[Not your fault, Rita. Although remembering that part of her past is definitely... painful. But her friend's words do draw a soft smile.]

Yes, that's right. Even if we're no longer in Terca Lumireis, we still have each other.

[fullofhotaer]

[She blinks. So, her suspicious were right, after all.]

Yeah. [She's still worried about her world. Everyone is here. Even Estelle. Does that mean that Alexei won? What's going to happen to Terca Lumireis now?]

Y'know... it's not as bad as I thought.

[childofthefullmoon]

[Estelle tilts her head.]

What's not as bad?

[fullofhotaer]

[Rita tilts her head back.]

Well... being dead, of course.

[childofthefullmoon]

[ ... ]

Um, Rita?

[Pause.]

I know this is a little hard to believe, but... you're not dead.

[Actually she thought the same thing when she first got here. Especially after seeing Alexei.]

[fullofhotaer]

[Blink.]

W-what? How can we not be dead?

[childofthefullmoon]

It's a little confusing but...

[Hm, there had to be a better way to explain this... Oh!]

Here Rita, you should read this!

[She then gives Rita instructions on how to find the guide. That would be a lot easier than trying to explain it herself.]

[fullofhotaer]

[And read she does. Excuse her if she goes quiet for a second, Estelle.]

...Luceti, huh? What a weird name.

[childofthefullmoon]

Yes. It's a nice place, we just... can't leave.

[Relatively speaking of course. Although Estelle is fairly new herself and hasn't had much experience with the downsides of Luceti.]

[fullofhotaer]

[She lightly touches her cheek in thought.]

Well I guess that makes sense. It's not like we can hop on Ba'ul and travel to a different world. Even Entelexeia have limits.

[childofthefullmoon]

[She shakes her head.]

Rita, it's not only that. There's also a barrier, but instead of keeping monsters out it keeps people... in.

[fullofhotaer]

A barrier for people? [She has to think about that for a second. Who could be so sadistic as to use a barrier to pen people in?]

That shouldn't be too much of a problem. I mean, if there's a barrier, there must be a barrier blastia somewhere, right? All we have to do is find it, and I can bring the barrier down in no time!

[childofthefullmoon]

I-I don't know. I don't think so. The only Blastia I've seen are the ones we're wearing. Yours, mine, Yuri's, Patty's, and Raven's of course.

This world is very different, and there are people here from other worlds too!

[fullofhotaer]

Other worlds?

[This is so much to take in. She didn't even know there were other worlds, until a few minutes ago. Now there are people from those worlds, too?]

[childofthefullmoon]

Yes, there are many of us here, all taken from our own worlds.

[She completely understands Rita, it -is- a lot to take in. But don't worry, you're smart, you'll get use to it.]

[fullofhotaer]

So we were all just... magically whisked off from whatever we were doing? And to do what? There must be a reason we were brought here.