19th Magic Bullet
Dec. 22nd, 2011 11:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
drank_the_milk[Phone; backdated to the 17th]
[So, Yuna's teacher was on the list of erased people. She knows he's not here anymore, but she's got some feelings she needs to get out, so have her yelling over the phones.]
All right, what the heck were you thinking, Negi-sensei? Erasing yourself just because the town told you to? That's not the sensei I know! What happened to the Negi-sensei that never gives up on his friends and always fights to make the world a better place? You've been through worse than this before! And what's the Magic World gonna do without you to help save it? What's Asuna gonna do without you? I can't believe this.
[Action; outside 2237 Stevens; backdated to the 20th]
[It's been a few days now, and Yuna's recollection of Negi is sort of fading in and out. Without ever having met him, she would never have found out that her parents were mages or that she had the talent for it herself. This makes for some rather awkward magic practice out on the front lawn of her house.]
Practe bigi nar! Ardes...
[She stops for a moment, right in the middle of the beginner's incantation, and just stares at the wand she was waving around.]
Haha, what am I doing with this stick? Playing wizard or something?
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[Later on, folks will be able to catch her screaming at this flaming stick she's suddenly holding as her memories of Negi wink out right after successfully completing the spell.]
Aaaaaaaaaahhhh! What the heck!
[Action; outside 2237 Stevens; December 22nd]
[Anyone passing by Yuna's house today will find her hanging around outside the house, all bundled up and trying to beat the cold. She seems to be spending a lot of her time staring at a stylized playing card in her hand with a puzzled look on her face.]
I don't remember having this taken... was this from one of those new photo booths in the shopping district back home?
[So, Yuna's teacher was on the list of erased people. She knows he's not here anymore, but she's got some feelings she needs to get out, so have her yelling over the phones.]
All right, what the heck were you thinking, Negi-sensei? Erasing yourself just because the town told you to? That's not the sensei I know! What happened to the Negi-sensei that never gives up on his friends and always fights to make the world a better place? You've been through worse than this before! And what's the Magic World gonna do without you to help save it? What's Asuna gonna do without you? I can't believe this.
[Action; outside 2237 Stevens; backdated to the 20th]
[It's been a few days now, and Yuna's recollection of Negi is sort of fading in and out. Without ever having met him, she would never have found out that her parents were mages or that she had the talent for it herself. This makes for some rather awkward magic practice out on the front lawn of her house.]
Practe bigi nar! Ardes...
[She stops for a moment, right in the middle of the beginner's incantation, and just stares at the wand she was waving around.]
Haha, what am I doing with this stick? Playing wizard or something?
-----
[Later on, folks will be able to catch her screaming at this flaming stick she's suddenly holding as her memories of Negi wink out right after successfully completing the spell.]
Aaaaaaaaaahhhh! What the heck!
[Action; outside 2237 Stevens; December 22nd]
[Anyone passing by Yuna's house today will find her hanging around outside the house, all bundled up and trying to beat the cold. She seems to be spending a lot of her time staring at a stylized playing card in her hand with a puzzled look on her face.]
I don't remember having this taken... was this from one of those new photo booths in the shopping district back home?
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Date: 2011-12-22 07:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-22 07:25 pm (UTC)[She is not sure if she appears to be particularly trustworthy right now, since she looks disheveled and perhaps insane.]
Right before that announcement, we all had a dream, right? Something about being erased to save all of Mayfield. Both of us chose to remain, but there are others who chose to be erased. The town put out the announcement to trick us into believing they have actually been erased and replaced with constructs, but all evidence I have found points to the contrary.
[She pauses a bit to let the girl absorb the information.]
It is not their physical existence that has been tampered with, but the memories of those that chose to remain. In a way, we can regard this as our punishment for being so selfish. We are gradually losing our memories of those people whose name were put on the list. Meanwhile, they have been surrounded with a cloaking effect that makes them appear to be the town's constructs.
Obviously, you knew someone who was on the list. Someone important enough for you to make a magical contract with. However, because of the town's current "game," you have already forgotten that person.
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Date: 2011-12-22 08:37 pm (UTC)Well, if that's what happened, I probably shouldn't worry about it too much. After all, it's not like I can force myself to remember someone if the town's really messing with us that hard.
[She reaches out to take the card back, looking down at it for a moment.]
And if I really did forget someone important, I'll probably remember again in a few days anyway.
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Date: 2011-12-22 08:52 pm (UTC)I really hope you are right. Have there been precedents for the town taking things away permanently?
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Date: 2011-12-23 02:08 am (UTC)[...]
Unless it has and I don't remember.
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Date: 2011-12-23 02:42 am (UTC)[But would it be soon enough?]
Until then, be careful with that card. Magic is not something to be tampered with.
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Date: 2011-12-24 02:36 am (UTC)