the strongest return

[frogsicles]

[Hello, Mayfield! It's 6 in the morning, and what better rude awakening is there than an exceptionally loud phone call?]

DAMMIT, NOT THIS STUPID PLACE AGAIN!

[Cirno slams the phone down, but she picks it up again about fifteen seconds later.]

HEY EVERYBODY, WANNA HEAR ABOUT HOW AWESOME I AM?! I BEAT MARISA! TRUE STORY!

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[deaths_heritor]

Good morning, Cirno. And how was your visit home?

[frogsicles]

It was awesome, Miss Susan! I beat up the people who wrecked my house an' then I beat up Marisa to celebrate!

[deaths_heritor]

Excellent. Never take an offense lying down.

. . . You beat up Marisa, though? That's a bit odd, although I suppose I should stop being surprised at nonsensical things.

[frogsicles]

Well, I was feelin' real great after I beat 'em, an' I wanted to fight some more but I didn't wanna fight any more fairies 'cuz I already knew I could beat all of 'em. An' Marisa came along an' I challenged her an' then we fought!

[deaths_heritor]

Certainly, I don't doubt that. But what I mean is that Marisa has been here the entire time you've been gone, you see.

[frogsicles]

...Huh?

[deaths_heritor]

Assumedly, the Marisa here is still the Marisa of the past. If this is to make sense at all -- and if you really are from the exact same world -- she's got to return as well sometime to carry out the events that you've already experienced.

Rather a headache, isn't it?

[frogsicles]

What?

[deaths_heritor]

[Oh, dear.]

More simply, you and Marisa both came here from the around the same time period. Is that right?

However, you returned home -- perhaps a few weeks or months passed there. But Marisa stayed here. She hasn't gone through it yet since she never went home. Do you understand more clearly or should I draw you a diagram?

[frogsicles]

So...the Marisa here doesn't remember me beatin' her up 'cuz it hasn't happened to her yet?

Then I just gotta beat her up again!

[deaths_heritor]

Precisely.

Only if she agrees to it in a fair fight. If she doesn't believe you, you'll simply have to show her how much stronger you've gotten.

[frogsicles]

I'm gonna wait 'til I have Perfect Freeze to fight her again! So then I can do 'zactly what I did back in Gensokyo!

[deaths_heritor]

And what was that?

[frogsicles]

I froze her danmaku! But then she shot some fire at me, so I used Perfect Freeze to freeze that too! It was really awesome.

[deaths_heritor]

You froze fire?

[The laws of the universe are shattering around her as she speaks. Alas.]

I am impressed. You're absolutely certain of what you say? You didn't put it out? You froze fire?

[frogsicles]

Yup! The fire was still inside the ice, an' it couldn't get out!