first prayer.

[wingsofvirtue]

[ action ]

[ Up in the sky, there's a teenage girl with luminescent pink wings flying around. She's trying to find a way through the barrier. Eventually she'll fly back down to the ground and her wings will disappear. ]

That's no good...

[ video ]

[ This video is somehow inexplicably upside-down. Tilt your head and it's clear the girl in it is

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[action]

[tookupthesword]

[The gathering of food is interrupted when out of the corner of her eye, Sayaka spots something that is glowing pink. It is also in the sky and looks like wings attached to a person.

That is something to check out. So, an apple in hand, Sayaka runs off to where the pink thing landed.]

... I swear I saw something land here.

[wingsofvirtue]

Hello? Is someone there?

[ Colette heads toward the voice and trips, falling through a bush and landing at Sayaka's feet. ]

Eeek!

[tookupthesword]

[... Sayaka just stood there, kind of stunned. What just happened?]

... Are you okay?

[wingsofvirtue]

[ meet cute??? ]

Yes, I'm so sorry! Are you alright?

[notvitiligo]

Proooobably not. She's not exactly on the ball as far as communication goes.

I'm going to guess you're new and you have something important to do back home?

[wingsofvirtue]

Yes, it's very important. Do you know where I can find her?

[notvitiligo]

Sorry, nobody does.

If it makes you feel any better, there's the possibility that either everything back home is on pause or you're some kind of clone, so whatever it is is taken care of.

But the whole point is, we can't get back right now, even if we want to, so there's not much sense in asking for it. People're trying to find ways, but no luck so far.

[wingsofvirtue]

Everything is paused...?

[ A clone? No.... No, there's no way that can be true. Colette is Colette. She's herself. But the other girl said "possibility," which means it might not be, so she must be mistaken. ]

I'm sorry, I don't really understand what's going on.

[Action]

[brustriese]

[Okay the pink and the weird magical sensation caught Signum's attention, but turns out it's another new girl. She catches up to Colette when she lands.]

Unfortunately, there's no gaps in the barrier, and no one's been able to brute-force it. That's one of the first things we tried.

[wingsofvirtue]

[ The wings vanish as soon as Colette's feet touch the ground, and she turns to the new woman, clasping her hands to her chest. ]

Is there maybe a switch to turn it off?

[brustriese]

Not anywhere I've found.

You seem new. My name is Signum, and I've been here for a few months, and not for lack of effort at getting out.

[wingsofvirtue]

It's nice to meet you. I'm Colette. So you don't know a way to leave, Miss Signum?

[Video]

[restlessdevil]

Sorry, no one's able to find the Queen right now. I've been looking for her for some time but with no luck.

Um... you seem to be upside-down somehow. Or maybe the vine is sending the picture the wrong way?

[wingsofvirtue]

No, I'm right-side-up here. Maybe it's the vine thingy.

[ she fiddles with it, and now she's sideways. ]

Has anyone met her?

[restlessdevil]

[Zenobia leans sideways to try to match up.]

Apparently some people have met her, but I haven't. I'm not sure what to think of her. I owe her a lot of thanks, but other people kinda didn't want to get taken here.

[wingsofvirtue]

If she's bringing lots of people here, maybe she's just lonely.

[action]

[orderlybento]

[Those pink wings are mesmerizing, and they're not really helping Hikari get back to the Onsen. When the girl lands, she's curious, so she goes up to her.]

... Hello?

[wingsofvirtue]

Oh, hello! Do you live here?

[orderlybento]

[She blinks, and snaps out of it.]

Um, yes! I suppose...

[wingsofvirtue]

Please excuse me for the intrusion!