HOMOPHONIC 🌺 AMELIA WIL TESLA SAILLUNE

[piteous]

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WEEKEND 0 : SATURDAY

[piteous]

[ Amelia can see some red-coat blond idiot is checking down the subway tunnel, like actually going into the darkness.

It must be fine since no train is coming, right?! ]

[saillune]

[hi, she'll just pop up next to him.]

Are you thinking about exploring the tunnels, too?

1/2

[piteous]

[ OH NO THEY'RE GOING TO GET TRAINED ]

Yeah! I thought it'd be good to explore our surroundings, get used to the place before the games begin—

[piteous]

[ GETS SCARED BECAUSE ]

When did you get here?!

[saillune]

Just now!

[She does not look sorry.]

Why don't we go together? I can't do very much right now, but I can help light the way.

[piteous]

[ WELL, THEY'RE HERE. ]

You have photokinesis? That'd be super helpful, but this is pretty dangerous! The train comes on a schedule.

[ Says the guy here. ]

[saillune]

No need to worry. This level of danger is nothing!

[She raises a hand, and generates a ball of light that illuminates the space around them. Then, she just starts walking forward into the tunnel.]

[piteous]

Hey, wait!!

[ He follows after her, still unsure about her tagging along?! At least there's light.

Sometimes you have to accept this... ]

... Is this transport system familiar to you? I've seen trains, but not ones that run underground.

[saillune]

[It doesn't look like she's open to hearing any arguments.

At that question, though, she shakes her head.]

No... I don't think anything like this exists in the lands I come from.

So there are machines like this that run above ground, too?

[piteous]

Yeah, though we call them sandsteamers. They're steam locomotive that travel the barren frontier between cities and towns.

What kind of place do you come from—[ Checks the app. ] Amelia? Is that right?

[saillune]

Yes, that's right! And you're... [She also... looks at the app.] Mister Vash!

Um... well, I come from the Holy Kingdom of Saillune. Our capital is known as the City of White Magic, and the entire city is built in the shape of a six-pointed star! It's famous for our big temple!

[piteous]

And that's right.

[ Good, good, and he feels the walls of the tunnel, thinking maybe there's some secret door, but then she starts talking... ]

Woah. You're from some kind of fantasy world?

[saillune]

[Good thinking! Amelia will feel along the opposite wall as they proceed. She knows how dungeons are like. The ball of light floats along behind them, giving them enough light to work with.]

It's this world that seems more like a fantasy, to me...

[But yeah, she sure does.]

What about your home? Do you live out in a desert, perhaps? [From the way he described it...]

[piteous]

[ It really is just modern tunnel casing, which isn't unfamiliar, but it's new in this context. ]

That would make sense. This is different from what you know.

[ Going to try knocking and it kind of just. Echoes. ]

More like a desert planet. There's almost no vegetation.

[saillune]

No vegetation... Across the whole planet???

But... how do people survive, then?

[piteous]

They rely on Old Technology called Plants. They can procure everything humans need as long as their conditions are met, but... Things have been rocky lately.

Everything has its limits, including Plants.

[saillune]

Limits? Oh, no...

They're not going to stop working, are they?

[piteous]

Some already reached the end of their lifespan.

[ He keeps knocking on the tunnel casing. Nothing so far. ]

What's white magic like? Or is that a moniker of some kind.

[saillune]

[She gives a long look of concern in his direction... then goes about knocking on the wall nearest to her. It makes the same dull noise that Vash's side is making.]

It's magic that draws on the positive energies in the world, and it's mainly used for healing and protection spells.

[piteous]

... You don't need to worry about it. We're all working together to take care of them.

[ He tries to reassure her that the problem may simple be the past. ]

Like healing auras here?

[saillune]

[She'll still worry a little...]

Yes, a lot like that! At least, from what I've seen.

What kind of power do you have, Mister Vash?

[piteous]

Here? Drift! Has to do with space and stuff, but that's a little vague. I haven't used it much...

[ Do they hear that sound? ]

[saillune]

Oh! I'd been wondering what that one does, too! You should really try experimenting with it.

[...? She glances around. It does sound like something.]

[piteous]

[ It is the sound of an upcoming train. ]

... Yeah, I should, then maybe I could be useful in this situation. [ Help. ] You think flashing your light make the train stop?!

[saillune]

No, I don't think they would see it in time to...



[oh that's the train.]