Event || Revelations

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Characters: All the Heroes of Light and their Moogles.
Where: Order's Sanctuary, The Interdimensional Rift and their Homeworlds.
When: August 03rd - August 30th

Summary: Following the battle against Palitutu, all the Heroes of Light were transported into the Interdimensional Rift. They were told by Palitutu they would have to find her to prove they can break the cycle-- But before they could reach their destination, a malevolent entity from the Rift stripped them from their immortality...

And now, they woke up in a decaying and dying world, most specifically in a place called Order's Sanctuary. From there they are ready to jump... Into their homeworlds! Feel free to use this post for the Mingle at Order's Sanctuary and should your homeworld be the stage for the Heroes of Lights' next adventures, feel free to make a thread for it and as many sub-thread as necessary! Please refer to the OOC Post for questions and plotting.

Warning: Whatever you come up with.

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MITAKIHARA.

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SCHOOL + MALL.

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sayaka | open

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When Sayaka finally opened her eyes, she had to rub them forcefully for a few moments. Was this... home?! No way, it was probably just another illusion, some kind of plot by that Palitutu professor or whatever.

"Sayaka-chan!" She turned slowly, eyes wide, realizing who was coming up, her eyes widening.

"Ma— madoka!" It almost looked just like any other morning on the way to school...

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The sky, it looked the same as ever. Leaning to sit up, surprise echoed when her palms rest on the rough roof of a building.

"What the hell?! Did I fall asleep up here?!"

And transformed too?! How reckless. The lancer had intended - thought she was intending, to reach out and talk to Kyuubey. Instead, the telepathy struck the blue haired girl below like a gong.

Moving toes to the edge, her skirts flutter in the added wind away until the henshin dissipates completely. Staring hard when she notices the two.

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The psychic link catches her off guard, it has Sayaka looking around, but not yet able to see the red figure she had expected. Kyoko...? When was the last time she saw—

"Sayaka-chan, there you are! Hurry up or we'll be late!"

"Late? But this is..." Things were getting sort of fuzzy. She was supposed to be going to school? But there was something else she had to do, somewhere she needed to be... wasn't there?

"Oh my, look, isn't that Kamijo-kun?" Hitomi chimed in.

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"...heh."

For a second there, Kyoko'd been about to leap down and join Sayaka. As if, she had a place among that group of friends. Must have had some weird dream. Trying to remember, there's just white noise. And a goddamn apple.

She pulls a candybar from her pocket and after a rupturing the wrapper, decapitates it.

Her thoughts still accidentally reach out to Sayaka instead of Kyuubey. It's not like the red magical girl felt close to the incubator, the emotionless creature was simply the only thing she had to talk to for so long.

"Tch. That stupid rich boy, I hope he falls off his crutches."

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"I know you're out there!" Sayaka's head snapped in the other direction as she tried to scan the area for the red-clad girl but still, nothing. Or at least, not enough time to look, since Madoka was leaning in close.

"Sayaka-chan, did you know he was coming back to school today?"

"Huh? N... no," he hadn't told her anything about it. And why did one glance at Hitomi make her withdraw further into herself? "Let's... let's get going. We'll see him in class."

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....!

How did...?

Once the surprise wears off, that blue sweater is getting sniffed at suspiciously. Ending with an inconclusive shrug.

She would not have guessed Sayaka would be so observant. If the fledgling magical girl was aware Kyoko was lurking around since she had decided to keep an eye on her, and wasn't even going to pretend about it, well...

Taking stock of her shabby clothes, Kyoko made a quick path across the rooftops.

"I'll catch up with you later."

timeskip to lunch, kyoko's fave class

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Having not laid eyes on the other girl yet, any praise for her observational skills could be negated for now, but knowing she was being watched had been even less welcoming. She didn't want Kyosuke involved in any of that magical girl stuff... even if he was front and centre already, thanks to her.

"Come on, let's get going," her arms found their way behind her head, trying to act like everything was just another normal... day. It was, wasn't it? "I forgot my bag today, so I guess I'll have to borrow everything from you, Madoka!"

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Everything about this felt wrong. It was hard to concentrate, and Sayaka found herself staring at the ring on her finger as she turned one of Madoka's pencils in her hand for what seemed like several classes worth of time. When the lunch bell finally rang, she looked up with a "Huh?" to see her two friends leaning in.

"Miki-san, are you not planning to welcome Kamijo-kun back?" Why did Hitomi have to pressure her so much about it?!

"Ah... heh, it looks like he's busy," the crowd at his desk suggested as much at least, "Maybe after we eat will be a better time... I'll meet you guys on the roof!" definitely not a cop out, as she rushed towards the stairs, running for the open air.

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They may well have collided - Kyoko moving to enter the building while Sayaka was approaching to burst out. Luckily the redhead's laziness did not affect her reflexes.

After averting the disaster, she returns to plucking at the uncomfortable, starchy new school uniform.

"You're a hazard."

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"Wh—!" at the near-collision Sayaka stumbles, over eager to get out of the vicinity of the classroom and away from the intensity in the air. She catches herself before she winds up face-down on the ground, whipping her head to the side.

"What are you doing here?" And seriously... what was with that uniform! One transfer student was already more than she could handle, thanks.

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A broad grin appears when Sayaka's momentum carries her. "Geez, so clumsy." Funny, why does such an oddball occurrence have her feeling nostalgic?

That ponytail swings while she shakes her head - and slow on the uptake. "Well what do you think I'm doing." There's a shrug, and she hefts the school bag clutched in one hand carrying up over a shoulder. " - I got bored."

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Oh my god, why today?! Everything was weird enough as it was, plus with Kyousuke coming back, and now Kyoko? Righting herself straight again, her arms crossed over her chest and she averted her eyes to some random place.

"Today's just full of surprises, huh?" she muttered to herself, finally speaking up with a, "Well... see you, I guess," as she made an attempt to push forward.

ELSA MARIA'S LABYRINTH.

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Sayaka was the first one to pierce the barrier. She walked forward with a blank expression, everything that had happened over the last day had compounded its effects, leaving her feeling heavy, seen in the way she dragged herself forward.

And in the shadows, the twitch of a familiar.

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Man, Sayaka's form was really bad going in. At least she was getting serious and going after witches.

She'd give the new magical girl the benefit of the doubt - Sayaka had until she finished the popsicle her teeth bit into.

..."Screw it!" In three quick chomps it's devoured, the now red-clad girl jumps to drop down towards the abyss.

Landing, lance braced tight, she scouts the confusion.

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There's an immediate outward cast of Sayaka's arm, as she moves in front of the veteran. "I said I could handle it," her voice is low and stoic, as she moves down into a crouching position.

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Stiffening, the lance arches down like a pendulum until the point faces the ground.

Kyoko schooled her expression, turning her head to spit out the wooden handle of the popsicle stick that had remained tucked between her teeth. "So. Handle it." At least in here it would be easy to see what was happening and intervene.

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There's a burst of speed when Sayaka takes off, little regard for the amount of magic she's using. Blade first, she's going right for the core, the hunched over figure of the witch in the distance, as snakes and beasts made of shadows blast outwards. They're vicious, bitting and clawing, wrapping around the magical girl and halting her mid flight.

Unseen slashes from her sword cut through them sloppily, ripping them to shreads of black and red, and she lands on the ground again, hunched over, and rising slowly, still balanced.

"Why are you here?"

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"Jeez."

The red clad girl must have moved in sometime during the struggles, her lance was unraveled in chained patterns up overhead. Some of Sayaka's attackers still writhing on the ground where the trusted weapon had severed them - and several more aiming for the cloaked figure, from the base.

"It's just something I decided to do. Let me at least show you some basics. You're so bad it hurts my eyes." Kyoko sounded little more than her basic cocky self, though she watched the sword bearer with a strange intensity.

Stupid, stupid, stubborn girl. Don't be so careless!

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"No," her voice was low, the superficial lacerations to her skin had already closed off, healing themselves with the magic that pulsated from the wounds. "I don't need your help." She didn't need anyone's help. She didn't... need anyone.

Sayaka takes off again, blasting through the air and spinning about, working her way to the centre of the labyrinth, towards where that shining beacon glowed red, the only source of light in this darkness.

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"Goddammit."

A flash of red in her own right, the lancer takes off after her friend. The veteran is not so foolish to burn through her precious magic at the same rate as the novice girl ahead - even as wasteful as the cocky girl tends to be. There's no point trying to catch up with the reckless disaster. Landing close enough to the core to intervene if she needs to.

From what she's seen - expects to.


"I know you've forgotten me, but you've clearly forgotten how to fight too! I'm not letting your stupid pride get you killed!"

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A tangle of familiars blocks her path, slowing her to a halt and sending her soaring backwards again. But Sayaka lands on her feet, just slightly in front of Kyoko, her back turned.

"Forgetting everything..." the words have an ominous tone to them, as she readies her sword again. There's a steady downward strem of dark red, dripping down the blade and falling from its tip. "Don't make me laugh."

Wouldn't it be easier... if she could just forget all of it? But over the last day and night, they'd started coming back to her. Memories of another world...

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Kyoko readies herself, when the swordswoman manages to land on unsteady feet - a hand that had been reaching forwards as if to offer aid, pulls hesitantly back.

Shoulders stiffen at the comment. Did Sayaka...really remember their time fighting together? Or was that a jab at Kyoko attacking when they met? The idiot was acting so strange!

"It'd be nice to just get to forget all the bad shit, right? Only then, we really would be empty shells. I get it, you're upset."

The butt of her weapon slams onto the ground, stating her intention to - for once - listen and not fight. Though she's sticking around and making sure the blue haired girl gets out of here alive. "Do what you gotta do."

and then come back to me.

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Hunched over, she truly doubted that Kyoko could understand what had happened. Hitomi was going to take Kyousuke away and there was nothing, nothing she could do about it. This cursed body that was no longer human, how could anyone look at her in that way? He'd never know that she...

Maybe she belonged in that other world, more than here. "We're already empty shells."

Launching herself forward again, a burst of a musical score appeared underfoot, giving her a boost in speed, as familiars came from every direction again. But she paid no mind to them, aiming only for the witch in the thick of things.

Their numbers increased, creeping towards Kyoko as well, slithering up and ready to wrap themselves around both girls, though Sayaka didn't seem to notice... or care.

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Kyoko watched as her raging friend burst forwards, the erratic behavior spoke levels of what the girl must be going through. While it was true, -- maybe, the lancer could not understand. But, the redhead knew bad. And shit was shit.

Taking feelings out on a witch (or, before Sayaka - maybe a person) -- seemed like mannerisms more suited to the lancer.

"-Tch. If you're empty right now I'm a goddamn saint."

The familiars that encroach near the red clad girl get downed easily. That was one of the most frustrating things. This witch would be so easy for her.