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[badend_replay]

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I believe I am getting the hang of Genessia. The streets are nicely organized, but...

What is this I have heard about kidnapping? Is it safe for me to be alone here?

Mayfield did not have kidnapping, usually. Unless it was playing mean pranks on us.

... And what are subarchways? I keep hearing about them. Has anyone made one before...?

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[Rika is generally wandering the cities over the next few days. You can find her mostly in Attleton, Nova City, Everglade, and Genessia. She sometimes stops in front of the archway to Fayren, but is too scared to pass through. She might stand out because of the way she keeps stopping in front of establishments and staring for suspicious amounts of time.]

[anon text]

Are there any witches here?

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[truesmiles]

There are magic users, if that is what you mean?

[badend_replay]

Not quite, no...

Never mind. It was a strange thing for me to ask. It may come down to me misusing the term 'witch' to begin with.

[truesmiles]

It might be dfferent depend on ones world, so for you it might be something different.

[badend_replay]

I agree.

In my original world, we did not have magic. To my knowledge, at least.

'Witch' was the term I used to describe my deviation. I've met others like me using the term.

As someone who is no longer quite human. Who can travel between worlds, to some degree.

[truesmiles]

So you had that ability as well, huh?

[badend_replay]

Perhaps... Given what I have learned of others, it may not be the same as you are imagining.

When I

was killed

My ancestor took my memory to another world to try again.

[truesmiles]

No it is different.

But that also sounds awful. I assume it's like living a cycle and you remember the last time.

[badend_replay]

Yes.

I have relived that time over and over.

When I look for witches like me, I do not do so happily. I've simply wondered for a long time whether or not there are others like me.

[truesmiles]

I cannot say for certain, but I've not heard of anyone like you around. But there are so many people who get brought here and who leave it's really hard to tell.

[badend_replay]

I see.

Then it is not very important, is it? I am sorry for bringing it up.

The chance of finding another one like me was so small.

[truesmiles]

It's fine, it's always a good idea to at least ask, that way you know for certain instead of having that lingering question in your head.

[badend_replay]

Yes, that is quite true.

Were you able to travel worlds on happier terms, at least?

[truesmiles]

Depends on what would be considered happier terms.

[badend_replay]

Not having to be murdered to trigger it sounds better already.

[truesmiles]

I think not dying is always the best for everyone. Except for old age. That's normal.

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[hopeschild]

While things really hit the fan so to speak, that's the only open case that we are aware of. So while I would keep caution it's not something you need to be on alert for.

Cannot help on the subarchway thing. Never made one myself.

[badend_replay]

I see... Mii. That sounds really bad, though. Is it an outsider like us who started the problem? Or does Genessia itself hurt us, like Mayfield did?

[hopeschild]

I think if it's the city it would affect the whole place. So I am guessing it's not Genessia. I would know since whenever something happens and it's the city it affects a lot of people.

[badend_replay]

I see. Then I am glad, at least, that Genessia is not mean and spiteful.

Sometimes Mayfield was a meanie bully.

[hopeschild]

Well... It can be mean when it wants to, but as I said when it's the city you know it is rather than the actions of a person.

[badend_replay]

I see...

So Genessia as a setting does not have a will. That is a relief. I haven't been in a normal city in so long.

Though, this city is so big! How does it get like this? It may even be bigger than Tokyo.

[hopeschild]

Are strange things happening every so often considered normal these days?

As for how I don't honestly know. I just know there are five and all around the same size each.

[anon text]

[fairysoul]

What do you mean by 'witches'? Depending on the world you come from, it can mean different things.

[badend_replay]

Yes, I realize. Sorry.

For me, a witch is someone who can travel between worlds.

Though, clearly not freely in my case. I'm afraid to test it.

[fairysoul]

Oh, I see. Do you use a portal to travel between worlds or something similar?

Not freely? Do you have to give something in return in order to be able to use this magic?

[badend_replay]

No, nothing like that.

When I was

was killed.

My ancestor took my collective consciousness to the next 'me' so she could resist her murder.

[fairysoul]

[Well, that was... quite unexpected.]

So, in your world, witches have what you call a collective consciousness? And this consciousness is immortal. Even when your body dies, other witches can revive you thanks to this consciousness?

Did I get that right?

Is there a limit to the number of times one witch can be revived? Do you keep the memories of your past 'life'?

[badend_replay]

I cannot say for certain if other witches exist.

But yes. My body dies and that world goes on without me, but I wake up in a new world.

Our power doesn't seem to be limitless. I used to be able to wake in a world years before my death. Recently, I've only had two weeks.

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[unbridledtiger]

[A boy with white hair and pale golden eyes answer the screen with a thoughtful stare.]

It isn't that common and if you don't piss off the wrong people I think you'll be fine. That said, you probably shouldn't wander around in the dark without someone with you.

Follow basic rules of being safe and being smart.

[Like don't go walking down an alley that looks creepy in the middle of the night.]

[badend_replay]

I see... Thank you for the information, sir.

I am glad to hear it. Mayfield was different. Things got us even if we stayed home like good kids.

[unbridledtiger]

If you stay home you'll be safe. I'm often on patrols through the night so if you run into trouble you can call me on these phones.

[He can teleport to her if need be though he tries to avoid it unless its an emergency.]

[badend_replay]

Mii. I appreciate knowing that I can be safe here...

But do not worry. I am a good girl, even now. I will be careful.

[unbridledtiger]

Good.

[He nods his head.]

My offer to help will be there wherever you need it.

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[youfool]

Subarchways are false reconstructions of places and things one remembers. I wouldn't recommend them.

[EVER]

Yes, one for certain I know of.

[badend_replay]

I see... Yes. Retrospectively, it is a strange wish. That place was a prison, but it was my home.

[Anon Text]

I see. Of what variety, if you do not mind my asking?

You would think I would have learned... Magic is not possible where I am from, so 'witches' are different from what Genessia may be used to.

[youfool]

A strange home; you were confined?

The kind where it is not so much a thing done as an identity borne, as though being a "witch" were as significant as being a gorgon or siren.

That's a mysterious origin. No magic whatsoever? Granted, it's rarely a good force. Were there fairy tales, at least?

[badend_replay]

The circumstances of Mayfield were unusual. We were assigned homes and roles, and expected to play our part. We could not escape, nor could we switch houses.

I suppose I got... comfortable there. But I am being silly. Pay it no mind.

[Anon Text]

I see. Then no, that is not quite what I consider myself.

There were fairytales. I suppose some magic did exist. We have Gods and spirits. There are stories of ogres, but I do not know how real they are.

[youfool]

Ah. It's so strange how the experience of being ripped from one place only to be deposited into another is; as though the universe had put souls in shakes to spread around everywhere.

No, that's understandable. Liking structure, I mean. Destiny has its appeal, even if it is artificial and without.

[Not that a free-spirited sap like him was all that into it, but he could sympathize.]

Well, there you go. I'm sure some factual fantasy got mixed with the fiction. You consider yourself a witch of some variety, then?

[badend_replay]

No.

My fate is not what I wanted... maybe that is why even a dream as simple as a future beyond that year is enough for me.

[Anon Text]

It was a term I used. Witches use magic and what happened to me certainly seemed magical.

I was moved between worlds. My memories, at least.

Knowing what I do now, witch seems like a silly way to describe the 'me' who moved.

[youfool]

Ah, I see...Mayfield was a dream, then?

[He really hopes Gen. isn't. That'd be awful.]

Ah, so any mystic whatever. We've certainly got plenty of those too. But if you don't dabble yourself thank goodness, why describe yourself so? Seems magic is rather a thing that happened, not a thing enacted.