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[supremefaith]

Some training retreat, first I get shanghaied climbing a mountain…now this? [Technology, oh why technology!?] This is…not normal…you have to be a magician to work one of these things…

[As the video cuts on a youngish girl, perhaps in her mid teens can be seen fiddling around with the computer almost as if it were some kind of death trap, or worse…in this case technology does seem to be worse than a death trap.

After several moments devoted to playing with the camera, a camera intent on catching her in various odd angles…most of them are probably not very flattering given the faces she’s currently pulling…she surrenders. It'll be what it'll be apparently.

Judging by her attire, which consists of a basic karate uniform and a black belt, she must be some kind of martial artist…either that or a vagrant.]

Gah…this thing is evil and it must be destroyed…[her blatant irritation is followed by a huff]…where’s Ami-chan when you need her, this is supposed to be her area of expertise. Oh well, at least it’s on and that should count for something.

[Yes turning the computer on is a personal triumph. You must learn to see the positive in the negative.]

I hope I’ve got this set up right otherwise I’m going to look awfully stupid just talking to myself…well…if I am talking to myself no one else would know so that’s a moot point…[oh right…she’s on the air…or whatever. She’ll just straighten herself up abruptly]…konnichiwa! I guess an introduction is proper social conduct, huh? My name is Kino Makoto, but you can call me Mako-chan, or just Mako…I’m not all that picky.

[A beat]

So, I guess I'll get to the point…[she’ll go ahead and scratch the back of her head nervously]…well I know that several things were explained to me when I got here, though I’m still not sure exactly how I got here. I’m trying to digest it all…ah…I guess what I’m asking is for is any more information, whatever you got, or if you just want to say "hi," I’m fine with that too! I’m actually trying to keep myself grounded until I can get my bearings straight…

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[backwordscompatible]

[Zatanna sort of sympathizes with the older girl when she notices her struggling a bit with her console. There were one or two friends she had in high school who could never seen to figure out their smart phones, either.]

Actually, I'm pretty sure these things were never part of magic training school. Unless I just happened to skip that day.

[A grin, to show that she was teasing (mostly), and she leaned forward in her seat.]

Though I don't suggest destroying it. Takes forever to grow a new one.

[She would know.]

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[supremefaith]

I don't think they teach magic at Juuban Municipal or how to use these things either. The most complicated piece of equipment I own is a wrist watch...so it's all magic to me.

[Of course it's a special watch, more like a wrist communicator...it doesn't work here, she's tried. No one has to know that though so she'll laugh off her inability to operate anything more complicated than kitchen appliances.]

They grow these things? [She looks skeptical at that, of course she's simultaneously trying to imagine it.] Well...it's not like any daisy I've ever seen...

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[backwordscompatible]

Doesn't smell as nice, either.

[Ease into the conversation with light-hearted humor. Particularly if what she suspected was true, and this girl either came from the past, or yet another alternate reality. One where technology wasn't quite as mainstream.]

And they're definitely grown. Ask Roy Harper about it some time. I'm sure he'd just love to tell you all about what happened the time he tried to take it apart.

[No, he wouldn't. Alien babies may or may not have been involved. No, they weren't.]

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[supremefaith]

Nope, last I checked daisies were pretty aromatic.

[She can dig that light-hearted humor especially since it's all about flowers...or machines...or machines smelling like flowers. Flowers and plants are a special interest of hers.]

I'm not sure who Roy Harper is, but I'll be sure to ask him about it. Does something bad happen if you try to take it apart...though I guess if you're not an expert you'd probably break it.

[Alien babies would make sense actually!]

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[backwordscompatible]

Apparently, it dissolves.

[She doesn't know the details. She wasn't there when it happened.]

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[wallcrawler]

[Oh look a new turtle abductee who isn't some other version of him or a successor of some kind. He can completely deal with that right now.]

I'm not exactly sure how they bring us here either, but I'm chalking it up to magic. Though I don't know of anyone knows for sure.

[He does, however, have a few ideas for how to check if technology is involved, but he'll save that for another time. And for someone way more skilled than he is to test them.]

So, Mako, right? Did they already tell you about the rationing?

[Not to mention their current predicament, but he sees absolutely zero reason to just spring that one some new arrival all at once. He's also not in too big a rush to risk completely mangling her full name, so he's going to be avoiding that as long as possible. Or at least until things on the turtle get less stressful.]

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[supremefaith]

[But she is a part-time magical girl super hero with a not-so-secret-identity...fortunately the people on her world fail to make the connection for some reason. Shhhhhhh.]

It's just really strange, I was hiking up a mountain and I stopped to take a break...it was only a second [okay maybe one second is a bit of an exaggeration] and the next thing I know... Maybe I did fall asleep and this is some kind of strange "down the rabbit hole" dream?

[This wouldn't be the first time her life has taken her to odd places, but a giant floating turtle is pushing the weird a little too far.]

Yeah, you can call me Mako. [She's not used to people calling her by her full name and formalities aren't that important to her.

That aside, the rationing immediately grabs her attention...though she won't panic just yet, maybe it's not the kind of rationing she's thinking of.] Um...no, I don't think they mentioned that, or maybe I just didn't hear it.

[Judging by the look on her face she could freak out, play her carefully Peter.]

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[wallcrawler]

[Carefully? Play? Like Peter's capable of any of this.]

Well, the giant turtle's been sick, for lack of a better word. So growing things has been a little harder than usual. They had to start rationing.

It hasn't exactly made us popular with the locals, so they may be a bit more...[jerk-ish, hostile, selfish, unreasonable]...grumpier than usual. So, if any of them get short with you, this is definitely a case of "it's not you, it's them."

If you need a little more food, you could volunteer at the hydroponics garden. Everyone who does gets a small share of what we grow once it's ready to harvest, kind of like a bonus.

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[supremefaith]

[You've done it now. Though it can't really be seen on the outside, on the inside this is what's going on. Just give her a second to reboot.]

It's official. This's a nightmare.

[It's not that she's a glutton or anything, food is just a way of life. Without food she can't cook, if she can't cook then the world has reached it's end.]

Wait wait wait...so the locals are irritated by the fact that we're here when it's the forces on their world that brought us here in the first place, right? [She won't claim to be the most intelligent person she knows, but even to Makoto that doesn't make any sense]...Well don't worry, if any of them get short with me...heh...heh...

[It's probably best not to ask, though for the record she does give her knuckles an ominous crack.

Just watch as she goes from homicidal looking to downright excited at the word "garden."]

Oh, a hydrophonics garden, that's the best news I've heard all day! Where do I sign up!

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[wallcrawler]

I would really advise against a confrontation with them unless you don't have a choice. They're stronger than most regular humans, and if you have any sort of special powers, they haven't been working for a while now.

[Which Pete can now safely comment on, because holy crap was there a lot of people announcing it over the network. That said, he doesn't actually know if she has any, but better to get that out of the way just in case.]

As for the garden, you should talk to Dr. Banner. But I could always leave early for my next shift and walk you there, if you want.

[Seriously, mass transit, kedan, get with the times]

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[sophos]

We were summoned here. By the Emperor. [That's... one question answered??] How she summoned us exactly is still up in the air.

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[supremefaith]

I don't understand why the Emperor would summon us here if there's a shortage in the food supply. Doesn't that seem a little strange?

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[sophos]

It wasn't like that initially, when she first started bringing us here. The turtle's currently, uh, really ill, and so we've been on rations for a couple weeks.

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[supremefaith]

How did it get sick?

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[sophos]

Not by natural causes, we know that much. The thing we were brought here to fight, that's what's made him sick.

[faceofthe4]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there's a lot going on right now and you didn't pick the best time to show up.

[supremefaith]

E-eh! But I didn't mean to show up or anything, I just wanted to train!

[faceofthe4]

I'm sorry they brought you right now.

You can train here though, at least.

[supremefaith]

I'll try to pull my weight as much as I possibly can, even if it's a bad time I want to help!

I could, it seems like a big enough island, I could probably run around it a few times a day. Are there any appropriate training grounds?

[faceofthe4]

Help is good. We could use help.

I don't think we have any training grounds specifically.. Some guy offered training for those without magic. I think there are some groups with powers, but most of us just kind of do our own thing and help out where we're needed. It really depends on what you can do and what you're hoping to learn.

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[demon_brat]

If you destroy it, that would leave you without means of communication from your suite directly.

Though I suppose there are advantages to that, as well.

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[supremefaith]

I wouldn't want to destroy, I just don't know how to work it all that great yet.

But out of interest, what are the advantages?

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[demon_brat]

Peace and quiet while inside your suite. You do not get disturbed via the console because you have no console to transfer the disturbance.

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[supremefaith]

I guess some of those things could be considered pluses...I don't like too much quiet though. It can get to be pretty lonely.

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[demon_brat]

Then you are fortunate to have come to a city that, as cities are, does not know the meaning of 'quiet' very well as a whole.