A skipped beat of Awakining

[chicklet]

 Kyoko had Woken a few days before, but she had hardly met anyone and still had very little clue what was going on. The person she had met first had been more interested in teaching her this Bending stuff than explaining how she could get home, and before she knew it she was alone in a room in something called a Welcome House. With nothing better to do, she might have spent the night making curse dolls....

But when she woke up to find someone had left something in her room the sight was a mix of relief and dread. Relief because she Woke in Setsu's clothing, and that... was not ideal. The clothing that arrived for her... her gift... she had worn it before. It was comfortable in some ways. In other ways, it was armor. 

But...

She reached out and picked up the bright bright pink jumpsuit, so pink that once you see it the colour is forever burned into your retinas. What was the point of being a Love Me member if she was here alone and there was no auditions or studios or work or anything?

She winced, just imagining the president's reaction to that question. Dramatic tears, a long monologue about how she should want to work as a Love Me member to get people to love her, not just to move up in the business. She sighed and looked between the black leather of the pants she was wearing and the toxic pink material she was holding. 

Setsu or Kyoko?

Well... Setsu's soul had kind of fled her the moment she had arrived here so... Kyoko. She started to stand and realized there were things in the pockets of the jump suit. As well as undergarments and a shirt and shorts to wear under, thankfully. She reached into the pocket, holding the suit with one hand and...


Pink material so bright that once you see it you nearly go blind fell to the floor as she looked at what had been in the large pockets. Her heart shaped stamp book and stamp set, of course. Corn. CORN! And.... PRINCESS ROSA!

She sat back down, in perfect hostess style and set everything in her lap. Corn first. She opened the small change pouch and pulled out the blue-ish purple stone and held it to the light. "Corn... I think I'm trapped somewhere weird," she told the stone. Then blinked. And blinked again, starting to grin. Corn, the original owner of this stone... he wasn't from Earth. Maybe this was his world! MAYBE!!!!! MAYBE THIS WAS THE WORLD OF FARIES!!!!! 

Joy sang through her at that thought and she held the stone to her heart, feeling its warmth. Maybe Corn would be here! She put the stone into the pouch, eager to change now, when the small baggie with Princess Rosa touched her hand. She lifted it. The stone had been from Corn, but the jewel set inside the hand made setting on the necklace in the bag was Princess Rosa, born from the Queen Rose that Mr. Tsuruga had given her for her birthday. Natsu's necklace. 

So... she was in the world of Faries, with a powerful talisman from Corn, a necklace that could transform her into Natsu and outfit that could summon Setsu's soul. Her face was going to break if she didn't stop smiling, and she didn't care. She quickly changed into that shockingly pink uniform, with the logo elegantly displayed on the back and to one side of the chest. She put everything but Corn back in her pockets, and grabbed her cellphone from beside the bed, tossing that in too. She wouldn't wear Princess Rosa, not with the Love Me uniform. But Corn... she wanted his stone in hand so he'd recognize her now that she changed. 

She stood and looked in the mirror, then winced and took off Setsu's wig and jewelry. She looked like Kyoko again. But it had been a long time since Corn had seen her, and she'd dyed her hair. So the stone might be how he'd recognize her.

Thrilled with the world and all that was in it, she bounded outside, and headed for the woods, singing, dancing, and making a general spectacle of her self. Once she got to the woods, she threw her arms wide, and yelled to the tree tops. "FARIES! I AM HERE! I'M CORN'S FRIEND! AND I AM HERE TO BECOME A FAIRY AND STAY WITH YOU ALWAYS!!!!!" She looked about 16, she was acting about 6. 

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[chicklet]

"JUST SAY NO?!" she roared. "AFTER TREATING ME AS A SERVANT FOR ALL THAT TIME? I'M GOING TO DO MORE THAN SAY NO! I'M GOING TO STAMP IT ALL OVER HIS FACE WITH MY BOOTHEEL!"

from within the waves of darkness behind her, what looked like small spirits started to rise out of her back, attached by tenuous tails where feet should be to her back, each with a face like hers with the word GRUDGE written on them. They were laughing and started swirling around her.

"You want to know what he did to me?" she asked, her eyes ablaze, very nearly literally. The grudge Kyokos moved to start circling him. If he didn't dodge away, or attack them, they would circle closer and closer to try and keep him pinned in one spot to listen. They were all cackling madly.

[younghero]

"There's nothing wrong with being a servant."

For a second the marking on the back of his left hand seemed to flicker with a brief brilliance. "And one bad person does not give anyone the right to take out that anger on others."

Spirits, he typically dealt with using his bow and arrow, which he automatically took out. The arrow he had at the ready was a Light Arrow, it's tip a flare of brilliant light that was almost painful to behold. Zelda had told him once, long ago when they had first met, he'd been represented in her dreams as a light cutting through the darkness. He looked every inch that role right now.

[chicklet]

"One bad person? ONE?! I could lose count counting how many people take advantage of the nice! Selfish self absorbed ignoramuses who make you do everything to keep an expensive apartment they almost never visit! Or horrid vain girls who make you carry them until you break your ankle and then refuse to do the job they are there for! Gentlemanly lying smiling jerks who offer to help you only because they know it'll get you in trouble, and change your marks so you don't get what you earned! Mothers who hate their own children.... Fathers who..." she stopped mid rant, blinking.

All the darkness and spirits had been undulating as she raged. But at this last, they froze. Something seemed to enter her, small and ephemeral.

"Okay, fine. he made me cook all that food, and then shoved in in a bag and called it trash, but he did eat it after," her voice and stance shifted, voice sounded younger and closer to male. Hrr stance was now a little unsure, rather than full of rage. "And he did make me act out the Kuon boy, but...." she stood a little taller as she spoke. "That was to teach me a lesson, even if he did keep flicking my forehead, and I guess I kind of did have fun." the darkness and grudges faded as she spoke, then vanished. "And he was really cool when he visited the Dark Moon studio. And he... he said I could still call him father, even after..." her eyes were shinning a bit. then she grinned, an expression at odds with her previous rage or her la la fantasy world from before. "Really, my father is the coolest, isn't he?" she ashed, eyes shining.

Then she blinked. Blinked. blinked a few more times. Then smacked herself upside the head, and the small whipsy thing floated out of her mouth and she deflated, looking more her base normal self, though a little tired and drained.

"Sorry..." she muttered. Sadly, she meant about the excitement and happiness, and not the rage.

[younghero]

Link slowly lowered the bow and arrow, but, the tip still shone brightly. His expression was very guarded. "Are you...okay?"

[chicklet]

"Yeah, not sure why Kuon has been so close to the surface in this weird place...." Really she would have expected Mio or Natsu. Mio because this was a place free of her family, or Natsu because it was new and interesting. She suspected that either of those would have gone badly for her, however....

[younghero]

"You have other people in your brain?"

Link kind of knew what that was like, with the masks from Termina. But, he'd never actually fully became another person. Although, the Oni mask had come close, and he had a sinking suspicion if he left that one on for too long, it might not have ended well. (At least in Termina.)

[chicklet]

"Something like that...."

[younghero]

Link nodded slowly. "Or, just different parts of you?"

[chicklet]

"Sort of both..." she rubbed the back of her head, a bit sheepish. "I'm a Talento at LME. But I've had a few good roles already. Sometimes they stick around."

[younghero]

"I...don't know what that is," Link confessed slowly. "My home isn't like a lot of people's here." Aside from Shadow and Zelda (obviously), the only other person he found with a home a lot like Hyrule was Adela.

[chicklet]

"LME? One of the biggest agencies. Talentos are people who aren't just actors or just singers or just models, we work in whatever field has an opening. Comedy shows, acting, whatever."

[younghero]

"Agency?"

Link was lost on that one. Models was another term he wasn't familiar with, but, given the context, he assumed it was a talent of some sort.

"So, like a troupe? Do you get to see a lot of different places?"

[chicklet]

"An Agency, you know... they help actors and singers and such get hired for different jobs, have training schools where we can learn new techniques, things like that. The man who runs LME can be a little...." how does one describe Lory Takada? "He likes to make a scene and a show wherever he goes. He's kind of in love with love." her face darkened again, but this time she looked ill. "It's kind of scary..."

[younghero]

"I...don't think we have anything like that in Hyrule. Or...anyone who is in love with love either." Link wrinkled his nose. "We have a guy who sells masks that he believes will spread happiness, but, he's legit nuts."

[chicklet]

"So is Takada-san. Don't ever tell him your honest feelings on Valentine's day...." that last was added as a dark mutter.

[younghero]

"What's Valence-times day?" Link had never really made the connection between the holiday and all of the weird things happening in Nautilus every February. It didn't have the allure of Halloween with its candy or Christmas with its presents.

[chicklet]

"A miserable holiday," she said darkly, "Perpetrated by greedy candy and card companies preying on young women foolishly in love. Where young women are forced to make homemade chocolates for people they don't even like!" the darkness was emerging again. "I hate Valentine's day! A waste of a young woman's time, effort, and hard earned money!"

[younghero]

Link waved just the light arrow at her, not threateningly, just to see if it would disperse the darkness like a flare.

"Do they spit in the chocolate? I mean, if they don't like the people they're giving it to, wouldn't it make sense to make it gross?"

[chicklet]

The darkness gaped around it, moving the hole in its center where the arrow moved. "What are you doing?" she asked, confused, then shook her head. "I wrote nasty things on the chocolate that the stupid beagle made me give him, and then an even BIGGER IDIOT went and got the wrong idea!"

One of the little spirits popped out of her shoulder, and grabbed the light arrow. It winced from the brightness, but held on. If Link didn't fight, it would snap the arrow in half.

[younghero]

"Trying to see something." When the spirit grabbed onto the arrow Link swapped the light power for ice. "Dark auras usually aren't good for a person. But, if they're supposed to be there and are supposed to be that way, I don't wanna hurt them either."

Thank his "brother" for that one.

"I didn't even know you could write on chocolate. Who reads their dessert?"

[chicklet]

The spirit didn't seem to care once it turned to ice, and dropped it, bored.

"Of course you can write on chocolate! Food art is, well... an art." She learned a lot from Taisho, and was grateful, and some of the darkness eased. Of course she learned a lot from some idiot's parents as well, trying to please them to please him..." the darkness swelled again.

[younghero]

"Do you want these guys around?"

Link shook his head, dismayed by the emotional swings. "I only ever had chocolate here."

Sorry for the random " in there. >.<

[chicklet]

"What guys?" she asked, confused. Then she shrugged. "I like chocolate well enough, just not for Valentine's day."

no worries :)

[younghero]

"The spirit things? Huh....can you not see 'em? That'd explain a lot. Let me check something..."

Link took a bottle from his belt and attempted to scoop one into it for her to see. Hylian glass apparently was both magic and ghost proof, since he was successfully able to trap Poes and fairies back home.

[chicklet]

It dodged away. She on the other hand had been staring at him until he did that, then she jumped back quickly. "Don't do that! How can you even see them?!"