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]

She nodded so hard, fast, and much that it looked like her head was going to fall off. "I, kyoko Mogami, at the tender age of seventeen, have now met an angelic hero who knows an actual princess, AND Corn." She spun in place happily, hugging her hands to her chest.

[younghero]

At least she was happy?

He had a feeling Shadow would have fun teasing him about this later on.

"Angelii just means I can do some fancier magic, that's all. It's really not as special as you might think," he rubbed his neck, feeling all kinds of awkward. Then the last part got his attention and some of the awkward went to puzzled.

"Corn?"

[chicklet]

And again her eyes went wide and sparkled. "AND YOU CAN DO MAGIC?!" She was in ecstasy.

But when he said Corn's name... She nodded enthusiastically and stopped spinning to face him. "I met Corn when I was a little girl in Kyoto. He's the prince of the Fairies, but his wings were broken because he tried to fly too soon. His father holds the whole world in his giant hand and Corn miscalculated and couldn't get out past his father's fingers. So he could only fly a little for me. But he gave me a magic talisman before he left and whenever I was upset he used his magic to make all the hard feelings and pain just... float away." She was speaking like a girl in love. A delusional girl in love, but still. "And even though I was just a kid and younger than him, he would stay and play with me after he made me feel better."

[younghero]

"Er, yeah, but--but, anyone who comes to Nautilus can do magic. It's called Bending, and you can create things with your mind."

As the girl spoke Link's ears began to twitch a bit. This very nice girl was either crazy, in the same way Tingle had been, or her world was even more bizarre than all of the others Link had heard about.

He was leaning towards "crazy".

"Oh. Well. That sounds really nice of him."

[chicklet]

"Anyone... you mean... you mean.... ANYONE I meet here... will have the powers of witches and fairies?!" She was so happy!!!!!!

[younghero]

"I--that depends on what fairies and witches can do in your world...."

[chicklet]

She blinked, then stood there and considered. "Well...... Corn could do magic and charm things and fly. And I would guess witches..." Huh. "I guess they'd do the same, but differently!" she said, finally.

[younghero]

"Flying is something that only the Ascended can do. Unless, a person could already fly back home."

Which reminded Link, he needed to work on that one. The thought left a bad taste in his mouth, since it seemed far too showy for his tastes.

"But, making things with Bending is pretty easy."

[chicklet]

"Ascended?" she asked. Was that some special kind of fairy? She was all but bouncing with excitement. It was weird to be able to be excited this long without being scolded by Mr. Tsuruga or hit by Moko.

[younghero]

"Angelii and Ashura."

Please don't ask him to fly.

[chicklet]

"Angels and... aren't Ashura a kind of devil?" she asked, blinking confused. Not that she'd really mind meeting a devil, but still... who protected the princesses and fairies from them?

[younghero]

"No, they're just the next level of ascension beyond Angelii."

[chicklet]

"Gods?!" Her mind was blown. she fell to her knees, blood trickling down her nose ever so slightly, because with Kyoko everything had the potential to SEEM literal.

[younghero]

Whoa.

Link's eyes widened and he used Bending to make a handkerchief for her. Handing it over he shook his head. "No, not exactly. There's still Deva beyond them, and Aeon beyond that. Nautilus, where we area now, he's an Aeon. I guess they're kinda god like, but, I'm not real sure on that."

[chicklet]

She took the handkerchief and stared at it in wonder. "You.... made this.... with magic...?" she asked, then cradled it to her cheek like it was some wonderful treasure.

"Wait, we are in one of these Aeon things?" Was that what Corn's father was, then? Greater than she had ever guessed!

[younghero]

"Oh. Yeah, that was Bending."

He was still a little concerned about that bleeding thing.

"Mm-hm. Nautilus is an Aeon."

[chicklet]

"Bending..." she repeated. The name was a little... unglamorous. She could almost hear Moko complaining about it being a plain and simple word for plain and simple girl like Kyoko. Despite the insult, she smiled. She did so very much love Moko. Her first best friend!

"So... like Corn's father holds the whole of our world in his giant hands, this Nautilus holds this world?"

[younghero]

"I suppose?"

Link wasn't too clear on how other worlds worked.

[chicklet]

He wasn't going to get any clearer an idea from talking to Kyoko, sadly. "Woooooow.
I wonder if Nautilus has any kids...."

[younghero]

Now, there was a thought Link had never even considered.

"Oh, wow, I hope not. How awful would that be, to be a whole city and never get to see your own family."

[chicklet]

"Why wouldn't he get to see them? You think Corn's father wanted to see him and never could?" Her eyes started to water as she thought about that. How sad for them! Corn! No wonder he was hurting so much! How had she never noticed?!

[younghero]

"Cities can't exactly hug their kids, and Nautilus isn't real chatty."

The Great Deku Tree could at least talk to the Kokiri.

Link wasn't sure what to do, seeing the girl puddle-up again. He'd already given her a handkerchief, after all. The boy rummaged in his pouch and finally produced a piece of ancient Halloween candy that he offered out. It's wrapped, but, it's exactly as one would expect it to be, coming from a twelve-year-old hero who has carried it around for almost a year.

[chicklet]

"I never thought of that.... poor Cooooooooorn........"

But she blinked at the candy, confused a moment before she realized what was being offered. "Thank you. But I'm not crying to get sympathy or be protected or anything, you know." She shook her head a bit. "You don't have to take care of me."

What would Maria think if she saw such a thing?

[younghero]

"Are you sure?"

Link wasn't actually sure what to do. Since, he didn't know her well enough to hug her, and had already given her a handkerchief, stale Halloween candy was about all he had on him to offer.

"Do...people actually cry just to get sympathy?" This was news to him, even having met Ruto.

[chicklet]

"I'm sure. And they do. All the time. And sometimes they cry because they're sad but just expect everyone to drop everything to fix things for them," she sounded and looked disgusted and there was a heaviness to the air around her. "But just crying isn't going to make things happen. For that you need your GUTS! Go out and MAKE it happen!"