New girl

[willtolove]

[The video's got an odd pinkish tint to it, and there's a young woman with wings staring at it in confusion.]

Okay, is this a new feature of this thing? Couldn't Yan Lin have given me an instruction manual?

Um, hello? Weird...duck...thing... I don't suppose anyone could explain this to me?

Comments

[dual_wield_hax]

You've been connected to an inter-world internet community. It connects times, people, places, and different worlds entirely.

[willtolove]

So, it's like Meridian?

...Didn't know Meridian had computers. Or that the Heart could get internet service.

[dual_wield_hax]

It's probably not that. The duck does what it wants, so it connects to a lot of places that aren't from your local multiverse if you have one.

I'm connected from a VRMMO.

[willtolove]

Okay, let's pretend I have any idea what that is.

[dual_wield_hax]

Not many do. It's short for a Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online game. I'll spare you the details and say I'm stuck here.

[No Comment] 1/2

[bag_has_snapped]

[Tsubomi's just going to look at the new girl with... a load of jealousy and enviousness. Seriously, the only thing running through her head is "She's so pretty, why can't I be that pretty?"

Give her a few minutes.]

[Comment] 2/2

[bag_has_snapped]

Ah, th-this is what they call "the Duck". It's an internet community of sorts. Looks like they got you, too.

Re: [Comment] 2/2

[willtolove]

Like being the new girl in town wasn't weird enough to begin with.

Um, hi. I'm Will. Will Vandom.

[bag_has_snapped]

I'm Tsubomi Hanasaki. It's nice to meet you...

...you moved to a new town, too?

[willtolove]

Yeah. I used to live in Fadden Hills, but my mom got a transfer, so we moved to Heatherfield...which probably means nothing to you since you're probably not from my world, right?

[alldevouringabomination]

Quack!

[And Will will also get a picture of a lot of ducks quacking at each other. Sorry, that's all the explanation the pink puff has to offer.]

[willtolove]

Awww! I don't really get it but it's cute!

[alldevouringabomination]

[Yes, the drawing is cute, isn't it? many girls find Kirby to be cute too]

Quack quack!

[Kirby is happy that you are cheered up!]

[willtolove]

So I'm pretty sure you're not a duck.

[alldevouringabomination]

[You are correct good ma'am!]

Kirby~

video;

[selfished]

.. So why would ya have wings if they look like they're too tiny to fly?

[ These are the real questions, obviously. ]

Re: video;

[willtolove]

They work, surprisingly enough.

[selfished]

How does that even work? Do they grow bigger? They gotta to carry ya!

[willtolove]

Magic, I guess? I'm really new to all of this.

[text]

[shadow_spread]

Well, it lets you talk to other worlds, sometimes makes you travel to them, and can affect you in strange ways.

That's the short explanation, at least.

Re: [text]

[willtolove]

So worlds beyond just Earth and Meridian? There's no evil overlords to overthrow, are there?

[iwontforgivethis]

Well, it looks like I'm a bit late as far as introductions go, but welcome to the community.

[willtolove]

That's okay, since I'm still figuring things out. I'm Will.

[iwontforgivethis]

I'm Honoka. It's nice to meet you, Will.

So, umm... I noticed that you're not exactly using a computer to connect to us here. Is it some sort of magical amulet or something?

[willtolove]

Yeah, it's called the Heart of Kandrakar. It's a crystal that gives us our powers and lets us transform while also letting me seal portals in this thing called the Veil.