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[lifeisbrief]

If your world- or your country- had a legend about people with powers who would appear when the country was in danger, would you think they were heroes? Or would you think they were bringing destruction?

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[lightning_strike]

Depends. There's a lot of stories of legendary warriors in my world, but so far, the only confirmed heroes are the witches.

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[lifeisbrief]

Witches? I thought that was usually a word for villains.

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[lightning_strike]

It seems like it is outside of my world. But the witches are powerful magical girls between the age of 6 to 20. They've repelled demons and enemies alike off our shores for centuries before the current date.

[lifeisbrief]

So people have a lot of experience with them, then.

[refinedvillian]

Normally, heroes do seem to appear when the world is in danger. It's difficult to be a heroe without a villain to fight, after all.

Not to say it's impossible for some people to stage the crime they're supposedly stopping. The legends don't go into enough detail to know?

[lifeisbrief]

I guess you could say it's more a prophecy than a legend. Or it was.

[refinedvillian]

Could you explain a bit more? A broken prophecy?

[harlol]

well if they appear when the country is already in danger
then obviously they would be heroes to stop it!!!
probably anyway

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[lifeisbrief]

[wow that text is different]

It seems like they appear around the same time as the danger.

[harlol]

there is also the possibility that maybe it is both
maybe they are heroes but they also caused it

[lawhero]

I would assume they were the heroes come to save the country.

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[lifeisbrief]

That's what I thought first, too. Ah- I still think that, but that's because I know some of them. Not everyone believes it, though.

[lawhero]

Maybe you can convince them? It must be hard if their reputation is bad...

[seasaltzombie]

... I dunno. Maybe both. Both usually show up at the same time, don't they?

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[lifeisbrief]

It does seem like that.

[seasaltzombie]

I guess the only way you'd know for sure is see what they did once they turned up. I mean, you'd think it'd be pretty obvious which one it was by then.

[worthinvesting]

That would depend entirely on how they behaved after their arrival.

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[lifeisbrief]

But wouldn't it also depend on how they're treated when they arrive?

[worthinvesting]

That would be a factor, yes. I would hope the people would be wise enough not to mistreat their visitor before they have the chance to do anything.

[originaldragoon]

I suppose it depends if they appear before or after the thing that is causing the danger.

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[lifeisbrief]

It seems like they come around the same time.

Then again, the heroes have to be born before things get really bad.

[originaldragoon]

Do they know that they are the heroes when they are born?

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[eldesthatter]

Has something happened?

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[lifeisbrief]

Ah- we're visiting a town right now, and I...was thinking about some things I heard.

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[eldesthatter]

What was it that you heard?