[video - canon update]

[symbolofhappiness]

Looks like Setsuna is once again the victim of being recorded without her knowledge. This time, she's standing in front of a large window, overlooking the inside of a dome. There's a large crowd of people gathered before a stage. It looks like a concert has just started.

Setsuna herself isn't saying a word. She's just standing there for a while, watching. Just as it's starting to look like that's all the video is going to be, she takes a deep breath and presses her hands together.

"Switch... over."

As Setsuna pulls her hands apart again, her appearance changes quite drastically. But the way she looks might not be completely unfamiliar to some people on the community.

She then pulls out a strange, triangular card with a closed eye on it. The edges of the card are frayed. It looks like it parts of it have been torn off already. She throws the card and it flies to the ceiling, attaching itself to an air vent. It glows red and the eye opens.

On Setsuna's hand, a blue symbol with the same eye appears. From it, vines with thorns emerge and they wrap around her arm. She flinches, but shrugs it off quickly, then steps closer to the window and glares at the crowd below.

"Precure! I will defeat you!"

A big wheel-shaped monster crashes down, shattering the window and breaking open a large part of the building. It flies out through the opening and starts shooting out bursts of wind, destroying parts of the concert stage, while the people below scream in fear.

"Now, transform already!"

[ooc: Setsuna will be replying several hours later.]

Comments

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[former_endboss]

My, my. Quite the change, though I like your sense of style.

What or who are these Precure you will defeat? Or have defeated?

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[symbolofhappiness]

[...oh damn it, this posted. Because that's just what she needed on top of everything else. At least it was easy enough to act 'normal' when she was just using text.]

I guess since this has been posted now there's no sense in not being honest about it. They're annoying pests. So called 'legendary heroes', that use magic to transform and fight. I believe the common term for the likes of them is 'magical girls'.

I haven't managed to defeat them just yet, unfortunately.

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[former_endboss]

Hmmm. Some people would say that opposing legendary heroes automatically makes you a villian. On the other hand, while my world is lacking in 'magical girls', it has no shortage of girls with magic. And they can be annoying pests to.

Ahh, that's a shame. I suppose that being outnumbered, you may be at a disadvantage. She could never win without help. But I'm still in the game, so even with all her so-called friends, she hasn't won yet.

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[symbolofhappiness]

I'm sure plenty of people will call me that after seeing this. I don't really care what such short-sighted people think, though.

Types like that are persistent, even if they never act, only react. I should have been able to defeat them with that card, though. I don't understand why I still lost.

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[former_endboss]

As one who has been slurred herself, I sympathize. Labels can be so unfortunate-it is a flaw of human thinking. Though, I think this should be kept between us, yes?

Perhaps a change in tactics is in order if direct assault is not working? Ambush, catch them off guard, separated and unprepared? And if you know their untransformed identities, well. That opens up a whole world of so called 'underhanded tactics'. They have to sleep and eat after all.

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[selene]

[ .. Huh? Usagi recognizes the girl, she's spoken to her plenty of times and all, but she doesn't really get what's going on. She transforms, and then.. that card..

W.. wait, did she just summon that monster..? ]

S-stop! [ So she instinctively yells at the video. ] Don't do that, the people will get hurt..!

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[symbolofhappiness]

I've tried a lot of tactics already. Their powers are very different from my own, so I don't think I could win in a one-on-one fight with one of them. So I tried getting close to one of the girls, with the intention of stealing the item that allowed her to transform.

It didn't work.

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[symbolofhappiness]

[Oh, it's this annoying girl. Just great.]

...You're a little late there. [Setsuna isn't doing too well. She's pale and looks pretty worn out.] Even if you weren't, though, it's not like I'd stop just because you asked me to.

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[former_endboss]

A nice try, but a bit more roundabout and needlessly complicated. You could simply have broken into her house and taken it while she was asleep, or killed her if you wished to eliminate her from the game completely. Unless there is a reason she has to remain alive.

[Even in text, it's casual, cold and rather shocking how quickly Mir leaps to 'Kill your enemies.']

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[symbolofhappiness]

Taking it like that wouldn't have worked. It was very easy to actually steal it. The problem is that when I tried touching it, the item reacted strangely.

[Killing her like that, though... It would've been pretty easy, wouldn't it? So why hadn't she just done that? Besides lol kids show.] No, no reason. There's a certain creature in her home that would've alerted her if I had tried sneaking up on her, though. It has mysterious powers, so I have no doubt that it would have protected her. [Yeah, that's a really weak excuse.]

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[former_endboss]

Strangely how? Glowing, heating, teleporting back to it's owner?

Do those powers include an immunity to poison, viruses and bacteria? Not easy to get on short notice, but a girl with your suppliers should be able to lay hands on something, even if it is just arsenic for her breakfast.

[The reason is that you're a wuss EAS.]

Of course, if you want powerful allies, I'll gladly study and defeat these Precure for you if you do something for me.

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[iwontforgivethis]

[ ... Oh look. It looks like her vibes were correct after all. It takes her quite a while to post this, but she figures that she should still do something. Or say something.

Even if she's not the best at trying to get through to Setsuna. ]

... This certainly explains a lot.

[oceanicbutterfly]

...right.

[voice]

[symbolofhappiness]

Hm, does it now?

[symbolofhappiness]

Thank you for your valuable input.

[oceanicbutterfly]

Do you really think this is the best time for sarcasm?

[symbolofhappiness]

I don't really care, honestly. What do you want?

[oceanicbutterfly]

Well, you've rather clearly attacked my... well, successors, I suppose. I can't help but feel I'm owed an explanation.

[symbolofhappiness]

[...she was right, literately every girl from their world was a Precure.]

I don't owe you anything. But whatever, it's not like there's any use in hiding anything now. What do you want to know?

[oceanicbutterfly]

[It's contagious. You talk to a girl in pink a few times and suddenly you're waving a cellphone around and shouting Engrishy nonsense.]

Why.

[symbolofhappiness]

[Damn those pink themed girls. They're a menace, I tell you.]

Because, quite simply, I was ordered to.

[oceanicbutterfly]

[Yep. And nobody in this thread likes them at all, of course.]

Let me rephrase, then. To what end?

[symbolofhappiness]

[What is there even to like about those stupid, incredibly sweet girls that make you feel like you're an actual person with feelings, wow. That'd just be dumb.]

So my master, Lord Moebius, can conquer this world. The Precure are the only ones standing in his way, so I was ordered to get rid of them.

[oceanicbutterfly]

Typical. You realize, of course, that world conquerors rarely, if ever, have good intentions.

[symbolofhappiness]

...

I don't really care about that. [Not lately, anyway.] I'm just following my orders.