[And, here's a familiar face. Maybe? Kinda sorta? Either way, a redheaded teen's going to blink as her computer screen comes to life and greets her with a familiar screen of sorts.]

Oh! Oh, wow! It came back! That... that Duck thing came back!

Hi, everyone! Is everyone okay?! I know it's been so long and I'm so sorry I left you guys and...!

[She goes to bow and, like the first time she was here, she proceeded to headbutt the desk.]

OW...!

[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?

[Ah, nope, sorry - you're just getting a view of Tsubomi's room... oh, wait, there's her hand, waving.]

Ohhh, so tired... after everything that's gone on - the show, not sleeping, those monsters showing up... I think I'm ready for a vacation.

Too bad school's back on. I wouldn't mind going back to the beach...

O-Oh! Sorry, everyone...

[And Tsubomi slowly slips out of bed and trudges to her computer, typing in a few things...]

[Fail!Locked to Hayate]

Hayate, are you okay? I didn't expect everything to happen so fast. Or to have to rescue you so quickly. Though... I'm curious. I saw some other people out there besides me, you and Aqua. Were those your family?

[When the video snaps on, you can see that the person on the video is Oriko. However, the voice and mannerisms? 100% Tsubomi.]

Um... looks like I got hit with this new virus, too. It's... so awkward, really. [Older body, different frame, knowing that she has magic powers and she's been told don't use them as much as she should...] I-It shouldn't take long, right?

Um... Itsuki? Yuri? Erika? Oriko's in my body. Do you mind making sure she's okay? I know this is a bad time for this, but... th-there's not much I can do. I guess I'll be playing sick for a day or so until it all blows by.

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[And we're back to the Precure video game! This time, we're watching Cure Blossom in action, facing down the Dark Precure! If the real one gives the girls a lot of trouble, then this one is just as bad! The fight is neck and neck with both fighters down to their last slivers of health before...!]

PINK FORTE WAVE!

[Oh, bless those wonderful bomb-like special attacks! It's enough to put down the fearsome boss and move on to the next stage as the Cure jumps for joy.]

- - - -

[And the video snaps on again after all is said and down and Tsubomi looks like she's on a major high right now.]

I... I beat her. Me and the player beat the Dark Precure! I-I mean... virtually every other time, I lose and I get swapped out for someone else, but this time... w-we did it! We won! I won! I...

I...

...wow... eheheheh!

[The video boots up inside one of the classrooms in the Heartcatch girl's school. Various cloths, clothes and sewing material can be found scattered all over the place, the chalkboard sporting the time until the School Festival. And the camera is gonna focus on Tsubomi with... an odd guest.]

U-Um, th-thanks for showing up so suddenly, Aqua. A-And agreeing to do all of this. I... I didn't think you'd want to do something like this. N-Now, I-I'm just gonna measure you so we can at least start with something real fast. A-Arms out like this...

[And as Tsubomi holds out her arms straight, Aqua follows suit... and both girls look perplexed as to why the literal interpretation.]

[Look, everyone! It's a beautiful overview of Kibogahana! Seems calm, seems peaceful, everything looks healthy and nothing seems out of place...

...except if you look closely, you can spot a shocking pink streak making its way across the rooftops, hopping from one point to another almost expertly. Except for those times where the streak fumbles and has to climb back up onto the roof. Sometimes the shot would be obscured by a set of legs running by, clad in knee-length white boots. It goes on for awhile until finally, you can hear panting and exhaustion as a hand reaches up and over, pulling up a familiar figure...]

...I'm so out of shape! H-How does Itsuki-chan do it?

[It's Tsubomi... or rather, Cure Blossom! Despite three weeks of pain, she'd finally gotten tired of being stiff-legged and threw herself into getting back to normal.

And being three weeks without a major fight's thrown her off big time.]

[The video snaps onto a much more familiar sight: the inside of a botanical garden. Off to the side, you can barely see something massive, green and entirely huggable. The place seems serene, compared to the mass horrors of the zombie-filled mall. However, this sereneness comes to an end as something can be heard.]

Uuuuugh... ohhhh...

[Slowly a hand raises up into view, bandaged up, struggling to grab something out of view... before falling down and slapping something.]

Ow... where... where am I?

[If that voice wasn't recognizable, the figure rising up i-- AAAAAH! ZOMBIE TSUBOMI! SHE HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE TO-- Nah, she's not dead. Just very, very sore and bandaged up. Which shouldn't make sense since the last time people saw/heard her, she was becoming very dead]

...wait, is this... why am I here? Th... the last thing I remember was... [She gasps] ...the mall! Itsuki! Yuri! Everyone! Where are they?! I-I gotta get back! I--!

[Her scrambling to get up is cut off as she collapses: her strength hasn't returned to her at all, seeing as she spent two days driving herself to exhaustion.]

[You can hear the noises of zombies all over the place along with the painful cries of another person - Itsuki - being thrown aside and injured. However, the more recognizable sound can be heard clearer over the sounds of the zombies: Tsubomi.]

...thank you, Itsuki. Be safe. I love you. ...I love Erika... I love Yuri... I love everyone...

[After these last words, you can hear Tsubomi yelling as she fights back against the zombies before, finally, everything ceases: the community cuts it out, but it's obvious what has happened: Tsubomi's fallen to the horde.]

(OoC: Obviously, Tsubomi won't be answering.)

[The video snaps on and poor Tsubomi looks utterly beat! It's like she was in the middle of a massive fight. Indeed, she was. With her world's problems expanding, Tsubomi's grandmother took her team to a mysterious place to obtain a powerful artifact. However, to prove that they were worthy of this, they had to fight the previous Precure. Someone bent the rules, however, and instead of her grandmother, Tsubomi and friends had to fight Nagisa, Honoka and Karen!]

...hi, everyone. Sorry if I look worn down. I... kinda am. But...

[She holds up what looks like a jewelry box]

...Erika, Itsuki, Yuri and I got something powerful to help us. It's the Heartcatch Mirage. Grandma said it could grant us infinite power, but... I don't know how to really use it yet. Maybe we're missing something...

Oh! Nagisa? Honoka? Karen? Are you three alright? I hope we weren't too rough on you. I know we were supposed to fight you and all, but... well...

[Yeah, she's worried about them...]

[And as another video feed snaps on, you can see Tsubomi looking at something, pencil in hand and... wearing glasses? Yes, folks, Tsubomi wears glasses! Didn't know that, did you? However, when she notices she's being recorded, she panics and covers up the screen. You can hear other girls in the background, wondering if she was okay.]

N-No, no. Just a bug. I killed it, but I lost the design. H-Hold on, I'll go get rid of it.

[A few moments later, the picture's clear again as Tsubomi's now outside and... you can hear the beach? Where is she and who were those other people?]

Sorry, everyone - I didn't realize that this would happen. The fashion club's over here at the beach, staying at a beach house that a friend of Erika's mom lent us. It's really great and I hope we can come up with some good designs for outfits while we're here...

...that is, if everyone else remembers why we're here. [SRS FAEC TIEM)

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[Whatever you're doing, the comm snaps up with this wonderful video. It starts out innocently enough - a little girl watching her parents, all dressed up and looking quite well, leave off for whatever they're doing, the child's grandmother by her side. The little girl's really recognizable, too - it's Tsubomi! Isn't she adorable?

Time goes on in a bit of a dilation. More and more, you see Tsubomi's parents return and leave, the girl growing older, always by her grandmother's side as the length of time her parents are away grows longer and longer.]

No! Stop this! I don't want them to see this! Not like this!

[The years keep going. 5... 6... 7... the entire time you see the ever-growing Tsubomi seeing her parents off with a smile, one that hides something so much more. 9... 10... 11... 12...]

Please, don't!

[It's 14 years since it's started and her parents walk out once more and once again, Tsubomi heads for their backyard and as she sits there, she catches sight of a mother bird tending to her young. At the same time, Tsubomi's parents return, having left something behind...

...only to hear the heart-wrenching cry of Tsubomi's despair and loneliness being released. 14 years without her parents and she finally cracked. Years without her parents destroyed her self-esteem and desire. This is the beginning of Tsubomi's change.

As the video ends, there sits the modern day Tsubomi, eyes pained as she realizes everyone saw that.]

I... I didn't... it didn't have the right to show that!

[She's on the verge of tears here, now...]

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[Ayumi was out with Fu-chan that day, looking at antiques when Fu-chan changed into a bracelet. So absorbed in how pretty it looked, she never even noticed a certain pink bumping right into her behind. Stumbling forward, she made an "eep!" noise as she looked over her shoulder.]

Ayumi: Um... sorry! [And off she tears off, embarrassed.]

[Just when she thinks she's clear however, a yell came from behind her.]

Miyuki: WAAAAAAIT!

[Absolutely shocked, Ayumi just kept running, wondering why she was chasing her.]

[Along a pathway, after Hibiki explained what they were trying to do, ie find Fusion, Ayumi bumped into Hibiki and Fusion sort of went wobbly for a moment.]

Ayumi: SORRY!

Miyuki: WAIT!

Hibiki: ... WAIT HOLD ON! [And Hibiki takes chase. The chase goes on for several minutes before Hibiki zooms in front of the pair, holding out her hands.]

Hibiki: HOLD ON THERE!

[And Miyuki goes crashing into Hibiki, sending up dust everywhere.]

Ayumi: Um... are you two okay...?

Hibiki & Miyuki: GAAAAAH! [And they burst free, standing up as Ayumi whimpers. But as one, they bow to her.] I'm really sorry about earlier!

Miyuki: I'm sorry for bumping into you. I should have been watching where I was going!

Hibiki: And I bumped your bracelet. I didn't break it, did I?

Ayumi: O-oh! Well the bracelet and I are all okay. Was that what you wanted to tell me?

[The pair nodded and Ayumi had to smile as she bowed and headed off.]

Ayumi: What strange girls. Normally you wouldn't chase after someone to ask forgiveness...

[Yesterday, Tsubomi decided to go on a multiversal trip, snogging on everyone she met. Most of them girls. Most of them Precure. At least one of them taken. When she went to bed that night, she was on Cloud 9.

When she woke up the next morning, it was almost like hell decided to knock on her door. You see, one of those people she kissed was Itsuki. Her school's Student Council President. And well... no one knew the two were an item. Now they knew. And now, many of Itsuki's fangirls aren't happy that the new girl won her heart!

That's not counting the fact that, as Tsubomi laid there in her bed, the computer screen coming to life and the comm broadcasting everything, she worried about everyone else trying to get to her. It was probably a good thing that her parents could help her weather the storm just a little but...]

Mouuuu...! What have I done?! I've gotten everyone hating me now! ...I feel ill now...

[And she's going to hide her head under the covers. How could this get worse?]

[Community, you are looking at... oh, what was that new Precure's name, the one with the long golden hair that saved Hayate a few weeks back? Cure Sunshine, wasn't it? Anyway, you're seeing her apparently training. Her long hair flows out behind her as she hops from point to point, and at one point skims across a pond as if skating on it. She makes various twists and turns that would make a normal person sick, and throws out punches and kicks from time to time, plus the occasional massive sunflower-shaped shield.

And all the while, there's a huge smile on her face; like she hasn't felt this alive in months. Which, truth be told, she hasn't. So she pinballs about with glee.

Several minutes of this pass before Itsuki sighs and sits down, looking in a nearby window at her still-transformed reflection, breathing hard.]

I didn't think it would be this tiring... but I didn't think this would be so exhilarating, either. Or that my costume would be so revealing... I wonder if there's something better I can be doing to train, though. I want to practice some more...

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[And the video clicks on to show Tsubomi at her desk, fiddling away at some drawings. Seems like she's had a bit of inspiration. However, she lets out a small sigh as she shakes her head, erasing something. She looks up, blinks, then lets a smile melt onto her face.]

It's been a little on the slow side since what happened with Hayate... then again, I could use the break! Fighting almost every day can be exhausting...

Has anything interesting happened where you all are at?

[Nope, nothing can go wrong with a simple question, yes?]

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It's the day of the Tanabata Festival, and Yayoi is fielding traffic to and fro from the Mysterious Library and meeting people who are coming in with their own worldhops. You may see some of her teammates around including a fairy named Pop around today, but for the purpose of it, everything is funtimes!

There's a lot of people around and arriving at the front gates of the festival grounds, there's a ton of stuff to do, such as fish catching, food vendors and other assorted games. Have a ball and mingle. Because tonight, the Smile Precure are in for the fight of their lives.

Pegasus Day is upon us as well, since Marchenland celebrates the same occasion on the same day. So try not to ride the Pop!Pegasus around too much.

(ooc: minglepost, have fun, tag around with CR etc.)

[Seems like someone's found out that she has a red string tied to her finger. And it kept going and going... and she's standing outside a familiar (to some) dojo.]

...the Myoudouin Dojo? But, why would it lead me here? Why do I have this, though? [She looks at it, thinks about it... then starts turning red when she realizes it.] No, no, no, I can't-- she can't-- we can't-- aaahhh!

[And as Tsubomi attempts to run off, the string drags her back, flinging her on the ground.]

Ow... th-this isn't funny...