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Prompts

Arrival: So you've just arrived in Nyoi-Cho. Congratulations! You must be so excited about having your wish granted. Or maybe you're upset that the result wasn't quite what you expected? If that's the case, then that's too bad! There are no take backs and no redoes, so you're stuck with what you have! Maybe you should have been more careful about how you worded that wish...

Oh well. There's no use in dwelling on it. You're a magi now, and that means adjusting to a whole new lifestyle! Maybe one of the townspeople can help you out.

Only... they're acting a bit strangely, aren't they? They're all too happy to show you around, but there's something unsettling about the way they're behaving. Almost cheerfully dissonant. Any questions about the history of the town are met with blank stares and brief silence, before they plaster a smile onto their faces and change the subject. Any attempts to tell them about your duties as a magi or anything else that relates to the magical will get similar reactions.

Isn't there anyone normal here that you can talk to at all?

Home Improvement: The houses that the magi are given access to really are something, aren't they? There's almost no limit to what they can do! Why don't you create the house of your dreams, or maybe recreate and relive your favorite childhood scenes? Invite some spectators over to marvel!

A Corrupted Soul Gem: You neglected to take care of your soul gem, and now you don't feel quite yourself anymore. You feel like you're losing your sense of self - all you seem to be able to focus on is your old regrets and past failures. What's happening to you?

A Day in the Life: Everyday hero by day, magician by night! You've got a busy day ahead of you and no time to waste! Maybe it's school, or maybe it's work, maybe it's both! Being magical doesn't make you exempt from paying those shopping bills!

May Day: Uh-oh. This magical girl stuff looked easier on TV. You're in some serious trouble! Or maybe you see someone else who is! It's time to pull up your socks and show them what you have. Be the hero you've always wanted to be, or give in and be that damsel in distress. There's no shame in needing a little help now and then.

A Successful Mission: Congratulations! You met up with your first Nightmare, and you fought valiantly. You even mastered that tricky power of yours! What sort of power did you get? Is it a useful one, or is it not so useful? Maybe you've mastered it beautifully, and now you're showing off to all of your friends. Maybe you're having a hard time keeping it under wraps, and now you're wreaking havoc across the town without meaning to!

A Dreadful Nightmare: You had an absolutely horrid day. As you drift off to sleep, your mind dwells on all the injustices you've had to endure. In response, your bed swallows you up, and your room shifts into a horrific Nightmarescape. What sort of Nightmare are you? What kind of Nightmarescape do you create? Hopefully your fellow magi can stop you before you cause too much damage!

Wildcard: Feel free to use any information from the FAQ or the World Info page to make your own prompt!

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[ More so than others, Kanaya is willing to actually listen to people's problems, even if she can't do much to help. And right now, it doesn't seem like Karkat's problems can be solved by bottling it up, or even just convincing him that he needs to stop worrying like a pap or shoosh would imply. Eventually she lets go though, pulling back from him, not wanting to make things more awkward by holding on. ]

Honestly... I'm not sure. It just sort of does. The humans that I have become acquainted with here consider it all magic, but in the end it doesn't seem all that different from what we're used to. Except for the transformation aspect.

[ Kanaya actually likes it though, her lips curling up into a little smile. ]

[He's never really dealt with magic, save for being the target of some magical fire once. And what Kanaya says is not quite the answer he was looking for, but it bears interest still.]

Transformation?

[His eyebrow lifts. That has to be worth hearing about.]

[ Kanaya has on occasion likened her own role in Sgrub as that of a kind of witch, and thus a user of magic, but she never really figure out how to make her powers work, or if she ever really had any at all. It's too bad she never made it to God tier. ]

It doesn't involve mouth-to-mouth interactions, if that helps any.

[And at that his eyebrows just scrunch up.]

No, that doesn't help, because I still understand precisely nothing of what it does involve. Just explain it to me straight, Kanaya.

I could explain it or I could just show it to you instead. Actually, I think showing you would make more sense.

[ Because she doesn't really know how to explain it. Magic was never her strong suit. So with a swift touch of the gem on the ring on her finger, a bright light envelops Kanaya, replacing her clothes with an outfit much more suited for the title of magical girl. But of course, showing it off like this makes her uncomfortable, as she was never much of a model despite her love of fashion, making her uncomfortable shift her weight back and forth. ]

Does this explain anything? At all?

[Karkat's eyebrows shoot up at that display. Magic's not something he's seen much of, aside from that time with fire in one of the arenas, and the more destructive sort displayed by Rose and Eridan (his white """science""", anyway).]

[That, though...]

Jegus. Sort of? I see what you meant, but holy shit. How did you trigger it? It's kind of hard to pay attention when all this light suddenly happened around you.

[ Cute or not, it's not her style, and it leave too much exposed. Shoulders and thighs, things she's not used to not being covered by a skirt and t-shirt. There's a reason why she doesn't wear her strapless dresses out often. ]

Um. Magic. By which to say I mean I just thought about it and touched my Soul Gem and made it happen.

[He knows her enough to recognize that it's not her usual in spite of the familiar color scheme, but he's spent so long being put in fancy outfits and seeing others subjected to the same that it's barely worth commenting on in his mind. The long ribbons might be a hazard, but it looks free enough to move in, and that's the important part.]

[He does wonder, however, what he might be stuck with.]

Okay, then color me slow on the uptake, because I haven't gotten around to figuring out whatever my soul gem is yet. I was too busy freaking out about... [He gestures around him.] Everything to really bother looking myself over.

[But on that topic...]

Look, do you want to catch up more later? If there's something else I need to know first then go ahead and tell me, but I need to figure the gem thing out and I could probably use an ablution besides. Maybe next time I can manage to smell halfway decent and have my issues more contained before we talk.

[ Kanaya herself is definitely interested in seeing what Karkat's outfit might be. Because she's pretty sure no matter what it will be funny to see him get angry about it. Because how could he not? ]

Well. This might not help but I think you will figure it out sooner or later. It's not actually super important to figure it out right at this moment. We have time, which almost feels like a silly thing given our usual sort of circumstances, but it appears to be the truth.

[ With a nod, Kanaya returns back to normal, her clothes seeming to explode in another bright light, before ending up right back in her usual black and red. ]

Oh. Um. Sure. Yes. We can catch up later. If you need me you can speak to your mirror and I'll answer.

[It's weird to think of, if not for the usual reason. Time wasn't something he was as pressed for back in Panem, usually. For him, it's a matter of wanting to know what he has to work with. How can he fight if he doesn't take the time to learn it? And he doesn't know when his first battle will be.]

[Her transformation interrupts him from saying so, however, and the next words out of her mouth give him something else to ask.]

You're saying my mirror is a communication device? How does that work?

I am saying that, yes. Again, I hate to sound like I am not giving you the full breadth of my knowledge but my answer is the same as it was before. Magic appears to be the answer. Or a sort of technology that is akin to it, though much of what I have seen here makes be think it's magic than other things.

I am certain you will figure it out. It's really not hard.

[ She'd explain more about it, but she's got some faith in Karkat. Actually, despite how poorly he did as a leader, she actually still would follow him again if she were asked to. ]

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aaaa that outfit is really cute

i know right?!

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