Second Prayer: A Proper Greeting and Mysterious Arrivals[Video/Action]

[faithfulflame]

Backdated to March 16th

[Early on the morning of her fifth day in Luceti, Rei Hino leaves the house she shares with the other Senshi to go about her business for the day when she is surprised to find two very familiar faces perched in a tree not far from the house. Excitedly, Rei calls out happily to a pair of large, black crows]

Phobos?! Deimos?! Is that you?!

[The birds CAW loudly and wing down, happily skipping around on the ground at her feet. These birds had been her friends and companions for many years, and...without them it just wouldn't be as comfortable for her in this odd land. Plans now forgotten, Rei spends the morning playing with Phobos and Deimos, walking all around the village in her Miko robe with the two birds flapping around with her. Anyone unfamiliar with Rei catching the spectacle might be incredibly taken aback by just how familiar the corvids seem with the strange girl, actually allowing her to gently touch them, quorking happily]


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[Later that afternoon, a Video feed will start up over the journal system.

Rei is sitting on a bench outside, fiddling with the journal for a moment before setting it down and standing up to address the camera properly. Her speech is very formal, and unlike her last broadcast, she sounds much more calm and collected, despite the pair of crows that peer into the camera a few times during the broadcast]

Good Afternoon everyone. I would like to take a moment to properly introduce myself when I'm not screaming and worrying about everything. My name is Rei Hino, and I am from Tokyo, Japan. I would like to apologize for my outburst the other day, and especially to anyone that I may have yelled at or been rude to.

I would also like to extend my heartfelt thanks to everyone that helped me when I arrived. I promise that I won't ever forget it. Additionally, I want to thank everyone who helped take care of my friends Mizuno Ami-san, and Tsukino Usagi-san in the time before I arrived. They are very, very dear to me and I am glad that they seem to have found the inhabitants of this village to be welcoming and kind. They have told me many good things about many of you, so I look forward to meeting you.

And...I gather from other broadcasts its customary to ask a question. So, my question is this: What are the spirits of this land like? Are they kind and helpful, or are they capricious and mean? Also, I would like to know more about the spirits of your homelands. Studying such things is one of my fondest hobbies, so I am very curious.

Thank you for your time.

Comments

[Depressing Princess Action?]

[geniustheveil]

[It's hard to handle for the ones who lived it. But the next part, of course, is easier.]

That's right. After it happened again, Usagi-chan was able to use the ginzuishou once more to restore everything. Although, we all lost the power to transform after that, until later on.

[Depressing Princess Action?]

[faithfulflame]

[Somehow...that doesn't surprise Rei, but it doesn't make it any easier to think about.]

And...just what triggered this...episode? [She doesn't want to believe it, but if Ami told her, it MUST be true]

[Depressing Princess Action?]

[geniustheveil]

[That part is exactly the same as the repetition of the past in Rei's world.]

Metalia was able to take over the body of the prince. Usagi-chan... To stop Metalia from destroying the planet, she was forced to kill him.

When he died again, the past repeated.

[Depressing Princess Action?]

[faithfulflame]

[Poor Usagi-chan...she knew that battle would be coming up in her own world. After...everything]

And she...brought us back. Alright. I understand, and I can understand why you are worried. So...THIS Usagi-chan doesn't know about that yet?

[Depressing Princess Action?]

[geniustheveil]

That's right. She doesn't have any awareness of herself as the princess, and she doesn't know Chiba Mamoru well yet.

It's probably better that way, for now.

[Depressing Princess Action?]

[faithfulflame]

And you want my advice on...what to tell her?

[See, she did listen, Ami-chan!]

Don't. At all. Usagi-chan doesn't need to know that, not here. I think it would hurt her, very much.

[Depressing Princess Action?]

[geniustheveil]

I understand that. Really.

But, I can't help thinking, if she knew, she could prepare for it. It might even be able to be avoided.

But, on the other hand, telling her might also provoke those memories, and the princess. And with the prince not even here...

[Depressing Princess Action?]

[faithfulflame]

I...thought I read in the guidebook that when we go back, we lose our memories? Wouldn't that not do any good?

And, if she did become the princess here, does she have the ginzuishou? I think that it would be really hard on her, knowing that is coming.

[She didn't think she'd ever have to say this...]

Ami-chan, I think maybe you're wrong this time. Your logic is sound, but...the risk? There's quite a lot at stake if she gets provoked. And if Mamoru-san isn't here? It'd be worse...

[Depressing Princess Action?]

[geniustheveil]

[Oh, her logic is definitely sound, because she certainly sees both sides of the arguments. Ami settles for the practical questions first.]

I only believe the guidebook until we find a way to keep them. It's too important to give up trying.

[Depressing Princess Action?]

[faithfulflame]

Would we have a way to keep them? I mean, if we went back, would we even know we were missing memories?

[Depressing Princess Action?]

[geniustheveil]

As things are now, we wouldn't. That's why I want to find a better solution.

It's important.

[Because the differences between their worlds don't stop at the princess. There was also Ami's own weakness, and her time in the darkness as a slave to the Dark Kingdom.]

[Depressing Princess Action?]

[faithfulflame]

Well, then maybe...if you think we need to tell her. We could give her some information in a more roundabout way? I know its mean, but Usagi-chan's head doesn't work in a straight line, so it'd take her a while to figure it out if we gave it to her in a riddle.

She...has a right to know, at least some of it.

[Depressing Princess Action?]

[geniustheveil]

But what can we say that wouldn't be too much?

['Usagi, you're the princess'? Once she realizes it, it might become dangerous.

'Usagi, you destroyed the world in the past. You have to become strong and avoid it'? She'd be scared, and probably panic.]

[Depressing Princess Action?]

[faithfulflame]

I honestly don't know, Ami-chan. Minako-chan would, or Luna. But I don't. Maybe we could start with the basics, and explain...just how your world was reborn a long time ago. And see how she takes that?

Its all got to be worded carefully though...

[Depressing Princess Action?]

[geniustheveil]

But I'm also afraid of what might happen if she remembers. Chiba Mamoru isn't even here. If she becomes aware of herself as the princess, and becomes the princess, if he isn't here she might really do something bad.

[Depressing Princess Action?]

[faithfulflame]

Well, how did it first happen in your world? Was it related to Mamoru-san? Or did something else trigger it?

[Depressing Princess Action?]

[geniustheveil]

Usagi-chan became the princess when Mamoru-san was hurt by Kunzite.

[Depressing Princess Action?]

[faithfulflame]

Do you think maybe it would have to be triggered by Mamoru-san then? Clearly, there is a connection there.

Re: [Depressing Princess Action?]

[geniustheveil]

The ginzuishou depends on her heart. We know that. [It's a stark reality, in the world where that heart broke while she held it in her hand.]

Seeing the prince injured, her heart was in confusion, and she emerged from the past.

[Depressing Princess Action?]

[faithfulflame]

Then maybe...it'd be best to tell her a bit more while Mamoru-san isn't around to trigger her feelings?

[Depressing Princess Action?]

[geniustheveil]

Maybe. And the truth is, I don't like hiding things from Usagi-chan. Not at all.

[And surely telling her would be different from the shock of it happening, or seeing it?]

But I know even when Zoisite targeted the 'princess', Usagi-chan wasn't affected, because she didn't have any idea that was her. Once she does... she might be more vulnerable, to things like that and to the princess.

[Depressing Princess Action?]

[faithfulflame]

Right, I really don't like hiding things from Usagi-chan either. She may be a little goofy, but she really is a lot more perceptive than we know.

[Not to mention...theres a chance she can control it if she's aware]

I'm not sure about that though, Zoisite isn't here. And if he were to appear, we could deal with him BEFORE he became aware of it. I don't know if anyone else would really...target her like that.

[Depressing Princess Action?]

[geniustheveil]

It's not like that now. Zoisite and the others, they fought alongside us to prevent the Dark Kingdom from being revived again.

[She isn't sure why she even said that. Why defend them? Maybe it's fairness, or maybe a twinge of still understanding what they went through back then. Either way, she knows the other side of it, too:]

But if they came here, it could be from any time, or even a different world again.

[Depressing Princess Action?]

[faithfulflame]

Of course, you told me before, and I trust you. But, forgive me if I sound jaded, the possibility of one of the Shittenou appearing from your world, and at the proper time, seems less likely than one appearing from mine, or from a dark period in yours.

My point, Ami-chan, is that we couldn't count on them. And shouldn't, since they aren't here.

I don't like the idea of hiding this from Usagi-chan. Its a hard decision to make though. So many risks.

[Depressing Princess Action?]

[geniustheveil]

[Technically, the greater probability was of a shitennou from the past life or already healed, as it encompassed a greater span of time.

But she wasn't going to gamble Usagi's safety on it.]

I don't count on anyone when it comes to this.

[They're words the Ami that Rei knows, so full of faith and hope, would never speak.]