The Future Reflected by the Mirror (HappinessCharge Precure Quest)

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For several years now, Earth has been under attack by the Mirage Empire and their monsters, the Saiarks. The world's defenders are magical girls known as Precure, and as they battle and purify Saiarks, they give hope to all. Even so, these girls aren't invincible, and there seems to be no end to the tide of Saiarks and Mirage Generals.

It's been your dream to join the ranks of the Precure for years, and when you're finally given a chance, you eagerly jump into the fray. Still, being a Precure isn't just about frilly outfits and flashy battles, and you may be in over your head. Will you find teammates, or go it alone? Will you gather enough cards to make a wish? If so, what will you wish for? Will you ever make progress against the seemingly-infinite Mirage Empire, or will you be defeated and placed in a mirror by Phantom, the Precure Hunter? And will you ever learn why all of this is truly happening?
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Intro

Illune

Magical girl wannabe
Location
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Pronouns
She/Her
Hello! This is my second quest. I'm starting it because quests make me happy, and because we need more Precure quests. I'm pretty sure I'll be able to manage both just fine as long as I keep the story parts short and let you guys vote often. Like in my other quest, a lot of votes will be done in this manner:
  1. First, I will ask for write-in votes.
  2. I will then pick the ones I feel would work best or lead to the most interesting possibilities.
  3. Then, there will be a second vote, with the write-in votes I chose becoming the choices in the vote. Whichever write-in wins will be the action that you take.
There will still be multiple choice votes, of course.

Before we begin, we have some things to decide.

Precure, short for Pretty Cure, exist in every country, from Canada to Bhutan. Some work in teams, while others fight alone, but almost all of them are based in cities, which attract more Saiark.

While the identities of the Precure are unknown, their existence is a cultural phenomenon. The idea of school-age girls fighting monsters by beating them down with punches, kicks, and magical attacks is ludicrous, and yet that's what's happening. The politicians are still scrambling to take control of the situation, but the media has done well in glamourising and merchandising the Precure. It helps that a lot of their items look like the sort of toys that little kids would love…

And so it is that you can find Precure figures at the mall, Precure songs on the radio, Precure movies in the theaters, Precure magazines with interviews and special polls, TV shows dedicated to keeping up with the Cures' daily exploits — all that stuff. The world is being invaded, after all, and it's only natural for people to grab whatever hope they can reach and hold it tightly.

The Mirage Empire is still quite mysterious. Its ruler, Queen Mirage, has never once put out a statement or made any demands; instead, her forces attack and attack and attack, causing as much damage as they possibly can. No one knows where these Mirage Empire people came from or what their goals are; although some people claim to recognize certain Saiark users (known as Mirage Generals), they're usually blown off as conspiracy theorists or attention seekers. The Blue Sky Kingdom in northern Europe was the first nation to be attacked, and it fell shortly after, overwhelmed by a massive army of Saiark. According to some sources, one girl managed to become a Precure, but she was too late to stop the horde, and she barely escaped the kingdom with her life.

Nowadays, the Blue Sky Kingdom serves as the Mirage Empire's base of operations, and though no other countries have fallen, things sometimes look bleak.

Still, you're not going to give up hope, are you? You've wanted to be a Precure for years, to defend the ones you love and be the hope of the world. Some might say you have a hero complex, but you just can't see yourself living an ordinary life and never accomplishing anything that really matters. You don't see the point in going to school to prepare yourself for more school, which in turn prepares you for a job you don't like but feel obligated to do, which in turn leads to you "settling down" and having a family, raising your kids to do exactly what you did. You've always figured there must be more to the world than that, and when the Precure first appeared, your suspicions were proven correct. You don't have to content yourself with reading books and wishing you were the hero anymore. You can become the heroine of your own story.

And now, after years of wishing and hoping and begging anyone who can hear to give you a chance, you've finally done it — you've found a crystal, the kind that turns into a PreChan Mirror when a girl with the right potential wishes to protect the things that matter. You know that your legend is right around the corner, and you've got your Cure name worked out already. Now it's only a matter of waiting for the next Saiark attack…

What is your name?
[X] [NAME] Write-In
(Note: it doesn't have to be a Japanese name, since there are Precure everywhere.)

How old are you?
[X] [AGE] Write-In
(Note: you can be any age from ten to eighteen.)

What is your Cure name?
[X] [CURENAME] Write-In
(Note: the format is Cure (X), as in Cure Moonlight or Cure Bloom. You can use any name that isn't already used by a canon Cure in this setting or planned to be used by me. The already-taken names are: Lovely, Princess, Honey, Fortune, Tender, Sunset, Wave, Eagle, Sheriff, Wild, Shelly, Turquoise, Digit, Pixelate, Art, Nile, Continental, Katyusha, Southern Cross, Gonna, Pantaloni, Magenta, Spring, Amer, Innocent, Harmony, Shine, Yonder, Genesis, Light, Mirage, Seeker. I will choose a color for your outfit based on what color your chosen Cure name makes me think of.)

Where do you live?
[X] [CITY] Write-In
(Note: again, there are Precure all around the world, so don't feel limited to places in Japan. Pick a city you find interesting.)

Oh, and I've added some more worldbuilding and legendary Precure to the HappinessCharge setting, so keep a look out for that...
 
How about we place the setting somewhere that Happiness Charge definitely didn't cover, like Latin America. Which is why I dominate San José, Costa Rica as the city for this quest! Is a cool place and has many landmarks for interesting set pieces, and if you need someone to comfirm something about the geography I'm your gal (is from Costa Rica). (This may or not be propaganda but honestly it's a fun place for the setting.)
 
[X] Curename: Cure flesh
[X] Name: Cure flesh (American)
[X] Age: 16(?)
[X] City: New York
 
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[X] [NAME] Kyra Guo ( 郭 )
[X] [AGE] 17
[X] [CURENAME] Cure Qiáo ( 桥 )
[X] [CITY] Singapore

The name is meant to imply mixed heritage since Singapore is somewhat of a cultural melting pot. Additionally, Guo means "wall that surrounds a city" while Qiáo means "Bridge" in Mandarin, as it occurred to me that an architectural theme could be interesting. Kyra finally crossing a metaphorical bridge into this new role, and possibly providing the bridge to a solution, with how isolated Queen Mirage seems to be.
 
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I don't know much about Precure outside of what little clips I've seen and what I've read here. But any Magical Girl Quest/Story that isn't just more Madoka style suffering has my respect.

[X] Name: Viki Vance (American)
[X] Age: 15
[X] Curename: Cure Spiral
[X] City: Moscow

Name and age were just kind of pulled from my head. Not much reason behind them.

City is cause I just think it would be really funny to be an American Precure in Russia. Probably either an Expat or something. Would be interesting to interact with pure Russian Precures.

The Curename? I'll be honest, I'm basing that off of Gurren Lagann. Yeah, there's no Spiral Power here, but what better thing to symbolize fighting for hope than a fucking Spiral Drill?!
 
[X] City: Palikir

I got nothing for the rest right now, but I'm never gonna pass up a chance to push my pacific island agenda xD
 
Name: Alex Enatsu
Gender for clarity's sake: Female
Age: 16
Cure Name: Cure First Down
City: Bayshore Beautiful, Tampa Bay, Florida
Hair Color: Red
Eye Color: Hazel
Favored civilian clothing aesthetic: Gurokawa

Formerly from the Ibaraki Prefecture, Alex moved with her family to Bayshore Beautiful because her mother found work in an area nearby. Alex's true calling was American Football, which meant that her body was and had to be throughly exercised. Blue chose Alex to be Cure First Down on account of the aforementioned ambition; a Football themed Cure that specializes in melee attacks was an idea he hadn't yet tried at the time. After several noted victories against Madame Momere and her Saiarks, Alex was named the leader of a Precure team known as the Athletix Precure and the master of a sports themed fairy named Dash.

Maria Viera
Gender: Female
Age: 15 Years
Cure Name: Cure Striker
City: Bayshore Beautiful, Tampa Bay, Florida
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Amber
Favored civilian clothing aesthetic: Hime Gyaru

Maria is a native born Floridian that loves to play Soccer, the first friend Alex made upon her arrival in Bayshore Beautiful, and the second member of the Athletix Precure. She has a reputation for being an empath and for striving to be one of the best people she knows of at what she does. She worries about Alex, which makes Alex worry about her in turn, as she thinks that Madame Momere would take advantage of doubt. In her downtime, Maria likes to collect Pretty Cure merchandise and often talks to Hime about the Pretty Cure Trading Card Line's SSR cards. Maria has the Bomber Girls Precures' card, which, in a surprising sequence of events, earned her Hime's friendship. Maria's Cure identity, Cure Striker, is fire attributed; her melee attacks and her magic soccer ball burn any evildoer they hit.
 
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Is there any city you personally wanna write this thing in? Lotta cities out there that might make things very broad, or get in the way of any plans you have cooking.

[X] [CITY] Singapore

I do like Singapore as a setting though, so gonna follow up on @SpoopyGhost's vote here. 桥 feels kinda basic a name for a Cure form though, it'd very much still read like a mundane object for anybody who knows Chinese. Has less of the distance of Japanese Cures naming themselves in English or other languages. Cure Bridge doesn't have much pizzazz as a name.

Could probably extend it into a compound. Like Qiaoliang (桥梁), both a literal and figurative bridge. Or maybe Queqiao (鹊桥), the magpie bridge that allows Altair and Vega to meet. Honestly a big fan of this latter one lol.
 
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[X] [CURENAME] Quèqiáo (鹊桥)

Actually I'm getting a good vibe from the Magpie Bridge; everybody loves The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, and honestly that story kinda does vibe with the general stuff of Hapcha lmao (even though we're stealing from StarTwi here).
 
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[X] [NAME] Kyra Guo ( 郭 )
[X] [AGE] 17
[X] [CURENAME] Quèqiáo (鹊桥)
[X] [CITY] Singapore

I was tempted to go for my own thing but I like girl of connections so
 
Actually, the Japanese equivalent of Katyusha would be something like "Ekaterina-chan" - this is a diminutive (and an extreme one). In short - F-.
I put Katyusha on the "already used Cure names" list because in the actual HappinessCharge series, there's a Cure from Moscow called Cure Katyusha (her name is revealed in supplemental material). I guess the writers weren't doing their research
 
What is your name?
[X] [NAME] Veronica Morelli

How old are you?
[X] [AGE] 14

What is your Cure name?
[X] [CURENAME] Cure Dew

Where do you live?
[X] [CITY] Venice
 
Vote closed
Scheduled vote count started by Illune on Feb 11, 2024 at 9:27 PM, finished with 13 posts and 10 votes.
  • 4

    [X] Curename: Cure flesh
    [X] Name: Cure flesh (American)
    [X] Age: 16(?)
    [X] City: New York
    [X] Name: Viki Vance (American)
    [X] Age: 15
    [X] Curename: Cure Spiral
    [X] City: Moscow
    [X] City: Palikir
    [X] Curename: Cure Garnet
    [X] Name: Roxanne Rodgers (American)
    [X] Age: 16(?)
    [X] City: New York
  • 5

    [X] [NAME] Kyra Guo ( 郭 )
    [X] [NAME] Sara Sorel
    [X] [NAME] Veronica Morelli
  • 5

    [X] [AGE] 14
    [X] [AGE] 17
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    [X] [CURENAME] Quèqiáo (鹊桥)
    [X] [CURENAME] Cure Vita
    [X] [CURENAME] Cure Qiáo ( 桥 )
    [X] [CURENAME] Cure Dew
  • 5

    [X] [CITY] Singapore
    [X] [CITY] Havana
    [X] [CITY] Venice
 
Intro Second Vote
Okay, we've got our write-ins! I've picked out the ones that I think would work best in the setting, and I've also grouped them by the user who inputted them instead of doing each task separately, since the names and Cure names and locations seem to go with each other.

[] Vicki Vance, 15, Cure Spiral, Moscow
[] Sara Sorel, 14, Cure Vita, Havana
[] Kyra Guo, 17, Cure Quèqiáo, Singapore
[] Roxanne Rodgers, 16, Cure Garnet, New York


Lots of alliterative names, I see. Gives me Marvel/DC vibes!

Let me tell you guys the theme and color I'd give each potential Cure, if we pick her:
  • Cure Spiral: Drill theme (haven't watched TTGL, but a drill magical girl would be awesome), black and white swirling pattern
  • Cure Vita: Life/healing theme, pink and green
  • Cure Quèqiáo: Bridge/galaxy/magpie theme, dark blue
  • Cure Garnet: Gemstone theme, purple
Hope that helps. I'll hold this final vote for one day.
 
Huh, didn't expect my write in to be picked. I am honored.

And while I would recommend TTGL, it's not for everybody. But it is my fav Shounen Anime ever.

[X] Vicki Vance, 15, Cure Spiral, Moscow

Gonna vote for my write in, obviously.
 
Lots of alliterative names, I see. Gives me Marvel/DC vibes!
I didn't do this on purpose - the fact is that I often name characters after actors and actresses. I decided to name the heroine in honor of Sarah Montiel (a very iconic person), and when I was thinking about a surname, I found Sorel (Diana Sorel - she starred in westerns and cheap horror films), and I liked the way it sounded. I just now noticed that they start with the same letter.
 
[X] Kyra Guo, 17, Cure Quèqiáo, Singapore

I'm curious to see how you will deal with Blue.
 
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[X] Sara Sorel, 14, Cure Vita, Havana

This sounds like a fun idea, and well Cuba is a good setting too, also Cure Vita is a great concept that must be used.
 
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