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Fool Bloom (A Magical Woman Quest)
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Thanks, fixed.
It's a fancier way of saying that Hayato's getting envious
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Ah, a metaphorical tint. Not a "turning into a bat villain" tint or something.
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Since I mentioned crossovers when talking about omakes before (one semi-example I've already written with Saints and Blossoms), it got me thinking about which ones could work best with Fool Bloom... or which ones could work worst to amusing effect~
Since StarSingerBlue brought up X/1999 before, it got me thinking a crossover with that would be hard outside of dimension-hopping or a 'What if the cast from one series were born in the other's setting?' fusion fic. This is due to Tokyo getting destroyed in Fool Bloom at around the same time, yet the rest of the world and humanity are still here years later, if damaged from it
Since StarSingerBlue brought up X/1999 before, it got me thinking a crossover with that would be hard outside of dimension-hopping or a 'What if the cast from one series were born in the other's setting?' fusion fic. This is due to Tokyo getting destroyed in Fool Bloom at around the same time, yet the rest of the world and humanity are still here years later, if damaged from it
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Given my own hazy memories of reading X/1999 as a kid, and the series then languishing in limbo before it reached the pivotal turn of the millennium, it almost feels like you could do something with that? The idea that the Frost Fair's actions tear apart the web of esoteric power that was converging around that point in time.
StarSingerBlue
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I would pay actual money for this.
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An 'Animorphs but they're Hanazakari' crossover could be surprisingly easy. As 90s teens they were at the right time and age to be anointed by Dandelionhearts, and they're all also in a minority as most Hanazakari were
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There are plenty of differences, of course. The Yeerks performed a mostly localized, covert invasion, but it sounds like the Frost Fair did an openly destructive, worldwide sort. But that's what makes it interesting to imagine what the Animorphs might have been like under those different circumstances. For instance:
- Jake would be the one who feels most responsible for the death of the group's Dandelionheart (probably Ax).
- Tobias would definitely end up stuck in his hanazakari form.
- Cassie would have some kind of animal empathy power, like that one dog guy from RUNE.
- ...did anyone at RUNE try to get Blue Lotus hooked on a highly specific flavor of oatmeal?
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Hmmm.
I don't know much about Animorphs, only that it got dark near the end and there were body horror transformations.
I read the Gone series in middle school, which I think was by the same author ?
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Kinda. Gone is a book series I'd never heard of by Michael Grant, who coauthored Animorphs and a couple other series with his wife, K.A. Applegate, who also has her own solo series like Everworld.
If you want to know more, this playlist is a good overview. If you're only interested in the books, you only need to watch the first couple videos. If you don't have almost two hours, you can watch that last video for a shitposty but mostly accurate explanation of a weird background character.
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The Frost Fair did start covert, since I've talked about an initial 'veil' period before the public found out about them. Only after that did they intensify, like the Yeerks themselves did. I'd say Elfangor would actually make more sense as their Dandelionheart being the one who gave them their powers, although he was largely respected among Andalites which the Dandelionhearts weren't among Pathragadans.
It got dark near the beginning too, the aforementioned Elfangor gets eaten in front of their eyes. It happens so early on that it's not even a spoiler.
Everworld was also co-authored with Grant, and here's a playlist with a good overview on that (to a point anyway)
Koyomi Poppins (Halloween Special)
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The
But they'd receive one shortly, for the whole town of Hinodeharu was then wrapped up in a chilly eastern wind. From the top of clouds, a woman came down riding this wind on her umbrella, across the park and along the cherry trees, till she touched down right in the front yard of the Banks family house.
This lady's most distinguishing features were her long and scraggy dark-brown hair and that raven-headed umbrella of hers, which she was still staring at like she was seeing it for the first time.
Soon enough a maid came out to meet her and asked, "Ah, would you the new nanny we sent for? Already you are quite punctual, that's a good sign."
"New nanny? What are you- well yes, I suppose I am," the woman with the umbrella quite quickly changed her tune, the moment she took in her surroundings.
She was swiftly ushered in for the job interview. When asked her name, she said, "Arisu- Ari- No, that won't do here. Not at all. Poppins. Koyomi Poppins, at your service."
"Stumbling over your own name? A little unbecoming for the boys' nanny," the maid told her.
"Stumble over my own name? Hmph, like I'd ever make such a simple mistake. You must have misheard, that's the only explanation," Koyomi Poppins said back.
"B-but, you just said-" the maid tried to point out.
"See. Now who's stumbling?" Koyomi Poppins said.
"Your references then, if you will," a butler then asked.
"I don't give references," Koyomi Poppins immediately had to say to that. "I find them a thing of the past, and it's a new century, is it not? And what's between me and my former clients shall remain so."
As the interviewees were left staring and nodding, Koyomi Poppins then said, "Good. I'll see to Masters Kazuya and Ryoichi then, shall I?"
"Wait, how do you know the children's names? They weren't in the advertisement," the butler pointed out.
"Simple. As I'm their nanny now, it's my job to know at least the basics about them. I'm dismayed that never occurred to you," Koyomi Poppins said as she rolled her eyes at them.
She then took off upstairs by sliding up the bannister, till she was met with two wide-eyed children staring at her from the doorway. The younger, brasher one, who Koyomi Poppins recognised as Ryoichi Banks, promptly said, "So you're our new nanny then?"
The older, quieter boy, Kazuya, said nothing but gave a slight nod.
"Well as I indeed am, I could certainly use a more courteous introduction from the two of you, young Kazuya and Ryoichi Banks," Koyomi Poppins told them.
She then strode into their room and began to unpack from the carpet bag she carried, like that as nanny she'd be sharing their room was already obvious. She took out trinkets from her bag at first, then a typewriter that it must have been a struggle to squeeze in... then a hat stand, then a whole bookcase, then what looked like a whole closet.
From her sliding up the bannister to this limitless bag, Kazuya had to react if only with a twitch, while Ryoichi's head was sent spinning. "How can you do that? And if you take out all your stuff, how's there gonna be any room for us?" the latter blurted out.
"I believe that your problem for you two not having organised your room better," Koyomi Poppins said, before she pulled open the curtains and gestured outside. "Besides, there's a whole world out there, much better for your two growing minds to experience it than remain cooped up in here. Which reminds me, we ought to be heading out sooner than later."
Sooner than later that day, Koyomi Poppins took the Banks boys down to the local park she'd flown over not long ago. "You really flew, then?" Kazuya asked, maybe not with the most emotion, but at least with his eyes growing wider.
"Course she didn't," Ryoichi spoke up. "Yeah, she's got that weirdly big bag and can slide upstairs, but flying?"
"Keep that attitude up, Ryoichi, and I won't fly for you at all," Koyomi Poppins said, "Or I'll fly anyway, just so you'll have to live with being wrong."
Though the two boys had never heard of this Koyomi Poppins before today, it soon turned out someone else in the park certainly had.
"Koyomi Poppins!" came the bright and peppy voice of a blonde, bespectacled match girl, "You're just in time, I've finished writing my- oh, hello there! You two boys must be who she's babysitting now."
"'Babysitting'?" Koyomi Poppins snarled. "How undignified a name for my profession. I'd have hoped you'd bettered your diction by now, Miyako."
"Ah, right. Suppose I should've," Miyako mumbled, but returned to her usual tone with, "Anyway, I've just finished writing up my fanfiction all along the pavement, something I do in between match buyers. Er, but don't have your two boys read that section there, it's er, got some intense stuff."
"Where? I wanna see!" Ryoichi had to say in protest, but completely unable to get past Koyomi Poppins' arm.
It was right then Koyomi Poppins was approached by another who recognised her, and far less fondly than Miyako. "Oi, weren't you the woman who went flying over the park with an umbrella? Don't you know just how many park rules and regulations you've broken?!" Reiji the Park keeper fumed at her. "No Witches, for a start!"
"Young man, you are hardly putting in a good name for this park by thinking flying and witches could ever be banned," Koyomi Poppins told him, then adjusted her black rose-adorned hat and added, "Besides, us witches go where we please. Where we don't have to deal with upstart young park keepers, for instance.
Kazuya, Ryoichi, Miyako, all hold hands please. This won't be my first time blurring the lines of fiction today."
As Miyako and the Banks boys did as she told them, they all leapt with Koyomi Poppins right inside Miyako's fanfiction. Though obviously not the part Miyako had wanted to shield the boys' eyes from.
Meanwhile, Reiji the Park Keeper stood and stared at whatever had just happened, then clutched at his head. "I know there's a regulation against... whatever she just did! How could there not be? There's undeniably one against fanfic too!"
QM's Note: I have assessment due soon, but still wanted to sneak in this little AU Halloween surprise. Guess you could argue this is more an April Fools' Special come early, although I have seen some label the Mary Poppins books Horror, however seriously. I actually read the entire Mary Poppins series recently (minus the A-to-Z vignettes and the, er, cookbook), so I've had this little gag crossover in mind for a while now
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Bold as always, Miyako. I can barely speak of the fanfiction I read offline.
I remember reading some of the Mary Poppins books years ago. I vaguely remember a baby sister who could speak to birds. I think she was called Beatrice ?
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Miyako. What did you expect.
...I'm not familiar enough with Mary Poppins to speculate what this AU's Yumemi might be like. But I bet it would be fun to smack her into this situation. Especially if she got dragged into Miyako's fanfic somehow.
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That'd be Barbara, along with her twin brother John, but they both lose that ability.
Admittedly slotting the Fool Bloom cast into the Mary Poppins cast was tricky for me, e.g., Kazuya and Ryoichi only got cast as the Banks children since they're the only two siblings (well, that aren't dead like Reiji's brother Tadashi). Yumemi was actually going to be the Park Keeper at one point before I decided Reiji fit better. Miss 'Holy Terror' Andrew, the rival nanny introduced in the second book, might possibly be her closest counterpart
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By the way, @ArlequineLunaire, the Tokyo Babylon/X event is coming to Los Angeles, Seoul and Bangkok in April.
It's not really related to the omake, but I thought you'd like to know.
It's not really related to the omake, but I thought you'd like to know.
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I admittedly live nowhere near those three cities (Bangkok would be closest), but thanks
To tie CLAMP back into this however, I finished my rewatch of the original Cardcaptor Sakura recently. Its Alice in Wonderland episode did get me thinking I could possibly fit this Mary Poppins spoof into Quest canon through a Hanazakari with fiction powers, but unlike Alice, Mary Poppins is still under copyright (P.L. Travers died in 1996) so that could be tricky.
I talked about a Hanazakari with fiction powers before, specifically with TV, though for books I think a fitting flower could be Coriander (a Neverending Story reference). It's associated with lust in flower language though, but eh, people do indeed feel that way about fictional characters
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In the books, all babies can speak to animals and other things as well, but lose that ability when they get older and forget they even had it. Mary Poppins is the only one who still can.
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It could be a "Lust to escape reality" I do love when sin are used in way one does not expect like that
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Well, I'm not entirely sure how the crossover talk lead to my brain having an expy of a character from a discarded Quest show up, (Actually, that's a lie, I blame the tournament arc joke.) but because that idea just bursted into my brain I'm gonna have them burst into the current scene. Here's hoping the idea that just kinda tumbled out of my head is enjoyable at least.
"Why are you even fighting about someone as drab as Koyoyoyo?" A cheerful voice pulled Miyako out of her thoughts before she could decide how to handle Hayato and Emi.
Turning around, Miyako found the newcomer to be a woman around thirty with long caramel hair and wearing a glittering golden dress that had magical girl vibes as strong as the average hanazakari's transformation.
"You have some nerve to barge into here," Koyomi growled at the woman.
"Well, maybe if you're going to be such a stick in the mud about it, you shouldn't have left your door open," she responded.
Koyomi shot an accusatory look at Miyako, but all awareness of her surroundings had left the fan girl and she simply started squeeing in recognition.
Hayato tried to offer an explanation in her stead. "I'm sorry, Arisugawa-sama. I thought Nozawa knew what she was doing when leaving the door open, but in hindsight she may simply have been preoccupied with what Daimon-san did to your home. Though, I must confess I don't recognize your newest guest either."
The woman in question perked up with the attention back on her, but before she could give herself a grand introduction, she was interrupted by an excited Miyako.
"This is none other than Elagabalus, Sunflower in Full Bloom, an open trans woman and the youngest person to have been granted power by the Dandelionhearts."
"Much too young to get involved with fighting the Frost Fair," Koyomi muttered.
"Ah, yes, well, it was a controversial decision," Miyako lost her flow for a moment, but quickly perked back up. "However, most of those complaints died down when her cultivar showed itself capable of weakening the Frost Fair from a safe distance. Ah, I wish I could have seen it, a miniature sun thawing frozen landscapes and acting as a beacon for other hanazakari advancing on the enemy."
"That's right. My powers are way more awesome than those of any other old hanazakari," Elagabalus said while puffing out her chest. "It's only right they ended up doing most of the legwork. On which note." She skipped past Miyako to take a seat at the kitchen table opposite of Koyomi and told Emi to serve her something to drink.
"You have no right to come into my house and start ordering people around like serving staff," Koyomi said.
"What, are you telling me she's not? Did you finally snag yourself a wife? Brigadier Sleepyhead must be furious."
"Oh, it's nothing of the sort," a blushing Emi said as she placed a glass of water down for Elagabalus. "I'm merely paying back Arisugawa-sama for her kindness."
"Seriously? You're way too old to act like you're in a highschool romcom." Elagabalus made a show out of rolling her eyes. "It'd be more bearable if you compared yourself to Togashi and Takeuchi and got all lovey dovey about making manga together. Although, I'm sure you could do better than the world's gloomiest rose, Mimi."
"Please do not joke about Arisugawa-sama like that," Hayato interjects rather forcefully.
The woman in question simply buried her head in her hands and left out a deep sigh. "Enough. Elagabalus, I already had my fill of dealing with cult leaders. Get to the point."
"How rude, I'm not just some cult leader. Anyway, I'll tell you what I'm not here for: Boring lectures. So let's first raise the mood. Blondie!"
"Ah, yes!" On command, Miyako jumped to Elagabalus' side. "Oh, and my name is Nozawa Miyako."
"Uh-huh. Whatever. Just check this out." Elabagalus reached into her dress and pulled out a bundle of tickets that she waved at Miyako. "Pick one and no take backs."
Miyako hesitated for a second. She had heard a lot of rumors about Elabagalus' lotteries, some of which sparked controversies in their own right. However, another shake of the tickets right before her nose broke through her self control and she snatched one of them out of the bundle. All of that just had to be over exaggerations. There was no way a well known hanazakari was secretly having her pet tiger maul people and it wasn't like there was any sign of a nearby cat in the first place, or of Sakura in Full Bloom, the hanazakari said to be her minder...
While a looming sense of trepidation returned, she found that her ticket simply read 'Shoulder Massage.'
"Congratulations!" Elagabalus crooned as she peered at Miyako's winning draw. "That's a good one."
"Wow. I never thought I'd be getting a massage from a hanazakiri. I'm not sure I can accept a prize like that." As she spoke, Miyako was furiously fanning herself with her ticket.
Elagabalus just flatley stared at her. "I got good news for you then. What you won is the right to give me a massage, which is much more of an honor than a mousey girl like you could usually hope for."
"Ah… I see." Her previous excitement deflated, but she still dutifully moved behind Elagabalus. She was still happy to please a hanazakari after all.
"Don't even think about it, Miyako," Koyomi spat out. "I'm not going to tolerate this farce in my house."
"Don't be a killjoy, Koyoyoyo. Here, draw a ticket as well."
Koyomi slapped the bundle of tickets out of the other woman's hand. "Don't call me by that weird nickname. It's Arisugawa for you and don't leave the honorifics out either. You're too old to get away with acting like a brat as well and I will throw you out of my house, if you keep this up!"
"Oh?" Elagabalus straightened her posture and fixed Koyomi with a wide grin. "Do you really think that measly darkness of yours can stand up to the divine rays of the sun?"
"I… I don't think we should be turning this into a fight." Emi was wringing her metal hands together.
"Yeah," Miyako agreed. "Honestly, I'd be curious to know what brings us the honor of your visit as well, Egabalus-sama."
"Well, if someone is going to ask with proper manners. I heard through the grapevines Miss Grumpy over here is hiding an alien away in the woods. That just sounds way too fun to ignore and I bet an alien would love some company as brilliant as mine over being surrounded by nothing but boring trees."
"I have no idea what you're talking about," Koyomi flatly replied.
"I think she means the visitor from the Dandelionhearts' homeworld,'' Hayato offered helpfully. "Miyako called them Sfira."
He was blissfully unaware of much he had just annoyed Koyomi.
"Miya… Right, Blondie!" As her voice lifted in recognition, Elagabalus jumped out of her seat and dragged Miyako towards the door. "Today really is your lucky day. You get to introduce the alien to their new best friend."
Miyako had just enough time to mouth an apology to Koyomi before being whisked away. Of course, Koyomi barely a beat passed before she followed them as well. Little did any of them know that Elagabalus' antics combined with the lingering claims Vasilisa made for Russia would lead to an international uproar that could only be resolved in one way: The greatest hanazakari tournament yet, held in the only place neutral to all sovereign nations, the moon.
"Why are you even fighting about someone as drab as Koyoyoyo?" A cheerful voice pulled Miyako out of her thoughts before she could decide how to handle Hayato and Emi.
Turning around, Miyako found the newcomer to be a woman around thirty with long caramel hair and wearing a glittering golden dress that had magical girl vibes as strong as the average hanazakari's transformation.
"You have some nerve to barge into here," Koyomi growled at the woman.
"Well, maybe if you're going to be such a stick in the mud about it, you shouldn't have left your door open," she responded.
Koyomi shot an accusatory look at Miyako, but all awareness of her surroundings had left the fan girl and she simply started squeeing in recognition.
Hayato tried to offer an explanation in her stead. "I'm sorry, Arisugawa-sama. I thought Nozawa knew what she was doing when leaving the door open, but in hindsight she may simply have been preoccupied with what Daimon-san did to your home. Though, I must confess I don't recognize your newest guest either."
The woman in question perked up with the attention back on her, but before she could give herself a grand introduction, she was interrupted by an excited Miyako.
"This is none other than Elagabalus, Sunflower in Full Bloom, an open trans woman and the youngest person to have been granted power by the Dandelionhearts."
"Much too young to get involved with fighting the Frost Fair," Koyomi muttered.
"Ah, yes, well, it was a controversial decision," Miyako lost her flow for a moment, but quickly perked back up. "However, most of those complaints died down when her cultivar showed itself capable of weakening the Frost Fair from a safe distance. Ah, I wish I could have seen it, a miniature sun thawing frozen landscapes and acting as a beacon for other hanazakari advancing on the enemy."
"That's right. My powers are way more awesome than those of any other old hanazakari," Elagabalus said while puffing out her chest. "It's only right they ended up doing most of the legwork. On which note." She skipped past Miyako to take a seat at the kitchen table opposite of Koyomi and told Emi to serve her something to drink.
"You have no right to come into my house and start ordering people around like serving staff," Koyomi said.
"What, are you telling me she's not? Did you finally snag yourself a wife? Brigadier Sleepyhead must be furious."
"Oh, it's nothing of the sort," a blushing Emi said as she placed a glass of water down for Elagabalus. "I'm merely paying back Arisugawa-sama for her kindness."
"Seriously? You're way too old to act like you're in a highschool romcom." Elagabalus made a show out of rolling her eyes. "It'd be more bearable if you compared yourself to Togashi and Takeuchi and got all lovey dovey about making manga together. Although, I'm sure you could do better than the world's gloomiest rose, Mimi."
"Please do not joke about Arisugawa-sama like that," Hayato interjects rather forcefully.
The woman in question simply buried her head in her hands and left out a deep sigh. "Enough. Elagabalus, I already had my fill of dealing with cult leaders. Get to the point."
"How rude, I'm not just some cult leader. Anyway, I'll tell you what I'm not here for: Boring lectures. So let's first raise the mood. Blondie!"
"Ah, yes!" On command, Miyako jumped to Elagabalus' side. "Oh, and my name is Nozawa Miyako."
"Uh-huh. Whatever. Just check this out." Elabagalus reached into her dress and pulled out a bundle of tickets that she waved at Miyako. "Pick one and no take backs."
Miyako hesitated for a second. She had heard a lot of rumors about Elabagalus' lotteries, some of which sparked controversies in their own right. However, another shake of the tickets right before her nose broke through her self control and she snatched one of them out of the bundle. All of that just had to be over exaggerations. There was no way a well known hanazakari was secretly having her pet tiger maul people and it wasn't like there was any sign of a nearby cat in the first place, or of Sakura in Full Bloom, the hanazakari said to be her minder...
While a looming sense of trepidation returned, she found that her ticket simply read 'Shoulder Massage.'
"Congratulations!" Elagabalus crooned as she peered at Miyako's winning draw. "That's a good one."
"Wow. I never thought I'd be getting a massage from a hanazakiri. I'm not sure I can accept a prize like that." As she spoke, Miyako was furiously fanning herself with her ticket.
Elagabalus just flatley stared at her. "I got good news for you then. What you won is the right to give me a massage, which is much more of an honor than a mousey girl like you could usually hope for."
"Ah… I see." Her previous excitement deflated, but she still dutifully moved behind Elagabalus. She was still happy to please a hanazakari after all.
"Don't even think about it, Miyako," Koyomi spat out. "I'm not going to tolerate this farce in my house."
"Don't be a killjoy, Koyoyoyo. Here, draw a ticket as well."
Koyomi slapped the bundle of tickets out of the other woman's hand. "Don't call me by that weird nickname. It's Arisugawa for you and don't leave the honorifics out either. You're too old to get away with acting like a brat as well and I will throw you out of my house, if you keep this up!"
"Oh?" Elagabalus straightened her posture and fixed Koyomi with a wide grin. "Do you really think that measly darkness of yours can stand up to the divine rays of the sun?"
"I… I don't think we should be turning this into a fight." Emi was wringing her metal hands together.
"Yeah," Miyako agreed. "Honestly, I'd be curious to know what brings us the honor of your visit as well, Egabalus-sama."
"Well, if someone is going to ask with proper manners. I heard through the grapevines Miss Grumpy over here is hiding an alien away in the woods. That just sounds way too fun to ignore and I bet an alien would love some company as brilliant as mine over being surrounded by nothing but boring trees."
"I have no idea what you're talking about," Koyomi flatly replied.
"I think she means the visitor from the Dandelionhearts' homeworld,'' Hayato offered helpfully. "Miyako called them Sfira."
He was blissfully unaware of much he had just annoyed Koyomi.
"Miya… Right, Blondie!" As her voice lifted in recognition, Elagabalus jumped out of her seat and dragged Miyako towards the door. "Today really is your lucky day. You get to introduce the alien to their new best friend."
Miyako had just enough time to mouth an apology to Koyomi before being whisked away. Of course, Koyomi barely a beat passed before she followed them as well. Little did any of them know that Elagabalus' antics combined with the lingering claims Vasilisa made for Russia would lead to an international uproar that could only be resolved in one way: The greatest hanazakari tournament yet, held in the only place neutral to all sovereign nations, the moon.
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@Edgedancer Thanks! Could still use a title so I know what to threadmark your omake as.
You also now have fifty EXP to spend on stats, though per usual they won't be added up till the end of the arc.
For those unaware, the above omake is a crossover with a Fate/ quest I ran before I decided to distance myself from that series. I was fond of quite a few characters from it though and have been planning to keep using them elsewhere (even if some would have to be under different names).
Coincidentally, it also starred an oneiromancer who was otherwise nothing like Yumemi
You also now have fifty EXP to spend on stats, though per usual they won't be added up till the end of the arc.
For those unaware, the above omake is a crossover with a Fate/ quest I ran before I decided to distance myself from that series. I was fond of quite a few characters from it though and have been planning to keep using them elsewhere (even if some would have to be under different names).
Coincidentally, it also starred an oneiromancer who was otherwise nothing like Yumemi
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Huh, I suppose just keeping it simple with "Sunflower" will do. As for the EXP, I guess I'll throw it at Koyomi's technique.
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I also probably would've had the lottery be Elagabalus' Cultivar, but a miniature sun does fit her flower better. Whereas a lottery would go better with say Clover or Bells of Ireland (which hilariously is not native to Ireland, though it is to Elagabalus' homeland of Syria).
I actually haven't given much thought to what my other quests' other characters would be like in Fool Bloom, even the ones who already are Magical Girls. Or the All-Aces, since they're all named after flowers,
I actually haven't given much thought to what my other quests' other characters would be like in Fool Bloom, even the ones who already are Magical Girls. Or the All-Aces, since they're all named after flowers,
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[X] Asking the two to display their respective talents, emphasising their differences.
"Hey look, you two," Miyako said in an unusually authoritative tone for her, "You both have completely different talents, so you really shouldn't be comparing yourselves."
Looking at Emi, someone she'd only known from her work but was now right in front of her, she sensed a real opportunity. "Ooh, you could show your talents off to each other, Daimon-sama with writing and drawing and Higashi-kun with, er, a whole bunch of stuff," she went on, those last words not helping Emi's inadequacy. "Like archery and flowers, those sorts of things. That way you'd see that Arisugawa-sama doesn't need to pick between either of you."
"Right now, I don't want to pick either of them," Koyomi said beneath her breath, slouched with her arms folded on the table.
Hayato was unnervingly quick to respond, "Of course. Any talent of mine Arisugawa-sama asks me to display, I shall. Although, er, preferably outside, archery in close quarters like this has a habit of going, ahem, awry."
Miyako had to wonder if he was speaking from experience. Guess everyone's a newbie at one point, she thought.
But while Hayato was ready to go, Emi however had to shrink back. "No, I'm sorry, I can't," she mumbled, "I mean, I could, it's just that I…" then kept struggling to finish that sentence.
"It's okay, you don't have to do much if you don't wanna. Just a yonkoma or something would be fine," Miyako told her, but then had a thought, gulped, and asked, "Er, or is this a contract thing, where Shonen Sublime won't let you do make manga for anyone else?"
"Cause if that's true, sounds like she just went from one cult to another," Koyomi muttered. Miyako winced as she heard her say that, though maybe this was just Koyomi's way of telling Emi not to get attached?
"Oh no, that's not the case at all," Emi blushed as she clarified, but then looked downcast. "But honestly, I kind of wish it was. If they did make me sign such a contract, at least it'd show my publisher cared about me. Even if only as an asset."
"Please Daimon-sama, don't beat yourself up like that," Miyako said not for the first time. She was now starting to worry whether telling her that would make any difference.
"Wait, Shonen?" Koyomi took notice of. She then shrugged, "Well, at least it's not Seinen. I've seen what Hanazakari stories get made for that demographic, sheesh do they obsess over the military," she nearly spat out.
"Er, Daimon-sama hasn't written anything about Hanazakari in a while," Miyako said.
Emi nodded. "I started out in a Shoujo magazine, but once the buzz around us saving the world began to wear off, everyone kept telling me I should move to Shonen. Said I'd make way more money if I did, and I couldn't really say no. My finances were tight, well, they still are actually," she said, then sighed, "But switching demographics meant I had to change my whole art-style and story approach to what editors said boys wanted. I mean, I put pen to paper and everything, but I do worry if it was really my editors who really made all my manga."
Koyomi had been standoffish about Emi's presence so far, but her gaze softened when she hard her say that. "Hey look, Daimon, I've got my own horror stories about mandates. And they've ended with me telling any who think they can treat me that way to shove it," she spoke up. Though she had to admit, "Which I guess is why so many publishers kicked me out till I finally found one I could put up with."
Of course, what Koyomi had feared would happen happened, as that stand for author integrity made Emi gaze at her with even starrier eyes.
Though like she realised she was a bit too caught in the moment, Emi coughed and said, "Well, I suppose it's not been all bad, I've had my lucky breaks. Given how bad my flesh hands had gotten, finding Ironbark in Full Bloom to roboticise them may've saved my career. Even if it means I've been cheating ever since. And Shonen Sublime quite likes that my flower is the Orange, since a poll once showed it was the most popular fruit among children."
"Oh, so that's why you draw yourself as a talking orange! It's not just your title," Miyako said. An orange who may have been self-deprecating as many mangaka would be… but not to this extent.
"Er, that and so I don't get any fans swarming my house," Emi said, but looked downcast again before she had to add, "Not like that matters, who would care enough about me to even do that? Anyway, now you know why I can't show off by just sketching something right here, because… I don't know if any of my work is even me."
Miyako took a while to respond to that, thinking Emi had said all that before even bringing up copyright. But she finally said, "Don't worry, there's no mandates from execs around here for miles! Well okay, Arisugawa-sama can get pretty picky, but that's about it. You're free right now to draw what you'd like."
"Ah, t-thank you, but-" Emi still stammered, then muttered, "I still don't really have a clue what to draw."
"Ooh, I know. I'll tell you something about Arisu-" Miyako began.
"Oh no you won't. I know just what you're about to suggest, I threw those all out long ago," Koyomi stepped in and spoke.
But Miyako kept going anyway, "She actually wanted to be a mangaka in school but didn't know anyone who could draw. Well, now you finally can fulfil her dream!"
"Really, that's true? I'd be honoured to, but it's just-" Emi said as she saw how much Koyomi was glaring, "it doesn't look like now's the best time for that."
"And if Daimon's going to be drawing anything, it should be her own idea. Having to do adaptations, character designs for others' projects, and dealing with publisher mandates, she needs at least something she can call her own," Koyomi then spoke up.
Worried that Emi would go into another round of 'no I couldn't', Miyako tried to think of something to say first. She looked back to Hayato, hoping all this talk about Emi hadn't made him tetchier. The thought even occurred to her, What if he gets mad enough at Daimon-sama that he tells his mum on me? But Hayato seemed to be taking it calmly, well on the surface anyway.
"Hey, what about if used Hayato's archery pose as a reference? Or if he brought you some nice flowers to sketch?" she then asked Emi, giddy at having the two help each other, "I know, Arisugawa-sama said what you draw here should be your own, but you still need some inspiration, right?"
"I suppose it wouldn't inconvenience me," Hayato said which was still thankfully civil enough. His gaze lightened as he turned from Emi to Koyomi, which made Miyako squirm a bit at the thought that his gratitude towards Koyomi could be, er, more than that.
Not that she hadn't come across vast age-gap crushes, if not relationships, in manga more, a some of which Emi had even written. Yeah but, that was in manga. This… isn't that, Miyako queasily thought, before again she tried to tell herself, Eh, I'm probably just imagining things.
Everyone then headed outside, where after painting a target, Hayato shot a few near bullseyes into a tree from quite the distance. Miyako cheered at such a feat and was about to run up before Koyomi put her arm out to stop her.
"Oh no you don't. I'm not having you pull some William Tell stunt or whatever it is you're thinking," Koyomi said.
"…I was just gonna fetch the arrows," Miyako muttered.
Hayato then led them into the forest to gather flowers for ikebana. After he went over each one, he somewhat grudgingly handed a few to Emi per Miyako's suggestion, which the mangaka then sketched but without anywhere near the energy she had when cleaning Koyomi's house.
"I know, what if you wrote some dialogue for the flowers, like imagined them saying stuff?" Miyako said to Emi.
"I can try, I guess," was all Emi said back.
As they walked a little deeper, Hayato suddenly stopped when he saw, "Maidenstears? We must be near that swan then. It's strange though, why would they only grow in its habitat?"
On cue, said lone swan sprang up onto Hayato, beating its wings and pecking his face. As he tumbled down, he tried to reach for his bow when Koyomi yelled, "Wait, stop!"
With a simple chant of "Henshin," Koyomi again took on the mantle of Black Rose. Then she somehow told the swan, "I don't care if Sfira's got you anxious. Let him go."
The swan actually did so, stepping back off Hayato. The whole sight left Emi gasping, as she asked, "Wait, could that be…?"
She gulped and took a deep breath, before she steeled herself to say, "Blossom, Orange!" As if her full transformation phrase was still too much. She now had on a steel girder-framed dress which looked like a machine, but with orange cross-sections instead of gears, while her Starshoot sword look like an orange slice but studded with actual gears, with a sharp syringe at its point. Emi swiftly put down that sword as if she was touching poison, but then approached the swan and asked, "Er, can you hear what I'm saying?"
As the swan replied affirmative, Koyomi groaned, "And here I'd promised to keep this all a secret."
"What secret, Arisugawa-sama?" Miyako and Hayato said in unison, as the former helped the latter up.
"Suppose you have all the info to figure it out anyway," Koyomi sighed, before she introduced the swan to the unanointed as, "This is Tobi Maimi, or rather was. Maidenstears in Full Bloom, her power used to be to turn back and forth into a swan. But then her Dandelionheart died, her power started going haywire, and now she's stuck like this. And she's hardly the only instance of something like this happening since the Frost Decade."
"Hey look, you two," Miyako said in an unusually authoritative tone for her, "You both have completely different talents, so you really shouldn't be comparing yourselves."
Looking at Emi, someone she'd only known from her work but was now right in front of her, she sensed a real opportunity. "Ooh, you could show your talents off to each other, Daimon-sama with writing and drawing and Higashi-kun with, er, a whole bunch of stuff," she went on, those last words not helping Emi's inadequacy. "Like archery and flowers, those sorts of things. That way you'd see that Arisugawa-sama doesn't need to pick between either of you."
"Right now, I don't want to pick either of them," Koyomi said beneath her breath, slouched with her arms folded on the table.
Hayato was unnervingly quick to respond, "Of course. Any talent of mine Arisugawa-sama asks me to display, I shall. Although, er, preferably outside, archery in close quarters like this has a habit of going, ahem, awry."
Miyako had to wonder if he was speaking from experience. Guess everyone's a newbie at one point, she thought.
But while Hayato was ready to go, Emi however had to shrink back. "No, I'm sorry, I can't," she mumbled, "I mean, I could, it's just that I…" then kept struggling to finish that sentence.
"It's okay, you don't have to do much if you don't wanna. Just a yonkoma or something would be fine," Miyako told her, but then had a thought, gulped, and asked, "Er, or is this a contract thing, where Shonen Sublime won't let you do make manga for anyone else?"
"Cause if that's true, sounds like she just went from one cult to another," Koyomi muttered. Miyako winced as she heard her say that, though maybe this was just Koyomi's way of telling Emi not to get attached?
"Oh no, that's not the case at all," Emi blushed as she clarified, but then looked downcast. "But honestly, I kind of wish it was. If they did make me sign such a contract, at least it'd show my publisher cared about me. Even if only as an asset."
"Please Daimon-sama, don't beat yourself up like that," Miyako said not for the first time. She was now starting to worry whether telling her that would make any difference.
"Wait, Shonen?" Koyomi took notice of. She then shrugged, "Well, at least it's not Seinen. I've seen what Hanazakari stories get made for that demographic, sheesh do they obsess over the military," she nearly spat out.
"Er, Daimon-sama hasn't written anything about Hanazakari in a while," Miyako said.
Emi nodded. "I started out in a Shoujo magazine, but once the buzz around us saving the world began to wear off, everyone kept telling me I should move to Shonen. Said I'd make way more money if I did, and I couldn't really say no. My finances were tight, well, they still are actually," she said, then sighed, "But switching demographics meant I had to change my whole art-style and story approach to what editors said boys wanted. I mean, I put pen to paper and everything, but I do worry if it was really my editors who really made all my manga."
Koyomi had been standoffish about Emi's presence so far, but her gaze softened when she hard her say that. "Hey look, Daimon, I've got my own horror stories about mandates. And they've ended with me telling any who think they can treat me that way to shove it," she spoke up. Though she had to admit, "Which I guess is why so many publishers kicked me out till I finally found one I could put up with."
Of course, what Koyomi had feared would happen happened, as that stand for author integrity made Emi gaze at her with even starrier eyes.
Though like she realised she was a bit too caught in the moment, Emi coughed and said, "Well, I suppose it's not been all bad, I've had my lucky breaks. Given how bad my flesh hands had gotten, finding Ironbark in Full Bloom to roboticise them may've saved my career. Even if it means I've been cheating ever since. And Shonen Sublime quite likes that my flower is the Orange, since a poll once showed it was the most popular fruit among children."
"Oh, so that's why you draw yourself as a talking orange! It's not just your title," Miyako said. An orange who may have been self-deprecating as many mangaka would be… but not to this extent.
"Er, that and so I don't get any fans swarming my house," Emi said, but looked downcast again before she had to add, "Not like that matters, who would care enough about me to even do that? Anyway, now you know why I can't show off by just sketching something right here, because… I don't know if any of my work is even me."
Miyako took a while to respond to that, thinking Emi had said all that before even bringing up copyright. But she finally said, "Don't worry, there's no mandates from execs around here for miles! Well okay, Arisugawa-sama can get pretty picky, but that's about it. You're free right now to draw what you'd like."
"Ah, t-thank you, but-" Emi still stammered, then muttered, "I still don't really have a clue what to draw."
"Ooh, I know. I'll tell you something about Arisu-" Miyako began.
"Oh no you won't. I know just what you're about to suggest, I threw those all out long ago," Koyomi stepped in and spoke.
But Miyako kept going anyway, "She actually wanted to be a mangaka in school but didn't know anyone who could draw. Well, now you finally can fulfil her dream!"
"Really, that's true? I'd be honoured to, but it's just-" Emi said as she saw how much Koyomi was glaring, "it doesn't look like now's the best time for that."
"And if Daimon's going to be drawing anything, it should be her own idea. Having to do adaptations, character designs for others' projects, and dealing with publisher mandates, she needs at least something she can call her own," Koyomi then spoke up.
Worried that Emi would go into another round of 'no I couldn't', Miyako tried to think of something to say first. She looked back to Hayato, hoping all this talk about Emi hadn't made him tetchier. The thought even occurred to her, What if he gets mad enough at Daimon-sama that he tells his mum on me? But Hayato seemed to be taking it calmly, well on the surface anyway.
"Hey, what about if used Hayato's archery pose as a reference? Or if he brought you some nice flowers to sketch?" she then asked Emi, giddy at having the two help each other, "I know, Arisugawa-sama said what you draw here should be your own, but you still need some inspiration, right?"
"I suppose it wouldn't inconvenience me," Hayato said which was still thankfully civil enough. His gaze lightened as he turned from Emi to Koyomi, which made Miyako squirm a bit at the thought that his gratitude towards Koyomi could be, er, more than that.
Not that she hadn't come across vast age-gap crushes, if not relationships, in manga more, a some of which Emi had even written. Yeah but, that was in manga. This… isn't that, Miyako queasily thought, before again she tried to tell herself, Eh, I'm probably just imagining things.
Everyone then headed outside, where after painting a target, Hayato shot a few near bullseyes into a tree from quite the distance. Miyako cheered at such a feat and was about to run up before Koyomi put her arm out to stop her.
"Oh no you don't. I'm not having you pull some William Tell stunt or whatever it is you're thinking," Koyomi said.
"…I was just gonna fetch the arrows," Miyako muttered.
Hayato then led them into the forest to gather flowers for ikebana. After he went over each one, he somewhat grudgingly handed a few to Emi per Miyako's suggestion, which the mangaka then sketched but without anywhere near the energy she had when cleaning Koyomi's house.
"I know, what if you wrote some dialogue for the flowers, like imagined them saying stuff?" Miyako said to Emi.
"I can try, I guess," was all Emi said back.
As they walked a little deeper, Hayato suddenly stopped when he saw, "Maidenstears? We must be near that swan then. It's strange though, why would they only grow in its habitat?"
On cue, said lone swan sprang up onto Hayato, beating its wings and pecking his face. As he tumbled down, he tried to reach for his bow when Koyomi yelled, "Wait, stop!"
With a simple chant of "Henshin," Koyomi again took on the mantle of Black Rose. Then she somehow told the swan, "I don't care if Sfira's got you anxious. Let him go."
The swan actually did so, stepping back off Hayato. The whole sight left Emi gasping, as she asked, "Wait, could that be…?"
She gulped and took a deep breath, before she steeled herself to say, "Blossom, Orange!" As if her full transformation phrase was still too much. She now had on a steel girder-framed dress which looked like a machine, but with orange cross-sections instead of gears, while her Starshoot sword look like an orange slice but studded with actual gears, with a sharp syringe at its point. Emi swiftly put down that sword as if she was touching poison, but then approached the swan and asked, "Er, can you hear what I'm saying?"
As the swan replied affirmative, Koyomi groaned, "And here I'd promised to keep this all a secret."
"What secret, Arisugawa-sama?" Miyako and Hayato said in unison, as the former helped the latter up.
"Suppose you have all the info to figure it out anyway," Koyomi sighed, before she introduced the swan to the unanointed as, "This is Tobi Maimi, or rather was. Maidenstears in Full Bloom, her power used to be to turn back and forth into a swan. But then her Dandelionheart died, her power started going haywire, and now she's stuck like this. And she's hardly the only instance of something like this happening since the Frost Decade."
Article: Miyako was left to say [multiple choices allowed if they fit, plan voting preferred]:
[ ] "Ah, hi there Tobi-san. Hey, it's okay, even if you're stuck as a swan, you're still a Hanazakari!"
[ ] "Ah, hi there Tobi-san. Er, you may be a swan on the outside, but you're still human deep down."
[ ] "Hayato-kun meant you no harm, Tobi-san, it's just not every day you see a swan around here is all."
[ ] "Wait, powers going haywire? Do you think something like that happened to Daimon-sama's Cultivar?"
[ ] "W-what do you think would happen if your powers started going haywire, Arisugawa-sama?"
[ ] "There has to be some way to turn Tobi-san back… isn't there?"
[ ] Write-in
-[ ] Write-in: "Maybe there's a way she could talk to us! Have you all seen that video with the cat and the buttons?"
-[ ] Write-in: "Swans don't normally live this long, do they? Tobi-san, are you a magical swan? Can you still do magic? Can you transform!?"
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