[video, but filtered to fellow Otherworlders]

[nightmare_fuel]

[ Sakura was not exactly the best at this sort of broadcast. It was essentially social media, and she was of the shy and introverted sort of Otherworlder, given her background. But she and Lucy had given this some discussion, and, weighing the merits, it seemed like a good idea.

Anyway, this broadcast is of the neural network type. That makes it easier on her to appear virtual/softened and to be relaxed. ]

Hello. My name is Sakura. Maybe we've met.

Recently, I was speaking to another Otherworlder, one of you from the... more futuristic worlds. This was at the coffee shop.

[ ... ]

We discussed... our guide. [ The girl who is apparently half-machine? If she understood correctly? Hence the hesitance. ] We would like to reach out to her. We wish to prepare a broadcast of memories as an extension of good will. Who would be willing to participate?

If not... perhaps signing/writing a note.

Completely voluntary. We discussed perhaps... a sort of digital card. Something like that. Our questions or observations about Magisteria so far. That girl - Seraphine Nova. She did mention wanting to speak with us.

***

[ ooc note: this will lead to a player plot, OTA. ]

Comments

video, but bad; @rhea'li

[lightduties]

[Rhea'li usually answers network posts in text; even if the letters are... very different to what he's used to, they are at least letters and somewhat familiar. But video? He's not quite gotten the hang of that, and more often than not the recording of him always seems to be angled a little wrong and unflatteringly.

Which it is when he responds.]

Memories? What sort of memories would you like?

@berserkersashi [video]

[floweroftheapex]

[Musashi turns on her video. This prospect seems to excite her.]

Hello-hello, Sakura-chan! Oooh-hoo-hoo, I like this idea. I'd be happy to provide some memories of my choicest fights for you! Maybe something from the Waxing Moon Ritual...

[Iori was a good fight, even if she lost. Or maybe the time she fought Assassin or his monster? It should be a fight as a Berserker, so it's truer to who she is now and to save her player from having to try to pick something from GO sob]

l...ate?

[strength_of_will]

What would broadcasting our memories do to help? I wouldn't mind, but I'm afraid some of my most recent may be a bit harrowing...

lmao rhea'li -- also video

[nightmare_fuel]

Well... we discussed memories which might establish trust.

Vulnerability, but in a good way.

[ Lucy had said "something which can show her you can be vulnerable." Considering certain of Sakura's memories, this was bit of a complex prospect, but even her life had its beautiful and bright memories. ]

She mentioned maybe wanting to speak to us, so... showing her we're people to trust, I think.

[video]

[nightmare_fuel]

[ This un... definitely pings Sakura's attention. Berserkerashi? As in, Berserker? Could it be?

... though, Servants were not supposed to announce their classes, were they? So maybe not? Also, some of this woman's statements were a little confusing, but the friendly tone encourages her, in any case. ]

I don't know what the Waxing Moon Ritual is, but thank you for offering. I'm not sure if this will work, but I think it's worth a try.

[ All this is... well, it's very experimental, to the point that Sakura really can't demand anything from anyone, but that others are willing to extend this olive branch... it gives her a sense of hope and optimism, somehow. She has to be positive, believing this may just work in making in-roads with their guide, Seraphine Nova. ]

[nightmare_fuel]

[ Sakura almost wishes Lucy had been the one to make this broadcast. She thinks she may not be the best at setting up such a proposal or explaining it. But she had made a vow in this world to try to be the person her senpai and sister would respect, a courageous figure... ]

We thought it might... encourage her to speak more freely, if we ourselves show vulnerability. Trust.

[ Seraphine Nova had seemed to want to engage the Otherworlders, yet she was guarded for reasons none of them had yet uncovered. ]

But... well. I... I understand that, also.

[ And that is all Sakura can say on that matter. Harrowing. Oh, William, doesn't Sakura know it. Truth be told, when Lucy had proposed this idea, Sakura has very carefully avoided the thought of... certain of her own memories, and well, if Lucy is right that this technology exists, the girl just hopes she can control what is seen or projected. After all, there is much she too would rather not confront, and Sakura simply has to believe she can avoid those, if possible. Otherwise -- but no, she cannot even bring herself to contemplate the alternative. ]

[floweroftheapex]

Knock-off of a different conflict between mages called the Holy Grail War, held in 1651 in Edo. Aaah, in one timeline, at least! I was bouncing around various histories and ended up summoned there by being bound as one of the seven participating Servants.

Wasn't all that interested in winning, but I got some really good fights while I was there!

[Musashi spits, spits on your rules and conventions, fellow Servants. Besides, in a place like this, does it really matter?]

Sure does! Feel free to call on me whenever you're ready, Sakura-chan. Miyamoto Musashi, at your service!

[lightduties]

[Showing her they were trustworthy... People often trusted him easily enough, but he's not sure showing his memories would help with that. Even if he set aside the ones he would be more willing to show, they are... complicated, difficult to unsnarl from the violence experienced across his lifetime. Personally, he feels the less people know about him the more willing they are to talk.]

I see...

[There's something he could offer that is... less personally connected to him. And given what he's heard of Magisteria and its concerns over other stars, it would be more comforting in a different manner.]

In my world of origin, I learned all other worlds fell to despair. Worlds that self-destructed from war and plague. Highly advanced civilisations that ceased to function when they had destroyed all their enemies. Societies that learned the end was inevitable and decided life was pointless.

Until my arrival here, I thought mine own world- [And the burgeoning one he, Jammingway and the remnants of Ultima Thule had cultivated] was the only one still full of life.

[He has a complicated smile on his face, half hidden by the bad camera angle.]

...'Tis heartening to know that Magisteria and so many other worlds exist and are continuing to live.

[strength_of_will]

Well, alright. It's worth a try. It's nothing I'm embarrassed about sharing.

[ He doesn't even mind sharing his other memories, but he'll withhold them all the same because, while cross-world travel may not be so strange, he's not sure the circumstances of his birth will make sense to others. ]

How are we doing this?

[nightmare_fuel]

[ That's a very good question, William. ]

Uhm... let me contact Lucy-senpai. I think she will know how to use the technology better. What is your name? I can send along the information about you.

[ Maybe they can coordinate something of a small group. She's not sure if their aXess Link devices alone are enough for something of this nature. She doubts it, but even if they are, she's not really any good with the tech, and not learning it, either. ]

Sorry... I'm not well-versed in technology, myself. Do you know Lucy? I think she knows much more.

[strength_of_will]

William. I don't think I've met Lucy yet, no. It may be best to gather everyone involved and explain it to them then.

[ Instead of playing a game of telephone and all that. ]

i can set up a log for this and let the player know, and we can do it that way perhaps?

[nightmare_fuel]

[ Now that she thinks about it, she remembers meeting him at the plant nursery that day. It's good to put a name with a face. Sakura has never exactly been good with socializing, but William definitely seems like a good sort of person. ]

Yes, let's do that. We can set up a time and place to meet.

[nightmare_fuel]

[ Sakura's own smile is a little bittersweet. ]

Do you suppose we're in ... another timeline, then?

[ Not merely on another world. No, that would not explain the discrepancy this man speaks of. If all other worlds fell, then that should not change merely because they are on another world. But Rhea'li's comments have really gotten Sakura thinking.

She's not exactly an expert on this sort of thing, but she does come from a universe where other timelines are not an utterly foreign concept, in any case. ]

[nightmare_fuel]

The Holy Grail War...

[ So it is that kind of a Berserker! To think, a Servant, in this world? Of course, Sakura is no Master now. Not anymore. Not here.

Still, she can't keep the surprised and knowing look off her face. ]

I know of it. [ Might as well admit. As Musashi indicated, what's the point of hiding things, here? ] I participated in one also. A Master.

But ... thank you, Musashi-san. Thank you very much. I appreciate your willingness to share.

[floweroftheapex]

Ohhhhh, is that so? [Musashi's expression softens a bit; she knows what those kind of conflicts can be, and Sakura is...young. Younger than any of the Masters who participated in the Waxing Moon Ritual. Even if you survive something like that, you don't come out without scars.]

Glad to meet you, Sakura-chan. Call on me anytime you need some help, yeah? I may be a Berserker, but my Madness Enhancement is EX-ranked. All of the benefits, none of the drawbacks! Except I'm more fun to hang out with. [She flashes Sakura a cheeky wink.]