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[trustheart]

From: Ishtar
When: March 5th [frontdated]

... So I went to sleep last night, and found myself home. Went through a whole couple months, a bunch of shit happened, and then I wake up here again after it's all over. Kinda feeling jerked around a bit, but what's happened has happened.

Anyway, I've been hearing prayers from people whose relationships are in trouble lately, and if this place is going to insist I be a love goddess, then I guess I'd better do something about it. Problem is, the soulless shinki this place assigned me and I haven't been getting on at all, and considering it's been a few months since I saw him from my perspective, I don't think it'd be a good idea to try and force it.

This isn't easy to admit, but if I'm gonna do this, I need help. Would anyone be willing to help me stake out the Tokyo Museum for a few nights? There's definitely ayakashi involved, so I definitely know I shouldn't go it alone.

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[reloves]

Wait, you're a love goddess and a kind of magical girl?! How come you get all of the cool things? I want at least one of those things too!!

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[trustheart]

... Huh? I'm not a magical girl! I'd need to use magic to get one! My powers come from advanced technology based on ancient knowledge!

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[trustheart]

Okay. Now that I look at it the "ancient knowledge" part will probably sound magic-y, but it's still totally different!

[reloves]

Even if you have to use advanced technology for it, you still have those powers then, right? That's practically the same thing!

[ Despite.. "magical" literally being there in the title of magical girl. Apparently. ]

You're still amazing and kicking butt out there!

[trustheart]

You need to use magic to be a magical girl! How can anyone argue against that?! ... And it's not all it's cracked up to be, you know. It's pretty dangerous. You're in danger and sometimes you lose people.

[reloves]

I mean.. If you want to get technical about it, then isn't that just the way everyone lives? Look at me, I'm dead and I don't remember facing a single hideous monster thing before I died!

[ Not that she remembers anything at all, but still. ]

People die of all sorts of things! Car accidents, illnesses.. Life is dangerous in general, so you might as well be doing something worthwhile and cool while you're at it.

[trustheart]

... You have a really. Interesting way of looking at the world. Reminds me of someone I know. Except she has a sense of what being in danger does to the people around her.

Look, it's good you want to live life to the fullest, but holding the kind of power I do isn't something that just anyone is prepared to handle. It's been as much of a burden to me as it's opened doors for me, but I also had to go through hell to see it that way. Maybe you are cut out for being the kind of magical girl you see on TV, but on my end it feels like there's a world of difference.

[reloves]

Are you saying you can't really handle the power you have then? You don't exactly sound like there's anything about it that you're enjoying.

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[trustheart]

[... H-huh. That. Really cuts deep. She has to think about this for a moment...]

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[trustheart]

... That's not wholly true. I like having the ability to help people. I like being able to fight back and play a role in deciding my own fate. I've grown stronger having to fight alongside my friends. I guess, I just have difficulties with the idea of someone else going through the struggles I did to get here. It wasn't easy, for me or for any of us.

[reloves]

I guess that's understandable..

[ Who likes seeing their friends getting hurt, after all? But.. ]

It'd probably be pretty difficult to fight everything by yourself though, right? It's impossible for anyone to carry that big of a duty by themselves. That's why it's good to have friends by your side to share it with, both the good and the bad.

Sorry, sorry, that probably sounded suuuuper sappy coming from a stranger! But that's just what I think.

[trustheart]

I have friends. I'm past the point of fighting alone. They're the reason I'm the person I am today. And... it's fine. It's actually kind of comforting. You remind me a lot of someone I know.

[reloves]

I hope you can see your friends again soon then, if they're not here!

[ Since Chris is a god, so she should be able to return home sooner or later. Not like the shinki half of the population here which Minako belongs to. ]

Aaaand you know. If you ever feel like talking to someone here in the meantime, you can always shoot me a message! I love talking!

[trustheart]

... You try to make friends just as quickly as she does. Man, it's like a bad case of deja vu! But I suppose if I'm gonna do that I'd need to know your name, first... [Don't worry too much about her reaction, Minako, Chris is just being a typical tsundere.]

[reloves]

[ Don't worry. If Minako has one speciality other than being an overdramatic idiot it's knowing how to completely friendship waltz all over tsunderes. She's got some experience under her belt. ]

It's Minako! Minako Aino, nice to meet you. I'm the one who organized those dates for Valentine's Day together with Chikusa, so maybe you recognize my name! [ Yes, she truly thinks that elevated her to stardom, despite that just.. not being true.. ]

[trustheart]

... I'm afraid that all happened before I got here. Don't be thinking you can pull something like putting me on those lists, by the way. I don't like to be set up!

[reloves]

Don't worry, don't worry! I'm super respectful of people's wishes!

[ At least that's not a lie. .. Most of the time. But she genuinely wouldn't want to do something that'd make someone else feel really bad. If Chris ever showed signs of interest in someone, however... ]

But if you ever do want a date and are sad you missed out before.. just let me know, alright?

[trustheart]

... Okay. I'll take our word for it.

But dating guys is the absolute last thing I'm interested in.

[There's an opening for you there, Minako, if you choose to take it.]

[reloves]

[ Honestly, would anyone at all expect Minako to not read straight between those lines? ]

There's plenty of cute girls in this place too, you know.

[trustheart]

...

NO MATCHMAKING!

[reloves]

Yes, yes, no matchmaking!

[ But that reply does give Minako all the confirmation she needs as to Chris' leaning. ]

But you can't blame a girl for being curious what your ideal type is, right~~?

[trustheart]

And you'll never find out!

[Until the object of her affections inevitably arrives into the game and Chris will have the worst time hiding it, anyway.]

[reloves]

[ Oh, don't you worry. The moment Minako catches even a hint of that, she will be all over it. ]

Those are some dangerous words to say to an expert like me.. <(￣︶￣)> That information won't stay hidden forever!

[trustheart]

Pfft. I'd like to see you try. I'm not exactly transparent.

[reloves]

We'll see! I'm bound to learn a lot of things about you if we're going to become good friends, right?

[ Which apparently Minako has decided is just an inevitable thing that's going to happen. ]