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[want_a_vacation]

*It's just after moonrise, and Allen is sitting at the edge of a lake. He looks a little on edge, and his eyes are fixed on the full moon. You might think the scroll rolled open by accident until he starts talking to it.*

You know...I've been here for months and it still feels strange to see the full moon and not have to worry. I keep checking the lunar calendar and having to remind myself that the week leading up to it won't be full of people going crazy, or things trying to kill me or something trying to drag my worst memories into public view, and that there won't be a giant Arcana Shadow showing up at the peak of the full moon for us to fight.

*He now turns to look at the scroll and rubs the back of his head with one hoof.*

Is there anything you guys had to deal with so reguarly that you almost forgot it wasn't normal, that's completely unheard of here? Either back in your home worlds or in any others you might have visited.

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[ponymechanic]

Well after I was let go from this... network I used to be connected with, I did find myself expecting something strange to happen every couple weeks like it used to. Like I would expect either to find myself turned into a human for the umpteenth time, or remember things differently, or have strange cupcakes show up, or even end up someplace else for no reason.

[He shrugs.]

I guess when you're connected to a strange website for three years, you get used to craziness. Eventually I got over it.

[He then frowns.]

I do miss my friends on there.

[want_a_vacation]

I guess I should consider myself lucky Prospero wasn't big on physical changes...well, aside from that one time a lot of us ended up as kids. Most of it was more subtle than that...uh...not counting the zombie apocalypse, anyway.

Most of us probably miss the people we knew from other worlds, though. I know I miss Gaignun end Edgeworth, I doubt there's much of anyone here who doesn't have someone they want to see again.

[ponymechanic]

I've had that happen a couple times to me, though I think the first time I was more "replaced" by my younger self than actually de-aged.

[He cringes at the zombie part.]

Yikes, I sympathize there. One time I got trapped for days in an abandoned mall while zombies tried to get us. I was lucky to find friends and hold out until we all got sent home.

[He nods.]

Definitely. One of mine was here when that chaos was going on after Princess Celestia shattered that mirror last year. Her name was Yayoi and she came from the Pretty Cures' world. It was nice seeing her and hearing a little on the community, but it's still hard sometimes.

[want_a_vacation]

Some people kept their adult memories, so I'm pretty sure it was de-aging for us.

I wish it had just been one place. The entire island was overrun with zombies, after the natives had been disappearing and washing up dead on the shores. And that was before I had my Persona, too, so all I had was ordinary weapons.

I don't think I was here for the mirror shattering, though I'm lucky enough to have a couple familiar faces around. One person I knew from Prospero and a friend from back home.

[ponymechanic]

That sounds worse. I couldn't use mine either as I was only able to when the TV World fog was around and it wasn't until more recently that I was able to regain that ability back.

[He points to the Evoker around his neck. Sure it's not the gun version, but the collar works just fine.]

In a way, you missed out since most of us were back to our real bodies for a short time before the chaotic magic went into the Everfree Forest. That's why the forest has become so dangerous, though it was bad before that.

I've had a few friends from back home show up too, though they are in the Pale Pony's stomach right now. Two of them were different version of my best friend too.

[He tries not to think about the two Sonics, Knuckles and Cream. He's still worried about them and hopes they are okay.]

[want_a_vacation]

You use a machine to summon your Persona? Back in Prospero, we just needed force of will once we'd awoken them. Of course, it also took a lot more effort to do so outside of Dark Hour and non-Persona users couldn't interact with them. I think there was some kind of force there that was keeping anything to do with Shadows and Personae from affecting ordinary people, since they couldn't even remember anything supernatural.

Being back to my own body definitely would've been nice. The horn helps, but it's not easy being an engineer without fingers. A programmer, even. Working on my computer is ten times harder than it's supposed to be.

[ponymechanic]

Actually it's a metal collar with special properties that allow a persona to appear by voice activation. I haven't had the chance to really study it. Before I could summon a glass card that required shattering.

You're lucky there, though I have been working on a fake horn that uses magical electricity to lift things. It still needs some work as I'm still trying to tone it down enough where it's safe to use.

[want_a_vacation]

The card...was it a Tarot card, by any chance?

I could take a look at the fake horn. I'm used to working with extremely high output equipment.

[ponymechanic]

Yes. The Sun arcana to be more exact.

Sure, that would be great. I've worked on it for a long time, so having another set of eyes would help.

[want_a_vacation]

If that's what they're for, I wonder why we got them in Prospero? We never actually used our Arcana cards for anything...