3rd Confession: I have been looking for you.

[kuukai]

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[ The red pegasus looks like she’s just barely staying awake, nodding off against her spear, but she’s just conscious enough to send out a message. ]

Would everypony… ugh, would everyone please keep an eye out for…

[ She rubs her eyes. ] Okay, I know saying “watch for something unusual” doesn’t really… work, around here. Look, it’s just that there’s a witch in the area, okay? We think its headquarters is the chair shop in the Night Market but we haven’t ever seen her.

And there’s only so much patrolling I can do at night, so… if yer on the Night Market, especially.

and private to Mami and Homura:

Keep yer soul gems handy. C’mon, why haven’t we found her yet?

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[private visual]

[kuukai]

She's around but she's never shown her face. Wait.

[ She digs up an old post and sends Flare the link. ]

This was her.

[private visual]

[stormbroken]

...Oh, that one.

[Said with about as much surprise as someone showing her pictures of their cat.]

So the creepy bubblewriting is her hoofprint?

[Sue her, she doesn't know what witch glyphs look like.]

[private visual]

[kuukai]

That's her. It's runes. Ya seen it around?

[private visual]

[stormbroken]

Only there and in descriptions of that chair shop. Can you read 'em?

[weekwizard]

From what I recall from the Precure I knew, the powers come with an obligation to play the role of the hero against whatever myriad threats come to bother that world.

[Private Visual]

[bustadecapinyoass]

[There's a small spring of hope that wells up inside her indicating that she's not as bad as she might've thought. Maybe it really IS Equestria.]

...The same. And I don't think my guns are as powerful as they once were...

[wizardofharmony]

I had guessed it was something of the kind. I have been to the store you speak of. It was... the magic there was fell. And from your world?

It reminded me somewhat of the power of - the being that they call Nightmare Moon, here.

[appletastic]

...yeah, that guy. He's a hoofful, but...

[She hesitates. They did just go through another big round of trouble thanks to him---but he repented, right? And that saved the day.]

Fluttershy might have a point about him. He's not so bad, maybe.

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

'Monster' can mean more than one thing.
Perhaps you fear a manticore's sting
But another pony might make a friend
Of such a beast, as a better end.

[kuukai]

[ Kyouko chews on a stick of Pocky while she listens to Applejack. Her scowl doesn't relent. ]

There's such a thing as too much power. An' I don't think he's usin' it all that well.

[Action]

[kuukai]

No! Ugh, that's boy talk.

[ And in some cases, the talk of her when she was younger. But it does get a grin out of her again. ]

I fight witches an' try ta stay alive.

[kuukai]

[ She snorts. ] Some catch. Nah, tha's more like... I dunno, a charge. We got instructions an' if we don't follow 'em, we die or worse.

[private visual]

[kuukai]

Uh... yeah, some of 'em. Or I've seen 'em enough times to get parts of it.

[ She squints at the text. ] That one's pretty much reiteratin' what she says below.

[Action]

[kingofthetvworld]

[Teddie's not sure what's wrong with boy talk, but whatever! Magical girls!]

And I wanna help! That way instead of just trying, you can stay alive for sure.

[Private Visual]

[kuukai]

I had a fight... it was early on. It doesn't matter with who. I kept gettin' thrown off because I'm not as strong or quick as I used ta be.

If we ever find the witch, we're gonna have ta be better than this. Not that we're gonna at this rate.

[kuukai]

[ She grumpily picks up a stick of Pocky and mutters. With one hoof she flips the feed to private. ]

Didn't say I wasn't goin' ta.

[kuukai]

Yeah, it should. From what I here, that was really similar.

Like. Scarily. Some ponies said it changed the original pony? Beyond recognition. [ She nods. ]

So what's fell?

[appletastic]

Most of the time, he doesn't. But he's helped us out of a bind or two.

[Action]

[kuukai]

[ Kyouko actually considers, at that. She could get a ward without much trouble. ]

Look... I'm not gonna ask you ta help me in battles or whatever because you'd just drag me down. I don't wanna be wonderin' if yer gonna hurt yourself or whatever. So for now, just... keep an eye out for that witch, okay?

... [ She considers a slowly healing wound on her side. ] And yer healin' magic's useful so I might ask ya for that too.

[wizardofharmony]

Fell is merely another word for - fearsome, evil, corrupted.

[kuukai]

How so? [ She spits. ] Cause I gotta say, I don't appreciate my whole world bein' turned upside down just cause some idiot's got a cough.

[kuukai]

Yeah, that's about right. But that doesn't sound like Equestria lingo.

[Action]

[kingofthetvworld]

Awwww c'mon!

[The pouting cometh.]

I can do a whole bunch of stuff besides just healing. A-And you should've seen the grizzly things me and Sensei and the guys took on! I could so be a magical girl, just gimme a chance.

[wizardofharmony]

Perhaps a thousand years ago, but no. I am not an Equestrian, although the mistake is understandable; I am apparently so akin to Twilight Sparkle as to be her reflection in a mirror.

I am, of all things, a Caelestian - more specifically, from the Principality of Vallesuenos. I am named Lucia. I was and remain a wizard.

[Action]

[kuukai]

No, ya crazy? 'Specially not whinin' like that.

[ She barely knows the bear, but she doesn't like the idea of him being hurt in battle. ]

Whatever ya can do, I'm sure it's not even close to the caliber of a magical girl. And also, ya en't a girl so ya can't be one.