At the very beginning of the Majesty's Jaunt

[bigbookofd]

This is Ringabel, and I seem to be quite myself. Who else is in possession of their true memories?

I've found myself outside of the curtain wall of a castle on a floating isle. I smell brimstone and saltpeter, and there's a fleet of airships here coming from the direction of the rising sun.

Yet we're among cheering and laughing children barely old enough to lift a sword, and the mood is jovial. What have we stepped into this time?

I'd like to know what I can so as to avoid drawing undue attention to myself. Fortunately, a Black Mage's robes seem to be in fashionable style here, so my first mistake was not fatal.

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[uzoda]

Kenzaki here! I am really not sure what's going on, but it seems... nice, at least?

Uh... my Pogemon partner looks like his regular self, and he's here with me! That seems like a hint to the kind of place we are, right?

[bigbookofd]

How so? Dakki has informed me that we are at Majesty's Academy, here for the Triad Creation Tourney - an international, intramural festival.

[uzoda]

For a... school festival? Huh. Alright. We can handle that...

Uh, and a world that's okay with things that are... unexpected? Magical? The sort of thing you'd see in cartoons?

[bigbookofd]

You’d not be the first with a companion, no. I see living drawings and sculptures, and clockwork toys, and all manner of familiars and pets.

[chalicejoker]

Kenzaki! Have you seen Hajime?

[Ryo sounds worried.]

[uzoda]

Ryo?

[Oh no.]

No... No, I haven't. We've pretty much just gotten here. You're not with him?

[chalicejoker]

No! Am at restaurant all by myself!

[He is very sad, but then...]

Can go find him on my own! Open portals now!

[uzoda]

No!

[He blurts that out before he can think of something more reasonable. The bug must be stopped! Or at least stalled.]

We'll... we'll find him together! Just to be safe! I mean... maybe he's having a... a mean infiltration?

[Because that is a thing that happens.]

[chalicejoker]

But Hajime never mean to me!

[Karis had taken good care of his dogs, as opposed to being nice to literally anyone else.]