[Walkabout] Check-in

[changeitall]

Weiss Schnee here, returning Champion of Ice from our first time in Questing Country. Presumably I still have thing called Dust with me, so ice isn't my only element here. [Plus she has ice dust.]

My Spirit Companion is called Winter, she's a pale blue kitsune and big enough for riding. [So in other words it looks like Alolan Ninetales in the size of an Arcanine but Weiss doesn't know that!] Coincidentally her color is pretty much the same as my summons are, not that I'd trust anything like that to be a coincidence here.

So, who else is here with us and what kind of companion did you get?

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[duelingbanjou]

I'm Banjou, I have no idea what's going on, and I hate it. Cross-Z's still with me, though.

[hamsterunicorns]

Hi! I'm Jester! I've got a hamster unicorn named Fancypants!

[wholeheaded]

Ambrose here, I'm me and...well, I've never been here as myself so I've got no Bonds, no title, and no critter. But I've heard there's a Spirit Oasis thingy in the forest if anyone wants to go on a quick field trip with me.

[notadisappointment]

Yosuke here, but I'm half-infiltrating as Wulfenite, the hecatite bastard. Adversary of Business, with Mothman by my side.

He doesn't remember Ouroboros, so I guess this is before that.

[changeitall]

Hello Banjou. Welcome to the world of magical people, where we fight against creatures called Nightmares. That's the general name for all of them, then there are different names for different kind of nightmares.

We are divided into different roles here, those are called Champions, Adversaries, Oracles and Pillars. Most of them have a Spirit Companion in some form, Pillars are the ones who for sure don't have one though... I'm still human myself but there are also many different species all around here.

If you've ever heard of the magical girl genre, this is the Traveling version of that.

[duelingbanjou]

... And I thought Rider shit was complicated.

[changeitall]

Hello! Oh my gosh, what's a hamster unicorn? [... count on Weiss to get totally excited about all the cute companions.]

[hamsterunicorns]

It's a unicorn that's just as small and chubby as a hamster! It's really cute!

[changeitall]

I've got no bonds either, at least not yet. [Not that she'd mind having them but what is saying that?] Hopefully we'll have enough time to figure out everything here and that sounds like a really interesting field trip!

[changeitall]

... What did he do the last time you were him? [Like why is he calling him that and so on, curious girl wants to know.]

Oh right, Ouroboros was before I came back. Interesting. Makes me wonder what else is different here between those times then.

[changeitall]

It gets less complicated once you've been here for a while, I guess worlds with lots of different terms can be a lot to take in at first. Basically you get to fight here but it's dangerous to go alone.

[notadisappointment]

Attacked Travelers because he was sure they were the cause of trouble. Well, he attacked a bunch of other people too, just out of spite.

[changeitall]

That sounds so adorable! Can I see it?

[changeitall]

He sounds like a real fun gentleman. Well, let's be glad that you're somewhat you here this time.

[fruitknife]

This is Shinji. Koro-chan's with me like usual, but that's it in terms of animal buddies.

[He'd be a lot more bitter about that if Koromaru weren't with him, really.]

[mytearsaremine]

Hi, uh, this is Jolie. I've been here before but I guess I'm myself this time, which is cool, but also kind of awkward. I didn't have a great time last time I was here, but apparently that's kind of in this place's future.

I'm the Adversary of Souls-- sounds fun, right?

[Sarcasm. She has it.]

I'm the one with black armor and tentacles. And a jackalope pogemon trying really hard to be my spirit companion.

[mytearsaremine]

I can come. I can keep you safe and I owe you a big hug anyway. Come find me?

[Guess who's back, Ambrose, if you hadn't noticed during liminal.]

[notadisappointment]

Yeah, I'll keep him out of trouble the best I can. I can also report back to what's happening in the actual world whenever he's awake.

[changeitall]

Korowho? [That who there doesn't sound cute at all unlike Koro-chan does. Or maybe she should have asked what instead of who... Oh well.] ...Does that mean you doubt you'll even get one here

[changeitall]

Yeaaah, apparently we're somewhere in the middle of that first and second trip according to Yosuke too. Kind of interesting, not that I was there in the future version of this... Maybe you'll have better time here this time, we can at least try to make that happen. My last time wasn't the best either but that's mostly because I was like a very different person back then.

That sounds fun! [Sarcasm right back.] What does that mean? Do you summon souls or control souls or see our souls or what?

[Coming from a canon with soulless creatures and everything, that kind of hits somewhere besides sounding creepy or cool. Weiss really isn't sure....

Tentacles? Okay, that's.... Different. Early Weiss would have had a completely different reaction to hearing that word but this Weiss here is chill.]

Sounds like you'll be easy to find which is great. You have a real jackalope?! Okay well, if you see a girl with long white ponytail in a white and blue or violet dresses, that's probably me -- especially if Winter is near me too.

[changeitall]

Good, I'm sure we can all appreciate that. ...Right, Dreaming despite all of this feeling so real... Yes, those reports are welcome too.

[fruitknife]

I know I won't. Didn't last time, and not that much has changed since.

[And then there's a bark on the network as Koromaru decides to answer the first question for himself. That would be him!]

[rebellioninbloom]

Haru Okumura. I ... have a feeling I may have inherited an archetype from a previous overlay, but I haven't tested it out yet.

...Though I still seem to be absent a companion. I can't quite recall - how long would that take?

[rebellioninbloom]

That's where the companions come from, isn't it? I've ... been wondering if one was supposed to have met me yet. I'd be glad to come along, if you want.

[changeitall]

Pillar then, I didn't want to assume. So we can all dodge behind you and attack from there? [Is she joking? No one knows.]

[ . . . and then her voice and all suddenly changes completely right after she hears the bark.] Or I might just forget everything else to do anywhere whenever I see your puppy and try to become best friends with him.