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[There's a brief moment of audio. There's a bit of background noise, but not a lot. Louder than the rest is the voice of a very panicked girl.]

Ah, I'm terribly sorry, sir, but, um... The cash register seems to be malfunctioning. I'm not sure what's... I think I pressed the wrong things, I'm really sorry.

...w-what the...

[There's a different voice, a male one, but he's barely audible. The girl speaks up again after him.]

N-No, everything is alright! I'll just-

[The audio cuts out. About an hour later, a text post follows.]

Um... I guess I should be polite and introduce myself? My name's Cerise... but Cherry is fine too, everyone calls me that. Anyway, could... someone please explain this to me?

I mean, what kind of network is this even? I thought it was fake or something... Not that I wanted to doubt anyone or anything, it's just a little unbelievable. But how did it just show up on my cash register?! I don't get this at all...

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You logged in through ... a cash register.

Well. I suppose that's one way to make an entrance.

Hello, Cerise. My name is Lily, and I wish I could explain a bit more, but I'm still trying to figure everything out myself.

I didn't mean to. I just... Those numbers wouldn't leave my head for ages and I couldn't stop thinking about it, so I guess I entered them by mistake when I wasn't paying attention... I feel so stupid now.

It's nice to meet you, I guess, considering the circumstances and all... Are you new to this too?

If anything, it tells me to be careful what I'm typing or writing and when. One mustn't let their mind wander, I suppose.

But... yes, I sort of am. More or less.

Let's just go with "yes."

Right. I'll try being more careful too. At work is probably one of the worst places to access this place...

Oh, okay. That's kind of a confusing answer...

[And immediately after she types that she feels really horrible about it and sends another one.]

But that's alright, though! I mean, there's nothing wrong with that, sorry.

Oh, I'm sorry!

I suppose I wasn't very clear.

I... sort of had my first "echo" or "pulse" a few months back. I tried to push it out of my memory, and ignore it...

Clearly, that didn't work.

Oh, I see. That makes sense then.

I had my first one a while back too. I think it was all the way back in October, actually. I tried to ignore it too. But, well, here we both are now. I guess it's impossible to ignore it forever.

It ... would seem that way, yes.

Hopefully you've had a better time of it than some people.

[She won't say HERSELF, or even her sister, but she knows that other people's Echoes have not been entirely pleasant either, so...]

I think so. I mean, my first echo or pulse or whatever was pretty tame, it was just a flower wilting.

Just an ... ordinary flower?

That's fairly innocent sounding, at least.

A cyclamen, to be precise. It was white, but it was turning red and then started wilting.

It doesn't seem like anything important, but it did leave me with a... bad feeling, I guess.

[...oh, dammit. There it goes again. Lily takes awhile to reply.]

You'll have to excuse me for a little while.

[And then a little longer to get back to her.]

Cerise, I have to ask you something very important...

Do you recognize the term "Precure?"

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[It takes a while for Cherry to reply, as just reading that term gives her an echo of her own, leaving her a little rattled. As she collects herself, she wonders if she'll ever get used to that.]

I... think I do, yes. Well, I do now, at least.

...they're legendary warriors, right?

And what you said about that flower, I recognize that, as well...

...I'm clearly stating the obvious, but our memories would appear to have a lot in common.

There are others here who remember being called "Precure." They've even gained powers from it.

We're somehow connected, then? I'm not sure I really get how this works yet. But I guess it has to mean that.

So... Does this mean that you - or the other you, I guess? - was a Precure? Because... I think I might have been... I think.

Edited 2013-12-17 17:10 (UTC)

It would appear so. How much, I'm not sure...

[But the connection is more direct, isn't it? They appeared to not just recognize the name Precure, but somehow remembered them in similar contexts, and then there was the flower... It doesn't show in text really, but after having had months of this one terrible memory, the chance of someone else maybe seeing the same things she was made her kind of happy.]

I think that I was. That's at least what I can recall... That I was supposedly one of these "Legendary Warriors." Which seems so far fetched to write down, but it's what I remember.

But if we're remembering things that closely similar, we could probably help one another.

[Sadly Cherry doesn't exactly share this happiness. Mostly owing to the fact that she still really doesn't want to be part of this. She kinda wants to just forget about all of this.]

I guess so? I'm not really sure what to even do with that information, honestly. I mean, some other me was a warrior who fought evil? I can't ever imagine doing something like that...

I don't know how I could possibly help you in any way, really.

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Yes, it's something I've had a hard time wrapping my head around, too.

And I'm not sure how, but if we have such similar memories, it has to mean something, right?

That there's someone else who remembers what I do proves at least that I've not been slowly going crazy.

I don't know. I mean, I doubt that it's a coincidence or anything, so yeah, it probably does mean something. But I don't know if that's something I want anything to do with.

And anyway, there's other people who remember Precure too, right? [And they're probably way better at dealing with this craziness than her.] So... it's not like I'm your only option here.

I didn't really want anything to do with it either. I still don't. My family's in danger. My sister's involved in this. I don't want this, but it's here. If it could go away tomorrow, that'd be great, but... I don't think it'll be that easy.

Especially the more I find out, and the more I remember.

There are other people who were Precure, who apparently are NOW, but...

So far as I know, they don't have the same memories. Not exactly. I don't recognize anything they talk about besides the name "Precure," and yet with what you described... I remembered it.

...if we all don't help each other, we're all probably going to be in that much more danger, Cerise. Ignoring it won't take that danger away. We're connected somehow, and for both our sakes it probably would help us just to try and look out for one another.

At the very least.

[That reply gives her a lot to think about and it takes a while for her to send a message of her own back. As much as she doesn't like it, Lily has a point. Ignoring everything won't work.]

I still don't know what help I can be.

But... I guess I'd be okay with trying to figure these memories out, at least. And I'm also okay with talking about it, if you want?

...I'll try, is what I mean.

[And that's about as much as she can promise right now.]

I wouldn't dare ask much more of you, right now. I know it's a scary thing we're dealing with. I'm scared out of my mind, if you really want to know.

But I just... I want to know. I feel like I need to know. Right now I feel like if I could somehow know you more, that would help both of us in some way.

Err... Not that I'd only want to get to know you because of this. Please don't get the wrong idea there. Heh, now that I look back at it I might sound a little selfish there.

I'd like to know you all the same, though.

I guess I understand a little. I mean, I do wish I could just... back out of this completely. But since I can't, it would be nice not to be completely alone.

I don't mind if that's why you want to get to know me, though! I'm not insulted or anything. I mean, we did just meet and all and just through text.

But I guess I wouldn't mind getting to know each other anyway. I mean, if you really want that.

[Is she just being polite or is she actually genuine? Who even knows, because Cherry sure doesn't.]

Apologies, as well, if I came across as... forceful in any way. I just got a little excited, because meeting someone that's had the same memories... It feels like the closest I've gotten to any answers, I suppose.

I understand how you're feeling. I first remembered the Precure only a few days ago, when I was speaking to Winter. And I was... just terribly confused, then. If anything I was more confused after finding out about that than I had been since this whole thing first started.

I wouldn't think it possible for me to be anything like that. It almost sounds silly to say or type. But, well...

It's just sort of nice to know I'm not alone.

So either way, it would be nice to see if there's more we can both find out.

Right. Like I said, I'll try my best.

...It really is strange to imagine, isn't it? Being a warrior and fighting evil, I mean. I think if I ever was in that kind of situation I'd just get scared and run.

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