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[willchange]

[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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[Video]

[willchange]

[Video again? Oh well, she'll just match it... Wait, wasn't this girl from her school?]

Um... hi.

[Yes, well done, very smooth.]

[sun_sun]

It's crazy how many people I know are showing up on this thing.

Do you recognize me?

[willchange]

Really? I haven't seen that many familiar people... But I guess I have been talking in text, mostly.

But, um, yes, I do. You're... [What was her name again, think, think...] ...Annie, right?

[sun_sun]

Yup! And you're Cherry, but you already said that so I'm sort of cheating there.

So, did you remember anything cool?

[willchange]

Not really? I just... saw a flower change color and wilt, that was it. It seems kind of underwhelming now.

[sun_sun]

Huh. It's probably, like, a metaphor or something. For something awesome.

[willchange]

You think so? I don't know, it looked like a regular flower to me. Except... I don't know, I think it wilting was very bad for some reason? I'm not sure why.

Was your first... echo, or whatever, more interesting?

[sun_sun]

Karate fight with a wolf man.

[willchange]

[Bl...ink...]

...What?

[sun_sun]

Yeah. Like, dude, can you keep a secret?

I'm a transforming super hero.

[willchange]

What?

[No, seriously, what even. What does she do with this information, oh god.]

Really? Like... the type in anime and stuff?

[sun_sun]

Pretty much exactly that, yeah.

I have a team.

It's a work in progress.

[willchange]

An actual team? So... there's more than one transforming superhero around? That's... wow.

[sun_sun]

Well, as far as I know, there's only three of us who transform, and one of them isn't on the team, so...

[willchange]

That's still three more than I was expecting.

[sun_sun]

I know, right?

It's kind of surprising how quickly I've gotten used to this stuff.

[willchange]

I'm not sure I ever will, but then again I might not get much of a choice there.

I kind of hope I don't get any weird powers. I don't think I'd know what to do with them.

[sun_sun]

You could JOIN MY SUPERHERO TEAM?

[willchange]

Um... I... suppose? [Dear god, what is she getting herself into here.] I doubt I'll get anything useful, though...

[sun_sun]

Well, if you do get anything cool, be sure to give me a call.

[willchange]

Sure?

How do your powers even work, anyway?

[sun_sun]

Do you want a demonstration?

[willchange]

Um... sure?

1/2

[sun_sun]

Cool, hang on.

[Annie sets up the webcam, then takes a moment to root around the room for her transformation doohickey. She had been looking for an excuse to try this out, anyway, and there's no fairy around to warn her against excessive needles transforming.]

PRECURE, SMILE CHARGE!

2/2

[sun_sun]

So, yeah.