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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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That'd be nice. Maybe one of our echoes will be a nice, informative brochure. So you've become a magical girl! and 'To use your special finishing move, wave the wand three times and say the following magic words'. That kind of thing.

Oh. I see. [...oh Lily. You... You tried.] It can be hard to tell through text sometimes, sorry.

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[alilyinthemoonslight]

If it's that simple, I'm sure I can pull up a whole bunch of shows that'd serve that purpose just as well. It would be convenient, though.

...but, um. Yeah. Sorry. [She may have tried but, she failed. So badly.] Again.

But I'd actually find a flower shop sort of ... fun. My mother was a botanist, a long time ago.