#D66B89

[revolutionized]

[the font color is pink red to her great distress and endless griping.]

aw, come on, seriously? this place sure plays a bunch of dumb pranks...

er, anyway

hello, i'm tenjou utena. just utena's okay. some of you guys met me when i was really really really small, but i found himemiya and now im back to normal. geez what a mess that was

if i was rude im very sorry. i was not feeling well and being small made everything worse

thanks to everyone who helped me. i wouldve gotten stepped on or eaten by cats or something worse otherwise!

i have a couple questions if anyones around to listen

1. when i feel better is there a basketball court around here. baseball or badminton or tennis or even a swimming pool. ill even play something boring. im cooped up because himemiya doesnt want me to move around too much and im going crazy (sorry himemiya)

2. are all the clothes like this here? my uniforms all busted up and i
CHUCHU

ignore that its just chuchu

to anyone who helped himemiya thank you too. she told me she couldnt talk when she got here and if i couldnt talk id go nuts

any help would be appreciated
thanks!

:)

Comments

[bakedapple]

1. I am unfamiliar with basketball so I'm not sure.

2. You can probably find new clothes if you take the time to look around. What do you mean your uniform is busted up?

Hello my name is Link, sorry you and your friend found yourself here but we are all in this together. If you want to ask me questions its ok.

[revolutionized]

"unfamiliar?" you've really never heard of it? where are you from? maybe it's called something else where you're from, you use a bouncy orange ball and you throw it through a hoop for points

[she sounds really rude but she's mostly stupid, bear with her.]

oh i was in a fight. its my school uniform but its ruined and i don't want to wear it anyway

hi link! its nice to meet you :) i didn't like being in this place to start with but now that himemiya's here it's not so bad.

CHUCHU

and chuchu. thank you for the welcome. i have another question and that's what kind of sports do you play where you're from?

[bakedapple]

I am from the Kingdom of Hyrule. My name is Link.

I'm not familiar with that game although my home does have plenty of children's games involving a ball. I don't know how to play any myself. Sorry...

What is chuchu? You have a pet chuchu? What color?

[revolutionized]

a kingdom? are you another knight? there's a lot of them here

if you don't know how to play a sport, once i find stuff i can teach you! i'm pretty good at a lot of em

chuchu is not a chuchu, he's a monkey and his name is chuchu

CHUuuu

he has purple fur and a tan face

[bakedapple]

ahh, okay. The chuchu I know do not have fur, so that makes more sense.

Please let me know if and when you play any sports.

#2345B6 | private!

[artorian]

[ Saber is in a slight pickle. She wants to play sports. She really wants to play sports. But this Utena's friend, Himemiya, seems quite ill at ease with Saber and her royal status. It's possible that Utena feels just as uneasy, and Saber wouldn't want to impose...

Ah, truly a pickle. But in the end, Saber's desire to play sports is an itch too strong to resist, and so she takes a chance and shoots Utena a private message in blue. ]

Greetings. I am referred to as Saber (blue), and I am a king. This is not a commonly known fact, and I would appreciate your discretion on the matter.

I am sending you a private message because I am interested in engaging in sports with you, but I am not certain if such an arrangement would be mutually agreeable. It was my observation that Himemiya is not entirely comfortable around royalty, though she was too polite to voice that feeling aloud, and I hope I am not being too presumptuous in my assumption of its truth.

As you appear to be close friends, I do not wish to encroach upon Himemiya's comfort, nor yours if you share a similar distaste for members of the royal class. I will take no offense if you decide for any reason that playing sports with me would be too troublesome. However, if you are still willing, then I would very much like to engage with you in any sport of your choice.

You have my best regards.

[ Was that too formal? Very possibly... but better to be longwinded and clear than risk lying by omission. ]

[revolutionized]

[Utena pushes Chuchu off to the side upon receiving the private message, ignoring his complaints, and reads over it, thoughtful.

A king? Not a prince but something like it...maybe worse. She thinks of Dios stroking her cheek as she rested there, in agony at the edge of the world, and tenses up without realizing it.

Maybe she should be careful.

But this person seemed nice enough, and appeared more interested in respecting boundaries than crushing them underfoot, as she had by now seen so many men do. And Anthy didn't like most people...

It still takes her a while to respond.]

a king, huh...well i won't tell anyone but why are you keeping it a secret? should i call you king saber or is saber ok. i guess saber's ok since you don't want anyone to know, right? but i still feel as if i should call you something else...

himemiya's very quiet and it's hard to know what she's thinking....she's doesn't like being around a lot of people. it's not your fault. it's hard to explain. did she say something to you? what happened?

it's nice of you to ask first, a lot of people wouldn't. i wouldn't call it "distaste..." i don't know how to explain this stuff.

for now if i start a game you can come and i'll meet you and decide for myself what kind of person you are! that's my decision.

[artorian]

Simply calling me Saber will suffice, as it is a title in itself. There is one other Saber here in Chroma, however. I am distinguished as the blue Saber, and she the red. It is difficult to explain in few words why I keep my status a secret, but at this point I suppose it is only a compulsion. I am a Servant, a type of familiar summoned to fight other Servants. In short, hints toward a Servant's true identity can be fatal, as it can also expose the Servant's weaknesses.

I was dressed as a princess when I first encountered Himemiya. She seemed willing to accept my help until she was aware of my appearance, at which point she became noticeably wary. She later seemed to relax when she came to the conclusion that I was not actually a princess, but for the sake of transparency, I felt the need to inform her that I am a king. From then on, she was quite determined to forego any further assistance from me, though I do believe she was as polite as she could be about it.

I am happy to hear your decision and hope to live up to your standards. Please let me know as soon as possible.

[revolutionized]

a king that's a servant? a familiar...

[For some reason, Chuchu sneezes next to her.]

that means you and this other saber, you're some sort of magical being, right? if you're summoned, then it's a little like...

[Chuchu sneezes again, and she absently passes him a handkerchief.]

nevermind. but i'm right, am i? that you're magic.

[That was interesting. Utena reads along, her brow furrowed. Being wary of a princess made sense, for that title was rife with weighty meaning for the both of them. But had Anthy met other royalty before? Fake titles for fake people, all of them with weapons to punish a witch who had taken the prince from the world.

It's a sobering thought. This Saber seemed honest though, and humble, besides. But for Anthy's sake, she would keep herself guarded.]

hm. there's a lot i don't know about himemiya before er, before i met her. but if she was worried then i've got no reason to think it's not for a reason. maybe she met someone like you who caused her trouble?

all the same since you've been honest i would like to meet you for myself

i'll let you know as soon as i can

[some time later:]

say, what kinds of sports are you good at?

it doesn't seem like a king would have time for that sort of thing

no offense

#FFDA49

[dreamsky]

I do not know much about sports, but I can try and sew your clothes up if you need help.

[revolutionized]

you don't? what kind of things do you like then?

and gee that's nice of you but i don't have anything to give you in return! besides i think himemiya's working on something but in the meantime all the clothes here are pretty lame. have you seen them?

[dreamsky]

[ Oh no... She has to think about that question for a while. What does she like? No one's ever asked her straight out before. Her response takes a lot of backspacing and erasing. ]

I like cleaning and helping people. Sometimes I sew and I've tried taking care of plants. I haven't really had the opportunity for sports before so I haven't thought about it. I'm sorry...

And I don't mind if you don't have anything. I'd rather help someone than get anything in return.

I have seen a few outfits around, but most everyone I've seen was wearing ball gowns. Are there more clothes? The rest of them looked normal to me.

[ The ball gown thing was too distracting for her to really pay attention to more mundane clothes. ]

[revolutionized]

i like helping people too! i'm not as good at cleaning...so you must be a pretty organized person, huh? himemiya likes plants too! i think she could grow anything if she put her mind to it

it's ok if you don't know what sports you like. maybe once i can move around again, i can show you a few! i'm pretty good at them

:)

it's alright. i think it's best to let the uniform go. i don't think i'll be going back to that place anymore. the dresses were terrible but nothing else seems very stylish either :( i'll wear anything but a dress though i guess.

CHU

oi

chuchu wants to know if you like animals.

#9BC5EF

[alittlespicy]

[ Color. ]

There are monsters in the harbor. Do not try to swim there.

[ There are a lot of questions that he doesn't understand, but 'swimming pool' is clear enough and. Probably does merit a warning. ]

[revolutionized]

eh? monsters! really?!

what kinds of monsters?

do they ever come out and can you see them from a distance
?

[alittlespicy]

I saw very little. Tentacles.

A dragon went into the water and never flew back out.

[ These are things that he saw. More than enough to warrant a warning. ]

[revolutionized]

whoa...

maybe it's a friendly monster?

[........]

probably not, huh

are there any other things like that here?

#DC666E

[apocalypticist]

[ Color! ]

1. You won't find a basketball court, a pool, or anything similar here. You may be able to find some old sports equipment if you search the abandoned buildings.

[ any equipment around would be from a couple of centuries ago just like everything else in town, but hey, better than nothing. ]

2. Unfortunately, the clothes here are all like that. If you're lucky, maybe completing one of the quests will get you something more to your tastes.

[revolutionized]

oi...that's so disappointing. what do people do here if there's no sports and no school if i sit around all day i'm gonna shrivel up!

quests? can i take himemiya with me?

CHUCHu

and chuchu?

[apocalypticist]

Some people spend their time in the library or play old board games. Others pass the time doing quests. I've picked up beekeeping, something I never would have considered before, but suddenly having so much free time has forced me to find new hobbies.

Someone called #FFFFFF posts a new batch of quests once a month. You can bring anyone you want with you as long as the color requirements are met.

Is Chuchu a pet?

[revolutionized]

board games...i guess that's not so bad

i don't think i'd be any good at beekeeping. do they sting you a lot? i'd be pretty scared if i were you. i've gotten stung by a bee before during baseball practice and it was terrible

#FFFFFF is the same as mr. f right? a guy told me about him when i got here...i will look at the quests. have you ever gone on one? are they fun?

chuchu's himemiya's pet. her friend. he's a tiny monkey

#AED6F1

[asano_san]

[ color ]

This town does like to make us suffer!

One time we had a chance to make a wish for something. I wished for something fun to do. Do you know what I got?

[revolutionized]

geez that's what i thought. what a total disaster.

huh? what did you get?

[asano_san]

A toy dog!

[revolutionized]

what's so bad about that?