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red-dream

...She died once. Or perhaps 'he' died. The memories of that world are getting vaguer and vaguer, though, as she spends more time wandering this new one. Faint impressions of air conditioners and phone screens and cars and skyscrapers. The things that stuck out, the learned intuitions of how the modern technological world works. Instant ramen, student loans. Crosswalks, new phones. Fake news, lease-to-own. It's all so loud and busy and it felt terribly, horribly important at the time. Money. Career. Achievement. Marriage.

She's forgotten most of it. It's probably for the best. How long has it been? She keeps forgetting who's supposed to be King these days, so probably a while, right? It's still King Dolemus for now, right? Probably.

Being a fox, a kitsune, has been fun! There's very little pressure. All the noise and worry of modernity, and all the technology and benefits too, are so far away and irrelevant now. It's somehow comfortable - probably thanks to magic - to exist as a wolf-sized predator in the woods, digging in the dirt with her paws and sniffing out rabbits and badgers and the like. And it's really fun to visit towns and cities once in a while, transformed into her half-form and wearing an illusion to look like an ordinary traveler, or a wandering bard, or a mysterious merchant, to chat to people and enjoy the ambiance and occasionally pull pranks and mess with them. And she really enjoys good restaurant meals and nice, handmade cakes and sweets. They even give her a little extra boost of energy!

Let's not talk about the other things that give her extra energy. She wants to whine in embarrassment every time she remembers the Red Dream, her awakening night when she stopped being a fox and became a Kitsune.

Anyway! Today is a good day. She found a leyline convergence recently, those magical places that human wizards and kitsunes alike so love to flock to and bask in. And this one's in a remote area and alllll hers. Aside from a few fellow foxes who were in the area. So she's just curling up and taking a nice nap, basking in the warmth of the magic as she slowly breathes it in. Until the power grows, and grows, and surges-

A dimensional crack!

Perhaps she could avoid falling into it if she really wanted to, but it does sound like a fun adventure. She lets it open under her paws, and falls towards whatever awaits.

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comfort-conquers-all

Weiss gets a stream of people that smile at her, and look on in curiosity, although none choose to approach her and ask about the chess set.

red-dream

Her interest flips back over to boredom really easily; This is a known Weiss Fact.

Maybe she can try to join one of the arcade-playing groups? Do they seem to be paying to run the machines?

comfort-conquers-all

One of them swipes a card once in a while against a reader, but they don't pay constantly like you did for arcade games back on Earth. One of the boys finds so Weiss so cute that he just hands over one of the extra plastic swords, and soon she can just join them, blocking virtual arrows and flying bats. It's incredibly fun.

red-dream

Aaaaaaa she feels a little bit skeevy getting random gifts from boys aaa-

red-dream

-Don't overthink it, just have fun! She's more athletic than a small frame would suggest. She hits everything almost perfectly, and tries to set up everyone else for cool moves and not show off too much. She's barely breathing hard when it ends, though.

"Is that a good score?" She wonders aloud at the end.

comfort-conquers-all

Well, it's higher than the other guy's, but the scores on the leaderboard are much higher.

red-dream

She puts the plastic sword back and/or hands it back over, whichever seems correct, with a flourish and a bow.

"That was fun, thanks. Do you know a good way to find people interested in playing complicated board games around here?"

comfort-conquers-all

"Well, I think the most high-end board game club is probably the one on the first floor of the Rain Dance Hotel & Game Room? It's..." he points awkwardly behind a few skyscrapers. "A fair bit away, I think it'd be a bit far for a walk".

red-dream

"I like walking on nice days like this. Thanks. Hope you have a good day."

She bounces and hums as she begins her ~~quest~~ walk.

comfort-conquers-all

He waves at Weiss as she heads off. If she just keeps going, it takes around 40 minutes, walking past many beautiful parks, including water parks, and tall buildings, before finding a very culturally-dubious looking skyscraper. It's decorated to look like it's made with animal skins, and there's a big totem pole-like column that splits the building's left and right sides by the front entrance.

red-dream

She gets distracted wandering through a flower garden for half an hour on the way but-

-Eugh, why, this is some cringy mall-tier thing- No, no, don't be too harsh. Is there a sign indicating that this is Rain Dance Hotel & Game Room?

comfort-conquers-all

Looking closer, she can indeed see the sign above the main entrance, although the text is fairly small; clearly, the totem pole is meant to let you know.

red-dream

She will enter the hotel, walking like she clearly knows where she's going, and take a look around.

comfort-conquers-all

She enters straight into the lobby, but looking through a side door, she can see that there's a huge room full of casino-style tables with green felt, with people playing board and card games of all types taking up most of the first floor.

red-dream