A woman wearing very eccentric clothes with heterochromatic red and blue eyes and pink wings emerges. She waves happily and smiles.

"Eep!"

She was already looking warily at the forming Rift, and wields the censer defensively towards the newcomer, a pane of light forming in the air in front of her momentarily, then lowers it and looks a bit embarrassed.

"-Oh! Otherworlder! Hello!"

"Hi, nice to meet you. Where am I?"

"Uh, straight to business, huh? This is an old cursed site. Near Noten. On Tirra. You just fell through a rift, they happen rarely and lead to other worlds. There's no danger here as long as a priestess like me comes by once in a while and reinforces the seals. Where are you from?"

"Oh, I'm from Terraria! My name's Akira."

"I'm Megi! Nice to meet you. What's Terraria like? I haven't heard of that one."

"Oh, it's a lot of fun, there's always plenty of fights to be had and people keep coming up with new ones or changing old ones."

"...Ah-huh."

Something clicks in her head, something Weiss said once, a story she was telling... But she can't remember it.

She throws back her hood and shifts her robes around a bit, revealing long pointy ears that flick around for a few moments, then twitch at every new sound.

"If you really like fights there's a lot of curses out there. Not right here because of the seals but anywhere there aren't a lot of people probably has plenty."

"That's cool. Does fighting the curses do anything?"

"By itself, they'll come back eventually, but it keeps people safe from them! Cryptids- Especially dangerous and smart curses- Mostly don't come back if you actually finish them off. They're also much nastier than the garden variety ones, I'd be cautious."

"That makes sense. It's usually harder to do things that last. What else do people do around here? You said there's a whole world here is it just about fighting curses or do people also do other things?"

"Well most people live in cities or towns or villages. About half of them are farmers of some stripe. You get all sorts. People shop and eat nice food and play games and do magic and make art and things like that. I'm a priestess, which means I'm aligned with the Light Gods and I can sort of channel their power without them having to do most of the work-" 

She glows again.

"And that divine power is what makes the wards here work! It can also do blessings and things like that. And priestesses teach people about being good and give them guidance. Would you like to come have some tea with me once I finish this blessing?"

"Sure! That sounds nice." She'll wait patiently and watch closely as Megi does her work.

She chants prayers and glows as she walks around the symbolic rope cord barrier. To Ilumine, to heal and soothe. To Ragni, to renew and keep away zombies. To Galasa, to stand vigilant and brave. To Hekosi, for an effort that will take an eon, one tiny step at a time.

And then they can go to a little rest hut, erected just nearby probably specifically for visiting priestesses. It's a one room house with a stove and a fireplace and a desk and two chairs and a bed. Plus a well. She starts a fire with flint and steel and puts a kettle on. 

"Tea will be ready in about five minutes. Any particular flavor preference?"

"Oh right! Some places have more than one kind. I'll try whatever you like best."

She puts on an interesting mixed black tea. Kind of fruity.

"There we go. You've got quite an interesting look going on, Akira."

"Thanks, I designed it myself. I wanted something a bit more understated than my brothers but still distinct."

She sips at the tea. "Oh, this is good!"

"Oho. I've gone for more of a luxurious look, to match my natural colors- Gold with dark skin and reddish tones. Rubies. My paler sisters would be better served by silver or white in some cases, but I like these firmer colors."

"They work well for you! Do you like the red color or are you just sticking with it because that's what you started with?"

"It's what we started with. Even kitsunes can't change natural looks easily- And cosmetics are a pain to apply and wear off under strenuous activity."

"Oh huh, are there a lot of people who want to change and can't or is it just one of those things?"

"I wouldn't say there's a lot who desperately want to. A few people are very unhappy about how they look or what their body is like. The most common case of that is boys wanting to be girls and the reverse. Most are just kind of wistful, it's just a fact of life- Hair dye takes maintenance, makeup requires reapplication, illusion magic is expensive and also expires."

"Oh, I have potions for that one. The boy to girl or girl to boy one. There's ways to change the rest at home too but I'm not sure if they would work here. Potions are portable though."

"Some people who are not me would very much enjoy that! I don't think we can do it, local magic and foreign magic tend to do different things."

"Yeah, most things in my world are focused on moving and fighting but we've also got a lot of things for building, mining and changing how you look."