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[schmisse]

Hello.

[ Weiss is looking into the camera with a large glowing suit of armour behind her. She was wondering if she should perform summoning the Arma Gigas for everyone to see, but she figured that it could be a waste of time. As flashy as she can be most of the time, she decides not to be for this. ]

Since there are a lot of people here from all kinds of places, I'm sure there are some of you who are capable of summoning allies to fight by your side or fight for you. I'd like to know more about the process of summoning in other worlds. Maybe it could help me improve my summoning, too. We can meet in person if that's more convenient.

[ There are a lot of things she wants to improve on when it comes to summoning, one particular thing would be her casting time. That's not something she'll say out loud for everyone to hear, though. With her summoning request having been asked though, she dismisses the Arma Gigas and it very slowly evaporates into the air until it's completely gone. ]

I'm not sure how many Moonblessed there are here, too, but there are several people from Remnant here. We have what we call an Aura - the manifestation of one's soul. It protects us, and from experience, it looks like anyone with a soul can have their Aura unlocked, even if they aren't from Remnant. It proves to be helpful, of course, but having your Aura unlocked also drains you of all your Chroma. You could end up crystallising if you don't moonlace right away. [ She's only saying this now so awful people like Raven don't unlock Auras again and leave the person Chromaless????? PLEASE. ] Basically? Don't be an idiot, and if you want your Aura unlocked, make sure it's with somebody you trust.

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[schmisse]

It drains the other person of all their Chroma. For the one who unlocked that person's Aura, they won't feel a thing.

[ But honestly? ]

I wouldn't recommend it.

[unhappy]

Why not?

[ Is there some awful side-effect she doesn't know about? ]

They're both comfortable moonlacing with me all the time, so the chroma drain isn't an issue.

[schmisse]

Teaching somebody to control, maintain, and use their Aura properly can be an issue, though.

[ She's certainly having difficulty with it with some people. ]

[unhappy]

That won't be a problem. One of them is a genius at almost everything he touches and I'm sure Chihiro can handle it, too.

[ But she might ask Ren for some advice. Especially since she.. doesn't really know how to do any of this. Emerald's use of aura is largely self-taught or taught by Cinder, not a formal school of any kind. She trusts Ren more than Weiss. ]

I'm not going to teach them to fight or anything, I just don't want to have to worry whenever I hear something clatter in the kitchen or they go on some wayward adventure or the wrong people show up here.

[ The wrong people being.. her people. That's the one she's worried about most. ]

[schmisse]

The wrong people?

[ Emerald is going to need to elaborate. If it's more of Weiss' allies, then Emerald shouldn't be calling them the wrong people here. ]

locked to weiss;

[unhappy]

Please tell me Ren or Sun or even Blake talked to you about this. I haven't committed a crime in almost a year now [ the stolen snack off of someone's grill and minor disruption of apartment displays doesn't count. Indecent exposure because of a couple instances with her boyfriends in places they definitely shouldn't have been doing it.. also don't count. ] and I don't want to go back to Remnant. Salem's not exactly the forgive and forget type.

[schmisse]

It's not really a topic of conversation, so no, none of them talked to me about this.

[ She doesn't really think she's in any place to ask about the rest of what Emerald said, so she'll ask something else. ]

Do you think Salem would find herself here?

[unhappy]

Two of your enemies not being a threat would've been something I would've thought would've come up. Mercury's not going to attack any of you unless you instigate or agree to it either.

[ A beat. ] I can't talk him out of his personality though, sorry.

[ She doesn't know if anything's happened between them, but she knows Mercury well enough to know that if she's run into him, he's been a jackass.

As for the Salem question... She takes a moment to think. ]

I don't want here here so I don't want her to, but if she shows up in a place like this and it's not on purpose, someone's stronger than she is.

[schmisse]

We had a gathering. I think it was supposed to be us talking about you, Mercury, and Raven, but it ended up being a party.

[ Everyone didn't really talk much... they just drank and ate and spent time with each other. It's not bad - Weiss would fully recommend everyone loosening up because she's loosened up a lot during her time here. It's not something she would take away from anybody. ]

I haven't spoken to Mercury, [ not at this time, anyway. ] but you said he's always been... socially awkward or whatever, right? He's probably not somebody I'd talk to, in the first place.

[unhappy]

Socially awkward is... yeah, kind of. It's more like he extremely sarcastic with zero ability to turn it off.

[ That would've stood out as an answer though and possibly triggered someone wanting to fix him or go after the "bad boy" type or god knows what. ]

[schmisse]

That's not really the kind of personality I'm seeking when it comes to a companion, so I probably won't be speaking to him any time soon.

[ This is it. This is the conversation that jinxed her. ]

[unhappy]

You know, you seem a lot less ornery than the last world we were in.

[ Like maybe she isn't as awful. ]

[schmisse]

Excuse me?

[ aka what's that supposed to mean aka did you say ornery ]

[unhappy]

You're excused.

[ what did you fart or something weiss, you know what you are ]

[schmisse]

It's not funny.

[unhappy]

Hey I said you were less ornery, not that you were ornery. It's a compliment.

[schmisse]

Is it, really?

[ Go on, Em. You can be honest. ]

[unhappy]

Well yeah. The version of you back in Empatheias was a meddling bitch, so the fact that you're not is an improvement.

[schmisse]

I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.

[unhappy]

I was in another world before this, with Seijuro and Chihiro and Tetsuya- though Tetsuya's gone from here now. A lot of times, people who were there don't remember being there. You were there, too, but you don't. You probably don't need to worry about it.

[schmisse]

Oh. I know someone I met before mentioned I was in another world.

That's still so weird to hear.

[unhappy]

It was weird to experience. My boyfriends and your boyfriend lived together, it was super annoying when they had parties.

[ A beat. ] No offense. You froze my soup once and I'm still not completely over it.

[ She's more mad about that than the time Weiss almost skewered her with an icicle.. ]

[schmisse]

Are you dating that tall guy with grey hair?

[ ... She said boyfriends, though. What the fuck. Who's the other one???]

[unhappy]

Him and the redhead. They're partners.

[schmisse]

Why do you have two?