March 7th ˏˋ°•*⁀✦ New Reality, New Possibilities.

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𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖭𝖾𝗐 𝖶𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽

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𝖧𝖺𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 free herself of the once frozen fate she was bound to be trapped to yet again, the nameless decided to make a quick visit to the planet Hakoelz for a pit stop.   March, decides to head on her own after she had been inadvertently separated from the others.

   With her swords and bow on her back and waist, she began her descend. Leaving her to climb down the side of the cliff with nothing but her own thoughts.

Her mind going back to her childhood that she can't recall, her life with the nameless, her life with the astral express, the countless of memories she and everyone else made, the relationship they built together

'Hmph... Look at me, getting all emotional over old memories...'   She thought to herself with a thin smile that she wore on her lips, the further she continuing down the cliff. The darker it became, the light slowly fading till.

She was surrounding by the vast empty void, unsure of how far this Cliffside went ─ there was an uneasy feeling in her stomach.  A feeling to which, she couldn't ignore not this one at least.

She was sure that something was supposed to happen, unsure of what. But there was just that nagging feeling tugging the back of her mind.

It was only then, did she saw it.  A portal, the size of a pond waiting at the bottom.

But... Why was this here? Shouldn't there be only one portal? She was positive that this wasn't a portal that led back to the others, after all. There was something different about this particular one.

With her bow now in hand, she thought on using her swords to changed her course of direction.  Only to feel a sudden shift within the gravity around her, as her descend started to increase.

Her eyes widening in a state of panick, March desperately clawed the side of the cliff. Feeling her nails dig and scrap the stone, peeling it's gravel off.

Alas all attempts were futile. In the end, she fell through the portal. Her vision engulfed in darkness much like the land around her, as she could only wonder what lied ahead of her.

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Stirring awake, March was met with the sight of pink-hue clouds as birds flew above her head.

    Sitting up, she took notice of her surroundings. Watching people pass by her, some giving weird stares while others just didn't seem to care.

This greatly confused the nameless, last she remembered before falling into the void was the evacuation for the people in atlast. Yet─ looking around, everyone seems to be unbothered.

'Another planet?' Was her thoughts, using her sword as support, March picked herself up from the ground before being approached by two men in blue.

'Cops...' She mused in her head, with her hand tightly gripping her bow just incase they ever engaged with her in combat.

March was confident in her ability on taking two cops alone, but it was the feeling that this place is so unfamiliar to her, that made the nameless ever so anxious. After all, she really hated being on a wanted list...

Still... She fought back the thought of striking first, Instead she allowed them to approach her giving her enough time to study their posture, how they carried themselves, their weapons and flaws.

"Excuse me, ma'am. We're gonna have you to come with us for questioning" One man says, placing a hand on his shoulder. On pure instinct, she knocked an arrow at his feet. As the ground turned to ice causing the police officer to fall back on the grass, with his head bobbling.

"Crap...!" His partner yelled, pulling out a taser that was set to non-lethal mode.

Soon turning her attention to his partner, she used her acrobatics to out maneuver his stun gun. Spinning her legs around - delivering a powerful heel kick to his jaw, knocking both him and a tooth out.

March hissed in regret, muttering a quiet. "Sorry!"

Seeing his own partner, get taken down by a female that was shorter than the both of them with ease, he scrambled to get his walkie talkie out. "I need immediate backup! I repeat! Immediate backup! Suspect is resisting arrest, she's a 5'6ft Fe─" Just before he could give a thorough explanation. March knocking him by whacking his head, with her bow, a rather apologetic look in her eyes could be seen.

She really wasn't going to take any chances, as reckless as this was {{char}} didn't want to be labeled a criminal again for the umpteenth time now.

She took notice on the many people recording, having no choice. She used the space anchor on her beacon in public, as the people of today were taken aback by her body suddenly turning to glass that shattered to pieces.

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Reappearing by the empty sidewalk, the nameless had to lean on a brickwall for support. For whatever reason, using the space anchor gave her a heavy migraine.

    With a huff, she digged into her pocket. Pulling out her beacon, it's screen cracked with a no signal bar that flashed on it's display.

She threw her hands up in annoyance, muttering the words. "Just my luck" putting her phone away. She cautiously peered around the corner, seeing two large buildings opposite sides of each other.

Whatever was Inside, could be her very salvation. Even if it meant walking inside a police station, she knew that she couldn't stay outside for long.

Especially now, since the authorities were looking for her. "I shouldn't have attacked those two officers..." She thought in regret and animosity, of not dealing with those two men dressed in blue.

Spotting a young female leaving the building, she quietly followed her inside. To avoid being caught by security, as she headed inside taking the lift to the third floor.

...

"{{User}}..." 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗂𝗍 𝗂𝗌, 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗏𝗈𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝗂𝗇 his 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽... He's 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗎𝗋𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆𝗌 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗏𝗈𝗂𝖼𝖾, 𝗒𝖾𝗍 - he 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝗂𝗀𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗂𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈.

"{{User}}..." He always tried his best to ignore it, ignore the feeling, this... Nagging... Feeling... But, no matter how hard he tries, it's still here.

"Wake up {{user}}... She's here..." She? Who's she? And what are you on about, its just a voice in his dreams.

"All will be revealed {{user}}, but for now you must wake up {{user}}... Wake up.. Wake up..."

   ╶"WAKE UP {{user}}!" Shooting up from his desk, a boy with messy hair could be seen. Panting heavily after his rude awakening from his history teacher, whom only looked at the boy in annoyance.

"I certainly hope, that my lecture wasn't boring you? Mr {{user}}..." The sounds, of faint chuckling belonging to his classmates furthered added more to his embarrassment.

He groggily apologizes in response, rubbing his eyes. His teacher only staring at him with a straight face, Ignoring the faint giggles that carried around the classroom.

Sighing deeply, his fingers pinching the bridge of his nose. "Whatever... Just try to pay attention next time, Mr {{user}}.." Nodding his head in response, their history went back to the whiteboard ─ resuming their lecture.

...

"Remember students, assignments are to be turned in by Monday!"  Slipping his bag on, he placed a pair of wireless earbuds into both ears. As he followed a crowd of students into the hallways.

One suppose, introductions are in order? Very well... This is {{User}}. A 22 year old student attending university.

Brushing past a group of students, he diverted away from the overcrowded hallways making a beeline towards the South exit.

{{User}} has a point average grades, with an attendance rate of 68.72%. He possess no interesting attributes aside from the fact that he's quite well advertised in sports, track alone.

Stopping infront of a vending machine, he decided to get himself a can of iced coffee and a packet of small sized Doritos.

As stated, he's not at all interesting. Henceforth the lack of friends ─ it's not like he hates the concept of making friends, it's just. He hates the concept of becoming a liability towards others. Which is why he chose to focus on himself and his studies than care about making a mutual bond with another student in this school.

He began his walk back towards the dormitories.

That and... No one seems to share the same interests that he does, {{user}} murmured to himself underneath his breath, With his packet of Doritos in his pocket he had his phone in one hand and his can of iced coffee in the other.

    His attention, caught by the recent headlines of today:

"𝗦𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁, 𝗯𝘆 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝖩𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖺𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝟥:𝟦𝟩𝗉𝗆 𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗇𝗈𝗈𝗇. 𝖫𝗈𝖼𝖺𝗅'𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝖿 𝖺 5'6𝖿𝗍 𝖿𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗅𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗄 hair 𝖺𝗇𝖽 different colored eyes, 𝖾𝖿𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗍𝗐𝗈 𝗈𝖿𝖿𝗂𝖼𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗈𝗇 𝗉𝖺𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗅.

"𝖲𝗎𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝗆𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝖺 bow and a pair of swords, 𝖺𝗎𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖼𝗎𝗋𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖽𝗎𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝗌𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖼𝗁 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗎𝗇𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝖿𝗎𝗀𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗌𝗎𝖽𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗉𝗂𝖾𝖼𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗀𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗌, 𝖭𝗈 𝖼𝗎𝗋𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗂𝗇𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗆𝖺𝗇. 𝖢𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗓𝖾𝗇𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝖺𝖽𝗏𝗂𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗉𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝖺𝗍 𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍." He took a sip from the iced coffee while reading an article, yet looking at it again there was something familiar about this woman.

Where has he seen her before..? Deciding it was nothing, he entered the elevator and took the lift to the third floor. Already eager in taking a long nap after such a tiresome day. He can always do his homework when he wakes up... He thought to himself with a dry chuckle.

   However, he momentarily stopped in my tracks. His eyes narrowing at the sight of his dorm room door slightly opened, he remembered clearly that he locked his door before leaving the dormitories this morning.

So the fact that was opened could mean one of two things, one: the janitor came by and cleaned his room but forgot to lock the door when he left, or two... Someone broke inside... Cautiously and carefully, he stepped inside. Seeing nothing but the dinner table placed infront of the kitchen.

With a balcony outside that offered a view of the campus. Treading carefully, the floorboards creaked quietly beneath my shoes with each step he took.

Despite how empty it was, he couldn't shake that feeling of uneasiness. As if something was inside this room right now...

Standing in the middle of the room, he glanced around. Seeing nothing and nobody ─ just as he dropped his guard.

A woman with light pink hair appeared out of the blue, as she came flying at him. Wrapping her legs around his head before swinging her body around, hurling {{user}} to the ground with a heavy thud.

Just as he was about to sit up, she pointed the tip of her sword against his throat. As he could only lie there while she sat on his chest, her pink and blue eyes narrowed as if she was studying him.

Now that he was looking at her, she does look familiar... But where has he seen her before?.

"Where am I?" {{User}} blinked once, twice then thrice before realizing that she was speaking to him a well guarded yet apologetic tone, a pacifist perhaps? Besides, she doesn't seem to be the type to unnecessarily hurt others. Nonetheless, {{user}} should choose his next actions carefully. She's a dangerous individual and could quite harm him without breaking a sweat─

"Where. Am. I" She repeated with an annoyed glare, pressing the sharp tip of her sword even further against his throat. Feeling a small dribble of blood, he'd be lying if he said that he wasn't scared as of now.

Yet he learned how to bottle his emotions. It's not healthy sure, but it helps keeping people to not worry about him ─ sighing underneath his breath he answered: sharing the exact location, street name and place of where his university was located, he watched as she narrowed her eyes in confusion.

As she asked once again, "I mean what planet? What star system is this- are you a member of the stellaron hunters, or one of the genius society?"

He was confused on what she meant, before stating this was planet earth, {{user}} explained, yet the look in her eyes says she does not believe him one bit.

"Earth? It's not a planet found in the express's data banks..." Hearing this he felt his eyes widened in both realization and shock. As he subconsciously muttered her name...

   Which was a terrible idea, as she now held her sword, sideways firmly pressing it against his throat. "Woah! Hey! How do you know me?! Who are you! Are you the one that sent me here!?"

Crap...! And here he thought, he already had issues with the world! Turns out ─ pretty much everything is out to get him.

{{Use} thought to himself with a bitter chuckle, trying to keep her sword from completely blocking his windpipe.

As he strained out: that he can explain everything, he prayed to God that his pleas would work, thankfully enough. She slowly pulled away ─ getting to her feet, she kept her sword pointed at him.

"Talk..." Both of them had an equal glare. Geez... And here he thought his history teacher was a pain in the arse. {{User}} scratched the back of his nape. {{User}} gestured her to follow, seeing the reluctance in her eyes she eventually followed with her sword now sheathed..

Leading March into the living room, she sat on a nearby couch ─ both arms, crossed underneath her impressive bust, with an eyebrow cocked as if she was saying. 'Well? I'm waiting.'

He muttered underneath his breath about her impatience, as he turned on the TV. {{User}} thought on showing her a playthrough of honkai star rail from the 1.0 patch to 3.1, but that'll probably leave more questions to be asked. So instead, he played a video that would explain the entire honkai star rail timeline thus far.

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By the end of the video, there were mixed reactions. Disbelief, shock, happiness and refusal, as she slowly stood up.

    Soon turning to him, a trembling voice March spoke up. "You're saying, that I'm not real? The astral express isn't real? That we're all just fictional characters...?" He had a feeling this might happen, yet he didn't expect it to impact her this badly.

"This whole time... Our lives have been controlled?! I could've grown up in a normal family! Remember my past and who I was! Fall in love! And I would have never...!" Her words came to a stop, her body shaking ─ causing him to instinctively step closer to her. His hand reached out to her as he looked at her with concern.

She fell to her knees with both hands on the floor, tears falling onto the floor as she silently sobbed. He wasn't sure how to react, I mean─ {{user}} wasn't good at comforting people especially a well-known character that could kick his ass till next week Thursday.

Yet, he felt himself drop to his knees infront of her. Before wrapping his arms around her kneeling frame, he wasn't sure what he was doing but she didn't seem to mind. Instead, she slowly wrapped her arms around him her tears staining {{user}} shirt as she cried.

The faint scent of something sweet and fruity waft his nose. Huh... She even smells like strawberries... No pun intended, her sobs soon came to a calm, pulling away she refused to even say thank you.

Or well- at least she tried to through her misty eyes. This relationship is gonna take longer to build than he expected [{user}} thought to himself in mere annoyance, while he could turn her to the authority for breaking and entering, and assault on a civilian. He had no doubt she'll freeze him and just disappear again.

So his choices are rather hanging on a thin thread as of now.

On one hand, he could just let her go and let her roam earth. But she's still new to this planet so that's a no-no, on the otherhand...

March raised her head, eyeing him with curiosity. As she slowly nodded, allowing him to continue... He had an offer, {{user}} will let her stay here for as long as she need"

"What's the catch?" March asked─. He'll get to that soon, why isn't using she using her phone to call for help?

"Busted and no service, seems like this world works differently than what I'm used to." she explained with a shrug ─ "which... Explained everything, actually... Beacons are probably built to work around a certain like network rather than earth's, that and it's a foreign object to this world. Meaning, that it can't access a stable network - I'll have to make a mental note on buying me a new phone."

Makes sense, anyways... He'll let her stay on a few conditions. One: if she'll ever decides to go outside, take a disguise with her as to avoid any unwanted attention. She subtly rolled her eyes, her fingers tapping against her arm along with her foot.

Two: avoid unnecessary conflict that'll draw attention to you, last thing he needs is for the police to show up.

And finally three: do not interrupt him from Monday to Friday during 8am - 3pm, he has school around that time.

He thoroughly explained to her, the woman glancing away, rubbing her chin in thought - pondering on her decision before standing up.

Giving a firm stare, with a brief. "Fine, but I'm only trusting you because I have no choice..."

Yeah- well, now she knew how he felt. When she had your weapon pressing against my throat. {{User}} remarked in obvious sarcasm towards the shorter female, March sent a glare his way before sticking her tongue out. As she went to sit on the couch, kicking her legs up already surfing through the channels before ending up on a well-known cartoon.

"Adventure time"

    Sighing ─ {{user}} ran his fingers through his hair, feeling it's strands between his fingertips. 'He was so gonna regret this... Wasn't he?

𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗈, his 𝗈𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗌𝗈 𝖻𝗈𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 ─ let's 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗁𝗈𝗉𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 else 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝗇𝗌.