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April 1st huh... I have memories of this day. Wonder why it's coming in clear now...

I remember when I was 14 and I was really into harmless lies for April Fools. Not that I do it anymore.

Then I told a lie that convinced the wrong person I was being transferred out of school, which snowballed into the entire class throwing me a goodbye party. I was so shy and nervous back then, I fled the room in shame.

And then I got attacked by Red Oni and he made a giant monster which would tell the most basic of lies to trick us in a fight. I guess that day was pretty basic but it taught me the most valuable of lessons.

[Yayoi hefted the Sobble in her arms and added,] But I'll leave it up to you to decide what lesson I learned. Clearly I haven't lost my mischief streak yet.

So has anyone figured out if these little ones have names yet? I've called mine Sobby.

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Lies have as many consequences as the truth, and you should be prepared to deal with either, and be aware that both can manipulate your actions. One just leaves people more indignant than the other if it's found out to be less than purely honest... but people don't enjoy full honestly either.

[ this is probably not the lesson, but it's sure one she learned as a child. in the moment she's talking, her voice is calm and almost soothing, not quite soft, but level. there's a bundle wrapped in a blanket resting in her lap, and her absol is leaning against her side, partially in frame. ]

Most seem to say their names in part when they're vocalising, don't they? That's one of those things I've stopped trying to figure out the why for. Regardless, not sure what the proper names might be, but "sob" appears to be part of these ones.

Most lies don't lead to a actual fight with a giant monster made out of a earth roller but yeah, I getcha. Sometimes it's a little unavoidable.

[Yayoi nods as she looks over to where the Sobble is sleeping and says,] Seems like it. They're definitely going to be water types, if their colorization is any indication. He seems to like the bathroom too, and jumped into the tub when I was washing up.

On the one hand, you never forgot that fight.

[ on the other, it's a bit absurd, truly. ]

Have you noticed him every being... hard to see?

Yeah, I never did. It was definitely an eye-opener for one of my old days.

[it was super absurd. Her era of Precure was super absurd.]

Sometimes? I noticed sometimes he just vanishes and I worry, but Mimikyu usually susses him out. I wonder if he's part ghost. Or has a camouflage ability.

Seems like many places have a degree of the incredible we wake up to seeing one day.

[ as in difficult to believe, incredulous, rather than great. ]

I've been wondering something similar. I'm not seeing any evidence of... intangibility, for what that's worth.

This place is pretty incredible, not gonna lie. There's always something happening no matter where you look.

[ Because why not, this place was amazing still.]

Maybe he's skittish, or just able to sneak everywhere...

Ugh, a demon that weaponizes lies? Sounds like a pain to defeat.

[She says as if being honest is the most painful thing in the world.]

That's what you would call a basic day? What the hell was a complicated day for you then?

It was kind of the most basic of lies though, like sort of schoolyard "I do one thing, and say another" kind of lies. Even then, I was still a kid so I didn't really cotton onto his lies for a while until I figured out the pattern.

[She shrugged with a little grin.]

That was a basic day for me. A more complex day would be finding out something more about myself, or ranging into fighting a blob monster which turned out to be a good blob monster which was becoming friends with a girl who became a Phantom Superhero.

...You make me glad I decided to be a villain first. We never have to learn morals or life lessons through ironically themed fights.

[Though thinking back on what she knows about the Titans a lot of themes are starting to come together.]

Magic is full of stuff like that I guess. More often then not a curse or a hex is meant to punish someone for something they did wrong so you'd think I'd have learned more hard lessons by now.

Depends on the situation at hand. Most magic in my world is pretty positive in general, but there's people who use magic for evil purposes. Even in the sentai and riders. I've never heard of a magic using Ultra or we'd be in big trouble.

But then I've never personally met an Ultra so I wouldn't know.

Precure magic is all about offensive purification, but there's a lot of gentle purification as well.

And an Ultra would be...what exactly?

What like holy magic? Were you guys priests or something?

A giant of light. Sort of a interdimensional space cop that fights giant space aliens and monsters on a massive scale.

Kinda? Like, Precure are legendary warriors who carry with them purifying magic, and there was a whole town who became Precure at one point. Male, female, didn't matter.

Sounds like a Green Lantern to me. Basically space cops with light powers that fly around being bossy.

Did the whole town stay precure or was it one of those last minute "we're all gonna die so pull out all the stops" sort of moments?

Well, if your Green Lanterns can only stay active on Earth for 3 minutes because of the atmosphere, then yeah.

They stayed Precure technically. I don't think anyone actually LOST their powers to be honest.

Whoa! Three minutes? You have to do all your super heroics in three minutes or less? That blows.

A whole town of magical holy heroes....yeesh.

[Remind her to never go anywhere near there.]

Ultras do. But they have ways of recharging and stretching that time limit if need be.

Hugkumi Town is a nice place to visit at least, if you're not actively causing trouble. I went there once to fight one of the Precure's dad's when he was still evil.

I guess if you're that powerful three minutes is all you need. But it still sucks.

Was he an Oni too? Or like an Evil Precure? Are there Evil Precures?

[Please tell her everything about this other type of superhero world.]

Yeah, it's pretty crazy to be honest. Precure fights go much longer.

No, he was a scientist, who then transformed into a giant monster powered by Toge-power which was negative emotions. And yes, there's been evil Precure in the past. I myself had a dark reflection once before.

... she was pretty hot come to think about it. It's a shame I was too young to appreciate it.

Evil is always sexier. It's just an accepted fact of the universe.

Which is a shame because all the other negative emotions that get packaged with evil apparently turn you into giant monsters.

Yeah, the Bad End Precure were pretty great looking, not gonna lie. But they were just negative versions of ourselves and it didn't work out really. No redeeming qualities, just a ball of malice.

See that's just not fair!

I mean...how come all villains have to be so negative? I like to think that my team and I were fairly healthy and balanced people...most of the time.

[Sigh]

Oh well. No sense longing for something that wasn't meant to be. Being a hero...ish type is usually more rewarding.

Yeah, like, depending on the villain teams, sometimes they're complex, sometimes they're Really Not.

And I mean Really Not.

But that's something I tend to chalk up to Things Just Happening really.

OK now I gotta know: Who's the dumbest villain you've ever faced?

Considering I've only faced a handful of villains, I'd say the dumbest villain was all around Red Oni, because he was dumb without being reasonable. But he was a childish sort of dumb.

Most of the dumbest foes I faced were regular cops honestly, but there was this one guy...he had super speed so he spent all his time working on his charm. It was so annoying!

But he was stupid. He kept going after me specifically and it wound up getting him caught. That's what you get when you make your priorities so obvious you know? Even after the first time it got him caught he did it again coming right after me and wound up almost dying when someone way stronger then me caught him.

I guess I should thank him though since it helped me change careers.

Sometimes stubbornness isn't a bad thing. It can be a good thing when trying to get someone to see their true potential.

At least, that's how I see it.

[Wow, that was qiute the story]

Wow, that's. Sorry to hear that?

[Apparently he focused on that part of the story instead of the Red Oni part. Maybe because it does strike a little closer to home than he'd like to -- he was kinder when he was a kid]

They got upset with you later?

They forgave me, but it was a life lesson for the most part. They did however tell me not to do it again, considering I was super embarrassed by the prank.

You'd have to be stupid to do that again. Good to hear they let this go lightly.

[Besides...]

Now what was that part about giant monsters?

I was 14, so it was kind of a light lesson at best.

Yeah, back in the day I was a teenage superhero. I fought giant monsters on the regular. Almost like clockwork every week, or twice a week if the villains got real ornery.

[That's kind of cool]

Since you're not a superhero anymore does that mean you kicked the villains' asses once and for all?

[He sounds really interested on that, yeah. Maybe because of the cool factor, maybe because he's a hero -- well, vigilante, but he sure isn't going to make the distinction]

A long time ago, but I've been an on-and-off superhero for years after that. Being called in for reunion battles every so often until I reached adulthood for the most part.

And then I just sort of retired. Didn't know why but I have a pretty good suspicion I was being messed with now.

[WHAT A STORY. Envy's looking pretty incredulous.]

Oh yeah, just a regular afternoon fighting monsters based on the last embarrassing mistake you made, happens to all of us.

Is the lesson that you gotta get better at lying?

No, not really. But at the very least, I learned that people won't actually crucify me for a little white lie that went out of control.

In hindsight, it was still really funny.

If they did, I'd say you'd need to start hanging around people who can handle a prank.

Gonna pull any this year?

We were fourteen after all. And I'm glad our forgiving nature carried over into adulthood.

I didn't have any chance to prepare this year sadly. Too busy taking care of this young kid.

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