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[eupheme]

CMO FOR ANIKA QUINN/REGALIA EUPHEME

Anika Quinn is about as normal a teenage girl as they come. She's sixteen years old, goes to high school, gets okay grades – oh, and she's also a magical princess from a parallel magical world. But who's asking? As she eventually finds out from her new group of comrades, Anika is actually Regalia Eupheme, magical warrior and princess of the kingdom of Eupheme that fell when she was just a baby. Anika was sent to Earth with the kingdom's greatest treasure, the Regalia of Eupheme, to safeguard both it and her. And now it's time for her to take on the duty given to her and fight as Regalia Eupheme to protect her new home.

... just as soon as she actually figures out how this whole princess thing works, of course.

Cliffnotes & permissions for meme/cmo/whatever purposes below:

Anika IS:

• A sixteen year old cis girl, who's pretty average? Really? She's got a pretty face with long, light brown hair that reaches the small of her back. She's about 5'4'' and average build. Really, there's nothing wildly interesting about her regular appearance! As Regalia Eupheme, her hair turns powder blue and she's decked out in a frilly, fluffy magical girl outfit, in blue and white with gold accents (google 'hime lolita' for a general idea of the visual until i get my commission back LOL).
  
• From a "Japanafornia"-esque setting, so think something along the lines of the Western Ace Attorney localizations and you're golden.
  
• To the casual observer, she's human, but to those with fine tuned spiritual or magical senses, they'll be able to pick up that she's ???a container??? for a huge wellspring of magical energy, that happens to be shaped like a teenage girl. Also she's uh, a magical girl, if that's a thing that can be sensed?
  
• Constantly on the verge of falling into a giant pit of anxiety and impostor syndrome!! She's been plagued with the sense that something about her is "wrong" or "missing" since she was very young and does her best to cope with this by being cheerful, chirpy, friendly and always in good spirits. This is actually a little forced on her part, as can become obvious when she's not able to keep it up. Very much a people pleaser, and a bit of a doormat.
  
• Depending on her 'canon' point for any given thread, she may or may not be capable of transforming into Regalia Eupheme. When she is capable of doing so, she does so with the phrase "Eupheme Regalia Engage!", at which point she transforms pretty much instantly with a flash of light. I'M STILL WORKING OUT WHAT HER FINISHER IS SO GET BACK TO ME ON THAT. Since she's still working on this whole magical girl thing, her powerset mostly revolves around copying/piggybacking off the powers of other magical girls. She's hoping to develop her own powers eventually!!!
  
• Skilled at/knowledgable about everything the average person can reasonably be expected to be


Anika IS NOT:

• Genuinely cruel, actively malicious or mean-spirited to the average person
  
• Particularly skilled/experienced as a magical girl


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Comments

[regaliadunks]

[LET'S MAKE SOME REGALIA CR

Any preference on first meeting or post-gaining big magical girl energy.....]

[eupheme]

[ WHAT IF... post first meeting but before Anika gets her mahou on. OH WAIT i actually previously established that Anika was gonna quiz the other gals on why they fight in a previous thread so maybe we could go with something like that?? ]

[regaliadunks]

[I'M DOWN WITH THESE OPTIONS. I start it off or you?

OH I SHOULD OFFER ACTUAL IDEAS TOO Olivia could come over to Anika's to just check in after some monster attack and offer food and alibis]

[eupheme]

[ OH HELL YES we can combo platter those two options really easily!! yeet a starter at me and let's get this GOING ]

[regaliadunks]

[\O/]

[Fighting a big fuck-off monster isn’t exactly great for introductions. And the whole magical destiny thing could be a lot to process at once. And as the closest representative of the Kingdom of Kindness (TM), it was Olivia’s responsibility to put a good foot forward.

Which brings her to Anika’s door with the recommended Kindness Essentials. Fruit basket, some personally baked treats, and a smile. She spends a moment practicing the right phrasing before knocking on the door.

It’s fine. This’ll go fine.]

[eupheme]

[ So. Magical princesshood and all that. Anika's still working out exactly how jazzed she feels about that. Some days she thinks it's exciting to have such an amazing secret and she feels almost hopeful about the future. Other days...

Well. Other days she feels slightly less so. But she's sure she'll be able to handle it eventually!

She's not expecting visitors today, though, so she looks a little dubious when she opens the door – though that quickly gives way to just looking taken aback. ]

Oh wow, um– Olivia, hi! [ What... the hell... is she carrying... ] Iiiiii didn't know you guys knew where I lived...?

[regaliadunks]

[She smiles warmly.]

Oh, we don’t. I had to check through the school files. [Did they let you do that Olivia-] I thought we should welcome you to... well, not the neighborhood per se... but something like that.

1/2

[eupheme]

[eupheme]

I... okay. Okay!

[ WHAT ELSE CAN SHE EVEN SAY TO THAT??? ]

Do you wanna come inside then...? I guess you're here to talk?

[regaliadunks]

[IF YA GOTTA BREAK SOME LAWS FOR KINDNESS (TM), YOU GOTTA BREAK SOME LAWS]

Oh, thank you! [She will step inside!] If that's alright with you. I wouldn't want to be a burden on your free time.

[eupheme]

It's okay! I didn't have any plans today or anything. Having somebody over beats just sitting around the house, right? Hahaha. Um– you can just leave your shoes by the door, Diana's out but she gets kinda fussy about the floors.

[ As is evidenced by the fact that Anika is in... a pair of extremely fluffy looking socks. What? They're comfy. ]

Wanna come sit in the kitchen? We haven't got anything fancy, but I can get you a juice or a soda or something. Oh, or maybe coffee? You kinda come off as a coffee girl.

[regaliadunks]

[They look nice! She makes a mental note to look into comfy socks later. She carefully sets her shoes in an organized, efficient spot by the door for easy retrieval.]

Oh, you're very kind. I haven't had the chance to drink much of... coffee yet. Mostly tea. [Your earth drinks, so fascinating.]

OVA: Another World - Regal Dreamers

[glimmeringmoonlight]

[ "Did you see that video? Luna totally fell off a roof fighting one of those Nightmares!"

To anyone else, it'd be small, completely inconsequential as any other gossip. But as it stood, Ayla Rosales had to bite back a squeak as she heard the murmurings of conversation several seats down. As the group giggled over video (of course there was video, why wouldn't there be video of something so embarrassing?), she tried not to sink into her seat. She - she'd just lost her footing! Jumping from rooftop to rooftop wasn't as easy as it looked in the shows! She'd hit her face and everything...

As the light rail made its way to downtown Little Kyoto, Ayla was already making a list for herself. The Village Plaza was her first hit - the Blazer Sun merchandise she'd ordered finally had come in! And there was that ramen place she liked and...

...well, maybe there wouldn't be any monster attacks today?

Try as she might, after awakening as Dreamchaser Luna, she'd only run across that mysterious swordswoman once, only told she was on the hunt for a princess. And balancing school and magical life was a lot harder than it looked in the shows, not to mention finding a princess in the meantime! It'd only been a couple weeks and she'd been sighted, sure, but thankfully no news people had flagged her down, just a trending local hashtag and some blurry videos on occasion. At least her magic hid her identity - she'd never hear the end of it from her brother if he ever found out she was the local magical heroine protecting the city.

...still, it was lonely. It would be nice, if someone else could be with her. That was how it worked, right? You get a new teammate, you make a new friend...

The light rail chimed as her stop was announced. But even after getting off and meeting the bright, clear-skied day, Ayla was distracted. ]

Maybe...

[ She couldn't finish the thought, instead shaking her head and pouting.

Ugh, okay, new plan. Cookies. Cookies were always a good distraction. Let's see, she could make chocolate toffee cookies for Aaron, snickerdoodles for Adam, macarons for Alina...

Hey Anika, might wanna watch out, there's a pigtailed girl headed for you - ]

[eupheme]

[ Things have been... weird lately.

Which is probably to be expected. A real life, honest to god magical girl suddenly showing up isn't exactly what you'd call an everyday occurrence and it's all everyone's been talking about. It's made things feel kind of weird and off-kilter and while everyone else seems to be riled up and excited about it, the whole thing just makes Anika feel weirdly anxious. Even when she's trying not to think about it, there's a weird niggly feeling in the back of her head that won't let her completely put it out of her head.

So the next best thing is for Anika to get out of her own head, at least a little.

Little Kyoto isn't one of her usual hangout spots which is why it's perfect for a bit of metaphorical fresh air. Maybe she'll find somewhere new that she likes and she hasn't shopped before and that can distract her for a bit.

But probably not.

And like any good protagonist distracted schoolgirl, she's off in her thoughts just enough that she doesn't realize she and Ayla are in a collision course with each other until the very last moment. ]

Ah–! [ She just barely manages to avoid straight up bodying the poor girl, and dances back a step or so. ] I'm so sorry...! Wow, my head was really in the clouds...

1/2

[glimmeringmoonlight]

[ One moment, Ayla is on a crash course with a younger girl just about the same height as her - and as the other girl stumbles back, Ayla's gaze catches hers -

- and it's like time slows, as magic meets magic and things just click into place. It's not something Ayla consciously understands, necessarily, but it's like...meeting a kindred spirit. An old friend. Someone just like her, somehow.

The time slowing, washed out background effect is completely ruined, mind you, by the fact that Ayla's momentum doesn't stop, so while Anika avoids a collision, Ayla isn't so lucky. She yelps, trying to stop herself before she falls - and instinctively reaches for the first thing she can grab.

Which just happens to be Anika's arm. She doesn't drag Anika down with her, but does end up tangled with her for a moment... ]

2/2

[glimmeringmoonlight]

[ ...at least until the whole situation catches up with her. ]

Aaaaa I'm so sorry!

[ Ayla flushes as she detaches herself from this other girl, pigtails bobbing as she scrambles a few steps away.

Oh hey! Now that you can see her better, Anika, you'd recognize Ayla as your senpai upperclassmen at school! Her twin brother's the more popular one but Ayla Rosales is still pretty well received in her own right. She's known for making people cookies!

There's also the talk that she met that new magical girl in person, but that wasn't pretty interesting, sounded like she ran away and hid while that new heroine took care of everything. ]

1/2 also

[eupheme]

[ It feels like a spark going off in the back of Anika's head. Like catching a flash of light off the bright surface of a mirror and turning to come face to face with your own reflection.

She knows this girl. In some weird, gut reaction way. A way that makes that itchy feeling of anxiety at the back of her head finally perk up in recognition and say that's it. that's what I've been looking for this whole time.

Anika opens her mouth to say hey, have we met? but even if we haven't, how come I– ]

2/2

[eupheme]

[ ... and then the other girl collides with her and Anika snaps very abruptly back to reality.

Wait. Hold on. What the hell was that? She blinks, shakes her head, to rattle away... whatever had just come over her but finds that she isn't able to make her head quite as clear as she'd like it. That weird overly familiar feeling remains and she's not sure how to feel about that.

This is... some girl from school, though, right? Yeah, Anika knows her. Or at least she knows of her in passing and Anika's going to jump on that as an excuse for this weird sense of kinship because any normal-sounding explanation is a godsend right now. ]

Uh– it's fine, seriously! [ She puts her hands up in what she hopes is a placating gesture. ] That's what I get for not really looking where I'm going... you're okay, right?

belatedly i realize this meetup furthers the dreamchasers canon that only a-name people get powers

[glimmeringmoonlight]

[ Now that the utter mortification has passed, Ayla finally notices the weird...kinship feeling she's getting. There's a moment where her expression fades, brows knitting in confusion - and then she's quick to plaster over that feeling with a smile. ]

I'm okay! Injured pride more than anything, ahaha!

[ Who is this girl? She's too young to be in the same grade and there's nothing super remarkable about her. It takes her a moment, then: ]

Oh! Anika, right?

[ ...weird, why does she like, know this girl's name? Moving on: ]

I think we've met in a club?

[ yeah, club. That has to be it. ]

I'm Ayla!

[ She mostly frequents the home economics club but she's flitted among a bunch of them. Are you in the anime club? It's okay, she won't judge. ]

[eupheme]

Uh–

[ If they have met in a club, that's news to Anika, who hasn't been in a club for a good few months. But when she wracks her brain to try and come up with some explanation for this weird uncanny feeling she realizes she might have an out for this. ]

Ah, now you mention it, I guess that's probably it! I kind of jumped around a couple clubs at the start of the year to try and figure out what I wanted to do but now I guess I'm in the "go home by myself after school" club, haha!

[ Great. Fantastic. The perfect line to make her sound exactly like a friendless weirdo. Good job, Anika, you nailed it. ]

Y–you do home ec or something, right? I hear people talking about your cookies all the time.

[glimmeringmoonlight]

[ Did they meet in a club? Now that she's thinking about it, she's not so sure. She'd definitely remember this girl, right? ]

Nothing wrong with that! My brother's like that too, ehehehe.

[ Go home club is valid! ]

Oh! Yeah! I help out with the student council sometimes too.

[ Usually when she's running late and needs an excuse to not get detention, but having those connections is important! Or...something like that. ]

You must be new around here right? D'you need someone to show you around?

[ Wait, that's a little weird right? But also - ]

N-not that you look like you need it! But, um, I heard there was, um, a monster attack recently?

[ God that still sounds weird to say???? ]

Safety in numbers, right...?

[eupheme]

[ Monster attack. It sounds so incredibly bizarre in the middle of an otherwise completely mundane (well, not really, but we're unpacking that later) conversation that it startles a laugh out of Anika. Something about the sound of her own laughter diffuses a little of the weird tension keeping her stiff and her shoulders relax, even if it's only by a little. ]

You know, I think I'd really like that. I don't usually come here, so I don't really know where to start.

[ And, even though she'd come here by herself intentionally, she's realizing that it'd be nice to have at least a little company. ]

[glimmeringmoonlight]

[ Anika's permission is all Ayla needs to truly morph into a social whirlwind. She happily takes Anika on a sightseeing tour. There's the Little Kyoto mall, a smaller three story establishment, with a sizeable Japanese supermarket as well as various other food stops varying from cream puffs to bubble tea. There's Kelly Court, with a massive Japanese bookshop on its second story, as well as the location of one of Ayla's favorite curry places. There's the Village Plaza, home to various other eateries, including one of those food challenges - finish a massive bowl of food in an hour and get it free! - and a fairly well known cosplay meetup spot.

Tucked away on the far side of the Plaza, in one of the lower buildings, is Anime Forest, where Ayla rambles about her favorite show, Beautiful Protector Blazer Sun, as she picks up something she'd preordered, a fairly ornate statue depicting Blazer Sun and Lunar Mariner, back to back and hands clasped.

It's when they've reached a rotating sushi bar that it finally clicks that she's completely been talking Anika's ear off, about Blazer Sun and all kinds of other stories she has.]

Oh gosh, I've just been talking so much, haven't I? I-I'll shut up now!

[eupheme]

[ Anika's certain she and Ayla must have at least encountered each other at school before, but she's pretty sure they'd exchanged few, if any words but now she's a veritable chatterbox. It's really kind of nice – she's so enthused and so full of energy that Anika finds herself happy to be swept along in the conversation.

She wonders if all those people who tack her on as an afterthought know what they're missing out on. ]

No, no, you don't have to shut up. [ She can't keep herself from laughing, just a little though. After all that breezy talking, it's a little funny to see her get in a fluster. ] To be honest... I kind of came out today to get out of my head a little, so it's been nice. Things have been sort of weird lately, you know? So getting to talk about basically everything else is a nice change.

[glimmeringmoonlight]

[ Ayla breathes a sigh of relief before perking back up, pigtails bobbing up and down. Still, something about Anika's phrasing is...hm. ]

Oh, I can understand that!

[ Wait. Maybe that's a little too cheerful? ]

I mean...sometimes you just need a change of pace, right? Before your brain runs you in like, circles and stuff? [finger twirls to demonstrate!] You just keep hitting the same walls and stuff, and it just feels worse and worse?

[ Oh hm. Getting maybe too close to Admitting Some Things. Deflect, deflect! ]

A-at least that's how I understand it!

[ Just gonna drink her soda for a second!! ]

Oh! Did you wanna split a dessert?

[ Sweets will solve this! ]