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Anika Quinn | Regalia Eupheme ([personal profile] eupheme) wrote in [community profile] sweetdevil2020-07-02 05:12 pm

46th ♫ | just like the birth of a universe, in pink i am reborn



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


      PROMPTS:

      Random Scenario Meme Prompts | Jamjar CR Meme Prompts | Magical Girl AU Meme Prompts
    glimmeringmoonlight: (ayla huh?)

    OVA: Another World - Regal Dreamers

    [personal profile] glimmeringmoonlight 2021-04-02 12:34 pm (UTC)(link)
    [ "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 - ]
    glimmeringmoonlight: (ayla shock)

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    [personal profile] glimmeringmoonlight 2021-04-04 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
    [ 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... ]
    glimmeringmoonlight: (ayla blush)

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    [personal profile] glimmeringmoonlight 2021-04-04 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
    [ ...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. ]
    glimmeringmoonlight: (ayla huh?)

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

    [personal profile] glimmeringmoonlight 2021-04-05 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
    [ 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. ]
    glimmeringmoonlight: (ayla :D)

    [personal profile] glimmeringmoonlight 2021-04-08 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
    [ 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...?
    glimmeringmoonlight: (ayla blush)

    [personal profile] glimmeringmoonlight 2021-04-11 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
    [ 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!
    glimmeringmoonlight: (ayla huh?)

    [personal profile] glimmeringmoonlight 2021-04-18 01:09 pm (UTC)(link)
    [ 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! ]
    glimmeringmoonlight: (ayla :D)

    [personal profile] glimmeringmoonlight 2021-04-20 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
    [ oh thank god, now she doesn't have to dwell uncomfortably on the fact she has Only Semihealthy Coping Mechanisms ]

    I think you'd like the shortcake! Sponge cake isn't super sweet and they used whipped cream instead of a buttercream for the frosting, so the only real sweetness is from the strawberries!

    [ oops, almost went into a cooking ramble. She's gonna dial it back!!! ]

    The macarons here are good too, they have a bunch of flavors but...

    [ She's gonna just. Sheepishly laugh? ]

    I've always kinda thought macarons were too pretty to eat, you know?

    [ It's nice to ramble about more inane topics and socialize like a normal high schooler - it's amazing how she never really thought much of it before. Still, drifting off has its downsides too - namely the beginnings of a darkening sky outside, when it'd previously been cloudless and bright blue. Something nefarious is beginning to form outside... ]
    glimmeringmoonlight: (ayla shock)

    [personal profile] glimmeringmoonlight 2021-04-25 12:06 pm (UTC)(link)
    [ It's when Anika's smile fades that Ayla feels it, that ominous feeling, but it's...different, somehow. When Nightmares attack, it's always preceded by a chill in the air and her stomach tying into knots, like the tight apprehension when watching a horror movie.

    But this? This feels...sorrowful. Desperate. Someone searching for something, someone? She doesn't know -

    The feeling intensifies as a wave of sorrow pulses and ripples through the area. People around them go listless, before collapsing outright and Ayla feels that energy trying to take something important and intrinsic from her. A treasure, even if Ayla wouldn't be able to name it.

    But magic fights magic and she grits her teeth, holding it out. And then she whirls around, taking stock of the situation. ]


    Anika!

    [ She's rushing to Anika's side, trying to fight back the panic she's feeling.

    She has to stay calm, people need her!

    But... ]


    A-Anika...?
    glimmeringmoonlight: (transform)

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    [personal profile] glimmeringmoonlight 2021-04-28 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
    [ Seeing Anika unaffected is a small relief, Ayla feels the tension in her shoulders fade as she lets out a breath she wasn't aware she was holding. Instinctively, she takes Anika's hand and leads her a few tables away - somewhere slightly safer to hide.

    Her hands are shaking. Not because of this scenario, she's fought plenty of times by now, but the fact that she has no idea what this thing is. ]


    I-I...

    [ The doors to the restaurant fly open as the strange energy makes its way in, hurtling into one of the decorative plants as it does so - and something about that connection with the inorganic makes the energy latch on. It twists into a tree-like monstrosity, various innocuous items caught in its branches - pictures and jewelry, other mundane things.

    Treasures.

    But it's not enough for this thing. It wants something...more.

    Ayla takes a breath and knows what she has to do. She moves to stand, looking down at Anika with an apologetic smile. ]


    ...sorry. I think this is my fault, ahaha.

    [ Her voice isn't shaking, at least. She reaches into her pocket for her Dream Key, before raising it above her head. ]
    glimmeringmoonlight: (luna intro)

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    [personal profile] glimmeringmoonlight 2021-04-28 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
    Dream Key, Unlock! Dreamchaser, wake up!

    [ And then there's a burst of magic and light.

    Even if she's scared, even if she's alone, even if she has no idea what the hell this thing is, it's her duty to protect others. It's that determination that carries her transformation, that stirs her heart and her courage ever forward.

    You know, it's funny that no one's noticed she's the mysterious new magical girl in town, honestly. Her hair flips the same way, even if the color's different.

    When the light fades, someone new is in Ayla's place, blue haired and silver eyed. ]


    A gentle dream guided by glimmering moonlight, Dreamchaser Luna!

    [ And then she's off, charging at this thing to get a solid hit in. ]
    glimmeringmoonlight: (luna soft)

    [personal profile] glimmeringmoonlight 2021-05-05 11:48 am (UTC)(link)
    [ She hits.

    But something is wrong. Luna can feel it the moment she makes impact. The tree looks solid, moves like it's solid, but it's like punching hair or webs, just a bunch of threads making up a bigger whole. She stumbles back in surprise more than fear and it clings to her, to her arms and legs, winding up her wrists and ankles.

    She looks around for some kind of solution, going pale when it hits her - this thing doesn't want the others, it wants her, purely because she's powerful.

    And then its eyes start glowing.

    Tell me, little dreamer, what you dream of....

    Luna bristles like a cat, but it's gotten into her and she looks around with wide eyes, seeing flashes of a place that isn't here. It mingles with the present, feeling like a broken mirror or a glitched videogame and -

    "Ayla?"

    Her heart twists in what feels like grief. It's enough to make her let her guard down, if just for a moment, as this monster starts reeling her in.

    You'll do for now.

    And then, amidst reality fragmenting, she can see Anika there, just as entranced.

    No.

    No, she...she has to...

    Luna grits her teeth, digs her heels in so hard they carve into the floor beneath her, but it's not enough. It's stronger, has a clearer mind than her. So she acts on instinct - in a flash of light, a bow shaped like a massive crescent moon appears, before it breaks apart in a single motion, two fearsome blades. ]


    That's enough!

    [ And she swings, piercing both eyes at once. The hypnotic light sputters, then vanishes.

    It's too late for her. But at least...Anika could....]


    RUN!

    [ It's the last thing she manages before the monster drags her in.

    And then Anika is alone. ]
    glimmeringmoonlight: (ayla soft)

    1/2, cw parental death

    [personal profile] glimmeringmoonlight 2021-05-15 02:22 pm (UTC)(link)
    [ Ayla Rosales is 8 years old when her mother gets sick.

    It's nothing serious. Just a case of pneumonia. Liliana Rosales bundles up in blankets and rests. Nana Lupe dotes over her daughter's condition, making sure to keep tabs on her. Ayla and her nana work in the kitchen, making Liliana's favorite foods that are easy on her sick stomach.

    Liliana laughs when Ayla brings soup over. Places a hand to her head, gently tucks a lock of hair behind her ear. "Mija," she says simply, voice full of love. "No te preocupes! I'll be better before you know it."

    And she smiles, bright as always, and lets her daughter hold her hand.

    Her hand is warm.



    A month later, Ayla Rosales sits numbly at the wake. She has cried so much, so many times. Her twin brother sits beside her, clasping her hand tight, shoulders shaking.

    Nana says they don't have to view her.

    They both want to.

    She's just tall enough to see into the casket. Her mother wears a lovely dress, one of her favorites. She looks like she's sleeping. She looks like any minute now, she'll wake up and say "boo!" and scoop her up in a hug and laugh as Ayla squeals in delight.

    But she doesn't.

    Ayla reaches over to hold her mother's hand.

    Her hand is cold.



    In the present, Dreamchaser Luna whimpers. The countless threads have ensnared her, like a spider trapping its prey, and something’s dragging her farther in to the heart of this monster. Countless whispers sound out around her, like a haunting windchime, people whispering their own desires, the things they treasure most, what they want most in the whole wide world.

    Luna fades in and out of consciousness. The monster whispers again, needling at her wishes, at her treasures.

    Tell me the deepest desire in your heart, little dreamer. Even you have one, don’t you?

    There is, and she knows it all too well. ]
    Edited 2021-11-07 16:49 (UTC)

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