>You are Byakuren Hijiri, 18 years old, resident of the city of Mayoiga, caretaker (owner) of Rin Kaenbyou, resident of the Moonside apartments, and third year student of Mayoiga High. A few days ago, you were the most popular girl in school, one of the most well-known and liked girls around town. And then you touched a strange doll, and saw a world not your own. That was the day that everything changed, and you became Magical Lotus, the Hero of the Heart.
>What started as a co-operative training day between yourselves, the shrine maidens of the Red Bird shrine and a group of Brightbloods, has rather turned on its head. Based on some information provided by a surprisingly cordial Blackblood named Razorclaw, you learned of a new threat that was about to arrive in Mayoiga. Thought to be extinct, a member of the Succubus race was about to come to town, a particularly vile example of the race named Semitur. Eager to make sure this threat didn't enter your city, your team, along with three magically trained members of the local shrines, set out for Mayoiga International Airport to intercept and destroy Semitur.
>A rather large wrinkle in that plan came a few minutes ago in the form of the Champion of Fire. Leaving its resting place, the Child was making a beeline for the airport, and you eventually discerned that the Avatar of Fire was on board the plane you were supposed to meet. Hoping to avoid a rather catastrophic incident at the airport, you and Lily left your crew and flew up into the sky to intercept the Champion. Not to fight it but to talk to it, to try and find a solution to its presence that didn't involve a very public battle, risking many lives in the process. The Champion actually proved to be fairly reasonable, but now, something appears to be going terribly wrong...
>Follow along with it
>"And we will. It's what we came here do. But if she has been taken over by an outside corruption, would your link to her make it affect you as well, as you draw closer?"
>I think Fire's Avatar may have been affected by Semitur. They seem... distressed, even frightened; they said something is wrong with their link.
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The link... I can't hear her like, like I should." Fire mutters. She sounds like someone suffering from a concussion. "Heart and soul. But the soul... I can't hear the soul. Only a shadow, and a sound. I hear her crying."
>For a moment, you hear the sound of a girl crying.
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A Champion? Frightened? Kiku asks.