Z1 Marisa
Z1 Marisa's Fantasy Rebirth Story
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Yo. How you holding up?
Marisa.
Marisa
Won't be long till the Lost Word Incident swallows this place whole. Just a little om nom and it's all over.
Marisa
Since you're here, you must be thinking the same thing I am.
Marisa
No need to ask. But hey, lemme do it just in case.
Marisa
Why're you here?
The time's come. We have to save all the worlds.
Marisa
...
Marisa
Heh, that's a little dramatic. Even for you.
Marisa
But it sure gets my blood pumping.
Marisa
A thousand years of magic research gave me a breakthrough. Think about it. A thousand years.
Marisa
How far does human civilization advance in that time? In a single lifetime, I outdid it all.
Marisa
Humans advance by tying each generation's knowledge to the next's. But my knowledge is seamless.
Marisa
I've bumped up against more magical singularities than I can count. It's hard to explain to a regular human, though.
Marisa
Even science hits singularities when it advances far enough. It's no shock magic research does the same.
Marisa
But my struggles helped me deduce one thing... the event horizon is real.
Are you talking about black holes?
Marisa
Yes and no. A black hole's event horizon is the point beyond which no information can be retrieved.
Marisa
That's what matters here.
Marisa
Now, does that description remind you of anything?
Yeah... the Lost Word Incident.
Marisa
Information isn't just about knowledge or data. It's existence. Where something is, what state it's in...
Marisa
You, me, the world around us. It's all information.
Marisa
Information can be described with letters and numbers, i.e., characters, and the ones who erase it are also characters―
Sorry, you lost me.
Marisa
My bad. Got carried away again.
Marisa
To sum things up a bit...
Marisa
I realized Lost Words aren't the only type of event horizons.
Marisa
Magical singularities are another type. And there are tons more, both big and small.
Marisa
Even barriers defined by cosmic laws, like the ones between worlds, are their own type of event horizon.
Marisa
Information can't flow between parallel worlds. That's basically their definition.
Marisa
These barriers turn a world into a giant sealed room. They're enormous, but they're near-impossible to detect.
Marisa
They don't impose on daily life. If anything, they're part of its foundation.
Marisa
But there's another kind of barrier. It's similar, but once you notice it, it starts to feel wrong.
Marisa
The barriers in history.
You mean like not being able to remember things?
Marisa
You've met your share of people like that, no? Those whose memories stop at a certain point in the past.
Marisa
I know you have. My magic eye sees more than you think.
Is that... because of all your magic research?!
Marisa
I can't learn everything at once. But if I keep digging, one discovery always leads to the next.
Marisa
That's the essence of research.
I can't tell if you're cool... or cheating somehow!
Marisa
Heh, magic is cheating. No two ways about it.
Marisa
Whether it's their personal history or the entire world's, there are points beyond which no one can remember anything.
Marisa
They don't all have amnesia like you. Though it's possible your amnesia isn't anything special...
Marisa
Sorry, I veered off-topic again.
Marisa
People don't tend to notice barriers in history as they go about their day. After all, why would they?
Marisa
But I've been warped by the Lost Word Incident. I have the mind of a human with the lifespan of a youkai...
Marisa
And now, I can't help but notice the barriers.
Marisa
When did I first meet Alice Margatroid? Does she remember?
Marisa
Byakuren Hijiri supposedly lived a thousand years as a magician, so why didn't she notice magical singularities?
Marisa
What about Patchouli Knowledge's knowledge? Narumi Yatadera's life-manipulation magic?
Marisa
Are they just not old enough? If they live as long as me, will they cross a singularity eventually?
Marisa
No.
Marisa
They simply never had that piece of personal history.
Marisa
At the very least, it hasn't been observed.
Wow, I thought I was lost before...
Marisa
There really is no easy way to explain this. I need to conduct more research.
Marisa
I'm gonna go beyond that barrier with star magic. That's how I plan to resolve the Lost Word Incident.
Marisa
...Oh. Maybe I shoulda just said that right away. Sorry, I've been kinda chatty lately.
Marisa
It must be because you keep calling me Marisa.
But that's your name!
It doesn't matter what world you're from.
Nothing will change that.
Marisa
...
Marisa
Yeah, you're right.
Marisa
Talking with you brings it all back.
Marisa
The days I spent with Reimu, a thousand years ago.
Marisa
Anyway, she was as stubborn as they come.
Marisa
Though I guess she'd say I was the stubborn one, haha!
Marisa
I'm doing all this to bring her back. I don't care how many worlds I have to go to.
Marisa
Everything at the base of the tower has finally been rebuilt. Everyone pitched in.
Marisa
And that means she has a home to return to.
Marisa
Hey, PLAYER?
Yeah?
Marisa
Do you think the Lady of Fantasy is my Reimu?
Marisa
C'mon. I wanna know what you think.
I haven't met her myself...
But, yeah. I think she is.
Marisa
...
Marisa
...
Sorry, Marisa.
We might have to face her someday.
I don't know how it'll go, though...
Marisa
Heh, what're you apologizing for?
Marisa
Now I know she's still alive.
Marisa
Thanks!
Y-You're welcome?!
Here. This is from Mister Rinnosuke.
Marisa
From Kourin?!
Marisa
Wait... You mean YOUR world's Kourin, right?
Nope. I got the one from down below to make it.
Marisa
Why'd you go through all that trouble?!
Marisa
A one-of-a-kind outfit... made by Kourin himself!
Marisa
I... I...
Are you OK?!
Marisa
S-Sorry. I'm totally fine, it's just... this brings back a lot of memories.
Marisa
Really, it's nothing.
Marisa
I get what you―what you're all going for here. There was a reason you had my home world's Kourin make this.
Marisa
If I'm crossing worlds, then this "barrier" will come in handy. White means zero, and this white outfit was tailored for me.
Marisa
It's the perfect gear.
Not to mention, it really suits you.
Marisa
Heh heh.
Marisa
Thanks. And thank Kourin and the others for me, would you?
Got it.
Marisa
All right, enough talk. Time to go.
Where?!
Marisa
Duh, on a journey to gather allies. I need to borrow all the people I can.
Marisa
The final stop is wherever Reimu's hiding. Why, you ask?
Marisa
Because my name's Marisa Kirisame!
Costume Presentation
Marisa
Phew, that about does it. With this, your "magic" is complete. Now, through the bonds you share, you can invoke the power of your friends anywhere. Of course, you still need spiritual power and endurance. It was fun researching this together!
