Magic system in another world

Pariskrit blasts down at a small floating island made out of blue rocks, mirror water pond and red grass, with an equally magical and technologically advanced lab or base of sorts full of clocks and hour glasses.

Pariskrit: It hasn't been THAT long since I last came here... Yet this place has been flipped upside down.

He smiles.

Pariskrit: Let's see how this goes.

...Mellord presents....

Kaori: And then the next thing I knew, I was here.

Xuli: Interesting.

Aniki: Am I the only one who thinks this is still bull crap?

Rosemary: Dude, stop being a buzzkill.

Kaori: Baka. (Idiot.)

Aniki: HUH?!?

Xuli: Where'd ya wake up?

Kaori: Y'know the beach by Techtan.

Rosemary: Yeah.

Kaori: There.

Xuli gets in a thinking pose.

Xuli: Come to think of it, a few months prior, I did notice what appeared to be clock particles around that area followed by a flash bang.

Aniki: How do we send you back?

She puffs her cheeks.

Kaori: Modoritakunai. (I don't wanna go back.)

Aniki: What are you saying?

Xuli: She's speaking Jap-and-ease.

Kaori: ○ ○ ○

Xuli tightly hugs Kaori.

Kaori: Agh-

Xuli: Miyako. You're so cute when you're quiet.

Rosemary flies next to Aniki.

Rosemary: Is she usually this overly affectionate?

Aniki: I don't know.

Rosemary: How long have you known her for anyway?

Aniki: About 4 years.

Suddenly, Rosemary also gets pulled in the hug.

Rosemary: Not me. Not me.

Aniki smiles but suddenly stiffens up again, right before clenching the handle of his sword.

Suddenly, a giant red bird descends from the sky, trying to attack Aniki using his sharp claws, but he slices it in half.

*slice*

Rosemary: Riwi.

She breaks the hug and pots both her hands in front. Suddenly the two rings on her wrist start glowing as a blue energy beam originates from the palm, blasting the bird's wing, causing him to run away.

Kaori covers her mouth.

Kaori: Kakoi wo. (So cool)

Rosemary: Third encounter.

Kaori: Wha- HOW DID YOU DO THAT!!!

Rosemary: Do what?

Kaori: The magic thing.

Rosemary: It was just a basic zen attack. Nothing special.

Kaori: Basic?

Aniki: What's all this fuss about?

Xuli: Where you're from, are there no zen?

Kaori: What's zen?

Xuli: A power source in out body.

Kaori: How do I see it?

Xuli: Here you go.

She hands her her war hammer.

Xuli: Try to turn on the jets. If it works, you have zen.

She tries really hard, but fails.

Xuli: Well that's disappointing.

Aniki sighs.

Aniki: You're more useless than before.

Kaori glares at him.

Kaori: Damare. (Shut up.)

Rosemary: Maybe, she just needs a zen ornament best suited for her.

Kaori: What's a zen ornament?

Xuli: Any object that allows you to release zen.

Aniki: Like Rose's rings.

He points at the rings on her wrist.

Kaori: But, I'm not from here.

Aniki: Exactly my point.

She jumps on him and starts hitting him.

Kaori: I told you to shut up.

Rosemary: So, what do you think?

Xuli looks at her and her face immediately lights up.

Xuli: I think... YOU'RE SUPER CUTE!?!

She hugs her tightly.

Rosemary: I regret all my life choices.

Xuli: And I regret not being with you earlier.

A few days later.

They make it to a small village.

Xuli: I think this is Vile valley.

Farmer: You got that right.

An old man with a straw hat, fabric clothing and slippers approaches them from behind, holding a massive bundle of hay.

A few moments later.

Kaori: This is so heavy.

They all are carrying a bale of hay, taking it from the farmlands to the village.

Rosemary: Just keep walking.

She rests on top of Kaori's bale.

Xuli: 8-2.

She flies back to the farmland in her tech-hammer.

Aniki: Stop complaining.

Kaori: I still don't see what we get from this.

Aniki: We're helping. If we expect something in return, it misses the whole point.

Kaori: As I said, a waste of time.

Aniki: Why're you making a fuss about it?

Rosemary: Yeah, you're not like this around Kazuo.

Kaori: I was living under Kazuo-kun's roof. Plus I owed him quite a ton.

Aniki: So, you were just repaying debt?

Kaori: Sohdesu né. (Yep.)

Rosemary: That's pretty cold.

Rosemary takes out a small pot full of honey and starts eating.

Kaori: Why are you so hell-bent on helping other anyway?

Aniki: Because, I can. You don't need a reason to be nice.

Kaori: Yeah.

She looks away.

A few moments later.

Kaori washes some sweat off her forehead and drinks some water off a bottle.

Xuli: Could I?

Kaori: Sure.

She hands her the bottle.

Farmer: Thanks to you people's help, I've got the work done.

Rosemary: No problem.

Kaori: You're the last person I wanna hear that from.

Aniki: You see?

He walks up to her.

Aniki: By 'wasting' a bit of our time, we've helped him so much.

She looks at the farmer.

Aniki: Tell me, isn't that one smile worth every last drop of sweat.

She remembers an event from the past.

Kaori, then 8, was sitting in a field of flowers, watching the butterflies when some boys started throwing rocks at her.

Boy: Hanareru baka. (Leave idiot.)

She gets up, but suddenly a rock hits her on the head, causing her to fall head first into a puddle of mud.

Back here.

Kaori: Maybe you're right.

She smiles.

Aniki: Took you long enough to come back to me.

Kaori: Back to the fuss, aren't we?

He nods.

Kaori looks away and puffs her cheeks.

Kaori: Because I let my guard down for 5 seconds? Baka. (Idiot.)

Xuli sees this and lets out a soft smile.

Xuli: I ship it.

Meanwhile,

Pariskrit rings the doorbell and a clock chime rings.

Pariskrit: Still the same Qurixti, I see.

The door opens and-

Rosemary: I'd say childhood trauma's an overused trope. Next episode preview, but I killed the dude who was supposed to do it. Miyako-chan and her friends find a dungeon and decide to check it out.

To be continued.

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