video; un: saxitup

[saxsongs]

[The video starts with a handsome young man, smiling at the camera.]

Hello, fellow otherworlders! My name is Ren Jinguji. I come from a place called Japan, on planet Earth. I'm an idol, so my talents at saving worlds are rather limited, but I'm going to try my best anyway.

[That's a quick introduction, but he does have something to say while he's here.]

So, I think several of us have been to "other worlds", similar to this one. I think it might be a good thing to get a bit of an idea just how many of these worlds there even are.

[Who knows, people might find others who they hadn't even realized had been there.]

The world's I've visited are called Prismatica and Avalon. That's already two that aren't this place.

Prismatica had a system that was rather similar to here, where touch was involved, but as a world it was quite different. Avalon, on the other hand, was like straight from the tales of King Arthur... but with an addition of technology.

[Those are mostly just simple summaries. He will likely elaborate if asked.]

So, what are your world hopping experiences?

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text; anonymous. | also cw: death

[promisedyou]

[ Once again, a topic that Mio can't exactly speak on publicly, so she opts to remain anonymous. ]

Sorry for being anonymous for this question. I don't want to put my name to this because I don't really want the others from my world to know about my specific experiences yet.

In terms of "world hopping" experiences... I want to say mine might be a bit unique.

I recall different iterations of 'my world'. It's not like here in the sense that when you die you come back to life, but rather... actual different worlds entirely, where you live through it, die, then come back in another, parallel world. Now, I use the words 'my world' in quotes for a reason; I'll explain why below.

I was also in a place where I was the reincarnation of the person stated above. Or so it goes, anyway. I held a completely different life and name and didn't even look like that person. At least, until I obtained a mysterious phone application from a shady company.

After that, every now and again I'd start remembering things from that past life. A lot of them not being things I'm fond of. I'd even get the appearance of that person: my hair and eye color would change, as an example. Sometimes I'd even get items that belonged to her. I even got her illness, for a time, until someone cured it.

[saxsongs]

That definitely sounds different from anything I have heard about. And if you got memories that you're not fond of mostly... I can't begin to imagine how that felt for you. I'm sorry you had to go through that.

I sincerely hope that this world will be a better experience for you.

un: Pierrot

[violetlies]

I went to a place called Trench. It sucked. Twelve gods ruled over it and one of them brought all the inhabitants there - Marina, who is as fickle as the sea. Every month there was a new problem they'd harass us with, whether it was a board game that came to life, food and drinks that got tampered with to averse effects, peering into the memories of each other....

It was just bad. There were also beasts and things around and if you fell into a bad enough emotional state, you'd become corrupted and people would have to kill your beast form to get you back.

So this is a marked improvement.

[saxsongs]

That sounds more like hell than another world. Was the goal to help with those problems or were they just game the gods made you do?

video; un:jaeger

[dreamsofwings]

What's an idol, exactly?

[ He's heard of Japan before, but that's a new one. ]

The place I was before this was called Folkmore. There was a strange fox that seemed to sort of be in charge. Some people could turn into animals. We were assigned roles based on our "potential" but I still have no idea what that really meant.

[saxsongs]

An idol is someone who entertains people. Quite often they're singers, but also do other things like modeling or acting.

[Not the world's most important job, but it still brough smiles on peoples' faces.]

That doesn't sound too bad, all things considered.

un: vainglorious | video

[erschlagen]

Spoken like a true warrior! I can't wait fight you.

[It's a really a shame they're just texting each other like this, cause Rosen is enjoy[World hopping? That wins a rather curious glance from this devilishly handsome old fella with the rose eyepatch. He's still getting used to using this fancy new phone but thankfully the video is clear enough despite it being a bit dark. The lights are off because he wanted them off. He’s tired of having fluorescent bright lights flickering in his face.]

Hi, Ren. [He greets with a lazy smile.] It seems we might be from the same world, sorta.

[That's only half true since Rosen is technically from the Veil...]

In my line of profession, world hopping isn't much of a thing but "dream hopping" is. Are you certain that the worlds you visited weren't just elaborate figments of your imagination?

[After all, it's not uncommon for dreams to feel...real.]

[saxsongs]

[He doesn't comment on the fighting thing. He's not really sure he will ever be good enough with it to actually fight someone.]

Earth is pretty common as one's home planet, I've come to notice. At least several versions of it.

[All of them had their own weird differences. As far as Ren was concerned, his Earth was very mundane.]

Are you saying you think this place is a figment of imagination? Because my experiences are similar to how we got and currently are here.

un: kantera

[happydreamed]

I, and some others who have arrived here, were in Hell, in a simulated city named Tokyo-F. We were made to perform as idols, to entertain an audience of demons. We were being watched by cameras at nearly all times, and forced to participate in games where the losers would suffer torture and death. They controlled what we wore, where we slept... Even our own minds could be altered as a punishment for losing.

This place is far better already.

[saxsongs]

I must say, experiencing that might definitely dampen my passion as an idol. That sounds like a terrible place.

[What was with some of these worlds he was uncovering.]

un: redrose

[silver_eyes_rose]

Oh, you were in Prismatica, too? Huh, I musta missed you!

After Prismatica, I was trapped on-board a Void Train that, well, had a lot of problems to it. We traveled to a lot of worlds in the process in trying to stop a creature that was destroying all of reality.

[saxsongs]

It was a large world... and I was there for the last six months before we resolved the problems.

A void train sounds... fascinating. And the creature eating reality sounds rather similar to Avalon, where we had to stop reality from falling apart everywhere.

video | un: yuuto

[spacialeyes]

I apologize for the fact that my experiences are not entirely the same. I've never encountered a world that was stealing and holding the residents of others before. At least, not in this way.

But I am no stranger to journeying between worlds: "World hopping," as you described it.

[Actually, this sort of thing is his domain. He's supposed to prevent worlds from bumping into each other or 'leaking' in this manner. But he's too ashamed to admit it right away.]

[saxsongs]

No need to apologize. I'd say the more different sort of experiences we have, the better we can deal with the situation.

So, can you journey between worlds as you please?

text; un: nagisa

[paradiseunboxed]

What a coincidence. I'm also an idol from Japan, on planet Earth.

This is the first time I've visited an "other world", though.

[saxsongs]

It's a pleasure to meet other idols. What agency are you with, if you don't mind me asking?

Mine is the Shining Agency.

[Who knows, maybe they know each others' agencies.]

text | un: ai

[winterblossom]

How many years were you gone for? I never noticed your absence.

[saxsongs]

That's what Camus also said when he arrived to the previous world. That he hadn't noticed my absence at all. It's probably to do something with the magic involved with the world hopping.

But I was half a year in the first and over two years in the second world.

anonymous, text

[glidinglight]

I used to travel between worlds willingly. There are countless places among the stars.

[saxsongs]

I see. Were they also worlds with people from multiple places or just other worlds with their own people?

Video; un: fenrirfang 1/2

[corpsewarblade]

You were deployed in Avalon too...?

[She'd have to reintroduce herself, wouldn't she? She remembered connecting with Ren a few times as Junko, but she couldn't be sure if he would have seen her announcement toward the end.]

This is the third world I've been dropped into. I was first sent to a floating island called Empatheias, with magic that were responsive to our emotions. After that I was redeployed to Avalon with the load out of magic from that world.

...Wielding magic has proved difficult compared to firearms.

Video -> Private 2/2

[corpsewarblade]

[At that point, she locked the feed, hand trembling just a little. If Ren hadn't recognised how she looked out of her disguise, he would be in for a shock.]

...Um. I'm not- I'm not Junko here. It's Mukuro Ikusaba.

I can explain.

[saxsongs]

A world where magic is responsive to emotions... that sounds like a very dangerous thing, considering how different emotional scales people have.

[He tries to imagine Syo in the world, losing his patience. Or Ranmaru.]

Voice: UN-Shadowbringer

[inlikethebrume]

I was in a similar world where touch was needed called Noctium. We were called Gembonded and had different gems infused onto our bodies.

We were brought there by a young god called Malachite to help create energy, myself being one of the first group that arrived after some time. There were some situations that were not comfortable but I met some good folks that it helped make being there livable.

[saxsongs]

There are now at least three worlds that have "touch" requirements. Curious how common it seems to be. Perhaps if we ever get thrown into yet another world, we should just expect it.

[Then it's not the case, but that would be that.]

That sounds similar to Prismatica, where we also generated energy for the world to cure it.