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 Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2026 10:27 pm
Windsor had learned the trick of putting things they wanted to take with them down before powering up, and was now walking around, jamming out to…whatever this song was. It was in another language. Maybe Russian? They really weren’t sure but it was a bop.
They were walking, not paying attention, and of course, had their eyes closed for the vibes.
And of course, there was absolutely someone in front of them, her back to him, because why wouldn’t there be?
And of course, Windsor decided to do a fantastic jump move with a wild hip jerk just as he ran into the woman, and of course they both ended up on the ground, with Windsor’s eyes flying open in absolute shock, earbuds flying out of their ears and rolling a few feet away.
“Oh s**t! I am so sorry! That was absolutely my fault and I couldn’t help it, there was this song and it was just so good...are you okay?”
There was a bunch of the woman’s things strewn across the ground now too. s**t. This was absolutely a fumble.
“...I’m happy to share the song with you by way of apology…”
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2026 10:48 pm
Koré hummed quietly to the music playing in her new, fancy headset, the cat ears atop it lighting up various colors. She had quite a successful week last week and had decided to treat herself to the new shiny headset, a congratulations to herself of sorts for making it through yet another month of bills.
Feeling someone intensely hip bump her, she stumbled forward. Her bag fell from her arm as she tumbled forward and her headset was dislodged from her head, though she at least managed to catch the latter before it made impact, much to her relief. The contents of her bag scattered around and littered the sidewalk in glittering, rainbow fashion, and Koré sighed softly as she slid her headset around her neck. Turning to give the accidental assailant a once over, she smiled a little and shook her head.
"It's completely fine. I've taken worse tumbles and walked away unscathed. I'm just glad my headset didn't bite the dust." She had never been particularly graceful, having face planted more times than she cared to admit to, but being launched forward while standing still was definitely a new one for her.
"Are you alright? You took a fall too, after all." She glanced up at him as she picked some of her belongings up, giving him another once over to check for any scrapes as she held up a back of vividly colored bandaids.
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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2026 5:55 pm
“Me? I’m absolutely fine, no worries at all.” Windsor was still looking around, both in dismay at the mess they caused but really…mostly for their earbuds.
“Physically I’m fine, but it’s at times like these I wish I still used wired headphones like you have. My little buds are cute and stylish and easily hideable but…”
They gestured to the ground. “They’re…a bit too easily hideable…”
There was one of them though, and Windsor dove for it, blowing off some dirt and a small piece of grass that was sticking to the light green plastic. “...Nothing of yours broke, did it? Look, I was seriously rocking out and it…wasn’t completely my fault…the music…it simply had me. Right where it wanted me!”
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Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2026 5:45 pm
"You could always add a charm or something to them to dangle off of them. I have that for my earbuds when I wear them for the same reason. Cute as hell, easily misplaced and overlooked." Koré grinned at him before going back to gathering the spilled contents of her bag. As she scooped most of it back into the tote, she frowned as her eyes landed on what seemed to be a hair pin. Long and slender and silver with some sort of almost starburst design at the top, it definitely wasn't one of her belongings.
Gesturing to the colorful person beside her, she tilted her head and gestured at the hair pin. "Is this yours? It was... on the ground with my stuff. And it definitely isn't mine. Cute as hell, but definitely not mine." Hair sticks weren't her usual go to, and even if they were, she would recognize this if it was part of her wardrobe.
Reaching to gently pick it up, Koré's eyes widened as she felt magic surround her, transforming her. "Holy......."
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2026 6:11 pm
Bling out their earbuds? An interesting thought and one that was very much worth revisiting when they weren’t actively looking for the second one. Glancing over, their eyes first landed on the hairstick, then flashed over the new outfit that the woman was wearing and…
Oh.
Oh...this must have been how Tempesti felt when they suddenly powered up for the first time.
Well…s**t. This…s**t.
“Oh um…no that…that’s definitely yours uh. Hi! I’m Windsor and…I am not equipped to deal with this but…surprise? You’re magical? Congrats!”
Another Cosmos Page, judging by the colors and the stars, so at least Windsor could impart that much.
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2026 6:18 pm
Teal eyes widened in surprise and she stared down at herself. This was the sort of thing that happened in her video games or in anime or God only knew what else. This wasn't real life. ...right? Except it was. It was startlingly real, and for the first time in years, she felt just a little bit lost.
"What in the hell...." Her voice was soft, eyes still wide as she looked herself over. "I'm....going to need so much more information than 'surprise you're magical' please?" She gave the person, Windsor they called themself, an awkward smile. "Because this is... This is wild. And jarring. And the sort of thing that I didn't know was even real. It's like being told aliens exist from an alien right in front of you or something." She laughed softly, having no idea how funny that statement could truly be.
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2026 6:57 pm
“I mean…to be fair, you could be dealing with this while also sneezing snowflakes from some like. Tricked out coffee you had, so consider yourself lucky that it’s just a surprise you’re magical…which I think is pretty self explanatory, there’s this magical war and now you’ve been chosen to fight in it or something. I’m a Page of Cosmos and so are you, which automatically makes us besties, no take backsies, and uh. I’m not. I’m still really new to all of this myself so…you picked a lousy person to be here when you found your powers but…that’s okay! As besties, we can totally fumble around and learn together.”
There was so much more that they should say but truthfully? Windsor felt like their brain was absolutely smooth right now. No ridges or lumps, no valleys or bumps…which…honestly fair.
“It’s space…nonsense? I think.”
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Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2026 7:06 pm
Space nonsense. Ah yes, because that made everything so much more clear to her. A tiny smile of amusement curved her lips and she shook her head. "Wow. And here I thought I watched too much anime or something. So lemme get this straight. I'm magical. There's a whole entire magical war going on. Somehow I, a girl in my 20s, have been selected somehow, magically, to be a magical girl and fight in the war? Sound about right?" She was, admittedly, still processing the fact she straight up just magically transformed, but she was getting there.
Standing up and brushing herself off, the freshly awakened Page gave Windsor a lopsided smile. "Well, I guess at least it's good luck I didnt land in this all on my own. Would have sucked to have an awesome magical girl transformation with no one there to witness it, right?" She grinned at Windsor, deciding to just roll with all of this for now and officially process it later.
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Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2026 7:15 pm
“Yeah no, you got it right away. I’m a nineteen year old aspiring Broadway star, and I got pulled into it too. See, I have a…pretty much a Christmas ornament that’s supposed to protect my a**.”
They held up the bauble so that she could see and grinned, rather apologetically. “I had someone to witness mine too, but she was like…more experienced I guess? I don’t know. She said she didn’t have much practice with Knights, which is what we are. And judging by your colors and the stars, you’re like me, a Cosmos Page, not that that really means that much to me yet either, but if you like, concentrate you’ll hear your name, courtesy of the…magic?”
Their eyes moved away and then lit up. “******** found it!” Windsor dived on their missing earbud and began rubbing the dirt off.
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Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2026 7:20 pm
Laughing at that, she grinned at him. "Oh I like you. You're fun." Concentrate huh? She could do that. She could totally do that. She was so good at concentrating she was like olympic gold levels of good at it. ....okay so she was scattered at the best of times, but still!
Closing her eyes, she took a breath and tried to listen. Listen to....whatever it was that was supposed to tell her. In the back of her mind, she more felt it than heard it. "Delos. I think....I think I'm Delos?" She opened her eyes and tilted her head as she contemplated the name. It felt.... right somehow. "Yeah, definitely Delos." She smiled brightly over at Windsor. "So is there anyone who's supposed to like... teach us or anything? Anyone official? Or is this a 'figure your s**t out on your own' sort of situation?"
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Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2026 7:40 pm
“Delos! That’s not hard to say or remember, most likely! LIke I said, I’m Windsor, which also isn’t hard to remember, unless you like. Hate the British; which, fair enough and I won’t judge!”
They hummed softly as they finally just sat on the ground, legs splaying out in front of them. “Um…I think that there’s a code we have to follow? But the girl I met wasn’t a Knight so she didn’t know it? Uh, I don’t know where to find it so, I’m guessing this is more of a figure it out on your own? Like, I’ve met some people? One dude was from space so he didn’t know much, I met another one of us? A Cosmos knight thing? But we got stuck in this sticky snow…then I met this girl and there was a wolf monster trying to eat us…”
They scratched their head and shrugged. “Yeah, I’m just doing my best here.”
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Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2026 7:50 pm
Kore, or Delos rather, blinked as Windsor talked. That was a whole lot to process all at once. "Wait. Hold up. Juuuuuuuuust back that up a sec. Did you just say from space???" She blinked at Windsor like he just told her the sky was green and rain smelled like oranges or something equally absurd. "As in like....aliens??" Oh yeah this was going to need some serious sitting down and learning about.
"Aliens, monsters, magical bullshit....the hell is my life?" Laughing, Delos plopped down beside Windsor. "Hey, at least we can be lost about this and learn it together, yeah?" She bumped her shoulder playfully against them, smiling cheerfully.
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Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2026 7:56 pm
Windsor’s grin came slowly as they thought about Lovas. “Oh yes. Seven foot something, fully climbable. He’s a wonderful person, and I’m so lucky to have him in my life, but yes. From space. Completely and utterly.”
They gave a pleased sigh and would have absolutely curled a lock of hair around their finger if it had been a bit longer but just nodded. “It’s so wild isn't it? Like, you thought it was just a normal day then nope, you touched the magic hair stick. Rookie mistake!”
They blinked slowly and then gave another grin. “Or was it destiny. And ******** yeah we’ll learn together. So to like, get rid of the rainbow, just think about who you are and like, what you were wearing before, it’s a pain in the a** if you have an issue with object permanence, but then you’ll shed Delos, and be…you again. See? Watch.”
They took a moment and a concentrated, bringing Alexi instead of Windsor just there, sitting on the ground. “Ta Da! Alexi Zikos, at your service.”
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Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2026 8:03 pm
"Ohhhhh someone has a cute crush~. I fully expect details, my friend." She grinned brilliantly at him. While romance wasn't something she had ever had the joy of experiencing for herself, she absolutely adored hearing about it. She could say with utter confidence that romance was, in fact, her favorite genre to consume.
Snorting softly, Delos nodded in agreement. "Wild indeed. Guess this probably isn't something I should blab about on my stream tonight, ah well." Following their guidance, the transformation dissolved away and Kore was left in her vibrant clothes from before. "Kore Rhodes, it's a pleasure~." She winked playfully at him and pulled her phone out, opening it up. "Probably wouldn't hurt to exchange contact info, yeah?"
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Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2026 8:12 pm
“I hope it’s more than a crush! But absolutely so.” They grinned and reached for their own phone, opening up a new contact page and pushing it towards Kore.
“I’m happy to help however I can, just know that like, you’re not alone in this? I’m also here. And also just as confused and useless. But we can totally muddle through, I’m sure of it.”
And if not, hey! At least they would have someone to call nine one one if it got too bad! That was good too.
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