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■-■ [i:lit]Erika Kruppman[/i:lit] ■-■
[green]Random Event Rolls: 14, 79, 38, 6, 13, 45, 92, 7, 11
Happens?: 14 (Yes)
Stat: 79 (Intelligence)
Type: 38 (Negative)
Magnitude: 1 (6)
Encounter?: 13 (No)
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[b:lit]E[/b:lit]rika had not left the screen, nor did she want to, nor was she going to. The death of the American Dream had left a whole generation disoriented, starving for purpose. And not just in the United States of America. Like meteors, their movies had left craters that young people were left to fill by themselves.
Magical Girls are no exception to this global scarcity of meaning. Most were satisfied with their life goal being to see another day, yet, a bit surprisingly, some had the opposite problem: they had to give that survival a reason. Like Erika, the Student Council President, ace of her class. Who, above anything else, didn't want to have bled in vain.
>While the Encyclopedia remains to be decoded, the original idea of a guide for new Magical Girls is still a good idea and Erika already has a year's worth of experience, more than what many can claim. Write another document, a "Beginner's guide to Magical Girls" and fill it with everything a young Magical Girl would need to know to survive her first year of existence.
Although the Encyclopedia produced by her omniscience powers proved to be a bit more than she (or a team of five hundred scientists, cryptologists, philosophers, psychiatrists, and coffee makers) could chew, her willingness (or desperation) to justify her existence still kept her on that seat. She could have been going for ice cream, visiting her grandpa, on a date with a handsome man (wearing full plate armor), planning a school festival, or sneaking into a jazz bar... but she was there. The school year was finally over and she was still there. Why? Because she wanted to be there for the other sad and scared new Magical Girls.
The "Beginner's Guide to Magical Girls"; something Erika can write without using her powers. The fact that she hadn't found one back then both puzzles her and pushes her to fill the hole. And if it was already filled, all the better.
Because surviving a year as a Magical Girl is very, very hard.
