[ Back home, Maki was only just getting used to receiving fan mail at all. It had started off small, seeing how she was just one of nine members of an idol group out of a small no-name high school in Akihabara, Tokyo. Only after they finally became internationally famous with their performance in New York City did the letter and things really start to roll in. Soon she saw herself with her friends up on giant posters and billboards all around Akiba, creating perhaps the most surreal moment of her entire life!
So to see it again, addressed to Maki and piling up in the mailroom is almost a daily occurrence now. She's been going out of her way to help in every town she ended up in, healing when she could, passing out bottles of healing potions she's been working on getting better at, sometimes even putting on impromptu performances in the Airy when she travels by airship. It's not that she's ever wanted to be famous, but she can't seem to avoid it much either...
The problem really becomes apparent when Maki opens her mailbox and ends up trying to catch the avalanche of letters and small package, letting out a weak cry and she's knocked down, nearly drowning. ]
Kyaa!!
♚ Two: Distant Howling Festa
[ Seeing how she's now a King, having been promoted recently, Maki decided that she would try to take on a few more jobs, rather than spending all her time in the library studying. That said, she still makes sure to check in with her not dad friend Lord Light, working on her healing technique whenever she can. After a night in a small tavern (where they wouldn't let her go to sleep after singing "Aishiteru Banzai" three times, Maki headed out with another hero to a nearby town, Southwell-by-the-sea.
She had heard rumors that the town may have been a little worse for the wear.. but no one could say exactly why.
The first thing Maki and her partner would have noticed as they walked an old, windy dirt road together was the smell. Something like burnt popcorn filling the air.
Just as they reach over the last hill, they can see down at the bottom of the slope was is not a town at all. But a burned crater that threatens to overwhelm them with the strong scent of char and ash. ]
Oh my god... what... what happened...
♚ Three: Breath of Summer Colored Fire
[ How could they fight a dragon?! The beast had landed with a giant gust of wind right in front of her, there in the farm closest to Southwell-by-the-sea just over another hill. The dragon had come for the livestock here, and was met with Heroes instead. It attacked as soon as Maki had arrived, giving her just enough time to catch up to the Heroes who had been tracking it ahead of her. It had landed in an already burning field in front of Maki and the others, staring them down, blowing out embers with a huff from its snout. ]
W-What do we do?!
[ Her voice felt heavy, like it could barely squeak out of her throat. She had fought a few things in her time as a Hero here... but this... was something completely different!
That's when the dragon took a great breath in... and Maki knew what was going to happen.
What she didn't know was that as a King now, her mana signature attracted the ire of things like dragons. Which was why it let loose a cone of fire right where the poor redhead girl stood frozen in terror. ]
Maki Nishikino | Love Live!
[ Back home, Maki was only just getting used to receiving fan mail at all. It had started off small, seeing how she was just one of nine members of an idol group out of a small no-name high school in Akihabara, Tokyo. Only after they finally became internationally famous with their performance in New York City did the letter and things really start to roll in. Soon she saw herself with her friends up on giant posters and billboards all around Akiba, creating perhaps the most surreal moment of her entire life!
So to see it again, addressed to Maki and piling up in the mailroom is almost a daily occurrence now. She's been going out of her way to help in every town she ended up in, healing when she could, passing out bottles of healing potions she's been working on getting better at, sometimes even putting on impromptu performances in the Airy when she travels by airship. It's not that she's ever wanted to be famous, but she can't seem to avoid it much either...
The problem really becomes apparent when Maki opens her mailbox and ends up trying to catch the avalanche of letters and small package, letting out a weak cry and she's knocked down, nearly drowning. ]
Kyaa!!
♚ Two: Distant Howling Festa
[ Seeing how she's now a King, having been promoted recently, Maki decided that she would try to take on a few more jobs, rather than spending all her time in the library studying. That said, she still makes sure to check in with her
not dadfriend Lord Light, working on her healing technique whenever she can. After a night in a small tavern (where they wouldn't let her go to sleep after singing "Aishiteru Banzai" three times, Maki headed out with another hero to a nearby town, Southwell-by-the-sea.She had heard rumors that the town may have been a little worse for the wear.. but no one could say exactly why.
The first thing Maki and her partner would have noticed as they walked an old, windy dirt road together was the smell. Something like burnt popcorn filling the air.
Just as they reach over the last hill, they can see down at the bottom of the slope was is not a town at all. But a burned crater that threatens to overwhelm them with the strong scent of char and ash. ]
Oh my god... what... what happened...
♚ Three: Breath of Summer Colored Fire
[ How could they fight a dragon?! The beast had landed with a giant gust of wind right in front of her, there in the farm closest to Southwell-by-the-sea just over another hill. The dragon had come for the livestock here, and was met with Heroes instead. It attacked as soon as Maki had arrived, giving her just enough time to catch up to the Heroes who had been tracking it ahead of her. It had landed in an already burning field in front of Maki and the others, staring them down, blowing out embers with a huff from its snout. ]
W-What do we do?!
[ Her voice felt heavy, like it could barely squeak out of her throat. She had fought a few things in her time as a Hero here... but this... was something completely different!
That's when the dragon took a great breath in... and Maki knew what was going to happen.
What she didn't know was that as a King now, her mana signature attracted the ire of things like dragons. Which was why it let loose a cone of fire right where the poor redhead girl stood frozen in terror. ]