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[its-keeper.livejournal.com]

It's no secret that Will loves the W.I.T.C.H. bus. It's a bus, and part of it's hers! A very large part, at that, large enough to train and practice and spend time in well-decorated comfort. In her room on the bus, it's harder to be afraid of the Nightmare King, and easier for Will to feel like she has a home again. A real one that she doesn't have to visit only for a few hours a day in the Sensorium. It's bolstered her spirits immensely.

She's in there now, stretching, humming quietly to herself as she does. The door is open for visitors, and she turns around when she hears the sound of somebody walking in.

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[pocketloli.livejournal.com]

Rein was skipping back to the WITCH Bus when she noticed Will in the main room. Convinced that she needed to talk to the girl, she grinned and floated up to Rein. "Hi!" chirped the tiny woman. "You're Matt-kun's girlfriend Will, correct?"

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"Yes, that's me." Will's heard of Rein! "I'm glad to finally meet you - Rein, right?"

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"Yep!" said Rein, nodding and bowing. "I'm really glad I finally got a chance to finally talk to you, considering that it's been hectic for the last few days."

Examining the red head, Rein declared, "You look a little like Hayate-chan, my Meister. Just pointing that out there."

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"Oh, I know. I wonder if it will ever STOP being hectic here."

Will's smile drifts more to confusion. "What's a Meister?" she hopes this Hayate-chan is someone Rein liked, but she's getting that impression.

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"A Meister is sort of a master-type person, but much deeper than that," explained Rein. "As Hayate-chan's device, I can join with her and help guide her spells and various attacks without having to rely on people calculating the aim and trajectory of the attacks."

"So I suppose you could call me a magical aid!" exclaimed Rein with a giggle.

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"Oh! Wow, no wonder you're friends with Matt. Can you help him with his magic at all?"

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"Hmm, it's hard to say," replied Rein. "I'm teaching him our style of magic, but I don't think I could unison with him. He's a little too low on the magical power scale. You on the other hand..."

Floating down, she touched Will's nose with a "excuse me" and chanted softly, a triangle-shaped glyph floating around her. "Your compatibility is good. Around Vita's."

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"Oh!" Will crosses her eyes to look at the glyph. "That's probably the Heart of Kandrakar more than me." With a sheepish smile, she pulls out the Heart to demonstrate. "If you think we can work together, though, I'd like that a lot."

She's not used to working on her own, much as she used to clash with her team sometimes.

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"Yeah, but strength of heart and powerful magic are one in the same," replied Rein with a little grin. "We could try it out, and see if it works properly?"

"Matt said something about you transforming for it?"

[notsaintkaiser.livejournal.com]

Vivio had been teetering between being upset and being happy for quite awhile. She didn't want others to see her so upset so long after she called out about Nanoha and Fate's fight. For the most part, though, she wanted to get away. And seeing as the Sensoriums were always busy (and she wasn't in the mood to go there anyway), Vivio opted for the water room inside the WITCH Bus. Noticing the door open, though, she peeked in and gasped seeing Will.

"O-Oops! Sorry, I thought no one was here! I-I'll leave you alone if you're busy!" Vivio said, stammering.

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"No, come on in!"

Will smiles as warmly as she can, but she has a sense that something more than mistaking the room for being empty is bothering this girl. "Um, what's your name? We haven't met yet. I'm Will. This is my room."

Oh how she loves saying that!

I'm sorry I forgot all about this please forgive me! orz

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Vivio nodded and stepped inside, glancing at the bus again in aw. It was still amazing to her. She looked at Will, then bowed at the girl.

"My name's Vivio. Vivio Takamachi. It's nice to meet you, Will." Vivio said, Sacred Heart bowing as well.

Don't worry about it, I do this all the time asdfjklsdfjkl!

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Will bows back, tickled by the gesture. Who bows? It's kind of adorable. "What brings you to the bus today? Are you a friend of Matt's?"

Re: Don't worry about it, I do this all the time asdfjklsdfjkl!

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"Uh-huh!" Vivio said, nodding. "I met him after everyone came back from that trip." She looked away as she continued. "I... was kinda hoping I could swim in that one room again. It was pretty fun doing so before, and..."

...she wanted to tell her that she was trying to get her mind off of the whole deal between her mothers, but she didn't want to burden her with that.

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"Oh, you like to swim?" By Will's expression, so does she. "We could go and swim together."

She can tell the little girl needs cheering up, and swimming always cheers HER up.

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"Really? Y-You wouldn't mind?" Vivio said, surprised. "I... I'd like that! Please?"

She really didn't mind the company, especially one who also seemed eager to swim as well!

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"Great! Have you been to Irma's room yet?"

Will doesn't have to gather up her things, since this is her room, so she leads Vivio to the door.

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It had been jabbing at him constantly the last two times Aeneas visited the bus, enough to make him visibly uncomfortable as he paced around the ship and fiddled with the machines in his hovel, until finally he couldn’t take it any longer.

The alien resolutely appeared in the open doorway of the extremely pink vehicle, determined to talk to Matt. Aeneas expected his human friend to be there, considering that he found the place and everything. The only reason he hadn’t talked to him previously was because of the crowds. This was far from a personal matter, but you know how the creature is.

Therefore, seeing a different face (though it was admittedly one he should’ve been expecting) immediately destroyed his resolve. Aeneas, already halfway through the entrance and with his ears perked and feathers flared to gain attention, immediately spun around and began walking out again.

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Will figured the abrupt exit was just due to a case of mistaken rooms. "Um, excuse me? Are you looking for someone?"

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He’d been spotted! Aeneas’s ears drooped, but he attempted to keep a pleasant look on his face as he slowly turned around. Not that he wasn’t happy to see Will—he just didn’t know her well enough to speak to her one-on-one. The idea of doing so was…daunting, but not enough to completely deter him. The alien’s feathers flared as he took a deep, calming breath, and a complacent purr once again rose in his throat.

“…Yes, but—“ Aeneas trilled, awkwardly stroking his ears, “—Ah. We have met once, yes?”

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"I think so." Will smiles warmly, trying to transmit some ease to Aeneas. She's not sure why he's so nervous, but she's usually pretty good at putting Earth animals at ease . . . maybe that translates to aliens too?

"Can I help you with something? I promise I don't bite."

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It also helps when the alien is considerably empathetic. Aeneas felt himself calming, slowly, his breathing leveling out and his tense back muscles relaxing; he wasn’t really sure why he felt better, but that didn’t stop the relieved rumbling that reverberated around the bus and made his throat shiver. Yes, Will seemed pleasant enough…

“…Perhaps you can,” Aeneas trilled, loping further into the room. Why was he afraid of her again? “…What might one do in order to harness possibly latent magical abilities?”

Hypothetically speaking, of course.

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"Oh . . ." and her expression dims. "Well, um. I don't really . . . I'm not really a magic teacher. I sort of only know how to use my magic right now."

She blushes slightly.

"Matt might know how to help."

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His expression dampened, but only slightly. It wasn’t her fault. Besides, he was searching for Matt in the first place; this only meant that Will could contact him faster and arrange a possible lesson.

Erm. That is, if Aeneas was even capable of learning magic. Perhaps Will could explain that much.

“Yes, I…thought he could,” the alien’s fuzzy mandibles turned rosy pink with embarrassment, “But is there a way to tell if one is capable of utilizing magical energy? I, ah, should know before I ask.”

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"Maybe . . . the Heart can tell me."

She cups her hands at her chest, and with a brilliant flash a medallion on a cord appears, glowing with soft pink light.

"Let me see - if I just concentrate hard enough . . ."

She closes her eyes as the Heart of Kandrakar glows in her hands. "I don't know if this will work, but if I concentrate on the idea of you, performing magic, maybe the Heart will -"

A soft pink beam of light pours out of the crystal medallion, gently landing on Aeneas' torso. Will blinks, looking up, then smiles.

"Hey, I think that's your answer!"