...Oui! Ça s'est finalement passé!
Le shriek a réveillé Haruka. C'était désagréable, pour le moins. Non pas à cause de la voix elle-même, mais tout bruit qui brise le sommeil paisible de soi-même serait considéré comme désagréable. Ses yeux s'ouvrirent lentement, prenant dans le monde autour d'elle. C'était le même vieux train qu'elle avait pris la plupart des minuits, cependant, ce qui était autrefois illuminé par les feux lumineux du train était maintenant révélé par la lumière extérieure. C'était assez étrange, pensait Haruka. Il était aussi étrange que Haruka s'endorme alors qu'elle était dans le train; elle ne s'était jamais endormie dans le train auparavant. Elle était toujours trop occupée pour des choses comme le repos.
Elle a essayé de se souvenir de ce qui s'était passé avant, mais les souvenirs ont tous été remplacés par rien, pas même un rêve. Elle, dans une tentative de comprendre ce qui se passait, regardait par la fenêtre du train. Forêts. Ce n'était pas censé arriver. Il devait y avoir une plate-forme en béton. Elle, dans une panique, s'est vite emparée de son sac et s'est précipitée devant la porte pour vérifier si ce qu'elle avait vu était réel. Là, elle en a vu 4 autres. Un homme décentment grand et modérément attrayant, un homme plus court et plus jeune, une femme étrangère un peu plus grande et extrêmement excitée, et une petite femme guerrière, complète avec armure et cape... Attends, quoi?
Toute la situation lui rappelait le passé. Elle n'arrivait pas à s'y mettre. C'était absolument dégoûtant. Le genre d'ordures fantaisistes qui serait annoncé comme un nouveau genre semblait être sa nouvelle norme. Très vite, elle a tout ignoré. Pas dans une tentative de la rationaliser, mais plutôt pour faire face au choc et au dégoût total qu'elle ressentait.
"Hahaha... Belle blague, les gens..." Elle a dit nerveusement, toujours debout à la sortie du train. "Bonnes blagues, vous beaucoup, mais j'ai du travail, donc si vous pouviez me laisser rentrer chez moi et tout ça..."
Elle était toujours en état de choc, elle riait nerveusement à elle-même. Elle, comme beaucoup d'autres gens normaux, était complètement incrédule de la situation.
Name: Watanabe Haruka
Age: 25
Appearance: Haruka stands at 5'5". She is of a thin build. For the most part, she dresses like a responsible adult.
Personality: Haruka is, in contrast to her younger self, a hard-working and normal person. She finds anime and the culture surrounding it to be "disgusting", a result of her embarrassment of her past. She is a rather determined person, seeing things through to the end. In dire straits, she is willing to step up to the mantle of leader.
Besides that, her hobbies include sampling various cuisines and, well, working. She's just a bland person.
Abilities: Haruka, due to her habit of always eating out, is a terrible chef. Whatever home economics skills that she had acquired at some point have been lost to time. She's decently smart, however. She can also advertise things well, an extremely useful skill.
Native or Newcomer?: Newcomer
Cheat: 『 Darkpact Soulfury, Infinite Grimoire of Appointed Death 』 - While the name of her power is quite long and convoluted (she had no choice in the matter, she would have called it "magic book"), it's a rather simple power. In easiest to understand terms, she has UNLIMITED MAGIC POWER. However, she doesn't quite know how to use this power, as you need to chant power-words to activate spells that are documented in the book. It doesn't help that the book is in some sort of unrecognizable moon-runes. Luckily, some of the extremely basic spells are legible. These spells range from fireballs (literally hurling a ball of fire, doing nothing because there is no sort of fuel) to hurling iceballs (which hurt badly, but require arm-strength). However, to even use the magic in this book, she has to open it by yelling out "I call upon you 『 Darkpact Soulfury, Infinite Grimoire of Appointed Death 』 to destroy my foes", something that she refuses to do unless an emergency. This results in her just carrying around a heavy book. It also makes a good projectile, since the book is indestructible.
History: It is normal for a Japanese student to be stressed. It is understandable that they do, given that the Japanese schooling system is rather unforgiving. However, how to cope with that stress is a much more interesting story. For many students, hanging out with friends and doing fun things is enough. However, for Haruka, the only way that she could deal with her stress was escapism.
She would read manga and watch anime. Rather normal. However, her parents, wanting her to get into some sort of top-tier university, forbid it when she was at the ripe old age of birth. It was always English literature this and Japanese literature that. Haruka kept her hobby secret. However, repressed things tend to spiral out of control.
Within two years, Haruka had an absurd alter-ego. She was 『Bloodied Rose of the Infinite Past』, a mage that patrolled the streets. Luckily, nobody that she ever knew went there, as it was a cesspool of the things that good students hated. The local denizens of the area liked her, as she was cute and they thought she was just saying cute things. Boy, were they wrong.
Years had passed. As soon as Haruka was accepted into university, she realized the error of her ways. By some deus ex machina, she quickly became a normal human being. Focused on studying for the future to try to correct her past, she maintained high grades in hopes of becoming a healthy part of the workforce. Once she graduated, she managed to join an advertising agency. Her most notable idea was making chocolate bars for macho men, Shockolate (a product still being sold, despite its niche marketing). While on a midnight train ride home (one of many, she was constantly out eating with coworkers and prospective customers), it would appear that something absurd and fantastical would happen, much to her chagrin.
Other: Nothing else.