VIDEO; UN: SMOKING_BOMB

[bakudan_bambino]

[The video starts with a boy at the training ground, sitting and looking at his nails. They are covered in dirt, and there's a large hole in the ground in front of him. He's got the back of one wrist against his mouth and he's looking mildly disgusted. There are a lot of sticks in that hole. It's not been covered up with dirt.]

Does... anyone know how to lift a curse?

[He remembers training, but digging a hole and filling it with sticks? No recollection of that. There's dirt on his face if he moves his hand away from his mouth.]

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VIDEO | UN: HAMMERTIME

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Whoa whoa whoa! Curses?! No one said anything about curses! You can get cursed?!

[Darin's presently mashing his face into the screen in a panic. Aren't curses usually supernatural in nature?! Is this place haunted?!]

[bakudan_bambino]

Apparently? Unless this is some odd memory disorder... but I doubt it...

[He moves his device further from his own face.]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

What do you mean? What exactly happened?

[bakudan_bambino]

The last thing I remember was training. I have no memory of digging this hole.

I have had a few of these episodes where I come back to myself after some time and don’t know what I was doing.

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Is that normal where you come from? Or is that something that recently started when you came here?

[bakudan_bambino]

It’s only been while I’ve been in this world.

[forgeabettertomorrow]

That's...ominous.

How often do these blackouts happen? Is there anything consistent about them?

[bakudan_bambino]

Sometimes it happens in shops or even when I’m walking around the city.

It’s not exclusively indoors or out but it is happening every day. Sometimes multiple times a day.

[forgeabettertomorrow]

That's...wow.

I mean, I'm learning healing magic but...I don't think I can lift any curses...

Have you desecrated any ruins lately?

[bakudan_bambino]

Ugh I can’t live like this!

[He’s being dramatic, of course. Still hearing and feeling like no one can help him is far from comforting. Gokudera drags a hands down his face.]

No I’ve been staying on the training grounds specifically cause I didn’t want to piss anyone or anything off.

[forgeabettertomorrow]

[Darin rubs his chin in thought.]

As far as I've heard, curses are punishments for messing with something sacred or holy...

Why don't we retrace your steps since this started happening? Is that possible?

[bakudan_bambino]

The first time it happened was when we were fighting the black knight.

We got the sword but I don’t really remember anything around how we got through with the fight. I came back to my mind heading back to the city.

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Black Knight? Huh, this must have been before I arrived here.

...Did you touch the sword by any chance?

[starshaper]

I'm not an expert or anything...

[Just secretly a magical girl, who has been through a lot and also a normal girl, who has read a lot of shoujo manga and other things!]

But if it's a curse inspired by fairytales, then you probably need someone to kiss it away from you!

[Look, she may have even more ideas but she'll start with that!]

Video; un; Koromaru

[whatsamada]

[Meanwhile, Ken just raised an eyebrow at the background. He didn't know what was going on but...]

Not really? How did you get cursed anyway?

[bakudan_bambino]

A kiss?! I-!

[He’s turning scarlet. Gokudera has never been kissed and he wants to believe she’s wrong, but isn’t capable of articulating any more than a scoff.]

Tch! No way!

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[bakudan_bambino]

I wish I knew. I don’t know who is responsible or how it was put on me.

[bakudan_bambino]

Yes. When I came to, I was holding it. Someone I know touched it, too and he’s not having the same problems.

[whatsamada]

Is there anyone you know with healing magic? Maybe that would work because I don't even know how to undo a curse either.

[Maybe they could go on a quest? See if there are any items to undo it?]

[bakudan_bambino]

Not personally, it's why I'm posting this on the network. I've gotten a response from someone who knows healing magic, but not specifically lifting curses.

[There may be. Gokudera has no idea. He seems understandably depressed.]

[whatsamada]

I’m still new at this but shouldn’t there be a potion to help you out too? Isn’t that how it’s suppose to work?

[Because that’s how your standard role playing healing system goes, right?]

[bakudan_bambino]

I'm not sure how any of this is supposed to work. If you find someone who specializes in potions, I'd appreciate you mentioning my problem to them. Though... I'm not even sure what is fully happening.

[temptationaccomplished]

[He's being a helpful angel. Not causing trouble at all.]

Oh, no, I do believe she's correct. As tradition goes, a kiss of True Love breaks curses.

[bakudan_bambino]

[Gokudera is being a very dramatic teenager and putting his face in his hands, which muffles his voice.]

I'm going to be cursed forever...

[starshaper]

[Oh no. A reaction like that just makes her want to tease some more... Usagi winks!]

Why not? Kissing is fun, so why would it be such a bad idea to try solving it with that? And if nothing happens and the curse is still there, well, at least you got a cute memory with someone and you can move on to trying other ways to get it away from you? Oh, but it can't be just any kiss, it usually has to be the kiss of true love!