mrch7th

[mrch7th]

the moment he speaks, he has her rapt attention. every story he offers about before is one she can't help but be curious about. after all, she has no before to speak of, no past experiences to recount that he wouldn't have been there for or already heard secondhand.

“really?” it's a hard thing to imagine, if she's honest. mr. yang, young and clumsy like she is? it's the furthest thing from the image of the man in her head. maybe that's why she can't help but giggle at the thought. “but you won't refuse to dance with me if i step on your feet a few times, right? because, um. i probably will...”

march is too focused keeping her feet straight at first, but after a stepped on foot or three she's finally confident enough to glance back up at him. daddy-daughter dances, huh... she wonders what other interesting dances earth has. “hehe...! would that make you my dad, then, mr. yang?”

well, to be honest, it doesn't really matter to march what sort of title gets put on it. for a girl with no past to call her own, all that is precious is the here and now. and so the only family she has known—the only one that matters to her—is the one found in the welcoming arms of the astral express crew, wherever they may go. “i wouldn't really know what having one is like, but...” all in all, it's not a sad thing to march 7th. as far waking up without your memories goes, she thinks she really lucked out with the people that were waiting for her on the other side. and so she smiles, as always, easy as breathing and bright as the stars. “...i think i like the sound of it.”

BALLROOM.  /  it's for a good cause, right? march doesn't mind forking over some of the credits from her allowance in that case. but a fancy event like this...so isn't her thing. she flounders awkwardly at the edge of the dance floor before finally piping up, “um...do you know how to dance, mr. yang?” half a question, half a plea as she looks up to him with pleading eyes, hands clasped together. “will you teach me? i don't want to look like a fool out there. i really don't know what i'm doing...”

[Ballroom] - Revelation

  IT HAS BEEN QUITE SOME TIME SINCE THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND TIME TOGETHER ALONE, yet he finds himself smiling softly at the young woman beside him as she speaks. It has been... a rather long time since the elderly gentleman has had an opportunity to attend a Charity Event like this, and yet who better to spend it with than the young girl denied the opportunity and memories of an event like this before they'd found her. So with a characteristic softness, the glass of juice is placed down onto the table before he's turning to her with a smile. "Did I ever tell you about my first time at a ball?" Soft laughter, reaching out to take her hand in his and slowly walking towards the centre of the floor. "My guardian at the time was the one to teach me, and the amount of times I stepped on her feet? Well... She refused to dance with me until I was far, far older." His heart yearns for Tesla in a way, in the seriousness of her voice and the guiding hand she provided, yet he had long since flown the nest, given life to his own nest in the same way she had given shelter to him.

"You know, we have a name for this type of dance on Earth..." Softness in words and features, listening with senses extended to siphon the information of the other attendees, the subtle whispers about the man and his daughter at the centre of the floor. Joachim does not speak his amusement at their misconceptions, nor does he move in any way to correct them, instead slowly drifting back and forth on the floor. The old Herrscher is glad in a way, to see her wearing the dress that often does not find use, keeping his pace slow despite the music. "...They're called Daddy-Daughter dances... I find it to be rather apt, don't you March?" Words that hold a deeper meaning, a promise to protect, to guide, as long as she needed him to do so, that is, after all, what father figures are for.

-> @mrch7th

[mrch7th]

i haven't decided who i want to send to lore yet but march 7th ( and lyney who will get his post in the morning i'm tired HAHA ) will be hanging around empyrea in the meantime! she is just here to have fun, take pictures, and meet new people as always so you'll find her bouncing between all the different areas. and lastly, she is wearing her nascent spring outfit because i've been itching for an excuse to use it LOL

on an ooc note: i'm hoping to clear out my drafts first and foremost ( sorgy to all my thread partners that i've kept waiting if i do not smack replies back to you within the week please get me with sticks oTL ) so i will be a bit slow going on the event front until then. but otherwise happy june happy pride happy event ya-ho!! ok all my replies across both march & lyney should be queued up for the end of the month now but if anyone needs them back sooner for activity please just poke me and i will shoot it back to you o7

POSTCARDS : welt / robin

[mrch7th]

she sobers when kokomi speaks, listening quietly to her wish, but she's quick to interject when the other girl calls her wish foolish. “there's no such thing!” she cries out in protest. really, march 7th thinks it's a good wish, wanting to live for yourself. “your dream isn't foolish, miss kokomi. really, i think it's the opposite!”

after all, if it comes from the heart, how could a wish ever be foolish? that sort of earnest longing is what wishes are for. march leans in, conspiratorial, like she's about to reveal a grand secret to the other.

what she ends up saying is simple, though. “you know, miss kokomi, i think it's admirable that you're so empathetic to the struggles of others. isn't that good? we could use more people like that in the universe, to be honest.” but then march beams and holds out her pinky finger. “but the world isn't going to end in one night. and i'm sure you're not the only one who would want to stop it even if it did. so just for tonight, why don't you be selfish with me? together, okay?” she laughs a little, a bit embarrassed, but doesn't relent. “when the goal is the whole rest of your life, it's a bit daunting. so why don't you take it a day at a time instead? that way, you'll definitely get there eventually, don't you think?”

　❅　full of things that have never been.

lantern rite 2025.　⸻　sangonomiya kokomi & march 7th

[mrch7th]

her camera is already half-raised for a shot when furina voices the invitation. she abandons that venture to turn sharply on her heel, eyes wide in surprise. “really?” but the surprise doesn't last long. her, in a hurry? was she? well, everyone else on the express is enjoying the lantern rite too, so...a little while coudln't hurt.

“well, if you're sure you don't mind!” a smile blooms, as easy as breathing for march 7th, and then she's settling into the offered seat, lantern carefully set down in favor of fiddling with the settings on her camera. she peeks up once or twice at her company, her curiosity easily betrayed. “have you been to the lantern rite before, miss furina? it's my first time, but i can see why so many people come for it.” what a beautiful celebration, after all! so much to see, so many people to meet, so many experiences she still has to do—she wouldn't mind if the astral express returned to teyvat next year for it too.

there's a pause in her chatter as march peers through her viewfinder, the shutter of her camera going off just a second later. then she's pulling away to eye the photo with a frown, continuing on talking with missing another beat, “even my best pictures don't do it justice.” march sighs, but perks up before long. “but that just means i have to remember it twice as well to make up for it, heh!”

　❅　well - wished.

lantern rite 2025.　⸻　furina & march 7th

[mrch7th]

it's just a run of the mill trailblazing expedition to march 7th, really. well, except for the mercenaries from the intelligentsia guild. and the whole never before seen planet thing. (though if the astral express could find it on the silver rail, then it can't be that unseen, right?) and sunday. but one of those things is more exciting than the other!

caelus has been the newest member of the nameless for a while now. and sunday isn't, technically, one of the nameless, just a passenger temporarily traveling alongside the astral express. but new people are always exciting when you see the same faces everyday, and so just as she once welcomed caelus aboard as easily as breathing, her treatment of him is no different.

“so...” she sidles up to him, flashlight in hand her only beacon in the dark. “what do you think we'll find? i wonder if there'll be any people. the people who live there are always the most interesting part of a new planet, don't you think?” / @thecharmonydove

　❅　everything under the stars.

abundance , unseen planets.　⸻　sunday & march 7th

[mrch7th]

geez, this guy is tough. all these beatings and he’s still going? march isn’t sure if she envies that kind of strength of will or not, to be honest, but it’s looking like she has to punish it either way if they want to get out of here. free food as the light at the end of the tunnel is as good as anything when it comes to motivation, at least.

as her allies get up close and personal, march settles for lobbing whatever she can think of making with her six-phased ice at him from a distance instead. let’s see…what’s big and hurts really bad if you get hit with it?

she grins as a close enough replica of caelus’ baseball bat forms in her hand. sure, she’s seen him smack enough enemies back to their senses with it. a ball of ice appears in the other, and she tosses it into the sky before swinging as hard as she can.

the ball shatters, quite predictably, into a dozen different pieces on impact, but march thrusts her now free hand forward and sends them flying for kevin. two-toned eyes glance briefly at the bat, then shrugs. why not. she winds up like she’s aiming to strike another ball, then swings as hard as she can, releasing the bat to go flying for their opponent too.

✧ ;- ad ignem et glaciem

Spiral Abyss, Team 5 : Floor 3

[mrch7th]

“but the food’s on you, right, miss herrscher?”

march keeps her distance, but her aim is no less sharp for it. every opening spotted by pink and blue is one quickly taken advantage of. if her ice is only half as effective, then she’ll just have to be twice as quick with it, right? then it’ll basically be the same as her being able to attack at full power.

“good job, misha!” the nameless crows when he stops their opponent right in his tracks. she follows suit with what he’d done with his sword, a jagged icicle of six-phased ice forming without any precision to its shape aside from sharp. it stabs straight through his wing, in a way that makes even march wince although she had been the one to do it.

✧ ;- ad ignem et glaciem

Spiral Abyss, Team 5 : Floor 3

[mrch7th]

“hey, wings are cheating!” well, says the archer, but the point still stands. march has a bow, but if he really can fly, then swords aren't exactly made for throwing. “don't make me shoot you down!”

march 7th rolls 5 energy! ⁽ ³ ⁾　march 7th hits all enemies with glacial cascade!  [ -1HP. shadow of deliverance (diabolic) 99/100HP. ] ⁽ ² ⁾　march 7th uses the power of cuteness on aglaea! aglaea 6/6SP.

‘shooting him down’ manifests more like showering him with various little ice rabbits until he relents, but this time he shrugs off her six-phased ice easier than he used to. and come on. seriously? this has to be cheating. even her arrows are made from her ice—what, was she just gonna have to plink plink plink ice cubes off of him until he gave up?

“uh, guys?” she calls back to her allies doubtfully. she shuffles to the back of their formation with a helpless shrug. “i don't think my six-phased ice is cutting it anymore. i'll just stay back here and distract him.” her gaze cuts back to the dressmaker with a smile. throughout their many battles, miss aglaea has remained calm and steady throughout it all. another layer of frost settles upon her with a wave of her hand. “miss aglaea, you're up! i'll cover you again!” ( @futureforetold )

✧ ;- ad ignem et glaciem

Spiral Abyss, Team 5 : Floor 3

[mrch7th]

“ah—miss aglaea!” if the temperature drops, march 7th clearly hasn’t noticed, lurching for her ally without even a shiver. after all, summoning her six-phased ice again and again without pause has rendered her skin as cold as ice already, a far cry from the few degrees colder she normally is to everyone else. the herrscher’s call for them to pile on tears her gaze away for a beat, but it’s back on aglaea in an instant. “hold on—”

if there is the harsh, biting frost that their opponent—kevin??? since miss herrscher clearly seems to know him—unleashes, then there is also the gentle chill that washes over the dressmaker when march’s fingertips graze her, the comfort of a cooling breeze after a long, hot day. frost blooms from where she touches, patterning snowflakes all across like a second skin.

the nameless withdraws with a grin as she summons her bow back into her hand. “okay, now you can go! but you be careful too!” here, two-toned eyes finally turn their attention to their opponent, squinting between the swings of the herrscher’s attacks to find a place to loose her arrows.

✧ ;- ad ignem et glaciem

Spiral Abyss, Team 5 : Floor 3

[mrch7th]

march guesses she's supposed to know what a great herrscher or whatever is, but all that it really earns is a wide-eyed blink before she very slowly goes, “riiiight...” the transformation earns another blink. “right. okay, i think i got it this time.”

she definitely has not ‘got it this time,’ but the nameless doesn't really want to find out what the great herrscher of sentience will do to her if she asks her to clarify again.

and so march is more than happy to let misha take the initiative, cheering as he stops the enemies in their tracks again. “good job, misha!” she cries out. and then, with a dramatic spin of her bow, she beams. “okay, my turn!”

march 7th rolls 3 energy! ⁽ ¹ ⁾　march 7th hits abyss herald: wicked torrents with frigid cold arrow!  [ roll: 16, crit! -5HP. abyss herald: wicked torrents 32/120HP. ] ⁽ ¹ ⁾　march 7th hits abyss herald: wicked torrents with frigid cold arrow!  [ roll: 20, crit! -5HP. abyss herald: wicked torrents 27/120HP. ] ⁽ ¹ ⁾　march 7th hits abyss herald: wicked torrents with frigid cold arrow!  [ roll: 12, crit! -5HP. abyss herald: wicked torrents 24/120HP. ]

three six-phased ice arrows is all she can get out in quick succession before something changes in one of their opponents. water begins to gather around its frozen form, earning a frown and a confused squint from the nameless as she glances back at her companions with a helpless shrug.

“uh?” she starts helplessly. “i don't really know what i just did, but i guess this makes keeping this one still a lot easier.”   (  @futureforetold  )

✧ ;- epiméno

Spiral Abyss, Team 5 : Floor 2

[mrch7th]

and bring on the other guys they do indeed, two towering figures drifting in to replace their fallen foes. “hm...well, i can't imagine anywhere comfier than my bed,” comes the easy reply with a smile, even as march readies herself for another round of combat, “but if you could take these guys out too, that would be great!”

march 7th rolls 5 energy! ⁽ ³ ⁾　march 7th hits all enemies with glacial cascade! [ -3HP. abyss lector: fathomless flames 93/120HP. abyss herald: wicked torrents 93/120HP. ] abyss herald: wicked torrents is frozen! ⁽ ¹ ⁾　march 7th hits abyss herald: wicked torrents with frigid cold arrow!  [ roll: 15, crit! -6HP. abyss herald: wicked torrents 87/120HP. ] ⁽ ¹ ⁾　march 7th hits abyss herald: wicked torrents with frigid cold arrow!  [ roll: 7, crit! -6HP. abyss herald: wicked torrents 81/120HP. ]

the nameless never can help her curiosity, though, even in the middle of a battle. besides, if she was going to handle it, march is allowed a question or two about how she's doing it, right? “soooo...how does your, um, other form? work, exactly? i have a friend that kind of does something similar with the whole changing and new haircut but his thing is more like...”

she deepens her voice in an imitation of dan heng that would probably make him cringe if he were here to hear it, flicking her hand upward, “delve-hidden moon, world cleansing dragon!” a dragon made of six-phased ice crashes into their opponents as she does so, though it's certainly a fair bit less intimidating than dan heng's, what with the silly smiley face she's given it and the way the ice explodes into march's usually ice bunnies at the collision.

a shrug, satisfied. close enough to get the point across, though march points a finger gun back at the one that's now halfway encased in ice to finish the job. “anyway, you're not secretly vidyadhara too, are you?”   (  @herrschicken · @dreamblazed · @futureforetold  )

✧ ;- epiméno

Spiral Abyss, Team 5 : Floor 2

[mrch7th]

“i can’t wait to go back to sleep after this,” march sighs, knowing that miss aglaea is probably right. at the very least, by the time morning comes, she’s sure she’ll have plenty to regale the express crew with over breakfast. between misha’s appearance, and that herrscher lady, and miss aglaea claiming to be from amphoreus—really, what an odd dream.

MARCH 7TH 10/10HP 4/5SP rolls 5 energy. [1 energy] MARCH 7TH 10/10HP 4/5SP uses Frigid Cold Arrow on VOIDRANGER: TRAMPLER: 17.5/100HP. [Roll: 1d20 = 4, Miss! VOIDRANGER: TRAMPLER: 17.5/100HP.] [1 energy] MARCH 7TH 10/10HP 4/5SP uses Frigid Cold Arrow on VOIDRANGER: TRAMPLER: 17.5/100HP. [Roll: 1d20 = 18, Crit! -5HP. VOIDRANGER: TRAMPLER: 12.5/100HP.] [1 energy] MARCH 7TH 10/10HP 4/5SP uses Frigid Cold Arrow on VOIDRANGER: TRAMPLER: 12.5/100HP. [Roll: 1d20 = 11, Crit! -5HP. VOIDRANGER: TRAMPLER: 7.5/100HP.] [1 energy] MARCH 7TH 10/10HP 4/5SP uses Frigid Cold Arrow on VOIDRANGER: TRAMPLER: 7.5/100HP. [Roll: 1d20 = 1, Miss! VOIDRANGER: TRAMPLER: 7.5/100HP.] [1 energy] MARCH 7TH 10/10HP 4/5SP uses Frigid Cold Arrow on VOIDRANGER: TRAMPLER: 7.5/100HP. [Roll: 1d20 = 15, Crit! -5HP. VOIDRANGER: TRAMPLER: 2.5/100HP.]

she falls back, bow raising as frost swirls between her fingertips. a-one, a-two, a-three, and tada! ice crystalizes into an arrow that nocks perfectly into her bow, string drawn back as she aims for their frozen foe.

again. again. again and again. some go off course, but one after the other, she shoots until the voidranger is on its last legs, then finally falls back, bracing for whatever might come next after it finally falls.

“miss herescher, you’re up!” ( @herrschicken )

✧ ;- epiméno

Spiral Abyss, Team 5 : Floor 2

[mrch7th]

you'd think that march 7th would be used to people having some kind of secret strength considering the people she's friends with and yet. she blinks, once then twice, mouth agape. “um...?” she manages intelligently before shaking her head and flashing a grin and a salute. “yep, super powerful!”

but how was march supposed to follow that?

march 7th rolls 4 energy! ⁽ ³ ⁾　march 7th hits all enemies with glacial cascade! [ -3HP. voidranger: trampler 72.5/100HP. voidranger: eliminator 2.5/45HP. ] voidranger: trampler is frozen! ⁽ ¹ ⁾　march 7th hits voidranger: trampler with frigid cold arrow!  [ roll: 20, crit! -5HP. voidranger: trampler 67.5/100HP. ]

there's only two enemies left on the battlefield after all that—and all the easier to stop them in their tracks for it, march thinks! the larger of the two voidrangers gets her attention first, finger gun aimed and fired with a cheerful, “bang!” that has six-phased ice bursting to life from the ground to encase it.

but the other is too quick, and what was meant to be its icy cage instead simply strikes its retreating form as it moves swiftly out of the way. march clicks her tongue in dismay before pointing a finger at it. “quick! get that one before it gets away!” ( @futureforetold · @dreamblazed · @herrschicken )

✧ ;- epiméno

Spiral Abyss, Team 5 : Floor 2

[mrch7th]

“i'm march 7th!” the nameless chirps on cue to round out the introductions. misha's name, she already knows, of course. and that lady she's met before has a mouthful that she's not sure she completely remembers. but the last of them... uh, she didn't actually say amphoreus, did she? that's supposed to be impossible! all this talk of the astral express's next destination must be getting to her—she has to be dreaming.

snow and ice begin to swirl around her as she raises her bow. dream or not, she's dealt with the antimatter legion plenty of times before. “good job, misha!” she calls out as the enemies caught in his strike go still again. “these guys love to gang up on one person at a time, be care—”

—ful, she means to finish before she's struck off her feet. stumbling back to standing, march groans loudly. “seriously? not very sportsman like...”

march 7th rolls 5 energy! ⁽ ² ⁾　march 7th uses the power of cuteness on herself! march 7th 5/5SP ⁽ ¹ ⁾　march 7th hits voidranger: distorter with frigid cold arrow!  [ roll: 18, crit! -5HP. voidranger: distorter 39/60HP. ] ⁽ ¹ ⁾　march 7th hits voidranger: distorter with frigid cold arrow!  [ roll: 18, crit! -5HP. voidranger: distorter 34/60HP. ] ⁽ ¹ ⁾　march 7th hits voidranger: distorter with frigid cold arrow!  [ roll: 14, crit! -5HP. voidranger: distorter 29/60HP. ]

bowstring drawn taut, she aims for the frozen distorter first with a scowl. “let's see how you like it!”   (  @futureforetold · @dreamblazed · @herrschicken  )

✧ ;- epiméno

Spiral Abyss, Team 5 : Floor 2

[mrch7th]

the antimatter legion? here? (wherever here was...) and seriously, what is that chicken?

all these questions and more go unanswered, because voidrangers and baryons never wait long enough for her to ask before they spring into action. looks like misha's fancy tricks aren't working for him this time...

march 7th rolls 5 energy! ⁽ ³ ⁾　march 7th hits all enemies with glacial cascade! [ -1HP. voidranger: distorter 16/28HP. voidranger: eliminator 25.5/28HP. voidranger: reaver 24.5/28HP. antibaryon 11.5/15HP. baryon a 12.5/15HP. baryon b 11.5/15HP. ] voidranger: distorter & voidranger: reaver are frozen!

“hey! freeze while i'm still asking nicely!” there's no dream shenanigans—or whatever that had been earlier—for march, though. just some good old fashioned six-phased ice that encases two of the voidrangers faster than you say, say cheese! hands plant defiantly on her hips as she calls out, “you're supposed to pick on people your own size, you know!”

⁽ ¹ ⁾　march 7th hits voidranger: distorter with frigid cold arrow!  [ roll: 10, crit! -2HP. voidranger: distorter 14/28HP. ] ⁽ ¹ ⁾　march 7th hits voidranger: distorter with frigid cold arrow!  [ roll: 18, crit! -2HP. voidranger: distorter 12/28HP. ]

noooot that march is anywhere near a voidranger's size either, but you know. tomato, tomahto. her arrows still hit it the same either way, chipping away few frozen pieces of voidranger.   (  @herrschicken · @futureforetold · @dreamblazed  )

✧ ;- di velluto

spiral abyss 2025 team 5; floor 1

[mrch7th]

um is right and echoed! the nameless stares dumbly as arrows aimed ahead in the large foe's path instead go wide. she swivels to face the young bellhop with two-toned eyes blown wide. “wh—how—since when—?”

MARCH 7TH rolls 4 energy! march 7th uses frigid cold arrow on blazing axe mitachurl!  [ roll: 4, miss! ] march 7th uses frigid cold arrow on blazing axe mitachurl!  [ roll: 1, miss! ]

finally, the nameless settles on a question. her most pressing one, evidently, for how it is the only one that manages to make it past her lips. “that's not a power of the trailblaze, is it? because if it is, the others have seriously been holding out been holding out on me.”

curious and ever-undeterred in her pursuit of it, march inches closer and closer to their now frozen opponent. this has to be the most peaceful it's been since she's woken up and all she really wants is for it to last more than just a second or two. a finger raises, its owner shrunk back and turned away.

march 7th uses frigid cold arrow on blazing axe mitachurl!  [ roll: 13, crit! -2HP. blazing axe mitachurl 7.5/30HP. ] march 7th uses frigid cold arrow on blazing axe mitachurl!  [ roll: 7, crit! -2HP. blazing axe mitachurl 5.5/30HP. ]

poke. poke poke.

...huh.

even more curious, she forgoes the original purpose of her bow and raises it like a blunt weapon, swinging the whole thing at its frozen form.

...still nothing.

with a loud sigh, march 7th finally collapses into a nearby chair. “oh, thank akivili! misha, you are my favorite person right now. now that everything's calm for once...can someone finally tell me what's going on here?!” ( @herrschicken · @futureforetold )

✧ ;- di velluto

spiral abyss 2025 team 5; floor 1

[mrch7th]

definitely way too late to go back to sleep. if that didn't wake her up, march 7th doesn't think that anything will.

her gaze sweeps over the room, trying to take stock, but uh...to be honest, it just seems kind of impossible. there's that lady again doing who knows what, misha up on his feet and then just as quickly back off them...the last of them seems way more put together from how she holds herself in comparison at least. and she's pretty! when things stop being such a mess, march will have to tell her.

but for now, she just sighs. well, gotta try hard sometimes—she can't sit on the sidelines forever. here she goes.

“hey, over here!” she waves a hand in the air, pink and blue drifting idly after it until six-phased ice finally manifests in the form of an arrow. the nameless beams when a few idle heads turn her way. “wanna see something cool?”

MARCH 7TH rolls 5 energy! march 7th uses glacial cascade on all enemies!  [ -1HP. anemo samachurl 3/17HP. blazing axe mitachurl 19.5/30HP. dendro samachurl 8.5/17HP. ] march 7th uses the power of cuteness on herself! march 7th 2/2SP.

she nocks her arrow and aims it toward the ceiling above them, then winks. “check out this awesome move~”

and the room erupts into renewed chaos as the arrow explodes into a dozen little ice bunnies.   ( @herrschicken · @futureforetold · @dreamblazed )

✧ ;- di velluto

spiral abyss 2025 team 5; floor 1