#beachside bonds

[muffinrecord]

I'm so glad that Beachside Bonds is getting a rerun! Why? Well,

these two backgrounds were my favorites from NA, and they were from that event! I can't wait to use them again.

[thepmmmwitchproject]

The fact that young Yu is still a faceless npc in the beachside bonds rerun...

Miss girl deserves better!

[angel-advise]

Full transcript of Kei’s memories and Yu’s diary segments from Beachside Bonds under the cut, because it’s without a doubt my favorite part of magireco.

April 20

Seniors start taking more college prep classes around now. I opted to get a referral to enroll in a college near Kei. I wish we could go to the same school, but she hated the idea of me having to hold myself back for her, so I guess that's that. It's a shame, but I guess I'd say the same if our positions were reversed. Still, it'll be much easier to see her than it is now. *Flip* *Flip* June 24 No matter how strong the aroma lingers in your memory, it fades in the wind in time. Just like I'll fade someday, influenced by someone else's ideals. Someone else's justice. I won't be me anymore. "I don't think that's how you really feel." "You'd never say something like that." Someday I will reveal myself completely to Kei. Then she'll hate me. She'll give up on me. I don't have the courage yet. *Flip* *Flip* *Flip* August 3 The more I try to convince Kei, the more I end up saying the same things all those empty fools, whom I truly hate and who speak with such arrogance, say. I know very well that those idiotic words couldn't possibly be my own. *Flip* *Flip* August 6 I finally agreed to Kei's plan. We made a promise to each other. Yet I don't regret it. Rather, I cannot contain my excitement, though I know for sure it's wrong. But I just... The thought of this heartache between us someday turning into a memory we'll laugh at is much harder for me to bear. If that's how things will end up, then... Our lives are nothing anyone hoped for, nor are they anything anyone desired. --- Unable to convey the gloom of these showers in text, I sent 3 umbrella emojis in a row. Yusa Yumeno is already at the gate, holding an umbrella in one hand and two popsicles in the other. She's tall, so she stands out. It's hot and humid today, but why would she go for popsicles on a rainy day like this? I've loved them since I was a little kid. She gets one for me sometimes, even now. Maybe to her I haven't changed much since then, much like she hasn't. I take what she offers without thanks, then I start complaining to her. ???: Ugh, geeze. ???: I told you you don't have to come on rainy days. ???: Actually, you don't have to come on sunny days either. You live pretty far away. ???: You don't have to come see me every day. ???: It's hard on you, isn't it? Though I was the one who said it, even I think it was a crappy way to put it. Yusa: If I don't come say hi then I don't get to see you at all. Standing so close, I could smell the floral scent she always had. The same scent, ever since we were kids. Even on rainy days. Why's she so determined to stay close to me? It doesn't make any sense at all. ???: We're not kids anymore, you know. ???: It's not even like your high school is that close to here. ???: And what about your old lady? ???: Didn't she tell you not to come see me anymore? Yusa: I'm really sorry if my mom was rude to you. Yusa: She did tell me...I should pick my friends more carefully. Yusa: But it's not like I decided on who to be friends with without being picky, y'know? ???: Aw, please. To that old bag... ???: It doesn't matter where you go, or what you do, you'll always be her golden girl. ???: Apple of everyone's eye. ???: You don't need to come saddle yourself with a loser like me every day. Yusa: Let's say that WAS how she really felt about me, then. Yusa: Why does that mean I have to live exactly how she expects? Yusa: I'm way more cowardly and cruel than she'd ever expect. Yusa: I mean, I have no one. ???: That's not you. ???: There's no way that's who you really are. ???: You're just, how do you say...misinterpreting yourself? Yusa: I'm only my real self when I come to see you. ???: But in the end, it's not you who decides who your "real self" is, is it? ???: Isn't it the people around you? ???: The whole point of being named is so people who aren't you can address you. Yusa: I don't need any name other than the one you use for me. ???: But we don't have the freedom to decide that. ???: We aren't responsible for making our selves. ???: We're just made up of a bunch of stuff that other people decided about us. Yusa: That's a rather cerebral way of looking at it... ???: True. What I mean is, it's not like your identity is even tied to your body. ???: Like, if my body got destroyed... ???: Those who knew me would keep on revising my identity in their memories. ???: It's the same when you're alive, too. ???: It's the perspectives of the people around us that make up our identities. Yusa: Other people can think what they want. Yusa: I'm just happy if you know who I am. That's enough for me. Yusa: Don't you feel that way? ???: Ugh, geeze. ???: From my perspective... I'm just an ordinary schoolgirl ???: I'm not as cute as you, or as rich. ???: I'll never be as smart as you, or as popular. ???: And I'm not putting myself down, okay? ???: I am just a mediocre person at best. ???: Everyone except you knows it. Yusa: What does that have to do with what I asked? ???: ... ???: I'm thinking of giving up on the college entrance exams. ???: I know I talked about going to a school in the same town as you... Sorry. Yusa: What? are you serious? Why?! ???: Well, you know how my grandma is...and there's the stuff with my dad's job. ???: I gotta pick up the slack for them. ???: So I need to get a job too. Yusa: Then I'll go to a college near here... ???: Don't make this harder. ???: You've gotta go to the university you decided on. ???: My life and yours are completely separate things. ???: Yours is like a flower, blooming tall...and mine is like a weed. ???: The two of us are headed in completely different directions. ???: I barely even eat popsicles anymore, you know? If I could read her mind... Maybe I might've had hope for the future. But that's impossible. Time will change the both of us, just like it did to our parents. One day Yusa will become a stranger, and my future self will kill my present one. If nothing ever changed, then we could've stayed together, just like we were... How do you see me? Do I look kind to you? Chaste? Shy? It's all a lie. I'm sorry... All of it, from start to finish.  All lies. When I get home, there's another letter from someone at her school, full of hatred. A petition, more or less, considering the girls who wrote it... They even put a stamp on it. The handwriting differs each day, probably due to a different girl taking the duty. High class girls can go to such lengths. I mean, they can send a letter every day, no problem. It doesn't bruise, so she'll never find out. --- *Flip* *Flip* May 2 Kei bears everything. She doesn't yield to frivolous fancies. She only sees what's directly ahead. My friends at school only ever talk about who's dating who, who they think is cute. I'd rather talk about fragrances with Kei. The clear aroma of lily-of-the-valley. Or the subtle scent of Peonies. Either would suit Kei I think, but her heart is like a dark marsh at night. All those scents sink into it and vanish. I, too, am drawn below that inky surface. *Flip* *Flip* May 20 I went to see Kei again, and we walked as far as her house together. When she saw me, Kei said her usual "Ugh, geeze." It's one of her habits. I know it is, but it still hurts. We walked together, chatting idly while we admired the white roses on the way home. She didn't have homeroom today, so she got there earlier than usual. I wanted to ask her if she waited for me. Maybe I'd have managed it if I were the type who could play it off as a joke. *Flip* *Flip* *Flip* June 12 I think about telling you I hate you each time we meet, and each time we part. Would you be upset if I did? Over time the sadness in your heart would heal. You'd become a stranger, Kei. Maybe you'd find a happier future. But I can't do it. I can't say I hate you. I'm so afraid of being alone. I'm so afraid of being left behind. All I ever think about is myself. According to Kei, I'm a good person. I can't think of myself that way at all. All I need is her. But she won't believe me. Do I have to put on an act, be a version of myself that she'll believe? *Flip* June 26 Everything will change now. I alone will stay while everything changes. No matter how strong the fragrance, over enough times it grows faint even in memory. If this could just be the end... If only I could seal us away in a bottle. I'd extract us from all the contaminants and I'd seal us away. The inside would be so dark that we couldn't see our hands. It would be a place that was no place at all. No one else will be able to see or know us there. In the shadow of nothingness... Our scents will never evaporate there. I already know it. The signs are vague but unmistakable. A self I don't recognize waving her hand to me from a far-off shore. I want to push Kei into the shadows with my own hands. Shadows with no school, no home, no one else, nowhere else. Where none can guess or assume about us. I want to go into those depths with Kei, drown in the dark that smells only of her, fill my lungs. I'm irreparably broken. --- July 2 I did something really messed up. So messed up I don't even want to remember what I did. I put my hands against her throat, and... Why? Why did I go that far? Maybe this is who I really am. The real me... I took my hands away at once and apologized. If she rejected me, I couldn't say a word. I deserve to be punished. But then... Then her teary eyes shone brighter than they ever had. The corners of her mouth formed a shaky smile, and she gripped my hand so tightly. So, so tightly. I thought my fingers might break. The heat of her sigh. Her scent. Perhaps she wasn't angry with me. Or maybe that's just what I want to think. *Flip* *Flip* July 5 I hate reptiles. It's not that their gross to look at. It's that if you touch their pale, clammy, sticky bellies, it feels like your fingers sink right in. Kei's neck was slender, pale, and soft. I couldn't help but think of the lizard I killed by accident as a kid. It felt like how my fingers sunk into its guts. ... Since that day, I can't get how her neck felt out of my mind. *Flip* *Flip* July 12 Nowadays, even if I don't go to her, Kei will come to see me. She calls for me like she used to. She looks at my face like she did back then. Because she knows how warped I am. I can't hide it now, anyway. I stand before her and the heat leaves my body. Both reason and lies have no meaning. Kei's mind fills my lungs like tar, unable to mix with anything else. It wreaths my neck and knocks me off my feet, like a wave. I can only be satisfied by her scent. When you say my name, I can be Yu. No one else. Yu, who no one else knows. *Flip* July 20 We shouldn't have met. Kei's warped, too. I knew it. I just always ignored it until now. I refused to notice it. Kei and I are the same. Ever since she started calling me Yu again, Kei's shadow has grown darker and more visible, just like the bruises on each of our necks. I probably caused it. To hide the marks, we never go out without bandages. The smell of fresh bandages makes Kei's profile shine brighter. She laughed, pointed at mine, said we match. --- August 1 Today we talked about a wish Kei has. I couldn't believe my ears when she told me. I shut her down at once. I could never. I couldn't believe she would even say that. Was I the one who sent her over the edge? I tried to talk her out of it, but she wouldn't hear me out. Maybe she's punishing me. Punishing me for always pushing her. And yet... Despite that... To be honest, some deep, dark part of my heart rejoiced. Kei was that serious. I felt relief first, rather than worry for her sake. She could probably tell. That's probably why she told me. My real self is too warped, too far gone, for anyone to do anything about it. *Flip* *Flip* *Flip* August 12 Tomorrow is the date we agreed on. I hope something made her reconsider. Maybe some TV drama hero preaching on how life is our most prized possession might do it or some pop song about love renewing life. Kei is going to grant my most twisted fantasy. My most heinous desire. Only she will forgive me for this. She's going to grant my wish, with joy. Maybe I went to her knowing I would get like this. I am terrible. Deceitful. My heart beat with excitement, I smiled, belying my guilt. I am utterly disillusioned with myself. --- Kei: Yu... Yu. Kei: The promised day is here. Hurry, let's go. Kei: I wore my favorite outfit to see you. Kei: And I picked out my best, cutest ribbon to tie us both together! Kei: The weather's perfect, too. Kei: The view from the cape has never looked prettier than right now, has it? Yu: Hey, this... What we're doing... Yu: Even if we're both okay with it, your dad... Your grandmother... Kei: What do they have to do with it?! Do we need to bring them into this? Kei: Don't even suggest that my life belongs to someone else! Kei: My life exists for you, so that you can destroy it! Kei: Trample me... Crush my future beneath your feet. Could you do that for me? Yu: This is wrong. Yu: You could ask anyone at all, and they'd think this was messed up... Kei: Yeah, I know. Kei: Of course I know that. Kei: But do I always have to think about what the right thing to do is? --- August 13 We had decided on our last words. "In every life, we end whenever we meet." Nothing fancy, but honestly there's no higher purpose I could hope for. No matter what forms the two of us may take, even if we can't understand each other's language, are born to hate each other, or born believing in different gods... We swore to make our vow come true. That vow is our proof we are who we are. Kei, held in my arms at the precipice, was more lovely than anything else alive. --- Month -- Day -- I woke up in a hospital bed. How many days have passed? I can't think of a date or time. I heard that Kei died. We must've lost our footing on the cliff. Like idiots we fell, without grace or direction, and so only Kei died. That's what my father told everyone. There was bruising on her neck, but the cause of death was drowning. I had bruises on my neck too, so they took it as a foolish game we had and let it go without reprimand. I went back to school, and everyone said how sorry they were, spoke of my grief like it was theirs, even wept for me. Using morality as an umbrella to hide their self-absorption. As if they were righteous. Like spokespeople for the world we live in. I thought my body would be overwhelmed with pure rage, but right then all of it seemed to flee my mind in one rush, leaving me unable to argue against them. Even if I told my truth, Kei is still gone. And the truth I want to tell won't go over well with any of them anyway. It won't fit their narrative. To them, I'm a poor girl who lost her dear friend in an accident. They'll see what I say as grief-stricken rambling. And yet my days continue on, with no care for the fact that Kei is gone. I can't bear the trauma of it. Will I get swallowed up by other people's perceptions along the way? Swallowed up in their ideals, their sense of right and wrong? Will how I feel now, in this moment, get erased? Like I never had these emotions? Will they become but a moment of confusion? The thought of such a thing almost drove me to throw myself off the cliff again. But Kei was gone. Kei was gone, and I had no idea why I'd do such a thing. I just want to live as myself. The girl who leapt from the cliff with Kei, who made nothing but mistakes, she's who I really am. My only hope is those last words: "In every life, we end whenever we meet." We really did reach the bottom of the sea. But if I really did die that day... Who is the girl writing this?

[agstudio9]

When this showed up I freaked the heck out

Why is it voice acted???????

[experience-trangquility]

IT WAS A MISTAKE TO PLAY THIS SHIT AT 2 A.M. MAGIA RECORD WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE F U C K

[magiamemoria]

Head to Toe

Obtainability: Limited to the “Beachside Bonds” event.

Notes: This is event memoria and should be kept in the case of the event being rerun. Thank you to @leafbladie for taking this screenshot!

Effect: Remove Debuffs (Self)

[shatteredsoulgems]

it’s no fair the event shop only has 2 beachside tickets! how can i choose between all the outfits?? D:

i chose madoka for one of them bc. she’s madoka. nuff said. but i’m struggling to pick the other one! i’ve narrowed it down to hinano or kyoko..... although ren’s is adorable too..... gaaah it’s so hard to pick!

[muffinrecord]

I'm so frustrated that I can't find mention of this anywhere, I legit can't remember if this was a thing or not. In Beachside Bonds, wasn't it said that Yu and Kei choked each other for fun or something??? I swear I remember that being said somewhere.

I'm a little confused, do you mean you rewatched the event and didn't see it in there or are you checking wiki sources or...? The easiest way to check would be to rewatch the thing I guess.

I'm 89% sure that they did choke each other, yeah, but it's been a long time since I watched it myself. Maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea for me to take another look too, though I have a lot on my plate atm.