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✨ ◦ taiga & kakeru + prism rush cards ◦ ✨
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Hello, this is Cheritz Team.
We will be celebrating Mystic Messenger’s two-year anniversary on the 9th of July, 2018, thanks to all your love and support!
For all users out there who have stuck by our RFA members no matter what, we the Cheritz Team have prepared a few surprises!
*The image in completion will be revealed on July 9th (KST) as a title page for the game!
On July 9th, we are going to give out little presents to everyone to celebrate our two-year anniversary!
Access the game and get you rewards!
How to participate : access the game on July 9th
Period : July 9th, 2018 (KST)
Reward : Max Speed for 24 hours + a little surprise (for every person who accesses)
How do you think the RFA members are spending their summer vacation?
At the end of July, when you access Mystic Messenger, different characters will share with you little episodes that happened during their summer vacation.
See for yourself who will be there to greet you!
How to participate : Access Mystic Messenger for the Daily Challenge event during the event period
Period : July 31st - August 9th, 2018 (KST)
Prize : Small prizes everyday (once every day, for every person who accesses) + Perhaps a special present for those who access the game every single day…?
What kind of swimwear do you think will best suit the Mystic Messenger characters?
Format and quality don’t matter! It’s OK as long as you draw characters from Mystic Messenger in swimwear!
#caution #no_swimwear_only_visible_to_the_smart #no_nudity_please #no_birthday_suit
▲ The event manager’s very own poor attempt at drawing for the event.
How to participate : upload your drawing of Mystic Messenger’s character in swimwear on Twitter or Tumblr with the event hashtag
Period : July 2nd - August 1st, 2018 (KST)
Prize : A large and beautiful pillow of a secret character (merch undisclosed yet, worth 80 thousand won)
*More details will be posted on Cheritz’s SNS on the day of the event
Various merchandise coming soon in commemoration of Mystic Messenger’s 2nd anniversary and Cheritz’s participation in Otakon!
All merch will be released for sale online (at Cheritz Market) on the same day as the Otakon
The highlight of the merchs is..
The one merch you’ve all been waiting for..
We won’t tell you who will be on this/these Large and Beautiful Pillow(s) for now!
So please wait just a little more until August for more information!
Thank you all so much for enjoying Mystic Messenger these past two years.
We hope our events will make you happy.
We will do our best to celebrate 3rd anniversary with you all next year.
Have a wonderful summer vacation with Mystic Messenger!
Best,
♡Cheritz Team♡
Villains hate him
Note: This post will explore the mystery behind why Russia covers his neck. This isn’t a theory, as I use facts to come up with a speculation that, while probable, hasn’t been substantiated in canon. I find it very important to distinguish between facts, theories, headcanons, and opinions.
I know, I know. This post is about Russia’s neck, but I have to do some backtracking first.
All right. In canon, it’s normal for Russia’s heart to spontaneously burst out from his chest.
In earlier posts, I’ve speculated that this acts as a metaphor for how Russia’s conception of love has been equated with violence.
He grew up being routinely conquered and chased after.
Not only that, but General Winter – who acted as Russia’s de facto parent figure due to the protection he provided the latter with – also attacked [abused] Russia on an annual basis [x].
As such, what Russia grew to understand as love and friendship became irreparably warped.
Ex: He thinks that anyone he meets is his friend. This includes General Winter, his abuser.
Ex: He uses violence as a solution to his problems. He’s normalized it [x].
In conjunction with the first reason, I also believe that Russia’s heart falling out so violently symbolizes being cut up from the inside. Since the personification’s body is a physical representation of their nation’s landmass, this would relate to the act of partitioning and being partitioned. The heart and soul of a nation are tarnished upon being conquered.
Ex: Russia’s hobby during WW2 is partitioning Poland [x].
Ex: When he exerts political pressure on Japan, notice how Russia sends a heart. Again, I interpret this as another example where Russia has conflated love and violence [aggression], confusing the two of them.
As many others in the fandom have pointed out, there is a mystery surrounding why Russia takes great lengths to cover his neck, most notably with his scarf. It’s not just his neck, but I’ll get back to that in a moment.
Originally, the scarf was a gift given to him by Ukraine. While she wanted him to keep warm, she also did this to get him to make Kiev successful in return.
On the other hand, the scarf has taken on a much darker meaning in Russia’s adulthood.
Ex: In Italy’s Chest Test Series, instead of his usual scarf, Russia’s wearing bandages around his neck [x].
Ex: In the History Copy Book, there’s a strange panel with an angle that reveals Russia wearing a single bandage around his neck [x].
What I haven’t seen people mention is that it’s not just his neck that Russia tries to cover.
1) He’s often spotted clutching his chest, an action that I believe is done to prevent his heart from falling out.
2) Russia takes great lengths to cover his chest too [x] [x].
The answer I have that possibly explains all this isn’t grandiose or complicated. It’s simply medical. I think that by covering up his chest and neck, Russia’s concealing the physiological effects of heart failure. The heart failure here is his heart falling out.
Conditions like Congestive Heart Failure occur when the heart is unable to pump enough blood to give your body the sufficient oxygen it needs. A symptom of this failure in the right side of the heart can cause bulging tube-like veins to appear on the right side of the neck – jugular vein distention.
If that’s the case, then no wonder Russia wants to cover up his neck. Not to mention that he would without a doubt have massive scars and damaged unhealed tissue from his heart popping in and out like a revolving door.
no.... im not prepared. . . s t o p p l e a s e
Seven sending his help signal early for Ray’s route.
