Rereading discacc chapter 5 to get a better feel for akira's side of those events (bc im deciding concrete times for stuff that happened to him during that time)

Getting sucker punched by each scene tho lmfao. God I feel kinda awful for putting goro thru all that

And then there's the "I'm sorry. I never realized you were suffering." Which HURTS to read in its original context, considering how much that phrase has haunted him through the years. It stands as the embodiment of that Very traumatic experience, and just.

Ow.

(1) Okay, so I had an idea and had to share it with someone. You know how everyone in the Phantom Thieves has a problem relating to their parents? i.e they're dead or they're shitty people. I thought "What about Ren?" And had an idea. What if he has helicopter parents? His entire life is being controlled by his overly protective parents. I mean, in the Shido flashback, Ren says he needs to hurry home because he's late, perhaps a curfew set by his parents?

 (putting this under a cut bc its a bit long!) 

(2) and it could potentially explain why he doesn’t get any calls or texts from them. What if he got himself a new phone number when he moved to Tokyo, just so he could have a year of freedom from his parents’ oppressive ‘protection’? It would also explain why he never really talks about them as well, he just doesn’t really want to. That’s why he probably loved meeting Ryuji: because he doesn’t give a shit about rules. He’s the perfect best friend for someone who wants to rebel.

(3) and then I thought palaces. What if his parents had a palace? What if Ren got curious and checked their names on the Metanav and heard the words ‘candidate found’? I thought of 'Parents’ names, tower, Ren’s location’. What if Ren ended up just needing to know about it and went to investigate by himself because he didn’t want anyone else to know about his parents? But, then things go wrong, he loses his phone and ends up trapped in the palace

(4) The Phantom Thieves figure out what happened after Futaba and Morgana stumble across Ren’s phone and find his search history in the Metanav and of course rush in to save him. I thought it would look similar to a fairytale castle but different to Kamoshida’s palace. For example, a more blue/green colour scheme with more gardens and thorns, think Sleeping Beauty’s thorn fortress. And in the center of the castle is a huge tower. The parents’ shadows are king and queen, and Ren is the prince.

(5 and final, sorry for so much) the treasure room would of course be at the very top of the tower. And you know the bird cage theme from Yukiko’s palace in P4? Yeah, add that in there, and guess who’s stuck in the bird cage? Yep, it’s Ren. (Symbolism, am I right, fellow writers?) For the boss fight, I imagine the parents merging into one and transforming into a dragon, sticking with the fairytale theme. And can you guess what their treasure was? But, of course, it’s Ren.

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Anon, I like this idea a whole lot!!! Let’s talk

Akira having helicopter parents to an extent of them getting not just a pair of shadows, but a joint palace is actually super concerning?? Just what kind of distorted desires were they forcing onto their son? Lots of the shadows we see in just mementos can be pretty severely bad, and we do deal a little bit with some of that scary parental helicoptering with Shinya and Hifumi’s mothers (though it wasnt really the main point for either of them), and both of them were only mementos requests. So thinking about the fact that somehow these two have created such a twisted palace revolving around their son… thats a little horrific. Especially since you mentioned Akira would be the treasure, so he is literally the source of the distortion. What kind of life was he living with them? It makes the situation of Akira drastically trying to cut them out of his life for even just a year more believable, and more saddening. Since he changed his number, that may have made the palace even worse, since they didnt have that source of contact. They may have been trying to keep tabs on him through Sojiro, since it seems like theyre at a point where if they didnt know what he was doing up there, they’d probably storm up to Tokyo themselves. (theres also the fact they both share a palace which is an interesting concept to think about, despite whether or not it could happen) 

The palace being a tower where he is locked inside for protection made me think of Rapunzel. Obviously theres differences in the story, like the King and Queen arent the ones who locked her up, but theres a similar vein there. On that note though, Akira being the prince to their king and queen is, while incredibly aesthetically pleasing, maybe not as accurate to their relationship… Something like royal guards/retainers may be more fitting. Only in that a King and Queen are not inherently there to protect and monitor their prince. They can do that, but it isn’t their base purpose. The relationship between King/Queen –> Prince is, at its core, Mother/Father –> Son. But they seem to view themselves more than that, guardians in more than just the parental sense of the word. So, something like two knights, who’s core ‘desire’ and sole purpose is to protect their prince makes more sense in my head (OBVI this is ur au and im not trying to say that was a bad idea at all!!! I think that also works very well!!! im really just articulating some of my thoughts here cause i really like this whole idea). 

I do love them merging kind of as a final form in the last battle into a dragon, because it also sort of shows a certain mental awareness of what they’re doing to their son? Lots of fairy tales (looking at you, Shrek) have a dragon who mercilessly protects their princess like a sort of treasure, and its never in a positive sense. It shows that their over protection is more than just innocent concern over their son. It’s an obsession. Their way of life. He is just their precious object. 

The treasure being Akira is very fitting in that way. Especially, I think, if it was specifically a very young version of him. Just a little child, who needs protection and safety and care. That’s where all the distortion began.

All in all, anon, don’t apologize for the long ask bc this kind of stuff is SO up my lane and i loooove it. It gave me lots to think about and actually got me pretty excited thinking about writing some of my own au’s in the future so… thank u for that!!! This idea is super duper fun!!!!!!��

I actually don't have a kirby reference for this one. Instead, im naming this post "The People's Elbow" | Sora | Trial 3 | Re: Fukai | ATTN: Fukai

Sora's eyes widened, and his fight or flight was absolutely activated. He knew there was nothing he could do in that moment - a (literally any, probably) sudden movement would secure the death of someone Sora loved. He knew he should have spoken up about Akira when Fukai mentioned him earlier, but figured that would be playing into her crazy games. Now he knew he should have played.

He did his best to stabilize himself, closing his eyes for a moment that lasted slightly longer than briefly. He spent a deal of time in silence figuring out exactly what to say, as other people around him reacted prior. There were so-so many possibilities of what he could say or do, and he predicted a Solid Chunk of them would successfully land Akira a nicely slit throat. After some thinking about his metaphysical chess pieces, he decided to move one forward. 

Lots of choices.

More wrong ones than right ones.

...

...

He had No clue if it was the right one.

"...Put the knife down. Boufana may not count it against you, but should you kill someone just to prove a point, I believe nobody here will want you around after this. You would probably get voted out as the actual killer for the case regardless of the truth, seeing as nobody would want to live with someone they've seen kill someone right before their eyes. Sure. as you (and apparently Chika) say, there's a chance I killed Jun-san. I, logically, can't argue with you. But if you killed Akira right here, right now, that would be reality - not chance."

He did his best to collect once again. He realized that the time for flinging petty insults and talking in Tea language was over - this was important. 

"Fukai. I beg you. Let him go. It's just like ASCII-chan said: if you kill him, you've successfully stooped to the level of whoever killed Jun-san. You don't want that. It makes you no better."

He sighed.

"If you want to be stupid, be stupid. But what I said earlier isn't that you are smarter than this. What thought is that you were better than a killer. Maybe I was wrong."

He waited to see Fukai's response.

His body language was confident and collected.

His eyes spoke of terror and dread.

imma post this here ab my 2 cents abt the animu 

srry my text is for ants on this blog heres a link where its more readable

Devilman Crybaby [SPOILERS]

OKAY I JUST WOKE UP AND PROBABLY FORGOT MOST OF THE STUFF BUT LETS DO THIS SHIT So, I personally enjoyed Devilman Crybaby FULLY as I've been one of the many devilman friends that have been dying for material that stay loyal to the material. And surely Crybaby DID deliver. Although some aspects have been translated to a more 'modern' approach opposed to the 80s. I know just about EVERYONE is like where's the SIDEBURNS and as someone who loves sideburns...sorry that trait kind of burned out way back then. So, I can understand what they were doing with the designs because its Modern times. Especially in anime, there's more different hairstyles that are IN right now that hasn't been the classy 80s look. So, it was bound to change in that aspect. My advice, if you can, indulge on the original material crybaby is based off of. Although some warnings because people have been rightfully mad about the portrayal of the women in the source material (which I will try to cover) as it's heavily present back then as well. Go Nagai has been Known about this issue with his series, so it's sad to say that this was also to be expected. Anyway, I'm getting side tracked just a bit. But the source material and modern Adaption are the same yet different. Also to keep in mind that Devilman was NEVER meant to be happy in the end. Just in case people are upset about the ending Crybaby IS, as I've stated before, the modern take of Devilman and because of that factors to the original story itself has been changed up. In my opinion, it's not a huge issue as I've read all of Devilman and even the OVAs, I believed they touched up on each arcs well. Even translating them into episodes despite making some adjustments to it. Personally, as each episode developed I could easily remember that certain arc of the series and be like God this takes me back. They're different, yet they play parallel with the original source material. I also REALLY can't complain about the pacing because Devilman itself did go that fast (with some bits of moments). In fact, it was one of the key things I was worried about with them dragging certain aspects too long and making things worse. Now let's see one of the things I wanted to touch. The explicit horniness of said subject matter? Primarily how 100000x hornier the demons, typically Sirene, get to gain their Raw Energy to fight. Which I thought was very Weird, since it wasn't like that in the original. Mainly it was, if I'm remembering correctly, left with Akira becoming Devilman. It's kind of a like a more Upped the scales puberty hitting him like a bus because his personality DOES change and he DOES get 10000x hornier. I guess they tried to convey that through the normal teenager looking up porn, masturbating, and engaging sexual activities. Not saying it was right to convey it like that or necessarily wrong because in the original Akira HAS made rather crude remarks toward Miki and even groped her. So it's like I guess this is better. I GUESS. But having it contribute to come demons, like Sirene, felt really I don't know off? In my taste. Especially Sirene because she was Amon's lover before Akira took him away and she wanted him back. I felt they just, as CJ puts it, that horny single desperate housewife opposed to the deadly yet beautiful being demons looked up to. IDK I guess what I'm saying is that it felt weird not acknowledging Akira as Not Amon but instead Amon and engaging with him before attempting to kill him. Even though in the past she KNEW Amon was taken from her and even acted out to take Miki from Akira to (imo) 'prove a point' of having a loved one taking from you. Literally her whole arc is focus on murdering Akira to bring Amon back because thats her lover. Not just...I'm horny n miss that sweet demon dick. When it really was, why did a human TAKE the one powerful thing I've loved type of deal. But I still love her... Another thing I wasn't too happy about was the whole Ryo thing. I guess they didn't want to explore to much on him because it was just 10 episodes and little time to cram everything. But Ryo (like prior to like ep 8 n beyond I think), has done some personal exploration on himself and patching things together on himself. I literally wasn't happy myself when they changed the aspect of him being adopted by some doctor in the original material, but instead some dude he found in Peru. It kind of killed his development and mystery in a sense because in the crybaby verse he's famous and well loved by all. When in the original it was different in terms of that (I can't really explain because my memory is hazy), but he does start off as NORMAL like Akira. (TOUCHING ORIG SPOILERS) Had a dad he believed to be his dad and raised based on research until he noticed his father was being strange. That's why he sought Akira because of the outcome of his father and the research he was doing, so he wanted to dig deeper. But of course, way later in the story as we near the apocalypse, Ryo began to patch things on his own to the relation to his father and the way he talked to him. Not heavily specific but I remember the one famous scene old fans remember when his father attempted to murder Ryo and Ryo remembered it as him going 'mad' from the demon. Yet upon later reflection we come to figure out while what happened to the father is TRUE, the father himself grew to knew that something was wrong with Ryo. That Ryo never was his son and was something Else. Hence, the keypoint of us and Ryo realizing that the father was right and Ryo is something else. It was a shame that had to be cut back and adjusted heavily with Peru to explore that aspect. They did touch on this a bit in crybaby with how Akira struggled being Devilman and facing his own demons, Ryo spent his time reflecting and researching to find out what he was. This wasn't explored as much as I would fancy, but again, 10 episodes. But this has been touched on in the manga where a portion of the time it was Akira's dilemma then to Ryo's. It's probably because they wanted to build onto Akira's character as well as the supporting characters to highlight their importance to one another, especially with Akira. Which I can say I was satisfied with because I appreciated being attached to said characters. I can say for sure I enjoyed their approach with the track team and the focus on familial relationships. I would also like to briefly touch on that rapper guy, Koda or something. I didn't like his approach being the token gay man to later join the demons. It felt tasteless in my eyes to make him like that. But I did enjoy his struggles being a devilman and the loss he underwent to see that, like Akira, still have their human heart and experience grief much like Akira. It was a really nice touch. Also, we gotta talk about the big elephant in the room: Ryokira. Crybaby didn't really focus too much on how close the two was in my opinion and only briefly touched it in the beginning half before shifting more on Akira and his relationships with the others. WHICH IS A SHAME... But people are complaining about how they didn't focus on the gay enough and blahblah fujoshi stuff. But it's limited time. But the two have been shown to be Very close to each other and even points where Akira, himself, would stand up for Ryo even if Ryo clearly did something wrong. Which caused tension between him and Miki because he held Ryo at a high standard than anything which can be shown in old material stuff. The same can be said with Ryo because he legit does like Akira in that aspect (coughgay) but its shown in other portion of the Devilman saga and whatnot. but Ryo is KNOWN to actually LOVE Akira to the point he found Miki distasteful (yeah one of Go Nagais token problems) around him and Akira. Espcially with the final episode, with the whole Mad At Myself scene because it highlights his regret killing the one being he truly loved. It was a damn shame their relationship wasn't explored much to gain that depression strings unless, like me and others, are familiar to the original material and very well known about this beforehand. But it was pretty Vague in crybaby imo. ANYWAY I think I've got some of the key points because I'm worn out and tired.There's probably more I'd like to explore and briefly point out especially with how ass and tiddy it is. But to keep it short and simple it's literally has been like that with Go Nagai's materials sadly and one of his many problems. But I can't touch on it much due to me being sick and my foggy memory but im sure there are others that can expand on this. I've overall personally enjoyed Crybaby as it didn't disappoint and I really did enjoy the new approach on some materials and execution. It's not Perfect perfect but at least it doesn't exaggerate too much with the material like the OVAs have done. The OST was good as hell too. Overall Abel score I'd give it...an 8/10 that's what I'm feeling

hey im posting this bit of meta from a conversation w mith because 1) im proud of it tbh and 2) i discovered that tumblr’s IM system has a character limit through it so i think that should be honored

neville is, in a lot of ways, a symbol of a deeper problem with the world at large, that much is fairly clear! he's made it clear out of canon, he's a product of the world, and everyone's approach to him is like, a different, unique way of solving the problem. and it’s VERY likely unintentional, just because wwe tends to not care a lot about telling a meaningful story, and also because i’m great at reading too much into things. but the timeline of people neville’s faced since becoming champion have all taken a different approach to him, and it mirrors how the world, At Large, has tried to approach the problem of the world being a terrible place right now! imo!

rich was the first person neville faced, after neville turned on him, and there was this deep rooted feeling of betrayal and disbelief that went with it. rich fought back the best he could but the shock of seeing things go THIS bad THIS quickly really fucked him up in that feud! in a way he's never quite had a chance to recover from since, imo. he’s lost neville and recently tj, in a lot of ways, but he’s been busy with noam the last few months. he got hit really hard with this world-shattering thing and he never really got a chance to deal with the fallout of it as much as would be ideal. 

jack tried to engage neville in a discussion, to treat him with dignity and respect, like this was a debate. it's not really possible to DEBATE neville anymore, not in the state he's in, and jack's civility with neville resulted in Some Bad Shit going down. he took neville seriously, of course, but trying to reason with him was a big undertaking that i don't think is possible at this point in time. which is a GREAT mirror to reality in many ways, you can’t debate someone who refuses to listen to you. you’re making yourself vulnerable trying to talk to someone who won’t be reasoned with, and that’s understandable, but it WILL get you hurt. 

austin's feud with neville consisted, in so SO many ways, of mocking neville! if you make fun of the problem, it makes it easier to deal with, but at the end of the day, even though austin fought seriously, with all his might, he used a lot of his time and energy to hold his victories over neville. to brag about what he HAD accomplished. he fixated on neville tapping to him multiple times, and he made sure to point that out, and that kinda distracted him from actually figuring out how to make that happen in a way that would make the title change hands. 

tj struck a deal with neville! he made a deal with neville, expecting to get something out of it, working for neville and changing in the process, only for neville to absolutely crush him. working WITH the evil doesn't work unless you wanna make yourself more evil. something in tj's changed, sinced turning heel, since deciding it was worth it to accept the evils of the world and listen to them and work with them if it meant he could come out on top as a result. which, of course, he didn’t. 

akira's had one of the most effective strategies yet, obviously! he's had titus and apollo behind him, and he's able to observe neville, and take him seriously, and figure out what to do. but he doesn't engage neville directly! akira is GOOD at figuring out how to infuriate his opponents, and he figured out that neville thrives on attention and on getting a reaction from people. so he dismisses neville. he “HA”s at neville! and that IS more effective than anything else that's been tried, obviously, and i'd argue that honestly if i wasn't deadset on mustafa v neville at summerslam, this is one of the best solutions there is. breaking neville down so thoroughly to the point he IS actually defeatable. there was--there was a twitter bot, awhile ago. it was a dog, that just scouted out shitty racist tweets, and tweeted barks and woofs at them to let people know these people were garbage. and this bot INFURIATED these people, because you couldn't debate it! it was a bot! it only responded with dog sounds, and left these shitty trolls sputtering and unable to use """""rational""""" arguments to defend themselves. and that is, weirdly enough, and CONSIDERING the metaphor neville's reign is, a pretty perfect parallel for what akira's doing with neville. this is a way to actually beat neville into the ground, and make him weaker, and MAYBE even defeat him! and i really do believe it's realistic that akira could win! 

but i believe (ESPECIALLY with the fucking legendary buildup its gotten) that this is mustafa's fight. mustafa and neville are perfect opposites. if akira is wearing evil out to the point it topples and gives up itself, mustafa is facing evil dead on, refusing to try and reason with it, and letting it know "if i can, i WILL end you." mustafa refuses to forfeit his place in the world by being cynical, he fights to CHANGE things, and he fights to not just make evil fade into dust, but to destroy it. dare it to try and hurt him, and refuse to give in to it. it's. it's really thematically perfect. mustafa doesn't just want to make neville go away, he wants everyone to see evil CAN be defeated, the world CAN be changed, and he'll risk whatever he has to to get through to people. neville wants attention for the sake of his ego, and mustafa wants attention for the sake of everyone ELSE seeing that they can do this, too. mustafa is a people person. he's the hero of the people. and he wants to take down neville and prove to the world we can take down evil as well. and i really feel like he's going to be the one to do it.

i dont have a conclusion to this post bc it was originally a message and you don’t conclude messages typically, or, i mean, i don’t, but. idk! it’s fascinating to me how 205 live accidentally created one of the most poignant, complex, beautiful storylines of all time through neville’s reign. and i think it’s cool. 205 is very good

Persona 5 origins: Kimika Hayashi chp 7

Some of  the phantom thief gang walked  along the  bridge after school. They were planning their next heist.   Ryuji had to do something for his mother, Yosuke was finishing a project at  school and Makoto had a student council meeting . this lest Ann, Akira and Morgana to themselves.the other day After a small mission in momentos, theyre last target said something about a woman at  cappella industry ruined her life. She takes till theres nothing left.

“cappella huh? That’s the place I get my some of my modeling gigs” ann piped “come to think of it there have been a few lay offs”

“think its worth a look?”  Akira queationed

“it has to be. If some big corporate is abusing their power  then we should at least look into it” Morgana replied walking along the edge

“haven’t had  a big target in awhile may be a good chance to-waaaaaahh!!!”

Morgana had too a misstep and fell off the edge of the bridge railing

“Morgana!!!” Akira and Ann exclaimed

Morgana was sure he would hit the ground but.. it never came. Instead he landed what felt like soft arms, cradling him. Opening his eyes he looked up at a woman with terra-cotta skin, long bluish hair and gentle grey eyes

~is this an angel…??~ he thought

Above Akira and Ann sigh in relief before making their way down the steps

“Ah! You scared me! Where did you comefrom little one?”  Kimika asked started to pet him. Immediately morgana started to purr making her smile

“heh, youre so cute. Too bad my stepmother hates animals otherwise id take you home with me” she cooed

Soon the  the pair came to her. Morgana jumped back into Akira’s arms “sorry about that. Are you ok?”

 This  must be their owner. She recognized them  he was the transfer student and  the girl  was the one everyone talked about. A hafu like herself. Kimika nodded “the cat suddenly came out of the sky I thought it might have been an angel!” she giggled then suddenly blushed at her words

“hey your Kimika Hayashi from class 4 right?” ann asked, Kimika once again nodded “I remember you your one of the models my father recruited. I remember you from the portfolio files. You do great work” the blue haired girl compliments

That’s right. Kimika’s father own Cappella industries

Kimika glanced at her clock and frowned “that late already?? Im sorry I gotta go!” waving them off the girl ran in the other direction

“who was that?” Morgana asked with interest

“that was Hayashi-san she’s in  class 4.dont really know her but I hear she’s really nice. Runs the  school dance club. Kimika gets talked about too, mostly about how she looks”

Ann looked at the distant figure of the blue haired girl.

Kimika ran  down the block as fast as she could. She needed to get home, her stepmother was having another one of her expensive parties. If she cut thru the back yard she could get inside without Natsumi noticing her. As she approached  back gate her phone gave a ping

“what now?” she sighed pulling it out. It wasn’t a text message from natsumi . “again? I thought I deleted this” this morning she got this strange app that appeared on her phone. It kind of creeped her out so she deleted. Or so she thought.

“what even is this?” she asked herself pressing it as she walked into the yard. It seem to do nothing. Kimika rolled her eyes “just what I need another useless..” she stepped dead in her tracks when she looked up to see not her house but a large hedge maze. Just ahead a grand chateau

“…app”

She looked behind her. Did she walk into the wrong yard? No… right?  Maybe she should turn back or at least cut thru the front. In the distant Kimika could hear music.  Getting closer she stepped up on one of the statues. Inside she could see a large party going on guests were dressed in finery and wearing masks. In the center of the room she saw.. her stepmother natsumi but dress in a large green and black ball gown. She looked like a baroque queen.

“what the…? This cant be my house! Who are all those people?”

“you there! Intruder!!” a gruff voice said. This scared her causing Kimika to loose her balance and fall back, hitting the grass with a thud.

“ouch..dammit” looking up Kimika gasped at  the ones who yelled at her. There were two strange beings that looked human but not quite. They had black skin with  strange faces. They were dressed in what reminded her of  17th century French gaurds.  Before she could react  the guards grabbed her , hoisting her to her feet

“hey! Ease up a bit! What with the gaudy costumes?”

“this areas is prohibited to peasants! State your business here”

“this is my house!”

“we should take her to the queen! She’ll know how to deal with this scum.

Kimika struggled but with no avail, they dragged her into the extravagant chateau, down the long halls into a the grand ball room. There were people  dressed in finery and wearing masks bit they didn’t really seem like people more like something else. They laughed and pointed as she was brought in.

Natsumi turned around  looking quite dislpleased. She looked at the guard

“how dare you interrupted my party?” she exasperated . the two guard gave a small bow

“our apologies your majesty!” one said

“we found this intruder lurking the grounds” the other proclaimed throwing Kimika to the queens feet. The queen looked down at her coldly. It was strange. She looked liked her stepmother but had pure yellow eyes that shook her to the core.

“well it seems we have a rat problem” she scoffed coldly,  making  Kimika look up at her

“stepmother? What is all this? And why are you dressed like that??”  Kimka blurted out

“silence peasent. Trash like you should never be seen or heart. The thought of someone like you wandering in to a extravagant place like this disgust me!” she sneered

“fortunately ive got just the tool to rid of you. For  interrupting sucj a marvelous gathering you shall be sacrificed for entertainment!  Bring her to the guillotine!! ” she called. The masked guests cheered wit delight. The guard grabbed her again bringing her further  to the  center of the ballroom. There was a large guillotine

“behold! Your beautiful and gracious queen has brought you entertainment  once again! Tonight we will be  executing a little rat!”

They cheered louder. Were they really gonna..?

“no! let me go! Your all insane!!” Kimika screamed. She struggled managing to get her arm out of one of the guards grip. Pushing them away she ran thru the croud away from Natsumi

“imbeciles!! after her!! Don’t let her get away!!” Queen Natsumi screamed. Gaurds  flooded out of the grand chateau. Kimika ran as if her life depended on it. Down the stairs and into the garden she fled. She could hear them behind her.  Seeing the gate in the distance she picked up the pace, panting to keep head of those behind her.  She gripped the  door knob desperately turning it. With a hard push she  went thru the gate.

She suddenly collapsed unto the sidewalk.  Looking around fretfully she realized she was in the back street. Cars drove by as well as civilians walked about. She was… back here. Wait what just..?

“you have returned to the real world. Welcome back” a monotone voice chirped from her pocket. Pulling her phone out she looked at it in horror and confusion

~returned? But.. where did I go?~

Looking at her phone again her eyes widened at the time. She should have been home hours ago! Dread filled her  ran out of the back street around to the front

What the hell  was going on? What was that place? That castle? Her stepmother..

Walking up the path to her house the light illuminated indicating there were was a full house. As she approached to door. It flew open , her stepmother appeared, slamming the door behind her , so not to be overheard by her guests, pure rage in her eyes.

 “where have you been?? Your two hours late!!” she  shouted

“what ??” Kimika exclaimed “but.. but..  I just saw you..  I was inside this chateau and-

SLAP

Kimika held her cheek, looking at Natsumi with a pained expression

“I don’t want to hear your stupid half-brained excuses. Get in uniform and get to work” she hissed venomously “ honestly the embarrassment of serving guest at my OWN PARTY!!” she mutter walking inside

The blue haired girl choked back a sob as she entered her home. So many questions flew thru her head.