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endless_june2015-07-30 05:12 pm
loveandwillpower) wrote in endless_june2015-07-30 05:12 pm
Evening, June 15, 1999
Three are down, three are dead.
Haruhi. Rosa. Alice.
The Princess will be free of her chains soon, Hope from Pandora's box bright and innocent and so easy to be crushed by the unscrupulous. Enemies lie everywhere - the sisters, no matter which side they take, they're out of the way for now. If there are still enemies to take care of, if she's still alive at the end of the night, she'll see if she needs to drag anything out from under their skins.
Four to go. Tomosuke's message had been clear. A turncoat twice over, no fit familiar for a witch. Even a treacherous witch.
With Maria's betrayal, there's really no time to waste. Can't check on the prince, if he's gone then that's just wasted time, if he's not then that's still wasted time, if he's taken a turn for the worse and died then too bad for him, Maya's reign'll just have to kick off with a tragic star-crossed romance, it's his fault for getting in the way.
Time, time - wires strung across doorways and stairwells, ancient crossbows dredged up from the basement, sharp stakes and slippery steps in strategic places, all the traps her wild ingenuity can summon into being, and, of course, a certain upgrade for the power of Venus, purchased with the help of papa's credit card.
Mia will be back to free Maya tomorrow, so it has to be tonight.
A challenge must be issued to the worst of the demons remaining. With the power of love and beauty, she'll defend this household, and with that, she dials Nui. With Alice's cell phone, of course. She might not pick up for Minako, but she definitely will for Alice. Power of love. It's what she's got and she'll use every single tool at her disposal for the sake of her liege.
Haruhi. Rosa. Alice.
The Princess will be free of her chains soon, Hope from Pandora's box bright and innocent and so easy to be crushed by the unscrupulous. Enemies lie everywhere - the sisters, no matter which side they take, they're out of the way for now. If there are still enemies to take care of, if she's still alive at the end of the night, she'll see if she needs to drag anything out from under their skins.
Four to go. Tomosuke's message had been clear. A turncoat twice over, no fit familiar for a witch. Even a treacherous witch.
With Maria's betrayal, there's really no time to waste. Can't check on the prince, if he's gone then that's just wasted time, if he's not then that's still wasted time, if he's taken a turn for the worse and died then too bad for him, Maya's reign'll just have to kick off with a tragic star-crossed romance, it's his fault for getting in the way.
Time, time - wires strung across doorways and stairwells, ancient crossbows dredged up from the basement, sharp stakes and slippery steps in strategic places, all the traps her wild ingenuity can summon into being, and, of course, a certain upgrade for the power of Venus, purchased with the help of papa's credit card.
Mia will be back to free Maya tomorrow, so it has to be tonight.
A challenge must be issued to the worst of the demons remaining. With the power of love and beauty, she'll defend this household, and with that, she dials Nui. With Alice's cell phone, of course. She might not pick up for Minako, but she definitely will for Alice. Power of love. It's what she's got and she'll use every single tool at her disposal for the sake of her liege.
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[Her grip doesn't let up. She can't see through the tears in her eyes, but she's not going to let go. Not now. She can't.]
And... if you cared about me that way... I wasn't going to be mad! I could never be mad at you!
[Then, why was she doing this? She could feel Minako struggle underneath her fingers, not trying to escape in any way. Was it because she was her princess? Was that it? Was it all for love?
Her grip hardens.]
I-I would have been okay with it, okay?!
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...Such as life is.
She wanted her to be happy, that was the important part, always, always.
She wanted to be important.
Nobody'll know her name now, she'll always be Girl A in the reports and Aino Minako, worst bodyguard ever to her friends. Such as they are. How many traps went off? She'd heard commotion from the floors below.
That's important.
The Prez isn't here. Osaka's not here.
Six.
Seven. She did it, in the end, didn't she? She saved the princess and beat them all, didn't she? Minako shudders, spasms as her body's instinct for survival kicks in. It's over. She's too weak to fight, after all. She did it, and she dies with her eyes full of tears and a twisted grimace of a smile on her face. ]
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Though she was wrong. They weren't the evil. She was.
Maya wasn't happy about any of it.
Who knew when help would arrive. What would they find here? Dead teenagers, scattered around, disfigured by traps, and the murderer dead in her best friend's arms? Would they arrest her again on suspicious grounds? Could Mia get her out of this?
She could feel the life slowly leave Minako. It was only when she truly went limp that Maya's grip finally loosened. She was warm, but would grow cold with time. She lowered her down, knelt and cried into her old friend's shoulder.
This was the end. Despite the trials and tribulations, there would be no justice.]