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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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[ nui's answer comes instantly and without remorse ]
She's not even in the realm of listening to reason, you know?
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Ain't so different from me or Maria.
[Then she thinks about it for another second.] Well, Ah mean. Without the... [She can't even really vocalize what Minako's done without feeling sick.] Y'know.
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[Maria's voice is quiet, but somehow it manages to carry.]
Maria-- I was helping Venus with everything and he showed me that she was doing bad things. He stopped trying to say it was wrong or bad to believe in witches, like the old Hiroshi would. He tried to see the world like Maria-- like me. He accepted witches. And because he was able to accept witches and that Maria-- I'm a witch, I was able to talk to him like I never could before.
[It's weird talking like an adult. But... Maria kind of wants to for this.]
Me and Osaka don't think like a lot of people. That's part of why we're witches. But-- I don't know if anyone here completely thinks like other people, because if we did, why would we be in this club? It's the investigation club, but... it's not. It's the club for people who are bad at being normal. Or... even thinking normal?
I didn't used to like Hiroshi very much, because our ways of thinking are very different even if his isn't normal either. But he tried to meet up with my way of thinking. And maybe after this is done I'll try to meet up with his and we'll do another science trip.
If we try to meet up with Venus' thinking, maybe we can stop her. Even if she is possessed.
[OKAY, ENOUGH TRYING TO TALK GROWN UP.]
At least that's what Maria thinks?
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[The wake of that surprisingly heartfelt speech left behind a very pregnant pause in the group. What was there to say after hearing something such as that - from someone as young as Maria no less. What sort of magic did Maya need to conjure the right words to bring everything to their objective.
It was only now, after hearing that and looking down at herself, that she realized that she'd already opened the door by a crack. Her hand, white-knuckled, enclosed around the knob. The way was open. It was now or never.]
...I think.... I think Maria's right. Let's do it, guys. Let's stop this, once and for all.
[The door is open wide now, and Maya takes the first step inside. It's her house. It's only right.]
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[It's not two steps inside that Maya stumbles and falls, her foot hooked on a barely visible wire set up on the other side of the door. Under her weight, it easily snaps.]
Uugh.....
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very obviously takes the blow meant for the first person to cross the threshold. It doesn't register on her face that a rigged crossbow has gone off, or that a sharp metal bolt is now embedded in the side of her neck. ]
Wh...?
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[Close behind, he feels the blood spray slight on his face. It takes him a moment to process what happened.
He doesn't scream, to his credit, but the strangled noise from his throat indicates he was very close to doing so.]
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Nui...?
[She looks up at Hiroshi and hugs him from behind, pressing her cheek against his back.]
Four, [she mumbles under her breath.]
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walk
to the
hospital, and ]
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[Currently fallen, Maya was picking herself up when she heard the strangest noise: a whooshing of something overhead, it was quick and then... nothing. She picks herself up, quickly getting to her knees.]
S-sorry, guys. Minako must have boobytrapped th-.
[And she stops, dead silent. Maya had turned around, expecting a few concerned looks. That was what she got.
But she didn't expect the arrow in Nui's neck.
The one meant for her.]
N..... Nui.....
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But it gives way to terror soon enough, because she's still bleeding, and it's painful, and she doesn't want to die, not now. Not until they got to the bottom of this, of why she and Chiyoko remembered strange things, why their friends were getting homicidal, not until her mother finally valued her as much as she valued her blood daughters, and-- ]
Minako, you stupid bitch! Minako! Min--!
[ The rest of her words dissolve into gargled profanities and verbal cursing out of the girl she called her best friend only a few weeks ago. Nui's voice grows weaker by the second, and she finally falls to her knees, her hands flying up to her neck to try to stop the bleeding, but it's coming out even faster from the frantic screaming and clawing.
A few wet, violent coughs, and she falls silent. It takes less than fifteen seconds. ]
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There's that cheery ringtone again. ]
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Venus! Maria knows it's you!
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your blood splattered stuco prez is snatching it from you and holding it to her ear
... she's quiet for a moment, then swallows hard before speaking up ]
... Am I speaking to 'Space Witch Venus'?
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[ Thanks for not going first, you're so short it wouldn't have worked. She should rework some of the traps to account for that, maybe. Sure, there's plenty out there that'd catch her just fine. ]
You might've broken through my first barrier, but that Nui was the strongest! You won't find the odds so weighted in your favor now! And it's only going to get worse the more you fight!
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That's me!
Soooo, how many demerits is this?
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She had all this time, all this foresight and Chiyoko hasn't protected a single damn person. She couldn't save Souji, couldn't pay back Haruhi and now the people she loves, the precious precious place in the world that she's found for herself has fallen to pieces.
A student council president's job is to live up to the expectations of the people who rely on them. To make up for the promises they made to get in that position.
"Meet up with her thinking", Maria had said.
So, then. Chiyoko takes a deep, shaky breath, holds it and lets it back out and for a moment longer, she's silent. ]
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to laugh.
it's a harsh, sharp thing that has no place coming out of her mouth with the way her expression is twisted with fright and clear uncertainty but she'll try. Venus -- Minako -- wants villains, does she? Enemies to fight. So, if it means keeping these people safe, then Chiyoko is damn sure going to give her an enemy to fight.
When she speaks, her voice comes in a low drawl, the very essence of smugness and even though she looks sick to her stomach, she practically coos in response - ]
I'm so glad to finally talk to you, Venus. You've been causing me so much grief.
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But now Chiyoko is talking all weird and its distracting Osaka from her general horrified confusion. Or maybe she wants something else to think about right away. The point is Osaka looks at Chiyoko with a perplexed look and silently mouths a few words at her:
"What the Fuck."]
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she has a plan ok it's not a particularly good or well thought out plan, but it's A Plan so just keep quiet and let her do this
... she attempts to convey all they with hand gestures and who knows how effective she is in actually getting it across ]
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[ Is she the leader? That might make sense. But Nui's more of one. Was more of one. She's got the blonde pigtails, after all. Chiyoko's just sick and bossy. ]
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[Don't mind Maya, she's just
over here
with the corpse of her friend who just died
because of her.
Suddenly, that speech seemed so distant.]
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[ another laugh. it's more of a cackle, really. a real witch's cackle. ]
Wouldn't that be nice and convenient? But, no. I'm sure you know what I really came here for, Space~ Witch~ Venus~.
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That's right! The president is the president of witches too!
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It doesn't feel like enough.]
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