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Greater Centenary Festival - Heavenly Cross/I
meow56:
>What's in our pantry?
>What do we usually buy for breakfast?
>What was our last experiment?
Tashi:
--- Quote from: meow56 on September 18, 2017, 04:56:40 PM --->What's in our pantry?
>What do we usually buy for breakfast?
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> Despite everything that happened to you, you were raised as a proper lady. You are very selective when it comes to food, and you do actually enjoy cooking yourself and you have grew very good at it.
> In your pantry there's different kinds of ingredients for various dishes. Most of them are vegetarian, but that doesn't mean you don't eat meat from time to time. Easily, a bento out of vegetals and maybe some meat could be made. Not a problem at all.
> Now, you could use them to make a more time-consuming dish, like Onigiri or some Soba Noodles. But how much time it will take? Hm...
> Usually you buy a simple bento. Not the big deal, but the food at the school is pretty good. You give your approval for that.
--- Quote from: meow56 on September 18, 2017, 04:56:40 PM --->What was our last experiment?
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> ...
> In that room, logic doesn't apply.
> In that room, the 'laboratory', is the place where everything can happen. A completely different world from the one you are currently in.
> It was to be expected. You, since you were adopted by Arie, discovered a totally new world that, ironically, everyone in this world is unaware of, or at least, not much people knows about it. The world where the impossible can happen. A world where the most respected laws are broken almost like they are a joke.
> You have been preparing yourself for that. The very first time you heard about it, you decided yourself: 'I have to do it.'
> And that's because you aren't a normal human... You are a m-
> ...
> It doesn't matter either way. Those things doesn't matter right now, and you don't think they will for others. You better keep it to yourself and not tell anyone about it, like you did for more than ten years.
> ...
> But... when you remember the 'laboratory'... something else comes to mind...
> The recipients of your friends...
> _
Monarda:
>What are they ?
Tashi:
--- Quote from: Vampy-chan Lover on September 18, 2017, 07:32:40 PM --->What are they ?
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This is yet another delicate matter.
After being adopted by Arie, you felt really lonely.
It was to be expected, really. Valentine was just a kid. She didn't had the willpower to overcome the sadness of losing her 'family' so easily. It had incredible high chances to become a trauma even.
At the beginning, Valentine and Arie's relation was sour. Arie tried her best to give the kid some comfort, but Valentine refused such approaches, yelling that she wanted her 'real' family back. Of course, Arie kept trying, but this only made Valentine all the more angrier.
After harsh days, weeks and even months of Valentine constantly trying to get away of the Twilight Bar Room, and failing, she started to develop her imagination.
'Fine! If I can't have my friends back, then I will make them!'
So she thought.
Valentine's imagination was wild. She created her own 'imaginary' friends. But they weren't just imaginary friends she could talk with. They all were 'fantastic'. All of them had something that could defy the laws of common sense. And, overall, all of them manifested in something that Valentine had at the moment, and therefore, if said thing was near Valentine, she could feel their presence...
5 years old.
First, it was a black cat that had an humanoid form. Her name was Kuro. She was extremely distant and suffered of bipolarity.
She manifested via a black cat plushie that Valentine has stored in her room.
6 years old.
In contrast, the second one was a white cat that had an humanoid form. Her name was Shiro. The opposite of Kuro. She was cheerful and always happy. She was deaf.
She manifested via a white cat plushie that Valentine has stored in her room.
7 years old.
The third one was a human magician. The representation of Valentine discovering a new world. Her name was Shinju Tsuru. She had a brain tumor.
She manifested via a top-hat that Valentine has stored in her room.
8 years old.
The fourth one was a singer and dancer. The likes of Valentine towards music lead to her creation. Her name was Mayu. She, albeit being a singer and dancer, was voiceless and was on a wheelchair.
She manifested via a microphone that Valentine lost by unknown circumstances.
9 years old.
The fifth one was a fantastic being known as a 'fairy'. How Valentine started to interact with other people. Her name was Niji. She suffered of extreme shyness.
She manifested via a bracelet that Valentine lost by unknown circumstances.
10 years old.
The sixth one is special, as to what lead to its creation its unknown. Valentine herself doesn't remember. They are yet another fantastic figure, this time a vampire, and a seemingly normal human. Their names were Charlotte LeBlanc and Chloe LeBlanc respectively. Both of them were the same entity. Charlotte could die on any moment due to a mal-formation in her anatomy as a vampire and Chloe was completely blind.
They manifested via two bird necklaces that Valentine and Arie shared as a sign of their newborn friendship. Both of them are lost as well.
Even when the order of their 'creation' suggest which one is older than the other, the truth is that they didn't considered like that. So far, this is how things were: Tsuru > Mayu > Kuro > Shiro > Niji > Charlotte/Chloe.
Short time after Charlotte and Chloe, another one was created. However, this didn't come in the form of Valentine's imagination. This came in the form of a cute and small robot plushie that was later replicated into a real one with an artificial inteligence. Its name is Torii. It faithfully serves Valentine.
All of them stayed with Valentine for years, until the November 17 of 2131. Two years ago.
All of them left without trace. Even Niji's bracelet, Mayu's microphone and Charlotte and Chloe's necklaces disappeared without any explanation. They just... vanished...
You tried to explain this to Arie and your other faithful friends of the Bar, but they just told you that you might lost them while playing.
That isn't right at all!
None of them tried to deny what you were saying, but neither they supported you.
In the end, Valentine had to accept the fact that, in some kind of error, probably by mistake, one of the maids of the Bar that took care of the cleanup accidentally took those objects and take them out. However, that doesn't explain the fact that everyone disappeared. Furthermore, some of the objects they used to manifest are still here...
And now, Torii is the only one by your side...
...
You, however, grew to be a strong woman. Or at least, you like to think so. You have to endure how sad this can be and continue forward. Maybe... just maybe... you will be able to see them again...
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meow56:
>Perhaps...
>But for now, let's just make breakfast.