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(Setting)Closed BTC bar - Midnight district.
| >However, there's little to no information about the bar itself besides some unsettling rumors, and no one ever seen a human ever enterning or leaving the place. Either they have found another way inside, or it's just a rumor and the abandoned bar is still abandoned.
| >As the night falls upon the Midnight district - people start noticing a shady figure standing by the entrance to the closed bar. The figure, however, wears a long black coat, so nothing can be told about her, one would not even assume her gender by the simple look at the figure. And they were looking at it, however, remaining indifferent and just passing by, keeping in mind their own business. The figure was rising her head from time, defining to self what time is it.
| >Dahk uncloaks infront of the shutdown bar. She kneels down and examines the lock.
"..."
>After a little bit fiddling she attempts to raise the door
| >Considering the fact that the lock were broken for quite some time now - apparently, with a gunshot from a long range - the door moves upwards with little to nothing in terms of resistance, but the metallic noise attracts some attention of locals. It is dark inside the bar, only the street lights provide some lightening coming through the door, revealing a part of the counter with a couple odlf seats. Dust can be seen floating in the air.
| // ***with a couple of seats
| >Dahk pulls out a flashlight and wanders in, coughing on the dust
"Don't know what i expected... Guess the rumors were a bust"
| >Flashlight certainly provides much better vision than the street lights and unveils unchanged bar interiors - the counter, the seats, the jukebox, some empty shells on the wall behind the counter, inactive CALIcomp... Nothing worth noticing here, however, all BTC bars usually included at least one more administrators' office and some service rooms. Those might contain something valuable.
| >Dahk wanders around inside mumbling to herself
"good condition. Expected bullet holes, and trash but..."
>She looks around a bit more, before finding a door to the Admin office
"Let's see if there's more..."
| >Admin office door is locked as well, however, it's lock has no trace of being shot and, most likely, is opened with a key quite often.
| "Tch... of course it's locked.
>She pulls out her revolver and fires a round or two into the lock
| >Now, that the lock is shot - door can be opened, however, concerning the tight coridor and echoes spreading - the gunshots were heard in the outside through the opened front door. Concerned, some locals gathered outside, Dahk could hear them discussing something. In the office were present a source of light, along with a persistent smell of instant food. The table held a messy mix of the boxes from that food, a bunch of newspapers laying in chaos, and a few smaller things.
| >It also contained a locked wardrobe and a few shells full of unlabeled boxes with unidentified containments, wrapped in a duct tape.
| >Dahk grumbles
"Pesky civilians..."
>She walks in, examining the room.
"Light? and food? i guess the rumors were true. Someone is living here, or atleast, was"
>She examines the news papers a bit, then opens one of the boxes with a knife
| >The newspapers were all from two-three weeks ago and mostly contained the information about all recent events that struck Glitch city, and their consequences. The owner of the newspapers have been marking some points in text as places of interest. Opening the box with a knife resulted in it's containments falling to the floor with a metallic noise, echoing through the dark corridor of the bar. It contained high-caliber rifle bullets.
| >Dahk shakes her head
"This doesn't bode well..."
>She looks toward the locked cabinet with a sense of foreboding.
"Well, it's not like they won't notice the broken door..."
>She takes out her gun, and shoots the lock once again
| >The wardrobe draws open, revealing a quite usual containments for a habitated room - clothes, mostly - a few clean dresses, underwear, stockings and shoes. Something is packed into the packets, also wrapped up with duct tape, laying in the bottom of the wardrobe. Another gunshot echo was clearly heard outside, attracted people fell silent, and some time later a footsteps of at least three people can be heard in the main hall.
| >Dahk sharpens her focus, she had to act quick. She pockets one of the packets, if possible, and a pair of panties (of course). She heads toward the towards the door and listens
| >Packets included a variety of sizes, and smaller ones would, most likely, fit her pocket, however, giving her the sensation of a large and sloppy thing capable of messing up with some of her moves. The footsteps can now be heard better and she can realise that there are at least threr man, quietly mumbling something to each other, the words are barely understandeable. The footsteps, meanwhile, are leaving the main hall and are drawing closer to the admin office.
| >Dahk would wait until the footsteps drew close enough to the door, then she would slam it open, hopefully getting one of the people in the way
|
| >The door never 'got' one of men standing outside, however, it caught him by surprise, forcing him to loose his balance and fall behind; all three were 'armed' with something they've picked up along the way to the admins' office, and they've never shown their intention to give up - but rather to apprehend the girl: one venturing into such creepy places can't have any good intentions. One of the men rose his hand with a metallic tube, mumbled something, and were obviously going to-
| >-hit the intruder, or, rather - to distract her long enough, as it didn't seem that he was capable of going toe-to-toe with one somewhat trained in terms of hand to hand combat, but still posed significant threat due to his raw physical strength and overwhelming numbers.
| >While Dahk manages to pull out her stungun in time to disable one of then she doesn't manage to stop the tube blindsiding her head. She is knocked to the ground, still concious, but bleeding
| >While the detective girl managed to disable one of the men that came after her and it was now a two men against one resourceful girl, however, the fact she missed a hit decreased them significantly, as one have already approached from behind and tried his best to obtain a firm grip over her wrists to keep her restrained. The stungun were recovered and laying on the desk, far enough from the unlucky detective to even have a chance of getting it back.
| >One of the men took proper care of her injury, bandaging her head to avoid any unwanted consequences, he, also, was the one who started asking her questions.
"So, why are you here and what was the gunshots?"
| "If you're looking for a body there isn't one, yet."
>Dahk grits her teeth.
"I'm just here to checl things out, so unhand me before things get ugly"
| "Huh, Open bar."
>A stranger walks in, and sees what is before him
"Did I walk in at the wrong time?"
| "Sure, you wee just 'checking things' in the bar abandoned since the riots broke out."
>The men only laughed at the threat. He looked around the office, checked in the desk looking for certain item. Finding the duct tape satisfied him, and soon Dahk found herself tied up and gagged, only able to mumble something instead of 'normal' words.
"Billy, watch over the girl. I doubt, however, that she'll make it to escape... And who the hell are you?"
>Those words were adressed to the-
| >-stranger, that have suddenly appeared on the scene.
"You'd better mind your business, there's nothing for you to look at."
| (Tied up to anything? or just hands bound?l
| >The stranger just stands there, then moving over to the bar, sitting down at a bar stool.
"What business? I just want a beer."
| >The stranger probably barely heard what you said, seeing that he has his earphone in.
| >Dahk emits a muffled laugh, and then activates her cloaking, vanishing from sight.
| "There is nothing for you, then. The bar is closed. How about you stop testing my patience and just walk by?..."
| "Wha? I can see the tanks are there, not nothing! And the taps open!"
>The stranger just half hears the men, still thirsty for some beer.
| >Whilst cloaked Dahk uses an bladed part of one her boots to cut the duct tape on her hands, using a knife in her coat pocket to do the same with her legs
| "Just get out, the bar is not working, and we're not it's employees either. Stop screwing around. Billy, the hell were you doing, you've let the damn girl to escape!"
| >Dahk reappears behind the man, driving a knife into his thigh
"Give me one good reason why i shouldn't kill you"
| >The Stranger keeps looking at the man.
"Seem's Billy is in trouble."
|
| >After all, Billy was just an average person, not some sort of soldier, not even a former White Knight; and any average person is afraid of death more than of anything else. His two friends, however, had different opinion on whetever his life's valuable, or not, and were probably going attempt once again to apprehend the nasty girl with stealth suit, this time probably stripping her of her clothes to avoid the option of her running away that way again. A men with a metallic-
| >-was coming in for the hit again, now flanking the elusive girl, the other one, with something sharp and metallic in one hand and with a duct tape on the other hand, have been approaching the girl from the other side, eventually surrounding her and leaving no visible opportunity for escaping the place unharmed, or even escaping it at all. The tube have risen into the air again, keeping in mind that previous such hit was quite an effective one, almost rendering the girl unconscious
| >Dahk lets out a sigh.
"Fool me once"
>She pulls out the knife and throws the Billy at the man behind her, charging and attempting to stab the other man violently.
| >Not expecting such turn of the ties, the 'other man', whom D apparently picked as her target for stabbing, looses his balance and, besides his desperate attempts, falls directly ahead, 'burying' dahk under his large body and being unlucky enough to have a knife stabbed into his heart. A very uneasy coincidence for the other two, however, the girl now is barely motionless, so they decide to try again, throwing the dead body away and taking the duct tape off his hand.-
| >-while the first men were tightly holding holding the girl's hands on her back, he ordered Billy to see if she has any other 'tricks in her pocket, aside from that knife.
"And strip her of her clothes, we don't want her to pull off that dirty trick again, and i highly doubt her underwear possesses the same ability of rendering her invisible."
| >Dahk rolls her eyes, typical bruted not even caring that a friend has just been murdered infront of them.
"Like I'd let you go that far, pervs"
>She throws her head back, hitting her restrainer on the nose,
| >Caught by surpise, 'her restrainer' failed to avoid the hit, his nose started to bleed, with the blood dripping down his face, this, however, didn't force him to loosen his grip over her wrists, that allowed Billy to look for any other sharp stuff she might have had, and, after finding none - to start stripping D off her stealthsuit.
"You would've avoided us by a simple talk to us. This is, however, is no longer an option for you, sweetheart."
| "Don't call em sweetheart, only one person is allowed to call me that"
>Dahk tries again to break free, jabbing the bladed part of her boot into the man, but when it's evident that this won't work, she bites her lip, shortting the battery on her stealth suit in order to electrocute her (and by extentionn the men)
| >The trick was about to work, unfortunately for the girl, her restrainer was the only person having a direct contact with Dahk, so it was a blunt 50% of success; Billy were a bit more lucky (barely can tell he's 'smart enough) to stay at some distance from the girl pulling another trick out of her pocket. It's proper time to feel sorry for her, as the chance for salvation have turned into a crucial mistake.
| OOC:Do i get it righ that electrocution rendered both of people struck - temporarile unconscious?
| OOC: temporarily*
| (I was more thinking she was waiting until the other guy was starting to grab her too, to take off the stealtj suit"
| (Well, sorry, but i can't read your mind, and simply refer to your description. Now - face consequences. Do not take it as personal or offending, please. I hope you're having fun, however.)
| (Nah it's fine, can't win them all)
| >Electrocution caused both the restrainer and the camouflage girl temporarily falling unconscious; as soon as realisation came up to Billy's crude mind - he quickly stripped the girl off her hi-tech suit, along with all the weapons and tricks she had to try and escape - ubless she were hiding something in her bra, then putting her to the chair and using duct tape to tie up her wrists and ankles, then restraining her to the chair. Unpleasant surprise were expecting Dahk on waking up
| >Dahk glares at billy
"I should've killed when i had the chance"
>Her eyes dart around, looking for a way to get out of this one, but for now it seems like she was out of tricks
| "So, are you going to talk now, sweety? Or should we keep you here half-naked and, maybe, tickle you a bit to make you talk? This can be easily arranged."
>Billy grinned when looking at Dahk; her current condition, finally would not allow her to further provoke the overwhelming powers of two men standing around her, and will probably bring her to a correct conclusion of collaborating with those - they'd probably let her go on obtaining the information they wanted to know.
| >Dahk glares at Billy and grinds her teeth
"Just spit it out already."
| "Oh, i believe i have made it clear enough. What are you looking here for, sweety? Don't tell you're here to..."
>Billy shows her a pair of panties she took from the unlocked wardrobe.
"... To steal others' panties and bra. I would barely believe that, sweety. So - what are you looking for here? Who hired you, and how much do they pay?"
| >Dahk gives a smug loom and laughs
"You underestimate how much pervs are willing to pay. Besides, why else would i pocket lingerie and nothing else? You'd... probably want to let go of that by the way."
| "Well, alright. But it still feels like you're not telling me everything. If you're here for girls' lingerie - why stealing only one panties of the approximate bunch over there? Your claim seems a bit out of the line, then. Or there's something more, and you don't want to tell me everything, sweety. I guess you should come up with somewhat better story to tell us. Truth would also suffice."
| "Well, i was going to steal more but... *someone* decided to stick their noses a little too deep. Besides, the request was for just one, so one is all I get. Besides, i don't wanna get too greedy.
>She glances toward the bullets on the ground
"The target here seems a little dangerous, wouldn't want to have our little conversation stopped by a few more bullets. Tell you what, let me go, hand me my phone, and i'll split the bounty for you. 50,000z sound good to you?"
| "Even if i let you go with that, little panty thief - how can you guarantee that i will gett my part of my cash? Come to think of it, and, meanwhile - enjoy your duct tape restraints a little longer. I know you enjoy them, little perverted panties thief girl. I am looking forward to your honest answer to this question."
| "I'll take you to the exchange point, you can keep your hands on the goods and we'll do the exchange. Now it'a not like i can do that being bounded *or* without my phone, so... It's either that, or wait for your friend to wake up take the offer and leave you with nothing but a wounded leg."
| "S-so, you are... A real panty thief, huh? That's not something you hear every day, sweety. Besides the overall weird story sounding more like an excuse to get out of your bindings, but... Whatever. I will now set you free, so don't pull any more tricks out of your underwear, otherwise i will leave you there, and you will be judged by the panties owner. And... That makes me kind of sad, seeing you wrapped to this chair was quite a cute sight to see, sweety."
| >Billy grabs a knife from the table, slowly but steadily freeing the girl from the tape bindings, starting with ankles and finishing with wrists.
"Here you go. All your stuff are at the desk."
| >She gets up, dusting her self off, and goes to sift through her stuff, She finds her phone and dials a number
"Heey, buddy! it's me! Lool i know i said i wouldn't go quiet on you but you know me..."
>She casually grabs her gun, and in a single motion casually shoots Billy in the head.
"...I'm terrible at keeping promises."
| "Awkward, isn't it? You just shot a poor man."
>A quiet sigh, along with an unfamiliar voice can be heard, Dahk clearly were too distracted and missed the appearance of another actor at the stage; the person were wearing a long black coat with a hood, and there were something almost... otherwordly about her prescense.
"You have stormed into my room and turned it into a chaos. Also, it looks like you were picking through my underwear. Care to explain yourself?"
| >The figure stood still, however, Dahk had a sensation that jumping into conclusions now wouldn't be a right choice, and that she won't have it in herself to handle what the mystery person has to offer - in terms of combat.
| >The stranger is still at the bar, listening to his earphones. There's now a handgun in his hand, his phone in the other, dialing GCPD.
| >>175992
>A cold sweat rolls down dahk's face. What was this feeling? She puts the gun down, opting to well, finish changing first
"L-look, all i was doing was checking the place out a bit, heard a rumor someone was living here and uh, curiosity killed the cat? Anyway, i was planning on tiding up a bit, but then these guys attacked me! And well, three burly men threatening you is pretty scary! So i killed one in self defence, get knocked out and i'm half naked! What's a girl to do?
| "Well, rumors were right. I live here. And if you really want to help - dress up and sit tight at the chair while i am moving stuff around; afterwards i will serve either of us some tea to calm you down a bit. Shall that suffice?"
>While they were talking, the third man grabbed Billys' corpse and pulled it out through the rear exit. His further fate is unknown. The figure then closed the door and took off the hood, revealing short blonde hair, fairly pale skin and golden eyes-
| >-calmly looking at the sudden intruder. The person walked over the room and took out from under her coat a couple of silver rifles, attaching them into holders on the wall, then looking at the intruder again.
"Why are you still standing in one place?"
| "...Fear, mostly."
>Dahk finishes changing, and walks back over to the chair and sits in it.
>A thought went through her mind, This was probably, definitely Tomoe Mami, she'd call homura, but that seems a little too risky.
| >Mami dragged out the last corpse through the rear enter as well, a sound of bursting flames could be heard, and then everything fell silent again; the owner of the place brought some water with soap, it took her around ten minutes to mop up all the blood. Then she filled a small electro kettle with water and started heating it.
"And while we wait for the water to boil... Would you, please, put my panties to where you've got them from?"
>Mami softly smiled, patting Dahk's head.
| "Do not be afraid. Everything's over by now, and i will make sure nothing will happen to you while you're with me."
>A slightly notable smile were still present on Mamis' lips as she were speaking, and only kettle whistling distracted her.
"Tea cup coming right up! Sugar? Lemon? Milk, maybe? I think i still have some left..."
| >Dahk relaxes, the headpats, and overall surprising hospitality doing well to relax her hands.
"If you say so..."
>She goes over to put th panties exactly where she found them. A shame, but no usw dying over it.
| "Um... I just don't quite understand why would you steal them, even. We barely met each other before for you to have love interest in me, so... Someone's paying you for this exact panties and you happened to find them there?"
>Mami put on the desk a couple of tea cups of her porcelain service - something she was very proud to own as a fan of tea ceremonies.
"Three pieces of sugar and piece of lemon should work just nice. Also, it's slightly warmer than usual, so be careful."
| >There is a knock on the door of the office. If to door has a window, you'd probably see the stranger from the bar.
| "Hey... you can't say that! As soon as i layed eyes on them i knew that the owner was going to be a cutie. Love at first sight an all!
>Dahk picks up the cup of tea, sipping, she burns her tongue once, but afterwards she learned her lesson.
"That whole paid panty thief thing was a bluff, When i heard the men coming, i thought i might have needed an excuse so i took a pair."
>She takes another sip and laughs
"I *wish* i was getting paid for this. I was just investgating a rumor.
| "I see. So, now you imply i am cute and you are in love with me from the first sight? That's cute, besides the fact you've-... Whatever. This one you can keep. But no one else should get their hands on them, and no one should even do this. Give me a promise.
>Tomoe turned to the door when noticed someone knocking on the door.
"Yes, who's out there?..."
| "Is it just me or did you set the bartender on fire?"
>The stranger asks.
| >Dahk's face brightens up
"Wait, really? Oh of course i'll keep my promise!"
>She goes over to get the panties again
| "I promise that i'll... oh uh, he wasn't the bartender... uh... you wanted a beer right?"
>She reaches into her coat and pulls out some beer bottles, walking over to the stranger and handing him one.
| "Well, yes. You can keep them unless it's for your - and yours only - personal use. My gratitude for calling me cutie. It's weird, i know, but you seem to really want to have them. Also, if you're up for cuddles, or to kiss a cutie... I will probably be around for six more hours before i move to another hideout."
>She chucked, patting her head once again, then taking a sip of her tea.
"So, what's your name, panties fan girl?"
| >The stranger grabs a bottle, and you can see a tattoo on his hand. It's a Ace, with a quote on it.
>"Si morii, ego mori."
"Thanks. I should probably go and not interrupt your 'meeting...'"
>The stranger says sheepishly
| >Dahk blushes a little, fantasizing a *little* over Mami.
"The name's Dahk, and i mean, if you're offering a kiss then i certainly want to-
>She pauses, the fuck were you doing Dahk? you're already dating Angus! Do you want to get into more hot water?!
"...think about it. Don't get me wrong, i absolutely want to kiss you cutie, but i got a girlfriend and all and..."
| "I am Tomoe Mami, it's nice to meet you, Dahk. You know - i am not pushing anything on you. Having a relationship in this chaotic times is something you should really be proud of, but, also - you should watch over your love carefully - the world is insane and cruel. But we're always open for tea, cuddles and lending a hand to each other, right? You can always reach out to me if you find someone is after you - or her. I will put my rifles finally to a good use."
| >Dahk smiles
"...Thanks Mami, and yeah... the world is pretty crazy now, and i gotta learn to have a little more control over myself.
>She continues to sip her tea
"Mmm... This is really nice tea. Er, about what you said, would you be open to giving me your number or something- just incase we need help. I think i'll have to take you up on that cuddle offer though..."
| "Here."
>Mami grabs a pen from the desk, quickly writing a set of numbers on a list of paper, which she handed over to Dahk.
"Call me almost any time, unless it's a midnight, when i will probably be hugging a pillow and seeing some hopefully sweet dreams. On any other time - i am open for calls. And only if your love won't be jealous on you if she'll we've cuddled."
| >Dahk takes the number graciously
"Thanks and uhm... I'm sure it'll fine... it's just a cuddle between friends after all"
| >>176493
"Right. So - feel free to cone to my lap when you will finish your tea, okay?"
>Mami chuckled, and winked to her guest, impying that it'd be warm and comfy there, so Dahk has no choice but to accept the offer now.
| >Dahk hears this, and finishes her tea a little too fast, burning her tongue. She strolls over to mami, and rests her head on her lap"
| "Jeez, i've told you not to rush things and to be careful because the tea is hot... Sometimes i feel that among the two of us it is you who's got the most childiah behavior."
>Mami spoke with a soft smile, stroking gently throught Dahks' hair.
"I expected you, however, to sit on my lap, but if you like it that way... I am not the one to judge you, hm?"
| "Nah... i don't want to put too much weight on you... besides, head pats are nice...
| "And you don't look like you have too much weight in you; so, if you want - you can take a sit as well, or enjoy the headpats..."
| >Dahk giggles a bit
"Well, if you say so,"
>She slowly gets up and sits on Mami's lap
| "Your mood changes faster than a mood of city's citizens..."
>Immediately upon climbing to Mami's lap, Dahk gets wrapped caught off guard as Tomoe wraps her hands around the girl, hugging her tight.
"... But i still expect you to enjoy this."
| "Ah..."
>A little surprised, Dahk soon finds herself in a state of pure and complete escasty
"Is this heaven?"
| "I don't know. Maybe. But haven't you cuddled with your girlfriend ever before we met? If you didn't - you should tell her that's weird and you should do it from time to time. Oh, and also - cuddles usually involve two only wearing their underwear and laying on a bed, but your girlfriend will kill me if she finds out i've cuddled you properly.
>Mami chuckled slightly.
"But you two will always be able to try it out."
| "Yeah... but she's always so busy.. though... maybe i can pester her for some cuddle time
| "Catch her, tickle her and drag her into bed. Do not take any excuses. I believe you'll manage. You want that cuddles with your love, right?..."
| "...Yeah, that sounds like a plan"
>Dahk's alarm goes off, and she reluctantly pulls away from Mami
"I'm gotta go somewhere, but do you need a hand packing up before you go? I owe you that much"
| "Oh, leaving already? Well, it was nice to meet you, Dahk. Thank you for your offer, but i will politely refuse. Maybe i will just bring those locks back to life and stay around... Or you can just bring me some - if you really feel like you owe me something. Three, if my memory serves me well - outer door, inner door and wardrobe. They don't really work, but give you a false sensation of safety..."
| "o-oh, yeah, i can do that, right now infact, i can be a little late, I'll uh, be right back"
>She leaves, presumibly to come back an hour or two later with locks, and to leave once again
| >Mami stays in one pkace for some time. She then tilts her head, puts on her coat and walks around, fixing the broken locks - starting with the wardrobe and finishing the outer security door. On locking down everything that should be locked - she comes back to the admins' office and takes a place by her bed. The sensation Dakh sitting on her lap is yet not completely gone. Mami exhales slightly.
"I will certainly miss you, silly..."
| >A tall, young man arrives at the bar
"Hello? Mami, you there?"
| "Walk over the counter to the corridor behind it, do not be afraid to push the door, it is not locked. Walk forward, the last door on the left is what seemed to be the admin office. Do not be afraid to open it as well; and keep in mind that your tea is expecting you, however, be careful - it's dark everywhere, except for the room i am in."
>She spoke calmly, her voice, however, could clearly be heard on the inside, but never got outside, thanks to the soundproof secutity system.
| "Uh... r-right."
>CN turns on the light in his phone and slowly walks inside, a little confused at first by the complex instructions
| "Um-m... S-sorry if i appeared as unhospitable host!"
>Slightly worried, Mami bursts out of the door, filling the corridor with dimmed light, apparently coming from the room, CN's prescense caught her eye immediately, Tomoe smiled softly anf bowed slightly, introducing herself soon after.
"My name is Tomoe Mami, itls nice to meet you! Come in, tea is prepared and waiting..."
| "N-no it's fine, was just a little overwhelmed with the instructions at first."
>CN walks up to her where the dim light is escaping from
"I'm CN, good to meet you as well."
| "E-excuse me... But, better safe then sorry, don't you think?"
>Mami softly leads CN over to the room, where, on the desk, a couple of cups of tea were made and awaiting the rooms' owner and her guest. The mess were mostly cleaned, and no traces of the chaos happened less than an hour ago, were present.
"Please, take a seat. I hope no disturbance happened while you were looking for this place?"
| "It's fine, I understand. And thanks."
>CN takes a seat at the table
"Things were fine heading over here too."
| "That's relieving. Reputation of a 'magical girl' has two sides of coin, which includes a bunch of addicted otaku's - which are mostly harmless, their attention is somewhat pleasing sometimes. The other side thinks they can control me, capture, harm to force to do what they have in mind. For them - i am a major disappointment: usually they get beaten hard for even trying, but that's pretty... exhausting. Not to mention the fact that i am not the only magical girl in town...-"
| "-...competition still takes place, some probably remember the old grievances... And clearing the bruises is quite tiresome. Not to mention some major-... Uhm. Don't stick your mind to this."
>Mami tilted her head in excuse for the outburst, exhaled and took a sip of her tea to calm down a bit.
"T-that's not something you've expected to hear, but i'll explain it later, if you'd want to hear it."
| "Wait slow down a little, you make it seem like you've been a magical gurl for awhile now, are you actually are one? How is that possible?"
| "Your glance tells me what you've got on your mind: 'This girl must be insane.' And i absolutely don't mind, but..."
>Sad smile appeared on her face as she lowered her eyes, looking at her shoes.
"Whetever you believe, or not - i 'am' the actual magical girl. Or, at least, i were the one - before Charlotte bit my head off and broke my Soulgem. Don't ask questions like 'how did you get there?' - i know as much as you know: little to nothing."
| "So, the death that i have avoided in that car crash - have found me, after all, and looking back to everything... I have no regrets. There were people i've managed to help, and it was worth the shot."
| "Who's Charlotte? And wait soul gem? Car crash? I'm afraid you're losing me here."
| "Alright. Let's start from the beginning. My name is Tomoe Mami, age - eighteen. When i were fourteen - i have survived a cae crash; but this still left me on the verge of death, so it was either to sign a contract with Kyuubei - or to meet my death in... near fifteen minutes. Was an obvious choice, honestly, even through the next three years were filled with loneliness, along with constant tracking and fighting witches - the main condition of the agreement."
| "Kyuubei? Witches?"
| "Charlotte is a witch, the last one i have encountered. I have almostly beaten her, however, loosen my guard only for a moment, this was enough for the creature to pull of the trick and eventually bite my head off... Well, then i found myself here, apparently, as a comples human again, with a couple of my rifles along with me. That's, basically, all the story."
| "While 'magical girls' were basically preserving humanity's safety, while witches are the creatures of chaos, and their prescense were often indicated by minor and major calamities - mass suicides, sudden human deaths, sometimes - even natural disasters, all depends on Witchs' own powers and the amount of people she marked for her curse."
| "So basically you had died from this witch and somehow ended up here?"
| "And 'Kyuubei' were a mysterious omniscient creature, our contractors eho's been securing our souls within the Soulgem: we would be alive as long as it is intact; it was also making possible to change the body - in case your previous were destroyed. But Witches were leaving no chance for survival, as i've had the chance to test it in person. Unfortunately."
>Mami chuckled.
| "To put it blunt - yes. Apparently, some of our reality rewritten laws i've missed. But... I'm alive, so, i guess, i can't complain, hm?"
| "I see. I can't say I really get everything you just explained but I think I get the gist of it."
| "That's understandeable, even through i've been teaching others the basics even before we met - i did not understand completely how the whole scheme worked, too."
| "So what exactly are you going to do from here then?"
| "Honestly - i don't know. This... Place - whatever it is - seems too different from what i am used to. I've been walking down the streets, looking around, investigating... I believe i've seen people with... Um... Robot parts, i think, instead of hands, legs, eyes... And, in the meantime - some other kind, who seemed just like humans, but with animal ears... Apparently, i have too little of knowledge about this world to take any actions. I wonder if any of my friends are here, too."
| "Well who are your friends?"
| "What are you going-... Ah, sorry. I can trust you this, right?
The names are Sayaka Miki, Kyoko Sakura, and Akemi Homura. The last one is, uh-h... Well, we're not too fond of each other, but still tended to lend a hand if we were able to."
| "W-why? Did you two have a fight?"
| "It never got to this, butvour relations were pretty tense, even through we've chased after the same goal of Witch hunting. Magical girls world is not so bright and happy as otaku's impress it for themselves. However, it will be better if not you, not them will not ever find out the truth."
| "Well okay then, I didn't mean to pry, but hopefully you run into one of them soon."
| "If luck is on my side... Also, it looks like i have some sudden business that have just came up. Might lead me to cuddles - or to the troubles equally, ha-ha. Also... Please, look after that Chii girl. I have ruined her impression about me pretty much, but i still wish her only the best..."
| >A knock is heard on the door, and shortly after Dahk comes in, with a serious expression on het face
| "And here's the bearer of that business in person. Give me a moment, please..."
>Mami starts with grabbing her rifles - that little what remained of her power still allowed her to hide those properly for a fancy combat introduction. Shortly after, she putted on her coat, yet refraining from doing so with the hood.
"Shall we go now, then? Or are you here to have a cup of tea?"
| "And... Farewell, CN. I believe will meet again. Please, remember to watch over Chii for me."
| "Of course. Bye Mami."
>He waves her goodbye
| "I can tell her to start boiling some water, but first, I... need to tell you something"
>She shifts her weight, and sighs
"My girlfriend is... Kind of an ex serial killer. She's turned over a new leaf, and is working on rebuilding the lilim she killed but... Can i trust you to not hurt her"
| "Dahk, i will not hurt her as i have no obvious reasons to do this. Unless she won't try to shove a weapon into my face - then i will have to retaliate in self-defence - but i will make sure not to harm her too much in that case, too, despite her murderous intentions. This is a promise. Shall that suffice?"
| >Dahk breathes a sigh of relief as she returns to her goos ol smile
"Well, that's good enough, sorry about asking, but I made a promise to protect her, so you know."
>She starts to leave
"Come on then, the car's parked out front"
| "I understand. I would do the same for someone valuable for me."
>On the moment of hearing about the car, Mami leaves her coat in the room, then softly oushes Dahk out of it and locks it down with a new lock, leading the girl out to the street.
"What's the sudden desire of you for me to get to know your girlfriend? Or do you want her to know who you're going to have a tea with sometimes?"
| >Dahk leads Mami to her car, it's an older model, but it's reliable, getting into the car, she just shrugs
"I dunno, just felt like it, I was on my way to see her, and thought, why not bring both cuties together? Pure impulse either way."
| >Dahk puts down her phone, and starts driving
"Take you somewhere nice... somewhere nice... hm.... Do you have anyplace in mind?"
| "Somewhere nice, you say... I still remember those cozy little cafe where, instead of common waiters you've been getting an adorable girl wearing a black dress with an apron... Think you can find something similiar around?"
| >Dahk scratches her head and mumbles...
"Cozy cafe with cuties... Maid Cafe? I guess i could take you to La Lune but..."
>She gives a sigh of uncertainty, and continues to drive
| "Yes, exactly that. B-but..."
>Hearing Dahk hesitation, Mami stutters for a moment.
" ...this is not mandatory, of course, and if something makes you feel uneasy - we can look through other options..."
| >Dahk shakes her head
"No it's fine, I just got drunk once and might've tried to seduce the entire staff..."
>She mumbles something else
"It should be fine, just a little teasinf"
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| >A long abandoned BTC bar somewhat close to the center of the Midnight district. Apparently, it was locked down few weeks ago, during the riots, and never re-opened since then, and probably won't ever be re-opened ever again. People got used to the unsettling sight and mostly ignore it, however, an attentive look might notice that the security lockdown mechanism is not moved completely down to the ground, showing that someone's frequently visiting the place.