Inside an unknown area filled with a thick and dense fog, an ebony black limousine is currently driving through it without any trouble while the entire interior of the limousine is velvet blue in colour and quite luxurious.
Sitting on the right side of the couch in the limousine was a quite handsome pale-skinned, platinum blonde-haired (which is tied up into a ponytail) man with his eyes closed and wearing an elegant-looking, long sleeve, velvet blue shirt with a black vest over it, long blue trousers and black shoes on his feet and a thick black book on his lap while sitting nearby the man on another couch at the front of the limousine was a bizarre-looking, white-haired elderly man with a long nose, pointed ears with his gloved hands clasped together under his nose and his eyes closed as well and wearing a black suit and tie before the elderly man and the man opened their eyes (which is huge and bloodshot on the elderly man and yellow eyes on the man) and glance at the fair-skinned, long silver-haired (which is tied up in a braided style behind her) girl sitting on a chair with her eyes closed and wearing a short sleeve white blouse, knee length dark grey shorts and matching shoes on her feet before the girl groaned lightly and opened her eyes (which matched her hair) and glance in surprise and confusion at the elderly man and the young man sitting in front of her and at the fact that they're in a limousine.
"…Welcome to the Velvet Room." greeted the elderly man politely to the girl after she woke up before he chuckle slightly."Ah… it seems we have a guest with an intriguing destiny… My name is Igor… I am delighted to make your acquaintance." Added the elderly man named Igor to the girl. "This place exists between dream and reality, mind and matter – it is a room that only those who are bound by a "contract" may enter."
"Velvet Room and contract? What is this elderly man talking about? Is this a dream or something?" thought the girl in more confusion in her mind.
"It may be that such a fate awaits you in the near future. Now then… why don't you introduce yourself?" asked Igor.
"Huh, uh… My name is Akemi Kanzaki." replied the girl named Akemi Kanzaki to Igor.
"Hm… I see. Now then, let's take a look into your future, shall we?" said Igor as he smiled widely at Akemi before he raised and swung his left arm above the blue round table in front of him, causing a bright flash of light to appear on the table before it fade away to reveal a deck of cards on it.
"Do you believe in fortune telling?" asked Igor.
"Not really." replied Akemi as she shake her head.
Igor gave another smile to Akemi as he waved his hands above the cards and caused them to move and formed into a hexagon formation. "Each reading in done with the same cards, yet the result is always different… Life itself follows the same principles, doesn't it?" chuckle Igor before he reach toward the card on his left and turned it over and both Igor and Akemi saw that the card shows a black and red tower being struck and broke apart by lightning with a guy and a girl falling down from it and the background is dull yellow and orange in colour.
"Hm… the Tower in the upright position represents the immediate future. It seems a terrible catastrophe is imminent. The card indicating the future beyond that is…" said Igor before he reach toward the other card on his right, turned it over and Akemi saw that the second card shows a yellow crescent moon with a face on it and the background is light green in colour. "The Moon, in the upright position. This card represents 'hesitation' and 'mystery'… very interesting indeed. It seems you will encounter a misfortune at your destination, and a great mystery will be imposed upon you. In the coming days, you will enter into a contract of some sort, after which you will return here. The coming year is a turning point in your destiny… if the mystery goes unsolved, your future may be forever lost. My duty is to provide assistance to our guests to ensure that does not happen."
"The more he talks, the more confused I get." thought Akemi in even more confusion in her mind as she watched Igor waved his arm to make the cards disappear.
"Ah! I have neglected to introduce my assistant to you." said Igor before he turned to glance at the man (who's still staring silently at Akemi) sitting near him. "This is Casnar. He is a resident of this place, like myself."
"Greetings, miss Akemi. My name is Casnar and I am here to accompany you through your journey."said the young man named Casnar to Akemi.
"Uh, yeah. It's nice to meet you, Casnar-san." greeted Akemi as she nodded to Casnar.
"We shall attend to the details another time. Until then, farewell…" said Igor to Akemi before she felt drowsy, close her eyes and fell back into unconsciousness.