Umineko no naku koro ni

Silent Laughter

It was a new game. Beatrice and Battler took their seats, Ronove standing in the corner.

"Are you ready to lose again, Battler-kun?"

"Trust me, I'll win this round!"

Suddenly, Bernkastel appeared.

"I was hoping I could partake in this game, if you don't mind. Just for the fun of it," said Bernkastel.

"Is that OK with you, Battler-kun?" asked Beato.

"The more the merrier." said Battler, smiling.

"Then to make it fair I shall call on Lambdadelta." said Beatrice, and in a cloud of golden butterflies appeared Lambda.

"Hohoho~, this should be interesting," she laughed.

"Now that the game is fair, we shall begin!" annouced, Beatrice.

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It was a bright sunny day. All was calm when suddenly a boat came in to view.

"I'm gonna fall off!!!" cried Battler as he stood at the front of the boat.

When it finally docked, everyone got off; Battler, George and Maria, Rudolf and Hideyoshi, and Eva, Rosa and Kyrie.

"We made it!" yelled Battler, arms up in the air.

"Calm down, Battler-Kun!" called Kyrie.

"Uu~, Maria can't wait to play on the beach! Uu~!" said Maria.

"Maria, stop making that awful noise," said Rosa.

"Ah, you're all here!"

It was Jessica, standing at the end of the small pier.

Battler couldn't help but drool over the size of her chest.

"I wanna squeeze em!" he perved.

Of course, Jessica slapped him.

"Oh, Shannon!" called George, smiling.

"George-sama!" cried Shannon, running up to George and hugging him.

"Come everyone! We need to head up to the mansion!" said Eva, trying to part the hugging couple.

But it didn't work. Shannon and George had their arms linked together as they walked to the mansion.

"So, are Shannon and George like a couple now?" asked Battler, slightly confused.

"Umm.... I suppose they are..." said Jessica, blushing.

"Seriously?!" said Battler, suprised.

"Uu~, what's so suprising?" said Maria.

"Oh nothing. You wouldn't understand at your age," replied Battler.

"Oh, we have some guests staying at the mansion," said Jessica, "one of them's apparently related to Grandfather.

The scene froze, and Beatrice, Battler, Lambda, Bern and Ronove appeared.

"What's all this about?!" asked Lambda, furious.

"I wanted to add a little extra to this game," said Bernkastel, " so I added some new pieces to make it more interesting."

"Nice one, Bern!" said Battler.

"Humph. Well, we'll see through your little trick, then we'll have no problem winning!" said Beato, laughing.

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