CrazY EnD ParalloguE

by Matador Matty

The sun will never dawn, the night will never fade, the clock hands are eternally frozen. Nine drabbles, based on the inner thoughts of the characters of the Bad End Night Series. 3/9: Meiko used to be a music teacher. In the time between the performances, she thinks about the music she loves, and about the manor's piano that remains silent.

1. Miku

CrazY ∞ EnD ∞ ParalloguE : Miku

"Tomorrow"

by Kit Lupin

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Will tomorrow ever come?

Miku doesn't think so.

How long has she been trapped in this CrazY ∞ NighT?

How long, in this manor, under a stormy sky and a wine-red moon?

She hates this torment, this EveR ∞ LastinG ∞ NighT.

Maybe she should try to take it into her own hands again, and stop this TwilighT ∞ NighT once and for all. Deliver the missing PagE inside the letter first and foremost, and be done with it.

But that would never work, oh no. They had to follow the script to the letter. First the party, then the secrets revealed over and over again, then a futile race against the clock to finish the play and make all well, or have to try again the next night.

Damn them! Damn all seven of them! Miku thinks. Damn the Butler who greets her at the door! Damn the Doll Twins and their infernal laughter! Damn the Lady and her mocking silence! Damn the Master for owning this house! Damn the Mistress for being his wife! Damn the Maid and her singsong voice! Damn Miku herself, the helpless fool!

And now, at the point of madness, Miku contemplates the frozen hands of the clock that never chimes. They had felt so good in her own grasp the first time she held them, so cold and hard and bright.

They would look beautiful with a touch of red here and there.

But Miku cannot risk another BaD ∞ EnD ∞ NighT.

So Miku sits alone in the dark and frets, wondering what she should do, how to make the sun rise again.

Maybe the moon's next rise will bring the answer.