Take Your Time
Twilight jolts awake she quickly checks her surroundings realizing she was safe. She relaxes while looking out the window. 'Oh, right I'm on my way to Tokyo. I must have fallen asleep' she thought to herself. Twilight then looks around the train noticing some advertisements mainly about shops in Shibuya.
She sighs before looking down at the floor thinking why she was even here. Her mind flashes scenes of the past to that man. She remembers him grabbing that woman while she screams for help. She quickly lightly pushed him away trying to put some distance between her and the man. The next thing that happened would make her regret her actions as he tripped over his own feet falling to the ground. The scene changes with him glaring at her "Damn brat... I'll sue" he yelled at her. Before flashing to another scene with her getting arrested trying to explain everything.
The memories end as she sighs. "What? Are you for real? A mental shutdown" A female voice replies back catching her attention.
Looking up she see two girls talking. "It's the truth," she says trying to convince her friend.
"To a person though? That's gotta be a joke. You really love all that occult stuff, don't you?" She says laughing a bit while the two playfully fight. Already impression weren't as good as they shouldn't be, hopefully her new legal guardian would be more welcoming.
After a long trip, Twilight gets off and turns on her GPS. It wasn't like America, where she knew where everything and possibly everyone was. She was in the city. Tokyo to be exact which is an urban jungle compared to her home.
She stops checking to see if she was following her GPS right and found herself at the famous Shibuya Scramble Crossing. All around her were people she never seen this many people in one place it was almost enough to make her claustrophobic.
A beep from her phone snaps her out of her thoughts. She looks down expecting a message or a notification from one of her apps instead she find something different.
A large eye icon that had red and black enlarged on her screen taking the entire screen up. Surprised she tried to quickly get the thing off her screen tapping it several times. Her phone didn't respond for a second she thought it froze. She hears a man pass her by on her smartphone when something odd happened. As she turned around, he slowed down and stopped. Like time had stopped on him, she quickly turns around checking the crowd to see it stopping. 'What the hell,' she thought. Quickly Twilight looked everywhere freaking out a bit till something caught her eye. Blue flames erupted in the middle of the crossing blazing with tremendous life.
The flames seemed to form a silhouette of some sorts. The flames got stronger as it combusted. The flames reflected off her glasses while Twilight stared at it with awe. A face suddenly appears from the fire revealing herself with grinning with creepy yellow eyes. The vision ended as she snapped back to reality. Looking from side to side she saw people walking across going about their day.
'I must be still tired from the plane trip,' she thought before glancing smartphone and quickly deleting the app. She looks at the time and quickly rushes realizing she will miss the train to her destination.
Take Your Time
Getting off the train, she looks around and spots a sign reading Yongen-Jaya. This was her stop. Twilight then checked out all her belongings as she walked out of the station into the small neighborhood.
It was a tad cloudy when she walked out of the station into the little neighborhood filled with shops and loyal shoppers it was almost calming in a way, at least more so than she had been at Shibuya. For the next year, she would be living here with a man known as Sojiro Sakura as her guardian. If she was right, his house should be here somewhere in the backstreets.
She passed several shops including a second-hand shop, a minor grocery store, and a food stand. She decided to ask a cop in the area thinking she knew where the address. She approached the cop "Excuse me, sir?" She requested to get the attention of the police.
"Yes?" he replied in an irritated tone.
"Mind helping me out I need some directions?" She show him the address.
"Hm? You want to get to the residence at that address...?" He looks south and points "It's in an alley further back. Take a right after that apartment with the stairs."
She nodded and thanked him before heading towards the direction she was told.
On the way, she passed by a mother and daughter listening in on their conversation. The mother was mostly explaining why the officer there and something about an accident. She didn't linger too long and headed towards her destination. She reached a small two-story gray house with a balcony to look onto the street. It looked genuinely cozy, especially in this busy city. Twilight checked the nameplate the last name Sakura was on it. "This look like the house. Ok, Twilight first impression are important. Be obedient and kind." she said to herself bracing herself.
Twilight rang the doorbell and waited. No response. Maybe he stepped out for a bit?
"Looks like no one's home.." She looked right to see the owner of the voice. It was a parcel delivery man. "Oh yeah... Sakura-san's usually at his café around this time. Leblanc is in the back alley so I should make my other deliveries first..." Twilight heard him say to himself before deciding to check where his next package was located.
'I should head to Leblanc then. I do recall seeing a café when heading this direction.' Twilight thought to herself. Twilight started walking towards the café.
When she walked in front of the café, she checked the sign. "Leblanc Coffee and Curry" it read. Outside the shop were plants and another little sign with what looked to be what today's deals were. She stayed there glued to the floor bracing herself as long as she was obedient this would be fine. Finally, after gathering the courage to, she grabbed the door handle and pushed it open. It was now or never. Inside it was homey. The coffee shop looked like a cross between a pub and café. Jars of coffee beans filled the shelves past the counter to the left of there was a kitchen she could only assume the curry was prepared there. There were signs with prices on the food and drink and small flat screen with the news.
Overall it was a nice little place. Twilight's eye then turned to a man who looked to be in his early 50s or late 40s. He has slicked dark hair with a small beard. He was wearing glasses. A pink dress shirt that went to his elbows, an apron possibly for his work, and Khakis with white shoes. To her left were an elderly couple watching the TV. The TV was blaring about accident with a bus. Could it be the same one the girl was talking about? As the report came to a close, the elderly couple commented on the situation while what she could only assume was the shop owner was busy with his crossword puzzle. He sensed someone was there to look up and see a girl.
It taken a second before he remembered. "Oh, right." He put down the newspaper and got up facing her. "She did say that was today." His voice had a rough sound to her. The elderly couple got up at the same time leaving money on the table. "Thank you for coming" He replies to them. They made small chat before departing. "...Four hours for just a single cup of joe." he sighs. He finally looks at the girl taking a good look at her. She was 5'4 with Long black hair with a magenta strip tied to a bun, purple-black eyes hidden behind glasses, and wearing a white lab coat and a skirt with some black leggings. The way she looked at him was a tad hard believe considering her circumstance.
"So you're Twilight?" she nodded to him and replied back in a soft voice.
"Yes, are you Sakura-san?" She asked back to him.
"...Yeah. I'm Sojiro Sakura. You'll be in my custody over the next year." He replied with a small smile "I'm wondering what kind of unruly kid would show up, but you're the one huh?"
She just nodded "I promise not to be trouble," she said before bowing. He nods back to her and explain a bit more.
"Have you been told? A customer of mine and your Sister-in-law know each other and-" He pauses for a moment before shaking his head a bit. "Well, not that matters...Follow me." She followed him upstairs to the attic. The attic was a mess, but compare to her room it was a little tame. "This is your room. I'll at least give you sheets for your bed." She looks around the room some part of her knew she deserved this a bit after what happened. Who would want a criminal in their house.
He turned towards her catching that she was in deep thought. "You look like you wanna say something."
"It's big," she replied honestly.
Sojiro sighed at the answer. "It's on you to clean up the rest. I'll be leaving after I lock up each day. You'll be alone at night, but don't do anything stupid. I'll throw you out if you cause any trouble."
Twilight nods "I'll be on my best behavior."
"Now then... I got the gist of your situation. You protected some woman from a man forcing himself on her, he got injured, then sued you. Right?"
She looks down to the floor and nods. "That's what you get for sticking your nose in a matter between two adults. You did injure him, yeah?" Twilight for a second wanted to say no, but it best to stay on her guardian's good side as she reluctantly nodded. "...And now that you've got a criminal record, you were expelled from your high school. The court ordered you to transfer and move out here, which your parents and brother also approved of."
She hold back tears in her eyes. The look on her parents and the scolding of her brother was too much for, but she put that back in her head. "In other words, they got rid of you for being a pain in the ass." He continues with a grin. Again Twilight felt bed for them, but remained strong, plus after what happened in the friendship games she felt a little better getting away from it.
"It's best you do not talk about anything unnecessary. I am in the restaurant business, you know." Sojiro said in a serious tone. "Behave yourself for the year. If nothing happens, your probation will be lifted." she nodded only to think about what he said.
"A whole year..." Twilight said while thinking to do with such a massive timespan.
Sojiro just decided to wrap up things with one final warning. "Cause any problems, and you'll be sent straight to juive. We'll be going to Shujin tomorrow."
"Shujin?" she asked. She remember vaguely it was mentioned by her parents before they forced her out.
"Shujin academy- the school you'll be attending. We'll introduce ourselves properly to the staff there." Sojiro continues before sighing in annoyance.
"What a waste of my Sunday... Your "luggage" arrived earlier; I left them over there" he says before leaving the room.
She looks at the room and immediately takes a look around. Twilight just stared at the ceiling before silently saying to herself "I should get cleaning before this gets any worse...". So going to work, she picked up things needing to be moved them as the room slowly, but surely started lighting up from it's previous state. After a few hours of moving, dusting, and striating out her bed the room was clean to her liking for now. She check the time on her phone. "Geez, I was cleaning for that long?" surprised by the time. She put her phone away and heard footsteps. Sojiro appeared shocked to see the room cleaner. He looked around approving of the rooms cleanliness.
"Hmmm, the place doesn't loo too bad. Though it's only natural, you'd want to keep your tidy. Why don't you go to bed for tonight? You must be tired from jet lag and all?" Twilight nods looking at her box thinking about finally sleeping after her long trip. "I'm going to close up shop and get out of here myself. I won't be the one looking after you if you get sick from staying up too late, you got that?" Sojiro said as he left her alone in the shop. After he was sure, she was gone she slipped into some black pajamas.
"Gee he seemed to be excited that I'm here," Twilight said collecting her thought for the day. "Oh well there is always tomorrow if I keep being obedient and stay out of trouble hopefully this will go faster." After a bit, she laid in bed stray thought appeared in her head. Eventually, she came back to the idea of what happened. Being arrested, the trial, and then now her criminal record. She couldn't let what happen to go no matter how much she wanted to. It all made her flashback to that day.
Take Your Time
Twilight's POV
That day I had to go early from school. I overheard yelling a man and woman's voice. with the woman begging to be let go. I quickly rushed to where the voices were. When I arrived, the woman was struggling to get out of that man's grasp. The man looked drunk as he was forcing the woman into his car. I couldn't ignore it and jumped in to try to save her of at least put enough distance to where she could escape.
The man wasn't pleased to see me, and it made the situation worse. Off in the distance, we all heard police sirens. What happened next lead to her criminal record.
Take Your Time
Third person POV
The flash back was interrupted by her phone.
She picked it up thinks maybe her family texted her. Instead, that weird creepy eye app was back. "I thought I deleted this back at the Shibuya Crossing. Oh well let's just uninstall this..." she quickly did a restart to her phone just in case before putting it down. Twilight's eyes grew heavy as sleep took her away with its embrace.
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Twilight awoke she thinking she'd woken up earlier, but that was quickly corrected when hearing chains. 'Chains...?' she thought.
Lying up she tried to make sense of the situation. Immediately she noticed her black pajamas was now a prisoner jumpsuit...Or rather ones you see in Western movies back from the US. She turned to sit down on the edge of the bed only to see chains on her hands.
'What the hell is going on?' she thought to herself. These thoughts paused as something caught her eye to the left. She then heard footsteps Looking toward the cell door which was wrapped with excessive chains. Two little girls appeared. Twilight got up to get a view of the two. The two then got closer a bit, and she got a better view.
Two looked to be twins wearing matching blue outfit much like police wardens. Their hair was a very light blond bordering on white, they had eye patched with a V on it, and their eyes looked gold. She tried to get closer to the two twins, but was stopped when she felt the weight of her leg. Twilight found the source, being a ball and chain was restraining her from going too far. She walked towards the cell doors confused. The two twins parted to revel a man sitting at a desk with his eyes looking at her in a creepy manor.
The man finally looked up as if he was waiting for her. "Trickster. Welcome to my Velvet room," he said with a deep voice. Twilight understandably started freaking out a bit shaking the cell a bit. She stopped upon hearing one of the twins speak.
"So you've come to inmate," One said with a bossy voice.
The other spoke with a softer voice "The you, in reality, is currently fast asleep. You are only experiencing this as a dream." the softer one explains.
"You are in the presence of our master. Stand up straight!" The bossy twin yelled.
"Welcome, I am delighted to make your acquaintance. This place exists between dream and reality, mind and matter. It is a room that only those who are bounded by a "contract' may enter." The creepy man explains.
'Contract?' Twilight thought to herself. When did she sign any contract? She decided to wait and ask him as he heard him continue.
"I'm am Igor, the master of this place. Remember it well." Twilight nodded making sure to remember the creepy man's name.
"It been awhile since we've had a female guest. The last one was a lively girl who was a joy to serve. Anyways, I summoned you to speak of important matters. It involves your life as well." Igor explained to her.
Twilight didn't know exactly what to say and how could she. She awoke in a prison cell with two twin girls and a creepy man named Igor only to be told she was summoned for some so-called important matters. "What important matters?' She asked.
He briefly ignores the question looking around the prison room. "Still, this is a surprise... The state of this room reflects the state of your own heart. To think a prison would appear as such." Twilight eyes widened at his words. It true that the situation made her feel like she was a prisoner. Especially with acting obediently to all just to stay out of trouble, But Twilight didn't think would reflect her heart.
"You truly are a "Prisoner" of fate. In the future, there is no mistake that ruin awaits you."
"Are you kidding me?" Twilight started feel fed up with this. There were so many questions, and it seems this man was avoiding them all.
Igor chuckled a bit at her reply. "Worry not. There is a mean to oppose such a fate. You must be "rehabilitated." Rehabilitated towards freedom. That is your only means to avoid ruin... Do you have the resolve to challenge the distortion of the world?"
Twilight thought for a second and decided ruin would only make her life complicated than it was, minor or major. "I'd rather avoid ruin." replying back in a monotone voice.
"Allow me to observe the path your rehabilitation." The two twins turn and face her again. "Ah, pardon me for not introducing the others. To the Right is Caroline; to our left Justine. They serve as wardens here."
Twilight looked at the two again, so she was right as to why they were wearing a Police Warden Outfit. "Hmph, try and struggled as hard as you like," Caroline said in a demeaning manner.
"The duty of the warden is to protect inmates. We are also your collaborators. That is if you remain obedient." Justine said.
Twilight sigh in her head. that won't be a problem since it is what she does best now.
"I shall explain the roles of these two on another occasion." The two twins turn to face Igor as he finishes up.
"Now then, it seems the night is waning. It is almost time. Take your time to slowly come to understand this place. We will surely meet again, eventually.."
Igor finishes as he snap his fingers an alarm rang. Justine quickly turns around to her. "Time's up. Now hurry back and go back to sleep." she orders her as Twilight loses consciousness.
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Twilight eyes open to her room in the attic. She quickly looks around to see if this reality. Once confirming she thinks about what happened in her dream. "Ruin, Rehabilitation... What does it mean? And why me?" she asked herself.
She then heard footsteps downstairs. "Hey is it safe for me to come up? Are you appropriately dressed?" Sojiro yelled from downstairs.
"Yeah I'm fine you can come up!" she answers him.
The foot steps continue to her room. "Looks like you're up." Sojiro walks up to her seeing she was wearing the female Shujin Uniform. "Well the, let's go introduce ourselves properly to the staff about your transfer. The school your attending is in the Aoyama District. It'll cost you a bit ride the train there, and the route transfers are a pain. I'll drive you there, but just for today. Let's go." he motioned for her to get up before turning downstairs. "Geez... and here I was hoping to open up shop today." Sojiro sighs in frustration.
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They reached the school after a small journey. Sojiro turns to face her "Do me favor and behave yourself all right? Don't get me wrong- I don't care what happens to you. Just don't cause me any trouble."
Twilight nods "Yes sir." They both head inside to the Principal office.
Twilight watched as Sojiro signed all the papers and staying quiet in a corner. she listened to the Principal as she stayed silent and nodded. "To reiterate, just so we're clear, you will immediately be expelled if you cause any problems. Honestly, I hesitated on accepting someone like you, but there were circumstances on our side. You've might have done a variety of things in hiding in your hometown, but you will behave yourself here. If you are thrown out from our school, there will be no place for you to go. Keep that in mind." The principal lectured in a serious tone.
"Yes sir." she replied briefly to him.
The principal turned his head to a female teacher "This is the teacher in charge of your class." he introduced her.
"I'm Sadayo Kawakami." The teacher hands her a card with her picture. "Here is your student ID. Be sure to read the school rules. Any violations will send you straight to the guidance office. And, if by any chance you cause any problems. I won't be able to protect you at all." She makes sure to put as much force at the end. "That is your promise, yes, Principal Kobayakawa?" She looks towards him.
He nodded and looked back at Twilight. "She is responsible for all her actions."
Twilight despite knowing this teacher for a few seconds had her respect for her dropped when she started complaining about her being in that class.
'Look I get I have a criminal record, but could you not try judging a student at their past,' She thought to herself.
"If You're done explaining things, mind if we get going? I got a store to get back to." It seemed Sojiro had enough of their bickering as well.
"Sakura-san, please keep a close eye on her. Don't let her cause any trouble outside." The principal asked.
"Well. I'll be sure to have a serious talk about the situation she's in." He replies to the principal.
Her so-called teacher decides to say one more thing before they leave. "Come to the faculty office when you arrive at school tomorrow. I'll show you to your classroom." Twilight nods and the two finally leave. Both seemed equally irritated about the situation.
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They stopped at the entrance of the school.
"They're treating you like some kind of nuisance... I guess that's what it means to have a criminal record. Turns out your past follows you wherever you go." Sojiro look towards Twilight who is just standing there with a thinking look on her face. "By the way... If you get expelled now, I won't hesitate to kick you out. Got it?"
"I'll be careful" Twilight replied while thinking inside her head that this guy would practically throw her out over anything it was incredible.
Sojiro was either getting tired of her short responses or very monotonous voice as he just turned around doing a small grunt before sighing. "School never changes, huh...?" He shakes his head before giving the signal to come along. "Come on; we're going home."
The two leave the school to head back to the café.
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While those two left outside in the courtyard, Kawakami and teacher met. Kawakami looking not too pleased with the situation walked down the courtyard. A teacher who liked like he was charged of physical education stopped and made some talk with her.
"What a troublesome situation." Kawakami shifted her body a bit looking the ground while she ranted.
"I can't believe they pushed someone with a criminal record on me. Another teacher would be better suited for this..." The P.E teacher looked equally displeased. "Why in the world was someone like that admitted here?" He say in some disgust.
"Who knows? It was the principal's decision. I was told it's for the school's reputation." She complains.
"I would've thought that my volleyball team has contributed more than enough to cover that." He replied with pride.
"That certainly true" She agrees.
"Just be careful, ok? Then again, if anything were to happen. I'd kick out a student like that right away." He says while stretching a bit.
"I keep wishing that she'd just end up not coming to school. Still, that isn't something I should be saying as a teacher..." Kawakami said to herself trying to gather her thoughts.
"Well, I should be returning to practice..." The P.E teacher replied.
"Oh, right. The tournament's coming up isn't it?" She asked him.
He chuckled with glee "Having such high expectations placed on you by other is quite a problem itself. We'll have to work hard to make up for the track team too." he said with a smile.
"Yes... that's true." she quietly said before he left. "Why'd it have to be my class...?" she complained last time walking off.
Take Your Time
Sojiro was getting increasingly irritated with the traffic "Traffic's not moving at all... You're taking the train starting tomorrow."
"Yes sir" she replied to him.
Sojiro looked towards her. "...So how was it? The school, I mean. Think you can manage?" Sojiro asked her.
"Eh, we'll see. If it's anything like my last school, I should be fine studying and be getting the material." She replied.
Sojiro stayed silent for a bit at her answer.
"Now listen up. Don't think of doing anything stupid. Still, you were expelled once already. To think you'd re-enroll at a different one. It's not like anyone will be sympathetic with you."
She nods thinking 'I don't really want that anyways. False sympathy is the worst sympathy. I'm expecting people to judge me that how this world is. Just like back at Crystal Prep, all I could do is brace for every rude comment.' her thoughts ended when Sojiro began speaking again.
"...If that's what it was like at school, people might say stuff about me in the future too... What a troublesome kid I've taken in..."
"May I ask why did you take me in? If you were so concerned with things wouldn't it had been better if you rejected to take me in?" Twilight asked him.
His face lost it irritation after Twilight asked him "I was asked to do it, and I just... happened to agree to it. I've already been paid for it too, after all." He replied to Twilight.
She was going to ask a bit more as his answer didn't sound entirely correct. Before she could the radio started reporting about the train derailing in another accident. That the 3rd time it's been mention since she got here.
"...Another accident? So that's why it's so crowded. There been a lot of those lately."
Twilight looked down thinking about this thinking it was kind of suspicious with this many accidents.
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Somewhere else in the city a news report was replaying the footage of the derailing. The woman in the report explained the casualties and injuries, as well as there, have no reasons founded yet. An older looking gentlemen watching the news report as he talks to Nijima nearby in his office.
"It's less of an operating accident and more of a crime of the company and the government. Site inspectors apparently reported of all of this six months ago- The deterioration of the tracks and the ATC. Seems the railway company and the Ministry of Transportation both turned a blind eye to the truth. There's no way they could hide. This will go all the way to the top." he explains to Nijima.
The news report continues showing the other accidents around the city. "Everything is linked- that's what you're thinking correct?" he asked Nijima. He looks down to think with his eyes closed for a second. "...Ah well. Are you free? You and I haven't gone for a drink in a long time." She looks at him graciously, but declines.
"Thank you sir, but I have another meeting to attend. I must be going," she says while bowing goodbye to him and leaving.
He leans back in his chair after she's left and think about everything going on.
Sae walked down the stairs heading to her next meeting quickly. She passes by a young man with light brown hair, light brown eyes, and was wearing a uniform with black slack. His gloved hand was carrying a briefcase. She stop by him. "Did you call for me? Is it a case?" He ask curiously.
"Not quite. I want your opinion on something." He turns towards her and replied in a cheerful voice.
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After what seemed like forever, Sojiro and Twilight made it back to Café Leblanc. Sojiro looked tired and even more irritated.
"Damn, to think there'd be that much traffic... What a waste of time. I wasn't able to open the café today..." Twilight turns to him and apologizes for being the cause. "...Whatever. Just head upstairs. There's something I need to give to you."
Twilight nods and heads up to her room.
On the way up Sojiro checks his phone about the train derailing. "Talk about a gruesome accident... Eighty people were involved." he says before putting away his phone looking at the girl. He then pulls out a little red book.
"It's a diary. Make sure you write in it," he tells her throwing on the table with her bag, "You maybe under probation, but there's no special limitation on what you do in particular. Besides following the law, that is." he explains about her probation. "However, I'm obligated to report on you, which is why I'm having you record your daily activities." He explain to her before his phone started ringing.
He answer it and has a quick conservation with the person on the other side saying he was coming and not to wait. Sojiro had a genuine smile while talking to the person. 'It must be someone close to him' Twilight thought.
He hangs up the phone and faces her again. "Well, I'm off, I'll lock the place up, so do whatever you want for the rest of the night. Oh, but don't mess up my store. If something goes missing, I'll hand you right over to the cops. You got school tomorrow, you better head off to bed, all right?" he lectures her before leaving.
Twilight walked towards her bag nd picked up the diary. She looks at it and decides maybe this would be for the best. At least she could write down her thoughts about life here. Though this felt less like a diary and more like a notebook for her to write in. She writes a bit and put in her bag to get ready for bed.
Right before she lies down, she hears a phone go off. At first, Twilight thought it was here, but upon closer hearing, it was from downstairs.
Twilight walked down the stairs and walk to the yellow phone at the edge of the counter. She picks it up only to hear a familiar voice.
"Yo, it's me." the voice says. She takes a minute to realize it was Sakura-san.
"Oh, Sakura-san. Hi, did you forget something here?" she ask him.
"Uh... I closed up shop, but forgot to flip the sign to CLOSED. It's too much of a hassle to go back, so would you mind flipping the sign for me?" he asked.
"Sure, no problem. Also, why did you call me on the public phone?" she asks one more time while checking the door to see the sign.
"I was going to give it to you before leaving, but I had that phone call. I'll give you the number later, but only call me if it an emergency nothing else. Other than that, I'm leaving you in charge in changing the sign to close." he says before hanging up.
Twilight headed outside to switch the door sign, but stopped after feeling the cold air of the night. Looking up in the sky it was dark with no stars in sight. She remembered back in Canterlot she could see them going for miles, but being in a foreign country and in a city with tons of light would cover them up. She hears a crowd of people past the alleyway passing through and heading home, it almost made her feel a bit homesick. She was so far from home.
Twilight shook her head a bit realizing she was standing there awkwardly in front of the sign. She quickly changed it to close and headed back inside to finish changing for bed. As she lied down, she gathered her thoughts about the accident. The schedule would be mixed up, so she quickly looked at her phone for the train line to prepare after she figured it out she exited to the menu. She gasped as she saw the creepy eye app icon again. She quickly deleted it without a second thought and did a quick restart. After a bit of checking, she put it to charge before finally grabbing the cover as sleep took her away.
Take Your Time
Twilight woke up early knowing the train lines would be mess up and quickly puts on her Shujin uniform. Reminding herself to wear black leggings underneath her skirt, it was still a bit cold. After confirming she had everything she needs in her school bag, she headed down.
She must've been busy getting dressed because when she went down she noticed Sojiro with a plate that looked like curry. Sojiro saw her, and with a sarcastic tone said "Oh, so you are going to school." She just nodded and got closer to the counter.
"Here, I'll feed you, just make sure you finish it before the customers start coming in."
Twilight looks down to the curry. Sure she had weird things for breakfast, but never curry. It was a lunch and dinner meal.
"Curry?" she asks him.
"What's that reaction for? Just eat it." he replies to her. She sits down and decided it was best to eat it. Upon first taste, Twilight was surprised it was delicious, and before long she finished, feeling full, and ready for the day.
He reminds her after she was done that it was time for her to head out. She nods before showing her gratitude. "Thank you for the curry. It was delicious," she said.
He gives her a small smile. "Huh, it turns out you do have manners after all. ...Hurry over to school, you'll end up late if you get lost on the way." she nods and picks up her school bag to go.
Right before she opens the doors, he asks her to switch the sign to open she nods and leaves. Heading outside she was right it was chilly, but there was some warmth. Twilight turns the sign to open before running off to catch her train.
Once on her train she was amazing at how crowded it was. It wasn't usually crowded unless it was on the bus during summer. Above she could see LCD screens telling the news and reports on the accident. Once off, she pull outs to catch her next train.
After a bit of walking and having to use another line to get to the school. After she was finally cut out of the train station. She shivered a bit due to the crowds and walked out to a street close to the school. According to her phone it was on a few blocks away.
Take Your Time
At the shop, Sojiro and one of his customers were having small talk. "Oh man.. Did it say it was going to rain today? the customer asked Sojiro.
"Huh? It's raining outside?" he asked not noticing today's weather.
"It just started all of a sudden... This is why I hate the early spring." He replies back.
Sojiro looked to the side while thinking "That reminds me... Did she take an umbrella..?" he asked out loud to himself.
"Hmm, who're you talking about?"
Sojiro turns to the customer "Don't mind me. So, what'll it be?" he asked hoping for the client to ignore his last comment while taking his order.
"One house blend, please..." He requested. Sojiro got to work while preparing the coffee. The news blared on again about the accidents.
"There's been a lot of nasty accidents lately. You know, I mean the subway accidents that the news is talking about... My coworker got caught up in it and is now in the hospital now.." he ended with a small bit of sadness in his tone. "But that aside, it's kinda creepy. The people who caused these accidents supposedly went crazy all of a sudden. I heard that some of them suffered a nervous breakdown during interrogation."
Sojiro who was focused on brewing the cup of coffee while listening to his customer gave him the cup. "Huh" he said to him.
Take Your Time
After Twilight had stepped out of the station, she noticed it was raining. 'I should have brought an umbrella,' she thought.
She stayed there a bit wondering what to do.
Looking down at her Smartphone to check the time her eyes widened when she saw the app there again. This was staring annoying with it constantly reappearing on here. This stopped when she heard footsteps next to her. She turned around to see another person wearing a hoodie.
The person brushed off some of the rain from her coat before pulling down her hoodie. It was another female, she had very light blond hair, pale skin, bright blue eyes, and she was wearing the same uniforms as her. 'Another student?' she thought and stared at her a bit. The girl looked around at the street a bit as if she was waiting on someone before realizing she was being stared at. The two stared at each other for a bit neither had anything to say before the girl smiled and looked back out.
Twilight not wanting to seem like she was weird looked back to the street as well. She could hear cars racing down the road to their destination. She spotted a silver car slowing down where the two of them were as the window rolled down. A man was in there and looking at the girl. "Good morning. You want me to give you a ride to school? You're gonna be late."
The girl next to her nods a little "Um, sure. Thank you." she replies walking towards the car.
The man looks towards Twilight offering a ride. "Do you need a lift too?" he asked her nicely.
"No thanks, but thank you" she replies back smiling.
The man nods and rolls up the window once the girl is in. Before it completely closes she caught a brief second of her looking down sadly. She thought of it as nothing as the car moved again to its destination.
A boy rushed by maybe to be picked up him too? This thought was completely thrown away as he yelled in frustration. "Dammit. Screw that pervy teacher."
Twilight looked a bit baffled before muttering "...Pervy teacher?" Unknown to her the app picked up on her voice storing the word pervert. The boy turns around realizing he was not alone looking at her.
The vulgar boy approaches her"...What do you want? You planning on ratting me out to Kamoshida?" Twilight was confused who was this boy and who was Kamoshida.
"Who is Kamoshida?" she asks him.
The vulgar boy was confused. "Huh? In that car just now. It was Kamoshida." Her mind flashes back to that second to that man. Was he Kamoshida? The vulgar boy looks to the side. "He does whatever the hell he wants. Who does he think he is- the king of the castle? Don't you Agree?"
Twilight was even more confused. "The king of a castle?" she asks back.
"No, I mean..." he stops a minute to think before realizing something. "...Wait. You don't know Kamoshida? Are you for real? You're from Shujin, Right?" he asked her.
"You go to Shujin too?" Twilight asked hoping to changed the subject.
"What..? No other high school's got a uniform like this." He replies taking a look at her uniform. "A second year, huh... We're the same grade then. Never seen you before though." He takes a moment to think finally realizing something. "Oh, you a transfer student?"
She nods "I starting today." she replies.
"Then no wonder you don't know him." He looks towards the street for a second then back at her. "This rain ain't too bad. We better hurry up, or we'll be late." She nods and begins walking with him before both gets a small headache. The vulgar boy grunts in pain. While Twilight feels light headed. "Uuugh, my head hurts... Dammit I wanna go home." he said before walking off and soon after she felt a bit better followed.
Take Your Time
Time flashes forward to the present as Twilight looks up to Nijima. She takes a minute to make sure she recalled everything so far correctly.
"...There was a terrible subway accident that day. You remember, don't you? I've assume you knew of the little uproar that the public calls "psychotic breakdown incidents."
Twilight nods "I heard about them a lot when I entered the country up till that moment, and even afterwards there were endless reports on a new one every other day. I mostly ignored them a bit since there was so many." Twilight answers Sae questions.
"You say that like it's none of your business. It was all over the news, and one of the victims including a teacher at your high school. I've doubt you stopped ignoring them. On that day...were you still an "ordinary" student?" she asked back.
"What do you mean?" she asked a bit confused with the last question.
"...Let me change the question. You transferred to Shujin Academy correct?" Twilight nods.
"An ordinary prep school that could be found in any city. That's what it should've been. What happened around that time? Tell me everything-truthfully." Twilight looks down for a second getting ready to explain more as her thoughts go back to that day.
Take Your Time
She was walking with the boy knowing he was aware that the direction of the school. Unknown to her the effect of the app started to shape the world she was walking in. She put it away as they approached a turn. While walking down the alley way full of puddles from the rain. She heard a splash and turned around to see nothing, maybe the rain was messing with her or her nerves of the first day were doing it.
Her phone pulsed with the app working. She suddenly heard a yell from the boy and rushed to him. At the end of the alley way was something she would never see in Tokyo, let alone near her school. A giant castle was there with dark magenta clods above it. "We didn't... come the wrong way though." as the boy looked back near the alley "Yeah, this should be right..." He said looking to the sign that clearly had her school name on it. What's goin' on here...? "Guess we'll just to go and ask." She nods as the two walked into the castle not knowing what would happen in there would be the first steps towards becoming the Phantom Thieves.