Tsubasa no Tenshi 2- Doll House

"So, between Oujirou and Ichiru, I've heard that you built a new thing for Angelic Layer."

"Oh, a wireless headset. It's rather effective, but I've got to work out how to keep it from forcing the Deus to concentrate harder. If I'm not careful when I'm using it, Tsubasa-chan tries to mimic my movements exactly, including sitting still."

"That would be a problem."

"But it's good for when I want to practice my own movements at the same time, though she's limited to my ability. It's just something I have to work on."

"It's a good thing we're working constantly on the development."

"Oh! What college are you taking classes at now?"

"I was accepted at Tokyo University. I'll be taking the last of my high school classes in the mornings and then going to the university for those lessons."

"You're lucky. Not having to wear the school uniform." I laugh and notice that I cleared my plate. I guess I was hungry after all.

"Tomorrow's Sunday, if you want, we can start running some tests on your new headset design."

"Great. Oh, Ichiru-oniisan, you're friends with Suzuhara Shuuko, right?"

"Ah, yes."

"So…Suzuhara Misaki-san, is she related to Shuuko-san?"

"You caught me."

"She has potential. If she won her first match without practicing at all. And it only took her one try to get the beat down perfectly." I push my glasses up and stand.

"If you'll excuse me. I have to unpack my things." I leave the dining room and go back to my room. First things first. I open the bag that I carried with me and pull out some things, namely, Tsubasa and her accessories that I always carry with me. A small pillow for her to sit on, and the box with a few extra clothes for her.

"I may be a genius, but I'm still a girl. I like for Tsubasa-chan and myself to match. That's why she always wears different clothes. And besides that, all of her clothes I specially designed. In fact, I also made the design public. A lot of people are using the fabric design that I made for their own Angels."

"You sound like you're advertising your own products."

"No. I'm not. It just makes me happy to know that so many people have their own Angels and are taking good care of them."

"Is Tsubasa your only Angel? Or do you have a lot? I'm sure that being a designer for the game you have a lot of different models to test."

"Actually, Tsubasa-chan is my only Angel. The ones I help run tests on are only basic designs that belong to the company." I sigh and turn off the radio. Who turned it on, I don't know. But I hate hearing my voice on those interviews. Because I have to act excited. I hate interviews. And I can't get away from them. Because I'm the genius girl behind half of the products for Angelic Layer, and it's also rare for a thirteen year old to be about to graduate high school and starting college.

I set Tsubasa's pillow on the desk and set her down comfortably on it. Now that she's comfortable, I open one of the bigger boxes and move all of the other boxes into the bottom of my closet, which already has most of my clothes in it. I empty the box and start putting together the doll house.

It's a special design that I built, it's a three dimensional Layer. I use it to practice a lot when I'm stuck at home. I may be a genius, but I get sick a lot. Especially at Oka-san's house. I was allergic to quite a bit of things there. I set up the furniture from the box inside the rooms and plug in the house.

"I didn't realize you still played doll house, Ai-chan."

"Watch." I pick up Tsubasa and set her in the bedroom of the house.

"What are you going to do?" I turn on the lights in the house, turning on the system, and put on my wireless headset. I sit on the bed, exactly the same as Tsubasa, and turn on the headset.

"Watch." I stand up, so does Tsubasa.

"Wow! I wasn't expecting that. What exactly is that doll house?"

"A three dimensional Layer. When I got Tsubasa-chan, Oka-chan thought it would be nice for her to have a room of her own to stay in. Because I take care of Tsubasa-chan like a daughter. I got sick and I wasn't able to practice at all and I didn't want Tsubasa to get bored, so I took notes from the design of the normal Layer and made her house a layer that she could move around and play in. That's the main reason I wanted to make the wireless headset." I concentrate on keeping Tsubasa still while I grab her suitcase off the desk and put it on her bed. I also get the boxes of her stuff out of the big box and put them in different areas of the house, where I marked the boxes to go.

"Are you going to have her unpack her stuff as well?" I nod.

"She packed it herself in the first place, so why not unpack it herself as well?"

"I swear, I've never seen someone so close to her Angel." I smile and Tsubasa starts unpacking.

"She also can change her clothes herself. Because I designed her clothes to be like human clothes."

"This is pretty cool. You've outdone yourself again, Ai-chan." I smile and have Tsubasa sit on her bed when she's finished putting her clothes away.

"It'll be an all night job if I have to unpack my stuff all by myself."

"Do you want some help? That's actually what I came in here for." I nod.

"Sure. I'll bet that Wizard would enjoy helping Tsubasa with her unpacking."

"You have an extra headset?" I nod and pull it out.

"Of course. I made a second one. It's not as prone to make them copy me."

"Then I'll go get Wizard." I smile.

"Thanks. I worry about Tsubasa. I think she gets lonely from time to time, being the only one in her house."

"You're such a kid sometimes." I laugh and Oujirou leaves. I pull a box out of the closet, labeled computer. I open it and start setting up my computer on the desk. Someone knocks on the door and I pause in arranging the cords.

"Come in." Oujirou comes in and stares at the amount of cords and parts I have out.

"Are you building your computer from scratch?"

"No. I've got to plug in the cameras to the computer."

"Cameras?" I nod.

"There are places in Tsubasa's house where it's hard for me to see what she's doing, so I put mini cameras in those places and plug them into the computer so I can see what I'm having her do."

"It must have been hard for Oka-chan to get a house built to fit Tsubasa. She's really tall." I laugh and he sets Wizard on the desk.

"I'm almost finished putting these cords together…got it!" I sit up and sigh in relief. I turn on the computer and open the program for the house.

"Ai-chan, I can't believe you."

"Why?"

"Because, you're so smart. It's unbelievable." I smile and plug the two headsets into the computer.

"Can I see Wizard for a moment?"

"Sure." I set up an Angel Scanner and plug it in, turning it on. I put Wizard into the scanner and his stats pop up on the screen. "What are you doing?"

"Syncing the second headset with Wizard. Done." I hand Wizard and the headset to Oujirou and he puts on the headset. "In case you're wondering, the space outside the front door is also included in the layer." Oujirou laughs.

"Figures. It'd be impolite to just show up in someone's house." I laugh with him and he walks around the house. "This puts a whole new meaning to the concept of playing with dolls." I nod and sit on the bed. After a moment, Oujirou walks over to the bed and sits down beside me. I laugh when I hear knocking on the front door of the little house. Tsubasa gets up and goes downstairs to the front door, letting Wizard in.

"This is really amazing. That you came up with this."

"Not really. I was bored and I didn't want Tsubasa to be bored."

"I wonder how Ichiru would react to it."

"He'd probably freak out. He's pretty strange." The two dolls start unpacking boxes and putting things away. "It really looks like they're talking to each other."

"They are, can't you hear it?"

"Huh?" Oujirou stares at me."See, Tsubasa is laughing."

"So one of them made a joke?" I nod.

"Apparently. We may not be able to hear it clearly, but they have voices. Just like when people play or fight, they're always talking to each other. Either with their movements or real words. Without realizing it, somehow, they've become people at some point." Oujirou stares at me again. "What?"

"Whoever ends up as your husband is going to have a handful."

"Why do you say that? I'm only thirteen, after all. It's gonna be a long time before I marry."

"Sometimes you're so strange, Ai-chan." I notice what time it is and gasp. "What?"

"The time! We've been concentrating on Tsubasa's unpacking and I've only got her house and the computer unpacked!"

"Oh, you're right. It's getting late. Maybe instead of running tests tomorrow, you should unpack." I nod. Oujirou gets up and Wizard bows, leaving the house. I laugh slightly and Oujirou picks up Wizard. He puts the headset on my desk and leaves the room. I have Tsubasa go to her room and dig in a drawer for her night clothes. I do the same and change clothes. Tsubasa does the same.

"One good thing about the wireless headset causing her to mimic me." When I finish changing, I pick up my clothes and put them in a basket by the door. Tsubasa does the same. The house is a scaled down, average house. I make Tsubasa lay down on her bed and I turn off the house. I take off the headset and set it in front of my computer monitor and start shutting down the computer. Once I finish that, I turn out the lights in my room and go to bed.