Str1k3N01r here, once per week as usual. This week, I would like to present to you Ram's arc of the story, which runs in line with Rom's slightly. I got an idea for this after listening to their 'duet sisters' album and watching the Idol Event in Neptune V. Of course, the jokes aren't really in the events. They're just something I made after listening to their Japanese VA's April Fools interview last year. Can't believe that their VAs are actually as close as their characters. They were even sharing a couch to sleep on.
I guess I should stop talking and let you guys start with reading the story.
When a Joke turns Lethal
[Day 4]
I look outside the window as I wake up. My older twin sister is still sleeping, as is our guardian. Today is the day that the two of us are going to Leanbox to join Nepgear and Uni to debut as idols. Vert-san initially wants onee-chan and one of us, but onee-chan is adamant on not going because she has so much writing to do, so we took the offer in her place. Some time before that, though, we pulled a prank on onee-chan and Mina. Atlus-chan, our instructor, is against it, but at the same time she's curious as to how will onee-chan and Mina react, so we include her in the plan. Her job is to sound as convincing as possible while we act naturally. That took place a few days ago. Well, maybe I should explain in detail.
[Day 1]
While onee-chan was working on the books that she's going to publish during summer expo, Atlus-chan, Rom and I are reading in her study. Onee-chan already made sure that the two of us would keep quiet while we were doing our own reading, so she let us in. While Atlus enjoyed reading the works of fiction that onee-chan had accumulated over the years, the two of us were more interested in onee-chan's works. So far she had published three different sets of stories.
The series are all based on real live experiences… at least that is what onee-chan says. The first and second series pretty much deals with love between two girls, with the first one (princesses and kingdoms setting) being more serious than the second (high school setting). The third story is pretty much a retelling of our adventures, with our names, location and enemies changed. No one else besides the goddesses, candidates, oracles and makers know about what we did, so the public greatly enjoys the works onee-chan published during the expo. Of course there are other, questionable ones that Vert had asked onee-chan to write, which she grudgingly agreed to.
I enjoyed reading the princess stories, while Rom always chose the high school ones because it's more cute and fluffy, as she said. After we read a few chapters, I had an idea. If love between two girls is as difficult as that, what if Rom and I 'started dating'? I'm sure love between two girls who are siblings would be even more exciting! When I whispered to Rom about it, she expresses concern and worry, but after a bit of explaining that it was more towards a prank than actually dating, she smiled and agreed. Atlus-chan will find out sooner or later thanks to her butterflies, so we asked if she could sleep together with us that night.
The two of us told Atlus what we were planning before the three of us slept. She was not surprised, given what we had been reading all this while, but she said that if Mina and onee-chan found out, we're on our own. Normally, we wouldn't include her in playing pranks like this on the others. This time, however, we're going to need her help. We asked Atlus to do the research on the behaviour of girls that are in love and after she finished her research, Atlus would teach us what to do.
[Day 2]
The next day began with us practising what Atlus told us to do yesterday. We begin by holding hands no matter where we're going. Rom's uncontrolled blushing helps the acting part a little. Our first destination is the ice cream shop that we often frequented. Of course, this will be the first time the two of us are going to share one banana parfait and feed each other.
The waitress, who often served us whenever the two of us arrived here for some sweet treats, was surprised that we were ordering just one ice cream. Of course, when we started taking turns, feeding each other, she turned around and took her handkerchief out. I could tell that Rom was enjoying this, so I continued to feed her little by little. We left the shop at around noon and went around Lowee, still holding hands.
When night fell, we returned to the basilicom, glad that our experiment was a successful one. We told Atlus while she washed our backs and hair about what the reactions of the people were when we went downtown and we were ready to move on to the next step of the plan: dinner time. It was Atlus' turn to cook, so we're getting some spaghetti. It might not be as good as the food that Noire-san can make, but Atlus is quite skilled in that department as well. I'm sure she could handle the task. Atlus decided to use cream sauce and some of the fresh seafood that she bought off Leanbox's market earlier today. Onee-chan and Mina joined us at the table as Atlus cooked our dishes with the handmaidens in the kitchen.
"You two seemed pretty happy today," onee-chan asked. "What happened?"
"It's a secret," I replied. Rom gets redder exactly then, causing Mina to give us a questioning look.
Finally Atlus joined us as the handmaidens served the spaghetti on our plates, except for the two of us, who were sharing a large plate on our own. Onee-chan smiled because we used to do this back before we became goddesses and assumed that we felt rather nostalgic, so she decided to let it slide. However, I could tell that Mina was getting worried by the signs. Rom noticed this too and throughout dinner, we kept looking at each other's eyes and occasionally we used our forks to feed each other while Rom couldn't stop herself from blushing.
"What's wrong, Mina?" Atlus asked. Apparently, she noticed Mina's glare too.
"It's nothing. I just want to make sure that I'm not seeing things," Mina replied as she wiped her glasses clean.
Oh, she wasn't seeing things alright. Dinner went on as normal until we finished. Atlus gave us a glass of ice cold strawberry milk with two straws on it before we started drinking together. We returned back to the corridor that led us to our rooms and waited there, in place, with me seemingly pinning Rom onto the wall. Of course, we wouldn't want ourselves to be seen by anyone else other than our targets, onee-chan and Mina.
"You ready?" I asked as I heard footsteps coming. Since Atlus was already in our room, waiting for our little prank to officially start, we knew that the footsteps belonged to onee-chan and Mina. Rom nodded meekly before she recites the lines that Atlus told her yesterday as onee-chan and Mina was just around the corner.
"W-wait… Ram-chan… I appreciate what you did for me today, but… but… we're still sisters!" Rom said softly. I could hear the footsteps stop almost immediately. I maintained my position and continued looking at Rom straight in her eyes.
"Sister or not, I love you, Rom-chan," I said as sweetly as possible, causing Rom to blush and turn around. "We were meant to be together."
"I couldn't… we shouldn't be doing this," Rom whimpered slightly.
"I know we are sisters, but still we love each other more than that, right?" I asked Rom one more time, causing her to nod. "Then like onee-chan said, screw the rules. Our love is more important."
To tell the truth, I was as nervous as Rom did because we were about to take each other's first kiss… if that even counts. As I closed the distance between us slowly, the two of us could hear our hearts beating. Maybe… maybe we shouldn't have asked Atlus to cast that spell on us. While I'm in control of my head, my body just acts as if Rom was all I needed and Rom was all that I wanted. Before long, our lips connected and everything just happened automatically from then on. We remained in that position for a few minutes, kissing, before I dragged Rom back to our room and locked it.
Atlus sat on her futon with her compendium opened and observing how onee-chan and Mina reacted using her butterflies. She was barely controlling herself from laughing out loud. Of course, she could replay what happened to us, so we were trying our best not to laugh as well. It actually worked so well that they actually bought it.
[Day 3]
We kept our lovers act for the entire morning as we ran around doing our job as candidates. Onee-chan gets increasingly worried as time passes. Yep, you heard that right. She's worried. Worry isn't an expression that onee-chan will normally show unless her books are not finished yet and the date for the expo draws close. In other words, we were seriously disturbing her. Atlus just pretended that she didn't know what was going on, on the assumption that we became this close after onee-chan was imprisoned in the graveyard.
By lunch time, Mina interrogated us about what that had been going on behind her backs, to which Rom, who decided to be a little disobedient like the last time we set out to rescue Atlus from the rampaging killachines, told Mina that we are dating. That was enough to stun her for a little while and we ran off, holding hands, towards our room. Mina picked the best time possible to enter our room. Our clothes were on the floor, leaving us with only our undergarments on and Rom was on top of me. That was enough to send her away, crying as to why her 'sweet little angels' had become like this.
I'm sure Mina would report to onee-chan sooner or later, so we giggled and put our clothes back on because it was just a joke, but we have to ensure that every other goddess knew about it as well. The recording of our duet would take place tomorrow at Leanbox. Since Nepgear-chan, Uni-chan, their sisters and Vert will be there, everyone else would know about it as well. So far, our plan was going very smoothly. It wasn't long before onee-chan asked us to go to her room. We already knew what was in store for us, so we just played along with the countermeasures against onee-chan's arguments in mind.
When the three of us are inside onee-chan's room, she locked it and she looked ready to give us a stern talking. Onee-chan shook her head before she began speaking.
"You two… you had better tell me that what Mina told me is a joke."
"What did Mina say?" I asked in order to ensure that Mina did relay onee-chan the right message.
"Well… Mina told me that she saw you two making out on your bed. Also, she said that you two were going out."
Yep, that is the correct message… well, almost. Rom had begun nodding and kissed me on the cheek.
"I love Ram, onee-chan. Is there something wrong?" she asked.
"This isn't right," onee-chan sighed. "You two are siblings! It is wrong to love each other."
"Why is that?" I asked.
"Because… well… I know the three of us are loved by Lowee's people, but imagine the backlash that would happen if they heard that you two are going out," onee-chan said, barely keeping herself calm. "Whatever you two do, please do not show that in public. You promise me this and I will not raise my hand against you."
Aww boo! Onee-chan merely thinks we're going through that phase. Oh well, I suppose that it was good enough. Of course, we would not show that in public, but that didn't mean that we would not behave this way when only our fellow candidates or other goddesses are around, though.
"You two want what's best for Lowee as well, right?" onee-chan smiled, but she's almost tearing up. Yet another emotion that I thought I would not see. I could tell that Rom felt bad a little but quickly dismissed that worry. "I can only fear that the backlash from the public will be much more critical than I thought."
"Alright onee-chan," Rom smiled. "We promise."
I nodded, causing onee-chan to smile widely as well.
"If this is what you want, then I cannot stop you," onee-chan pulled us into a tight hug. "Just… don't cause everyone here additional trouble, okay?"
"Okay," the two of us smiled. That was enough experimenting with onee-chan's and Mina's reactions anyway. After dinner and bath, we returned to our room to report what had happened, although we didn't even need to given that Atlus' butterflies are all over the basilicom's public areas and corridors. Still, it's a value that Atlus instilled on us and it was something that I learned the hard way since lying is fruitless when she knows what you're doing.
[Day 4]
And that brings us back to today. Rom is still a little groggy since she couldn't sleep last night due to how excited she was. Atlus almost used that ice cube trick on the two of us again, given how often she finds us lying flat on our stomach. Luckily I woke up early and prodded Rom awake. Our pouches are also filled with supplies for the day, mainly some sandwiches, as usual, a few of those special potions that Atlus paid Gust to ensure that we can last long enough to record a total of three songs (a duet, followed by Rom's version and my version of the song) for the album.
We had been going to Leanbox for vocal training a while ago. During the practise for the duet, we performed far better than Nepgear and Neptune-chan did on theirs, while Uni-chan and Noire-san refused to let us take the lead. It's funny the more I think about it. Noire-san was all 'No.', similar to onee-chan when Vert invites her on board. Seeing Neptune-chan joining this causes her to immediately change from no to yes.
After the vocal practices were over to ensure that we were ready, we moved on to the dance practice. That was the first time we lost to both groups because they were physically stronger than the two of us, so we took a longer time to master our routine. Atlus often reminded us that onee-chan is stronger than Neptune-chan and Noire-san combined despite looking younger than them, so we tried to channel our 'inner onee-chan', as Atlus called it, and kept trying. Our routine is much simpler compared to theirs and our own instructor let us off easily because to her, we were just kids.
We had a concert with them at Leanbox's concert hall, at the same place where we appeared on stage without any prior practises whatsoever on Nepgear's idea. Apparently, Chika-san told Vert-san about it and they were up for turning us into temporary idols. Even today, we still don't know the reason why, but it seemed that Vert was content with letting us gain support. The six of us are famous enough to actually warrant the recording of our duets, so 5pb. asked her agency if they were willing to handle our recording.
5pb.'s agency happily accepts the deal and set our recording day to today. The three groups will gather at Leanbox for today. Since the small agency only has two rooms for recording, we will have to take turns. We got number 3, so we will go last, while Nepgear and Neptune-chan will go first. We take our time to get ready properly, with Atlus making sure that our hair is silky smooth and everything because later we have to take some pictures for the album's cover image as well. Since we're doing our recording last, we get our pictures taken first.
Atlus provides us a shortcut using her door spell, so we can always get there on time. Although, that door spell does have a weakness. It can only appear in a dead end, so as to look not-so-suspicious, so Atlus picks the nearest possible location to conjure the other side of the door at and shorten the amount of time taken for our trip.
Nepgear, Uni-chan and their elder sisters are already at the lobby of the agency. I can sense the tension between Neptune-chan and Noire-san. As usual, they're in the middle of one of their 'petty arguments', as onee-chan says it.
"Rom-chan, Ram-chan, good morning," Nepgear greets us with her usual, bright smile. Rom and I return the greeting in kind. I can sense that whenever Rom talks with Nepgear, Uni-chan will be looking at Rom with jealousy evident in her eyes. I think everyone besides them knows that Uni-chan likes Nepgear and Noire-san likes Neptune-chan. It's so obvious that Atlus often shakes her head whenever the two pairs are involved in something.
"It seems that everyone is here," Vert-san suddenly appears. "Alright then. Leanne, 5pb., I'll be leaving them in your care."
Vert-san promptly leaves after telling the idol pair to get us started. Leanne and 5pb. lead us down the hall towards the recording room. Neptune-chan and Nepgear then have their turn to record their songs first, while the two of us stay behind in the room opposite of the recording area and enjoy the lounge. I wink at Rom and she nodded before she acts nervous. This attracts Noire-san's attention because she looks incredibly bored and she wishes that she's back home working… at least that's what I think.
"You okay?" I ask Rom.
"I'm just scared if something bad happens…" Rom sighs.
"There there. You're here. I'm here," I pat Rom's back and cause her to visibly relax, even if just a little. "We can do this, just like we always do."
"Thank you," Rom said before kissing me on the lips, surprising me and causing both Uni-chan and Noire-san to drop their Styrofoam cups on the floor with their mouths opened wide.
"W-w-w-what are you two doing!?" Noire-san objected almost immediately.
"What do you think we're doing?" Rom asks back, quietly as always. She is smiling widely while I pretend to catch some breath. She didn't really kiss me that long, though, but she just holds our faces close to each other after brushing my lips. Due to the distance between us and the fact that both Uni and Noire are looking directly at Rom's back while she kisses me, sets the illusion that we're actually kissing for that long.
"You two are siblings and it looks like a serious lover's k-k-kiss!" Noire-san immediately expressed disgust, although I wonder if it is the truth, given how she's constantly denying how much she wanted to get under Neptune-chan's non-existent skirt. Well… non-existent skirt last time. Now she's finally wearing a dress… although I can see that she brings her one-piece parka with her today. Most likely it will be worn for the photoshoot after the recording is done.
"Whoa… just what happened when we're not hanging out as a group?" Uni-chan expresses mild surprise, but otherwise didn't show anything else. At least, she can control herself better than her sister.
"The two of us are dating," I say after I 'recover' from the kiss. Then I quickly cover my mouth as part of the act. Rom also glared at me for an added effect. "I'm not supposed to say that."
"I-i-it's okay. W-w-we'll keep our mouths shut," Noire says. "Right, Uni?"
"Whatever you say, onee-chan," Uni says as she approaches us and smiles. "I'm not sure what to say in this kind of situation… so I think I'll just congratulate you two and leave it at that."
Soon enough, it is their turn to record their song. Nepgear and Neptune-chan enters the room to relax and drink some water to relief their throat. I wonder what caused them to take that long to record just three songs. Rom asks first so Nepgear explains that Neptune-chan was torn between singing as herself or as Purple Heart. Eventually, she decided that she'll stick with herself in the duet and go solo as Purple. Must be nice, having a cute, childish body as one form and a mature, adult one as another. Onee-chan, Rom and I barely change when we transform.
It was my turn to feel uneasy now and Rom takes this opportunity to comfort me like a responsible elder sister. Despite being older, Rom is more towards the go-with-the-flow type and lets me decide on what to do. That's just the way she is. Neptune-chan saw what was going on and was staring at the way our lips inch closer with her mouth open wide in disbelief. Neptune-chan and Nepgear will be a lot harder to convince, so we have to make sure that it does not look like an act. Somehow, I get the feeling that Rom is enjoying this act a little too much.
"Nep! Are you guys doing what I think you're doing?!" Neptune-chan immediately stops what she's doing and forcibly separates us both while we're in the middle of kissing each other. Rom looks at Neptune-chan like a monster that is denied of her prey. That causes Neptune-chan to take a step backwards, unsure of how to respond.
"Ram-chan is my lover," Rom finally speaks up. Neptune-chan looks to me for confirmation and I nod quietly in reply.
"But… that's… does your sister has anything to say about it?" Neptune-chan asks again. To reply, both of us shake our head. She then leaves the room, presumably to tell Nepgear, who is trying to find the rest room, along with Noire-san and Uni-chan what has transpired.
"Hehe. We got them good, Ram-chan," Rom nods after Neptune is out of sight.
"Yes. Now that it is on their minds, they won't be able to concentrate," I giggle a little. Leanne comes in and says that it is our turn to record our music.
After the recording is done, we join the others in the photo taking area for the album cover. Neptune-chan and Nepgear already did theirs, so we're just waiting for an antsy Noire-san and Uni-chan who looks rather relaxed for some reason to finish their turn. Noire-san insists on doing quite a number of poses to outdo Neptune-chan, so it takes a little longer than expected. After the photo taking is done, we leave the agency to return back to Lowee using the same door that we use to arrive here.
"How was your day, girls?" Atlus asks the two of us after we return home from our recording session in Leanbox.
"It was fun," I answer first. "Isn't that right, Rom?"
"Sure is," Rom remark. "Nepgear-chan and Uni-chan have to rely on their elder sisters to perform duets, but we have each other."
Onee-chan then arrives and invites us to take a bath with her. After Atlus prepares the bathroom, we head inside. Atlus and onee-chan rinse themselves, but we use the shower head at each other and fool around as usual. We join them in the tub, on the opposite side so as not to disturb onee-chan.
We got out of the tub before our skin starts to display wrinkles to wash ourselves proper. Onee-chan let Atlus wash her back as she applies shampoo and conditioner to her hair while we sit down and wait quietly for our turn. If only Atlus could do my back and hair first. Then again, Rom and onee-chan have shorter hair, so they will always finish earlier than me. By the time Atlus moves to do my hair, onee-chan already left the bathroom to return to her study, where she spends her free time either reading or getting materials ready for the expo during summer and winter.
Atlus also returns to her duties while the two of us retreat to our room, yawning. Atlus' scalp massages can do that to you because it is just that comfortable. With the recording done, tomorrow we'll have to make one last trip to the recording station in Leanbox to confirm that we're satisfied with the result of the edited footage and songs. I fall asleep as soon as I hit the bed.
[Day 5]
We return back to Leanbox today to finalize the content of our CDs. Apparently they agency is including the videos from the concert for the pre-order bonus and you need three albums to form one full concert. Nepgear and Uni-chan are there as well to do the same thing. Apparently Neptune-chan is knocked out because she spent all of her energy after the activities yesterday, refusing to even wake up. On the other hand, Noire-san collapsed from working immediately after the recording, photo taking and interview.
Trust them to behave that way, though. Rom and I expect that to happen anyways. Since Uni-chan and Nepgear will be editing their own album first, we decide to pay a visit to Saturn, who is normally here at this time of the month. Saturn might not be related, but ever since we first meet each other she is always like this, friendly and welcoming to her fellow goddesses. She even treats us as if we're her own siblings. After we're done playing (and bluffing her about us dating along the way, earning her shocked face in the process), we return back to the agency to edit our video. Leanne helps us because she thinks we're a little too young to handle that on our own.
After the editing, we return home to Lowee to resume our studies. Atlus is teaching me more elemental spells, while Rom is learning on a wider variety of support and healing spells. Since Rom will be studying more spells than I will, I ask onee-chan if she can shift some of Rom's responsibilities on me while she studies. After a bit of arguing, she reluctantly agrees to do it.
Rom collapsed after dinner because of how many spells she has to master by today. Tomorrow, we're going out for some practise and at the same time Nepgear invites us for tea and some cakes. I can't wait for tomorrow to come because today is officially the last day we're pulling this prank on everyone. Although we are not sure how long will the trouble we just caused last.
[Day 6]
The day starts with Rom waking up from a nightmare. Atlus and I comfort her before we head out to the bathroom to wash ourselves before we do our practise today. After a quick breakfast, the three of us leave the basilicom and set out to the monster infested areas to clear quests that Atlus accepted yesterday. Rom's support spells causes my offensive spell to deal more damage in a single cast, which helps me to conserve my SP. Atlus also has some items that we can consume to recover our SP, although the two of us didn't like the bitter taste it leaves in our mouths. I almost wished they developed flavours for them. Maybe Nepgear can make something like that?
We take a short break during lunch time to eat the sandwiches that Atlus brought with her. The first time we have her sandwiches for lunch, Rom refuses to share any of the smoked salmon ones with me and that marks the first time we nearly argue with each other. After I manage to get a taste, I figured out the reason why Rom refuses to share them. It isn't exactly smoked per se and I can still taste that it is not fully cooked. I'm surprised Rom actually enjoys that kind of food.
Rom uses her N-Gear to call Nepgear to confirm where we are meeting in Planeptune, at which Nepgear sent the coordinates of the shop we're heading to on the map. That will let Atlus make a door near the area again for quick transportation. We return home to the basilicom after our 'test' is done to relax.
Eventually, the time for our tea and cakes arrives. The reason why we have light lunch today is because of this. Atlus doesn't want us to consume too much food, so it's either a heavy lunch followed by dinner or light lunch with some tea and cakes in between.
When we reach the shop, Nepgear is there talking with a blushing Uni-chan. Seriously… it pains me to watch how Uni-chan acts around Nepgear. Why can't she take a leaf from our interactions yesterday and just confess already! Even Rom notices what is going on and she sighs.
"Rom-chan, Ram-chan, you're here," Nepgear greets us as we join them at the table. Rom sits next to Nepgear while I sit next to Uni.
"You two are late," Uni remarks. "Don't tell me you guys hid in the alley to do who knows what before you come here."
"Uni-chan!"
"Sorry… after what I see two days ago, it just enters my mind, you know."
"Actually," Rom starts speaking up, attracting their attention. "It was all a joke."
Since this is a private room that Nepgear booked in this restaurant, no one outside will hear the surprised 'What?!' that just left Uni-chan and Nepgear's mouth. We expect that kind of reaction, but Uni-chan and Nepgear is incredibly shocked that it was all along a prank.
"To think we actually believed you two are going out," Uni-chan starts laughing when she realizes her mistake. "I can't believe I actually fell for it."
"Yeah, me too," Nepgear says. "How long have you two been doing that?"
"For a few days," I reply. "At first we are only targeting onee-chan and our oracle, but after seeing their reaction, our interest in seeing how the others will react grows as well, so we ended up pulling a fast one on everyone."
"Oh you two," Nepgear smiled. "You caused a lot of trouble for everyone."
"So that's why you were holding hands, kissing and looking into each other's eyes while you're at the waiting room," Uni sighs. "You two totally had me back there."
"We got you two good," Rom smiles and I follow suit.
"I guess there isn't anything wrong with a good prank once in a while," Uni says before she opens the menu. "Let's hurry up and order our cakes and drinks. I don't want onee-chan to actually notice I'm leaving her hanging during working hours."
Rom and I are unsure on what to order while Nepgear and Uni-chan swiftly placed theirs. That is to be expected, though. Given the amount of time Uni-chan tags along with Noire-san to Planeptune, I'm sure she already has a favourite flavour in mind. That is, until we recall what Atlus once said about this particular shop. The tiramisu cakes that are sold here are so good that even the true goddess will leave Celestia just to grab a bite. With our choice of cake in mind, we used the device to place our orders. As usual, we will be having honey milk tea to go along with our cakes.
While we're eating, we talk about our prank in detail, telling Nepgear and Uni-chan what had happened previously that drove the plan into motion. Of course, there are a lot of surprises but compared to our elder sisters and Vert, we candidates are really close with each other and especially with Saturn, so we kinda expect her to be here as well. Unfortunately, Saturn is busy today and she has to turn down the offer. We tell them about the warning from Blanc, which causes Nepgear to worry about it a little.
With our snack finished, we head back to the door to return home. What we see back home, though, no longer surprises us. Onee-chan is angry… no, furious is more correct. I can only guess that Noire-san, Vert-san and Neptune-chan must've sent her a message in their chatroom or something.
"I thought I told you little pricks not to tell anyone?!" onee-chan yells before she chases us around the basilicom's public area with Atlus at the pathway to the corridor, sighing as she retreats to take care of Mina. And that, pretty much, marks the end of our little prank. We just continue avoiding onee-chan, who is trying very hard to keep up with us, until she calms down and then we can explain what happens. Hearing that calms onee-chan down faster before Atlus returns.
"Hmm…" Atlus walks over as she reads her book. "I believe that the two tried to cast this spell on each other and its effect on them is a lot stranger than how it is supposed to work."
"What… spell?" onee-chan asks while she takes deep breaths.
"Ever heard of Marin Karin?" Atlus asks.
"The forbidden spell that enchants the target to fall in love?" onee-chan asks.
"Yes. My gut feeling tells me that they somehow found out about its existence and tried it on each other," Atlus explains.
"I… I see… I should've known better than to act on impulse," onee-chan clears her throat. "I thought I was over that phase already."
Trust Atlus to come and save us in the last minute… although this will mean that we owe her for bailing us out… again.
More stuff from Persona. well, since the Original Maker is named Atlus, you would surely expect her to do that, right? Anyway, I hope you enjoy the cuteness. See you next week. Str1k3N01r signing off.
