Bonus: DJ Met and the Dictatorship of Yonaka Kurai
It's good to be king.
Great Lord God King Yonaka stood in front of the mirror. Today was her interview on "Bloody Radio," whatever that was. She figured it would be a nice chance for exposure.
"Got to look my best."
Yonaka loved how her new dressing room was so big, and had changeable backgrounds ranging from a dark forest to the full moon to a heavenly light. A changing room fit for a king. She tried on every outfit she had in her wardrobe to determine which one would be the best. She had her junior high uniform, a blood-stained uniform, Shinya's outfit, a cute nurse outfit, a cute maid outfit, cute Chinese garb, cat-girl garb, a Mogeko costume, and even that fluffy form from earlier. The Mogekos sure had weird plans for her, but the costumes they made for her were cute, nonetheless.
And of course, there was her crown. The head of the previous king, now nothing more than a scalp.
"Would you pick something already?" said Yonaka's now-headless advisor. "You'll be late for your interview!"
"Just a minute, moge-tan!" That was her new name for him- he couldn't be called King mogeko anymore, now could he? Yet she needed an audible difference to distinguish him from the rest. This would do.
She decided her regular uniform would be the best thing to appear with. Nothing too weird or threatening- she didn't want to scare away the interviewer. She'll instill fear in the world's populace on another, much later date, when they're prepared.
Yonaka made sure everything was in order- her hair was nice and smooth, her clothes were unwrinkled and clean, her pigtails were braided, etc. before leaving.
She loved her new life in Yonaka Castle. The king had just about everything to herself, and did not need to share with anyone. She could take a Mogeko's precious prosciutto whenever she felt like it, and the poor creature could not do a thing but cry. She could randomly kill and torture Mogekos whenever she felt like it, and they wouldn't dare stand up to her. Sometimes, when she was feeling particularly lazy, she'd just send Shinya or Moge-ko to deal with them. Every night, she'd "play" with Moge-ko, or moge-tan, or Shinya, or all three if she felt like it, until they begged her for mercy. Often she'd hoist them onto those three crosses on the fourth floor, near Moge-ko's room, so they'd feel the pain of Hasu. It all felt so good. This was the new dictatorship of Yonaka Kurai.
Of course, it wasn't all bad. She'd brought all the Mogekos she so mercilessly slaughtered back to life, along with her brother. Last night, she gathered them all for a celebratory feast, and they seemed to have a good time. In general, the Mogekos describe her as being very kind and motherly- when she's not in one of her 'trances,' of course.
Yet Defect still wasn't talking to her. When she brought him back to life, his response was to ask what the former king had "done to her." For some reason that Yonaka couldn't understand, he accused her of "going too far." What is he saying? After they put you on a cross and burned you to death? These assholes deserve everything they're getting! You should be thanking me! We can finally be happy together! We can finally keep our promise and get married!
She still remembered.
"Missy! Do you have any idea what you've done!" Asked Defect, angrily.
"Yes I do," replies Yonaka, "but if you'd like to tell me, go ahead."
"Fine. You went completely crazy!You killed hundreds of Mogekos, even my friends who helped you! And rather than leave, you chose to stay here and become the new king?"
"So What? They deserve this, after everything they've done. I'm only teaching them a lesson."
"You have no right to screw everything up like this!"
"I'm an existence called 'evil' now. If it's my job to do evil things, then I will. Look, just forget everything that happened before. Pretend I'be always been your ruler. Pretend we're still on good terms."
"...Missy. Sorry, but I'll never just forget what you've done."
"Fine. Then it looks like we'll be enemies now."
"Maybe we will!" he said before storming off.
"You really are a defect, you know that?!"
Thier relationship was never the same. After one too many heated arguments, he went off by himself. He willingly locked himself in the cell they first met in. He still lies in that same cell, refusing to speak to her. Sometimes she passes by and hears him crying.
"Yonaka? Sister? Shouldn't you be leaving?"
Sweet little Shinya noticed her staring into space. She couldn't help but remember the good old days, before any of this happened. She remembered Defect, and the wonderful relationship they used to have... Of course, she snapped out of it and left for her interview.
Shinya swore he saw tears running down her face.
"Heeey, hi there! Morning! Good day! Good evening!"
What time was it, even...
"Time for Underworld Broadcasting Bloody Radio with your ghost host, DJ Met! Today's guest is - tadah! The bro-cestuous high school girl, Yonaka Kurai! Woooo!"
She applauded her guest, as if to imitate a pleased crowd. The Great Lord God King spoke.
"Ehehe...Hello." Bro-cestuous?
The interview room looked nice enough. Pink-chekered tile scheme, a couple Mogekos in the sound room, a couple posters... actually, one of them was a picture of a shark with "SHARK FIN" written on it, but she swore the shark looked familiar. What was his name... she could never remember. Sumekichi, or something like that?
"Alright! So how was it, Yonaka? Thoughts on Mogeko Castle?"
"To be honest, I never wanna appear in one of these again." Yonaka figured that if a sequel were to be made, her reign could potentially come to an end... and she'd probably suffer even more. She'd rather just be left alone ruling Yonaka Castle away from the camera's eye, thank you very much.
"I'LLLL BET! Oh, but don't worry! Gaiden's gonna be even crueler and take even more from ya!"
Oh, why did she have to confirm her suspicions? Now Yona's probably gonna have to set up extra security in the castle...
"That aside! I actually made a li'l cameo in this game! Didya notice me! Plus some other guys, but hey, y'know..."
Surprisingly, she still remembers their amusing little arguments.
"No, hold on...Gaiden? What... I didn't... hear about... eh?"
"Alright, moving into the rapid-fire Q&A part of the program! Our first question isss! From M-san of K Prefecture! Hmm...'Please tell us Yonaka's favorite type of man...' Whew! Yonaka, whaddya say to that?"
"Brother." At least he's still loyal to me, Defect.
"Yikes! So much bro-cest! Guh-roooooosssss!"
"Aren't you being a bit cruel!" Ugh... she's like Yosafire, but completely obnoxious.
"Not so much if it's true, eh?"
"Um, well, look!"
"Right, moving on! From Lewdie! Uhh...'Please tell us Yonaka's first romance...'Oh-HOH!"
"Brother." Honesty is the best policy.
"Seriously that's incest! You big dummy!"
Dummy?! "Y-you have the wrong idea! It's a pure love!"
"And ain't love all about motive?"
"Wrong again!"
"Ahahahaha! Right, 'pure incest' it is, you brainless idiot!"
"Weahhhh!" DO you have ANY idea who you are talking to, lady?! I could strangle you, or bash your skull in, or cut you up, right now, if I wanted to!
But she decided it was best to keep her mouth shut.
"Right, from I Love Panties! 'Please tell us Yonaka's favorite person.'"
"B"
"We know it's your stinkin' brother!"
"Is that wrong! Hmph!" Why, I have half a mind to...
"Who said that? Nyahahahahaha! Right, how about we look at different sorts of questions? Maybe give you a ghost of a chance! Myahaha!"
A king should not be subjected to this treatment!
"Ahem, from Hashasky! Why was Yonaka chosen as the protagonist of this game?"
They stared at each other for a moment, baffled by the question. Finally, Met broke the silence.
"Uh? Who cares!"
"Huh? What the?"
"Don't go asking me that stuff! I couldn't care less!"
"That's cruel! You're cruel!"
"Shaddup, you hopeless bromantic!"
"You should apologize to brother-lovers all over Japan!" And to your future overlord, she added mentally.
"Oh, so you acknowledge it!"
Yonaka realized what she said. "WEAAAAHHHH!"
"Oh yeah! I've gone to mess around at Mogeko Castle from time to time... And since I'm not weak like you, I can murder those Mogekos so easy!"
"Well, I'm only human! What do you expect of me!" Even an all-powerful monarch has to start somewhere, right?
"Probably nothin', dummy!"
Losing patience...
"Why DO you like your bro so much?"
"Oh, gosh..."
"'Oh gosh' ain't gonna cut it! You big nincompoop!" she said as blood poured down her face.
"You're bleeding a lot!"
"Ooh, this? Happens sometimes. It's basically sweat I guess?"
...The FUCK?
"You're reminding me of Moge-ko!"
"Oh, that nutcase!" At least we agree on something.
The interview went on and on, the two of them going back and forth. Eventually, it was time to end.
"Everyone! Thank you very much for playing Mogeko Castle!"
...Met just stared. "Wait is that it?"
"The game was too horrible for me to say anything more." Please, let's just end this.
Yonaka was in the middle of her ballerina routine, twirling and swinging around. Meanwhile, mogeko was laying on the ground, defeated. It felt so GREAT to be able to rub victory in his face like this. Suck it, Mogekos!
Howver, she was interrupted with a summon back to the throne room. She ran back and dragged her slave/advisor with her.
"King, the others are back with some very interesting information..."
"Yes, moge-tan?"
"We found out who the protagonist of Gaiden will be," said Shinya. "Apparently, the game is subtitled General Hashasky's Great Adventure."
That Russian Mogeko I rescued? He's my opposition? Of all people...
"Well... looks like we'll have to get him out of the way. Ah, I know the perfect person for the job!" She would love this. She loves the days when the king gives her someone weaker than her to bully. That's why she's so enthusiastic about doling out the new regime's punishments. Yes, perfect!
"Ohhh, Moge-ko! Yonaka-tan has a mission for you!"
Thus, we conclude this story for now. As for what happens next, we'll just have to wait for the sequel. Now, a message to my inspirations for this story. I'd like to thank Ogekom/Mogeko/Deep Sea Prisoner for making this wonderfully twisted game, and Blue Rhapsody for making Mogeko Castle With Voices, which added even more hilarity and built on the already created world. This was mainly me filling in some of the blanks and writing down what might have been going through the character's heads as they went through all this craziness.
Welp, hope you enjoyed reading, cause I loved writing it. And I really hope we get to see Yonaka playing the Big Bad role in the sequel. She'd make an awesome Ivlis-esque antagonist, and the Ivlis/Yonaka pairing will probably get even stronger (don't personally ship it, but it would still be funny). So thanks for reading, and ciao!