"That couch is heavy, do either of you need any help?"
"Nope. I'm good. How 'bout you, Hajime?"
"It's light as a feather."
"See? We're good. How 'bout you, Yamato?"
"I am mighty fine, thank you! Ha ha ha!"
'I will never get used to his loud attitude…' Alloisia thought to herself. When the next day came, Uno wanted to begin to set up his game room. So of course he went ahead and began inviting a bunch of people. Two being the Inmates from Building 3, Honey and Trois. Aka—the pantie perverts. Alloisia will never not hold that against them for as long as she lived.
But, she tried to ignore that factor and act like it never happened. Right now she was helping carry stuff into the new room, only to find Kiji in there with his inmates along with the rest of Cell 13. Alloisia was helping Hajime carry a large couch, holding it above her shoulder with one hand while the other was carrying two boxes. Yamato was right behind her, carrying a mat with a bunch of boxes as well.
"Yo, where do you want this thing?" She called out since she was in the front of it.
"Uh, there should work for now." Seitarou said and pointed to the spot.
They obliged and easily placed the gigantic couch down. Alloisia placed the boxes down right next to the couch since she had no idea where to put them. This place was practically empty since Uno 'wanted everyone to pitch it'.
"Where should I put these things?" Yamato asked.
:"Anywhere's fine—just try to be careful, deputy Supervisor!" Seitarou exclaimed in concern.
Alloisia stood up, only to yelp and crouch to the ground again to dodge the large mat on Yamato's shoulder. She tried standing up again, but Yamato turned around in confusion at her yelp. Alloisia dodged the mat by leaning back, glaring pointedly at Yamato.
"Didn't you hear Seitarou? Be careful! You almost took me out—twice!" Alloisia told him.
"Oh! My deepest apologizes, Al! I didn't even see you there!" Laughed the older man.
'Yeesh…' She sighed in her thoughts and rubbed her head.
"Damn it, why're we the ones who have to carry all this crap in here?" Groaned Hajime, only to noticed a black fur ball on the couch. "Get off, Kuu… Hm… Hm..."
Alloisia could only sigh at the lazy cat. That cat won't move unless he is disturbed, and she knows for a fact that it's destined to happen.
"Oh, No.11! The various items you requested have all arrived!" Announced Yamato.
"Please let us know if anything is missing." Seitarou added.
"You did it! You really did it!" Exclaimed Uno childishly as he began jumping on the couch, causing Kuu to jump as well.
Seeing the cat fly in the air and meow in dismay, Alloisia was quick to grab onto the fur ball and save him from a life of ups and downs. She held onto the cat, only to realize he was clinging to her like his life depended on it. Which also meant that his claws were digging right through her clothes.
'I've got at least three to four layers on, what the hell.' She thought, wondering just how long his claws are. She looked up to see the guys touching the couch while Uno remained jumping on one side of it.
"They probably would've bought this stuff if he asked them to." Rock said. "He did win, after all."
"I don't get why, but all they would take for free is this empty room." Jyugo explained. "He said he wanted to spend his own money on the rest."
"Guess he's broke now, huh?" Rock said, looking a bit amused.
"Go, Kuu, go." Alloisia placed the cat down after he calmed and shooed him away. She stood up and looked at the couch and table. "I still don't get why he just spent it on this stuff instead of any game boards or whatever…"
"Squish, squish, squish!" Nico kept chanting like a child as his hit the couch cushions.
"Hey, is this supposed to be the new game room?" A familiar voice grabbed Alloisia's attention.
She turned around to see Samon and Inori, along with the inmates from Cell 8. They couldn't see with the mask on her face, but she was smiling widely at them for coming. She honestly had no idea if they would come or not. I had to be the inmates who convinced Samon into letting them join.
"Okay, Upa, I agreed to carry all this stuff, so how about you stop punching me in the gut and let me do it?" Qi said to the shorter male, who was still punching him.
"This is to punish you for complaining." Upa stated.
"Why is a cheap table and crummy couch all you have in here?" Samon questioned, clearly not impressed.
"Eh, who knows…" Alloisia simply shrugged at him.
The guys began to set up a few of the tables they brought with them. It was interesting to see how they all interacted. The more stuff that was brought in, the more the room began to look filled. It was slowly beginning to look nice. But, what really made her happy was the pleasant chatter between all of the inmates.
"Wow. I'm surprised you were willing to give up your mahjong table." Spoke Kiji towards Samon.
"Yeah, well the thing is Inori was constantly playing it instead of doing his job." Samon explained. "So, I decided to get rid of it."
"That very much is a Samon move." Alloisia said and laughed lightly.
"Yeah, well, I think I saw him buy the automatic one a moment ago." Hajime said to Samon.
"I'll kill him!" Samon threatened.
"BIG LOAD COMIN' THOUGH!" Shouted a familiar voice.
Alloisia turned and yelped, seeing a gigantic box flying their way. She jumped out of the way, only to witness it hit the three Supervisors. She cringed at the sight of them slamming against the wall, knowing that has got to hurt them. Looking up, it was kind of not a surprise to see that Mitsuru was the driver of the box on wheels.
"Rwut-row, is everyone okay?" Mitsuru called to the three.
"No—no we are not!" The three growled at him in pain.
"You're more of a threat than those inmates, Mitsuru…" Alloisia commented, not standing up next to him.
"Hey, No.11! I got you some goodies!" Called Mitsuru who ignored Alloisia.
"Yaahoo! Is that what I think it is?!" Uno exclaimed happily.
Mitsuru opened the box and had Alloisia and Yamato help him unload. Inside was a bunch of stands with dart boards and a gigantic pool table. Alloisia was amazed that they even brought this stuff in considering that darts are technically a lethal weapon… Plus, the pool balls and sticks can probably hurt someone crucially if someone tried hard enough. Before she knew it the guys were already all over the games.
"You're my hero, Mitsuru!" Uno exclaimed and suddenly lept into his arms, shocking Alloisia as Mitsuru willingly spun him around.
"Yeah! Anything for a New Year's Tournament Champion!" Exclaimed the announcer.
"I'm really starting to believe that Seitarou is the only sane one here…" Alloisia murmured to herself. "At least they're happy…"
"I never would have thought they'd let us play darts in a prison…!" Honey said, holding a bunch of darts with a huge grin on his face.
"Oh how I've missed you so much…" Trois said, holding a pool stick.
"Damn it all!" Hajime cursed loudly, causing Alloisia to watch his angry form from afar. "Why did he bring that crap?!"
"He told me they were gifts for a friend but he didn't have room for them." Seitarou answered him.
"What the hell do those idiots think his place is supposed to be?!" Hajime growled.
"This is our house!" Uno and Mitsuru replied, giving Hajime a thumbs up as they were being smug little shits.
"OH, SUUURE IT IS!" Hajime exclaimed sarcastically as he began punching a wall. "AT LEAST UNTIL SOMEONE LOSES A DART, OR A POOL BALL! UNGRATEFUL INMATES—"
"Supervisor I brought you your… digestive medicine." Seitarou said, having a glass of water ready as he tried calming the older man down.
"I actually feel sorry for him…" Murmured Kiji and he, Samon, and Alloisia had sweat drops on their heads.
"This is actually an ordinary day for him…" Alloisia murmured.
"You have my condolences." Samon said, resting a hand on her shoulder, surprising her.
After stepping away from that, she watched the other beginning to play with the new games in the room. Even she tried her hand at a bit of darts before stepping away from it. Darts is frustrating at it is. She rather not break the toy Uno just gained. Plus, with her overbearing strength, sometimes accidents happen.
She recalled breaking a chest piece by accident from slamming it against the board. Needless to say, she broke the board, too. 'Most embarrassing moment of my middle school life…' She thought as she face palmed at the memory. But she was snapped out of her thoughts once again by Uno's loud voice.
"Musashi!" He exclaimed, which grabbed her attention.
Awkwardly standing at the door was Musashi. He hand his hand up in greeted, seeming a little stiff. "Uh, hi…"
"You sure took your time gettin' here." Uno said and walked over to him, Alloisia following him.
"Yeah, there was this thing I had to take care of first." Musashi said.
"I'm glad you came." Alloisia said smiling, then looked to Kenshirou. "Thank you for allowing him out."
"Yeah, well, he at least earned it." Kenshirou said and walked off. "Do as you wish."
Alloisia chuckled softly as he walked by, rolling her eyes at his usual behavior. "Don't mind him. Kenshirou has always been like that. I'm just glad he allowed you out of your cell to come join."
"Yeah, well, I heard somebody nagged the hell out of him until he did it. I've got no idea who, though." Musashi said and shrugged.
"Hm… I wonder who indeed." Alloisia said, practically smirking with her eyes.
"Seriously, what can't you do with this prison?" Uno asked her in a bit of amazement. "You practically have everybody wrapped around your fingers."
"I wouldn't say that." Alloisia shook her head, not quite agreeing with what he said. "All you got to do is know the right people, okay? Connections are vital in this life. Plus, I offered to groom Kenshirou's guard dogs if he allowed him to come, so…"
"Seriously? I thought you told us those dogs hated you." Uno said.
"Oh, they do." Alloisia nodded. "Animals usually like me, but those dogs really don't like me… I think it's because I misbehaved as a prisoner here and they still resent me for it. But all's fair is fair. They have a right to hate me so… yeah…"
"It was Musashi, right?" Honey said as he and Trois came over to meet him. "We competed against you with that handsome guard dog, but not as handsome as me, in the tournament."
Musashi tilted his head to the side, clearly confused by what he meant.
"It seems he's forgotten you." Trois evaluated.
"How could anyone forget such a gorgeous face like mine?! It's impossible!" Honey exclaimed as he and Trois began posing.
"He's completely delusional. But if you use my gorgeous face instead the argument stands!" Trois exclaimed.
"Narcissistic prick!" Honey yelled at him.
"You're both narcissistic pricks." Alloisia stated as her right eye began twitching, but neither heard her.
"Wow you didn't even hesitate." Uno commented, giving her a sideways glance.
"I just really hate egotistic pretty boys, okay?" She murmured. "I've spent too much time with brats like that in America and it's just downright exhausting…"
"Oh, you poor thing…" Uno said and jokingly patted her back.
"I'll introduce myself to you just this once so take care to remember." Honey said, standing in front of Musashi. "I'm inmate No.82, but my real name is honey. I'm considered the best looking guy in this prison."
"I'm inmate No.03," Trois introduced himself next. "My real name is Trois and I'm considered the best looking guy in this prison."
"Times like these, I'm glad I'm blind…" Musashi said, causing Alloisia to burst out laughing.
"Ha haaa! That was the best line ever!" She exclaimed, holding her stomach as she laughed. "Ahaha! Why am I such a sucker for this type of humor...?!"
"I've heard you laugh before, but never this hard…" Uno murmured, his eyes wide in surprise by her laughing. "Your laugh is actually terrifying…"
"S-shut up…!" She said in between her laughs and hit his arm lightly.
It took her a full minute to recompose herself and apologize if she had freaked them out. Musashi and Uno knew she meant no hard feelings and told her it was fine. After she calmed down she ended up playing a round of pool with the guys. She had no idea how long the game lasted until Seitarou grabbed everyone's attention.
"Ahem, excuse me everyone." He said before Hajime took his place.
"Back to your cells." Hajime ordered.
Immediately an uproar came from the inmates. Alloisia, being obedient as she was, put her pool stick away as she could hear everyone yelling, saying they wanted to stay and play a bit longer.
"Nobody's finished a single game yet, you've got to give up more time, man!" Uno exclaimed, trying to convince Hajime to change his mind.
"Your free time for the day is over." Hajime stated. "You spent all bit of it playing."
"How much time are you going to make me spend in my cell?! It sucks there!" Uno exclaimed.
"You can have one hour here per day." Hajime stated as the veins on his face were as clear as day.
"THAT'S NOTHING!" Shouted the inmates.
They all began talking at once, throwing insults here and there, demanded they wanted to stay. Alloisia sensed Hajime's murderous intent and immediately back away. She grabbed Seitarou and held him behind her, eyeing Hajime carefully so he didn't go on a plumbing frenzy. No even two seconds the man's temper burst, causing him to punch every single inmate on the head and cursed at them.
It was a very cringe worthy sight to take in. Musashi was clutching his head in pain, looking like a kicked dog. Honey and Trois were actually crying, having Kiji rub their heads to sooth them. Liang, Upa, and Qi were bitterly glaring as Samon tried to get them out of the door. Kenshirou and Kiji were glaring harshly at Hajime, angered that he laid a hand on their inmates.
Almost all of Cell 13's inmates were now clinging onto Alloisia, trying to hide themselves from Hajime. Nico clung to her waist, Jyugo was practically on the other side under her right arm, while Uno and Rock hid behind her and held her shoulder out of fear. Even Alloisia was fearing Hajime's rage, knowing he was one of the only men who could actually hurt her with ease. But even with the inmates clinging onto her, Hajime's ranting did not go unheard.
Of course, it was up to her to calm everyone down. She ushered Samon's group out since she knew quite well they needed out of their to cool their heads. She then went to try to appease the angry gorilla to hopefully calm the situation. Leaving him for a moment she he got Kiji's group out and then ushered Musashi to leave with Kenshirou. He then had Seitarou get their inmates out of there. It took her a full half an hour to calm Hajime enough to know he wouldn't punch anybody.
When she finally got back to the office she slouched in her chair while sighing loudly. Calming Hajime is a lot easier said than done. Eventually she told him to go smoke outside to get himself at ease while she went back to the office. She felt that was more stressful than dealing with an over raged Upa over a claw machine.
"Oh my gooood…" She groaned after slouching in her chair. "I'm so glad the day's over…"
"I'm sorry you had to deal with that, Al." Seitarou said, feeling actually sorry for her.
"No, it's fine, it's fine…" She waved at him halfheartedly. "Calming anybody is hardly easy. I'm just glad Hajime didn't destroy the place…"
"Well, it's getting late." Seitarou said and stood up from his desk. "I'm going to clock out. Yamato is still doing the late night, but he's out training. If you need anything from him you can just contact him with your radio."
"Got it…" She mumbled and lifted her thumb up into the air. "Later, Seitarou…"
"Goodnight." Seitarou said and left the room.
Alloisia waited until Hajime came back before entering the dark room. He was the only one who could take her mask off, after all. She was still residing in the prison, her room basically the dark room now. Taking her entire uniform off, she changed into some pajamas before entering her bed. They were a faded purple long sleeve shirt that. Her pants were white, having a pattern of black dog paw prints on them. Tying the waist line, she climbed into her makeshift bed and went to sleep, glad to have her hair down.
'Another good day well spent…'
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"AAAAAuuuh!"
"Geh…!?"
Alloisia shot up in her bed, now becoming wide awake. Her eyes adjusted to the dark room, but she saw no one around. She listened carefully and sensed nobody in the room. It was strange. Alloisia usually isn't one to wake up easily, especially being in the deep sleep that she had been in.
She felt a very numbed panicky feeling in her chest, causing her to gaze around one more time. Seeing nothing, she placed her hand onto her head, trying to calm herself down. Placing her hands on her neck, she could tell that her heart was beating a mile a minute. Alloisia knew she wasn't dreaming because usually she could recall the last moment of the dream.
'I'm probably just hearing things…' she thought, trying to ease her anxious paranoia. 'I imagined that scream is all… Nothing wrong. You're fine… Hajime's out in the office and Yamato is in the training area. You are literally outside of where Hajime it, you're fine, Alloisia. But…'
She groaned softly as she yanked her covers off of her and stood up. She slipped some black flats on and got out of her bed, her hand subconsciously finding its way to the back of her neck. There was something eating away at her—telling her that this wasn't something she should ignore.
She opened the door, trying to adjusted from the sudden brightness if the office lights. Once she adjusted she stepped into the room, trying her hardest to listen in carefully to her surroundings. Hajime, who had been at his desk the whole time, gazed up from his paperwork and towards her. He was confused why she was up and why her expression was slightly unreadable. She was clearly listening for something, and looked rather puzzled by it.
"Hey, what're doing up?" Hajime asked her, causing her head to whirl towards him. "Relax, kid. What're you doing out of your bed?"
"S-sorry…" She spoke softly, looking away from him and gazing at nothing in particular. "I just… I woke up hearing a scream… I-I just needed to make sure everything was alright…"
"Are you sure you aren't imagining it?" Hajime asked her. "I've heard nothing all night. It probably was a dream or something you were having. Go back to bed. You know better than to be out here without looking like a man."
"R-right, sorry…" She nodded and turned towards her door. "You're right. It must've just been some dream…"
Just as she stepped into her room, she heard another scream again. She whirled around, now fully alarmed. She took a few steps away from the door and was now in the middle of the room, listening carefully. She stared at the door, her eyes not blinking. She could only assume that her heart was racing even faster this time.
'That was no dream!' She yelled in her thoughts. 'That was real… I know I heard that scream, I'm not being delusional!'
"Hey. What's wrong?" Hajime asked, seeing how she was standing like she was ready to react. "...Come on, Alloisia. Talk to me." He stood from his desk. "What's wrong?"
"That scream…" She mumbled.
Another one.
Gasping loudly, her eyes widened in shock as she realized where the muffled sound was coming from. It was outside. She ran straight for the door, not caring for herself or anything anymore. Hajime yelled at her, trying to get her to come back and talk to him for one moment. But she didn't listen.
Fearing for whoever it was, she ran fast, and hard. She had to get outside—she just knew it was out there. Something was going on and nobody was reacting to it besides her. Alloisia knew this wasn't something her mind was creating anymore. She knew that this was a scream. A scream of pure terror and fear. And, whoever it was who let it out, she knew she had to save them.
Running to who knows where, Alloisia realized she brought herself to the roof of Building 13. She carefully exited the door to the outside, trying to look around for anybody who might be out there. Hearing voices from behind, she peeked out from the door to spot only one of the two people.
The maliciousness vibe she gained from that guy told her she was no friend. He was just sitting on the hand railings, talking to whoever else was here. Not even realizing she was moving, Alloisia found herself jumping in the air, swinging her leg horizontally. Somehow, she managed to hit him right in the stomach, which actually knocked him over the railing. But...
...she went over the railing, too.
The person who had been the one screaming witnessed her fall in horror. They ran to the railing, concern and fear striking them. It was bad enough they were almost killed by that guy. Now she was going to go too? They couldn't let her die just like that.
"ALLOISIA!" They screamed, trying to see if she might've hit the water.
"...Down here!"
They gasped and looked straight down, seeing Alloisia hanging from the ledge. As she fell, Alloisia's body quickly acted, twisting her body in the air as she fell with her hands out, which allowed her to latch onto the very edge of the roof between the bars of the railing. She even used her strength to make sure she didn't slip off, actually creating small indents into the metal. Gazing up, she realized the person above her was Jyugo. But she was more wary of the man from before. Looking down, she saw no one. It was like he vanished into thin air...
"...Are you okay?!" Jyugo called to her.
"If hanging on a ledge counts as okay, then sure!" She sarcastically responded.
Moving her hands, she grabbed onto the bars to help climb up. As she pulled herself up, Jyugo reached down and grabbed the back of her shirt to hopefully pull her up. Once her feet was in between the bars, Jyugo helped her climb over until she was on safe ground.
"What the hell happened here?" She immediately demanded, looking very angry at Jyugo. "Who was that guy? What the hell did he—"
She stopped. Her eyes flew right open as she stared at Jyugo.
His entire body was shaking. His hands, his arms, his shoulders—he was just shaking. He kept his head down and away from her, not allowing her to see his face. Alloisia's face dropped as she looked immensely concerned, only now realizing the screams she heard was really his.
"...Alloisia…" He whispered, so softly that it was almost hard to hear. "I'm so afraid… I'm so afraid of tomorrow…"
Alloisia's eyebrows furrowed together in confusion. Not able to understand it, she just shook her head and rushed forwards, hugging him tightly. Jyugo's breath got stuck in his throat, his chin on her shoulder, as her arms were tightly around him. It just made it feel all the more real. I made him want to break down and cry.
"I got you, Jyugo, okay?" She whispered in his ear. "I got you now. You're okay. I've got you…"
"Alloisia…!" He cried, his voice cracking as he found himself latching onto her. "Alloisia…!"
"I'm right here, I'm right here." She kept saying, stroking his hair to hopefully calm him down. "It's okay, it's okay. You're okay, you're okay…"
Jyugo practically fell to his knees, bringing Alloisia down with him. She held him tightly, cringing with every shout he made. One hand was on his head while the other was on his back. She actually felt his nails through the cloth of her shirt, but she didn't dare to move. He was sobbing so much that her shoulder was completely soaked. Even with Jyugo's cries in her one ear, she still heard footsteps.
Looking up, she instantly spotted Hajime. He was giving her a very hard look that she couldn't quite pinpoint. She just shook her head at him, signalling that this was not the time to talk. Hajime clearly sighed and tilted his hat down, telling her that he was going away. She looked back and Jyugo and made him her top priority.
'This has been a terrible, terrible night…'
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