Risa finished a painting on the wall.
A small white rabbit like creature landed on her shoulder and looked up at the ceiling.
"What do you think, Wiz?" Risa said.
Wiz flapped his ears, got some lift and hit the window.
"Nice try." Risa grinned.
Risa was an 18-year old young woman with fair skin, rosy cheeks, large blue eyes, brown eyelashes, brown eyebrows and light freckles around her nose. She was famously known for her long, silky, golden blonde hair which is around 70 feet in length, though her hair was naturally dark brown like her parents', as when it is cut, it turns so.
Risa's dress was a traditional German dress called a "dirndl", with a longer skirt than that of a normal dirndl. Her dress had a purple theme with a pink accent. The dress consisted of a lavender corset top laced with a pink ribbon. The skirt was purple. It was decorated with swirling and floral designs in pink, dark purple, and white. She wore a white petticoat underneath. The skirt's hemline wore above her ankles, but well below her calves. Her sleeves at the top were short, puffed, and striped with pink and lavender; the rest were long and it was pale baby pink with a white lace at the hems. She usually did not wear shoes and disliked wearing them
All around the tower room were various artworks. Some created by her and some by her grandfather, the great Hikari. Mother talked of him often, and he was like a god in her eyes.
Every day, Mother would arrive, and inspect her art, and they would perform the ceremony.
Mother said her artwork was blossoming and soon they would go to Dead Woods together and create the ultimate work of art. The work that Hikari could not finish. Kokuyoku.
Risa looked out towards the sky. Only one mystery remained, one thing that was unfulfilled in her life.
The shining lights in the sky that appeared on her birthday.
"Maybe today, after the ceremony...Mother will agree to let me go see the lights."
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"Come on Krad!" Dark said. "We have to get that crown!"
"The Crown of Alice." Krad said. "Mysteriously returned to the palace two years ago. It won't be easy." said.
"Of course not. But it belongs to me!" Dark said.
"To us." Krad corrected.
"This is gonna be a great day! That crown will be ours!" Dark shouted to the sky.
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Back at the tower, Risa sighed. "This is it. This is a very big day, Wiz." She giggled. "I'm finally going to do it. I'm going to ask her."