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Session 84
Papermoon: Elena's Side
Out of all the places Elena had found herself in in the past couple years, an oversized birdcage was not on that. Though, she had heard that possibility thrown out a couple of times in the short time she had spent at high school.
The cage in question looked like something out of Looney Tunes but much bigger. When she gazed upwards towards the top of it, her eyes could just barely make out the top of it. Elena was fairly certain that she would either run out of energy or find that her captor had installed some weird 'device' that prevented from reaching such an altitude. So she turned her attention to the brass bars of her prison, staring out into a grayish white sky. Or void. It was kind of hard to really tell which one it actually was.
"If you're done talking about this truly wonderful prison, can you focus on me?" a voice announced and Elena turned around, focusing on the yellow mouse creature dressed in a short pink top with a matching skirt. A large pink bow hung on its gigantic left ear while a pair of pink flats sat on the creature's tiny feet.
"And who might you possibly be?" the gale corsair inquired, only to have her cellmate give a sigh.
"I am Daisy, cosplay idol extraordinaire." the mouse greeted as she held her left 'hand' by her face, attempting to emulate something she had probably seen out of some obscure anime. "You there!"
"Yes?" Elena answered and focused in on the creature.
"Would you kindly be a good girl and just die for me?"
The gale corsair gave Daisy a confused glance, unsure if she had heard the mouse right.
"Uh… no?"
She then broke her focus away from the mouse and turned it to what appeared to be a large stack of lined paper and a box of sharpened pencils.
"I know." Elena thought as she sat herself down beside the stack, grabbing herself a piece of paper and one of the pencils. "Now, who should it be for?"
She closed her eyes and cycled through the various people in her team. But try as she might, it almost always seemed to be whittled down to Alice, with just one attempt going to Lily for some reason.
Deer Alice,
While her penmanship and spelling skills were very rusty, she wasn't quite sure if it should be 'Alice' or 'Miss Zwingli' to start it off. But considering where they respectively felt their relationship was, the former probably made more sense in this context.
While she was working on her letter, Daisy decided to approach.
"Whatcha writing?" the mouse inquired as they made their way over to the gale corsair, who gave them a confused glance. "Hopefully, it's fan mail for me."
Elena gave the mouse a confused glance, possibly unsure what she was even talking about. But before she could ask her question, Daisy snatched the piece of letter away and looked over what little the gale corsair had written. "Oh, you're writing to your girlfriend. Of course. What else would would the lesbian be writing too,
"Lesbian?" Elena inquired and gave Daisy some attention, unsure of how this conversation would go. "Uh… What's that?"
The mouse took a deep breath and sighed. She had hoped that Elena would at least sort of understand the word to describe her 'friendship' with Alice.
"Basically, it means you're a female who likes other females." the mouse explained as Elena watched on. "In some universes, this is a frowned upon thing. Here I guess it's encouraged. Is that clear?"
"Yes."
Deer Alice,
Currently, I am stuck in a oversized bird cage with a yelow mouse creature dressed in some sort of pink outfit. I writie this letter in the hopes that it gets to u. How are u doing? Where are u? Is there somewhere that you want to meet once we get out of here?
With lots of love and a kiss,
-Elena
Very carefully, the gale corsair made her way towards the bars of the bird cage and folded her letter into a makeshift paper airplane. She then flung the letter out, watching it sail down towards the abyss below.
"Now, I just have to wait." Elena whispered and returned her gaze to the mouse. "Can I ask you something?"
"Sure." Daisy whispered, only to attempt to give the gale corsair's leg a kiss. But Elena stepped to the right to prevent that.
"What even are you?"
The mouse only laughed and made a second attempt at kissing her target. This time, Elena jumped over her.
"I'm one of those pouch creatures that are somehow still popular with the kids these days."
"Oh." Elena answered and gave Daisy a quick look over. "Though, you do look like a plush I got a while back."
Daisy laughed once more and chose to focus on the outside of the cage.
"Well, I'll tell you this. I'm not that plush."
The gale corsair then took a deep breath and switched forms, curling herself into a ball afterwards. She closed her eyes, allowing sleep to take her away.
In her dream, she found herself falling in what seemed to be an endless tunnel. It was kind of boring, with the tunnel just seeming to contain nothing but emptiness and the occasional graffiti that said 'Sir D-Bag wuz here' or 'The Five Worlds must connect'. Eventually, the tunnel opened up and emptied out into a classroom. The classroom looked a lot like others shown in this multiverse, with a hardwood floor and tan felt walls. A variety of nondescript art was strewn about the area, but with no way to actually identify the art in question or the artists who had made it. One of those interactive 'smartboards' sat at the front and seemed ready to be interacted with. Currently, the teacher was displaying the various ways to break a same sex relationship.
Rows of desks had been placed in front of it, with a student holding each one as their own. That somehow didn't stop them from voicing their opinion though.
"Go fuck yourself, Elena."
"You're a useless piece of shit."
"I hope both you and that stupid slut kill yourself."
"Just die already!"
Of course, the teacher was 'Jestery'. Well, if you were sitting about a mile away and were looking through a pair of shitty binoculars that is. At best, it looked like a puppet that had been used in a variety of questionable propaganda posters and or videos for the past couple years and was now starting to show it's age. Parts of the white skin were chipping, while the clothes had somehow gone from blue and orange to black and yellow. The hair was a similar story, losing the mess of pink and purple in favor of whitish pink hair.
"Okay..." Elena whispered and watched as 'Jestery' turn around to face the board. Somehow, this was the cue for the 'students' get up from their seats and head towards her. "Get away from me!"
Yet they didn't listen. Instead, they seemed to move faster towards her. Elena only stood there and closed her eyes, possibly telling herself that it would be alright. All she wanted to do at that moment was wake up from this dream and cast it out of her mind. But that wish never did seem to be granted, with the horde surrounding her before she had a chance to even reach the door.
"Cast away those thoughts of sanity, dolly." they chanted as Elena switched to her hybrid form.
Memo-
She woke up before she finish saying her attack, finding Daisy currently attempting to use her tail spike to scratch the floor.
"Did anything interesting happen while I was sleeping?" Elena asked as she shifted back to her human form.
"Outside of you having such a wonderful dream, not really." the mouse responded and got a scowl from the gale corsair "I'm guessing it was far from wonderful then?"
"Are you always an asshole?" Elena inquired and got silence in return.
"Just shut up." Daisy snarled as electricity began to surge around her. "At least you have someone who legitimately cares about you!"
A ball of electricity then shot forth from the mouse and slammed into Elena, knocking her into the edge of the cage. Though, finding a paper airplane made from plain paper awaiting her there seemed to lessened the blow somewhat. Elena picked the airplane up and turned her attention to Daisy, who was currently crying and attempting to curl herself up into a ball.
"Is something wrong?" she asked and watched the mouse look up towards her and scowl.
"I just miss my master." Daisy whispered and took a deep breath. "I've been with him for so long that I forgotten what it's like to be without him."
"So you're lovers then?"
Silence fell upon the digitalverse for a few brief seconds in the hopes that the gale corsair would realize what she had just said.
"It is rude to look into a lady's love life, especially that of an idol." Daisy answered as sound returned to the digitalverse. "After all, I don't go poking my nose into your love life."
Elena gave her a cautious glance and muttered Daisy's response under her breath. Afterwards, she turned her attention to the paper airplane and unfolded it. Inside, was a neat note that looked to have been written by someone
Dear Miss Elena,
I'm alright at the moment. While I currently don't know exactly where I am, Suiko has currently gone missing and my parents having decided 'taunting' is the best way to have a chat. Though, there is one thing that I would like to ask you. If you somehow get out of that birdcage before me, make some sort of marking that I'll be able to recognize and wait there. No matter what happens, I'll come find you. But should I be the one who gets out before you, I'll make a mark and wait for you. That way, we'll be able to find each other no matter what the destination is.
Lots of love and a kiss back,
-Alice
Elena held the letter close to her chest for a couple seconds and closed her eyes, attempting to visualize Alice write this particular letter. She grabbed a piece of lined paper from the pile and the pencil from before, ready to write a follow-up letter.
Dear Alice,
I got yor message. While I am not quite sure how to exit this cage quite yet, there is a mouse 'thing' in a dress who has quite a nasty att
Before she could finish writing that particular sentence, another ball of electricity slammed into her chest. While it fried her letter, the gale corsair was fine with it. She would just make a second attempt at writing it.
Dear Alice,
I got your message and I'll go with your plan. While I'm not quite sure how to exit this cage quite yet, there's a mouse 'thing' in a dress who has quite bad manners who might know how. If you don't mind me asking, do you do have any other hobbies outside of gambling? I like to collect plushies and play board games.
Good luck and a kiss,
Elena
PS: This is my second attempt at writing this. The mouse destroyed my first attempt.
Compared to her previous completed letter, Elena's grammar actually seemed to be on par with a person around her age. Though that's not saying much, considering that the author has a tendency to let typos slip by.
After making sure that Daisy wouldn't shock her a third time, she folded her letter into another paper airplane and threw it out of the cage. Afterwards, she made a thin 'x-shaped' mark on the floor and switched to her hybrid form, ready to get some sleep.
Once more, Elena found herself in the classroom with the mocking children. Even as they shouted their words of hate and slander out, the gale corsair didn't listen, choosing instead to focus on the door out as she shifted to her human form. She sprinted to her destination and pulled the door open, finding herself in a long bland hallway with the usual gray carpet that seemed to alway find its way into this mess. Add in the felt covered walls that looked more at home in an office building than whatever she had found herself in. Of course, whoever was in charge of this 'dream sequence' had left behind a variety of speech bubbles to line the walls.
"Uh… who are you?" Elena inquired and watched the bubbles shift, which all decided to display 'Who are you?'. "Elena Yuliana, gale corsair."
The bubbles shifted once more, showing a mix of 'Gabe Tanaka' and 'Verena Tanaka'.
"So you're Alice Zwingli's parents then?" the gale corsair inquired and watch the bubbles shift to say a mix of 'maybe' and depends'. "Okay. So you're all her parents then?"
The bubbles shifted once more, deciding that displaying 'sure' was a good enough answer to such a complicated question. But for the moment, it would do the job. They then shifted to their default blank screen as Elena cleared her throat. Butterflies seemed ready to flutter throughout her entire body potentially tearing her apart. Yet the gale corsair didn't care at the moment.
"It's now or never." she thought and took one more deep breath. "I would like to take your daughter's hand in marriage."
Silence seemed to fall over the bubbles, as if such a possibility was to be ignored and forgotten by all involved. One by one, their answers appeared. And while not exactly what she had expected, it felt like some sort of miracle that only seems to happen once in a blue moon.
"I'll take it." Elena whispered and cracked a smile as her eyes shot open. The gale corsair was no longer stuck in the cage, having found herself in what appeared to be an oversized dollhouse. The walls looked to have been covered with some plain wallpaper, but now showed the bare untouched wood. The floor was a similar story, having once held onto many a beautiful carpet, but now it was the concrete's turn to shine. Any potential furniture that may have existed had been reduced to scrap and pushed out of the way, having already been judged as useless to the room.
Eight 'charred' bodies surrounded her, formed in the shape of a speech bubble. Daisy currently stood at the bottom tip of it, reading through what appeared to be Alice's latest letter.
"How cute, the birdie awakes." Daisy remarked as she scanned the piece of paper. "Savor these last pitiful moments of your life, you rubber bird slut. You won't be getting any more after this."
Elena did not answer, choosing instead to switch to her hybrid form.
Memory Spirits!
A couple translucent figures shot forth from the gale corsair, homing in on the opponent. Daisy responded by enlarging her hand and slamming it into one. Of course, all that did was blow the attack up and catch her in the blast radius.
"You little…" Daisy whispered and opened her mouth up, unleashing a very loud scream towards Elena. Yet, the gale corsair chose to charge towards the mouse, knocking her opponent up into the air and leave the letter to flutter about. She then switched back to her human form, gripping the piece of paper tightly in her hands. "You'll pay for this, mark my fucking words!"
Yet, Elena didn't listen. Instead, she chose to walk away and focus on Alice's letter.
Dear Miss Elena,
To answer your question. I like to read and travel. And while that sort of stuff may seem more exciting than collecting plushies or playing board games, they are just important. I am probably gone now, but there is still a chance for our paths to cross once more. I wish you the best of luck and hope that we meet up again soon.
Good luck and a kiss back,
Alice
PS: I have something special for you when I meet up. So don't dillydally! ;)
The gale corsair cracked a smile and slipped the note into her pocket, exiting the room in the process. While she was sad that she didn't any more paper to write a response back, it was a small thing that could be deal with later. A portal then appeared and pulled her in, dropping the gale corsair off onto the roof of a large building. A cityscape awaited below as other buildings threatened to take away from the view of a mountain at ground level. But that wasn't what Elena was focusing on at the moment.
After taking a moment to remember Alice's instructions, she dug through her pockets in search of something to make a mark. After a spending a couple minutes doing that, an idea came to her.
"Here goes nothing." Elena thought and pulled her kris out as she walked towards
Gale Strike!
She then jumped off the edge, slamming her blades down into the wall. What followed was the carving of a simple shape that Elena hoped that Alice would be able to recognize.
But as she reached the ground unharmed, a feeling of warmth came over her.
"There you are!" a voice called out as Alice ran up, only to drop down on one knee and hold out a box in her hand. "Elena Yuliana, will you marry me?"
Notes:
Oh my. Things are getting interesting.
Somehow, this will probably be the second longest chapter that I'll write this year.
The name of this chapter is in reference to the song 'Papermoon' from Soul Eater.
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Next Time: Someone you thought dead, but who's still alive somehow.