Meeting of Fate

by Kairos Fateweaver

A role play with a friend, that turned into a story about magical girl's and their fights against each other and the hardships they face.

23. Chapter 23

Chapter 23: Rebirth

Kara had died or at least thought she had had never traveled through. Time before was quite weird actually she saw weird things and felt herself merge with both Erys and Eiko. Before being ripped apart and born into a new world she then heard the sounds of cheering and people talking. Kara found herself in a familiar place as she took in her surroundings both her and Eiko had appeared in the Coliseum. She turned over to Eiko "are you okay?" Kara asked as she tried to take a step forward and fell to her knees.

She had not regained her strength yet from having been born again. A million thoughts and questions ran through her mind. While she knew where she was she didn't know when it was she wondered where Lilly and the twins were. Was everyone okay or were they fighting for their lives? What about Erys was she here to Kara had felt her touch her shoulder before they were sealed up.

"Erys. Erys where are you, and if you can hear me are you okay?" Kara asked.

It was then that she heard the familiar voices of the two broadcasters having heard. Their voices before they mentioned something about a group of kids facing the Master of Illusion. The memory of Haley fighting Nicholas drifted through her mind. This was also during the time when she had fought with Holly and they had their falling out. Could that be where they were back around that time? But something didn't make sense at that time only Haley had fought but now a group was fighting him. Could that group be the Seras who were fighting Nicholas?

Kara slowly got back to her feet. "What timeline is this?" Kara asked. She helped Eiko up and she looked at the monitors to see if it was the Seras who were doing battle. Instead of hurrying along by herself she helped Eiko along. Not knowing if she suffered like Kara currently was doing. The two slowly reached the arena where the fight was happening as they moved through the crowd another sight caught Kara's eye. Over in the empowered ones waiting area sat a girl.

She wears samurai getup with a golden demon face mask on her forehead. She wears ribbons at her bangs and carries a katana with black sheath and another with a white sheath. She wears a black outfit with pink accessories. Consisting of a tank top like bustier piece with very thin straps and button-like pieces with multiple holes in the center, a neck piece with a glowing line and pink line below it, small straps connecting to her bikini bottom piece, almost shoulder length gloves with multiple pink pieces, and long boot like parts connecting to the outfit by the outer piece. She also has on pink and black thin earrings. Over her clothes she wears a white cloak she has taken very good care of this cloak and in return, it has taken good care of her, it is made of light, fire/heat resistant material. It is also waterproof, capable of keeping out the wind was well. The girl had long silver hair and appeared to be waiting her turn to do battle.

Kara was the first to attempt moving after returning to life. The wounds she'd sustained prior to this reincarnation remained, a ghost of their original self. The pain persisted, but what had caused the pain was no more. The sensations from her past existence, and what bought her demise, remained as orphaned feelings echoing their origin. If an outsider overlooked her body, they would not be able to see what may have been causing the feeling of pain. Concerned for the one who bought her this second chance, Kara asked if Eiko was feeling much less dead than she had been.

"As good as I can be after being eviscerated and sliced through." Eiko answered, looking a little pained from trying to move after her ordeal. "I'll live, though I don't think that's an appropriate term for what just happened."

Next, Kara attempted to contact the one who'd forced herself into the loop of death and rebirth.

"Ugh, my head..." Erys complained. Though her physical form was not there, she was still present in some manner of speaking. "Just what happened? I remember touching you after you turned all glowy and golden, and then it all goes blank."

Hearing the announcers got Kara worried about the fates of the ones she'd tried to save through this. Hurrying herself to her feet, and helping Eiko up, Kara asked what timeline they were in.

"I think...June 7th is today's date?" Eiko suggested. "We're in a pretty decent timeline, if it is the one I think it is. All of the stuff you screwed up didn't happen in this one. Plus, some of the ordeals of the past never happened either. I think it'd be easier to show than to tell."

Checking the monitors just confirmed Eiko's assumption. It was, indeed, June 7th at around 15:15pm. The girls displayed in the arena weren't the ones Kara was dreading to see in such a state. They were, in actuality, a group of 5 girls who looked around 11 years of age. They were already transformed into their combat gear and looked to be an atypical party of an MMO dungeon group. 3 damage dealers, consisting of one ranged, one melee and one spellcaster, a single defender and a supportive looking one. Kara didn't recognise any of the girls, but the 'Master of Illusion' the commentators referred to was indeed Nicolas. He was wearing the same kit Kara last saw him in at the cafe, except he didn't look as vexed as he normally did. In fact, he looked rather unimpressed by the fact that he was called out for a battle like this, but not in a negative way. His overall 'aura' had changed as well. He no longer carried a negative, intimidating aura, but rather a more calm, collected and, strangely, caring aura, though his outward actions belied the latter. Something about him was very different. His whole nature seemed to have taken a drastic change for the better. Was this really who Kara thought it was?

Kara's overeager want to determine whom the combatants were wasn't doing Eiko any good as she dragged her along. Eiko still looked very pained by the grievous wounds she'd suffered from their previous fight.

"They're not in the arena. They're spectators." Eiko explained wincing at the ghost-wounds. "We'll find them in the spectator seats. If we don't hurry the fight will be over before we even get to them."

"Can someone please explain just what the hell happened?" Erys repeated. "I don't like being left in the dark when all of this strange stuff happens."

Eiko let Kara know just how she was currently feeling at the moment. "I'm sorry about killing you, " Kara told her while she looked around the place again. Her body still ached like mad but she was trying not to show it. In a rare moment, Kara hugged Eiko gently before thanking her "thanks for letting me come with you to try and fix things." Kara said letting her go she stayed near Eiko in case she needed help walking along. Erys was the next to speak up about what had just happened.

"I'm not really sure you'd best ask Eiko here"

Kara was then able to learn the date and time of where they were and when. "It's the date of our birthday again mine and the twins?" Kara asked. She was now confused why had they been brought here of all places. What Kara learned next really shocked her "Y.. you mean everything, I didn't try to kill Holly, or humiliate Chloe, or make Haley mad at me?" Kara asked not knocking what to truly believe right now. If what Eiko said was true this gave Kara another chance to make things how she wanted them to be. She wouldn't have to worry about Holly being scared of her. Or Haley being mad at her or even Lilly hurting over being tossed aside.

"What do you mean by ordeals that didn't happen like which ones?" Kara asked.

As she waited for an answer her thoughts turned to Holly for a moment. Kara searched herself to tell if she still had the card that Charon had given her. If she still had it then that meant she and Holly were still bonded. Kara finally found the card and gave it a good look over before putting it away. The group watched the monitors to see it was a group of five girls facing off against Nicholas. Kara didn't understand what was going on she clearly remembered Haley fighting Nicholas and losing. But was was really strange as Kara looked at Nicholas. He appeared to be more calm, a little happier and almost seemed to care about something he didn't appear to have that negative aura around him that Kara knew him for.

As she looked at him she tried to use the ring on him maybe that would give her more. Infomation about his current mood and mindset. Kara also wanted to study what sort of artes he had under his command. She had wanted to fight him before but that had never happened. Kara then learned that the Sera's were watching the fight and not actually being the ones to face him. Turning to Eiko Kara then kneeled down to allow Eiko to climb on her back.

"I'll carry you to them and where are they sitting?" Kara asked.

Once Eiko climbed on Kara walked to where the Seras were sitting. Going at a steady pace that tried not to cause any more harm to Eiko.

Strangely, Kara apologised for killing Eiko after seeing her how she was now.

"Oh...um...it's fine, I guess. After all, I did ask you to kill either of us to get back here, You just could've done it in a less painful way." Eiko answered, a little bemused by the strange action. What happened next just confused her even more. For the first time since the two had met, Kara showed some form of affection towards Eiko. She winced a little at the sudden contact on her, but sank into the hug nonetheless. "It works out better for the both of us this way. Just make sure you listen to me this time and don't do rash actions."

Questions just kept coming at Eiko.

"It'll be much easier to show rather than tell, considering that this must be way beyond the realms of natural understanding. I can give you the full rundown later but, for now, we'd better get moving." Eiko explained. "It's true, in this timeline, all of my Aunts and their friends regard you as, at the very least, an acquaintance. The 'you' of this timeline before you took over their body made sure that she was in with everybody. It's up to the real you now to ensure that her work did not go to waste."

Kara asked about the Ordeals that didn't occur in this timeline.

"Like certain events which paved the way towards the world you last resided in. Some things just didn't happen in this one, changing the very fabric of the reality you understood to something much different. For example, Raineswind and Wellstone have a pretty solid relationship going on.. They're still none too pleased by the actions of their Heirs, but they're slowly starting to accept that that is the path they'd chosen to follow." Eiko informed Kara. "Again, you 'll really need to see to believe."

Kara looked for the Bond Card she'd received from Charon. It was still on her person, and had a slightly different picture on. The twin she was bound to was no longer looking away from Kara but, rather over her shoulder towards Kara, much like the image of when she'd first Bonded to them. Looking even closer, it was soon made clear of the subtle, but still present, differences between the Twin Kara remembers on the card, and the one who's now on it. Instead of Holly, Haley was now the Bound twin. Just what had caused this to happen? Was it always like this in this world, or did Kara's powerful feelings for Haley change the very fibres of this existence towards her own personal request? Whatever the case, Haley was now Kara's Bonded.

After checking her Bond, Kara attempted to use her Ring's power on Nicholas. However, she felt it go off, but it then got absorbed by something before reaching Nicholas. It wasn't like a normal rebuttal which Kara faced on a failed use, but was more like the actual effect itself was countered by something. Nicholas then turned slightly to face something. Judging by his position in the arena, and the position Kara was currently in, it was almost like Nicolas was looking directly at her, despite there being a huge stone wall between the two of them. Nicholas then turned back to the combat at hand. He was saying something to his opponents and they were answering, but the feed on the monitors was video only. She'd have to get into a spectator position to hear any further exchanges.

Kara offered to help Eiko up the stairs to the spectator seats.

"What's gotten into you all of a sudden? First a hug, and now a Piggy Back? Are you really the same person who followed me to this timeline?" Eiko questioned, sounding a little happy at Kara's change of heart, She then took up the offer for a piggy back. "They're upstairs, third box-seats on the left."

Kara and Eiko headed off towards the Seras's seating area.

Eiko appeared to be confused by what Kara had done earlier. Eiko had sunk into the hug from earlier andhad reminded Kara that she needed to listen to things. This time instead of rushing in while her sudden change was indeed strange. It was something that really needed to happen. Kara then learned that everyone in this timeline seemed to be okay with her and might even call her friend.

"The other me did all that?" Kara said in a surprised tone.

Of the orderals Kara next learned that Rainsewind and Wellstone were getting along well. And that she needed to once more see how things were to get the true meaning. Kara had wanted to ask more about the ordeals and only asked one more question. "What about the Ravenclaws against the Seras do they still hate each other?" Kara asked. What next she learned took her completely by surprise. When she had looked over the card thinking she was still linked with Holly Kara found out she was now linked to Haley instead. She didn't really understand how that could of happened. Was it always like this in this timeline or could something else had caused it.

The last thing was with Nicholas who when Kara had tried to use the ring on him. It didn't seem to work more like he knew what was going on as. Kara saw on a monitor him turn his head for a moment. How could Nicholas know about the ring just what was going on here Kara moved along. And listened to the rest of what Eiko had said to her.

"I have a chance to make things right again I want to take things slowly and work towards making things how I want them." Kara then hurried up the stairs to where the Seras were in the third section.

Kara asked about the 'other' her.

"That's right. You see, when we go back in time this way, we're not returning to the same timeline we left. Instead, we're moving over to a parallel existence. You're familiar with parallel dimensions, right? Think of it this way: When we go back in time like this, we're moving over to another existence where we're present. As two of the same people can't existence in the same dimension without causing a Time Compression leading to a Temporal Collapse, people 'take over' their incarnation in this other existence, keeping all their own memories but gradually absorb the memories from their version in that dimension. This process may take a little while, so it can be very disorientating if you didn't die before taking over your other self. Side effects of that may lead to nausea, vomiting, migraines and, possibly, Resurrection Sickness, which is a much more severe case of the previous side effects." Eiko explained as they headed up towards the box seats. As they passed by the toilets at the bottom of the stairs, Erys suddenly materialised herself into existence. Unlike her usual form, she was now in the child-like one she carried during the events of the previous ending.

"Gonna puke, gotta run!" Erys quickly blurted out as she charged into the toilets looking extremely pale. Eiko just sighed and shook her head.

"That's Resurrection Sickness for you." She added in. "She'll be better in a few hours."

"Ravenclaws and Seras are never going to exist peacefully together." Eiko continued her previous explanation. "They're at a Stalemate right now, but neither side is willing to call a truce. They haven't tried anything too serious yet, to my knowledge, but it may only be a matter of time."

The pair eventually reached the upper level and headed over to the location mentioned by Eiko. As expected, the Seras were present, with Kiki and Chloe as well. Also, there were two more people with them. A small girl in a black t-shirt and beige short shorts, with pink and white frilled socks and trainers, and a older looking girl dressed in a pastel green casual sundress.

The younger girl had short pale brown hair, which had a small star hairclip just peeking over the top of her head. She was gently bobbing from side to side as she looked over the edge of the balcony area into the arena below. An empty 500ml can of some popular energy drink was left on the arm of the chair she was likely sitting in.

The older girl had dark brown hair which stretched down to the middle of her back, with a expensive looking hairclip holding it in place so it didn't wave around. She looked to be fairly older than even Kiki, possible nearing her late teens. She had an air of refinement around her, but carried a welcoming aura, much like one would expect an older sister type figure to have. She was also looking over the balcony, potentially ensuring that the younger girl didn't fall over in her rather energetic state.

Kara learned about the other 'her'.

"I've heard of that sort of thing that there are many parallel dimensions out there. But it still sounds all rather confusing seeing as it's my first time going through something like this." The group passed by the restrooms and Erys appeared before rushing inside to take care of her sickness. "Hope she will be okay soon". they both moved on with Kara learning that her family was still at odds with the Seras she sighed at that but didn't ask anything more.

They arrived in the section and Kara saw that the Seras were there along with Kiki and Chloe. But why would Kiki be here as Kara remembered in the old timeline that Kiki had been at the cafe working. Kara then saw two other girls were with the group one was a small pale-brown haired girl and the other was and older girl. Kara let Eiko off her back and looked at the two girls. She had never seen the older girl before at all and tried to picture the younger girl. If she had seen her somewhere before but couldn't picture where.

Trying not to burst out running at seeing the Seras alive and well again especially Haley. Kara walked slowly forwards towards the group. "Hi, everyone sorry that I am late" Kara greeted everyone. She then turned to Eiko and went back to help her forward to sit down with everyone.

"You'll get used to it." Eiko finished just before the pair reached the seating area. Suppressing her urge to charge in and greet her sisters, Kara just headed in quite calmly and greeted them.

"You sure took your time in the bathroom." Haley sighed as Kara joined the group. "You've missed the best part!"

"Thought you'd decided to live there with how long you took." Lilly commented.

"Thankfully, this isn't in work hours, so your pay won't be docked. Try to be a little quicker next time." Kiki added in.

"I was just about to check on you." Holly replied. "You've been gone for ten minutes."

Wait...Did Holly just speak? Normally speak and not through her text to talk?! Was this one of the changes that Eiko mentioned? Had Holly not lost her voice in this timeline?

"No need to rush her, now. She's back, isn't she?" Chloe concluded. "Nicholas has just taken out the first three, leaving the last two standing. He's pretty amazing, isn't he?"

"C'mon, Big Bro! Finish them!" The younger girl called out, not noticing Kara had joined the group. She sounded very familiar. Could it be? No, not likely. She didn't sound condescending enough to be her, but, there's no denying her outward appearance. Her hair may be shorter, and her clothes might be more casual but could she be...?

The group greeted Kara and knew she had been gone for a while.

"I really had to go must have drink too much, what did I miss care to fill me in?" Kara asked. She turned over to Lilly, "you're not upset that I was gone for so long are you?" Kara asked Lilly before she heard Holly speak for the first time in a while. "That would of been kind of you Holly, but I am okay." Kara told her before hearing from Kiki.

"Sorry, but I can't rush having to go to the bathroom when I really needed to go." Kara answered. Chloe was the next to speak up she sounded happy and cheerful even. "I'm back and Nicholas is amazing I'd like to try out against him someday." Kara turned to watch the fight between Nicholas and the remaining group members before she heard the younger girl call out. As Kara looked at the girl she studied her for a minute she couldn't be who Kara thought she was she sounded very familiar.

"Nicole?" was the first name that popped into Kara's mind. She looked back at the fight and even shouted out for Nicholas. "Come on Nicholas you can do it!" Kara called out.

"You missed, like, the whole best part." Haley replied. "Everybody tried to blast him all at once, only to have their attacks reflected back at them, taking out nearly the entire group!"

"Why would I be? It's not like you left because you wanted to." Lilly answered. "You really need to cut back on the drink if it does that to you."

"At least you're back now, that's all that matters. I wouldn't want anything to happen to my new sister."

"I'm sure it'll be a good fight." Chloe happily answered, This was nothing like the depressed girl that Kara knew back in her old existence. She looked more alive now than she ever did before. She just radiated happiness. Something monumental must've happened in this timeline to bring her from a brink like that.

Kara watched the fight at hand. Nicholas was, indeed, far into the lead for victory. He didn't have a single scratch on him at all. The three downed group members also looked, surprisingly, unhurt. Granted, the melee fighter, who looked more like a roguish sort with her twin daggers, was completely naked, save for a long black trenchcoat that was draped over her, covering up her nudity. By the looks of that design, and the fact that Nicholas was without his coat, he must've put it on her to prevent prying eyes from getting their fill. She was kneeling on the floor sobbing away as she pulled the coat around her. All fight in her had been lost.

The ranged fighter was pinned to the floor by her own arrows, however, they seemed much stronger than one would expect from a basic bow. She couldn't pull them out, after all, which effectively took her out of the fight.

The defender of the group was also knocked on the floor unconscious. To take down such a heavily armoured foe, no doubt buffed as much as possible by the support, was no small feat. The only group members that remained were the Spellcaster and the Support, and they didn't look too confident in their success.

Taking a break from the action, Kara wanted to find out just who this small girl was, so she said the first name that popped to her mind, that being Nicole.

"Can't talk now, watching the fight." the girl answered. Considering she replied to that name, it must've been Nicole, even if she acted nothing like her past self. Being this close to her, Kara was also about to pick out the finer details of this girl's features.

She had deep brown eyes, very much like the Nicole Kara remembered. The front of her black t-shirt had a picture of three pink hearts across the middle and her shorts were held in place by a belt with a butterfly shaped buckle. She looked very well loved and cared for, yet it was evident that she was likely not this well off in the past. Kara couldn't quite place it, but Nicole in this world seemed to have her own share of troubles as well, which she likely won't want to go into detail about voluntarily.

Nicole's bobbing around got a little more pronounced, possibly due to the climax of the fight coming into play. Or, perhaps, down to that empty can of energy drink which she'd likely consumed very recently.

Kara turned her attention back to the fight just as Nicholas was about to deliver the closing act. His attention was focused on the spellcaster as he began to approach her, requesting her to surrender as he did so.

"You're the last two left. Surely you can see how this is going to end." Nicholas began, his tone even instead of intimidating, almost like he was offering advice rather than requesting a surrender. "I gotta say, you're quite good on your tactics. That burst at the start would've taken care of most single opponents, but, by now, you should know that I'm not just your average opponent.

"You've got good synergy. I can tell you've trained together a lot. Your positioning offers the most scope for you all to protect the most valuable member of your group. However, it's probably better to place your armoured members in front of the support, rather than someone who's equally as defenceless. You're quite good with your powers. I can tell you've worked on perfecting that attack you did .

"Even so, you went into this fight with little to no knowledge of your opponent, didn't you? If you'd researched, you would've known what I was capable of. That lack of forethought is extremely dangerous. You shouldn't just rush into a fight without learning what you're up against. It'll be better if you just forfeit now. I don't want to have to incapacitate you as well, like I did to your friends

"Knowing when to quit a losing battle is just as valorous as fighting to the end. It's pointless to stake your safety on a foregone conclusion."

The Spellcaster seemed to hesitate for a moment, but soon blasted of a rather impressive fireblast spell. It engulfed Nicholas, making it seem like it'd taken effect, but, when the smoke faded, he was still standing, untouched. The ground around him in a 10ft radius just as untouched as he was, unlike the ground outside of that zone, which looked very charred.

"I hate doing this." Nicholas sighed as he looked towards the Spellcaster once more. Something went off, but it was't clear what. However, the effects were very clear. The Spellcaster, and the Support behind her, took a very similar attack to what was tried against Nicholas, but this one looked faded and not as vibrant as the one which was cast against him. Despite how devastating the attack looked, the two targets were unharmed, but on the floor. The Spellcaster's hands were clutched against the folds of her skirt between her legs. She trembled on the spot a little before locking in place as the sand beneath her began to darken as a puddle formed from between her grip. The Fireblast repel must've crushed the barriers between her bladder and its exit, prompting a rather swift evacuation of its contents. "That's a wrap, can we get a clean-up in here?" Nicholas finished as the battle was declared his win.

"Did he use some form of shield or barrier to reflect the damage?" Kara asked to Haley. Who more or so was on speaking terms with Kara in this timeline from the little. Kara had heard from Haley it didn't appear that she seemed upset with her like in the old one. "I should take your advice to heart" Kara looked for a moment at Holly. "Nothing will happen to me as I'm not that reckless am i?" Kara asked.

She turned to look over at the battle to see that Nicholas was in good shape. While the other girls appeared to be not doing very well. Seeing as one girl appeared naked Kara moved her eyes away from that girl to look at the others. Who were fairly better off before looking over at Nicole. Who mentioned that she was busy watching the fight as Kara took in the details of Nicole's clothing she watched her bobbling around either from excitement or due to what she drank earlier. Kara hoped for the latter and promised to keep an eye on Nicole. As a means to help her out in case things took a turn for the worse.

Kara turned back to the fight to see Nicholas finish off the last two foes. Seeing as how one Kara had an accident girl felt her lewd side wanting to look longer. Plus with Nicole's own dancing around either from excitement or desperation. Wasn't helping matters either to take her mind off things Kara turned to the older girl.

"Have you been enjoying the battle?" Kara asked.

The masked girl from before watched as the battle came to an end it was soon time for her match.

Kara asked about what means Nicholas had used to reflect the attacks back at their source.

"Do you remember when he fought me?" Haley questioned. "It's some form of meta-magic thingie that's three or so spells combined to make a super powerful one!"

"The three spells are Backbiter, Repulsion and Osmose." Holly explained. "Osmose to absorb the spells cast, Backbiter to absorb the physical attacks and Repulsion to send them back to their source. Of course, he changes them to just illusions of their actual effects so he doesn't hurt his attackers too badly. In fact, all the pain they feel is an illusion which passes as soon as the effect ends. It's a really cool use of Magic. I wish I could do something like that."

Kara decided to try and communicate with the one person she'd not spoken to at all so far.

"Quite so." The older girl answered with a smile. Her voice sounded calming, almost as one would expect a stereotypical 'Older Sister' figure to sound. It was also clear, from her tone to the types of words she used, that she was from a notable family. As Kara was close, and because the girl had turned to face her now, Kara was able to glean more information about her.

She had deep emerald eyes and a silver chain around her neck, which was attached to a small pendant in the shape of a little door. It was, definitely, no ordinary pendant. On her left ring finger she had a beautiful sapphire inlaid ring. It didn't look like a typical choice of jewellery, and the finger she wore it on was also of imminent significance. It must've been an engagement ring to look that fancy and to be worn so noticeably on such a finger.

"I don't think we've been properly introduced before, have we?" The Older girl asked. "I'm Elle, Elle Wellstone, it's a pleasure to meet you."

That can't be right...can it?

Kara did indeed remember when Nichloas had fought Haley but that had been for bad reasons. "Yes, I remember when you fought him, that sounds like an awsome skill to have wish I had one of those types of spells." Kara listened next to what Holly described about the spells. "One best come prepared when facing something like that" Kara says. Holly mentioned wishing she had something like that. "If you'd like maybe some time I can help you try that out to create your own triple spell in one move?" Kara asked.

The Older girl was the next one to speak.

She appeared to have enjoyed the battle and as Kara looked her over her gaze. Traveled to the pendant and then the ring on the girl's finger. That was an engagement ring from the looks of things and the girl then introduced herself as Elle Wellstone. Wait a moment how could this be happening wasn't Elle suppose to be in a coma?

"I don't think we have yet, I'm Kara, Kara Ravenclaw or now Sera" Kara stated she took a seat next to Elle. She looked around for any signs of Eiko who she had forgotten about. "How long have you and Nicholas been engaged for?" Kara asked mentioning about the ring on Elle's finger. As she waited for an answer she looked back at the others. "What are the plans after here?" Kara asked not knowing what else was going on today.

After the mess had been cleared from the battlefield. The masked girl arrived taking her place within the middle of the arena. Kara looked over at the girl who appeared to be waiting for someone. As she watched the girl Kara was able to pick up and aura of calmness about the girl like she was perfectly aware of her surroundings and what was about to go on. Another strange thing was that Kara couldn't feel any magical energy coming from the girl. Which was rather odd did the girl have any magic at her command or was she good at hiding her magical abilites from others.

"Anyone know who this masked girl is?" Kara asked.

Kara introduced herself to Elle and then looked around to see if she could find Eiko. Eiko was still present but wasn't making herself a part of the current group at the very least. She remained outside of the viewing area. She probably didn't feel like reintroducing herself to the gathered group just yet.

Kara then asked a slightly personal question of Elle after noticing the ring on her finger.

"Oh, so the news has travelled, then." Elle answered, sounding a little surprised by Kara's blatant knowledge on such a matter which was likely not common knowledge. Not the specifics, at the very least.

There was a slight look exchanged between Elle and Chloe, before Elle gave an answer.

"For about three months now, but we're trying to keep it between just us for now, until we can get everything sorted." Elle explained. "We don't want the news travelling too much that it grabs the attention of reporters."

Even Eiko, who'd just been letting things play out, looked almost like she was about to come charging into the viewing area to ensure that Kara keeps her mouth shut on such matters. Thankfully, she'd managed to restrain herself and not make a scene, at least for now, though she's sure to see to it later.

Kara then asked what everyone's plans for later were. Kiki made sure she got her answer in first.

"Well, I know for a fact that you'll be working come half three." Kiki interjected. "Or have you forgotten that you're now employed?"

That, also, pretty much summed up what everyone else would be doing as well. They'll likely head to the Cafe when it opens. This arena visit was possibly a time kill until the cafe opened. After all, Chloe likely had appointments to keep with a certain pair of squirrels, if this world is like the last in that regard.

The next combatant entered the arena and Kara asked if anybody knew her. Everyone was just as clueless as she was.

"Did one of you kids leave someone behind?" Nicholas questioned as he arrived in the viewing area. "You're probably gonna want to take her back home. She was staggering up the stairs."

Entering behind Nicholas was a rather unwell looking Erys. She looked like she was about to fall over any minute now. This 'Resurrection Sickness' seemed a lot worse than Eiko had made it out to be, or perhaps Erys just weren't handling it that well.

"I'll be...fine." Erys interrupted. "I just need a little...lie down..."

Elle was surprised by what Kara had just said about the ring. And knew once again she had gotten herself into trouble. "I'm sorry for saying something I shouldn't have mentioned," Kara said to Elle not really knowing how to handle the problem and making a total ass of herself if things went south, No one knew who the masked girl was and Kiki soon spoke up about work.

"I know I've got to work."

Nicholas soon arrived moments later and asked if someone had forgotten something. As coming from behind him was Erys Kara quickly went over to where Erys was. "Here let me help you, and I did she's my friend." Kara quickly told Nicholas and the group not really believing that they would be able to see her which was rather strange.

"Is there anywhere we can lay her down?" Kara asked. She then looked over at Nicholas "that was in impressive showing there. Care to try your hand against me sometime in a friendly one on one?" Kara asked.

In the meantime, the masked warrior's opponent soon arrived. Her foe was a single male gentleman his black hair goes down just past his ears and his red and golden eyes seem to have the ability to stare into a person's soul. His tanned skin shows that he has spent countless hours out in the sun, mainly due to training. He often states that he has undergone physical conditioning in the past though it is never stated what it was for; some assume that it was for when he discovered his magic and began to strengthen his body. He is surprisingly tall and has a well toned yet lean physique, being defined by his six pack underneath his attire. When it come to clothing, he is often seen wearing a crimson-red overcoat jacket with a symbol mark logo on the backside. Underneath the jacket is a white shirt with strap ropes tuck tight and underneath that was a darken-violet shirt; which doesn't cover an open area of his stomach seen as well as an upper top of his chest. He has a little necklace tied around his neck a few ties as something dangles in front. Wears dark grey-purple pants with turquoise linings on the outside side areas, and wears brown shoes.

Behind her mask, the girl smiled to herself as this was going to be an enjoyable battle. Slowly she pulled both her swords from their sheaths both swords are made of high-quality steel, measuring about four feet long not including the sword had was a white blade with a black hilt, guard, and pommel. While the other was a black blade with a white hilt and pommel. The girl stood her ground waiting for her foe to make a move. When he didn't the masked girl ran forward towards him at amazing speed only then did her foe make a move unleashed a blast of fire at her when it came near her she spun. Her swords around in a figure-eight pattern deflecting the blast of fire to the sides.

Once again she charged forward only when she got into range did she make her move. Unleashing a series of sword swings and slices. That moved with such speed that surely they would hit their mark but each one missed. As the man dodged them all moving much faster then the girl brought them to him. Once more he made an attack slamming his fist into the ground unleashing torrents of flames shooting upwards. With a snap of his fingers, the flames seemed to take on a will of their own and shot towards the girl who dodged them. With an art and grace like that of a dancer, each dodge was well timed. It was almost like the girl knew what her foe was doing before he even knew it himself. As she cart-wheeled out of the way of the flames she sprang forward jumping at the man with both blades brought down at his shoulders. Grinning he covered his arms in golden flames and thrust it forward just as the girl landed at him. His fist thrust through her chest only to suddenly gasp in surprise as the girl's form vanished.

Once she realised that she probably said a little too much, Kara quickly apologised. This just changed the direction of blame to making Elle feel like she was the one who needed to apologise.

"Oh, no need to apologise." Elle quickly threw in. "It's okay that you know, just try and keep it between the people here, okay? Not even your sisters know the full details."

Judging by her response, Elle likely wouldn't hold it against Kara, however, others may not be as forgiving, so it was better to be cautious.

"Good of you to remember. After all, you begged for the job, so you better be serious about it." Kiki answered. "I won't have any halfhearted slacking over something you really wanted."

When Nicholas, with Erys in tow, arrived in the seating area, Kara quickly went to check on Erys and help her get to somewhere where she could lie down. Kara took responsibility for the abandoned Erys.

"It's not nice to ditch your buddies when they're in the can." Nicholas lectured Kara, however, he wasn't harsh in any way. "Sure, she might've been puking her guts up in there, but you shouldn't leave her behind because of that."

Kara asked if there was anywhere where Erys could lie down in this particular place.

"Poor girl." Elle commented, concerned for the new arrival. "It might not be the best alternative, but the seats here are pretty much benches, so she could lie down on them for a bit."

"Should I call a doctor?" Chloe asked, also worried about Erys. "We don't really have a pillow for her, but I think my blazer will suffice, at least a little."

True to her suggestion, Chloe took off her school blazer, emptied out the pockets and folded it up into a makeshift pillow, which she placed on one of the empty seats.

"Will she be okay?" Nicole chimed in as she bounced a little from foot to foot. Her actions were starting to look less like hyperactivity, and more like neglect. Was it just childish stubbornness, or something else?

The other present all tried to ensure that Erys got the attention she needed, including Haley, who also seemed more concerned over why Erys was visible to everyone,. and not just her. Once Erys was all settled in, Kara complimented Nicholas' combat prowess and proposed a friendly duel with him.

"You did watch the battle completely, didn't you?" Nicholas questioned, a little taken aback by Kara's proposal. "You do know what I'm capable of?"

"He'll beat you in three seconds." Nicole cut in, bragging on behalf of Nicholas. "No one can beat Big Bro."

Nicholas' attention turned to Nicole as her 'hyperactivity' was starting to go into legs-crossing and secret holding.

"Shouldn't you be somewhere right about now?" Nicholas asked the bouncy minor.

"Huh?" Nicole responded, not quite getting the subtlety. "Should I?"

Sensing that this was not territory he should be voluntarily entering, Nicholas exchanged glances with Chloe. Words were not needed, it seemed, as Chloe caught on to what was requested.

"I'm gonna go use the Girl's room." Chloe announced to the others as she got up off her seat. "Can you fill me in on what I miss?"

The others agreed to do so, and Nicole gave a longing look at the exit to the viewing area as she crossed her legs a little tighter. Thankfully, Chloe caught on pretty quickly and went over to Nicole.

"You wanna come as well? You're looking a little too bouncy, even for you." Chloe gently asked Nicole as she crouched down to be eye level with the small girl.

"I-I guess I could." Nicole answered, looking down a little as a small blush formed on her face. "B-but it's not like I really need to!"

"That's good enough for me." Chloe smiled back as she stood up and took Nicole's left hand in her right hand. "Let's try not to miss too much of the fight, 'kay?"

On that note, both Nicole and Chloe left the viewing area and headed down the stairs.

"What do I keep telling her?" Nicholas sighed quietly as he went over to the balcony to watch the two new combatants trade blows.

"I promise sometimes I tend to say things before I truly think on them. So no need to apologize. I promise to take things to heart and not do that again." Kara told Elle with a smile. Kiki was the next to speak up saying that Kara had begged for the job which she knew she had not done so more like agreed to work there. "Could I have really begged for this job in this new timeline?" Kara thought. She nodded at what Kiki had said: "you need not worry about that I know what is expected of me and I will do my share."

As Kara checked on Erys she whispered something to her. "How can they all see you?" Kara said softly so only Erys could hear then turned back to Nicholas. "I should have waited for her but I wanted to get back here as soon as possible. I didn't think she would end up this sick maybe it was something she ate?" Kara said knowing the full reason of why Erys was truly sick as she was.

Kara saw Nicole's bouncing around and knew that she needed to use the restroom. While she wanted to watch and hoped Nicole wet herself now wasn't the time for lewd acts. Erys needed help and Kara made sure to help her out by gently laying her down with her head on Kara's lap and using Chloe's blazer as a pillow.

"I watched most of the battle and it got me excited you've got some pretty amazing powers. While I only know a little of what you can do I find the thought of learning more about your powers and exciting challenge. I could say that I might even surprise you with what I can do myself?" Kara said.

The two fighters in the ring kept going at it.

The girl suddenly reappeared behind the male having used a fancy after-image technique. By moving so fast that her appearance had blurred out an she had remained unharmed she brought one of her blades down at the man's back cutting across his back. Drawing blood the splattered on the ground she jumped away having got in a lucky strike. As the male brought his hands together gathering flames. The girl quickly sheathed one of her swords and pulled out a small knife she ran again at him. Only to jump over him and toss the knife into the person's shadow. The male soon found himself unable to move his body at all the flames in his hands fading away.

"What did you do to me?" He asked being annoyed that he couldn't move but was still able to speak. "Oh, just a little trick that I find rather useful when facing tough challenges like yourself." She said.

Kara and Elle came to an agreement with the information leak. Afterwards, Kara puzzled over the terminology Kiki used to describe Kara's want for employment at Cafe Kira.

"You catch on fast. I like that." Kiki complimented Kara with a smile.

While Kara was transporting Erys to her temporary resting area, she questioned just how everybody could see her.

"Not sure. Think this Sickness is messing with me a little more than just physically." Erys answered. "Don't know why I'm in this form either. You've seen my usual one. I can't seem to change out of it, for some reason."

Kara tried to bluff her way through Erys's condition.

"Whatever." Nicholas shrugged dismissively. "Just don't do it again."

"This doesn't seem like normal sickness." Elle summarised. "I'm not sure why, but I think it's not natural in its composition. She's not got the other symptoms of usual food-related illnesses. Anyway, let's hope she gets better soon, otherwise we may need to call in professional help."

Once Erys was resting on Kara's lap, the conversation on battle propositions continued.

"It's not all it's cracked up to be." Nicholas replied. "It kind of kills the fun in battles now, as I don't really need to do much. People, however, keep challenging me only to leave in defeat. Sure enough, I've got a following of 'fans', but that's just because of my power. Before that, I was just another number on the charter.

"You can go ahead and try your hand at it, but not today. Maybe another time. Read up a bit more on my past battles. I don't want you blindly going in like that group did earlier, that'll just be an insult after seeing them beaten in seconds."

The combat between the two in the area was reaching a pinnacle. The dual-bladed girl had just gained the upper hand over her opponent, but things could turn at any moment.

Kara returned the smile and then asked Kiki a question. "Just aheads up but am I working under anyone today and what section would I be helping out in?" Kara asked.

Erys didn't know what she was in her current form or why people could see her. "If things get out of hand I'll say you are my friend from out of town." Kara told her through their linked minds. She looked over at Haley and for a moment studied if anything appeared different with her she also looked at her hand. The one that had gotten the mark on it from earlier she wondered if she was feeling that strange feeling from before.

"I hope she will be okay I don't want my friend here getting any worse."

Nicholas spoke up.

"I wasn't asking about today anyway I haven't got the time. But i will study up on your past battles and a word of advice I think you should do the same for me as well." Kara then mentioned for him to sit down. "I don't think it's wrong to have a fan club or a following of fans maybe it's due to other reasons like being cute or something?"

The girl moved forward having gained the upper hand she sheathed her. Other sword and quickly did a round-house kick to knock her foe out who fell to the ground. The girl then left the arena as a short time later the man woke up and did the same.

Kara asked about her work for the day.

"For the first half, you'll be pleased to know that you're working under Mia, with Bryn as well, as you learn about the in-depth stuff related to your official role. Normally, it'll be induction, but you already went through that in your trial period. After break time, you'll move over to working under Annmarie for one of your assigned colours. You fit mostly into Purple than the others, so it's best to start with what you're good at. " Kiki explained. "Today's the first day you're officially on the books, so don't get too over familiar with your mentors, okay? You patted Annmarie to sleep yesterday, so don't do it again. Not to mention walking in on Mia changing, Bryn using the toilet, Mary cleaning up after an accident and Tama doing the same. You've got quite the record of perv history. You claim it to be innocent mistakes, and they believe you, but I know you got a kick out of it each time."

Kara suggested a cover story for Erys, but she didn't believe it was needed.

"They're not suspicious in the slightest. I don't think it'll be needed, After all, they haven't asked about me aside from this damn Resurrection Sickness. I don't think they care where I'm from so long as I don't cause trouble for them."

Kara looked over at Haley and then down to the mark on her hand. The mark itself could faintly be seen on the surface of her skin, near imperceptible unless it was being looked for. Haley didn't appear any different from normal. She was stable, for now, possibly because her mood was even and not skewed from the normal. Maybe her change was linked to her mood? As long as she doesn't experience a strong surge of a particular emotion, perhaps her change will not occur? It would be best to ensure that she's not upset, unless this theory was to be tested.

"I'll be fine. It's not like I'm dying here." Erys quietly answered. " I just need a little rest and something tasty to drink and I should all blow over, I hope."

Kara replied to the potential duel's preparation.

"You've not done much fighting in the past few months, at least not in public, so there's not a lot to go off." Nicholas confirmed. " I doubt the reason is down to anything but my rise in power. Before all of this, I was just another number on the charter, as I said before. As soon as they noticed a change in my abilities, that's when the 'fans' started popping up."

"... you sounded like a fire hydrant turned full blast. It was soooo cute!" Chloe giggled as she returned to the viewing area with a blushing Nicole. "It's bad for your health to let it get to that. I don't want anything happening to my Lil' Sis."

"I already said it wasn't like that." Nicole protested, fooling nobody. "You were just...hearing another toilet flushing, or the tap running o-or something!"

Kara learned about her day at work.

"What is my official role?" Kara asked not really sure on just what that was. She had been used to working with Annmarie so working under a Purple apron shouldn't be that hard. She also learned about how she had more than one assigned color. "What would my other colors be?" Kara added. Right before Kiki listed various things that Kara had done at work which she knew she didn't do expect pat, Annmarie. "They were just honest mistakes those things could have happened to anyone, like what about yourself have you ever walked in on Ryu changing?"Kara asked.

Erys spoke up.

"What about Haley do you get anything off of her does she have the mark. On her hand, like I do has she even made contact with you yet?"

Haley looked the same as before she seemed stable for now. But who was to say what was really going through that mind of hers. "Want to hold my hand on the way to work?" Kara asked then turned to address everyone else. "The offer goes for everyone too," Kara asked.

Nicholas then spoke up.

"That's not true," Kara thought as she had been fighting these last couple of weeks. "So, then what have I been doing these last few months just hanging out with everyone?"

Chloe and Nicole returned talking about what went on in the bathroom. Kara listened for a short while then said something. "I think that talk would be better suited for other times" Kara gave Erys a pat on the head before gently moving her aside and getting up. "Since I believe we are done here we should be heading to work that is Kiki and me?"

Kara asked about her official role at Cafe Kira.

"You didn't get that from the time you were volunteering?!" Kiki questioned in amazement. "Oh, yeah, forgot that we gotta take it slow. Anyways, your role at the Cafe is, at its core, Waitressing. Like is always the case in the service industry, you need to provide Service with a dazzling smile. You'll be serving customers, laying on the charms and then, for the finisher, loosening their lips and getting them to divulge important information based on the 'Topic' of the day. Of course, it should go without saying that you need to do it as discreetly as possible. We don't want our true purpose being revealed so easily. The rest you can learn from the others with Bryn."

Kara then asked about what colours she was given aside from purple.

"You're one of our 'Four Flavours', like Bryn is. Your personality is just so skewed that you can't just neatly fit into one Colour, so you've been given three, like Bryn. You are Purple, Navy Blue and Pink. We can't just ignore how huge an ego you have, so that won over your 'Adult' flavours. Naturally, when you're old enough, Navy Blue and Pink will be swapped out for Red and Sky Blue, you Sadomasochist, you. Not a graceful colour to be filed in, though, so don't go bragging about that." Kiki explained. Kara then bought up a hasty retort for her alleged perverse behaviour, using Ryu as ammo against Kiki. This certainly caused her to falter a little and turn a visible shade of pink, but not nearly as much as it did in the last timeline. That trick may not work in this New World. "W-well, that's beside the point! We're not talking about my cock-ups, we're talking about yours! You did all of those things, and now you're trying to brush them off? You've sullied four innocent maidens!"

"Could've been worse." Nicholas interjected. "At least it was a girl walking in on another girl. It's not like she hasn't seen the female body every day of her life. Something I've got to get used to as well."

"My Mistress is the stand-in Empress, she doesn't get marked like produce. She bestows the Mark on her subjects. I can sense her in the network, so we have made contact at some point in this world, though I can't tell when, or how. This malady is weakening my powers a good deal."

Kara offered hand holding to all the people gathered. As would be expected of a group of just friends, it was not likely to be taken up outside of the Sister circle. Holly already had a hand to hold with Lilly, as Kara knew somewhere in her mind, possibly from her previous incarnation in this World. Bits and pieces of the past Kara's existence was starting to filter into present Kara's mind, but it may take a good deal more time to process properly, so that left just Haley, who didn't object.

Kara questioned about her actions in the past few months.

"Beats me." Nicholas shrugged. "You've never told me, and I'm not likely to ask for it. I don't really care what other people do in their spare time so long as it doesn't affect me. I just know what's happened in the Public Eye. For all I know, you could've been picking fights with everyone who so much as looked at you in a way you didn't like."

Nicole and Chloe returned, prompting Kara to comment on the conversation they were having in regards to toilet events.

"Oh, yeah, we've got one boy among all these adorable girls. He's a real Harem King!" Chloe swiftly turned the joke on someone else. "Was he imagining it in his head?" she added on in a seductive way.

"Too young." Nicholas rebuffed the taunt, seemingly used to such suggestive talk. "That goes for both of you."

"Awwwwwww, boooorrriiinnnng." Chloe whined. "You're too stiff in personality when you should be stiff elsewhere with all these cuties around you."

Thankfully, Kara's rapid change of subject bought some maturity back to this decline in morals.

"Guess we'd better go." Nicholas agreed to Kara's save from degeneration.

"Carry me." Erys cut in, directing her statement at Kara. "I'm too ill to walk."

Kara had gotten that in the old world but didn't know were running with work in this one so she said nothing at first and then spoke up again. "Shouldn't be too hard to handle but watching others first should help be develop ways I can do so myself." Kiki then told Kara she was one of the 'Four Flavours' of the month just like Byrn was this was news to Kara. Who had only thought she was a 'Purple' but learned she was also a Navy Blue and a Pink and once she was older. Would move into the Red and Sky Blue areas. "I'm sure Eve will enjoy working with me" Kara sighed knowing of their past encounters. "Who will I be working under in Navy Blue, does she have a name is she cute?" Kara asked. After saying that a blush formed on her cheeks. She shook her head to rid herself of it but when Kiki brought. Up what she had done with the four girls the blush returned.

"I didn't mean to do those things and I didn't sully them" Kara countered.

Before things went on further Nicholas spoke up and so did Erys.

"We need to find out when that happened, I don't really know what Haley. Is going to think when she learns that I've also made a contract with you. Will she be happy or disappointed, anyway we can worry about that when you are better."

None of the others wanted to hold her hand and neither did Holly. Which seemed rather strange to Kara this left only Haley who had not said anything. Memories from the past Kara started to enter her mind this she couldn't make out what they were just yet. "Anything on your mind?" Kara asked Haley who had been quiet for a while now.

Nicholas spoke up again.

"Well, anyway my offer is still out there I'll let you think on it more. Plus why does Nicole call you big bro are you two related?" Kara asked. Nicole and Chloe spoke about how Nicholas was a Harem King,

"No, thanks, this is one girl who isn't a part of that deal if you'd like you can be apart of my Harem?"

Everyone got up and started to head out of the arena and Erys wished to be carried. Kara went over and picked her up giving her a piggie back ride much like she had done. Eiko earlier when they had arrived as they walked she used her left hand to hold Erys and her right hand was free. For Haley to take if she so wished to do it.

Kara didn't seem too pleased with working under Eve for her Pink Induction.

"Well, that's not good. Eve's interested in seeing what you're capable of. Although, it wouldn't be wise to shine too much, as she's not very accepting of people who 'convert' her customers." Kiki answered. Kara then asked a very stupid question in relation to names.. "Of course the Navy Blue Poster girl has a name! Did you hit your head in the toilet, or something?! You've been at the Cafe for over a week, so you should know people's names by now! Anyway, her name is Olivia, and I'll leave you to decide if she's cute or not."

Kiki was about to continue lecturing Kara about her perversion when Nicholas interrupted with a very valid point. This left Kara the freedom to contact Erys once more.

"Who's to say she doesn't already know in this World? It'll be kind of hard not to find you in the Network with her position as Stand-in Empress. She's near the pinnacle of the network, able to sense and see all of what her subjects are doing when she wishes to. She's second to me, and third to another. Why not ask her yourself? It's best to hear it from the source."

Kara decided to prompt Haley to chip in in the conversation, considering she hasn't said much at all since they regrouped. The sudden question took her by surprise a little.

"Oh! Um, no. Nothing's really on my mind. I'm just wondering if you'll still be up to watch my spar with Holly tomorrow morning. You've been out of it since coming back from the toilet." Haley replied. Next, she did something very unlike the old Haley would've done. She stood on one of the benches, pulled Kara a little closer, pushed up her fringe and placed her forehead against Kara's. "Your face is a little red and you've got a slight fever. Are you really sure you're okay?" After the rather strange temperature check, Haley hopped down off the bench. "Also, we want to do a mock fight in preparation for the coming tournament tomorrow lunch, but we can't exactly do it with only three people. Are you free to help out then? We need to get as much practice in as possible. I want to beat Nicholas in our rematch!"

Kara then asked about Nicholas's relationship with Nicole.

"It's a long story, so it'll have to wait until we get to the cafe." He informed Kara. "She's been calling me that for a lot longer that I'd comfortable with."

"I call you Big Bro 'cause you're my big bro!" Nicole interjected, pouting slightly.

"Whatever you say, half pint."

Kara proposed that Chloe could join her harem.

"Everybody knows girls can't have harems." Chloe retorted, like it was common knowledge. "Having a lock opened by any key is a pretty poor lock, whereas a key which can open any lock is the best key ever."

"Enough of the innuendos, you horny preteen." Nicholas cut in. "We've got young kids with us and you're going to pollute their minds."

"What's this about locks and keys?" Nicole questioned innocently.

"You'll learn about them when you're older." Elle swiftly answered before Chloe could get a word in. "For now, the only keys you need to know about are the ones on computers and the ones to houses and boxes."

Before the conversations could get any more adult, Kara lead the groups out of the Coliseum and began on their way to the Cafe. It didn't take long to get their, with Erys complaining about Kara's bouncy walking style, and the fact that her back wasn't soft at all, and Haley holding Kara's hand the whole way. Once they reached Cafe Kira, Kara noticed a vibrant wine red polo-shirt, and a cross-checked red, black and pale red skirt. Only one school Kara knew had such a garish uniform, and the girl wearing it was gazing longingly at the display of cream cakes in the window of the cafe.

Before the group had left the arena everyone had a chance to speak with Kara. Kiki told her that Eve was looking forward to working with her just to see how she does. While also telling her that she had worked at the cafe for over a week and the Navy Blue girl's name was Olivia Kara just remained silent and only said these words. "Sorry I forgot" then Erys spoke about about just asking Haley. If she knew that Kara was apart of their network or not as Kara looked over at Haley she thought about asking that question. But didn't at the moment she needed to know more before revealing something she wasn't sure if Haley would like or not.

In a rather different move Haley spoke to Kara again saying that she was worried if. Kara would miss her sparing match with Holly the next morning. Before getting up and standing on the bench she then pressed her forehead against Kara's sayng that Kara was red in the face and had a slight fever. "I'm okay, I just need a little rest and I should be fine, I'll make sure to be there to watch your match with Holly I'll be cheering for you." Kara told her. That was before Kara wrapped her arms around Haley and hugged her. Not wanting to let her go having missed the closeness they had once shared. Kara longed to do more with Haley but soon let go as she jumped back down and asked if Kara would help out in a training match tomorrow with Holly and Lilly.

"I'll be happy to you out and the others as well perhaps we can form a team. Or battle each other I'm still itching for a win against you. If you really want to learn more for the upcoming tournament and your rematch with Nicholas. I'll be glad to teach you if you'd want me to?" Kara asked.

Kara had learned from Chloe that girl's didn't have harems but didn't believe that. There was a couple of girl's that Kara liked and wanted them to like her back. But she didn't say anything back to Chloe and during the walk to the Cafe clearly enjoyed holding Haley's hand. Though Erys' complaining didn't help matters. Kara was happy she had something she had missed for so long and didn't want this to end she felt like she was in dream. And any moment she'd wake up which she didn't want to do.

"Haley would you like to spend the night in my room tonight, there's something I'd like to show you. We can also have a fun pillow fight. eat snacks and play video games?" Kara asked. It was right then that Kara saw a familiar person standing in front of the cafe looking at the cakes in the window. Kara knew who the person was it was Mikan as she wore an outfit like that. As they approched her Kara was the first to call out to the girl. "Those cakes are very good you should try one, why not come inside and join us?" Kara asked her.

While still at the arena, Kara confirmed that she'll be present for the twins' sparring match the following morning, and that her current feverish condition (which was likely caused by how close Haley was getting to her) would be better after a little rest. Haley was happy with the answer she was given, and a little surprised by the sudden hug, though she did not pull away from it. Afterwards, Kara proposed the idea that she'd be willing to fight either with or against Haley in their practice match the following afternoon. Haley explained that the original idea was to go through each possible pair so a better judgement could be made on who fights better together so pairing will be much more synergistic so they'd all have an equal chance of winning.

The group headed off towards the Cafe before Chloe could bring the tone down even more with light perversion. Before arrival at their destination, Kara asked Haley if she'd be willing to spend the night together so they could do something, which Kara wasn't too clear about.

"I don't mind, though Holly might have to spend the night with Lilly if that happened. She shouldn't be against that idea." Haley answered. "But, I wanna know a little more about what you're gonna show me. If it's something scary, I'd rather not be shown it."

Noticing the lost kitten in a red polo-shirt at the window to the Cafe, Kara, like any good employee would do, did a little advertisement for the cakes in the window. It didn't take much convincing before Mikan was looking at Kara with a pleading gaze.

"I'd love to, but I spent all my pocket money for this week." Mikan pouted. "And I can't ask for a advance on it 'cos my parents say I gotta budget better."

"If I'm treating this bunch, I don't think one more person's going to break the bank any more than it already has been." Nicholas sighed. "The more the merrier, or whatever they say."

Mikan's eyes positively lit up at the suggestion.

"Really?!" She gasped in delight. "I can really have some?!"

"Just don't order out the whole bakery. I'm not paying for it if that's what you do." Nicholas answered. "Also, if I left you without offering some help, I'd hear it from the girls later, so they're the ones you should be thanking."

Mikan was overjoyed by the offer and nearly pounced on Nicholas with a tight hug before restraining herself.

"You guys are the best!" She cheerfully concluded.

Gaining one more person to their little band, Kara's group headed into the cafe to find that...

...it was much busier than expected for a place which should've opened a little over ten minutes ago.

Leigh was soloing the cash register while all the other workers were rushing around at the near full house that the Cafe was at the moment. There was only a few tables empty, and not a single worker was idling.

Doing a quick cursory glance over the cafe while Kiki was losing it over how busy it was, Kara noticed that Bryn was standing quite close to the toilets looking a little hard pressed. She was obviously in need of a break, but she had one customer who just wouldn't let her go. Her legs couldn't possibly be crossed any tighter than they already were.

The group with Kara, sans Kiki, headed over to an empty pair of tables near the middle of the room. Nicholas moved the two medium sized tables together to create a big enough seating area for everybody present. Kiki, on the other hand, rushed over to Leigh and was grilling her on why the place was so stupidly busy.

Turning her attention back to the bursting Bryn, Kara noticed that a girl she hadn't seen before was just about to relive Bryn, in more ways than one.

This young girl looked around thirteen years of age and had light brown hair tied in a pair of twintails. Her brilliant blue eyes looked incredibly enticing, like they'd drawn anyone they gazed upon into a world of euphoria. Her apron was very different from all the other staff members, to the point of Bryn's apron. It was a tricolour one, those colours being Pink, Green and Brown, and had its multiple colours styled into the shapes of little hearts all over her apron, very similar to Bryn's diamond print apron. If Kiki's information was anything to go off, this newcomer must be one of the four new Flavours that were being introduced, making it the second of the present three, Kara included. It didn't take the power of Kara's ring to discover that this girl was practically oozing Charisma and adorableness to a level previously unseen. In the Ring's stat terms, she'd likely be around 130 in its measurements. It was near impossible for Kara to draw her eyes away from this angelic girl.

The girl and the customer conversed for a little over a moment before the customer left Bryn to her much needed freedom and returned to their seat. The young girl then turned towards Kara beamed an adorable smile and then came gleefully heading over. Once she'd reached just a few feet away, she practically pounced on Kara and gave her a huge hug. Being this close to her, and as they were currently locked in a hug, it was evident that this girl was every bit as sweet as she looked, down to even the faint scent of what fabric conditioner, shampoo and body wash she used.

"Good to see you, Big Sis!" The girl greeted Kara, her voice sweet and melodic. The girl then pulled away from Kara and stood in front of her, giving a mock salute. "It's all a-okay on the floor. Looking forward to you coming out here and helping out! See you soon~!"

The girl then waved her hand in goodbye and skipped back over to the customer she'd taken off Bryn's hands. Despite freely offering her assistance, Kara's trained eyes in this regard could summarise, taking into account the tenseness of her body when stationary, to the fluidity of her movements, that she was also likely at the point where any normal person would visit the facilities the Cafe had

Puzzling over the new addition, something sparked to the front of Kara's mind. A memory, but not one of her own, at least not this incarnation's of her. Perhaps from before she took over?

The memory was that of a poster over the completed Karaoke stage in the Cafe. There were four frames above the Karaoke stage, but only two of them had posters in. The first was a photo of a blushing Bryn, who looked to be trying to look away from the camera, but forcing herself to look at it. Beneath it were the words, in bold tricolour writing (the colours being Teal, Yellow and Brown) 'Bryn's Teal Tantrum'. There was some more text beneath the title, but it wasn't legible at present.

The next picture was of the very same girl who greeted Kara. The second of the Four Flavours. She was posed in a cutesy way, looking directly at the camera with an adorable smile on her face. Beneath the picture was similar tricolour bold text like the one beneath Bryn's, but this one was done in the colours on the girl's apron,. those being Pink, Green and Brown. The text read:''Rya's Precocious Pink.'

Could Kara's picture be required in the next empty frame?

Left with little more than a name to go off, if that's what the memory was linked to, it was now time for Kara to get ready for work as well.

Haley appeared happy with Kara's answers and she knew she had to keep them. She didn't want to upset Haley at all as things might end up how they once were and Kara wished for that not to happen again. She listened as Haley explained more on the reasons behind the battle tomorrow and wondered what it would be like to battle Lilly and Holly. Would Holly still be scared of her for trying to kill her and what about Lilly Kara didn't know what to expect. Haley also seemed to expect spending the night with her but they would need to tell Lilly and Holly but Haley also wished to know about more of what she had planned to show her.

"It's nothing scary it's something that will allow you to understand me more. Along with hopefully something you're willing to expect all will become clear later on tonight I promise you that."

Mikan turned to face Kara with a pleading look in her eye as she explained. She wanted to taste the food but didn't have the money to do so right now because she was broke. Kara was about to say something when Nicholas spoke up. He offered to buy Mikan some of the food and then Mikan got all happy and hugged him. Kara felt hurt on the inside as she was planning on buying Mikan something to eat. She looked over at the girl and wanted to be close to her much like she was with Haley. Having put Erys down Kara was about to offer her free hand to Mikan to hold when they entered into the cafe that appeared much busier then Kara had ever seen it.

Everyone appeared to be busy and Kiki left to speak with Leigh. Kara's group sat down at a table and Kara soon noticed Byrn. Standing near the toilets she clearly needed to use them from the way she was standing. But a customer was busy talking with her Kara's desires started to slowly build within her as she watched Byrn hoping the poor girl would have an accident. Kara then saw another girl she had never seen before Kara was drawn to the girls blue eyes and stared at her. Shaking her head she watched as the girl spoke to the customer and then Bryn left to use the restroom which caused Kara to pout. The girl also appeared to be dressed just like Bryn was but with a different apron color. Kara tried to look away from the girl but couldn't take her eyes off her. As she was far too cute and adorable the more she gazed on the beauty the more lewd thoughts started to travel through her mind. At seeing the girl in lewd situations this wasn't the time for such fantasy. But Kara couldn't help it she was about to try and picture what sort of panties the girl wore when she was jumped upon and hugged.

Kara wasn't sure or knew what was going on she didn't know this girl at all. But she returned the hug to be nice the girl pulled away before saying everything on the floor was okay. "Who are y..." Kara didn't get to finish as the girl headed off. To make matters worse Kara saw that she too needed to use the restroom. And Kara couldn't help but picture the girl bursting and having an accident. Kara started to blush at the thought before a memory flashed in her mind. She put a hand against her head she was confused again with what was going on. She needed to speak with Eiko she looked around trying to find the girl. As the memory played out in her mind. Her gaze was drawn to the karakoe stage where she saw a poster with four pictures only two of them were filled one was of Byrn and the other of the girl whose named appeared to be Rya.

Not knowing what to make of it Kara soon found it was time to get to work. She got up from the table and went over to each of her new sisters giving them each a hug and a kiss on the cheek. "I'll be back on breaktime if I can." Kara told them she looked over at Mikan "if you want can we chat later?" Kara asked. Before looking at the rest of the group "Nicholas I leave these girl's in your hands now don't try to add anymore of the girl's here at work to your harem." Kara joked. Before waving goodbye to her friends and heading towards the backroom to get changed and ready for work.

Still a little confused from her meeting with the over-eager Pinkette, Kara pondered just who she might be...

In fact, it was near impossible to remove the girl from Kara's thoughts. No matter what she tried, she'll always flick back, even for the briefest of moments, to thinking about the young beauty. Something about her just grabbed Kara's attention and wouldn't let it go. Anyway, back to work!

Kara informed her little group that she'll be back at Break time to spend some time with them and then headed off towards the back room to change into her Uniform. While Kara was undressing, Kiki came into the back room muttering something about 'Business Hours' and 'Customer expectations'. From what little Kara could gather, it appeared that Leigh had opened the Cafe 30 minutes early due to a large number of customers waiting for the Cafe to open.

"I swear, that girl will make this a 24 hour business if she could." Kiki concluded to herself as she also hastily undressed. Even in this world, Kiki still had her 'memento' from back when she lived at her Family Home. Also, her tastes in childish underwear hadn't changed either, as a noticeable Lime green, yellow and orange set of 'Pandera' brand underwear was currently being worn by Kiki under her clothes.

"Mia's just finishing up with a customer and then she'll be there to run you through things. Your uniform has been switched out to your new one, as discussed yesterday. We've only got one set prepared at the moment, so try and keep it clean." Kiki informed Kara as she finished up dressing. "If you see Bryn, let her know that Mia's ready for her as well."

On that conclusion, Kiki quickly headed out of the back room to the shop floor, leaving Kara with her thoughts as she got ready. Kara began to wonder just how cute Kiki's underwear would look on a certain little ball of tricolour energy...they'd look perfect, especially with a growing dark patch appearing beneath cupped hands around the crotch of them...

Kara tried to clear her mind of Rya and turn it towards other thoughts. Like work and why it was so busy but she found her thoughts. Always turning back to Rya which was rather strange as she still wanted to know just who that girl was. Even the thoughts of lewdness featuring Rya in various scenarios was creeping back into her mind. She was just about to leave and go out to find Rya when Kiki entered the room.

Kiki started to undress much like Kara had done as she dressed in her colors for the day. "Who's the girl who hugged me earlier?" Kara asked. As she took in the sight of Kiki in her underwear and listened to what was being said about her uniform being switched. To a new one that was discussed yesterday which Kara had no idea of what was said. "I'll try to keep it clean and I'll let Bryn know about Mia. Kiki finished and then left the room leaving Kara to finish up and her thoughts wondered to what Kiki's underwear would look like on Rya especially with a dark patch between her legs.

"W.. what's going on with me?" Kara asked herself.

She was blushing again and tried to rid herself of those thoughts. She quickly left the changing room and set out to find Mia and Bryn.

With lusty thoughts circling back around to a girl she'd only met mere seconds ago, Kara was losing to her lust. Fantasy after fantasy wormed its way into her mind, picturing the innocent thirteen year old in many a fetish-related situation.

A quick exchange between Kiki and Kara happened in the short space of time they were together getting changed. Before Kiki left, Kara asked about who Rya was.

"She's been fixated on you for a while yet you never learned her name?" Kiki sighed. "You're likely talking about Rya. She joined a little over a month before you did and rocketed our little Cafe to fame. She's one of the most requested girls we have at the moment, and that's why we've made her a special promotional worker. You'll be one of her co-workers, along with Bryn, when you're both up to speed on everything. When we find the Fourth spot filler, you'll become quite a famous little group in the Cafe."

After explaining, in as brief detail as possible, Kiki left Kara alone.

As Kiki had pointed out, Kara's new Apron was waiting in her locker. It was very much like Bryn and Rya's in the sense that it was also a tricolour apron, as was explained at the Coliseum. The 'Four Flavour' group appeared to share a similar trait, that being that the patterning on the aprons matched those of a Suite of Playing Cards. Rya was Hearts, Bryn was Diamonds and Kara was Spades, leaving the Clubs slot open for the final addition to the group. Kara's apron was, indeed, Pink, Purple and Navy Blue. The material it was made from also appeared to be much higher quality than the ones the basic aprons had. It was likely that all the Specialised Aprons had better quality material to match the rank the worker was at.

Once she'd changed into her Uniform, Kara headed out to the floor in search of Mia and Bryn. Mia was just finishing up with her customers and Bryn was leaving the corridor with the toilets in. Bryn joined Kara just as Mia reached the pair as well.

"Sorry, I'll be with you in a bit." Mia apologised as she practically traced Bryn's route back to the toilets, leaving the pair alone in awkward silence.

"S-so, um, a-about yesterday..." Bryn began, blushing a little as she looked down to the floor at her side rather than at Kara. "You saw..."

As Kara pictured Rya in various fantasy based situations. She began to feel the tell-tale signs of arousal began to form between her legs. The poor girl was very confused by this as only one other girl had made Kara feel this way and it happened to be Haley. Lucky that the exchange between Kiki took her mind off those thoughts and Kara learned more about Rya. She learned that Rya had set her eyes on Kara for some time now and that she had joined. A month before Kara had done so. Plus they were all working together along with Bryn and just needed one more member to fill the group.

"Why set her eyes on me could I have done something to gain her attention?" Kara asked herself. After Kiki had already left the room Kara checked out her uniform to see that she had a matching set and that it was spades along with. The colors of Pink, Navy Blue and Purple upon it. The material was also made from a higher quality and looked far better then the others.

Kara soon found Mia and Bryn but Mia left to use the toilets. While Bryn brought up what happened yesterday. "I'm sorry about that, I didn't think someone else was in the bathroom when I entered." Kara says not knowing what to really say for something she had not really seen.

She took a moment to look around the cafe at the others. Kara looked for any trace of Olivia who she would be working under at another time.

Kara and Bryn discussed the episode that happened between them yesterday.

"It's fine, really." Bryn answered. "The boy's room was the only toilet without a really long line outside so...um...improvisation was needed. I'm a little in the wrong, too, for letting it get to that stage. I knew I should've gone earlier but...well..."

Another memory(?) flicked to the forefront of Kara's mind. This one was of Bryn squatted over a Urinal with a startled blush on her face as she looked directly at the viewpoint of the memory, which was presumably Kara. A pair of forest green panties were around Bryn's knees, and they had a small coin sized darkened patch around the crotch of them.

So, Kara had barged in on Bryn using a urinal after a few leaks. Not the first time she's perved on a girl using a urinal. However, she had a weird desire to see another girl in a similar situation, but not quite making it...

A large pale yellow puddle on the grey flooring, sodden pale yellow streaks marring pristine white socks, a Pink, Green and Navy Blue apron slightly darker than normal around the lower half of it, the tear-streaked face of small twin-tailed girl as she looked upon the growing pool of shame at her feet, and the porcelain device which would've been her saviour. Now wasn't the time for such thoughts, but she just can't shake them.

Trying to take her mind off the strange fixation she had on young Rya, Kara looked around for the Navy blue she will be working under tomorrow. However, due to how packed the Cafe was, she wasn't in a great spot for clear vision of the Navy Blue section.

"Sorry for the wait." Mia announced as she rejoined the pair. "So, any questions before we begin?"

Bryn explained the reasons of what happened yesterday.

"I understand that these things happen and all, but it's better to try and plan ahead. So that this doesn't happen."

Another memory flashed into Kara's mind showing it to be Bryn squatted over the urinal. With a blush on her face and her panties around her knees. Just thinking about it caused another image of Rya to enter her mind. This was by far the worst time for it to appear as she could help but lust over what she was picturing again Kara was blushing. Her knees started to wobble as her juices started flowing again.

She tried to take her mind off of Rya by looking for her other coworker. But was unable to find them with how busy the cafe was. As another means Kara tried to switch her mind set to that of Haley and Mikan of the stuff she planned to talk with and show Haley tonight. Along with what sort of topics she could talk to Mikan about.

Her train of thought was interupted when Mia rejoined them.

"What is on the agenda for today?" Kara asked.

Lost in the lustful fantasies, Kara tried to dissuade her perverted mind from causing more trouble by thinking about different things. Thankfully, Mia came to the rescue.

"I was thinking of talking you two through the Topic of the Day and then showing you some examples of workers doing it. When you're comfortable with it, then I'll let you try it with supervision." Mia explained,

"What's the 'Topic of the Day'?" Bryn asked. "Washing dishes only gives a little insight in the Cafe."

"Good question." Mia answered. "The 'Topic of the Day' is the piece of information we're looking to extract from our customers. In today's case, it's about the upcoming Competition which only a few people know about. Even I don't know the full details, but Kiki insisted that we ask about it."

"Okay, so, how will we know when we've struck a vein on it?" Bryn continued.

"All I've managed to get so far is that it's an Elite competition which only certain members of the public have been invited to. It's got something to do with a 'show of power', or something, but not in the basic sense. Some people mentioned special abilities being put to the test in a safe environment so people can work on improving them."

Bryn was scribbling down short notes in a little pocket diary she had on her. She'd made quite the comprehensive flowchart so far.

Mia told then pair they'd be working on the 'Topic of the Day'.

"Does the Competition have something to do with various members of the cafe. Or something totally different?" Kara asked wishing to know more about it. But Mia didn't appear to know much about it. Kara tried to picture what sort of competition it could be and something about a 'show of power', and special abiities made her think of the twins. She knew that Florence and Felicity had special powers. Could it mean that various other members of the cafe had powers. And that people were going to see them at work but wouldn't that cause problems.

"Do you know if either of us three have been asked to take place in this event?" Kara asked.

She looked over at Bryn who was busy writing things down. Then looked around the cafe again trying to think of where the best place for gathering information on something like this would start from. Which group of workers had the best chances of gathering much needed information.

Maybe asking one of her coworkers for help would be a good idea. But who could Kara ask her thoughts turned to Eiko as she might know what it was. Or ever Sierra if she was around but those were friends and not coworkers. Her thoughts traveled to Rya for a moment would she know?

Kara asked two questions.

"As far as I'm aware, it's got nothing to do with any competition we're holding at the Cafe. Only certain customers know about it, so I'm guessing it must be a pretty secretive event for such little knowledge to be floating around about it." Mia explained. "That, I'm not too certain about. I know for a fact that I've never heard of it until now. I'm guessing that, as she hasn't mentioned anything about it either, Bryn's not a part of it."

"First I've heard of any Competition taking place outside of the Cafe." Bryn agreed. "Though, I can't speak for you, Kara. Do you know anything about what it might be?"

Kara looked over the cafe to find a perfect spot for information gathering. All the workers at present were likely engaged in this topic of conversation, but it was unclear whether they'd learned any conclusive evidence from just looking at them.

Kara then let her mind, and her eyes, drift towards Rya. She was, at present seated in the VIP area with a small group of College students. She looked like she was having a great time with them, giggling and talking about who knows what. How Kara longed to see that perfectly petite body naked...no! Stop thinking like that! Well, she does look a little underdeveloped around the chest area, but that's just another part of her charm. How soft those small tangerines look under that silky smooth Apron. Just a little squeeze...NO! Think straight, not lewd! Her legs were squeezed together a little under the table and was that a hand down there as well? Could she be... How delightful!

Mia answered about what she knew.

"Something taking place outside of the Cafe is a rather odd idea. As I had thought it might have been something here with us." Kara said at first some thoughts did pop into her mind about what she might know. Could the tournament taking place next week be the Competition that only some people knew of. It did have something to do with special powers which herself and Kiki had. Could it be that or something else Bryn then asked if she knew anything.

"Well, I know of something happening next week,but I can't say if it has anything to what we are looking for it'd best to gather more information. Before I can put together my own thoughts on if it's based on what I know or not."

As Kara looked around the work area for the best. Place to start to gather info she then found her eyes on Rya again. Who was busy sitting at a VIP area with a group of Collage students. She appeared to be enjoying her time and once more Kara longed to see her perfectly petite naked body. The blush returned to her face and she put a hand against her head. She tried to think straight to get her mind of those lewd thoughts. But she couldn't help but think about her small breasts and how they would feel about when they were squeezed. The blush turned redder and Kara saw her legs were squeezed together and her hand was down there.

"Why, why is she always on my mind?" Kara thought. She removed her hand from her head and then asked the two a question on Rya.

"I. I know we should be focusing on work but I need to know something first. Do you guys know why Rya has taken a liking to me?"

Kara mentioned that she's aware of some form of competition happening the following week. The drew both of the girls' attention.

"At this moment in time, we're just pulling on whatever bits of information we can gather. At the end of the day, we report our findings to Kiki and she deduces things from them. Whoever gets the most pertinent information is rewarded, though all who take part are given some form of recompense to thank them for their efforts." Mia explained.

"Who knows? You may have just hit the jackpot there with that bit of information." Bryn informed Kara. "I'd say to mention it anyway at the end, even if you don't get anything else. It could be the final key to piecing things together, after all."

Kara tried to shake the lewd thoughts about Rya out of her mind, but was not having much luck with it. Mia and Bryn noticed Kara looking rather frustrated by something and were about to ask what when Kara suddenly blurted out something about Rya taking an interest in her. This seemed to soothe the worry of the other two.

"So, she's 'tapped' you today, then?" Mia asked, relief evident in her voice. "I thought you were coming down with something when you suddenly grabbed your head."

"Trust me, you'll get used to it. She's done it to me a bunch of times and I nearly, y'know...went there...with her." Bryn admitted, blushing deep red at the comment she made as a closer.

"Rya's an absolute angel of a girl but she does have a tendency to cause a little craziness in the cafe when she's on duty. We had to break up a mosh pit when she went on stage once for Karaoke. I think she really likes you because you've always been so kind to her and helped her out when she's been in a pinch. Whether that's down to your natural personality, or her 'pheromones' is still up for debate. D-don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you're a bad person or anything, I'm just saying it's kind of hard to tell when she's 'Tapped' you." Mia informed Kara. "You seem like a nice person, so it's only natural that she'll like you."

Both Mia and Bryn explained things to Kara about their thoughts on what she just told them.

"Which is why we will be going around listening to the various customers. On what they have to say or know about the topic of the day. But I've got one question on that though is there a section of the Cafe which tends to draw the most information. To make it simpler to understand which Apron color has been the best in learning stuff?" Kara asked Mia. Bryn then thought that Kara might have hit the jackpot about what she knew. "I'll mention that to her when the time comes maybe Kiki already knows about it to?".

Both Mia and Bryn noticed how frustrated Kara was getting at the lewd. Thoughts of Rya traveling through her mind. Kara's panties were already damp from those thoughts and it wasn't caused by an accident. They were about to ask what was wrong when Kara herself asked about Rya. Learning that the girl had 'Tapped' her with some kind of ability which causes craziness as Rya tends to get carried away with it.

"'Tapped' I'm not understanding what you mean but I do believe she's done something to me. But please you shouldn't worry about me I'll be okay if something comes up. I'll ask for some help okay?" Kara told Mia. What Bryn admitted next didn't help matters much as Kara's thoughts once more returned to Rya and this time it was her and Kara that filled her mind with those thoughts about nearly going that route. In her current state what Kara admitted next suddenly embarrassed her.

"I.. I want to k.. know about that pl.. please tell me?" Kara asked. Blushing in shame as her lewdness took over for just a brief moment and she caved in. Suddenly knowing what she had just done Kara apologized to the group. "I.. I'm sorry about that I.. I shouldn't be saying those sorts of things during work hours," Kara says her cheeks a much deeper red than Bryn's had been.

Mia explained more about Rya.

"I.. I'll just have to find out more on my own maybe when I'm clear headed and not. "Tapped' as you mentioned before." Mia then said that Kara was a nice person and it was hard to tell at which moments Kara had been 'Tapped' at. "You're a nice person too and the same goes for you too Bryn." Kara admitted. What she asked next was again embarrassing for her to admit but if it would 'help' clear her mind then she might need to do that.

"I.. If things get too out of hand with me and I am unnable to work. I.. is there anywhere private where I can take care of a 'personal' need?" Kara asked. Admitting she might have to take matters into her own hands or more like fingers to rid herself of those thoughts. Shaking her head again Kara tried to turn the subject around.

"Let's get to work we have information to gather?"

Kara asked if one section was better at uncovering information than others.

"Each section is good in its own regards depending on the kind of information we're looking for." Mia explained. "That's the reason why there's so many differences between the sections, as that allows a wide array of information to be gained. The Pinks, however, do have a tendency to get information easier than the other sections, but only marginally."

Kara didn't quite understand what Rya's 'Tapping' included, but she certainly knew its effects well. In her lust addled state, she even admitted to wanting to know about Bryn's dice with Virginity when she was tapped. Oh, how divine that must have been...

/Cue fantasy\\

Rya, in all her angelic innocence, smiling sweetly as Bryn approached her, the ready made bed behind the young girl looking incredibly inviting.

"Do you want to sleep together?" The twin-tailed innocent asked in her melodic voice. "Did you have a bad dream, or something?"

Her sleepwear consisted of a slightly oversized pink t-shirt with a cute sheep on the front, and a pair of pink sleep shorts. As the young girl leaned forward, getting closer to her bedmate, the front of her shirt lowered slightly from gravity, giving a clear view of her tiny breasts through the open neck, her small pink nipples being the only deviation from the near perfect smoothness of her front.

The captivating allure of her crystal blue eyes faltered slightly as a force pushed her back, the bed making a 'pomf' noise as the trapped air was disturbed from the sudden impact.

"W-wait, what's wrong?" Rya questioned, her voice shaking a little from the shock. "W-what're you going to do to me?"

Her clothes were ripped off of her small frame, gasps of fear breaking through her sweet lips as her body was left bare, save for her underwear. The pink and white stripped panties were soon torn off as well, causing a startled yelp to come from the minor. Just before they were removed low enough for her hairless treasure to be seen, Kara was drawn out of her fantasy by Bryn's voice.

/Fantasy over.\\

"W-wait, what're you saying?!" Bryn questioned in disbelief, her blush reddening deeper. "W-we didn't actually go there, y'know?!"

"Oh, dear. This must be quite the severe case." Mia commented as redness took over her face as well.

Once the lewd confusion was cleared up, Kara asked if there was any place she could go to 'lessen her burden' should it get too much,.

"Um, w-well, you could try the staff toilets?" Bryn suggested. "They worked when I, um..."

"Generally speaking, the toilets will be the best place for that sort of thing. Granted, they may not be 'private', strictly speaking, but they should be good enough. Alternatively, you could try the shower room through the locker room. It's a recent addition with private stalls, so it may offer a touch more privacy than the customer toilets without inconveniencing the other staff members."

Once 'last resorts' were finalised, Kara decided to try and take her mind away from perverted thoughts by doing some work.

"R-right. Let's." Mia agreed as she lead the pair towards the first section they will be canvassing,, that being the Teal Section."

Mia explained which sections had the best in gathering information. It seemed that everyone had their ways of gathering info with the Pinks being able to gather it easier. Kara gave a look towards the Pink Section her eyes searching for Eve to see what she was currently doing at the moment. They then returned to Mia "how about you are you or your section able to gather information well?" Kara asked.

That was all said before her lewd side took over again picturing. Rya and Bryn about to sleep together in the same bed soon enough Rya was stripped down to her underwear and Kara wanted to see more. She pictured herself taking Bryn's place and tearing the clothes off of Rya for a brief moment Kara was reminded of what she had recently done to Haley just a few short days ago. As she tried to picture it being Haley she was reminded of the words that Eiko had said to her. This shattered the illusion of Haley and just left Rya in place. Kara gave off a small moan and was just about to give in and touch herself. When Bryn's voice cut through the lewd fog of her mind bringing her back under control.

"S.. sorry forgive that's s.. something I shouldn't of asked about." Kara said.

All three girl's were now blushing before Bryn told Kara where the best. Place to take care of her needs would be just incase they got too out of hand. "I'll try the showers as I don't want someone walking in on me."

Mia soon led the way towards the Teal Section as she walked she kept her ears open. Listening to what was being said from the various coworkers. Along with what the customers might be saying. While there was a lot of background noise and it was hard to pick out. Kara tried at first to listen to if anyone was talking about the upcoming magic tournament happening next week. As Kara was thinking perhaps that was the competition that was talked about eariler.

Next Kara looked around for any signs of Sierra as she always had a nack for knowing. Just what was going on.

Kara asked if the Teals were good at gathering information.

"We do pretty well when it comes down to information relating to fun pass times or places to go, like Swimming Pools or Theme Parks, but the more formal stuff we tend to lose out on. I guess that's down to the sort of Customers we attract." Mia explained. "We do get very little information about the others, but not enough to come up with conclusive ideas."

A method of operation was decided on how Kara could tame the beast that was her lust for innocent minors. The group then headed off to observe the Teals in action.

The Teal section seemed to be a gathering point for girls of around Upper Primary/Lower Secondary school age, with only a handful of older people mixed in. Nearly all of the Teal customers were girls, and only a fraction of them were male, the males being the older ones present. It seemed more like a quaint girls-only tea party than a part of an information network. General chatter mostly consisted of the 'usual' girl talk for people around the aforementioned age, like relationship problems and what puberty held in store for them. All in all, it was a very 'girls only' section. The males of the group, of course, were kept a good distance from the private conversations the others were having. Not a lot of information was being given out about the competition coming up. It was unlikely that the age group of the customers would be privy to that kind of information. The only 'competitions' that were being discussed were those of love and academics, and not some Elite Super-powered battleground.

Kara took a moment to look for the knowledgeable mysterious girl she encountered in the previous world.

A general survey held no results for what she was searching for. Perhaps she wasn't present, or was concealed in the crowds of other customers in the building? Either way, in the last World, Kara never found Sierra. The opposite was more accurate. If Sierra wanted to be found, then Kara could see her, however, if that was not the case, then it was unlikely that Kara would ever find her. She did make it her business to not stand out, after all.

Mia explained about the Teal section, though Kara had heard it all before. Once the explanation was finished, Mia moved Kara on to the next section, that one being the Yellow section.

Mia told her how it was for the Teal's to gather information.

"I'd be a member of your section all the time." Kara stated not letting it be known. That this was also due to the fact that she liked shy girls. Which had been started with when she had first met Holly and had developed over time. "So, each section can gather info about various things but it depends on what those things are?" Kara asked.

The Teal section was mainly a 'girl's only' group but there were a few males. Scattered about and as Kara looked around she was unable to gather any of the sort of info that she was looking for. Instead she tried other means like listening to what was said. Like what sort of activites some of the girl's like to do. She even tried to listen to the latest gossip about the two feuding families House Ravenclaw and House Sera.

Kara had no such look in finding Sierra at all it was possible that she could. Be among the crowd or else where inside of the building. But Kara didn't know at all unless she tried to look hard enough. Instead Kara tried to search for Eiko maybe she would know about the competition Kara looked around for any sight of her. Mia then moved Kara along towards the Yellow section and Kara began to remember that she had done this sort of thing before.

Kara asked about the kinds of information each section gathers.

"That's exactly what I mean." Mia agreed. "Purples learn a lot about strange religious groups and scary supernatural rumours, Greens are good at learning a lot of things in relation to Education systems and School events, Pinks are the go-to for things relating to business deals and transactions, Yellows don't tend to get a lot of information but they do help to ease the customers into giving information more easily to others, Browns don't have a speciality in a sense but they tend to get a wider variety of information and, finally, Navy Blues are the best at getting information about influential people and any kind of lavish parties or meetings said people are going to."

Bryn was furiously noting down all the bits of pertinent information Mia was giving out in relation to section-based knowledge.

"So, um, does that mean that, as I've got three colours, I have to know all the things these three colours do?" Bryn asked.

"I don't think Kiki would be that mean. I believe that your three colours are there to allow you to be yourself when working instead of a personality you're not familiar with. Kiki couldn't railroad you into a single type without feeling like she was forcing you to act in a way you're not comfortable with. Just be yourself, and I'm sure you'll help the group effort a lot." Mia explained.

"That's good. I was worried that I'd have to remember a ton of things." Bryn sighed in relief.

Not getting any luck on the 'Topic of the Day' front, Kara eavesdropped on the favourite pass times of the workers and some customers. Most of the customers were all about the Extracurricular activities they partake in at school, like Clubs and societies. Overall, nothing that important. They could possibly be used as conversation starters, but they had no relation to anything Kara was asked to find out. She also, unsurprisingly, found out nothing about any Family Feuds. The Navy Blues may help more on that front, like Mia had explained.

Kara, not being able to find Sierra, decided to look for Eiko instead. This search bore more fruit than the last one, as Kara was able to find Eiko sitting alone out of view of most of the other tables in the Cafe. She possibly didn't want to have to engage in conversations and would rather keep herself hidden. After all, Eiko never struck Kara as someone who would engage in idle conversation for the sake of it.

The next section they visited was the Yellow section. As soon as they entered it, they could feel the soothing aura which emanated from the section. It was possibly the most relaxing section in the whole cafe, even at peak times like it was now. It was, by no stretch of the imagination, empty, but it also didn't carry the hectic feeling as the rest of the place, despite how busy it was. This would be the perfect place for an afternoon nap, and the workers in this section exploited that as much as they could. However, it wasn't like they were slacking off either. The Yellow section was possibly the hardest for Mia to explain. Judging by the variation of clothing for workers in this section, some of the Yellows likely came there even on their days off for the company to sleep with. One such worker was doing just that.

Kara recognised the sleeping Yellow without a uniform as Mary, the Yellow poster Girl, Kate's, younger sister. The sleeping six-year-old had a sleeveless yellow dress on, which was being displaced enough to be risky due to her movements while sleeping. Every so often, Kara would catch the slightest glimpse of what lay under that thin piece of material. Seeing them worn, and sometimes wearing them herself, Kara could deduce that the underwear underneath the crisp white panties of this resting girl was none other than a Pull-up nappy designed for catching nocturnal leaks.

Bryn could barely contain herself upon seeing this adorable sight. It was clear that she just wanted to rush over there and squeeze Mary as tight as she could in a loving hug. Even Mia was looking a little low on restraint. They were like two wanna-be mothers seeing a baby for the first time.

"Oh, hello there." The person with Mary greeted the trio. It turned out that Kate was the one whom Mary was sleeping on the lap of. When the two were together like that, it was very easy to see the family resemblance. She was gently stroking her younger sibling's wavy blonde hair as she entertained some customers which were, unsurprisingly, a group of teenage girls. "Having the grand tour?"

Hearing the sound of conversation, Mary's eyes gently fluttered open as she stretched out a little before pushing herself into a sitting position, the strap on her left shoulder moving down slightly as she did so, revealing a cute white frilled vest under her dress.

"Mornin' Big Sis Kara." Mary sleepily greeted Kara as she rubbed the sleep out of her deep green eyes. A few locks of her hair fell a little out of place, revealing a cute little sheep horn on the side of her head. Come to think of it, her long wavy hair always reminded Kara of sheep wool. At least, that's what Kara's memories seemed to pull up.

Mia explained the ways of which each section gathered certain kinds of info. Minus the Red and Sky Blue areas of the cafe. "Then I'm in luck as I'm part of the Navy Blue circle so that should help in gathering what is needed." Kara pointed out. As Bryn then spoke up about the colors of her apron and the thoughts of having to know three things. "I like the blushing side of you can I see more of that?" Kara asked.

Kara found nothing of interest in much of the ways of conversations. Going around at the various tables so she gave up on wanting to learn anything though she did look around for. Any signs of Bella just wanting to say hi to the girl with a greeting of a wave of the hand. Next she found Eiko who appeared to be sitting alone she seemed to be wanting to remain alone and hidden for some reason. And Kara couldn't help but wonder if Eiko ever felt lonely having no one else to speak to a lot of the time.

Kara was then led into the Yellow Section where most of the people. Appeared to be sleeping here and there as she looked around Kara soon saw Mary who was wearing a yellow sleeveless dress that appeared to be displaced in places due to movements from the girl. Here and there Kara also caught glimps of the type of panties the girl wore which were white in color and appeared to be a Pull-up nappy. Kara tried not to look at it too much when she saw it at times. But her gaze seemed to linger there every once and a while wishing to see more of it. Or perhaps seeing it being used by Mary who might end up having an accident.

Kara also felt the yearning feeling of wanting to go over and squeeze Mary tightly, She could even tell the Mia and Byrn felt the same way as her. Wanting someone to squeeze Kara gave both girls at her sides squeezes of their own in a motherly way. Still wishing that she could squeeze Mary. It was Kate who then greeted the trio "yes you can say that how about you how are you doing?"

Mary's eyes soon opened and she greeted Kara by calling her big sis. This girl didn't really expect and greeted Mary back. "Hello little sis, care to join me later for a snack?" Kara asked. She let her eyes linger on Mary a little longer.

Kara commented on Bryn's Teal side, saying that she wanted to see much more of it. Possibly hearing this request many times before, Bryn just pouted, looked unimpressed and answered with a monotonous: "No.". Even though she may be set against freely showing her blushing side, there are no doubt an innumerable amount of things which may trigger the reaction Kara is looking for. Come to think of it, in the past World, she was being dragged into Swimsuit shopping with the Cafe's most infamous pranksters. Roll on the weekend!~

Leaving the Teal section, Kara looked to find Bella among the Teals on duty, but had no luck at present. According to the Staff Rota, Bella was working that day, but she may be 'elsewhere' at that moment in time. Better try again later. Kara also wondered, upon seeing a lone Eiko, if that girl ever felt loneliness at all. As she's Haley's daughter, it's highly unlikely that she's not a Social Butterfly, so chances may be high. however, she's possibly adept at not showing it, making it very hard to discern accurately.

Moving over to the Yellow section, Kara was met with a sight she'd rather not have at the moment, considering a certain Prison-Bait had 'tapped' her quite thoroughly. That crisp white nappy being dyed a pale yellow, oh what a sight that would be! Holly, Haley, Bryn, Mia, Tama, Mary, Rya, or even Annmarie, it did not matter. let the yellow river flow and dye the clouds with its hue! First a droplet, no bigger than a tiny pebble, then a small trickle, causing the pebble to grow to coin-sized, then a spurt, widening the growing spot with its yellow signature. When it's golf-ball-sized, then the lake shall spread! The final barriers crumpling under the torrential rain, shattering outwards in a deluge of yellow droplets, which then cascade down the glistening thighs of the victim, painting their socks with the same yellow brush. The whimper of defeat being uttered by the unfortunate girl will be drowned out by the rain-like sounds of their own cloud bursting from condensation, leading to the inevitable precipitation that is now happening. Like clouds, nappies can only hold so much. Let the golden rain of shame descend on this parched world.

NO! She can't let it rule her. She must resist, no matter how impossible it may seem!

Kara managed to release some of her tension by glomping the two girls by her sides. At first, they were a little startled by the sudden contact, but they didn't try and end the intimacy prematurely. Then, she was engaged in conversation with the older sister of her latest fantasy.

"I'm doing fine, thanks." Kate answered with a warming smile. "Annie's been looking forward to teaching her disciple the ways of her...'Duck Lord'? No, that's not right. 'Dark Lord', maybe? I'm not too sure. Anyway, you'd better not keep her too long."

Upon Mary's awakening, Kara offered her the chance of having a snack later. Mary just slowly blinked, still groggy from sleep, before smiling her adorable smile and answering:

"Yeah. I'd love to!"

Kara, still enamoured by her earlier fantasy, let her eyes linger on the little sheepling. So soft, so cuddly, so 'mofu-mofu'! How could one girl epitomise an anthropomorphic sheep so accurately? It's just criminal how perfect she characterises such a fluffy animal! Such dangerous cuteness is a risk to society!

Bryn seemed against showing that side of her to Kara with the 'No' that she had given. She from hearing the way it was said suggested that Kara should just drop the subject. So she did not bring it up anymore. Though Kara did remember that Bryn had been invited to go swimsuit shopping in the old world. Could this world offer the same thing or would Kara have to find other means to make Bryn blush?

Kara was unable to find Bella at all in the Teal section. So she'd just have to try again finding her later. She did look over at Eiko again for a little while and then looked at the Green section. She remembered that in the old world Haley had been offered a job to work here. Did the same apply to this world as well was Haley allowed to work here too. Her mind began to wander on how the others were doing. She'd have to wait until break time to find out that answer.

Once again the 'tapping' filled Kara's head with thoughts of seeing the nappy that Mary. Wore being dyed a pale yellow color. she even began to picture her friends and coworkers. Wearing one and seeing the sight Kara she started to blush again as the thoughts took control. She tried to fight against it but was having a hard time she tried to take her eyes off of Mary. But she couldn't just be thinking about seeing a cute small girl such as Mary wearing one. She let her eyes travel down Mary's length again hoping to catch a glimpse of it under her skirt. Another thought struck Kara did any other girl's wear one it was a rather odd thought. But she looked around the cafe slowly would she be able to find out that answer.

Kara was able to let off some steam as she hugged both girls at her sides. They didn't appear to want to end the hugging and Kara wanted to hug them more. But now wasn't the time for such things she then was able to take her mind off it. When Kate spoke to her once again this time about Annie.

"I'm sure that she is and I bet she's also looking forward to another head pat as well," Kara answered back with her own smile. "I won't keep her waiting long, but I do got to ask something has anyone else asked to work with me besides Eve and Olivia?" Kara asked. Next, it was Mary's turn to speak and she said she'd be more than up for the idea of a snack later.

"That's a promise how does breaktime sound?" Kara asked.

As she looked on Mary she couldn't help but find her cute and sheep like. Bending down Kara did something motherly and gave Mary a small kiss on the forehead. Also, Kara was sure her view with her eyes might attract better results in seeing under Mary's skirt. Not wanting to led to think she was being a pervert Kara caught up. "If you ever need help with anything don't be afraid to ask?" she said this to both Mary and Kate.

As Rya's 'Love Tap' lingered on Kara, forcing another fantasy in her mind, she began to wonder if anyone else at the Cafe would be able to accurately fulfil the fantasy. As she pondered her latest Mission, she did rapid double takes of Mary in an attempt at seeing the padded heaven between her legs. It wasn't too hard, considering Mary's dress was around knee-length and was quite ridden up due to the girl's movements. Even now, just as she sat up, it was glaringly obvious that her dress wasn't covering much, allowing Kara a full view of the young girl's pristine panties, and the padding that lay underneath. Delicious...

Trying to free her libido-controlled mind, Kara attempted to engage in normal conversation once more.

"That girl does love the attention, even if she pretends she doesn't. Any girl with hair as soft as hers would relish it being gently rubbed." Kate answered. "You're quite the talk of the Cafe. The squirrel twins are interested in you, and there's the odd chatter between the Browns as well. It has been like this since you first started. I don't think there's one section that isn't interested in seeing you work. That perky pink is probably the most eager to work alongside you. We just need one more to fill the last spot. I wonder who'll be the lucky winner?"

Kara confirmed the snack offer and scheduled it for break time. Mary thought over the time offered and happily agreed to it.

Kara gave Mary a kiss on her forehead. The little sheep giggled a little before giving Kara a small lick on the cheek. This was likely the equivalent for a friendly kiss in Mary's view. The lick felt very close to the kind a kitten would give, but a little softer and without the abrasiveness of a cat's tongue. What stood out the most was the gentle touch of Mary's hair on Kara's face from the kiss. Very similar to what it looked like, her hair felt very much like the finest wool ever used in clothing. Its cotton softness, coupled with the fluffiness, was like sinking into a wool paradise.

Of course, Kara also used this closeness to perv some more on Mary's choice in underwear. Very much like in her earlier 'defloration' fantasy, gravity caused Mary's top to descend enough so Kara got a clear view of everything, even what lay under the girl's vest. As expected of a girl the tender age Mary was at, her chest was perfectly flat, save for the tiny bumps of her nipples. The fragrance of vanilla sweetly wafted from her smooth skin, providing a scent reminiscent of a delicious Chou pastry as the tantalising aroma mixed with the ones in the cafe's atmosphere. The faintest hint of Talc also lingered on this girl's frame, which, not only originated from the expected places after a bath or shower, but also from the padded protection which hugged the tiny girl's hips so tenderly. On that topic, it was near impossible to not see the nappy Mary was wearing underneath her panties from this angle. From the minor puffing out of the cotton covers, to the colourful print of the waistband, everything was on full display

Resisting the lust once more, Kara quickly pulled her eyes away from what they were transfixed on, though this felt like the last time she'd be able to exercise her will without retort. Trying to act as casual as possible, Kara offered to help out the sisters with whatever they needed should it arise.

"We'll help out, too. You just need to ask." Kate replied happily.

Parting ways with the sheep siblings, Mia led Kara towards the next section on the agenda, that being the Purple section. They had to pass by the Pink section on the way, which was where Kara last saw the fidgeting Rya.

Kara once more pondered just who could fulfill the fantasy in her head. There had to be someone out there who could do it. But where would Kara be able to find that one person she needed to start her search. Also, she was able to take in the nice view of Mary's panties and the padding beneath. It was such a lovely sight and Kara took everything in before she heard Kate speak to her once more.

"Seems just about everyone wants to pair up with me at some point. What about you two I'm sure you've talked amongst yourselves and want to work with me too?" Kara asked. She wondered just what she could have done to have made herself the talk of the cafe and why would everyone want to work with someone like her. She had to of done something to make herself well-liked and wanted to find out those answers. "I'm sure she will get her time, why not you fill the last spot on our team?"

Mary gave Kara a small lick back after having gotten the kiss. Just the feeling of the girl's small tongue on her cheek made her feel happy. Even Mary's hair which was gentle to the touch made her feel joy she wished at that very moment she could. Just spend the rest of the day with the girl. But knew she had other things she needed to do and soon was greeted with another sight from her new position on the floor.

Kara was now given the grand view of what lay under Mary's vest she could see. The twin bumps of Mary's nipples and was able to smell the sweet scent of vanilla along with. The faint hint of Talc which clearly came from the girl's lower areas. Even the full view of Mary's panties and nappy caused Kara feel shameful on the inside. Here she was looking lewdly at her friend's sister it wasn't something she should be doing. On another note, if Mary or even Kate had wished to look that would have been given the sight of Kara's own underwear and able to see the dampness around the crotch area. Clearly, Kara was turned on and the result of everything she had seen made it clear that she was horny. But would they know that or just think that Kara wet herself a little.

Kara after pulling away felt something inside her. She felt that this would be the last time she could fight against the urges of her lewd side. And knew that whenever the next time this happened she would fully give into her lust and do something stupid.

"I look forward to seeing you two again."

Kara then bid the sisters farewell and Mia led her towards the Purple Section. But they had to pass through the Pink Section first to get there. Using this time Kara looked around for someone to fill the role of her mission. She didn't know where to start or what age group to start looking in. But the main problem was how would Kara find out about what they wore under there clothes without looking like a pervert. Letting that thought go Kara let her eyes look around for someone might give her what she wished. She started with the Pink Section looking for any girl between Mary's age to about her own age. Who looked to be slightly afraid of something like either staying away from others or just keeping their skirt from riding up.

Before she parted ways with the Yellow Sheeplings, Kara asked a few questions about her popularity, and who may fill the last of the 'Four Flavours'.

"I'm happy working with anyone from this place. The more people together for a snack, the better it tastes." Kate summarised in her usual positive way. Kara then proposed the idea of Kate filling the last spot of the 'Four Flavours'. "I don't think I'm suitable for that, sadly. You two, and Rya, all share the trait of being multiple colours, when I'm just a Yellow. I'm okay with being just a Yellow, but I think Kiki's goal for the whole thing was to have four people who are more than just one colour coming together as kind of a 'Limited Edition' item, or something like that."

After Kara left the Yellow section, she went looking for her personal 'Goal of the Day' among the Pinks.

Wow, what a sea of Pink. Pink here, Pink there, Pink everywhere, yet not the Pink of panties in sight. The only deviation from the Salmon savanna were the colour of the girl's hair, and the clothes the customers wore, even though some of those were shockingly pink as well. Kara nearly walked face-first into a supporting beam near one of the tables, but a swift movement from Bryn quickly righted Kara's course and prevented a cataclysmic collapse of clattering cutlery and chairs. Graceful and elegant...not.

"Hey, lookit there! Let me borrow your ears for a sec, that looks interesting!"

It had been a little while since Kara had heard that voice in her head. Erys's words exerted a little control over Kara as she was walking along, but not in a malicious way. All Eyrs did was turn Kara's head towards a squirming Rya being pulled aside by a young looking Customer. Wait, wasn't that...?

"Don't act so nervous. I'm still with the others. I may be suffering from this 'Resurrection Sickness', or whatever, but I am still a God., so a little enhanced hearing and telepathy are child's play to me, even when I feel like shit."

They were a fair distance away, but Erys's power allowed Kara to hear what they were saying like she was standing right next to them.. Even though the pair were talking in hushed tones, it wasn't enough to deter the power of God-like hearing.

"I told you I'm totes a-okay, Mii. Really!" Rya protested, despite the fact that she was practically bouncing on the spot.

"You've always been an open book to me, but this is just silly. Everybody knows you're busting for a pee!" The customer countered with a sigh. That voice...was that Mikan?!

"I said I'm fine, so I'm fine!" Rya shot back, turning her head away from Mikan and pouting like a child who'd just been scolded.

"You're coming with me to the bathroom whether you like it or not." Mikan retaliated, exercising her 'Motherly Command'. Mikan then took Rya by one of the arms the disobedient girl was using to support her 'totally not peeing myself' hold. This prompted a startled gasp from her as her remaining hand redoubled its efforts at holding the flood at bay.

"I just leaked a little..." Rya commented, disbelief and worry evident in her whisper.

"Bathroom. NOW!" Mikan commanded once more as she practically dragged Rya off towards the Girl's Toilets.

"Wish I could be there when she's proving that she's 'totes a-okay' but, alas, I'm chair-ridden and bored out of my mind listening to 'Girl Talk'. That was a welcome distraction from the ten-thousandth recollection of 'Pandamonium' fun from an over-hyped fan-girl doped up on Taurine. Have a fun time with your harem, 'Lord Commander' Kara."

With a suggestive giggle, Erys's voice left Kara's mind and allowed her to arrive without incident at her destination.

Kara had been so focused on her search in the Pink section that. She had nearly walked into a support beam but Bryn had moved her out of the way at the last second. In her search through the Pinks. She was unable to find anything and soon Erys' voice popped into her head once more.

'How are you currently feeling is everything okay over there. How are Haley and the others does anyone miss me?" Kara asked.

She felt Erys take control over her a little as her head turned to the side. Where she saw a squirming Rya and knew just what was causing it. Kara could already feel the urges taking hold of picturing Rya losing control and wetting herself then and there. She tried to look away wanting to focus on her 'Goal of the day' but was unable to. She just kept watching and soon saw it was Mikan speaking with her.

"I.. I want her to lose control, I want her to wet herself, I want to see it all her panties flooded with pee." Kara sent to Erys her eyes lingering on Rya a look of pure lust on her face. She wanted nothing more than to rush over there. She could feel another fantasy building in her head. And as she listened to what Mikan and Rya were talking about it made matters even worse.

"Don't take her to the restroom Mikan please leave her here. Or better yet why can't you be just as desperate as Rya I want both girls to wet themselves. Please for the love of God give me what I want two cuties wetting themselves side by si..." Kara's voice trailed off she had let loose her wants and desires out loud being clearly loud enough. For others around her to hear which would surely be Mia and Bryn.

A look of shame filled her face as she blushed bright red. This was something she didn't want the members of the Cafe to find out about. But she just couldn't help but picture Rya and Mikan together in the act her thoughts even turned to Haley and Mary. Seeing all four girls wetting themselves in her mind caused Kara to moan her panties flooded with her juices. As she was overcome with lewd images and feelings dealing with these four girls.

She was brought back to reality when Erys spoke again.

"This harem I want it I want it, I want it. Please, Erys help me build this harem?" Kara asked. She looked towards Mia and Bryn. 'I'm sorry about what I just said moments ago that's something personal I don't want others knowing about." Kara confessed in shame. She had arrived at the Purple section trying to clear her mind she looked around first for Annmarie and second searched once more for her 'Goal of the day'. Hoping that this time she will find someone to fill that spot using the same search tactics she did in the Pink section.

Kara asked about Erys, who summarised her boredom once more.

"Still feel horrible, but getting better with time. Who knew a human drink like a Vanilla Cola Float could taste so nice? These slushie things are also quite delicious. Anyway, I think I understand my predicament a little better now. It appears that I can only be either Visible in this form, or invisible inside of objects. There's no middle ground. Plus, I'm starting to think this form may be Human, as I cal feel the drinks filtering through. My Mistress is too interested in this 'Pandamonium' junk, and the others are listening as well. I'm the only one bored out of my mind by it all, I think. I miss the perversion you bring to this snooze-fest of girly talk."

From the little display shown to her by Erys, Kara had regressed to her perverse self.

"Calm down, your fem-boner is showing. Does urine really turn you on that much?"

Despite Erys's intrusion, Kara got even worse in her perversion and began vocalising her thoughts, much to the surprise of her two companions.

"Wow. Never thought anyone could get that excited over a natural function like peeing. You truly are a next-grade pervert."

"Eh? What was that?" Bryn questioned, unsure if she correctly heard Kara.

"This is worse than I thought." Mia commented, worried for Kara's sanity. "Perhaps you should sit down for a bit before you get too 'fired up'."

"HEY! Perfect opportunity! Take her up on that offer. I've got another neat trick I'm sure you'd love. I kinda gotta go as well. Being a human sure is tough... Better be quick, though, do you want to come see? You won't even need to move."

Kara was having a tuff time currently with things the tapping had made matters. A lot worse and she was currently stating things in the open which she wouldn't normally. Do plus she was able to clear her mind a little at what Erys told her about her body maybe being human. This caused Kara to think what it would be like just to touch Erys like hand holding or patting her head. Erys then mentioned she missed the lewdness that Kara brought. Mostly likely it was only due to how bored she was.

"The girl who hugged me earlier did something to me she 'tapped' me. I'm going crazy over here every little thing is setting me off I need to clear my head."

Kara was getting worried about how much longer she could last. She had not been working long so far. She was making mistakes and didn't want Mia or Bryn to get the wrong idea. Erys spoke up again and Kara spoke back.

"Yes, it does but it depends on the type of person."

Soon Mia and Bryn spoke again and so did Erys.

"It is getting worse I need to sit down and take care of something. I've also got to use the bathroom." Kara told them. She was agreeing to go along with Erys' idea she walked slowly towards the restrooms on unsteady feet she opened the door and walked inside to the sink. Where she turned on the water and splashed some cold water onto her face.

Kara explained her situation, but misinterpreted Erys's offer.

"Um...guess that works, too. Stay put and enjoy the show. Time to abuse the hell out of human bodily functions!"

Kara headed into the Girl's toilets and started to wash her face. At present, Mikan and Rya were over by the cubicles. All of them were full, until someone left shortly after Kara had first splashed her face. Rya was about to rush into the cubicle, both hands holding onto her lower regions like her life depended on it, until...

SLAM!

The main door of the toilets was shoved open as Erys came rushing in, looking in a similar state to Rya.

"Can't hold it! It's coming out!" Erys blurted out as she rushed towards the empty cubicle, just stopping short of Rya. Noticing that her target was within reach, Erys played up on her feigned desperation.

Erys looked up at Rya, tears welling up at the base of her eyes, as she squirmed and bounced on the spot like a coiled spring. Her acting was exceptionally realistic, considering. Kara knew, for some odd reason, that Erys was just acting up on her supposed loss of control situation. Erys barely just felt the first urges moments before entering, around the same time as their conversation.

"Please...I'm gonna wet myself..." Erys quietly sobbed to Rya, who, despite being on the verge of losing it, placed the 'junior' in front of her as more of a deserving person for the relief that was mere steps away from them.

"Y-you can go first. I can hold it for a bit longer." Rya sweetly smiled at Erys, but her body showed her evident distress with its constant trembling from exertion.

"R-really?!" Erys replied, her face lighting up with glee. "Thank you so much!"

Without further delay, Erys rushed into the free cubicle, keeping up her act, and locked the door behind her.

"What a joke. That was way easier than I thought it would be. Okay, now for phase two. I'd suggest you get somewhere safe and out of the way 'cause you're gonna be trancing in seconds. I'll let you see through my eyes. It'll be a little disorienting at first, considering my vision is way beyond mortal comprehension, but well worth the cost. Think of it like when you want me to read things over for you, but on a much grander scale."

Kara once again splashed water across her face trying to rid herself. Of the current lewd thoughts, she was having but was losing the battle and focus. She didn't reply back to Erys right away taking the quiet time between them as a means to regain control over herself. But then the others came rushing into the bathroom which caused Kara to turn around. She saw that Erys was nowhere as well looking over she heard the small talk between her and Rya.

She watched as Erys then rushed into the cubicle and Rya was left. Outside dancing on the spot Kara also looked over at Mikan trying to see if she needed the restroom as well. Not wanting to be seen when Erys offered her what she was about to view. Kara went into another cubicle that was just emptied by another girl who had just used it. She looked the door behind her an sat down.

"I'm safe for the time being I don't them finding out I'm sure. Go ahead and let me see through your eyes as I've done this before remember?"

Kara hastily occupied another cubicle, one that neither Rya nor Mikan had seen being emptied, and prepped herself for what was about to be shown.

"You've done the weaker version before, where I just enhance your vision. This one is when I fully take over your vision and you see the world through my eyes, with all the added benefits my Vision has with it. Get ready..."

After a second or two without anything happening, it was starting to look like this was just a joke. However, that idea soon changed when Kara's vision took on a completely different look. She was no longer looking at the door of the cubicle she'd locked herself in but, instead, her view was a little lower down and looking towards the sandals Erys had on. There was an unusual black tinge to the edges of her view, but the blackness wasn't opaque. It was, much like the crystals she was used to seeing, translucent with specks of the colour spectrum dotting the corners. As her vision adjusted to this newfound power, Kara began to notice that the walls of the cubicle were starting to also become translucent, and so was the door to it, which allowed her to see a little bit through them when they were the focus of Erys's attention.

Erys's view turned slightly upwards and to the side until she was looking at the left hand wall of her cubicle from her viewpoint. The wall became gradually fainter until she could see through it, revealing Kara's slumped over shell positioned on the toilet. It looked very much like these 'trances' shown in paranormal movies, where the person enters a state of ascendancy, shedding their mortal frame and seeing things from the view of Spirits, or even the Gods. Soon enough, the view dipped downwards once more and back towards the centre of the cubicle until she was looking directly at Erys's crotch, which was still covered by her dress at the moment.

"Enjoy the show, oh perverted Lord Commander."

On that note, Erys pulled up her dress, revealing a pair of black side-tie panties, and hopped a little on the toilet to give her just enough space to shuffle them downwards. In no time at all, Kara was staring directly at the tender flower of Erys, from none other than the person's own viewpoint, like she, herself, was doing these actions. Erys's small hand began to gently rub against the lips of her labia, almost coaxing out the amber nectar that resided behind those sealed doorways.

"This'll be the first time I've done this as a human. I wonder how different it will feel? Will it feel like euphoria is building inside me, or may I have to wait until these tender lips just can't hold back the flood any longer, and all the glittering yellow juice you so love just pours out of me uncontrollably? Let's see, shall we? I can feel it coming. It's teasing at the petals of my flower like a hummingbird sucking the nectar out of my buds. I can't stop it...it's..."

Psshhhhhhhhhh...

The yellow river flowed forth, pushing its way past the dam of Erys's treasure, snaking its way down her teasing fingers and tinkling into the bowl beneath her. Erys didn't stop her pleasuring just because her goal had shown itself. Her inquisitive fingers continued their exploration of the cavern that housed her most precious treasure, hungrily diving into the deepest recesses to fully ensure that not a single corner remained untouched.

"This feels...so good... Kara, take my purity and dye it with your yellow brand! Make me a woman!"

Erys's narration was set from the point of Kara doing these lewd action to her tiny frame. She pulled apart the lips of her vagina and revealed the hidden domain that lay behind it. The source of the golden falls was now clearly visible, still spilling its crashing waves across her fingers. The direction of the river was now a little more skewed, painting the walls of the toilet bowl its colour until the droplets began to cascade downwards to join their brethren in the waters below.

Still holding the walls of her vagina open, Erys's other hand began to find its way into her vulva. Teasing fingers slowly slid in and out of the opening with a gentle schlicking sound. The rhythm started slow, but soon became much faster, with Erys's breathing quietly mimicking the change in pace.

"I'm gonna..."

With a stifled, yet still audible, yelp from Erys, a strong jet of clear fluid burst out over her infiltrating fingers, splattering against the toilet and sploshing into the bowl. Another joined it, following the path of its predecessor, before being trailed by a final, yet much more forceful, blast. A triple climax after the first session? Just how much of a newbie to this was this self-proclaimed Deity? Perhaps Kara could teach her to better control her lack of restraint?

As Erys's twin rivers trickled to a stop, both of the girl's hands left the holes they'd found and were soon slumped to either side of the toilet. Erys's quiet panting was the only sound that remained in the cubicle now. The border around her vision began to fade and Kara then found herself back in her own body in the cubicle she'd entered.

"Enjoy the show...my perverted play-mate? It's more tiring than I thought..."

Kara took a moment to get ready for what she was about be shown. She had thought it would be like the other time but was told. Things would be far different soon enough she saw Erys' sandals and then everything changed she tried to get used to what she was being shown. But it took a while to get used to it. But when she came around she was looking through Erys' eyes and saw her slumped over form. It looked like she was sleeping on the spot and wondered if something was going to happen to her body.

"Will I be okay?" Kara asked.

Her view then changed to look at Erys' crotch which was covered by her dress. Only then it was raised to reveal the black side-tie panties she wore. Kara stared at these and thought Erys had a good taste in underwear before they were pulled down to reveal the girl's tiny flower. Erys slowly began to pleasure herself in front of Kara who could only watch. She wasn't sure if in this state she could do her own 'deed'.

"It will feel wonderful you just need to get used to it. Take it nice and slowly don't rush it too quick. Let it build up inside of you until you're about to burst then release it." Kara offered.

A golden stream was soon flowing out of Erys' flower it splashed down into the toilet. What Kara heard next was a little shocking she didn't expect Erys to say those things. Could Erys really want Kara to do those things to her even after everything they had been through? But she didn't voice those thoughts. She just watched and wanted nothing more than to be there with Erys to touch her young body. To teach what it truly meant to be women maybe one day that chance would come.

Moments later the stream died down and Kara found herself back in her own body. Just after seeing Erys go through a triple climax over her own. "That was wonderful thank you so much for showing me that but I want to be there next time for real perhaps like before. But this time just the two of us going through the pleasure together?"

Watching the show like a hungry wolf eyeing up its next meal, Kara allowed herself to be taken in by Erys's narration and actions, devouring every inch of the girl's hidden jewels. She stared longingly as Erys began to pleasure herself and remained transfixed by the display until the triple climax at the end.

Despite acting way more precocious and provocative than her apparent age belied, and claiming to be exceptionally good at both giving and receiving pleasure, Erys's apparent lack of either left much to be desired. Seriously, this big-shot Maiden of Pleasure took a pee, placed a single finger inside of her vulva and then masturbated for all of ten seconds and that lead to a triple climax? She was either super sensitive, or a huge liar, or maybe even both! However, cutting her some slack, her current form may be part of the reason why she's such a light-weight in the intercourse department. Nonetheless, the show was enough to please Kara and have her begging for more.

"Sorry, but I'm off limits until you've shown me what a great Disciple you are. Spread my influence far and wide, and then the prize shall be yours."

From that, Kara could deduce that, perhaps, she needed to do a follower's work to reach the Nirvana that was her Deity's Sacred Grounds. Doable, but greatly distant. Maybe there were benchmarks she could reach which would allow a portion of the pleasure to be a just reward? Maybe...

BANG! BANG! BANG!

A loud, and very desperate sounding, knocking resounded off the door of Erys's cubicle.

"U-um, I'm really sorry, but could you, y'know, hurry up in there? Please?!" Rya's rather panicked voice sounded from outside of Erys's cubicle. There was evident strain in her trembling voice, almost like she'd just reached her absolute limit with holding.

Just what will Erys do? Was her plan finished yet?

Having just witnessed what Erys had gone through had been a wonderful sight. Kara clearly had enjoyed the show and a part of her wished it didn't have to end. She was reminded of when they had all slept together a few nights ago when Kara had made love or more like forced herself onto Haley. Erys had been there too had been unable to go through the process of being touched and pleasured. But now that she appeared human Kara was given the chance to go through with teaching her new things.

But Kara wouldn't be given the chance until she proved herself.

"How am I going to be able to go that?" Kara asked.

She wasn't sure on how she could go through with this goal. How was she going to spread Erys' influence on others? There had to be other ways for her to get what she wanted. "Is there anything I can do like today for starters. I don't want to hurt anyone or humiliate them in anyways.?" Kara asked.

Since it appeared that Erys wanted her to do things maybe she could. Have Erys do things for her as a way the can both get things they wanted. 'Is there something you can do for me perhaps gather some information for me?" Kara asked. She thought over what she wanted Erys to do for her.

"I'd like to learn more about you, in general, Like for you to tell me a little about yourself. Anything that can be helpful in getting a better understanding of just what you are like for starters what do you know about your past?" Kara asked.

As she waited for an answer she heard a very loud a desperate knocking sound. Followed by Rya's voice she seemed to be at her limit.

Kara wanted to know just how she could follow along with what Erys had requested.

"Where's the fun in me telling you? It wouldn't be much of a reward if I told you how to get it now, would it?"

It seemed that Kara would have to figure this out on her own. Going along with that, her next question would likely be met with the same kind of response.

"I think I'm good for today. You have your own things to be focusing on without adding any more to them."

Believing there to be equal standing between herself and Erys, Kara asked to learn more about her as a for of trading. She was being requested to do things for Erys, so doesn't that mean she should be able to ask for things as well?

"Sorry, prayers are only rewarded to those who has concreted themselves in their faith. If Gods went around answering all prayers, then there'll be spending more power than they are gaining. Plus, it's rude to ask a lady to spill her secrets so freely."

The insistent knocking of a desperate maiden broke the chain of communication.

"Just a second." Erys answered, going with the same persona she'd used to commandeer this cubicle.

There was nothing but silence, punctuated by faint whimpering and deep breathing, followed by the occasional sounds of movement outside of the neighbouring cubicle. That was soon silenced as well by the toilet flushing and the cubicle door opening. No sooner than Erys had left did Rya dash into the empty cubicle, slamming the door shut behind her. Seconds later, an audible torrent sounded from the cubicle, joined by the sounds of sheer blissful sighing. It sounds like she just about made it, or did she? Was there enough of a break between the door shutting and the floodgates opening to allow the removal of obstructions? One may never know...

Erys wouldn't tell Kara about how to spread the word about her. And gain others to join in and worship her.

"I understand that but at least it would have been nice to know. I guess I can try and get people to join my harem?" Kara says.

Her second question was met with the same answer.

"I'll just focus on my own things."

Her third question went along the lines of being answered but not in the way. Kara would have liked it seemed that she was doing all the work. While Erys only rewarded her for certain things.

"So, I get to learn nothing about you I thought we were suppose to be working together. I can understand not wanting to tell me everything but the least you could have done is told me something." Kara sighed.

Soon Rya knocked again on the door and Erys let her into the cubicle next to her. She heard the splash of pee into the toilet followed by the sound of bliss. That came from Rya leaving her own cucible Kara made her way out of the restroom. Not before bidding Erys farewell "enjoy your fun with the girls".

After leaving the bathroom Kara rejoined Mia and Bryn.

"I'm okay now we should get back to work." Kara headed towards the Purple Section. Looking for any sign of Annmarie whom she would be working with later.

Kara concluded that, in order to prove her devotion, she'd need to gather more harem members.

"If that is your goal then, by all means, go for it."

Kara wasn't too pleased by the avoidance of an answer to her intrusive question. However, Erys had her own explanation for such an evident denial.

"It is not a follower's place to question the motives of their Deity. Faith is a Grimoire of incomprehensible knowledge, and questioning anything steeped so far into Belief will lead to nought but questioning one's own reality and, ultimately, their existence."

From the roundabout way that Erys explained it, Kara could just about deduce the underlying reason behind such a strange answer. In short, Erys was likely saying "Religion is based on Faith, not facts." This possibly meant that, through Faith, Kara will gain the answers she seeks when they are deemed to be ready to be revealed, and no sooner than that.

Parting ways with Erys, Kara headed back to rejoin Bryn and Mia in the Purple section. The usual condensed explanation was given about the Purple section, which hadn't changed much at all from what Kara remembered in the previous World. Sure, it looked a little more souped up to match the rest of the Cafe, but its core was still the same.

Kara looked for Annmarie and soon found her soloing a table of four College Girls. Like normal, Headpatting was soon to take over their little meeting. That girl sure does have some fantastic follicles and super silky hair. But, in nature, all baby birds start with super soft down feathers, which become majestic and velvety as they get older, so this was likely just nature being nature. She looked to be coping pretty well. No evident or disguised unrest, just simple childish play-acting and denial.

Having no luck on her Goal of the Day front with Annmarie, Kara extended her scope towards the rest of the section.

Nothing stood out that much at Kara's eye level, sadly. However, due to her insistent and constant honing of her search abilities for perverted personal reasons, Kara felt like she'd just had a great idea! If she just did a little of this, followed by some of that, and finished with a small amount of the other, then she just knew she'd get better at pinpointing things!

While Kara worked on experimenting with her searching, she felt something bump into her. The impact point was a little above waist level. It didn't feel like it was that powerful a collision at all, it felt more like someone, or something, small had just not been looking where they were walking. Looking down at the impact point, Kara noticed a small head of black hair. It seemed one of the Purples had not quite been paying attention while walking, much like Kara did earlier.

Kara wasn't sure what her goal was for spreading the influence of Erys around. The harem idea sounded like a nice idea but how would she get more members to join. She knew Mary liked her and maybe Haley she knew that Rya appeared to really like her. But what of others like Mikan or Holly for example. She'd have to think more on this idea before trying it she went back to thinking about the task at hand for work.

Kara found Annmarie surrounded by four College Girls. Soon the head patting began and she appeared to enjoy it Kara gave a wave over to her before she turned away. Changing tactics Kara walked around the Purple Section listening for anything on the competition outside the Cafe followed by if anyone was talking about her. Wanting to know if it was anything good that was being said.

A few moments later Kara felt something bump into her. Looking down she caught sight of a fellow Purple who had not been watching where they were going. "Sorry about bumping into you," Kara told the black-haired girl. Deciding to try and see if this girl would perhaps be the one for her Goal of the Day Kara used the ring upon the girl just to see if it listed what sort of underwear she wore under her clothes.

Kara pondered a little over what offerings she could provide to spread the word of her Deity. Without knowing what her Deity presided over or pretty much anything about her Patron Deity, this whole matter may prove more troublesome than initially thought.

Disregarding the insurmountable puzzle of what was a good offering, Kara returned to her Goal of the Day. The little Purple that she'll be working under later was as popular as normal. Kara waved a little at her, and Annmarie nodded back slightly in acknowledgement. Then, Kara went back to info gathering on this upcoming tournament, and to see if she could find any rumours about herself.

Kara must have let her own ego overrule her judgement when she came to the conclusion that people would no doubt be talking about her. Sure, she's a new item on the proverbial menu, but she hasn't even been officially revealed yet, so of course they'd be no talk about her among customers and workers. The workers likely knew that Kara was working there, but we probably under promise to not reveal anything about the 'New Flavours'. In regards to the Topic of the Day, Mia did rightly say that the Purples mostly gathered things about Occult practices and Supernatural goings ons, and a competition didn't fit into either of those.

While aimlessly wandering around the Purple Section, Kara had an unexpected encounter with a less than observant Purple. She apologised for the collision, regardless of the fact that it was likely the Purple's fault in the first place, and checked to see if this chance encounter was more than just that.

As was usually the way with things, the Ring fizzled out first before anything could be revealed. Most of the Cafe workers, despite their ages, had quite strong Willpower in comparison to Kara's probing attacks. It'll take a little while before a repeat attack could be tried.

The young Purple apparently gave an answer, but her voice was so quiet that she could barely be heard over the clamour of the Cafe. She didn't look up and, instead, squeezed the black Owl plushie she had in her arms closer to her. Kara somehow knew that this girl, whoever she was, was never seen without her Owl Plushie and, seemingly, used the Plushie as some form of expert ventriloquism act while she was working. In Kara's memory, or at least what she thought was her own memory, this young, silent Purple only vocalises without the use of a proxy to a very select few people, or if something else is pressing on her mind that she doesn't realise she's not using her Owl as a Speaker.

The young purple dropped one hand between her legs, pressed down tightly on her crotch, and dashed off towards the toilets. The ring may not have picked up anything, but Kara was certain that she heard the tell-tale crinkle of absorbent protection when the girl clutched at her crotch. Perhaps she did fulfil her Goal with this find and, if the girl's actions were not over-exaggerating, she likely only had mere minutes until that crisp white padding was dyed a pale yellow. That would explain her lack of spacial awareness. Now, to follow, or not to follow?

Kara found nothing that she needed to know the topic of the day. Wasn't being spoken to in this section much to her disappointment. Followed by anything about her either so she gave up on trying to listen what was being said. As she looked around the Purple Section Kara looked to see if Eiko was sitting in this section or one of the ones close by. But it was soon time to talk with the Purple before her once again.

The ring wasn't able to get a reading on the girl at all. And Kara heard or thought she heard something come out of the girl's mouth she wasn't quite sure what is was. But her mind was trying to put images together of the girl before her who carried an owl plushie. That she used this animal for when she spoke to others being far too shy to say anything with her own voice. The girl placed a hand between her legs and dashed off to the toilets clearly in need of them.

This left Kara with a choice to either follow along or stay put. Thinking it over for a time Kara decided to not to follow the girl while she wouldn't be completing her goal yet there was still Mary she could have fun with or another girl in the cafe. Kara felt like waiting and returned her attention to the task at hand going back over to Bryn and Mia, Kara decided to ask where they could visit next in the cafe.

"Can we go to the Green Section or is there another you have in mind first?" Kara asked.

Trying something new Kara did another search around the cafe with her eyes. She was looking for her coworkers which shouldn't be too hard to find. What she was doing this time was looking for anyone who appeared to be in need of a because they had any sort of problems going on but more along the lines of. They themselves felt lonely or wished they could be part of a group or maybe just too afraid talk with someone.

Kara, realising that she was drawing blanks at the moment from the Purple section, looked around to find Eiko and see if she was nearby. Eiko wasn't seated in any coloured section in particular. She was around the middle of the cafe and off to the side a bit. From Kara's knowledge, the middle of the Cafe heralded no colour in particular and was generally used for people who had no preferences for colours at that moment in time, or were just undecided.

After the events with the wayward Purple, Kara turned her attention back to her current Goal for the Day and decided to not fulfil it just yet. She headed back over towards Mia and Bryn and asked if they could head to the Green section,

"It's a bit of a walk from here, but I don't see no reason to say no." Mia answered. "Want to check in with the Squirrel twins, or do you have something else in mind?"

The group headed over towards the Green section, which was over at the other end of the Cafe near the Yellows. On route, Kara looked for Workers who seemed like they just needed company aside from Customers. Much to her disappointment, all the Workers were very busy at the moment so none of them looked to be at a loss for things to do, or people to talk to.

While Kara aimlessly perused the workers, Mia and Bryn were having a quiet discussion between themselves in regards to a certain worker.

"...there's only two reasons she'd take off like that, and one of them was obvious." Mia quietly said to Bryn..

"You don't think that..." Bryn replied, before Mia understood just what she was referring to and cut her off.

"Yeah, I do. He's the only other reason she'd shut herself away. I know he's just trying to be caring, but you would think he could tell that she's happy here, despite how nerve-wracking it is for her to be in the public eye so much."

"I guess that's siblings for you. They care deeply for one another, but they can never quite get the right balance between overprotective and supportive."

"She looked in pretty bad shape. I hope she got there in time."

"Me, too. We need all the workers we can get today."

Eiko was seated in the middle of the cafe where no color section was there. It was used by people who didn't really care much about colors. Once back with Mia and Bryn it was asked if she wanted to see the twins or had something else in mind.

"A bit of both actually"

They started to head towards that section Kara looked around for. Anyway who appeared lost or needed someone to talk with. But it turned out there since the place was super busy no one needed anything. Which left Kara to hear the chatter between Bryn and Mia about something. Kara tried to picture the person they were talking about in her head. Could it have been the Purple who Kara had seen just moments ago or was it someone else they were talking about.

Kara kept an ear open for what else they might have to say about this person. As the drew closer to the Green section Kara looked around for any signs of the Squirrel twins and Tama who were likely to be in the section busy with work. Knowing that it would be hard to find the Poster Girls. Kara searched with her eyes for the busiest table in the section that might be where the girls were. Then just for fun looked around for any Greens who might job onto her for a hug and wanting to play.

Kara continued to listen in to the conversation between Mia and Bryn.

"Do you think I should go check up on her? I'm a little worried." Bryn suggested. "Plus I kinda gotta, y'know..."

"I think we should leave her to cool off for a bit before checking in on her." Mia answered. "Though, you can go right now if you want."

"Nah, it's okay. We're already running behind schedule a little, and I'm still doing fine at the moment."

"If you say so..."

A brazen admittance to a personal thing from someone as bashful as Bryn. How unexpected. She must be pretty close to Mia for that to be done without any blushing or stammering. Sabotage, or not? Decisions, decisions...

When Kara arrived in the Green section, she decided to look around for the Squirrel twins and a certain little Green she could add to her Harem.

I wasn't too hard to find the Poster girls, considering their table was likely the most packed out of all the ones in the Green Section. They appeared to be having some kind of competition between each other, though that wasn't out of the ordinary. They had their handheld consoles on them and were doing some kind of verses game, though it wasn't clear just what they were playing from this distance, as the screens were turned towards them, of course, and their seats were facing Kara at the moment.

Tama was actually nearby them and watching their little bout. One thing stood out, however, and that was the number of empty cans in front of the twins. Felicity had around six in front of her, and Florence only had a third of that amount. Florence was clearly winning in this game. Were they having a Drinking competition? Did the loser have to drink a can as a punishment? So many delicious questions...

Kara's view of the game was suddenly cut off as a pair of small hands covered her eyes from behind.

"Guess who~" The perpetrator cooed to Kara in a sing-song voice.

Her hands were actually really soft and smooth. The heart-shaped charm bracelet on her wrist was also quite incriminating evidence, but Kara knew three potential people who had things like that. However, this one didn't quite look like the other two, but she couldn't get much detail from the split-second glance she got before her vision was plunged into darkness. A sweet scent came from the girl which could place her as someone Kara knew quite well, though it was a little stronger than normal. Had they refreshed the scent? They were obviously smaller than Kara as well, considering the direction the hands came from was a diagonal up rather than straight ahead. There was also a familiar squishy, bouncy softness pressing into Kara's mid-back, which could be around torso level for this person. Just the feel of it was very enticing...

Who might this person be?

Kara listened a little longer to the chat the Bryn and Mia were having. She tried to picture just who it could be in her mind some more but she was still drawing a blank. Maybe it was someone who she didn't even know or it could be someone that she did know. Or time would tell if she ever found out the truth of who the person was. She then heard Bryn admitting that she needed to use the restroom this caught her interest. Just from the way she had said it seemed strange she was used to Bryn blushing and stammering over something like that.

Anyway Kara turned her attention back to the Green section looking for the twins and Tama. Over course she found the Poster Girls. Sitting at the most crowded table they appeared to be playing some sort of game on their hand hold consoles. She wasn't able to make out what it was but seeing the cans on the table it appeared they were also playing a drinking game. Not knowing the reason Kara let her eyes linger on the cans and the girls. Trying to see if the game might be like the game she and Haley played. But was different in a type of way her eyes then traveled to their lower bodies checking first to see if they might be squirming around. But also to catch a glimpse of their underwear as well.

Kara also spotted Tama standing near-by she was about to go. Over towards her when she heard a voice behind her followed by her eyes being covered. Kara was asked to guess who was behind her. The girl had really soft hands they were smooth to the touch. They also appeared to have a charm bracelet on their arm which Kara caught sight of for a split second. Kara was also able to smell a sweet scent coming from the person. It smelled fairly strong and a bouncing softness pressed up against Kara's back.

Kara brought up an arm to touch the girl's arm. She ran her fingers along their skin trying to feel and picture who it might be in her mind. "Your skin feels very soft." Kara said before using her own free hand to reach behind her and tried to tickle the girl's side to let her go so she could spin around to see who it was.

In the time before the 'Guess Who' game began, Kara tried to see if she could look under the table the squirrel twins were at to see what underwear they had on, and if the drinks were adversely affecting them.

Somehow, Kara forgot that X-Ray vision was not a power she, herself, possessed. A devious table blocked her view to what she wanted, and it didn't appear to want to budge. Not that it could budge, mind, because it was an inanimate object with no consciousness inside of it. Plus, it wasn't on wheels, so if, somehow, someone or something could perhaps enter inside it and cause it to move, it still wouldn't budge without a fight. Tables sure are mean spirited, preventing a totally not perverted girl from totally not perving on a pair of truly innocent girls to see if they were totally not bursting to use the facilities provided. Of course, that's totally not the plan Kara had in mind. Not at all. Not one bit.

Logical conclusions appeared to evade Kara at the moment. Perhaps this was a side effect of forced time travel? Or maybe Kara was just thinking too much about doing perverted things rather than what is logically possible and impossible from her current position. Whatever the case, the table could have at least had the decency to move aside for Kara to appraise the underwear of two completely innocent bystanders, but, no, the table had to be a jerk and not move. Poor form, you MDF* nemesis, poor form indeed.

After realising that tables are the bane of a totally not a pervert's life, something else just had to get in the way of her appraisal. It was the old 'Guess Who' game. Kara spent a few moments gathering evidence on who may have interrupted her viewing and eventually came to a conclusion. Before playing the game how it's meant to be played, Kara cheated and tickled the sides of the Game Master, causing a little 'eep' to escape their mouth, and allowing Kara to be thrown back into the realm of vision. They certainly were ticklish, that's for sure. Kara barely touched their sides before they let go.

"Cheater. That's not how the game goes." The person scolded Kara, who then turned to see if her thoughts were right.

Kara turned to see a pouting Rya covering the side Kara just tickled, which appeared to be the place just below her left breast. She didn't look too impressed, but Kara had a feeling that Rya never could truly be annoyed at someone for more than a couple of minutes.

"I come to see how you're getting on, and that's the thanks I get?" Rya continued, sounding like a sulking child.

Kara's search on the Squrriel twins took a turn for the worse as her view. Of their lower bodies was blocked by a damned table. Which just happened to be in the way there was the choice of kneeling down and peaking under the table but that would just give herself away. She didn't know how many people here at the Cafe knew the truth about her. Besides Kiki and Leigh and the Squirrel twins, she didn't want more people to know as they might start to dislike her and not want to be her friend. Or worse rumors would get spread around and no one wanted that.

So Kara had to give up on that quest for now she still wanted to peak on the twins. So she would have to move away from the table and find an angle that was just right. So she could get a clear view but another table might be in the way or worse coworkers and people could block her view. Her thoughts were put on hold when she heard someone 'eep' turning around she saw it was Rya who had been behind her,

"I just wanted to know who it was." Kara told her.

Rya appeared upset with how Kara had cheated and who also. Wanted to know just how she was doing. "I'm doing fine for the most part and if you wanted me to thank you I could do this?" Kara whispered. She wrapped her arms around Rya and gave the girl a hug followed by a kiss on the nose. Before letting Rya go knowing that the girl liked her a lot. Kara tried to find out how much or just to test the waters. First she tried to study Rya's body langague for how she acted when around Kara. Did she blush at all, stumble over what she was trying to say, did she play with the hem of her skirt or twirl her hair with a finger. Kara let her eyes do the studing for the moment.

"How about you, how are you holding up?" Kara asked showing some concern for Rya.

As she waited for an answer she decided to test the waters again. Seeing that Rya would make a nice member of her harem and hoping to spread some of Erys's influence. Kara then asked Rya another question to see if she would go for it.

"I was wondering if perhaps we could work together sometime. In the future when neither of us are super busy we can also get to know each other a little better. As I would like to know some about you like for starters what are your hobbies?"

Kara attempted to 'innocent' her way out of this problematic explanation.

"That's what the guessing game is for. You guess who's doing it, and they tell you if you're right." Rya explained. "It's a way of learning cues without relying on your other senses. Plus, it also helps in memorising scripts and song lyrics."

With analogies like that, could Rya have some link to...?

Before Rya could continue her explanation, Kara decided to answer the question posed to her in Rya's little scolding lecture, and also do something a little strange. Instead of a simple answer, Kara let her lust control her once more and hugged the girl, followed by giving her a small kiss on the nose. Where most girls Kara knew would have been quite taken aback by all of that, Rya seemed a little less easy to fluster than the others. She didn't protest or fight back against the forced contact and, alternatively, allowed it to happen, much like it was a practised response.

"That's not quite what I had in mind, but I guess that means you're doing okay." Rya concluded, a little confused by the sudden contact. "But, hugs during work time are not allowed in front of customers. We don't want to set the wrong impression."

Kara tried to study Rya's body language and what she knew of her personality to gain some understanding of the girl's feelings towards her. She looked very calm, composed and relaxed. She seemed very accustomed to interaction with others and, like Pinks generally are, thrived off said interaction. She appeared to be a very sociable person and would likely get lonely easily if she didn't have people to spend time with. A direct polar opposite to the girl Kara saw her with earlier. While Rya's friend didn't actively avoid such things, Kara knew that she wasn't too keen on putting herself out there in front of loads of people. What relation did the two have? Overall, there wasn't much indication that Rya was either uncomfortable or relishing the time she was with Kara. She looked to be enjoying the company, but that was about all Kara could gather.

Kara then posed a question which, for a first, caused Rya to falter a little before answering.

"I'm hanging in there, thanks. Break time's soon so that should let us recover a little before the evening rush." Rya answered. There was the slightest of movements from her, but Kara couldn't quite pick up on what they were.

Hmmm, perhaps she could pick her times better to observe responses? That should possibly come with training. After all, the most sure-fire lie detector is body language, but some may even be so skilled that even their body does not betray their mouth.

Kara posed a rather invasive question for a supposed first time meeting. However, Rya took this in stride and answered in a way only she could pull off perfectly.

"We will get to work together when yourself and Brynny are full trained. We are three of the Four Flavours, after all." Rya informed Kara with a smile. "We just need a fourth and then we can really kick it up for the better."

A pretty straightforward answer, but...

"You should know my hobbies by now." Rya responded with a suggestive wink. "Firstly, what school do I attend? Secondly, what's my dream job? Finally, What do I often do at this cafe? They should answer that for you."

Answering a question with a riddle. While 'Original Kara' would've know all these things, Present Kara may not. Some research may be in order...Alternatively, perhaps it'll come back to her as the day goes on. Either way, what a very evasive way to answer.

"Oh! I'm so forgetful!" Rya announced, sounding very much like a stereotypical 'Airhead' character. "All these questions and stuff made me forget what I was meant to do."

Rya went searching around in her apron pocket for a few moments before pulling out a small plastic card and a lanyard.

"Big Sis Ki asked me to give this to you. It's your pass card." Rya explained to Kara as she handed her the items. "It also doubles up as your Staff Name badge if you wear it around your neck. Just swipe it through the little black things by the doors and they'll open up. You've got access to the Staff room, locker room and upstairs common area, but you can't go into the naughty places for Adults with your access level. Only Big Sis, Leigh and the Boss can go into them, plus the Shady VIPs that like those kinds of naughty things.."

The Pass Card had a photo ID of Kara on it for identification purposes. It wasn't that bad a picture, but it certainly wasn't one of her best. Typical ID photos, always looking worse than anything else.

"One more thing: Big Sis Ki also asked me to let you know that you've been assigned another task for after break.. You've gotta double up as a buddy for one of the cute little Purples who's been struggling with her people skills. I think her name was...Xion*?...or something? It's a weird name that I can never be sure if I pronounced it right. You'll know her when you see her. She's an adorably tiny Purple with super soft black hair and always carries a toy with her, even to the bathroom. Big Sis has been thinking of changing her from a Purple to a Teal, but that takes a whole lotta admin stuff, so she's staying Purple for now." Rya informed Kara. "I'm sure you'll be the best of friends in no time!"

Kara was unable to guess at what Rya was speaking about at first. She seemed to have a link to something maybe it was gathering information of something totally different. "What's so bad about hugging while on work grounds. It's not liking I'm trying to send anyone any signals or create trouble with the masses in them thinking the wrong thing?" Kara asked. After Rya had told her that hugging wasn't allowed while at work.

Kara next tried to study the girl's body language. She looked very calm and collected and very relaxed. More like she was used to this sort of thing she also appeared to be enjoying their company together. But that's all Kara was able to gather she needed to know more about Rya's feelings let alone her own thoughts on the girl if her. Kara next tried to call up any memories of her 'Orignal Self' trying to gain a better understanding of Rya.

"There is one thing I'd like to ask you about but right now isn't the right time. Let's just say it's been causing me some problems a little bit." Kara wasn't about to bring up the issue of knowing about Rya's tapping of her.

Rya's answer to her question was much different then what she had thought. The answer would be she didn't even know where Rya went to school or what her dream job was. Nor did she know what she did around the cafe. Some research into this matter could lead Kara to the answers that she needed to know. As Rya went searching through her apron pockets for something Kara used this moment to try and use the ring on the girl. What Kara was trying to do was see if the ring listed which school the girl went to along with her affection level towards Kara.

Kara took her staff card and looked at her picture on it for several moments. It wasn't the best picture of her but it'd have to do for now. "Nice to know I've got places where I can go." Kara had already been to the Adult sections which no one in this world knew about. "Will I ever get to meet the Boss what is he/she like are they friendly?" Kara asked.

Rya had one more thing to tell Kara.

As Rya told her about how she had another job or pairing up with a cute little Purple girl. Who carried a toy with her everywhere she went. Could the girl who Kara had bumped into earlier have been Xion if so that would explain somethings about this little girl. 'What am I suppose to do with her just get her to talk to people and open up?" Kara asked not really sure what her job really was.

Kara questioned the 'no hugs allowed while working'' rule.

"Because if our customers saw us hugging each other they may get jealous. Plus, it might spark a whole lotta rumours if two girls kept hugging each other a lot. We're not against hugging, just not in the public eye unless we want to share the love with the customers as well." Rya explained. "A lot of our customers don't have boyfriends or girlfriends, so any kind of intimacy could be taken the wrong way."

Wanting to know more about the temptress in front of her, Kara attempted to call upon her previous self's memory to see if she could find any pertinent information. However, as memories tend to be, forcing them to be recalled led to nothing. Memories are fickle in the manner that they come and go as they please, and the person they belong to has next to no control over what stays and what goes.

Kara was about the bring up the topic of 'Tapping', but managed to suppress herself just in time. This only caused Rya to be even more confused. It was a good idea not to bring it up, as Kara felt like it would lead to no end of trouble, considering that Bryn had been a victim of it before, yet never said anything about approaching the root cause of the love addled episodes.

"Um, okay..." Rya answered, tilting her head a little in confusion. "I'm always here to talk if you need someone to talk to."

Giving in to the enticement of her Ring, Kara tried to use it to cheat her way through the little task Rya had set her.

Somehow, when Kara was about to use the Ring's effects, something just felt wrong. Try to will it as she might, Kara just couldn't bring herself to do such an invasive thing on someone as adorable and innocent as Rya. It actually made her feel quite bad even thinking about doing something as horrible as forcibly breaking through Rya's mental barriers to siphon the secrets from her very soul. She just couldn't do it.

Questionable morality aside, Kara took the offered staff card and asked about the 'Boss' of the store.

"You'll get to meet him when we go to the Water Park this weekend." Rya informed Kara. "He's a really sweet guy. He's provided such a wonderful home to almost all the workers here, and only asked them to help run the store in return. This Cafe wouldn't be as great as it is now without him."

Come to think of it, all the workers in the previous World all spoke highly of the mysterious 'Boss' of the Cafe. Maybe it'll be good to meet him, or at least learn a bit more about him before the trip?

Finally, Kara asked about her assignment for the evening.

"Big Sis Ki didn't tell me anything about that." Rya replied, losing herself in thought for a few seconds. "All she said was 'You'll know what to do'. I think it might be a, I don't know, 'test' of some sort? I think you've just gotta show her the ropes of talking to people, or figure out why she doesn't talk without her furry friend doing all the 'talking' for her. She only joined us a little over a month ago. She apparently moved from another country due to her parent's work, but that's all we've got on her. She's got a Big Bro who dotes on her something chronic, but that's not anything to do with your task, is it?"

Rya appeared just as clueless as Kara did. Was this really a test from Kiki and, if it was, what did it have to do with Information Gathering?

Rya spoke up about the no hugging rule.

"I can hug customers all I want if they allow yet I can't hug coworkers." Kara sighed. She understood where some people might get jealous to see people hugging others. For she herself had been jealous of Lilly's hugging and closer relationship with her sisters then Kara could have ever hoped to have. But that was in the past, when Rya next said some didn't have boyfriends or girlfriends. A thought crossed her mind did Rya have a boy or girlfriend did anyone in the Cafe have one. Was there anyone else besides her that liked girls. This was something she wanted to research when she had more time.

"Is there anything you'd like to chat about sometime?" Kara asked after Rya said she was here to talk. Kara wasn't able to see any memories of any kind that might share some info on Rya. When she tried to use the ring to gather information she was suddenly filled with a feeling of this was totally wrong. And not such a good idea after all she actually felt bad for trying something like this which felt rather odd to her.

"Have we ever chatted about what sort of jobs we would like to have when we get older?" Kara asked.

Rya next spoke about the 'boss' Kara wondered just who this 'boss' was could. She have already met him before in the old world and just didn't remember or did she never met him before.

Rya next spoke about Kara's task later that evening.

"That really doesn't give me much of a glue, I guess I'll know more when the times comes."Kara said at first. "Is there anything else you can tell me about her anything that might help me in coming up with ideas. That would help me out with my task later?" Kara asked. "As for her Big Bro I wouldn't know if that's my task or not I've never met him before."

As Kara waited for an answer she kept an hear open in case Mia and Bryn or really. Anyone else around her might be talking more about Xion?

Kara was very displeased with the way that the service industry placed customer satisfaction over worker satisfaction. It was the way of the world and, alas, unchangeable. She then suddenly wanted to play Agony Aunt to someone who seemed as carefree as they come.

"Not really, no." Rya answered, pondering over the reasoning behind the question. "I mean, we can talk all we want during breaks and before work, so talking during work is normally saved for customers."

Kara then asked about if they've ever mention future goals before.

"That's normally a Customer to Worker conversation, not between workers. After all, we're all here for the same reason, and that is getting a little extra pocket money and some much needed work experience for when we're older." Rya explained.

Kara requested more information on the mystery of Xion.

"Big Sis Ki thinks that Xion doesn't talk much without her fluffy friend because she gets really nervous when trying to speak English without the aid of her toy, so she forgets everything and reverts back to her first language. She was raised in another county for nearly all her life until now, so learning a new language is never easy, especially one as complicated as English." Rya suggested. "She was born to English speaking parents, so I'm not sure how that could be the case."

Forgetting that the information world does not revolve around whatever she's currently looking for, Kara pointlessly tried to see if Xion was suddenly a hot topic of conversation just because she needed to work with her. Unsurprisingly, that was not the case. Very much so. Why couldn't the world just revolve around her? We shall never know.

And just like that, a signal went out on the notice screen above the Karaoke stage that Break Time for Poster Girls and Younger staff members had begun. That would be the Break Time Kara, Bryn Rya and the others would be on.

Kara didn't really have much else to say as all of Rya's respones were spot on. And truthfully all of them were correct and can be followed. So that just left Kara to hear about what Rya had to say more about Xion whcih also wasn't really much to go on other than she spoke another language. Soon it was then time for breaktime which while good was also bad not for the fact it was breaktime. It was more of a problem that Kara had wanted to hit the Navy Blue section before break but got caught up with Rya,

"I'll see you around."

Kara then left Rya alone and headed off on her own she knew. She had plans one to be with her friends and the other was to have a snack with Mary. Thinking it over on which she should do first Kara decided on going to see her friends first. Wanting to check up on things with them before having some fun time with Mary. Looking around for her friends she spotted them sitting in the middle of the room and walked over to them and soon rejoined them.

"How has everyone been?" Kara asked.

Looking around the group to see what they had been doing during her work time. Next looking around for an empty seat for where she could sit. Kara tried to see if one was either near Haley or Mikan and even Erys.

"Anywhere I can sit?"

As Kara waited for a place to sit she gave a look over to Haley and asked her a question. "Been talking about anything fun with the others?" Kara asked. She then looked over at Mikan "were you able to taste the food?" Kara asked.

Kara then looked over to Lilly and Holly. "How have you two been holding up?" then lastly she looked over at Erys.

"As everything been going okay since we parted ways has anyone been worried about me?" She sent.

Break time soon rolled around and Kara bid goodbye for now to her companions before heading off towards where her original group was seated.

Kara greeted her friends and they all responded in a similar fashion. Everybody had mostly been enjoying themselves by spending time with one another. Haley looked to be a little jealousy-stricken after seeing Kara have 'intimate' moments with Rya, more than likely the initial hugging greeting, and invading the toilet after her. Despite the minor unrest, nothing major had changed in Haley's behaviour, and her Bond Card still looked very much the same as it did before, so this was likely just childish jealousy which will soon pass. A little disheartening, but nothing too bad.

From the looks of an empty Cake Carousel in front of Mikan, whom still had a little cream around her mouth and was currently nibbling on a toffee eclair, she's likely been busying herself demolishing cakes and racking up a hefty bill. From Kara's cafe knowledge, the average Cake Carousel could hold around six to eight standard sized cream cakes, and was normally provided when a customer ordered a Deluxe Dozen from the Cake Menu. For such a small girl, Mikan could surely pack away the sweets. Just seeing that answered Kara's later question.

Aside from Mikan's obvious indulgence, the others must have been just chatting and drinking, judging by the empty cups in front of most of the girls present. For seating arrangements, everyone was tightly packed around the table, meaning that it was a 'pull up a chair and squeeze in somewhere' situation. For people in Kara's interest, she could pull between Erys and Haley, or slip in next to Mikan and Chloe. Overall, there was no obvious spaces to fit in to.

Kara asked if Haley had been conversing about fun topics with the others.

"Just about a super awesome water park, nothing much." Haley nonchalantly replied. Something told Kara that Haley wasn't as uncaring about Pandamonium talk as she was trying to pretend to be. She'd probably been listening to Chloe and Nicole too much.

Kara's next question was directed at her other sisters. They'd been doing pretty well for themselves, despite Holly drinking a little too much sometimes. In short, they'd been getting on very much like the rest of the group, and enjoying a nice Cafe date with the others.

Kara's final inquiry was directed through telepathy at Erys.

"Why would anyone be worrying? All they had to do was look up from the table to see you flitting around the cafe like an aimless pigeon. My Mistress is getting a little concerned with the amount of 'quality time' you're spending chatting up your new girlfriend and forcing her to nearly pee herself, though she doesn't know about that last bit. Our little secret, remember? Aside from that, the greedy beggar kitten has been gorging herself on cream cakes, so she's been mostly quiet. I think that I'm starting to garner some admiration for the poor lonely sword on this table of sheathes, He seems the only sane one out of everybody here. We've talked a little about stuff not related to a panda water park but, aside from that, we've mostly been using each other as beacons of sanity when things get too crazy."

Looking around the table at the people seated there, something tickled at the back of Kara's mind when she passed glances over Holly and Haley. Something about their uniforms...

Those uniforms looked very similar to something else, but, try as she might, Kara couldn't quite put a memory to the picture...

Everyone appeared to be enjoying themselves yet Haley did appear a little. Jealous of the time that Kara had spent with Rya. This took Kara by surprise as she had not really seen Haley jealous before or if she had it had been far too long since she last saw her like this. At least she wasn't blowing up about it which was nice. As the table was packed all around Kara would need to pull up a chair. She was able to do that and took a seat between both Haley and Erys. As she took her seat she took out her phone only to check the time. As she still had to meet with Mary during break so she let everyone know.

"I can only be here among you all for 15 than I have a meeting with another friend. I hope that is okay with everyone?" Kara asked.

Haley mentioned she had been chatting with the others about the water park. "I bet you're looking forward to going am I right?" Kara then turned to Mikan and spoke to her once again. "I don't believe I've introduced myself yet unless my friends here already told you my name but I'm Kara Sera and you are?" Kara asked.

Kara then turned to Nicholas.

"Have you been enjoying your little harem time?" Kara asked.

Erys then gave Kara a reply.

"Maybe because of either what happened when I first arrived to greet them. Or with the whole problem Rya cast on me. Does she wish it was she that I was doing that sort of thing with?" Kara asked. She looked back at Haley once more and then over to Lilly and Holly. "I was wondering if each of you would like to spend a little alone time with me sometime later this week. We can use it as a means of just hanging out and getting to know each other better?"

As Kara then looked around the table she noticed something about Haley and Holly's. Uniforms yet she couldn't place what was different about them. As she was busy checking them out she looked at her phone to check the time. And to see if anything was changed about it like did she still have those messages from the others from her past world. Like the email from the squirrel twins or that weird video of that one girl she had shown to Erys.

Thinking on the uniforms, Kara mostly drew up blanks. They were, without a doubt, generic Primary School Uniforms, so a lot of Primary Aged children would wear them, unless they went to a school with a very specific uniform policy. Nonetheless, Kara just couldn't dismiss the chance that she was missing something of vital importance to her quest for information, and that it was sitting right under her nose. It might be a stab in the dark, but, perhaps it'd be better to ask a child about one of their own rather than ask older people? Just a random thought...probably baseless.

Being pressed for time, Kara quickly checked her phone to see just how long she'd spent at this engagement. Around five minutes had passed, leaving ten more minutes before she'd have to take off to keep her promise with Mary. The group were prior informed of Kara's obligations, so she had around two more chances to talk, including the one she was about to continue with.

Kara believed that Haley could attend Pandamonium.

"It's for staff and VIP customers only." Haley answered bitterly. "You could go along to it, but we can't."

Judging by that kind of response, perhaps Leigh had yet to scout the Sera Twins? Making assumptions wasn't something that should be done in a completely new world, otherwise things may take a turn for the worse. Observe, reflect and then act. That would have to be Kara's new mantra until she grew accustomed to this world.

Kara introduced herself to Mikan, whom nodded a little in response as she finished off a mouthful of pecan plait.

"I've heard a lot about you from a friend of mine." Mikan answered. "My name's Mikan. Mikan Asten."

Kara tried to explain her innocence to Erys..

"Justify it all you want. It's your own fault that you got Tapped. Being enamoured only works on people who have a strong sexual attraction to the caster, or the gender of the caster if they have not formally met, and an even stronger sexual drive that they want to act upon. Your own perversion led to that conclusion, I mere allowed you to suppress the wild desires enough that you could function normally. Honestly, the only one who could answer that is my Mistress herself, yet she's not at the right cognitive maturity to fully comprehend love and lust. Oh, what a fine mess you've allowed yourself to fall in to~ "

Kara checked her phone once more and found that she only had five more minutes with this group. She also checked her messages to see if the ones from the previous world had been transferred over. Unsurprisingly, there wasn't even a single trace of their existence as of yet. Those messages didn't come through until Wednesday, if her memory served correctly. The only existing conversation was the Poster Girl Swimsuit Shopping discussion.

As Kara thought about their school uniforms they looked about. Primary School ones would wear she still couldn't place just what she was missing. As she looked from Haley to Holly then back again. "If you don't mind me asking what is with your and Holly's school uniforms?" Kara asked to Haley hoping she would get an answer to what she was missing out on.

After checking her phone she saw that she only had 10 more minutes left. Before she had to leave and go see Mary. So she then turned to look over at Mikan as she heard Haley appear to be upset about not being able to attend the water park as it was only for workers and VIPS. Perhaps Kara could talk with Leigh or Kiki to try and get her sisters invited. It would be a lot more fun than just going with others.

"Who's this friend of yours who told you about me?" Kara asked. As Mikan introduced herself to Kara she spoke right back. "I know we just met and all but maybe we can exchange contact information so that we can set up a time where we can hang out again. This time being where I am not strapped for time?" Kara asked.

She was about to speak to Erys but after checking her phone Kara saw that. The ten minutes had flown by and she wasn't able to reply back to her. Also as she checked to see if anything from the old world might still be on her phone it turned out nothing from that world remained. Knowing that it was time to say goodbye Kara got up and bid her friends and sisters goodbye for now.

Before she left to go over to Mary who Kara was guessing was still in the Yellow Section. With her sister Kate looking around for the duo Kara soon spotted them. Hurrying over to Mary and Kate Kara then spoke up.

"Is it okay that I take Mary off your hands for a short while?" Kara asked to Kate.

Kara, still dithering on the concept of generic school uniforms, asked a strange question.

"Huh? Don't all kids my age wear stuff like this to school?" Haley responded, a little perplexed by Kara's randomness. "What's got you hooked on my school clothes, anyway? You've been staring at them for a while now. Do you wanna try them on, or something?"

Being indirect with someone as to the point as Haley was a surefire way to get nowhere fast. Perhaps a more direct approach would work better next time? While Haley wasn't exactly the most contemplative of the sisters, she was certainly the most outgoing of the two. Questions about social groups and other children around her age were more than likely her forte. Holly, on the other hand thinks a little more and speaks less, allowing her to have a good grasp on rumours and other hearsay among the younger crowds.

Perhaps Kara could have some use for their expertise somewhere down the line?

Intrigued by Mikan's admittance to a third party knowledge base about Kara prompted her to question the snacking girl's source.

"Ry-Ry, of course." Mikan answered. "She's part of the reason I came here today to check out how you were settling in."

"More like to break my bank with your addiction to cream cakes." Nicholas quietly interjected. Thankfully, Mikan was too busy enjoying the food to hear him.

Kara then rather brazenly requested to exchange contact information with Mikan. Such a random request took her by surprise a little.

"Uh, sure, I guess." Mikan replied. The two of them then shared their contact information. "Just no midnight texts or calls, Ry-Ry already does than and I could do without another person doing it."

Seeing how the time had rushed her by, Kara bid her current companions goodbye and went off in search of her next appointment. She managed to find Kate pretty easily, but Mary was currently nowhere to be found.

"She's just took a quick toilet break, she'll be back soon." Kate informed Kara. "I hope she doesn't cause you too much trouble."

Shortly after Kara had arrived, Mary also came back to the yellow section. Noticing Kara, she hurried on over to her and gave her a hug. She could just about reach Kara's waist with her arms.

"Snack time?" Mary asked Kara in her usual sweet way.

Before leaving to go see Mary she replied once last time to Haley.

"Normally kids your age do where them," Kara replied at first. "Just something about them is all, and no thanks I don't believe they'd fit me as I am too big for them." Kara pointed out. It seemed that Haley had an answer maybe Holly would have been the better person. To have asked the question too but it would have to wait for another time.

Soon she arrived over at Kate's area but was unable to find Mary anywhere. Before being told that Mary was taking a quick toilet break.

"I don't believe she will cause any trouble."

Mary returned and gave Kara a hug who returned it back. "Yes, snack time is there anything you'd like to eat or drink?" Kara asked. Looking around for a place to seat that was free Kara found a table. A short distance away offering her hand to Mary to take Kara led her to the table and took a seat.

"Have you been having a fun day today?" Kara asked.

While Kara was busy with Mary, a young girl with white hair and emerald eyes walked. Into the cafe, she walked towards the center of the room. Then took a seat at a surprisingly empty table next. She placed her school bag upon the table and opened it taking out. A small yellow folder which appeared to contain some sort of papers. Upon these papers were small pictures and writing of some sort. If one were to look closely at the pictures they appeared to be four in total one of Kara, Lilly, Haley and Holly.

Upon Mary's arrival, Kara confirmed that it was, indeed, snack time. She also posed the question of favourite food or drink to have during this break.

"Cookies and Milkshake." Mary answered after a little thought.

Kara then led Mary towards a free table for them to sit at. Before Kara even got to offer a chance of hand holding, Mary hugged onto Kara's arm tightly. This was likely her equivalent of hand holding, despite it being more like a baby sloth holding on to a tree branch.

The next surprise came when Kara took a seat at the free table. Instead of doing the expected and sitting either opposite or next to Kara, Mary took it one step further and sat on Kara's lap! While this, in and of itself, may have been enough to tip Kara slightly towards lewdity, there was one more thing. It didn't feel like two layers of clothing were between Mary's rear and Kara's lap, it felt more like there was just her thin dress and nothing else. Could Mary be...?!

Trying to keep her mind on the straight and narrow, Kara decided more innocent questioning was in order.

"Sleeping is fun, but snacking with friends is better." Mary innocently replied.

During the calm between Kara and her little companion, an unfamiliar figure entered the cafe and took a seat in the unassigned middle of the cafe. The girl placed her unassuming school bag on the table and drew out a plain yellow folder. The documents inside the folder were not like a normal school child would carry around...

Going by the code of conduct in the service industry, a Navy Blue worker approached the young customer and went about business as normal, asking the girl if there was anything she'd like to order.

A short distance away from the new entrant, Eiko was concerned with the sudden arrival of a person whom had not appeared in previous renditions of this timeline. The seemingly unassuming items piqued her interest the most. The atmosphere of the cafe was far too noisy for any child to effectively do any schoolwork or homework unless they had means of completely blocking out the background noise, and that was unlikely, even for the most skilled and focused of students. Eiko attempted to peruse the girl from her current vantage point, making it appear that she was looking over the whole cafe, and not just this one figure.

Mary told Kara what her favorite food and drink were. Before latching onto her arm like a tree branch it must be her way of hand holding. The pair then reached a table and after Kara sat down Mary jumped onto her lap. She was kinda suprised by this as not many girls enjoy jumping onto her lap.

"That's what we will get then." Kara told Mary about ordering her favorite stuff to eat.

As Kara felt Mary upon her lap it seemed that a short while later. She noticed something appeared to be different. It felt like Mary wasn't wearing anything under her dress but why could that be Kara was sure she would still be wearing the stuff she saw earlier. Kara's mind started to turn to the naughty side but she tried to find it. Instead trying to think about other things like cats.

Mary broke her train of thought when next she spoke.

"Am I your special friend?" Kara asked out of the blue.

Waiting for someone to come over to their table so they could order. Kara in the meantime let her hand brush against Mary's side just to make sure if what she thought was correct or not.

The girl at the table was wearing a blue tie, a black coat that has a checkered pattern on the lower right side and blue on the inner collar, a white skirt with black trim, a white shirt, black shoes and black socks that reach her mid thigh. As she studied the contents of the folder more closely taking in all that was upon them. She saw a Navy Blue girl come up to her and ask her if she wanted to order anything.

"Lemonade" she answered.

Before going back to studying her papers while it was also very noisy in the cafe. The girl appeared for the most part to not take any notice of it at all. Or for the most part it seemed like it wasn't bothering her as much as it should. As Eiko gave the girl the look over when trying to see just what it was she was doing. Eiko at first was able to catch something from the girl's papers they appeared to contain detailed information about each of the subjects on the papers. The girl appeared to be studying on far more closely which was Kara's. Eiko was just able to make out some info such as age, date of birth, height, weight, eye color and just about everything detailing Kara's life. Whoever this person was they appeared to have quite the bit of knowledge on Kara. But where could they have gathered all this information from?.

When suddenly the girl appeared to vanish from sight as some sort of shadow. Engulfed her being blocking out Eiko's sight of the girl who clearly remained just where she was sitting.

Letting her lust rule her actions once more, Kara checked to see if Mary was going commando, like she summarised from the lack of volume between the young girl's soft buttocks and Kara's lap. So as to not make her motives too clear, Kara tried to keep Mary's attention away from her intrusive hands by continuing their earlier conversation.

"Yeah, I guess so." Mary replied sweetly. "If you think I'm your special friend as well, then it is."

From her perverted brush, Kara deduced, from the lack of additional material between Mary's hips and her clothing, that this Young Yellow was doing a Haley and 'embracing the freedom'. This could be bad...

Thankfully, a Brown Apron girl came over to serve Kara and Mary, offering a much needed distraction from the stimulation of having a no-panties girl sitting on her lap. Mary's order was so routine that she only needed to say 'the usual' to have her favourite of Triple Chocolate Cookies and Caramel Swirl Milkshake noted down as an order. When it came to Kara's turn to order, the signature Brown Apron Tsun-switch was turned on full power. Tsunanese only seemed to be used for people older than Mary's age, it seemed, as no Brown went Tsun-mode on the younger members of staff or customers. What a complicated colour. One which, no doubt, Bryn and Rya were a part of.

Across the cafe, the unusual customer gave her order, prompting the Navy Blue Waitress to pass the order over to the kitchen, leaving the girl by herself, and Eiko assessing the mentioned customer.

From what Eiko could make out, it appeared that this girl had detailed information on certain people in her Yellow Folder, and appeared to be intently focusing on a page dedicated to Kara. This page housed and entire profile of information, even more than most school governing bodies could get their hands on freely. What use could this girl have for such information, and where did she get it from?

As Eiko was watching, the girl appeared to be shrouded in darkness in an instant. Had she caught on to being watched, or was this some automatic reaction which not even the target had any knowledge of? Her curiosity increased from seeing an obvious attempt at disguising and shielding the information she had on her, Eiko decided to break out a little of her own powers. A golden stopwatch faded faintly into existence over the cloud before beginning to rotate as if time was being reversed. While Eiko's vision of the target was shrouded, she still had a vague idea of where she was.

It was starting to get a little hard for Kara to keep her mind off of Mary going commando. While she did like this feeling as it reminded her of times when Haley herself would do so. Kara couldn't help but wonder what would happen if Mary moved around a lot her dress might ride up or what if she had an accident. Kara didn't know how well Mary handled her fluids but at least she didn't need to use the bathroom has gone before.

"I do find you to be a very special friend," Kara told Mary.

Next, their order's were taken and Kara went with the same order as Mary did. Before going on to ask Mary another question. "Do we often spend time together like this?" Kara asked out of the blue. Wishing to know if they did or not. Yet another feeling was passing through Kara again this was to hug Mary much like both Mia and Bryn had felt earlier.

As the girl awaited her order she had gone back to studying her topics of interest. She studied Kara's papers very closing taking in everything that was written on the pages. Even making small notes in a notebook she had taken out as well. Just how this girl had gotten ahold of this much information was a mystery but for a moment she stopped reading and writing. Moving onto the other papers for a moment which had just as many details on the Sera Sisters. As they did on Kara herself.

As she then went back to writing once more she felt as if someone was watching her. Not knowing who it was she went on to cast herself in shadow. In attempts of blinding this person from seeing her. As she did enjoy her secrets as she was about to get back to work. She felt a faint trace of magical power coming from somewhere within the Cafe. They appeared to be trying to breach her shadow veil this caused the girl to lift her head up and look slowly around the cafe. Trying to search for where Eiko was.

In her search, she felt her shadow veil was suddenly shattered as time rewind. Itself to before the veil was even cast letting Eiko have another look at what the girl was , this was short-lived as once again the girl went about trying to engulf herself in some sort of veil.

As magical watery mist soon began to form around the girl after she had pointed her hand. At the table where she was at. The mist could only be seen by those who had a high talent for magic. The girl blocked out everyone from seeing her expect those who she wanted to see her.

While Kara battled with her libido, she continued to try and move her mind away from the pantyless girl sitting on her lap.

"Then we're both special friends." Mary concluded with an adorable smile.

The girls' orders were taken, which ended up being two of what Mary wanted, and Kara continued to fight her lust for innocently lewd lolis.

"Hmmm...not as often as we'd like, I think." Mary answered. "Big Sis Rya tends to keep you to herself when you're not on duty. She lets us play with you as well, but you're mostly either working or with the older girls."

Mary began to shift around a little on Kara's lap as she tried to adjust her sitting position so she wasn't slipping off slowly. This led to her delicately soft rear to rub across Kara's legs up to the top of her thighs before settling in place a little beneath Kara's crotch. Of course, the movements led her skirt to raise ever so slightly, but near imperceptibly to those without lustful trained eyes like Kara's. A little more of those and Kara might be able to...

Eiko noticed that her original spell had managed to shatter the shroud over her current target, yet the victory was short lived as the girl soon recast her previous power, leading to another misty veil to obscure Eiko's view. Before the veil settled into place, Eiko could just about catch that the girl was not oblivious to the attempt to shatter her cover, prompting Eiko to not want to attempt another breach so openly, lest she give away her position. The girl, despite knowing what had happened, was yet to discern where the counter had come from, but Eiko wasn't about to risk it once more. She'd just have to find another way...

For now Kara was doing okay with battling against her libido. But time was ticking away and she might lose that battle soon.

"That's great being special friends is a lot of fun." Kara agreed.

With their order taken and Kara fighting against her lewd thoughts of innocent lolis. She thought about a reason as to why Mary might be pantyless under her dress. What could have happened to cause her to do this?

"Besides you who else get's to play with me?" Kara asked. Thinking it was a little unfair that Rya seemed to be keeping Kara all to herself and not letting others have their chance with her. "Why don't we chance that as I'm sure you'd like to spend more time with me right?" Kara asked.

She then felt as Mary began to shift around on her lap. She felt Mary's soft rear rub against her legs and upper thighs. Before nearing moving up to her crotch Kara enjoyed the feelings. And also noticed Mary's skirt had ridden up a wanting others to see Mary's privates if something were to happen. She gently tugged down Mary's skirt with her hand to make sure no one could see anything.

"Hey, Mary if you don't mind can I take our picture together?"

With the misty veil now around the girl she still was unable to pinpoint just where. The flow of magic had come from that had shattered her last veil. She let her eyes roam around the cafe slowly taking in everything that the place had to offer.

"I know you're out there but where?" she asked herself.

She looked around for a couple more minutes before stopping and getting back to her work.

Kara questioned Rya's apparent monopoly of herself.

"Well, there's Tama, Annie, Brynny, Bella, Big Sis, Felicity, Florence and, sometimes, some of the little Browns." Mary explained. It seemed like Kara had quite the harem already. "I don't know if Big Sis Rya's going to want to do that, but you could always talk to her, couldn't you?"

In a single motion which betrayed all Kara originally stood for, she ensured that no flashing was going to happen by gently resetting Mary's skirt so it wasn't likely to ride too far up anytime soon. She then asked if the little Yellow would allow for a picture of the two to be taken.

"I don't mind." Mary answered. "But how will you get both of us in the picture?"

Eiko's current observation target was showing clear signs of trying to pinpoint the perpetrator of the dismissal of her disguise, thankfully, she was planning on something like this happening as a result of her earlier actions, so she remained as anonymous as possible and blended in with the other cafe customers.

The girl's order was bought back to her table and set down on the table.

Mary listed several names of girls who liked to have fun with Kara. This made her feel very happy and she longed to have fun with everyone. But for now only Mary was allowed that chance so Kara wanted to have fun with Mary in the time they had left before breaktime ended.

"She might not want to but she will have to deal with it somehow. It isn't fair to the others or you that you guys don't get to have fun with me. But I can talk to her the next chance I get." Kara tells Mary.

Having reset Mary's skirt back down to it's normal length. Kara was without means if being able to see the hidden treasure underneath. While she had done it so, that others if they peaked wouldn't be able to see anything. She had done the same herself so trying something new Kara pulled Mary further up her lap until her cute little behind was sitting on her crotch. Next Mary asked how Kara would get them both in the picture.

"I have means of getting that done."

Kara looked around for a free coworker who wasn't busy. And asked them to take her and Mary's picture. The coworker agreed to do so and after Kara handed her, her phone placed her arms around Mary hugging her and letting them rest on her lap. "Now smile at the camera." Kara pointed out, A moment later there picture was taken and sadly breaktime was now over and both girls needed to get back to work.

"It seem's that our time as come to an end too bad I was having fun. We should do this again very soon?"

Her eyes had passed over Eiko just thinking she was another customer. And not the person whom and used their powers against her. With her order having been brought she took a sip of the lemonade and went once more back to her work.

Kara expressed her dissent for Rya's overpossessive nature.

"She'll understand, I'm sure of it." Mary answered.

Being unable to perv up Mary's skirt to see if there truly was no thin piece of cloth covering her delicate spot, Kara decided to let Mary's body provide the required stimulation by moving her further up her lap so Mary's soft rear was on her crotch.

In the time between Kara finding a photographer for their commemorative picture, their order was delivered to their table. The only free worker around at the time who could take the photo was the worker who carried out their snack order. After preparations for the perfect picture were carried out, Mary and Kara put on their best smiles to make this a great picture. A quick flash from the camera and a snap later, the picture was taken.

Time was quickly running out for the two, but they still have just enough time to hastily consume their snack order before it was time to hit the floor once more for Kara. Bidding goodbye and requesting a repeat meeting at another time, Kara headed back to work.

"I had a great time as well." Mary gleefully informed Kara. "Next time you're free, you should come play with me, Tama and Annie."

On their parting words, Kara returned to the Cafe floor just as Mia was bringing along Kara's newest charge.

"She's very shy, but hopefully you'll be able to help her come out of her shell?" Mia requested of Kara. Mia then turned slightly to look behind her at the small girl who was using her as a means of cover. "Now, come on, Xion, you should introduce yourself to Big Sister Kara."

Once Mia turned back to face Kara, the small Purple girl from earlier peered out from behind Mia. That must be Xion, the girl Kara was asked to supervise for the evening. She had vibrant Violet eyes that appeared to shine with their own glow and, as Kara had noticed before, deep black hair that looked just as inviting as Annmarie's hair in softness. In her arms she had a small Black Owl plushie which had amber coloured eyes. The nervous Purple looked up at Kara, attempted to make eye contact, but quickly looked down to the floor before introducing herself in a manner entirely unexpected.

"Konnichiwa. Watashino namaeha Xion desu. Anata no shiriai o tanoshima sete kudasai." The young Purple introduced herself quietly with a small bow. It seemed she was raised to be extremely polite to those who were her elders. However, the language she used was definitely unexpected.

Mary was sure that Rya would understand once Kara had a chance to speak with her. And while she wasn't able to prev up Mary's skirt. Her small bottom helped out with what was needed and that was for the best. She didn't want to be over stimulated as she still needed get work done. The photograph was taken with both girl's giving their best smiles. Kara took back her phone and in the time left both girls. Ate their snacks and enjoyed each other's company.

"I had a fun time as well," Kara told Mary before being told next time she was free. She should play with both her, Tama and Annie. "I'll make sure to do that." Kara added in before both girl's parted aways. As Kara hit the cafe floor she was started to head to the Purple section when she saw Mia coming towards her along with a guest.

"I'll try what I can to help her out" Kara says. She could that Xion was using Mia as a shield to hide behind. Only to come out moments later letting Kara get a good enough look at her Violet eyes and deep black hair. She took notice of the small Black Owl phushie she had having seen it earlier. Xion next introduced herself in Japanese that Kara didn't understand. Before giving a small bow, from what Kara learned off her by just watching her she seemed very polite.

"Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you I am Kara."

She returned the girl's bow with one of her own.

Despite not understanding a word Xion said, Kara got the gist of it by using Xion's bow as a cue for introduction. However, regardless of what language Xion may be speaking, she appeared to fully understand English, considering she knew what Mia had asked and that Kara had introduced herself.

"Watashitachi wa umaku yaritai." Xion replied quietly.

"Sorry, but she doesn't seem to want to speak English at the moment." Mia awkwardly apologised on behalf of the young girl. "I hope she doesn't cause you too much trouble."

With a parting goodbye, Mia returned to her own work, leaving Kara with Xion. Having no shield to hide behind, Xion just remained staring at the floor, trembling slightly from nerves. She hugged tightly to her Owl Plushie like it was a lifeline saving her from the tides of social interaction.

Xion seemed to understand English which made things easier. But it still left Kara at a disadvantage as she didn't know what Xion was saying back to her at all. "At least she can speak it" Kara said. Mia then left the girls alone and Xion quietly said something which Kara didn't understand.

She saw that Xion appeared to be trembling from her nerves. She was hugging the owl plushie rather tightly. "Not really sure where to begin." Kara stated. She was at a loss on what to do as she tried to think of some sort of way to make Xion feel better. "I understand that you're very nervous and maybe a little scared, I promise that nothing bad will happen to you. As I want to help you out anyway I can." Kara offered.

Kara looked around for any customers. Where she could begin by helping Xion out of her shell.

Thrown up a creek without a paddle, Kara tried to make the most of a difficult situation and attempt to calm Xion down. Kara's words got through, but it didn't do much to soothe this girl's paralysing fear.

Next, Kara tried to look for some available customers she could start Xion's people training on. However, something reminded her that her role for this evening was to shadow Annmarie and learn about being a Purple rather than acting without direction. That was what she was told earlier, anyway. She may know, from her previous experience in the last World what a Purple's job role is, but acting without being ordered to could attract unwanted trouble.

Looking around the section, Kara managed to easily spot Annmarie entertaining a table of Primary School children with their older siblings. It seemed the cafe catered to more than just being Little Sisters in this world.

Her words got through to Xion but appeared not to have the effect they should. As the girl was still paralized with fear. As she looked around for other customers to start with Xion's training. She was reminded of her role to shadow Annmarie having forgotten about it earlier due to other happenings. She saw that Annmarie appeared to be entertaining a table of Primary School childern with their older sibling.

"Ah, I think it would be best to first show you what being a Purple is all about." Kara informed Xion. She mentioned for Xion to follow along and soon looked for an empty table where they could both sit down. And watch Annmarie for a while.

Just remembering what her actual role was for the evening, Kara informed Xion that it'd be best to watch before diving in with the customers. Kara headed towards an empty table near Annmarie, with Xion trailing along behind her. Once Kara was seated, Xion sat a little away from her, but still within reach. It appeared that she wasn't comfortable being alone with someone she didn't know well.

Annmarie's purple nature was almost non-existent with the Primary School Children as she let her persona run wild, impressing her customers with her amazing improvisation and delusions of grandeur that all children loved. Xion just watched on in silence, hugging her plushie tightly.

"You know, job shadowing means actually being with the person you're shadowing. Sitting away isn't good if you gotta ask questions." A delicate girl's voice came from Xion's direction. Kara looked towards the source and noticed that Xion's mouth was remaining completely closed and her plushie was bouncing a little to mimic the movements from speech. This must be her famed ventriloquism. "Wait 'til she's done and then move along so you're with her. She's been briefed on all the T's and C's, so it's all good."

Both girl's sat down at the table to watch Annmarie. They both watched as she delighted the childern with her personality running wild. Xion sat in silence watching the whole thing. Soon she heard a voice speak and looked around. She could see that Xion had not said anything. Maybe it was the ventriloguism that Kara had been told about.

"I had thought it best to watch for now, before diving in but you do have a point." Kara answered. So in the meantime she went along with what the plushie said, "See the way Annie is acting I'm guessing that might be how to act around young childern I'm not very sure."

Kara decided to heed the wise Owl's advice and jump in after watching.

"You don't have to say anything, just let Annie do all the biz. We're just extras watching until we get to grips with the stuff." The 'Plushie' answered. "And I think that's just condescending.. Not all kids have wild thoughts like that. Some are really down to earth, so doing that kind of craziness will just make 'em mad."

The 'Plushie' was probably where Kiki originally got the Purple typing from for Xion, as she didn't seem to mince her words when using the Owl as a proxy. The joys of anonymity.

Despite Xion's Plushie's protests, Annmarie continued her wild act up until the customers finished their booking with her, leaving a small amount of downtime for Annmarie before her next booking.

"I'm not trying to be condescending at all, I'm just not sure how to act around those younger than me." Kara told the plushie. While she was nice at working with younger coworkers like Annie and Mary she didn't have much strengths with working with younger customers. Annmarie kept up her wild act until the customers were finished. This let Kara and Xion head over to join her in the downtime that she had.

"How, is my Mistress doing today?" Kara asked.

She greeted Annie with a small headpat before pulling her hand away.

"I didn't mean you, silly! I meant Annie!" The Plushie replied. "You say you're not great at interacting with kids, yet I saw you pulling the smooth moves over little Mary during break~. How'd you like her bare bottom resting on your lap? Most customers would riot for that kind of treatment!"

Xion's nature, if the plushie was her true personality, was rather questionable for someone so young. However, like Annmarie, Xion's plushie could just be an assumed personality. When Annmarie was free from customer interaction, Kara headed on over to join her.

"Ah, my diligent Disciple, you have returned for your training." Annmarie greeted Kara in her usual way. "I see you also bring Acolytes to our cause." She added on as she noticed Xion coming along. "Are you, perchance, mentoring the young Xion and Ekreet, her cohort to the Dark Arts?"

Ekreet was likely the name Xion had given her mouthy plushie.

"Cut your kooky klamour, Annie." Ekreet countered. "We're not Acolytes at all. If anything, we're Adepts at this gig."

"Ever the boastful, young, inexperienced Owlkin." Annmarie retorted. It seemed she'd got this little double act down quite well.

Kara then intruded on their little performance by headpatting Annmarie, though she found it quite hard to pull her hand away once it was locked against the feather-soft follicles.

"Hey, don't cut in on our little game." Annmarie pouted to Kara.

"What I was talking about was customers, not coworkers," Kara told the plushie. Who seemed to know that Mary had been bare under her dress. Could the plushie had been spying on Kara and Mary the whole time they were together. Or did it know what the reason was that Mary had chosen to be bottomless in the first place. "Mary and I are just friends I find her to be a fun person to hang out with." Kara wasn't about to admit that she had clearly enjoyed Mary's bare bottom upon her lap. "Why do you want to know that jealous?"

Kara wasn't sure on what to believe from the plushie why would a stuffed toy. Want to know something like that could it be that it was Xion's own question being asked. That she might secertly wish to try that out or was there more to it then that? Annmarie soon greeted Kara in her usual way before asking about Xion. Kara learned that the Plushie's name was Ekreet.

"Training is what I still need Mistress and I have returned for some." Kara tells her. Before looking over at the other two. "Yes, I am mentoring both of them, but more along the lines of Xion here. As I could use some help in helping her come out of her shell." Kara explained to Annie the job she had been given and how she was at a loss on how to help Xion.

Both smaller girls talked with one another more like it was one girl and a plushie talking. As Kara patted Annie's head she found it hard to pull away her hand. Which she did pull away after a short while.

"You two can still play your game don't mind me."

Kara with her other hand reached out to pat Xion's head.

Kara made the terrible mistake of informing the sarcastic plushie of the reasoning behind her actions with Mary, and asking why the plushie wanted to know such questionable information.

"Oh, y'know, in case you try something on with lil' me, you lolicon." Ekreet stated. "That's what all lolicons say, claiming that it's 'just a friendship', or that 'they're fun to be around'. That kinda thing."

For such a quiet girl, her plushie was extremely vocal and very Purple-ish.

Once Kara and Xion approached Annmarie, Kara explained her current job role for the day, making sure that Annmarie knew about Xion's people training.

"You wish for her to break her oath of silence?" Annmarie questioned. " 'Twill be a most arduous task, albeit not impossible."

The conversation was disrupted by a little play-fight between the younger girls (and the plushie), which was soon cut short by Kara's lack of restraint for headpatting. While Annmarie's patting session was much like normal, Kara decided to branch out and try her luck with Xion. This led to quite an awkward interaction between the two. Xion's plushie stopped its incessant sarcasm and the girl herself was left whimpering from a mixture of pleasure and, possibly, nerves. Xion's hair was also very soft, but it didn't have the captivating factor of Annmarie's

Ekreet called Kara a lolicon for what she had done with Mary.

"I'm not going to try anything out on you at all." Kara told the plushie. Which seemed very vocal on what it had said. Kara took a moment to look at Xion the thought of something of that sort had crossed her mind. But being board and doing it in the open like with Mary wasn't something she was willing to try out. Maybe something would come along and give her a chance for something lewd to happen without Kara having to do anything that'd get her into trouble.

She looked back over to Annmarie.

"Yes, I wish to do that." She said.

As Kara gave Xion a headpat she heard her whimpering in a mixture of pleasure and maybe nerves. Not knowing if Xion liked it or not Kara stopped what she was doing.

"Would it be okay if we both watched you with your next group of customers. This would allow both Xion and me to further see what it's like to be a Purple?" Kara asked.

The girl who had been studying her documents soon finished up. She placed everything back into the folder and placed it into her backpack got up from the table and headed out of the Cafe after paying for her drink.

Kara requested to watch Annmarie with her next batch of customers to discern how a Purple is expected to behave and interact with customers.

"Duh! That's what I said we'd do earlier!" Ekreet cut in. "Annie already knows we're here to be judgemental on her conduct."

Annmarie managed to ignore Ekreet's comments.

"That was my given task for today by our Dark Masters, so I shall serve willingly." Annmarie answered. Translating her Chuuni mannerisms revealed that she was already aware of that and was possibly given that task by either Leigh or Kiki today. "And so, the next batch on converts heeds the call of our Dark Masters."

That likely meant that customers were inbound, and they indeed were. Kara actually recognised these girls as the ones from her previous World, the very same girls that patted Annmarie to sleep and enjoyed Kara's company. It turned out that they were VIPs in this world, too.

Annmarie's customers were first to notice Xion hiding behind her plushie and commented about how adorable it was that they not only had Annmarie's company, but another young Purple's as well, and a shy one to boot! Doting was soon to commence (along with some consented headpats) for Xion, and, in no time, the whole meeting was shared with Xion as well, as Annmarie was the one to pull the quiet girl in. Ekreet was unnaturally quiet as well, which was a little concerning seeing as how vocal the plushie was before. Kara, strangely, was also pulled into the conversation.

The hour long booking just seemed to fly by as the group conversed and enjoyed each other's company, leading to a repeat booking for Thursday, with Xion and Kara being part of the request as well. After a reluctant goodbye, Annmarie's booking was bought to a conclusion, which much excitement for the Thursday Booking. And, with that, Kara (and Xion) technically had their first customer booking!

In the aftermath of the meeting, Kara felt something tug at the sleeve of her apron. Turning to see the source, Kara saw an unexpected visitor. Haley wanted Kara's attention, for some reason, however, something seemed a little off with her.

"C'mon, I gotta pee." Haley quietly informed Kara, though she could gather that, perhaps, the apparent reason was not exactly a factual request, considering Haley usually goes to the toilet on her own, unless Holly needs to go as well. Perhaps she wanted a word with Kara in relative privacy?

Kara ignored Ekreet and instead listened to Annie speak. Before they were greeted by Annie's next pair of guests who just happened to be the same girls from the old world. But they were surely different from the other ones. As the hour booking went on the headpats returned and Kara joined in with patting both girl's heads again and getting her own patted as well. As the chatting went on Kara tried to listen just to see if anything about today's chat topic might be about the topic of the day, She knew the Purple section might not be the best place to learn what it could be but hoped she might get a break.

The hour then seemed to fly by and everyone parted company, With both Xion and Kara being booked for a repeat on Thursday. As it was getting near closing time Kara then felt a tug on her sleeve turning to see who it might be. She found that turned out to be Haley who seemed to what Kara for some reason.

From what Kara could pick up there seemed something off with Haley. Who told her she needed to pee this didn't appear to be the true reason. As Kara knew Haley often went alone or with Holly when she needed to go. "What do you want to talk to me about?" Kara asked. Wondering if it had anything to do with how she had been acting while at work. Which was how she normally acted but today might be different due to what Rya had done to her.

Kara also knew she would need to tell Haley the truth. Having remembered her promise to the Haley of the old world. But still not knowing what it was Haley wanted she just followed along.

During the booking with Annmarie's repeat guests, Kara listened out to see if she could pick up any information about the Topic of the Day. Nothing seemed to stand out, until Annmarie's usual behaviour prompted one of the Customers to mention a Live Action Role-Playing (LARPing) event happening soon. Annmarie, her interest piqued by such a strange event, asked a little more about it. The customer then produced a small Flyer marked with the logo for 'Sweet Paradise'. That was the shop which housed the portal to the Coliseum...

The flyer itself advertised a small event going on including LARPing, with rewards for the best Character Cosplay and most interesting story. Everything seemed normal, until Kara looked more closely at the flyer. The flyer then began to shimmer slightly and the whole LARPing event advert was replaced by a completely different advert entirely. Strangely, none of the others looking at the flyer, including Xion, Annmarie and the Guests, appeared to even see any change to the flyer at all.

The Flyer now advertised a large scale Tournament for ''those with substantial power' to 'push it to the limit' and 'evolve your strength'. It sounded close to the Empowered Tournament that Kara initially suspected. Such information, while others may not fully understand it, may be the key needed to fulfil the Topic of the Day. The whole LARPing event was likely to disguise all the strangely clad contenders for the Empowered Tournament, or maybe the fighters who lost and still had minor wounds on them. While it was nothing more than a stab in the dark, it may still be worth investigating further after reporting the findings back. Maybe a flyer wouldn't go amiss as well, for evidence?

Realising that evidence was important, Kara expressed her interest in the morphing flyer, disguising her true intentions under the same guise as Annmarie uses. Thankfully, the Guests had a handful of flyers on them and were able to part with some for the Kira trio. Annmarie, Kara and, unusually, Xion had one flyer each upon the customer's departure. Kara folded hers up and placed it in her apron pocket for safe keeping, just as Haley came over to her.

Not understanding the secrecy that Haley was trying to keep, Kara blurted out a question about what Haley wanted to talk about. She didn't seem too pleased by the assumption (even though it was likely 100% not an assumption), but didn't comment on Kara's inability to internalise her thoughts. Kara excused herself from her current duties, playing along with Haley's ruse, and followed her sister into the Girl's Toilets.

The toilets were completely empty at the moment, or so they appeared. Haley led Kara to the centre of the room, closer to the sinks rather than the cubicles and turned to face Kara. Now that they were looking eye to eye, Kara was able to notice that Haley appeared rather upset about something. It wasn't upset in the ways of anger, but more like sadness. Without saying anything, and not giving Kara the chance to speak either, Haley suddenly dived on Kara with a tight hug and rested the side of her head against Kara's chest She stayed like this in silence for a few moments before saying something rather uncharacteristic for Haley's usual behaviour.

"Don't move. Just stay there." Haley instructed Kara, her voice little more than a whisper. "Now, tell me why you've been avoiding me nearly all day."

That was unexpected...What had other Kara been doing, and why would she avoid the girl she's bound to?

Kara had indeed gotten lucky with the topic of the day as one of the customers. She had been with seemed to know something about it. At first it was mentioned that it was a LARPing event where people could cosplay and there were rewards for best cosplay Annie asked more about it. The customer took out a flyer and as Kara looked at it the flayer started to shimmer. The whole thing changed to reveal what she had been right about. It was about the large scale empowered tournament happening in a weeks time. But there was still questions that needed to be answered about it.

Kara asked for a flyer and was able to get one and a few others for. Her friends before rolling it up into her apron pocket and going about her other important business which was currently with Haley.

Haley didn't appear to pleased with Kara's question to her about what she wanted. To talk about while Kara could have asked a different question she still wasn't sure on why Haley. Wanted to speak to her she had her own thoughts which were still about how she had been acting at work. But as Haley led Kara into the center of the bathroom near the sinks. She turned around giving Kara look at her face was that she appeared upset with something. This made Kara feel uneasy she had no idea of what Haley could be upset about. But the more she looked at her Kara made out that it wasn't anger but more like sadness. For why would Haley be sad could Kara have done something to upset her?

Kara was about to ask what was wrong when Haley suddenly dived onto her. Hugging her tightly Kara was filled with mixed feelings and did only what she wanted to do. She quickly brought Haley into her arms hugging her back. Much like she had done back at the arena she felt Haley's head rest against her chest. Which only made Kara hug her more never wanting to let her go. Having seen her die just several hours ago.

"I've missed you." Kara whispered letting out part of her buried emotions running wild inside her, Haley next asked the question Kara feared to answer but was taken back when it wasn't the question. She had thought Haley would ask more than that this was to why Kara had been avoiding her all day or nearly that. Kara had no answer to give she didn't know as to why the other Kara had been avoiding Haley.

"I.. I don't know." Kara finally responded.

Knowing that wasn't really the answer Haley would want to hear, She tried to think of what it might have been that she was doing earlier that day before she had arrived in this timeline. As she still held Haley in her arms Kara couldn't help but get further emotional but she tried to hide it.

Kara first admitted that she didn't know why the previous Kara had been avoiding Haley, of course, this wasn't the answer she was looking for. Haley hugged Kara closer out of mild upset from a roundabout answer.

"Don't pretend you don't know. You're the one who's been doing it, after all." Haley countered.

Kara tried to recover the memories of her previous incarnation in this world, but found that, in regards to this particular topic, they were very much like her memories from the previous Timeline.

Kara had been avoiding Haley out of fear of her Umbral powers accelerating the mental decline of Haley, which would ultimately lead to the one end she definitely did not want to witness again. Kara's own lack of trust in Haley's mental fortitude is what led to the separation of the two, and this moment happening right now. Previous Kara seemed to assume that Haley was too weak willed to resist the pull of Darkness, and bring about her own demise.

Haley wasn't too pleased with Kara's roundabout answer so she just hugged her closer. "It's not like I really want to avoid you as I enjoy spending time with you." Kara admited she wanted to tell Haley more that she like each and every moment they spent together but held herself back. Once again trying to think about what Previous Kara had done to cause the seperation between the two of them.

It turns out the reason was because she feared her Umbral powers. Would cause Haley to fall faster to her own demise. This was something that still scared her she didn't want to see that happen. Not wanting to see Haley go through the same type of pain that she had went through when she was younger. It was her own lack of trust in Haley that caused this to happen. Not wanting to see that sort of thing happen and thinking that she should start trusting Haley. That maybe she was indeed stronger than she looks and had the power to resist that fate. Told Haley the truth about why she had been avoiding her.

"I-I'm scared of seeing something bad happening to you. I don't want to see you lose control of your own powers and go out of control like I do when I've lost control over my own. I feared that my own dark power might have a negative affect on you so, that is why I haven't been around you as much." Kara tells Haley.

Being sure this might upset Haley more spoke once again.

"But I don't want to be avoiding you anymore I want to always be with you. Enjoying your company and friendship if something does happen we will face it together. Please don't be upset with me anymore I don't like seeing you sad."

Kara, once remembering the reasoning behind her distancing, explained to Haley the whole reason behind her actions. Haley was, of course, not happy with the assumption that her lack of willpower would cause her to be controlled by the very thing she had under her grasp at the moment.

"Just 'cause I'm not as smart as Holly, it doesn't mean that I'm dumb enough to be controlled by my powers." Haley retaliated. "I know I can control them, and I'll prove it to you tomorrow! Just wait and see!"

This inferiority complex likely wouldn't clear up until Haley had managed to prove herself. Despite the rather mouthy retort, Kara felt like she'd gotten closer to Haley after this time spent together.

The embrace between the pair lasted a little longer, until Haley pulled off from Kara.

"I'd better be getting back to the others, otherwise they'll start suspecting stuff." Haley informed Kara. She didn't look that much happier, even after this moment between the two. Perhaps there was another way Kara could've gone around explaining her reasoning? Even so, their time together later may help to further clear things up."And you'd better be getting back to work. I don't want you getting into trouble because of me."

Haley then headed out of the bathroom, leaving Kara in relative solitude, or so she expected. Just as Kara was about to head out as well, one of the cubicle doors creaked open, and out stepped a rather flustered looking Bryn. Her face was a little flushed and she was rather restless, especially in her lower regions, however, it didn't appear to be down to toilet neglect.

Kara didn't even need to press her Ring to figure out what was wrong, as Bryn was quite the open book at the moment. Without even a second thought, the Ring managed to pick up a comprehensive Stat list for Bryn, showing information which Kara was already familiar with from her previous encounters. However, one thing stood out from the rest, and that was in the 'Status Modifiers' section.

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'Lustful Tension: The subject has just been interrupted during some personal relief, resulting in a denied climax and further increasing their urges.'

'Infatuated - Critical: The subject has become enthralled with the unit applying this effect. Critical infatuation levels may result in untoward questionable advances on said applier of this effect. Subject is also in a constant state of heightened arousal due to unrelenting fantasies involving the applier and the subject of the effect. Caution is recommended when approaching the subject if you are their preferred gender for a mating partner. Only subjects who have a sexual attraction towards the gender of the applier of this effect will fall victim to infatuation.'

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It may be that Rya could have tapped Bryn once more...

"I-I wasn't listening in! I swear! I-I just...I just...really needed to pee! Yeah, that's it!" Bryn suddenly blurted out to Kara, though Kara probably knew that what Bryn was doing in that stall was not just simple bladder relief.

"It's nothing like that." Kara said at first knowing she wanted to tell Haley more. She was fighting with telling Haley the whole truth in saying that she would die if she lost control. But Kara fault with all her might in not saying the truth. "I believe you, I look forward to seeing just what you can do." Kara says. She gave Haley a smile of her own showing that she believed that Haley wouldn't fall under control of the dark powers.

Kara than felt that she had gotten closer to Haley during their time together, She liked this feeling and wanted to spend more time like this with her. Getting to know Haley in more ways than one and proving to Eiko that she was wrong in regard of how Kara truly felt about Haley, There hug lasted a little longer before it came to an end and Kara suddenly felt alone again. She wanted to rush over and take Haley in her arms and not ever let go.

"I liked this time we spent together." Kara tells her seeing as Haley was still a little upset. She wanted to see Haley happier again. She then headed out of the bathroom leaving Kara alone or so she thought when she came face to face with Bryn. A quick look at the poor girl gave Kara all she needed to know. Her eyes looked towards Bryn's lower regions wondering just how wet they were and how much Bryn wanted to take care of that need.

The ring then picked up some information and Kara learned that Bryn was in a very high state. Of arousal which gave Kara naughty thoughts that swam in her head. "It looks to me that you weren't able to make it quite yet. I can tell from just looking at you that you still need to pee. And from the looks of things I am right or is it something else. Maybe you were having your own personal time alone in here. Did you have a fantasy about Mia, me or perhaps Rya" Kara asked.

She then headed towards the door wanting to follow Haley's advice now wasn't the time. To be playing games with Bryn. As Kara herself was still tapped by Rya as well and things would turn ugly if she stayed.

"It's not what you think! Really!" Bryn insisted, though it was evident that it was, indeed, what Kara was thinking.

Not wanting to risk being pulled into an erotic moment between herself and a girl in heat, Kara headed out of the bathroom to rejoin her current work partners and continue with the rest of the evening. Two 30minute bookings later, the noticeboard announced that it was closing time, leaving just the last few customers with their bookings.

Once all the customers had cleared out, it was time to tidy up the Cafe ready for its nighttime business. It didn't take too long with everyone helping out and then, when that was finished, it was time to report the day's findings. Kara didn't pick up on any new leads during the last few bookings, but she still had her earlier findings to report.

As she exited the bathroom she remained by the door leading back inside. For a few moments longer wondering if she might have made a mistake. As the chance was one in a lifetime she had missed out on Bryn's time in the other world and was doing it again. Fighting the urge to go back inside Kara left quickly and rejoined the others for the rest of the evening.

Two 30 minutes bookings later Kara found out it was closing time. Kara helped out here and there with Annie and Xion and making sure to keep track of that was all done it was time to report the days findings. While Kara didn't learn any new leads during the last bookings she did tell the others about what she, Xion and Annie found out going as far as to show the flyer that she had gotten to Kiki and Leigh. Kara didn't mention that it was actually for the fighting tournament and not for the cosplay event. Seeing as that might bring up questions by those who couldn't see the special message on the flyer.

After the reporting was done and Kara was allowed to leave for the evening. She headed over first to change back into her regular clothes and then joined her friends. The first thing she did was go over to Haley and whispered to her. "Looking forward to our time alone hanging out?" Kara asked. She moved away and everyone left the Cafe together.

Kara showed the results of her findings during the reporting period, but mentioned nothing of the true purpose behind the flyer distribution. However, Kiki likely noticed the message as well, as she decided to hold onto the flyer to look into it more.

Once the reporting was done, it was time to head home for the evening. Kara changed out of her work uniform and back into her other clothes, noticing a striking wine red polo-shirt and checked skirt in Rya's locker. There was no mistaking that evident tell-tale look of a Kestrel's Uniform. That's likely how both Rya and Mikan know one another.

Before any more unexpected circumstances could happen, Kara hastily headed out to rejoin the remainder of her group. Elle, Chloe, Nicholas and Nicole had already headed home, according to Lilly, as Nicole had finally crashed after her Energy Drink high. Kara then asked Haley if she was looking forward to their time together. At first Haley didn't appear to hear the question, but gave a rather absentminded answer a few seconds later. She was likely still thinking about Kara's earlier discussion with her. She didn't seem against it, but also didn't sound too excited for it.

Following on after an uneventful walk home, the Sera girls all headed up to their bedrooms to change out of their regular clothes into their nightclothes.

After bidding farewell to her friends and coworkers Kara and the Sera girls. Headed home during the walk Kara kept to herself not really saying much but appeared lost in thought. She had thought that Haley might have been looking forward to their time alone together. But from the way their earlier chat it seemed like that wasn't the case. Both girl's appeared to have their own inner thoughts about it and from the way Kara was feeling. She didn't know how to really feel at the moment so when they arrived home Kara went into her room the change.

"I'm scared of what's about to happen I don't even know where to begin in explaining things." Kara said to herself alone in her room. She didn't know if Erys was around but the silence was kinda helping her with things.

Kara went into her closet and changed out of her clothes into her nightclothes. Which was a silk back feathered robe in which underneath she wore a simple black night shirt and blue and white striped panties. She sat down on her bed and for a moment summoned forth the sword she had gotten from Erys.

"I hope what I tell her brings us closer to each other." Kara tells herself.

She sets the sword upon the side of the bed next to her. Looking towards the door she waited on Haley to arrive a mix of emotions running through her head.

Upon arriving at the Sera Manor, Kara went to prepare in her room for the difficult things to come. She changed into her nightclothes while worrying to herself about how Haley might take everything, and more importantly how she'll go about explaining it.

"You shouldn't worry too much, you'll force yourself into messing up if you think too hard."

So, that's why she wasn't around for their walk home...

"You've not got the most powerful processor in that head of yours, so don't tire it out before the real thinking comes in. Just takes things as they come and read the situation before running your mouth and things should go well, hopefully."

She must've recovered from her illness if she was back to being sarcastic and reeling off minor insults. Kara called forth the Crystal blade and placed it upon her bed.

"Closer, further apart, whatever. Just say what you will and, if she's worth the trouble, she'll stick around. If she gets triggered by it, then it's not the end of the world. We'll just catch that little moving clock and beat her into submission once more for a reset."

A little later, a knock came from Kara's door. Once invited in, Haley tentatively opened the door and peeked around the corner of it.

"You wanted to show me something?" Haley asked as she entered the room and closed the door behind her. "Holly's with Lilly, so I don't have to hurry back."

Haley probably looked just as nervous as Kara was. She awkwardly fiddled with the base of her sunflower yellow nightshirt. Her matching shorts didn't look as bulky as Kara would expect, perhaps because Haley had decided to go without her usual sleeping underwear for the night. She noticed the sword on the bed and probably took the whole thing the wrong way, as she looked ever so slightly frightened of what it might be for. Probably placing a weapon on a bed wasn't a good first impression, especially when the guest was meant to be sleeping with the owner of said weapon.

"Um...why's your sword out?" Haley questioned in regards to the unsheathed weapon.

An all to familiar voice spoke up to Kara as she waited for Haley to arrive.

"I'm worried on how she will take it let alone on how I can explain it all." Kara spoke.

She looked over at the crystal blade upon her bed.

"Easier said than done, I just hope everything goes okay I don't want a repeat of the last time."

Kara turned to face the door.

"Who's to say what she will be like in the next world. She could either be madly in love with me or hate me so much that she wants be dead. I don't want to have to deal with any of that sort of thing."

A while later Kara heard a knock on the door and Haley soon entered. "Yes, I wished to show you something and talk with you a bit," Kara told her.

As Kara looked upon her she could see that Haley appeared to be just as nervous as she was. But then saw that Haley next appeared frightened and mentioned about the sword on the bed. "As for that I wanted to show it to you first and ask you a question. Have you ever seen a sword like this one before or perhaps have a similar one just like mine that you use?" Kara asked.

She took hold of the hilt of the sword and picked it up. Showing the full blade to Haley so that she could see it fully. With her eyes she watched to see if Haley showed any sort of reaction to seeing the crystal sword before. Was she surprised by it, confused as to why Kara would have one just like hers. Anything that could give Kara a better understanding of just what Haley was thinking about right now.

After a while Kara sheathed the sword and placed it take to the bed. "There is another thing I want you to see as well, you know those wingblades of yours that you use. I can use them as well they are a new power of mine." Kara told Haley.

She got up from the bed and moved away from Haley for a moment. Next she called upon the powers Erys had granted her and summoned forth two floating wingblades that hovered around Kara. For several moments before vanishing after having let Haley see them for a while.

"I'm sure you've got some questions about what I've just showed and asked you. Feel free to ask me anything you'd like about them."

Once Haley had arrived in the room, Kara opened up their time together by explaining the meaning behind the unsheathed sword and also showing the other powers she'd received from Erys. Haley viewed the display and appeared neither impressed nor dismissive.

"Erys told me you'd powered up a little." Haley answered. "She also said something about you having powers like mine as well."

"Couldn't help myself. You know how impatient I am."

"What I'd like to know is why you're showing me things I can do?" Haley finished.

Haley didn't seem too impressed about what Kara had just shown her. As Erys had already told Haley about it some time ago.

"But I wanted to be the one to tell her and how much does she already know?"

Haley then wished to know why Kara was showing her things that she could already do.

"Because I didn't know if you knew about me having powers similar to yours yet, But it appears that you already knew that." Kara answered.

Seeing how things seemed to have been done with out her knowledge and not sure. What Haley truly thought about this whole thing, Kara decided to change the subject to another matter one she was sure Haley had not thought about too much yet,

"I was wondering if you would want to be my partner in tomorrows battle?"

Kara wasn't pleased with how Erys went and spilled the secrets she wanted to tell.

"If I'd have waited for you to do it, we could've been doing this for three more loops before you finally got it delicate enough to not tip her over the edge. Plus, you aren't exactly the most skilled orator here, so it was in both our best interests that I did it as quickly as possible, and as delicately as possible. I don't want to have to go through that sickness again just because of a small screw up."

Erys avoided the topic of how much Haley knew. Whether for better or for worse, it was up to Kara to figure that out.

Kara explained her reasoning for retelling information Haley already had knowledge of, and then changed the subject to the following day's battle.

"Didn't we already go through that earlier? I thought we agreed on taking it in turns?" Haley answered. "You said you'd watch me spar with Holly tomorrow morning, and then see if there's any improvements needed and then tell me how to do better."

That was the long and short of their prior agreement. At the moment, it seemed like Haley was just doing things as they came and as agreed. She wasn't showing any preference for or against training with Kara. Perhaps, going by Kara's knowledge of Bonding from the previous world, she'd have to get a bit more closer to Haley before preferences were shown.

Erys spoke her piece.

"But I'd still like to know how much she know's I don't want things. Going wrong between us again I want her to like and accept me. Is she even okay with me being apart of her world?" Kara asked.

Kara wasn't happy that Erys was avoiding the topic of how much. Haley knew this had Kara worried a little but she wasn't about to press the matter not now anyway.

'Yes, we did go through that, and we will be taking turns but I believe you. Might have misunderstood what I meant." Kara told her. As both girl's seemed to not be on the same page with what was really being spoken. "What I was talking about was tomorrow's team battle between you, me, Holly and Lilly. I had thought that maybe you'd want to team up and seeing if we work well together perhaps we could be a team for the tournament as well?" Kara asked.

She let Haley think on that for a little while before speaking again.

"Is there anything you want to ask me about or do before we go to sleep? Because there is something I'd like to do with you. It's a little technigue I picked up from Kiki the other day it's called 'Linking' it allows us to enter into each other's minds and see various memories that the user. Allows the person to see it's a means of getting to understand and know the person much better. Will you allow me to link with you Haley? there is nothing to fear nothing bad will happen at all?"

Kara wanted Erys to effectively speak on Haley's behalf. This, of course, didn't sit right with her.

"I keep telling you this, yet it never seems to sink in. If you want those kinds of answers, ask the girl herself. If you're too impatient to wait to get closer with her if she's unwilling to talk, then you're clearly not compatible with one another and will only end up hurting each other in the end. Going behind her back and asking me is showing a severe lack of trust between you two. I'd seriously reconsider your bonded if that's what you think you have to do to get a straight answer. And here I was thinking you were better than that..."

Kara explained what she meant, and it turned out to be just what Haley had originally interpreted.

"That's what we're taking it in turns with." Haley repeated. "I don't remember talking about any other kind of thing like that with you, and who said that I was going to join the tournament?"

Once more, Kara had assumed that the way this world worked was the same as the last one. From what Kara knew, Lilly was almost always against putting the twins in any kind of unneeded danger, and a tournament was just that with a shiny coat on.

"I can't watch this anymore... Did you learn anything from the past five hours?! This World isn't like the one we came from. Always remember that!"

Trying to move things on swiftly, Kara vaguely tried to sell off Linking as being a 'totally safe' process, but neglected to mention the most vital things.

"Sounds kinda shady to me." Haley admitted, looking a little unsure of the whole idea. "How do I know it's safe? And what happens if you start poking around in places I don't want you to?"

"Borrowing you. Don't even try and fight it. I'm stronger than you are."

Kara felt Erys exercise her control once more. However, this time, it wasn't like when she did it back in the Arena. This time, it felt more like she was doing it out of support rather than spite. Kara couldn't pick up on any malicious intent behind her actions, yet it was still kind of rude to just push her way in like that.

Using Kara as a proxy, Erys explained Linking in a much more Privacy Friendly way.

"Oh, I'm sorry for making it sound bad. I guess I didn't explain it well enough. You see, you are completely in control of the whole process. Think of it like a dream which you can allow others in to should you choose to. At any point during the Link, if you ever get uncomfortable, you can just push me out of it. It won't hurt either of us to do that. I'll understand, really. I mean, everyone's got secrets that they're not quite ready to show others yet. Maybe, when we get closer, we can go over the bits you weren't ready to show yet, or ignore them completely if you don't want me seeing them. They're your memories, so you are the only one who has the rights to show them to others."

Erys's explanation eased Haley's suspicion of the whole process, but she was still rather guarded in relation to it. There'll certainly be some things she would outright refuse to let Kara see unless they become much closer. It would be a good idea to not probe too deeply, or push too much pressure on Haley to show things she doesn't want to, lest it lead to a horrible outcome.

"I guess I could give it a go, but only for a little while." Haley answered. "Do we have to sleep for it to happen?"

"That's generally the case the first time, yes."

"Th-then, please wait a bit."

Haley headed out of the room and the bathroom door a little down the hallway could faintly be heard opening. Erys ceased her control of Kara and returned to her usual ethereal presence in Kara's mind.

"Poor girl's been trying to plug up the sinkhole that is her bladder, hence the lack of padded panties this evening. She thinks that, if she pees often enough and doesn't drink anything at least two hours before bed, then she'd be less likely to wake up wet. She'll be back in a tick."

No sooner than Erys had finished her insider information did the muffled sound of a toilet flushing echo through the quiet hallways and into the bedroom. About a minute later, Haley had returned, still blushing slightly from her hasty exit. It seemed like Haley was trying to be less dependent on childish protections and become more adult with her toileting habits.

"Let's get this done." Haley informed Kara. "Just tell me what I need to do."

"Sorry, if I'm afraid of what the answer I might and try to seek the easy way out. Maybe I just don't trust myself enough as I fear for the worst." It was lack of trust in herself. She wanted to know the answer was was scared to find out the truth. As this was more than just some random feelings it was a whole lot more than that.

Leaving Erys alone for a moment Kara asked Haley another question.

"I'd like to know what your thoughts are about me being this whole thing. Are you okay with me being apart of your world with Erys?" Kara asked.

Haley had been right with what Kara had asked about. But didn't appear to have any plans to join the tournament.

"I had thought maybe you would have wanted to that's all. As it would be a great learning and teaching experience for both you and Holly. But if you don't want to join that's okay as well as we could have spent more time together."

Erys spoke again.

But Kara didn't respond as Erys had another point.

Kara was about to respond to Haley's next question when she felt Erys take over. Her body once again and explain things to Haley. That gave her a better understanding of what Kara was trying to do. So, Kara just floated around in her mind and looked through her eyes before. She got her body back and Haley left to use the restroom.

"She had thoughts about that in the old world as well. I know that she dislikes that sort of thing and wishes to grow out of it but I like her the way she is. A part of me wishes she would always remain the way she is but I know that can't happen and need to allow her to grow as a person."

Haley soon returned and was blushing slightly.

"We can start whenever you are ready let to just explain that part to you."

Kara next explained to Haley what they needed to do the best that she could. Making sure to leave nothing out as Kara laid down on the bed after having taken off her robe. She motioned for Haley to do the same which she did soon allowing Kara to hug the small girl. In her arms once more she pulled Haley closer to her body and soon both girl's drifted off to sleep which allowed Kara to enter into Haley's Soulscape.

Upon Haley's return, Kara went on to explain the final things relating to Linking and completed the last remaining preparations. Kara's forwardness with hugging was a little unsettling for Haley, considering the two had not known each other for little more than a few weeks, however, she didn't break away as she believed that such close proximity was needed to allow the Link to happen unhindered.

With a little bit of sleep magic, both girls drifted off into slumber and Kara felt the Linking process begin to take place. Strangely, it didn't feel as it should...something felt off...

Kara's fears were soon realised when she found herself plummeting into a vortex of darkness which seemingly had no end. Was the Link unsuccessful? Had Haley refused it before they even commence the link? Where did it go wrong?!

/Cue new event.\\

Falling through the vortex of Darkness, Kara was left with little knowledge where this botched Link had caused her to be transported to. All the conditions were correct for a problem-free Link, but something wanted her to arrive in a very specific place, and that is why this unexpected anomaly had arose. She felt herself getting pulled, not just through Haley's Soulscape, but through that of another being's entirely, but not one she had encountered before. The ambient energy signature of this tunnel carried some similarity to a being Kara had felt before, but not on a level this powerful. All Kara had experienced of this power was a light hum in the background of many minds linked into the Crystalline network she was now a part of, and now she was experiencing this power first-hand, undiluted. After a short while, a place was seen at the very end of the tunnel, a very crystalline place, somewhere extremely familiar. The tunnel ejected Kara, sending her hurtling down towards the hard black flooring of the destination…

Upon being unceremoniously ejected from her transport, Kara found that she had no injuries on her at all, despite seemingly being dropped from several feet in the sky towards solid flooring. Looking around, Kara knew exactly where she was sent. She was sent to Erys's palace. The glittering, gently thrumming crystal walls of the building stood testament to proving Kara's assumption was correct. However, she was not in a place of it she remembered seeing. No, this room was around twice the size of the throne room, and was completely circular in shape, with large crystal pillars holding it up in the position of numbers on a clock face. Twelve crystal pillars, all gently glowing with the ethereal black light of the Crystal Empire. This room carried a far more regal feel than the throne room, almost as if that room was for ceremony only. This room truly felt like the heart of the Empire.

Looking around some more, Kara found that the arranged crystal pillars were not the only unsettling thing in the room. At the very centre of it, taking up nearly the whole middle of the room, stood an enormous Black Crystal, easily twenty feet in diameter all around, taking up a significant amount of the fifty foot diameter room. Into the crystal was carved a Black Throne. The very same one she'd seen in that vision from long ago. Almost as if repeating the past, a small child was seated on the throne, encased in a protective shell of crystal. She had the very same regal attire Erys had on when she welcomed Kara to the Crystal Empire, crystal crown and all.

The Girl on the throne appeared to be in a deep slumber, almost likened to a form of Stasis. She didn't appear to have aged any since the vision was said to take place. She still looked as young as she did back then, whenever that time may have been. The Master Crystal behind her gently thrummed with black light, mimicking the beating of a heart. With each beat, the Twelve Crystal pillars around it copied, creating a synchronisation similar to Thirteen hearts, all beating as one.

Something didn't seem to be quite right with the Linking Process, It started up like normal but Kara soon found herself falling in a endless void of darkness. Until she found herself being pulled into another world altogether, She should have entered Haley's Soulscape but something or someone was pulling her in another direction. Like they wanted her to be somewhere else she was able to make out something though she had felt this sort of power before. Though it was only faint at the time when she had linked minds with everyone. But what she felt now was far stronger than anything she had felt before maybe even stronger than the Clockwork Reaper.

Kara soon felt herself growing scared, she had no idea if this thing was friend or foe. And she soon found herself ejected from a tunnel into the very heart of the Palace where she had been before when she had been taken here by Erys,

"Erys, Erys are you around where are you?" Kara called out at first.

Thinking that maybe she had entered into Erys' mind by mistake. Next she called out for Haley as well.

"Haley, Haley, Haley?" Kara called.

She got no answer and after looking around she caught sight of someone sitting on the throne. They appeared to be encased inside a protective could also see that they appeared to be sleeping walking closer Kara wanted a closer look at the person. In the meantime she tried to contact one other person this time it was Eiko maybe using the ring on her finger might work?

"Eiko, Eiko, can you hear me I think I haved found Erys. Eiko can your hear what I just said?"

All attempts Kara made at conversing with the few minds she believed would be linked to this strange place ended in failure. There was no response when she called out Erys's name, and no response when she called out to Haley either. Even the ring appeared to be non-functional at present. She was completely cut off from the outside world. Alone in this unfamiliar place.

With little options left, Kara decided to cautiously approach the seated figure...

As Kara approached the figure on the throne, the thirteen crystalline structures all flared to life, filling the room with a blinding black light for a couple of seconds. When the light faded, the Girl who was on the throne was there no longer and now, in her place, sat Haley, all dressed up in the attire the girl from before was in. The Crystal shell around her was there no more, and she began to awaken. However, when Haley came to, she was not as Kara remembered her. While her outward appearance was that of the girl Kara held dear, what was inside her couldn't have been further from the sweet innocent girl she knew. It was as if her personality had been overwritten with another, more stronger one. Haley spoke now in a cold voice which seemed to originate from all the crystal structures in the room.

"Have you come to take me away again?" Haley questioned. "Have you not caused me enough suffering?"

It was near impossible to understand the kinds of things Haley was saying, or what she meant by it.

"From the first day you took me in, you've done nothing but seal me away like a monster. You ignore my existence, torturing me with the concept of freedom, only to imprison me once more. You feed me once every three days, and the only sustenance I'm given are the scraps you would throw away. The water you provide is dirty and stagnant, full of disease and bacteria. Sometimes, you expect me to drink the water I bathe in, even if you only provide that once every turn of seasons!

"I am forced to undergo 'Exorcisms' every day, even if I am not possessed by anything except for a building hatred and will to inflict the same pain you cause one me, to you! You claim they keep the 'Daemon' inside me at bay, but what Daemon is that, exactly? Does my condition mean I am Daemon tainted?! The only thing wrong with me is that I am uncared for, treated worse than scum on the street!"

Haley drew her two swords, both Crystal blades, and summoned twelve drones to her side, which created a circle all around her body.

"Humans fear what they cannot understand. They seek to imprison, detain and, eventually, murder! You saw the difference on me, and shunned me, even if I had no control over my own development! You assumed that I was no different than those murderous cadavers that now infest the lands, just because I happen to share the same outward appearance as them! Does my life not matter? Do my emotions, my feelings, my wants and needs, mean nothing to you? Can you not tell that I am no different from all the others under your care? Do you treat them all as disgustingly as you treat me?!

"WHY AM I DIFFERENT?! WHY WON'T YOU LOVE ME AS WELL?!"

Without further warning, Haley dashed towards Kara, both blades raised in preparation of striking…

As much as she tried Kara was alone she was unable to contact. Anyone no matter how hard she tried even the ring was of no help at all. As Kara then approached who she thought was Erys on the throne it soon changed to that of Haley. Who was wearing the same attire as the other person had been right before.

"Haley?" Kara asked.

She wasn't sure what was going on why was Haley now sitting in front of her. Next she began to speak in a cold tone saying things Kara didn't understand.

"What are you talking about I don't understand?"

Haley rambled on about things that she had no idea about. Kara didn't know how or even what to say back to Haley this was all so confusing. She just stood silent as Haley then got off the throne and summoned 12 drones and unsheathed a pair of crystal swords.

"W.. who are you? you're not my Haley she would never say these things?" Kara yelled.

Feelings and emotions started to play havoc with her while Haley rambled on and on. Now yelling at her about weird things.

"What, do you mean, WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN!"

Haley then sprang towards her with both blades raised to attack. While Kara could try to defend herself she couldn't move all she could do was drop to her knees. Right before begining to scream in pain or more like emotional pain.

After Kara had puzzled over the strange things this person with Haley's form was talking about, she couldn't bring herself to prepare to clash blades with the one she wanted to protect. Instead, she just dropped to her knees and screamed. Thankfully, her sudden movement caused her opponents preemptive strike to miss entirely. However, the assailant didn't lose their balance, they simply turned to Kara and showed distaste for her cowardice.

"Cowering in a corner never got me any sympathy, and neither will it you!" Haley countered. She crossed both her blades and the sigil of the Crystal Empire appeared beneath her. She was likely charging up an offensive power, considering Kara showed no signs of posing resistance.

Despite her not triggering it, Kara's Ring was able to identify her opponent as she passed over her crouched form:

||Begin Analysis:

Name: Haley (ERROR)

Type: Lingering Phantasm - Resentment

Statistics: ELITE LEVEL! (80 across all)

Hit Points: 250 (Boss Raise)

Positive Effects:

Undying Hatred - This unit cannot be killed by normal means and will continue to fight after their strength has depleted. Suggest - Crystal array has an impact on this trait. Unit will become downed once their strength fades, but will not be able to be defeated.

Empress's Will - The Crystal Empire in its entirety is at its Empress's command. This unit is able to summon forth and control twelve drones as well as up to three medium to large constructs. This unit can also summon Champions of the Empire (Large Constructs) and command them, but at a limit of only one being present at a time.

Empress's Grace - This unit can freely change their combat type indefinitely, but each transformation must recover before it can be entered once more. /OOC Terms: She can class change at will, but each class goes on a cooldown once she has left it.\\

Negative Effects:

Eternal Bond - The powers of attachment with their Soul Mate weakens their resolve in combat with them. However, if it is too weak to overcome the Lingering Phantasm, it will not effect them. /OOC Terms: Bond Rank changes how this boss fights, but it has to be strong enough to overcome the emotion the Phantasm represents.\\

Borrowed Form - This unit will be weakened until they become accustomed to the form they are fighting in. (This does not effect their ability to freely switch combat types). Current reduction: 45 in all stats.

Uncontrolled Resentment - Hatred is what drives this unit, and their judgement is clouded because of it. They will fight recklessly and will not strategically plan their actions unless they are given time to do so.

End Analysis||

Kara had finally stopped screaming and just looked at the ground as Haley's attack. Passed over her head "why is this happening, why do I keep having to suffer endless pain because of how I feel about you. Where's my happiness where' my returned feelings." Kara called out to no one even though Haley was only a few feet away from her.

Haley then belittled Kara for being a coward while the ring picked up. Data on Haley but Kara wasn't paying much attention to it. There was a moment when she glanced at it but then just hopelessly just looked at the ground once more.

"I don't want to fight with you."

While Kara knew she had to fight Haley she just couldn't bring herself to do anything. And as Haley channeled her power Kara awaited for the attack to come.

Kara admitted that she wouldn't fight Haley, and all that came back was a cold response.

"Then burn in the depths of whatever Hell you believe in." Haley simply answered as her attack finished charging.

Haley thrust both of her swords in the ground and the Sigil dissipated outwards.

"Gut and impale, Crystal Tower!" Haley called out as the ground beneath Kara began to tremble as if an Earthquake had struck it. The ground cracked and crumbled as a giant spear-like pillar of black crystal burst forth from the ground to strike Kara in the chest, however, it did not pierce her skin, yet it burned with the pain as if it had done so.

"None shall challenge my Empire!" Haley continued just as the previous ability struck Kara and she found herself being encased completely in Black Crystal. "A painful death to all who oppose my rule!"

The battlefield morphed into an enclosed space completely formed of the Crystals under Haley's command. Both of Haley's swords were nowhere to be found and she'd conjured up another Empire Sigil at her feet as she channelled her powers into a Black Crystal which was nearly as tall as she was.

"Become entombed by your own dread! Gaze upon the perfection that is under my command, and watch as it crushes your weak body!"

The crystal prison that Kara was in began to rapidly implode on itself, crushing her body as it did so yet leaving no visible indication as to the pain she was believing she was experiencing. It was almost like this was more of a mental attack than a physical one, as whatever grisly end she was being faced with never once affected her physical body. As the crystal closed in on her and crushed down to nothing more than a golf-ball sized sphere, she felt it invade her body and embed itself into her chest between her lungs.

"Cry out as you're torn to pieces! Give in to the allure of the end. Nothing can save you now!"

Haley gestured outwards, stretching her arms out to either side of her, mimicking a cross shape with her whole body.

"My will is absolute, my commands are uncontested. My rule is unending!"

She then clapped both of her hands together and, just as they made impact, the crystal seed inside of Kara blasted outwards, akin to a small bead of glass exploding into tens of thousands of tiny shards, and sliced through her internal passages, using her bloodstream as propulsion engines, before shooting out of her body and turning into numerous crystal drones, which flew up into the air, circled Kara and aimed their bottom points towards her copying the manner in which they would normally shoot.

"My Empire will wash over this foul world and bring about the end of all things!"

The innumerable drones all began firing on Kara, pin-cushioning her much like they did to Holly in the previous world's end. Volley upon volley, barrage upon barrage, the crystals exhausted all their power before shattering and returning to the master crystal in front of Haley.

"Your end is nigh! Make peace with whatever mockery of a God you believe in. You will never escape. You soul will never be free. Like all before you, you shall serve in my arsenal of death! Empress' Judgement!"

The sigil beneath Haley was soon sucked into the Master crystal as well, causing it to flare to life with inky black darkness which appeared to consume all light in this space. It began to morph and change into a construct of immeasurable size. Unlike the ones before, this appeared to be the highest form of Construct Haley could create, an Avatar much like herself. It carried the very same blade she had, born also from the Master Crystal, but the blade's size was easily as tall as a Grand Cathedral's Spire. The construct slammed its foot into the ground, creating a quake of unmatched magnitude, before thrusting its sword down on top of the weakened Kara, crushing her and impaling her in the most gruesome way. As soon as the sword made contact with the ground, the Construct shattered into millions of crystal shards, which also followed the sword's path and impaled one after the other into Kara's near lifeless body, ensuring that she met the end Haley had wished for.

"So is the fate of all who contest my rule." Haley finished as the changed space turned back into that of the previous battlefield.

"I expected more of a fight from you. What a weak and pitiful waste of a life you are." Haley taunted Kara as her vision began to fade to black.

She was certain that whatever happened before would have killed her, had this not been but another figment of an unknown person's mind. Soon enough, she found herself forcefully ejected into Haley's Soulscape, or at least she hoped it was this time. Strangely, the girl herself was nowhere to be found, and all that was open were two worlds...

The first was "Heart of the Empire", which was clearly where she'd just been, wasn't it? The name would suggest that, and the small view she got inside of that world's icon attested to that. The only other world open was called "Who am I?", and it was set mere months after the twins' demise back when Lilly first made her contract with Chanki. Everywhere else looked like nothing more than static. Was Haley holding out on her? If she was, why was this world the only one she allowed her to see?

More importantly...

Why was it set in a Hospital?

Kara felt the ground under her begin to shake as Haley spoke and called forth. A spear-like pillar of black crystal that struck Kara in the chest. Causing her to feel like she had just been impaled but yet there was a burning feeling that made Kara cry out in pain. Next she was in cased within a black crystal the crystal prison began to implode. Kara felt like every bone in her body was being crushed and then broken, She cried out in pain even though nothing was happening to her body but it sure felt like there was something going on.

"H.. Haley." Kara muttered through the tears and pain.

What came next Kara felt the crystal invade her body before everything was ripped apart. As the crystal seed did it's work Kara screamed in sheer pain. As blood splattered about and numerous holes opened up everywhere on her. The drones flying around began to attack her all the same way just like they had done with Holly. Kara couldn't scream anymore she just blanked out letting everything happen.

In the real world even though she was still hugging the real Haley. She appeared to be crying for some reason.

Haley's last part of her attack was pure overkill as she killed Kara in the most awful way, Before ejecting her out of the world and back into Haley's Soulscape.

Kara didn't know what to really do next she was alive and well. But the emotional truma she had just suffered. Was quite a lot to take in the seeing the young girl Kara cared so much for. Killing her caused her to just sit there for a while.

"W.. why?" Kara asked herself.

Getting up she stumbled around until she entered the next world. That appeared to be set in some sort of Hospital.

From her humiliating defeat, Kara found herself back in Haley's near empty Soulscape. She stumbled around for some World she could enter to complete her given goal for the day, but was having next to no luck. Either the World was rejecting her, or it simply was nothing but static. Only one World was able to be entered, and that was the Hospital. Everything before it was static, and everything after it was locked off. Just what happened at this point to prevent the preceding Worlds from being entered? Kara was about to find out as she entered into the World, dread gnawing at her soul from her conflicting feelings...

Upon entering, Kara was met with nothing but blackness as voices rang out around her. She could identify the childish tones of Haley, but something was seriously off. All of Haley's usual energy and positivity was replaced by soulless monotones and bitterness...

"Please...wake up. Don't leave me..."

That same voice keeps begging me to wake up. Am I even asleep? I am certain that is not the case. If I was asleep, I would be dreaming. I would be seeing abnormal things and doing impossible feats, yet all I have seen so far is nothing but black. Cold, lonely darkness. Am I even a living being? Do I even exist? Am I nought but a figment of this unknown voice's imagination? Nothing is clear anymore...

"School returned today, so I won't be able to come here as often as I used to. Please don't get too lonely without me. I'll try and come here every day if I can, and even stay over. Just, please, please wake up soon..."

Yet again that voice is talking to me. I have no idea what it's talking about, or what this 'School' is. Why would I even care if a stranger comes to see me or not? That's assuming that I exist outside of their mind. Perhaps I am nothing more than an illusion crafted by a lonely person to allow them a vent for their frustrations and a fleeting feeling of companionship.

"Halloween just passed. I wanted to bring some sweets in for the two of you, but the doctors said I couldn't. You should have seen the school. We decked it out like a total Halloween haunted house. We had the greatest cross-year group Halloween party ever. Everybody dressed up and we all had lots of fun. I really wish you two were there for it. I know you would have loved it."

Some more words I knew nothing about. Sometimes, I wondered if this person had the slightest grip on reality, considering their outlandish words and phrases they use. Something stood out, though. They said that there were two people they were talking to. Did they get so lonely that they fabricated another existence to help fight against it? Was one fictitious being not enough? Were they going to create a whole legion of non-existent creatures borne from their solitude? Could they not make real friends rather than pester me to wake up and talk to them? How annoying...

"Christmas is coming up soon. It's already December. You've been sleeping since early August. The Doctors told me that you might never wake up. Please, prove them wrong. Don't leave me all alone. Please...please...WAKE UP!"

Now the voice was just getting desperate. Bawling and begging me to wake up for some celebration of sorts.

"Christmas is a time for miracles. I want my own miracle to come true! Please, don't die. Don't go. Come back to me. I want to play with you two again. I want to hear you laugh, talk, sing and argue once more. Please, if there're any Gods out there, I'll give you anything to bring these two angles back to me!"

What are Gods? What are Miracles? What am I? Why am I so important to this person that they'd give everything they had just to hear me speak to them once more. Perhaps I should humour them? There is so much I do not understand about everything they are saying, so the pursuit of knowledge may be worth it.

"Time to wake up, my newest toys..."

Having suffered at the hands of the one she cared for Kara walked. Around in a daze for a tiny bit she tried to enter a couple of the static worlds but was unable to do so. She had far too much happening inside of her head right now that she didn't really want to see. Anything else but a small part of her needed to see this so she entered into the only open world. Where she was greeted by total blackness what followed next were voices. She could make out both Lilly and Haley whoever Haley didn't sound like her usual self at all.

Her words were filled with bitterness and appeared souless. Kara listened to what Haley and Lilly had to say.

Lilly appeared to be begging Haley to wake up from the sound of things. And telling her about both Halloween and Christmas yet Haley didn't seem to care most likely wishing to be left alone. "Is this how she feel's around me?" Kara spoke aloud.

As Lilly got more desperate Kara next heard the all too familiar voice of Chanki.

"What pain and suffering it going to greet me now?"

Upon hearing Chanki, Kara resigned herself to seeing the rest unfold in a less than cheerful way...

Kara found that the darkness around her was soon replaced by a sepia-hued memory of a private Hospital room, with two beds set apart by a small side table, with intravenous drips and catheters on the hospital stands next to each bed. Two very young twins were lying in the hospital beds, eyes closed as if in peaceful slumber, as a Young Lilly was seated on a chair next to the furthest bed from the door, overlooking the slumbering pair before crumpling down onto the bed in front of her and weeping in anguish at the fate that had befallen the most important people in her life.

Next to Lilly, on the floor, was a small White wolf cub, which pawed at Lilly's leg as it whimpered in empathy, accompanying the small girl in her sorrow. Lilly, apparently, couldn't see or feel the actions of the White Wolf, despite the fact it was evidently trying to both comfort her and get her attention. Something about the small canine evoked memories in Kara. She'd felt the presence of this creature before around the Sera girls, and it became much more frequent in recent days.

Across from the wolf, on the bed with the other twin in, the serpentine form of the antagonistic Ferret ruffled its way out from underneath the bed covers. The markings of Chanki were clear on its back. There was no doubt whom this creature was, or what it was doing in such a place. The White Wolf, upon noticing the Daemon in disguise, barked loudly and growled at the ferret, sounding as intimidating and threatening as it could. Nobody could hear the Wolf's barks of warning, and so the deal was finalised.

"Come now, young Mistress, I gave you my word that they would awaken, did I not?"

"Leave me alone. Why should I trust you? You said they would awaken in no time! It's been near enough four whole months since the accident! The doctors all say they'll never wake up, and Mother wants to pull the plug on their life support!"

"Since when have you ever trusted those of the medical profession? You made it quite clear that only a Miracle could save them, and a Miracle I have provided. Was it not for me, they would have most definitely perished in their rocky tomb all those months ago. I have bought them life anew. It takes time to mend disintegrated bones, severed sinew and crushed cognitive functions. In no time, they will be back to their adorable selves as if nothing had ever happened on that day."

"You promised me that back then, and now look at how long it has been!"

"Just one final push is needed. The laws of balance must be upheld at all costs. You know equivalent exchange, do you not? In order to gain, something of equal value must be lost in compensation. Life for life, miracles for miracles. All I need is one final thing from you. How badly do you want them to awaken? Do you long for them so much that they're worth the lives of your future lineage?"

"They mean everything to me! EVERYTHING! I'd give anything for them to come back with me. Anything at all. They're all I could ever hope for. They're my purpose for living!"

"Then surely this would be of no consequence to you..."

Chanki hopped over to Lilly, the White Wolf continuing its barrage of warnings. Sometimes, it looked up at Lilly and whimpered at her as if pleading for her to turn down this costly bargain. Nothing good could come of it. However, its advice fell on deaf ears. Chanki, however, gave the wolf a passing sneer as he moved on up to Lilly's ear, standing on his hind legs to reach the height needed, and whispered the bargain to her. It was obvious what would happen next...

Lilly, in all her desperation, accepted the pact and headed out of the Hospital room just as evening was setting in. The White Wolf followed her, begging her to not go through with it, looking back at the stirring twins in their hospital beds as one of the began to sit up just as Lilly closed the door behind her. It was too late now. The deal was agreed, and the price had to be paid.

Kara next found herself in a room with young Lilly sitting next to the beds. That both the young twins were sleeping on beside Lilly Kara caught the signs of a small white wolf cub. And was reminded of the times she had seen the creature one time that popped into her mind was when she had revived Holly after she died. She next saw Chanki crawl out from under the covers of one of the beds before speaking to Lilly.

"He took advantage of her suffering to make the deal with her."

Kara knew of the deal that Lilly had made having seen the desk. Covered in all the dried blood back when she had visited the photo room with Lilly and the twins. But it had been Haley who had shown her the room did this mean that Kara would see what happened to Lilly. That was something she didn't want to go through at all.

"What about the wolf what's this got to do with anything?"

As Lilly left the room one of the twins started to wake up. Turning she looked over to see who was the first to wake up.

Kara puzzled over the curious canine that was following Lilly around and acting as her Guardian, but she couldn't place just what significance this creature might have at present so she, instead, turned her attention back to the beds to see who woke up first.

Strangely, in this particular memory, she couldn't tell the difference between either of the twins, despite how long she'd known them. Neither of them had any defining characteristics which were present in their waking forms. No evident dominant hand, no height differences, no personality traits. Nothing...

They were little more than shells of their former selves.

The first twin to awaken was the one in the bed closest to the door. It was far too soon for Chanki to have gone through with the pact, so it was likely he'd played upon Lilly's despair to claim her as one of his own. The powers he'd used had already taken effect, they just took a little longer than Lilly had hoped. She'd sacrificed her chance at having children for nothing. A foolish pact made by a foolish child.

Time moved on a few hours until it was dark outside. Both of the twins were now staring at one another from across their beds, looking a mixture of confused, wary and intrigued. The narration started up once more:

I was finally aware that I was not alone in this room, regardless of the fact the annoying crybaby of a child had parted ways with us. I looked upon my roommate, wondering why she was in this room with me. This was evidently a private room, as I could not see or hear any other children in this room with me, save for this stranger. Why was I holed up with a stranger? What link did she have to me, or the visitor to this room? Could we be somehow related? No, surely not.

Her gaze was soulless and blank, like she was nothing but a puppet without its master. I could not see my own appearance, so perhaps I, too, was as lifeless as this girl. Her vigil was unblinking, unchanging, and, somewhat unsettling. It was like she was staring, not at me, but into me, as if assessing what my innermost thoughts were. Could she hear what I was thinking now? That was just impossible.

She had a large gauze wrapped around her head and covering her right eye, with numerous bandages encasing what I could see of her body as well. I was likely in no better shape than her, but, somehow, I felt nothing. Surely there would have to be pain with that amount of covering used? Fear for what had happened and being left in an unknown place? Terror for not knowing what had caused such grievous wounds, and not knowing whether this would be the final moments they'd spend on this Earth? Neither myself nor this girl looked the least bit worried or pained. We both looked...

...lifeless...

She was as silent as the grave and I, too, had no wish to speak. I liked the silence. Silence breeds room for thought, thought breeds concepts, and concepts breed answers. Maybe I would understand everything if I just stayed quiet? Why was there a need to speak? She had no willingness to break the silence, so why should I?

I was not tired, since I had spent numerous months locked within my own mind, so I just lay there staring at this girl, with her doing the same to me. I could get used to this. I hope that visitor never comes back, lest she ruin this blissful quiet.

Kara still wished to know why she could see the canine here of all places. How could this creature be a memory of Haley's was she able to see it first before Lilly was. It was just really confusing right now and turned back to the beds. One twin woke up but Kara didn't know which one it was it could have either been Holly or Haley.

"What is the meaning to all this is Haley bitter at Lilly at everyone or is this all Chanki's doing?" she asked herself not knowing the answer.

Kara took a few steps closer to one of the beds and looked at the twin upon it.

"Do, you really hate the world this much do you really have all these negative feelings. Bottled up inside of you just waiting to be released. So that you can finally say and do all that you've longed to do?" Kara asked the twin knowing she wouldn't get any answer from them as this was a memory after all.

Kara watched on at the events that were transpiring in front of her, questioning the thoughts and feelings displayed by Haley, wanting them to be nothing more than a trick played by Chanki. Could the girl she loved really have hated her own sister that much?

She tried in vain to get the answer out of the girl herself, but it was a fruitless endeavour. The girl could not see or hear her, as she was nothing more than a memory playing out history. The scene began to fade out slowly, ushering in another segment of this moment of Haley's past.

The timeframe shifted over to the following morning. Lilly came in, expecting her sisters to have not yet awoken. However, when she saw them both sitting up and being checked over by a nurse, she couldn't hold back the feelings she'd kept bottled up inside for the past few months. Her eyes filled up with tears of delight as she rushed on over to both her sisters and hugged them as tight as she could, silently thanking whatever miracle maker had caused this to happen. All she'd been through now felt worth it. She was whole once more. But, when Daemons are involved, the good times never last...

Lilly tried to put into words what she was feeling, but her mind just failed her and all she did was sob incoherently, vaguely trying to form sentences but ultimately making nonsensical sounds. Neither of her sisters showed even the slightest sign of joy. They just sat there and let everything happen, ignoring the hugs and not returning the sense of pure joy that Lilly was feeling. Both of them put up with it for a few moments longer, until the twin to Lilly's left spoke out.

"Let go."

"Yes, let go. You're interrupting our check-up."

Both twins sounded as cold and emotionless as they looked. Lilly was at a loss for what to do. It had been nearly a quarter of a year since the trio had been together properly, and the twins acted like she didn't even matter at all.

"Y-you're joking, r-right? You're teasing me, aren't you? You can't really be like this?"

"Since when have I ever 'joked' with you? What does that even mean?"

"Joke - Something said or done to cause laughter, or a ridiculously inadequate person or object. The former is more fitting than the latter in this particular situation."

"Come on, stop playing with me."

These girls may have worn the faces of the people Lilly loved, but they were nothing like the girls she'd seen get crushed under a landslide. They were nothing more than soulless robots posing to be humans.

"Now then, if you please, wait outside until our check-up is done. The nurse will call you in."

"You will only get in the way if you stay in here, and I would prefer to be without your ceaseless bawling like a child."

Lilly's tears of joy were soon replaced by those of anguish once more as she rushed out of the room quicker than she had entered, crying all the way back through the hospital. Those weren't her sisters. Those weren't the loveable girls she had before.

Neither of the twins showed any remorse for the pain they had caused their own sister. Instead, they just turned to the nurse, whom was stunned in silence, and requested for the check-up to continue.

"Do not just sit there like a tasteless decoration. You are being paid to do a job, are you not? See it done."

"We would like to return to solitude and silence, and we cannot do that if you are in here forcing us to comply with your pointless examinations. We are all fully healed. We do not need further care."

"And so, the performance begins. What a wonderful tragedy this will turn out to be. On with the show, my dear tools."

Kara never got any sort of answer after memories couldn't speak to you. They were just bits and pieces of things that happened in the past. While she was already hurting rather emotionally what she was seeing was only making things worse for her. She didn't like the souless robot verison of Haley she liked the one who was full of energy, Who was wonderful to have around the girl who was always there for her when she had problems with Lilly or Holly. The one girl she had done rather lewd things with that was the Haley Kara liked.

"Then what am I dealing with now is this emotionless robot who you are now. And just putting on an act for those around you who is the real you TELL ME!" Kara screamed.

She next watched as Lilly came back into the room and was greeted by both girls. Who were now awake and sitting up while Lilly was glad to see them. They both didn't seem to care for her and instead sent her running out of the room in tears.

Kara couldn't handle this anymore while she needed. To stay and see the whole event play out she just couldn't deal with seeing Haley like this. Looking around she tried to find an exit from which she could leave this world and exit back into reality.

Kara couldn't take the display any more and screamed and shouted at the memories playing out before her, ordering for the fragments of history to explain themselves and their future selves. Of course, no response came. When Chanki got involved in the background, Kara just up and left. She didn't want to see any more of this.

Kara abandoned her quest for answers, ignoring the fact that it was a necessity if she wanted to see the deeper Worlds in Haley's Soulscape, and hastily returned to the waking world. A little over half an hour had passed, and Haley was still sleeping peacefully next to Kara. From her knowledge of Linking, she knew that she couldn't Link once more with Haley again until a few hours had passed. Her plans will have to wait.

While is had been a rather bad idea to just up and leave. The world like that Kara just couldn't handle it anymore all that had just recently happened to her got to her. Though she knew she should have finished this event to see what the truth behind it truly was. Kara chickened out not wanting to see anymore of the emotionaless Haley. All this really did was bring up many more questions that she didn't have answers to.

Waking back in the real world Kara saw it had been over half an hour. Since the linking took place and Haley was still sleeping next to her. Looking at her sleeping form Kara felt like just getting up and leaving. She was scared for her life she didn't know of what she saw Haley do to her in the throne room. Would happen here in the real world Kara she was shaking a little bit and tried to calm down.

Just wanting the day to end Kara tried to fall back asleep it took her a while. But she was able to do so and slept right next to her.

Throughout the rest of the night, Kara got little to no sleep as she constantly worried over whether what she saw the Lingering Phantasm of Haley do would come to pass in the real world. Could the girl she cared for really have it in her to do that? Was her innocence nothing more than an act to lull Kara into a false sense of Security? Even more so, who was the real Haley? Was it the Resentful one she saw in the Empire's Throne room, or the Soulless one she saw in the Hospital, which didn't even care for her own sisters? Or, perhaps, was the innocent, lovable girl she was sleeping next to the real Haley? Could a girl as dear as her really be hiding such a corrupt personality? She wasn't going to get any answers sitting around so, when the clock struck 4, she headed out to do some training, as she knew she would get no more sleep that evening.