Okay, let's try this again. Annoyingly my original authors note got deleted. So, I'm understandably not happy about having to rewrite it. You get a shitty, more condensed version, dont blame me guys, blame whatever God you wish. Their fault, not mine. They didn't want you to have the original authors note. Point is, I watched Anohana, it was good. The climax starts in this chapter. A lot of bad shit is about to happen, stick with me guys, glimmers and hope and all that. Enjoy!
-Aftermath-
"… That's so sweet…" Violet said, with a giggle, and glassy eyes. She had just finished a dating simulator, she was smiling happily at the outcome. "I got the best end, I got the best end." Violet chanted happily in her desk chair, as she swiveled back and forth at her computer.
"Violet? What are you doing?" Kya asked, sounding fully awake, though she had only got up just recently. Violet turned to her girlfriend and smiled happily. Basically exploding from her chair, and tackling Kya into a hug, needless to say, it surprised the Guardian at the sheer enthusiasm, and energy the blonde had.
"You're awake! Oh my god, I haven't hugged you in so long! I missed you so much! I've got so much to tell you! I'm so happy!" Violet squealed like a little school girl, Kya just stayed silent, and pat Violet's back several times.
"That I am. Neither have I. So did I. I cant wait to hear it. And me too." Kya answered everything Violet had said in order, Violet squealed again, and pulled back, looking at her girlfriend, before she lunged forward and kissed Kya.
"I missed you so…" Violet kissed Kya once again. "So, so, so much!" Violet said, Kya smiled at her, noticing Violet's attire for the first time, the blonde was wearing a baggy t-shirt… And when Kya's fingers probed downward, nothing else. Violet smirked at her in a sultry way.
"Feeling lucky Violet?" Kya asked, Violet giggled simply at her, as Kya shifted them so she was on top of Violet, and kissing the blonde happily. The two continued to make out for several more minutes, things were getting rather heated before someone from the door cleared their throat rather loudly, making both girls look to the door.
"You two having fun?" Toni growled out, Violet struggled to find a response to her mom, while Kya just looked uncomfortable. She obviously wasn't going to say anything. Kelsi appeared behind her, looking at the situation with a small smile, before she placed a hand on Toni's back.
"Give them a break Love. Kya, it's good to see you again." Kelsi said cheerfully, Kya just cleared her throat rather uncomfortably, and pushed herself off of Violet, straightening out her shirt, and making sure they couldn't see her panties. Violet however hadn't moved an inch.
"Um… Yeah, it's good to be back, um… Mrs. Hart…" Kya said, receiving a glare from Kelsi.
"I told you to call me Kelsi." Kelsi replied in a dangerous tone, Kya just nodded simply.
"Right Kelsi… Sorry. This is very um… awkward for me, and Violet… And you two, I should probably…" Kya said, as she began to leave, Toni held up her hand to stop her, and Kya obediently stayed where she was.
"You can stay, just know we're just outside the room. Keep it PG, got it?" Toni asked, Kya nodded simply.
"Yes, thank you Mrs. Hart." Kya said politely, as the two women left. Kelsi poked Toni in the side, making her laugh, before she turned to glare at her wife. Once they were gone, Kya got up, and shut the door. Violet sighed, and moved back to her computer, Kya went over to look over her shoulder.
"I got the Best Ending." Violet said, in a proud voice, Kya merely nodded, as she examined the screen.
"What is this?" Kya asked, Violet smiled.
"It's a Dating Sim." Violet told her, Kya glared at Violet.
"Dating Sim? Does this count as cheating on me?" Kya asked, Violet shook her head.
"No. It's a game, you should totally play it! It's really good actually." Violet said, before she got up from the chair, and the game reset to the title screen. Kya just looked at it, and hummed before she sat down. "Just hit start, and don't save over my stuff okay?"
"Um… Okay… So all I have to do is click stuff? This isn't like that other game where you kill zombies?"
"Nope, no Zombies in this one. All you have to is click and read, it's simple. I need to get dressed so have at it." Violet said simply, Kya just hummed simply, as she examined the screen.
"So, who am I dating exactly? That girl?" Kya asked, pointing to one of the girls on the screen. Violet shook her head.
"Nope. No girls to date in this one. Just guys."
"But I want to date a girl."
"Well, you cant."
"This game is stupid, it's so unrealistic, I wanna date that girl." Kya said indignantly, Violet laughed.
"That girl is your best friend, the other is you. The guys are cute though, give them a chance." Violet said, Kya huffed, and glared at the screen, as she hit start on the game.
"The girl is cute though…" Kya said, as she popped up on the screen, Violet smiled, and nodded.
"Anyway what do you want to do today?" Violet asked, Kya shrugged, with a small frown on her face.
"What do you want to do?" Kya asked the blonde, who shrugged.
"Well, you need to experience that, but tomorrow I have a plan at school, training." Violet said, surprising Kya, she turned to look at the blonde, who was currently pulling on a skirt.
"Really? What sort of training?" Kya asked, Violet smiled.
"I was planning on training with Seilo first. He has that teleporting thing, and Tanner said I could learn it with ease. Other than that, I don't know." Violet admitted. She was never good at planning things out. Often times, her impulses dictated her life.
"I'm glad." Kya said simply, before she turned back to the screen, worry etched into her face once again, as she pondered Tanners words for the millionth time it seemed.
-Aftermath- Back of the Tavern, Port Royal- The Previous Night-
"Ready?" Emma asked, Ruby smiled, and nodded. She grabbed one of her swords from behind her with her left hand, another one being summoned in it's place. The man in black smirked for a second.
"What are your names?" Ruby asked. "It's impolite to not know this before starting a fight. My name is Ruby." The man in black smirked at her.
"My name is Mark." Ruby hummed as the man in black said his name, it seemed a bit… Too normal for the situation.
"Zane." The man in white supplied his own name, Ruby nodded simply, with a smile, she recognized those names. They seemed familiar to her from their attire. Both had a stitching of a black dagger, through a bright white skull.
"Desolate Brotherhood huh?" Ruby asked, Mark glared at her, how did this little girl know that?
"How do you know that girlie, who are you?" Mark asked, Ruby smirked.
"You don't know me, but you know my father. Zack Keire." Ruby told them, making both men recoil, and give each other a look.
"Well… Shit." Zane said simply, Victoria smiled, as she rushed the men, Emma behind her. Mark slashed at Victoria with his scythe, making her duck under it, Emma flipped up into the air, and pulled the trigger on her katana, launching her at Mark. Zane glared at her, and swung his scythe at her, it was blocked by several swords of Lights, compliments of Ruby.
"Too slow!" Mark yelled, as he gripped Emma's katana simply, stopping it, her body however kept moving, and brought his knee up, hitting her right in the stomach, knocking the wind out of her, from the sheer force of the blow. Victoria slammed her Keyblade into his knee, making him scream in pain, and throw Emma, the girl flew through the air, heading for Ruby, the redhead caught her with a grunt.
"You okay?" Ruby asked, with a worried look on her face, she didn't want anyone hurt, Emma weakly smiled at her, and stood back on her feet, summoning her Katana once again.
"I'm good, thanks for that, and blocking those attacks." Emma said, Ruby nodded simply, glaring at Zane, who was charging at Nae.
"No problem. You help Victoria with Mark, I'll help Nae." Ruby said, before she ran off, throwing some swords to battle Zane, until she stopped next to Nae, who looked uncomfortable with this situation.
"I don't like this…" Nae said, Ruby nodded, as Zane broke through the swords, and rushed at them faster, Ruby summoning two more swords to replace her lose ones.
"Neither do I, but don't worry, I wont let you get hurt, okay? Trust me." Ruby said, confidently. She had been training with Arthur quite a bit, but before that, she had learned everything from her father, meaning simply that she knew a great deal about fighting.
"O-okay…" Nae stuttered out, a bit shocked by the conviction behind Ruby's words. The two hadn't even looked at each other before this, so it was a bit alarming to her that someone would care so much already.
"I'm going to kill you girl." Zane said, as he slammed his scythe into Ruby's blades, she glared at him, and rushed him, Nae followed behind her, ready to fight.
"Good luck!" Ruby sang, as she swung the sword she was holding at him, he pulled back to block with his scythe, as he did so, two of Ruby's blades slammed into his sides, knocking him off balance. The only true sword was in Ruby's hand, the others were simply made to stun, and damage people, using sheer blunt force.
"You are getting annoying…" Zane muttered, as he grabbed one of the blades that hit him, and crushed it in his hands. A replacement materialized behind Ruby in a manner of seconds. He glared at her, looking to Mark, who was struggling with the duo of Victoria, and Emma. "Mark! Time to switch!"
"Nope! I'm not fighting Keire's kid, that sounds too scary for me. You take care of her." Mark said, Zane glared at him.
"You're an asshole!" Zane yelled at him, as he blocked a swing from Nae's blade, he noticed it, and gulped. Why did she have something like that. "That's… Uh, Mark, we got a problem here!" Zane yelled, before he jumped back, and went back to back with Mark.
"What is it… Oh, shit!" Mark said, as he looked where Zane was pointing, it was No-Name. A blade once used by the old trio that assisted in defeating Xehanort. "Why does she have that?"
"Fuck if I know! I don't like this anymore, should we just quit?" Zane asked, Mark nodded.
"Yes. Let's just do that. The Keire kid is one thing, but I'm not fighting against anyone with that blade. Let's just honor our deal." Mark said, looking to Victoria who glared at them. "You guys win, we forfeit."
"That was rather unsatisfying." Victoria said with a pout. She was honestly hoping for Nae, and Ruby to die here to save her the trouble, and it would hurt Violet.
"Yeah, whatever. A deal's a deal. We'll be there when you need us Victoria." Zane said simply, holding out his hand, and summoning a Corridor of Light. "Whatever job you got, it better be worth the nightmares." He said before walking through the portal, Mark saluted, and followed him. Victoria, and Emma turned to Nae, and Ruby.
"Why were they so afraid of that blade?" Emma asked, Ruby frowned simply.
"It's one of Xehanort's…" Ruby said simply, also noticeably uncomfortable with being so close to the blade. She subtly moved closer to Emma, to be away from it, Nae frowned.
"I… don't know why t-this chose me…" Nae said, looking down to avoid everyone's eyes, Victoria hummed.
"A lot of Xehanort's possessions got split up, they chose new owners, like most Key-Chains did." Victoria told them, before she summoned a Dark Corridor. "It doesn't matter, I got what I needed. Let's go back, you'll get your journal back, Nae."
"T-thank you…" Nae said, Victoria ignored her simply, and left. Emma, looked to Nae and smiled, gesturing to the portal. Nae smiled, and walked into the portal, Emma then looked to Ruby.
"What?" Ruby asked, Emma shrugged.
"Nothing Ruby, let's get going." Emma said, Ruby nodded, and the two walked into the portal. "Thanks for having my back um… back there." Emma said, with a smile, Ruby giggled a bit.
"Yeah, it was no problem. So, what are you going to talk to Victoria about, if you don't mind me asking?" Ruby asked, Emma hummed, and looked forward to the girl, a grim look coming to her face.
"I… wanted to talk to her about… Leaving the Children of Darkness…" Emma said, Ruby looked at her.
"Why?"
"I don't know… I still don't want to use Light, but… I feel rather uncomfortable around them now. I only have one more year in Apex after this, and I don't want to spend it fighting against people who are most likely good people."
"So, you're just following after Violet?" Ruby asked, Emma shrugged.
"I don't know." Emma answered honestly, looking a bit lost, Ruby hummed.
"Well, I hope everything goes well for you. Maybe we could hang out sometime, I thought you were a bitch, because you hurt Violet, but you're actually okay…" Ruby said, Emma smiled a bit as her words.
"Yeah… I really fucked up… but, everything is okay with us now. Well, not okay, but tolerable. We used to be together every day… She used to come to my house crying over the day she had. We would sit out on the porch for hours, and talk to it out… I miss her, but I've fucked everything up."
"Yeah, well… I never had a chance to begin with." Ruby muttered, looking around the Realm of Darkness, laughing lowly. "This place is like my love life, empty." Ruby said, Emma laughed a bit.
"I know the feeling girl." Emma said, Ruby smiled at her, before looking forwards to Nae, she seemed to be looking around fascinated with this place. She wanted to research it more.
"Okay people. We're here…" Victoria said, opening a portal, and stepping through the portal, Nae followed her, and Emma and Ruby after her.
"Okay, here's your journal Nae. Take it and get lost." Victoria said, the group was standing by the Fountain in Golde Park. Victoria held out her hand, and used Darkness to summon the journal.
"Thank you… P-please stay away from me from now on…" Nae said, Victoria waved dismissively.
"Whatever. Emma what did you want to talk about?" Victoria asked, Emma looked visibly uncomfortable with the way Victoria had summarily dismissed Nae, and the blackmail she used to get the girl to help in the first place.
"I don't feel comfortable being apart of the Children of Darkness anymore… And I don't want to be your friend either, you're a mean person." Emma said, Ruby smiled a bit, while Nae and Victoria were both surprised by Emma's words.
"I'm a mean person? You sound like a fucking child. You sound like Violet." Victoria said bitterly. All that girl did was ruin things for her, she needed to make her pay.
"Maybe, I just know that you've become an unbearable bitch over these last few months." Emma spat out, Victoria glared at her.
"Those are dangerous words Emma."
"Apparently not as dangerous as a psycho who blackmails people." Ruby chimed in, Nae looked to them.
"What you did to Nae is horrible, but, it's nothing compared to what you put Violet through." Emma said, Victoria glared at her.
"I hate that name… You three better watch it, you're lucky I've got a meeting, or I would punish you all…" Victoria said, before she turned and stormed off, opening a Corridor of Darkness. "If you think what I did to Violet earlier was bad, you just wait…" Victoria muttered to herself bitterly, before she walked through the portal.
"Thank you… F-for helping." Nae said, Ruby smiled warmly at her.
"It's not a problem, I'm glad we did, you should hang out with me and Arthur sometime, it could be fun." Ruby said happily, Nae looked rather uncomfortable with the idea, and shrugged.
"I'm good… But thank you. Maybe I'll see you at school?" Nae asked, Emma smiled, and nodded.
"Sure. Maybe at lunch… I wont be able to sit at my usual table so…"
"You could join us?" Ruby asked, Emma shrugged, and Nae looked uncomfortable.
"I don't think Violet would like that." Emma said honestly, Ruby shrugged.
"To be honest, Violet doesn't care who sits there. She's even considered having you sit there before anyway, but then she got… distracted." Ruby said, recalling the time when Violet looked off towards Emma in the line, before Kya sat down, and captured Violet's attention.
"Yeah… That's another reason I don't want to be there. That used to be me, but I fucked that up." Emma said, and Nae flinched a bit at her curse.
"I'll see you two around then…" Nae said, before she walked away, clutching her journal close to her chest, with both arms. As if it would vanish if her grip loosened just a bit. Ruby hummed, and turned back to Emma.
"I'll see you around Emma." Ruby said, Emma nodded.
"See you around Ruby." Emma said, waving with a smile, as she walked away. Ruby waved back at her with a slight smile on her face.
-Aftermath- Hart Residence- Present Day-
"I wanna date her too, she's so fucking cute, but… Sadly her route is not a thing." Violet said, Kya glared at the screen.
"Well… At least the guy is nice… Still wanna date the girl…" Kya muttered bitterly, Violet laughed a bit at her. She hadn't stopped complaining about dating the girl, and after seeing their relationship in the story, she was even more convinced.
"Their relationship is the best in the game. They get along the best, and compliment each other's personalities the best, they are objectively the best couple in the game." Kya said, making Violet giggle at her.
"You are surprisingly passionate about this. I'm glad you like the game so much." Violet said, making Kya blush, and shake her head.
"I… don't… Its just… their actions are highly illogical." Kya said, trying to cover for herself, Violet smiled at her.
"You care! Meaning you like it! It's like me and you!" Violet said, Kya merely sighed, with a smile.
"Yeah, just like us." Kya said wistfully, Violet gave her a look, with a raised eyebrow.
"You sound kinda sad…" Violet pointed out, Kya shook her head, with a convincing grin.
"I'm not. Don't worry about me Violet." Kya told her, in a very convincing tone, Violet accepted it, with a simple nod. She believed Kya, she had no reason to question her further, she sounded sincere, and Kya never hid her anger for Violet, or her worry.
"Okay… So, hey, there's this ice cream place that opened up a few days ago, I went there with Damon, and Jesse, but it's really good… You wanna go?" Violet asked, Kya smiled, and saved the game.
"Sure. Let's go… I want to finish this later though." Kya said, as she stood up, and pointed at the screen. Violet nodded, as Kya looked around. "I also need to get dressed." Kya said, Violet nodded simply, and smiled at her.
-Aftermath- Tanner-&-Miranda's Apartment-
"Hey, Tanner, you back? Just in time for them to show up, what a coincidence, am I right?" Miranda asked, Tanner smiled a bit at her as the portal closed behind him. He walked over to where Miranda was sitting on the couch, and sat down, before he laid down, placing his head in her lap, he looked absolutely exhausted.
"Yeah…" Was Tanner's only response. He had been running around for several days setting various things, and people in place. He was completely worn out, Miranda frowned at him, and ran her fingers through his hair.
"I'm sorry bro… I know it's hard on you… Ha, hard, like you when you think about a hot guy." Miranda said, hoping to ease the tension, Tanner smiled slightly.
"I'm tired Miranda… You mind if I take a nap? Yuri will be by in a few minutes, also Roseanna is coming over… Make sure they get along." Tanner rambled off, and before Miranda could answer, he was out like a light. She frowned at him, this was by far the hardest job they had taken in years. Tanner was jumping from place to place, making sure everyone did things at specific times. One thing going wrong could screw everything up, and he didn't want that, this needed to happen as the Book of Prophecies foretold.
"Miranda?" Yuri asked, as he walked through a Corridor of Light, that had appeared just moments before, it closed behind him. Miranda smirked at him.
"Hey there Yuri. Sorry, Tanner wanted to talk to you about some things, but he's asleep, so that's my job now… Please hear me out through?" Miranda asked, she was serious, and that was something that never happened. "I can be serious…" Miranda muttered bitterly, in a low tone of voice to keep Yuri from hearing.
"What is it?" Yuri asked, as the door to the apartment opened, and Roseanna walked in. The replica scanned the room, and frowned a bit. Yuri was glaring at her. "I'm guessing she's involved."
"Yeah… You two need to bond… Listen, you should be happy you have another chance with someone you love. Me, and Tanner were never that lucky. We're always moving from one place to another, outliving our friends… To see you squabble that chance… Frankly it's shitty of you to not give her a chance." Miranda told him, Yuri just glared at her. Roseanna timidly made her way next to Yuri.
"You don't understand. This isn't my friend, this is a cheap imitation of her. Created by those just to get at me, she is apart of their plan, I just know it." Yuri said, Miranda let out a sigh.
"Listen Yuri… Regardless, I know how it feels to lose a best friend. I would give anything to have my previous friends back in my life, but that wont happen. This girl is everything Roseanna was, the only difference is, is that she's a replica. She has Roseanna's memories, her feelings, everything about her is the same. So stop being an asshole and talk to your best friend again." Miranda told him, her voice enraged, but calm, and quiet, making sure she didn't wake Tanner.
"It's fine…" Roseanna said, with tears in her eyes, Yuri frowned and opened up a Corridor of Light, before he looked to Roseanna.
"Come on… Roseanna, let's talk." Yuri said, his voice even, and quiet, as he thought over Miranda's words. She never took a thing serious, and the fact that she actually got mad at him, was enough to convince him to try. Yuri walked inside, Roseanna followed him, Miranda let out a sigh, and frowned as the portal closed.
"Sorry…" Miranda muttered simply, staring at where the portal used to be for a few seconds, before she looked back down at her brother, and smiled. Everything would be okay if they stayed together. "Damn right it will."
-Aftermath- Play Island, Destiny Islands-
"Why here?" Roseanna asked him, Yuri shrugged, as he stared at the sunset. A frown firmly planted on his face, as Roseanna walked up next to him.
"I always wanted to bring Roseanna here…" He answered, looking out over the crystal clear water, sparkling in the sunset. "I never got the chance so… I figured, I could do that now…" Yuri said, before he looked at her, with a slim smile on his face. Roseanna smiled at him.
"That's actually really sweet Yuri. What happened to you to make you such a softie?" Roseanna asked, Yuri hummed.
"I finally met Violet. She helped me. I didn't spend a whole lot of time with her, but, the time I did really helped me. I gave the necklace back." He told her, Roseanna smiled.
"I'm glad. She's important to you. You were that to me, you helped me heal, and now you're giving me… A replica of your friend a chance." Roseanna said, Yuri examined her.
"You're not anything less because you're a replica… It doesn't matter where you came from, you're still the same as I remember you, so… You're okay in my book. There are a few things I want you to see though, come on." Yuri said, a smile on his face. Roseanna smiled at him, tears coming to her eyes.
"It means so much that you accept me Yuri… Let's go." She said, he laughed a bit, and walked off, she followed after him with a big smile.
-Aftermath- Iris' Ice Cream, Virtuoso City- An hour or so later-
"Ice cream is so fucking good Kya…" Violet said happily, Kya hummed, the two were sitting outside the store, sitting in a few chairs, eating their ice cream.
"That it is. Though, I'll admit, I've not had it very much." Kya told her, Violet hummed.
"Well, that sucks. For you, not me. I've had ice cream my whole life. I love it." Violet said, Kya smiled at her, and leaned back in her chair. Violet smiled, and got up, causing Kya to look at her.
"Something wrong?" Kya asked, Violet shook her head, and finished eating the ice cream cone.
"Nope. Gonna get another though, you want one?" Violet asked, Kya shook her head, and Violet smiled, walking back into the restaurant.
"Need anything else?" Iris Amicitia, the namesake of the restaurant asked with a smile. She had a smile on her face, her short brown hair reminding Violet that she needed to cut her hair again soon. She was new to the world, and friends with Cidney down at her Gummi Garage.
"Yes please. I would like an Oreo shake. Those seem good enough, large please." Violet said, Iris smiled, giggling a bit as she set up the order.
"Large huh? You seem a bit small for that, but then, so am I." Iris said, Violet blushed a bit, and smiled at her.
"I noticed. But no, my metabolism works extremely fast, so I can eat practically anything and be fine, size wise. You do have a nice figure though… I should probably stop talking or my girlfriend will actually kill me." Violet said, Iris giggled a bit, and blushed.
"I'm flattered. But that will be 5,000 Munny please." Iris said, Violet smiled, and handed over her card. Iris swiped it, before she handed it back to Violet, who smiled at her. "I'll have it ready in no time…" Iris stopped she hadn't learned Violet's name yet.
"Violet. Violet Alexandria Hart." Violet told her, Iris smiled at her, and nodded, before she went to make the shake. The sound of a portal opening distracted the blonde, and she turned to see a Dark Corridor in the restaurant. "What the…" Violet muttered, as she grabbed Oathkeeper from her belt, preparing to summon her Keyblade.
"It's over Violet." Victoria's voice came from the portal, Violet glared at it, before Victoria rushed out from it, Violet summoned Oathkeeper, but by the time she did, Victoria was already too close to her, Violet felt a sharp prick on her neck, and Oathkeeper vanished, the Key-Chain falling to the ground, Victoria's knee connected with Violet's stomach, which hurt way more than it should've. She was completely sapped of her magic from the toxin. She hadn't noticed the small tendril of Darkness that extended from Victoria's finger.
"Violet!" Kya yelled as she burst through the door, Violet coughed, and Victoria grabbed her by the neck, jumping into the Corridor of Darkness, it vanished just as Kya jumped for it.
"What was that?" Iris asked, as she rushed out from the back, she noticed Kya on the ground. Kya looked over at Oathkeeper and grabbed it, shaking her head.
"I failed… I'm gonna fucking kill her!" Kya said with a scary amount of conviction. She pushed herself up, and stormed out of the restaurant. Gripping Oathkeeper's Key-Chain in her hand so tightly that it hurt. She had to get to Tanner, he didn't mention anything about this. She was going to kill him for not mentioning this to her, then she was going to get her girlfriend back.
-Aftermath-
So, this chapter took quite the unexpected rewrite, as I was writing it. So, originally Violet and Kya were going to get into a… Just a horrible fight, about the future, and their future together. But, that got scrapped actually… I don't have a reason other than, I just wanted to write something nice, instead of them having this fight. The main reason they were going to fight, is so that Kya could blame herself for Violet getting taken, that was always the same, it just happened in a different way here.
So, Kya still blames herself for what happened to Violet, so technically nothing much has changed, but I don't know. I just didn't want to write them fighting, Kya just got back, and… Well, I finished Asagao Academy, which is the very same Dating Sim Violet and Kya play. I don't ever mention it in the chapter I don't think… I don't know why, I just didn't. It's actually very good, and well written. I have nothing but praise for it, despite the fact that it's a Dating Sim, and you have to date guys... Guys who I watch on Youtube no less, but hey, fuck it right? Anyway, shit is happening, none of it good. I will give a tiny spoiler, you wont see Violet in the next chapter. It will focus on the Complex, and Zack. The chapter after that will refocus on Violet, but this chapter, and the next chapter actually take place at the same time, it's almost as if it's a whole coordinated thing.