So the reason this chapter took so long (well, in my standards, since most SYOCs are notorious for updating slow) is because of holidays. But, besides that, I had to choose how to introduce my characters. Some people really liked the one person introductions (since they are meant to be the start and basis of free time events) while some absolutely hated them. So I decided to go the middle road. I do not want to introduce as many characters as Forest of Despair, since the prologues are supposed to be different to show while they do take place in the same universe, they have a way different feel, so I decided to do three. Hope everybody likes this change. ^.^
Prologue 0-4: Shiro's Personal, Unwanted Harem
When I come to, I see that four women surround me. Two of them are Etsuko and Mei. Etsuko seems more interested in something else, while Mei shows some clean concern for my safety. The next girl is the cute girl with a manly voice from before. She is following in Mei's footsteps even though she is farther away from her. Lastly, there is a girl who seems to be of Caucasian decent, who is way too focused on her phone.
"Oh, lover boy finally woke up~" Etsuko cooes. Mei immediately jumps onto me, while the girl with the deep voice keeps her distance. The other one is still on her phone, sticking her tongue out. Her thumbs are pressing hard and quick on the screen.
"I would prefer you not calling me that-"
"Shiro, you're not dead! That makes me so happy!" Mei starts pressing her body against mine which causes me to push her off of me and stand up. She frowns, but quickly returns to what I presume is her usual self. "Oh, you haven't meet this lovely lady over here!"
"Hi," the girl says, still having the same voice. I extend my hand out to greet her, and the girl accepts after staring at it for a little bit.
Taking a deeper look at her, the first thing that pops out about her is her misty green eyes. They stand out against the backdrop of her black hair cut in the middle bob style with bangs added and her ivory skin. The girl is thin and relatively flat compared to the other girls around her. A brown leather sling bag hangs from her shoulders accompanied with a pale yellow cardigan. On the top of her head, there is a mint green beret that almost matches the color of her eyes. She also has on a blue necklace in a shape of a dream catcher. To finish her look the stranger has black shorts with pure white sneakers. The shoes themself seem to be either brand new or taken good care of.
"My name is Shiro Amari, the Ultimate Composer. May I ask who you are?"
"Hi...my name's Natsuki Sumeragi, but you might know me as Natsuking. Pleasure to meet you. I happen to be the Ultimate Voice Actor."
Natsuki "Natsuking" Sumeragi
Ultimate Voice Actor
"Voices? Is your deep voice one of them?" I ask her as she bowed to me. Natsuki seems to be a polite girl, even if a little timid. Knowing the type of people I work with, she must be popular.
"No, that's my natural voice...now this one isn't," Natsuki answers. Her new voice is one that more matches her outer appearance. It is high pitched, but not to the point of being annoying, and is more filled with confidence.
"Wow! That's so cool! I wish I could do that." Mei begins to pout while sulking in her own personal space.
"Oh? You liked that. It was just a voice I created for a character in a manga I read. If anime starts to be created again, I would love to do her voice." Now that I think about it, what roles does Natsuki get? She might be working for something like an underground agency. These days agencies like that are common due to the Committee's hatred for most things artistic. I wonder whether or not that is the case for Natsuki.
"I love this reaction! Oh, Natsuking, can I record your voice...for research purposes?" Before Natsuki could answer, Etsuko places her audio recorder near her mouth and presses play. "Voice actors are indeed rare these days due to the Committee. I wonder how you got into their good graces."
Seeing this as my chance of escape, I might a break for it. I will have to apogolize is some way to Natsuki later. There is that other girl, but I do not see her anywhere either. That is until I look down the hall, where she is walking away, still looking down on her phone. Guess that even space now has wifi. It does not take me long to catch up to her. Before I could introduce myself, however, I notice the girl enter one of the doors, where I follow her in.
Inside, I see that it is a warehouse of some kind. The girl goes into one of the corners with her putting her phone the highest she can. Other than her, the only other thing in this room are shelves. Shelves and shelves filled to the brim with seemingly pointless things. I will have to investigate this room more some other time, but I think I am severly pissing off Monokuma by not following his directions.
"Hello there, my name is Shiro Amari-" I am cut off by the sound of something falling from one of the top shelves, a car generator. There is no time asking why a car generator of all things is up there because the random girl is in the direct path of it. She looks up and stays where she is, returning to whatever game she was playing earlier. Before I could reach her, the generator fell right next to her.
"Shiro Amari? Ultimate Composer, huh? TTYL I'm busy." She does not seem fazed by the fact she just had a near death experience.
"Yes?" The girl must have heard my conversation with Natsuki. Makes sense because she was nearby. "Can I please have your name?"
"KK, I'll talk to you. Promise not to freak out. I'm Emilynn McKay. Now can you Committee people back off? I'm busy." Emilynn not once faces me during our whole conversation. This girl is either rude or knows nothing about social skills. Or both.
She is a McKay as well. The Committee hates her family and spreads all sort of rumors to make others shun them. For what reason? I do not know, nor do many others. All that is known is that the McKay family decided to stand up against the Committee and paid the price. Maybe that is the reason why she is so withdrawn. It is definietely the reason for that Committee comment earlier.
Emilynn herself has dirty blonde, wavy hair that only goes a couple inches pass her shoulders. Her skin is fair and eyes hazel. She has on a hoodie with white drawstrings and some sort of red and white ball on the front. The bottom of her hoodie exposes her blue and white striped shirt. To add on to her look, Emilynn has grey sweats that are wrinkled. Her sneakers are black except for the soles, which are white and slightly dirty. There is also a black laptop bag.
"Excuse me, Emilynn, but can I ask what your Ultimate is?" From her outfit, I would except something like a gamer, yet Mei is also in this class. Though she might be a different kind of gamer, like Ultimate RPG Player. I truly do not know that much about video games however.
"Get ready to have your mind blown! Drum roll please! I'm the Ultimate Lucky Student. Dun dun dun."
Emilynn McKay
Ultimate Lucky Student
For a second, I could not believe what I am hearing. Another luck-based talent? The Committee does not like repeating talents, and, due to living near the head of research, Kotori Hiraoka, while she was still alive, I know she and many high-ranking officals were against the idea of another student like Emilynn. Her talent intrigues me. And, to top it off, Emilynn is also a part of the McKay family. What in the world is going on here? The Committee is onto something, the only question is what. Because I highly doubt that the Committee is in charge of whatever is happening here, since that would make them look bad after the class before most of the people here mysteriously disappeared. I highly doubt somebody would be stupid enough to think something like that would work, but we are also seemingly in space.
"Deep in thought? I guess you're...lost in thought all alone," Emilynn laughs. "What did you think it would be? Simple and clean?"
"What?"
"Just like I thought, whatevs. I'm gonna be by myself...crawling in my skin, these wounds will never heal." Just like that, another random car generator falls down, almost crushing Emilynn. She does not flinch.
"Um..." The door opens again, revealing another girl. At this point, I am scared of the possible outcome that all of my underclassmen might be girls. How many times do I have to tell people that I am a man? I guess it is too late to do anything, and becoming upset will only make the situation worse.
"My name is Shiro Amari, Ultimate Composer, what is yours?" I look over to Emilynn, who is too busy still playing whatever game she is trying to beat on her phone. She probably does not realize that this other girl is even in the room.
The new girl is biting on her lip while playing with the cuffs of her sleeves. With how hard she is pressing down, there are probably marks left behind. She is looking somewhere in the distance, even though there is nothing that interesting about this room other than falling car generators. Now that I think about it, since we are in space, why are there car generators in here in the first place? Perhaps this room was used for something else. Maybe all the materials were moved here from somewhere else or something like that.
"Ah, I'm, uh, Ichiko Miyashita. The Ultimate, Uh...Um... Ultimate...Historian?"
Ichiko Miyashita
Ultimate Historian
Ichiko's skin is noticably pink, as if it is sunburnt. There are several freckles littered underneath her blue eyes that make her almost look fishlike. Her slightly larger than average nose is the nesting grounds for her oval shaped blue-tinted glasses. She is about average thickness, not being too skinny or too overweight. The most noticeable thing for Ichiko is her long, ginger hair, held together in a plaited braid. There are little strands of hair sticking out, since the plait itself does not seem professional. It seems as if it is something a father does for his daughter.
Her white, button-up shirt is oversized, with her cuffs being undone and covering most of her hands. Most of the buttons are buttoned up except the ones on the end, revealing some of her stomach. Ichiko's black skirt is mostly covered up by her shirt. Black stockings cover most of her legs. However, now that I am looking closer, it is clear that Ichiko is not wearing any shoes. It is good that we are in an orderly spaceship other than someplace like a forest, otherwise she would be in a world of pain right now. And, like the other girls I have meet after I woke up, Ichiko has a bag. Her bag, being a backpack, is rather large and puke green in color. One of the sleeves, the right one, is completely worn while the left one is struggling to stay alive. Inside the backpack, since it is unzipped, there are tons of papers.
"I need to go...It's just, it's too bright in here."
"Just wait for a second, that girl is over is a McKay. She is also the Ultimate Lucky Student," I inform her. "That is Emilynn McKay, who I guess is the child of Lance and Jennifer McKay."
"Oh..." Ichiko then starts slowly inching towards the girl. With every step, one of her papers fall out. I grab onto all of them, and I see that they are all about different historical events. There are ones about the Stonewall Riots, the Rwanda Genocide, and more. She really is the Ultimate Historian to have this enough of detailed notes.
"Hm, Ultimate Historian. Here's my favorite event in history." Emilynn stops her game for a second to grab something out of her bag. It is something that has the name The Bee Movie. "I got a lot of these, so analyze it all you like." She then leaves the room, perhaps wanting a place that is more quiet. Or has better space wifi connection. "Oh, here comes the plot."
"Shiro! There you are! You need to come quick!" Asuka comes into the room next. Although she had been running, Asuka is not out of breath. "Something's happening! The other girls can come too." She grabs onto my hand and starts dragging me in the direction of where she had been investigating by herself.
And there's the new chapter. ^.^ Hope this is to everybody's liking. Since, you know, the prologue is basically chapter one guys. The real chapter one daily life is extremely short. Just a heads up.
Also, I've something brewing up for Christmas. You guys are gonna call me crazy...that's because I am. :P Starting now, I'm gonna to update my stories like crazy again. Mostly because I'm only doing college part time next semester and only act in small extra roles.
Now reviews~
Harukawa Ayame-You know what other red-haired girl said saluations as her greeting and was best girl? ;) It is a good trait. Kazu is safe guys, totally not six feet under. Right, Aya-Izumi-Chan-Chan? You thought the floors and doors are the only source of pain? WRONG! Maybe. :P
VioElcina-Thanks. ^.^ Shiro is like...I don't want a harem.
Notadeadguy-Ask and I shall receive. Thanks for the feedback.
Scissor-Snipper-Here's some more speed. Thanks.
TheRoseShadow21-Etsuko is our odd duck, that's for sure. Just imagine if you put Emilynn and Asuka in the mix too. And then imagine Akita, Hotaru, Cassius, MIRABILIS! Don't do Mirabilis. Thanks. :D
KananMari-Etsuko is Etsuko, let's leave it at that. Totally not your character. Tottalllyyy not. Thanks. ^.^
tobi-is-an-artist-too-Here's your little dork, Etsuko. Let's not pair her up with your other dork Cassius. An unwanted harem is SSSPPAAACCCEEE! Thanks. Hope you feel better from that cold.