Sakaki's hallucinatory manias are such interesting things to study.

Twisted 3: The Art of Getting Stuck

What a day. I don't know what is worse. Yukari-sensei as a teacher, or spending eight hours a day away from my comfortable room.

It does give me the opportunity to meet my friends, of course, but at the same time nothing quite beats hugging my stuffed animals and fantasising over the pictures in my Hello Kitty magazines.

Some days thinking of those are the only things that get me through a school day.

Just even bringing to mind kitties lying on blankets and cutely wrestling with each other in little bassenets makes me aroused beyond belief.

Drooooool.

In fact, I think checking out those magazines today would not be such a bad idea actually.

Time to pick up pace…

Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop. Hop. Little kitties, here I come…

"Yo!"

"WAUGH!"

Oh my heart! Lower thyself from my throat.

I know that voice.

Turning around. Yes. As suspected. I was right.

In all his yellow glory: Chiyo-chan's Father.

What could he want from me now so suddenly? In the middle of the day, too?

"You were startled?"

"Mmm… Y-yes. A… a little."

"Human females often are easily scared."

That probably is true.

"Fancy seeing you here, Chiyo's Tall Friend. I was on my way to meet the sorbet people who want to make strawberry sorbet. They must be stopped."

"Oh…?"

"The red will be a disaster of apocalyptic proportions if allowed to go on!" *rumble, rumble*

"I… I see…"

"That is why I have the magical 5 yen as foretold of in the Legend of the Suggestion Box between my spaghetti hands."

"…"

"Now I must go to do battle. Farewell, Chiyo's Tall Friend."

He starts moving past me, but as he is about to pass me he brushes against my arm and drops the coin.

"Oops."

It rolls under a car that's parked at the side of the street.

"How unfortunate. This was most unexpected of an occurrence."

"Umm… yes. I… suppose it was."

"You must now fetch the magical 5 yen for me."

"M-me?"

"This is your fault as you were standing on the same street as I was passing by, Chiyo's Tall Friend. And my spaghetti arms do not reach under the infernal machine."

"Oh…"

"You must go under the infernal machine, and find the magical 5 yen as foretold in the Legend of the Suggestion Box. Otherwise your brain will turn into a jelly bean." *rumble, rumble*

"I… I understand!"

Thus, as I have no other choice, I crawl under the car. It is tight, but I manage to squeeze myself.

Ugh… ugh… ummhh… Now where's the coin? It's so tight that I can't turn to see. In fact, it is so tight I can… I can't… Oh sh-- In fact I can't turn at all. Ummhh… nor can I go back, either. Oh no! I'm… I'm stuck!

"Umm… Chiyo's Father? I… I seem to be stuck. C-could you… possibly help me out? Chiyo's Father? Are you there?"

No response. In fact, no movement at all. Did… did he leave me? Oh no. Now what do I do?

"Help! Help! Somebody! Please!"

Agh. It's no use.

Ooh… This is bad. No… no, somebody must come through here at some point. They'll help me out… I'm sure.

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15 MINUTES LATER

Where have everybody gone? Have the sorbet people succeeded in making Tokyo a ghost town? And of course, if that is the case, that is all my fault.

And here I am. Still stuck under the infernal machine. Sigh… This is so pathetic. And I had such nice plans for today, too…

*step step step*

…

…

Oh, but wait! What's that sound? Could it be… footsteps?

Yes! Yes, they are! I'm saved.

"Hello? Is someone there? Help! Help me, please!"

"Sakaki?"

Oh my… I can't believe this. Of all the possible people… Tomo! Indeed, she had detention today, and our paths home overlap a bit. What luck!

"Tomo? Tomo! Is that you?"

"Sakaki… what are you doing?"

"Umm… I was just… um… trying to find the magical 5 yen for… Chiyo-chan's Father."

"M-magical… 5 yen? For Chiyo's dad?"

"Mmm… As told in the Legend of the Suggestion Box. So that the sorbet people wouldn't get it. But… I can't seem to find it, and… I… I'm a little… in an embarrassing situation…"

"Magical 5 yen? Sorbet people? Chiyo's… dad? Wha…?"

"Ah.. I'll… I'll explain later. Right now I could just use some lubrication. Could you possibly find some cream or grease so that you can rub it all over my body, Tomo?"

"Like hell! This is way too weird! I'd expect this sort of stuff coming from Osaka, but not from you!"

Sigh… Why must you test my patience so much… "Tomo, will you just please get me some lube."

"Like I want to have anything to do with your sick sex games under the car? No way! I'm getting the freak out of here!"

"Tomo? Tomo?! No, wait! You misunderstood! I'm… I'm just stuck! I need help! Tomo!"

Sigh--- Damn. She's gone. Maybe it was a mistake telling the truth…

Something tells me this will be a very uncomfortable night.

Phoo…

This may come across that Sakaki's a bit too open about the details of her situation to Tomo, but based on her reactions to Chiyo-chichi and what she says to the others about him, I figure she considers Chiyo-chichi to be a very real entity and thus doesn't question anything he has to say to the point of believing everyone else will believe her as well. And Tomo already thinks of Sakaki as a sexual deviant anyway, so…

Whether somebody else helped Sakaki get out from under the car, or whether she spent the whole night there, is for you to decide.