Nothing except for the twelve new Columns, this is Sunrise property that I'm playing with.
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Tomoe entered the dressing room and noticed that Chisa never even flinched. Staring calmly at Tomoe from the vanity mirror, Chisa held up the package she wanted to give to Tomoe.
"So you know who I am? So what…?" Tomoe said bearing down on Chisa with a sped she hadn't used in quite some time.
"You aren't the only one who lost her dream," Chisa replied as she countered every last move Tomoe made before slamming Tomoe into the burgundy colored sofa. Tomoe was definitely out of shape compared to Chisa.
"You were an Otome in training," Tomoe said looking up at Chisa who had dominated again.
"Even though I was number three I had to withdraw during Coral year. Stop struggling so I don't mess up that face of yours. Your little care package is gone anyway…" Chisa growled as she held her dagger to Tomoe's face, throat and then down over her heart.
"Do it already then and stop playing around. You don't know what that was Chisa, what did you do with it?" Tomoe spit back as Chisa stuffed the dagger into the sofa alongside Tomoe's face.
"I know more than you think. I've been out here longer than you, Tomoe. They've never come looking for me…and my count is higher than yours. My tracking skills are also better since I've been following you since the Valkyrie fiasco. Watching you play turns me on," Chisa replied as she lay firmly on top of Tomoe grinding maliciously.
"What did you…ah…?" Tomoe tried to ask a question but the heat was something she'd come to enjoy.
"This is our party from now on. You do as I say and I'll let you live," Chisa said as she pulled away and dropped the top of Tomoe's dress, "Play the not so innocent girlfriend for me and we can take them down together. Make your choice…"
As Tomoe kissed, scratched and screamed for Chisa's touch, she thought of Miya Clochette. The tables had been turned and it was Tomoe's turn to choose. No matter the abuse Tomoe chose to live even like this. The predator had become the prey.
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Erstin sat in the transport's main dining car with Chie and Aoi just staring at the occupants of the closed off area. Amongst these women she didn't have to be on the job, she was one of them. The trip to Florence really was long because all Erstin could think about was her goodbyes to Arika and Nina, again. Queen Mashiro had given Nina the night off to be with Erstin after her Ascension in order to celebrate and spend the last of their time together before Aoi would return to the WindBloom Embassy in Aries.
Erstin told Nina that they would wait to have a child they could raise together. Nina cried even though she understood because now Erstin was going away once again willing in defense of someone else. Erstin held Nina to those words because she remembered how blindly devoted Nina could become and what such obsessive love could make her do. Though she had been given the opportunity to attend the play, as just Erstin Ho, she refused.
Since Nina would not be there Erstin chose to attend as Meister Ho, in protection of Ambassador Senoh. Erstin had been fitted a gown, during the WindBloom excursion they took, under Aoi's orders. Aoi felt Erstin should have such a gown for another occasion to which Aoi would accept no backing out of. Erstin agreed even though she doubted such an occasion would ever arise.
"Erstin…are you listening?" Chie asked running her hand by Erstin's line of sight.
"No, I wasn't, sorry about that Chie. I was distracted by Meister's Armitage and Kruger. They are so…" Erstin couldn't think of the right word to describe them.
"Intrigued by what you've seen and heard, Erstin? I found myself caught between a rock and a hard place talking with the two of them during our fittings. The Brigadier laughed at me because Shiori kept asking my opinion on color swatches for Kaede's suit. Every time Shiori would turn and look at me, Kaede would shake her head and throw her hand across her neck. Needless to say she…" Chie had been mimicking the hand gestures and stares while talking until Aoi cut in.
"Shiori busted them and picked the colors and fabric with Meister Viola's help since Meister Kruger left early citing a headache," Aoi said remembering the outburst Kaede made when Shiori had called her mother over for help.
"My, my… Kaede, doesn't this bring back memories?" Shiori asked as they approached the three young women.
"Some rather embarrassing ones thanks for reminding me, love" Kaede said earning a pout and a swat to the arm.
"Excuse us, for interrupting, but Kaede and I were wondering if the three of you would join us for a quick discussion," Shiori said as she motioned towards the center of the lounge where Haruka and Natsuki had just finished rearranging chairs.
Erstin stood and looked at Aoi, at her side, who nodded yes and then Chie, who laughed softly but also nodded yes. Erstin was standing, in wait, next to Kaede feeling so small in comparison. Even when smiling, Kaede Armitage could be an imposing figure due to her stature and physique.
"I know there is a question bothering you, Meister Ho, but I am not the one who can give you any reassurance?" Kaede whispered as they lingered momentarily behind.
"Knowing your reason for being here, I would like to ask if you think there are any changes or significant differences." Erstin asked just as they joined the group at large.
Kaede watched Erstin sit next to Aoi and then looked at everyone, in turn, smiling before taking her place next to Shiori. Shiori took hold of Kaede's hand and kissed it gently. Kaede took another moment of silence before she answered Erstin.
"Ok since Shiori and I are here and attending the play with you that makes for two obvious changes right there. We should not be back here at all. Within the next five or so years, if Meister Wang does not have a child, that will be another change. In our time, she chose to raise the child in a split household environment which affected your daughter in some unarguable ways. The biggest change Shiori and I cannot personally state since it is not our place to do so," Kaede said leaving everyone pondering until Miss Maria spoke up.
"As of Meister Lu's retirement as her father's Otome and her appointment as a member of the teaching staff, I will be retiring as an active member of the teaching staff to care for the soon to be six children of Garderobe on campus. It'll be much easier work than watching over any of you had been," Maria said looking at the faces of all the girls'…No they are definitely not girls anymore…
"Which means that their daughter will come sooner than in our time," Shiori said remembering to leave out Grace's name.
"Excuse me, but that only makes five children, Miss Maria," Erstin said trying not to sound disrespectful.
"It would Miss…excuse me…Meister Ho, if Yukariko were carrying only one child." Miss Maria stated leaving the entire group speechless.
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Tomoe couldn't believe she was out on the streets, in the back alleys, watching Chisa hunt a victim. Chisa was not just a sexual predator, the woman was a killer. Chisa lured them in with her beauty and would initiate sexual relations just before killing her prey quickly, though this depended on her mood as Tomoe noticed. As the woman, pinned to the wall by Chisa, climaxed Tomoe watched the dagger open her throat choking off her last pleasured scream.
After removing the woman's head, hands and feet, Chisa and Tomoe raised her body to allow the blood to drain over a sewage drain. Chisa raised her bloody hand to stroke Tomoe's face and leave a bloody trail along her cheek. After loading the husk into the car, Chisa drove them to a meat packing facility. They broke into the building and disposed of the husk in pieces into a meat grinder. From there they buried the remaining pieces in a cemetery in an overgrown area that seemed out of date. Tomoe now understood why Chisa had never been caught and what she had been doing on the late nights out without her. Chisa disposed of the clothes she and Tomoe wore and then scrubbed their bathroom after washing off in the shower.
"That'll do…two more days and down it falls."
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Garderobe, Founder Core room,
Gal had been running systems diagnostics when the five GEMs illuminated the room they were kept in. As Gal turned to look into the room, the Founder system and back-ups all fried. Gal tried the intercom link and found it usable only temporarily. Gal informed Sarah Gallagher of the problem and she in turn went to wake Youko.
"Yeah…oh hey wake Youko and tell her we've got problems with the Founder," Sarah said to a sleepy Nao.
"Whatever…" Nao said as she left Sarah in the hallway door open still and went to wake Youko.
After a few minutes of whispered conversation Youko was ready to go. Sarah just gave Youko an inquiring look as they headed towards the core room.
"It's not what you think," Youko said as they made their way down the stairs.
"I have no idea what you are talking about Youko," Sarah said as she suppressed a smile.
"Good because … oh, whatever, just keep it that way."