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Chapter 1: Wake Up Call
Yo you know who it is. Oh you don't? It's Kirei Ryuusei if you weren't aware.
Disclaimer: I don't own Umineko; if I did I'd have Battler make out with Lucifer at least once.
Reviewer Responses:
Dlanor A. Knox: Here's the next chapter!
Blueberry Absinth: Jessica…hm, who knows? (Oh wait, I do!) Shannon…we'll see right?
Click. Clack. Click. Clack.
The sound echoed through the halls. Heels stepped across the wooden floors. Shannon timidly brushed off dust with a feather duster. Her eyes trailed around the area. No footsteps. No sounds of anything being moved. Not even a voice. However, this was not unusual. The maid was aware that the youngest servant, Kanon could easily do his work without making a sound. Most times it took her more effort to even hear his breathing. What was unusual was that Kanon wasn't around, she could sense it.
Though the sky was a murky grey with rain continuously pitter pattering on the windowpanes, it was currently 1:43 in the afternoon. Shannon recalled the servant's sleeping patterns. He was usually up and about by 8:00 am. Their schedules stated that Kanon was supposed to be sweeping and polishing after Shannon dusted. However, all the halls and rooms that she finished remained untouched. This occurrence was extremely strange, and it worried her. For once Shannon, half-did her chores. (Not like you could notice the difference!)The maid wandered through the halls searching, cautious not to alert the Ushiromiya of Kanon's absence.
Not in the kitchen, boiler room, bathroom, any of the guest rooms, nor the residents' rooms. Especially not in parlor with the guests. And she could just forget looking outside! Where the hell was he?! Shannon almost chalked up this as Kanon's ability to disappear and reappear wherever whenever he felt like it. That's when she passed the only room she failed to search. The servants' quarters. No....he couldn't be. Shannon had to force him into bed every night.
Nonetheless she opened the door. Within the plain space that was Kanon's room. It was dark due to the lights being off and the windows closed. She spied a mass of blankets and pillows on his bed. Shannon opened the curtains only to hear a hiss "Closeit....."
"Kanon-kun, you have to get up" Shannon chided.
"Dunnwanna" was her brother's slurred response.
"But Kanon-kun---" she pulled the covers off.
The boy flinched at the air and light exposure. In his flannel pajamas with his hair disheveled the teen put a pillow over his head "No~Sleep~~~~~~"
The older sister switched flipped on "You're getting up right now!"
She ripped the pillow off and pulled Kanon out of bed. He wiped at his eyes "Fine, you win nee-san. But if you don't mind..."
He showed his clothes. The maid blushed before walking out. As soon as she was out the door slammed. Laughter was heard behind the closed door.
"Wha--" She turned the knob. Locked. "Kanon open the door!!!"
"In five more minutes" was his response before the rustling of blankets was heard.
Shannon couldn't believe it. She didn't know to be pissed or scared. Her little brother. The never-kid, always-do-your-duty, non-slacker Kanon was....was.....acting like a normal teenager!!!!!!