Wow…so many Social Links. No wonder Persona 3 and 4 are so stressful…
/= [DAY 30] =/
"So, Charice…you're runnin' a glee club now?"
"Yep, exactly. You should know, you joined it Gilbert."
The albino laughed out loud, scaring the crap out of her. That must be the little part of German in his blood (hey, his accent had something like German…it had to be something) that's creeping her out. Either that, or he was just really annoying and her fear was just the cover.
"Ahahaha…it's only awesome now that I'm in it, of course!"
Sure…we'll say it's that. "Can you even sing?"
"Duh! Haven't you heard me back in that room? I killed them, dude!"
Sure…maybe that was why my ears were bleeding…
It was then that Gilbert continued to sing something that should've been "No Air", but it was so horrible that Charice was again clawing at her ears. By the time he was done, she couldn't tell where the majority of the blood was coming from: her ears or her nails. All she knew was that the smell of the blood was killing her.
"Soo…" He grinned. "What do you think?"
"…awesome…now leave me alone."
/=+=/
"Hey, ate. You free this lunch period?"
"Yep, course I am!"
Charice stood up and saw Rizal as he lifted up two bags filled with lunches (one obviously being for her), grabbing hers and drooling as he led her to his usual eating place: the gardens (out of all places). At least he had a tree he could hang out in that no one can annoy him around.
"Huh…this place has a nice view of the inside of the building."
"Yeah. People usually don't come here, so I come here in case I need a break." He smiled. "And god knows I need it."
"Well, I'll need it too. Rehearsals are today, and rumors are going around that we're doing the Lovely Ladies song."
"Oh great…the song about the prostitutes?"
"Yep. Do we even have enough girls to do that scene?"
"…you could always ask some of the guys to cross-dress. That Feliks guy might agree to it."
"OK, one guy. We need a whole bunch of them, you know."
"…can't help you."
"Thanks, Rizal. Helpful as always."
He took the joke with a chuckle, but Charice couldn't help but notice something in his eyes: sadness? Footsteps walked toward them, and they turned their heads to see that Ludwig had been looking for them. She couldn't help but notice again that Rizal's poker face had a little hint of shock on it.
"…hi…Ludwig." He blinked. "What are you doing here?"
"I wanted to talk to you about the upcoming newspaper article that you wanted to put in the paper." He stated. "Feliciano is doing the glee club and the music club, so you're going to have to choose something different."
"That's fine. I'll do the baseball and soccer teams."
"Wait, wait, wait…" Charice turned her head. "You're in the newspaper club?"
"Yeah. Hey, not all of us are talented with pretty voices." Rizal shrugged. "By the way, how's that glee club of yours?"
"People…like it apparently. We're meeting next week, so…"
"All right." Rizal grinned.
"Please tell me that you're at least keeping up with your studies, Charice."
"You don't have to father me, Doitsu-ki. I'm Asian, I can handle this!"
During that sentence, Charice took a quick glance and saw something strange: Ludwig's eyes had a strange shadow over them for about half a second. She decided that it was probably just from the tree and instead saw the strange little look on Rizal's face. Geez, he looked like a GIRL…
"That means nothing, Charice."
"It does to me."
"…right…" He turned to Rizal. "Are you going to be at the meeting tomorrow?"
"Why isn't it today?"
"Rehearsals…they need Javert…" Ludwig sighed.
"Aww...don't tell me you're complaining!" Charice chirped. "You're an awesome Javert!"
"Um…thanks." Was he blushing? And was Rizal blushing from that? Geez, what'd she walk into?
"You wouldn't be Javert if you sucked. I mean, Gilbert didn't get the role for a reason!"
"Pffft." Rizal choked. Don't tell him that."
"I won't, don't worry." Charice cackled. "As long as you don't."
"My lips are sealed."
/=+=/
"We have to be WHAT?"
"That's the scene, mademoiselle~! You have to be a whore!"
"Oh come on!"
That was basically the scene going through everyone's head as Charice went in for today's rehearsal. All the girls did not want to dress like skanky hoes around Francis, and…can you really blame them? She couldn't help but try to think what French whores looked like back then.
"Are you complaining about the next scene?"
"Eh?" She turned her head. "Um…I guess. I mean, I'm fine with the costumes, it's just…I don't have the body for it, you know?"
"W-w-what…?" Matthew blushed.
"Whores are supposed to have a good body, right? Heck, these are French whores, so that's justified!" Charice stated. "I don't even have the boobs to fill up a bikini! I mean, look at this!"
It was then (and apparently only then) that she grabbed his hand and threw it on her chest without a second thought. A half-second passed by before Matthew screamed in panic and jumped away with the deepest blush that she had ever seen.
"C-C-C-Cha…" He gave up trying to breathe at that point.
"Come on, you hung out with Francis. You've seen better boobs than this!"
"B-b-b-b-b-b-b-but I've…never touched them before…" He slapped himself in the forehead.
"You want to try it again."
"NO!"
"OK, just asking."
Matthew stared at her, wondering just what the heck is wrong with this girl. But nonetheless, that wasn't the only entertaining thing that was going on today. For once they turned toward the stage…
"OK, the script says that you Fantine are taken away by a sailor…"
"A sailor?"
"And they dress you up like a whore behind the others right here." Kiku pointed behind an X. "Before you take your solo."
"So…who's the sailor that takes me out?"
"Why, me mademoiselle~!"
"Oh my god, I'm whoring with you?"
"THAT'S JUST DISGUSTING, man! Stop being so cruel!"
/= [DAY 31] =/
She stepped out into the sunlight as she walked toward the tomato garden with a smile on her face. For some reason, she's been having a hard time trying to find Feliciano, so she decided that she was going to harass Lovino. Hell, that's a fun time for her, right?
However, when she got there, she was surprised to see that it was only Antonio at the garden. The Spaniard couldn't help but smile and wave at her to join him, and of course she couldn't help but do that.
"How's this school doing to you, Charice?" He chirped.
"Eh, it's been doing OK to me." She smiled. "I started a glee club."
"I heard that~!" He answered. "I also heard that my dear Lovi had joined it!"
"Well, Feli-chan kinda dragged him into it, but yeah Lovi-chan's in it." She cackled. "Why, are you interested?"
"But of course! I always wanted to hear my dear Lovi sing! He always said that he's such a horrible singer."
"Well, then again, so is Gilbert, but let's not go into that."
"Ahahaha! Of course!"
She shook her head as they continued to tend to the tomato garden. After a few minutes, she took a glance at Antonio. He was smiling like a nutcase and tending to the tomatoes like they were his babies. Was this how he raised Lovino, with a lot of love and pedophiliac desires…?
"I'm glad, though…"
"Hm?"
"You grew up to be a fine young woman." Antonio smiled at her. "So forgiving and kind…despite what I've done to you."
"You…regret it?"
"I was a teenager at that time, Charice…so headstrong, wanting to be stronger." He had a sad smile. "And as a result, I didn't bother to care for anything except my goals, using everyone to achieve them."
"So you wanted to be stronger."
"That's the goal of all empires, Charice."
"…why?"
"Eh?"
"Isn't it true that people usually want to get stronger to protect the people they love?" She stated, stealing a tomato. "And not to sound annoying, but didn't you want to protect Lovi-chan?"
"…Charice…"
"I've checked up on my history. That Sadiq guy took a hold of Lovino, and then you took him back using the majority of your force, am I correct?" Charice smiled. "You just wanted to protect Lovi-chan with every resource you can get your hands on, even me and my brother."
"…are you saying that you're forgiving me?"
"My brother did the same thing during my civil wars and World War II. I probably won't 'forgive you', but at least I understand what you were thinking." She shrugged. "And come on, Lovino's kinda a klutz! I can't really blame you for that!"
"Hm…well, Alfred was right?"
"Hah?"
"You're too forgiving…you're so unlike your brother."
"That's just Rizal. He's just harsh on people that took us over. You, Alfred, Kiku, even Arthur!" She sighed. "But especially you. On my note, I forgive you."
Antonio's eyes widened (something that Charice thought would never happen) before that smile returned back on his face. His body began to glow and it formed into a card, turning into the image of a purple man with a horned helmet and looking quite intimidating.
["I AM THOU…AND THOU ART I."]
Antonio…?
["AS THE ETERNAL GOD OF WAR AND VICTORY, I AM AT YOUR COMMAND."]
The fact that a Social Link was forming with Antonio startled her as the card sank into her body (through her eating a tomato…who knew?). She blinked as Antonio turned toward her with that same smile on his face, only…it made her surprisingly calm.
"I can make up for lost time."
"Hm?"
"I won't make you a colony, Charice…but I want to try raising you at least." He stated. "You already know a few things, but I can teach you a few other things that you might not know. Can I do that for you?"
"…sure, why not? I won't complain."
"…thank you."
/=+=/
Odin is the chief god of Norse paganism, associated with wisdom, war, battle and death. Oddly enough, he's also associated with magic, poetry, prophecy, victory, and the hunt. He's missing one eye because he said he gave it up in order to achieve true wisdom. [Antonio Hernandez Corriedo - Emperor]
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