Olly blinked a few times to get his eyes used to the dark. He examined his surroundings. The entire area was dipped in pitch-black darkness that held a sense of loss inside of it.
"Well, well, well. If it isn't the Origami King."
The female's voice was calming yet harsh; anger hidden in each word. Olly heard her footsteps draw nearer.
"So, you look pretty pathetic in real life. Based off of the stories I was told, you sounded much cooler and...taller. Not to mention older too."
"Who are you? Can you turn on a light please? It's so dark in here, it's hurting my eyes..."
A light clicked on overhead, revealing a woman wearing a mask that mirrored Dimentio's the black on the right side, except-instead of white-it was dark pink. Her green eyes held a want of murder. Olly noticed little red hearts were painted onto the mask by her eyes, and two black lines from the mouth to the bottom of the mask.
"Alright, buddy-boy. Tell me this, do you know Dimentio?"
"Of course I do."
"Then tell me, where do I find him? I've turned this whole city upside-down trying to find him!" She slammed her fist on the table in between them. Her hands were clothed in dark pink gloves.
"Why are you dressed like him?"
"Hm. So you've seen him too. That's perfect! Everybody else in that stupid school of yours said they never heard of him before! Can you believe those lying fools? But I might keep you safe since you're giving me answers."
"And what will you do if I refuse to tell you anymore?"
A small, wooden puppet appeared in her hand. It looked exactly like Mind Weaver.
"You know this villain, right? He stabbed you in the gut. I made him unable to speak, move, or even think anymore. He's now one of many in my precious collection. You have two choices of torture if you refuse to respond to me. One is becoming a puppet yourself, and the other is watching me burn everyone in this city to nothing but splinters."
The light grew to reveal a huge shelf behind her, the shelves lined with people from Japan, including the Pro Heroes.
"You! You were the one who kidnapped those heroes and set the villains free!"
She giggled, not breaking eye contact with Olly. "You're a clever one. That might keep you alive for a while, but not forever." A pot appeared next to her, steam raising from the top. She held Mind Weaver above it. "I know you wouldn't care much about a villain being killed, but why not? I need to show you I mean business, after all."
She slid him out of her hand, grabbing the strings that were attached to him and dunking him slowly into the boiling water. Her grin grew wider as the water sizzled and chipped away at his body. She removed him.
"Oh look! You can see a hole right through his wrinkled body now!" She stuck her finger into the hole and a snap sounded. "Oops, looks like I broke his pelvis bone." She sang. "Do you still want to refuse? I won't hesitate to snap that cute little wooden spine of his! Although, I think I'll leave him as-is. It's much more fun to let them suffer."
"Y-you're worse than Dimentio...He just loved chaos. He didn't torture anyone like you're doing now."
She leaned over the table, getting close to his face. "Tell me where to find him, and I'll set you free."
"Fine, on one condition."
"What is it?" She kicked her feet, the bells on the tips of her pointed shoes ringing.
"Set Inko Midoriya free instead and let me take her place."
"Alright!" She slid back into her chair. "One problem though...If you lead me to an area as a trick, I won't hesitate to whittle you to splinters, okay?"
He sighed. He hoped-no, wished-Izuku could stop her. "I don't know where they went after the accident at UA, but that's where I saw them last."
"You mean to tell me he was right there?!" She brushed her hair back into her hat. The hat matched her mask, black and dark pink, but only had two points; bells on each.
Olly noticed tears streaming down Mind Weaver's cheeks. "They're still alive?"
"Partly. I still haven't figured out to remove all feeling yet. Maybe you might be the one who does." Inko appeared in her hand. "Do you want to know how to undo my puppetization? It's not like you could do anything about it now." She pulled the strings out of her arms and legs. "First, you remove the strings. You don't want them to be stuck in a puppet-like state. Then you use holy water, since it's dark magic you need something pure to undo it, and dump some on the one who's trapped. You'll want to make sure the strings are fully detached because, again, that puppet-like state." She grabbed a small, crystal vile and emptied the contents onto puppet Inko's head, watching it gleefully as it ran down the wooden puppet. "And you'll have to make sure you're not holding them when the affects kick in, otherwise you might be crushed."
She tossed the puppet into the air. There was the echo of cracking wood above them, and Inko landed on the table, hard. Her hair was soaked. Olly gasped.
"Shokunin...?" She looked around. "Where am I? How did I get here?"
"Miss Midoriya!" She cheered. "I'm Puppetino, and it's a pleasure to meet you!"
"Are you a friend of Shokunin's?"
"I don't even know her," Olly said. "But listen, she's a-"
"Welcoming person!" She inturrupted. "And you just earned a one-way ticket out of here! Ciao!"
Inko vanished in a puff of black smoke.
"Now, back to you. Tell me where Izuku would hide in a situation like this?"
"How am I supposed to know? I would choose an abandoned building or something along those lines."
"Perfect."
"Wait, no!"
She snapped and strings attached to him. He felt the feeling in his body fading away.
"Puppetino, wait! Dimentio's changing, I can tell! He's not really a villain anymore!" His arms and legs grew stiff. "You need to listen to me! He's not the same anymore! The corruption in his is beggining to die down!"
"You know what? Even if I did believe you..."
Olly felt his neck go stiff as well. "No...Please..."
"I would still kill him for what he did to me. To all of them." She smirked, her eyes glowing black for a slight moment.
"No...!" He all feeling in his entire body all at once as a stray tear made its journey down his face.
"Sweet dreams..."