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Mr. Henderson "The opening was exquisitely elegant. I must know the name of the director."
Christine "Wait for the ending credits, and you will."
Mr. Henderson composed himself.
Mr. Henderson "Yes, that is how theater works after all."
Anya, Beck, Damian, Ewen, and Emile giggled quietly not to dawn their headmaster's attention.
Yūko: What's this old building?
Akio: Looks like an entrance.
Yūko: Honey, come back to the car, we're going to be late.
Chihiro then opened the car door and proceeded to hop off to go to her father
Yūko: Chihiro.
She said in a scolding tone of voice.
Yūko: Oh, for heaven's sake.
Yūko said tiredly as her daughter went to her husband.
Parents and family servants all know too well the exhausting behavior when no one seems to listen to you.
From children to adults, it never ends until they talk it out and work through the problem.
Akio: This building isn't old, it's fake. These stones are just made of plaster.
Chihiro looked at the dark entrance as calm yet terrific echoes were heard. Soon Chihiro felt the wind as if it was trying to pull her in as leaves blew beneath her feet.
Chihiro with an uneasy voice: The wind is pulling us in.
Anya 'Is Mr. Wind wanting Chihrio to go somewhere?'
Yūko: What is it?
Akio: C'mon let's go in, I wanna see the other side.
Chihiro then looked at her father.
Chihiro: I'm not going. It gives me the creeps.
Akio: Don't be such a scaredy-cat Chihiro, let's just take a look
Yūko: The movers will get to our house before we do
Akio: It's all right, we have the keys they can start without us.
Yūko: Alright, but just a quick look
Chihiro: Forget it, I'm not going!
Chihiro runs back to the car and stops by the statue to turn around back to her parents.
Chihiro: Come on you guys, let's get out of here.
Akio: Come on honey, it'll be fine.
Chihiro holds onto the edges of her shirt.
Chihiro: I'm not going!
Looking on her left, Chihiro sees that the statue has two faces on the front and on the back, making her even more uneasy.
"What a whiny brat."
"There's no way I'll let my son associate with that girl."
"She's a loser."
"No wonder her family moved."
"Pot calling the kettle back." Christine mutters under her breath at the hypocrites in the room.
While most of the rich families were denying that their kids were whiny brats, few of the kids felt like it was a gab at them for being whiny and a stuck-up brat.
Chihiro then sees her parents walking farther away from her.
Yūko: Chihiro just wait in the car then.
Yūko calls out to her, cuts to Chihiro fiddling with her shirt, and stomps impatiently.
Chihiro: But mom!
Taking one last look at the statue, Chihiro runs to her mother.
Chihiro: Wait for me!
Once again, the high-class parents sneered at Chihiro's whiny cries.
"Such disgusting behavior."
"It would make sense since the lower class has always been like that."
Christine talks into the richer classes' heads, 'How about you shut the hell up? Your family was nothing before, They'd worked their way up to where you are living now, and I'll be damn sure to strip you off from everything you have.'
The high-class parents' had their faces drained of color, shaking in their seats as the goddess talked to them in their heads.
Christine 'And don't forget, you used to be like that too. Crying for your own mommies and daddies.'
Meanwhile, The Forgers and friends were focusing on the assignment rather than the dispute that was happening with the upper class.
[A Road to Somewhere]
Akio: Everybody watch your step.
Yūko: Chihiro don't cling like that, you'll make me trip.
As Chihiro hurried in the tunnel whilst clinging to her mother's arm as she looked to her dad leading the way.
As they are nearing the end of the tunnel, the family finds themselves at what seems to be an abandoned train platform station. The family looked on to see an exit as the camera pans over the station's exit leading to the outside.
Chihiro: What is this place?
Yūko then cupped her hand and put it at her ear as if trying to hear something m
Yūko: Do you hear that?
Everyone listened closely to what the noise was in the background while taking in the view of the artwork that the team who put this movie together.
Chihiro and her parents hear the faint sound of the wheels of a train hurrying along the tracks. The camera cuts to a circle-stained window with the light hovering over a drinking fountain.
Chihiro: That sounds like a train.
Yūko: we must be near a train station.
Akio then walked further away from them
Akio: C'mon let's check it out.
As Yūko and Chihiro followed, Chihiro looked back, almost tripping in the process as she saw the entrance of the station getting further and further away.
As the family walked out of the station platform, they were brought to a vast valley filled with more of the same stone statues from the forest and buildings in the far-off distance.
The landscape was breathtaking.
All the kids stared at it in awe and wonder, feeling the urge to run and play in the fields, and to take in a breath of the clean air.
While some of the kids and the parents however…
"If there's a land like that, I want it."
"That land is perfect for a new development project."
"I want you to buy me a land like that, father."
"Consider it done, son."
Loid and Yor gave the other families a side-eye look of disappointment.
Ewen "What are those weird buildings?"
Emile "Another town?"
Becky "They look like colored houses."
Anya "A secret hideout?"
Damian "Don't be stupid."
Chihiro: What are those weird buildings?
While Ewen was embarrassed, others around him found it funny, or cute and adorable. To think the same thing as the girl on the screen.
Akio: I knew it. It's an abandoned theme park, see.
Akio said as he turned his head to look at the station, causing his family to do as well to look at the clock tower.
Akio: They built them everywhere in the early 90s, then the economy got bad, and they all went bankrupt. This must be one of them.
Loid 'Early 90s? This is 1962. Now that I see it, the cars look a bit different, more advanced.'
Loid looks over to Christine with suspicion.
Loid 'What's going on? Did she bring a movie from a different time?'
Christine looks up in his direction, smiles, and replies to him.
Christine 'You are correct, Twilight.'
Loid almost flinched but managed to compose himself from drawing any unwanted attention.
Christine 'Don't worry, I won't expose your true identity. I'm not that evil. I'm actually the one who is looking out for you and your family in hopes of a peaceful future between the two nations. And for the record, I only watch over you and your family. I don't control every single detail of what happens to you and others around you.'
Loid let out a mental sigh of relief.
Loid 'That's reassuring, but why a movie?'
Christine 'Movies for kids and adults have some life lessons that others will take to heart and learn from. As a way to understand the world a little bit better and to grow as a strong and better person.'
Loid looks down at his daughter, who is looking at the screen and her assignment, clearly seeing the goddess' statement.
Loid 'Good point.'
As Chihiro's parents considered walking down the dirt path, Chihiro looked on in protest.
Chihiro: Where you're going? You said, just a quick look and let's go back!
She made a sour expression, clearly not enjoying why her parents contradicted themselves
Chihiro: HEY!
Suddenly, a huge gust of wind blew from the station entrance, Chihiro looked up at the building hearing it letting out a groaning sound making her uneasy before she hurried after her parents.
Anya didn't know if there was a question or not, but the scene scared her a little.
Anya "Is Mr. Wind angry?"
Becky "Well, that wind did come out of nowhere."
As Chihiro catches up to her parents on a hill, she clings to her mother once again.
Chihiro: Did you hear that building? It was moaning.
Yūko: it's just the wind.
She said dismissively, reassuring her daughter.
Yūko: Oh, what a beautiful place. We should've brought our lunch, then we could've had a picnic.
Looking at the questions again, the kids circled another question answer. While asking their parents if they could have a family picnic someday.
While the kids were chatting with excitement, only one kid looked down at the floor in misery.
A sudden touch on his hand jolted him out of his lost daze and look over to see the pink-haired girl leaning over her mother's lap to get his attention.
Anya "Do you want to join Anya's family for a picnic, Sy-on?"
Damian was startled at Anya's question as his face turned red. Yor, who was seeing this, smiled.
Yor "Would you like to join us? It'll be no problem."
Damian wanted to yell at Anya for the suggestion to be stupid, but he didn't know how her parents would react. Especially with how her dad is eyeing him with the look of 'If you hurt my daughter, you'll have to answer to me.'
In the end, Damian managed a weak reply.
Damian "I'll see if my family will let me."
Cut to a rocking path that had some water seeping in between the cracks like a little stream. As Akio walked across it.
Akio: Look, they were planning to put a river here.
Akio holds an arm out for his wife to take when he notices a smell in the air. He sniffs the air, getting more distracted by the aroma, enough not to notice that his wife crashes into him. He turns to her.
Akio: Hey, you smell that?
Akio takes in another sniff.
Akio: Something smells good.
Yūko: Yeah, and I'm starving.
Akio: Maybe this theme park is still in business. Let's go.
Yūko: Chihiro, hurry it up.
Cut to Chihiro who was struggling not to slip and fall into a small puddle stream that is only three inches.
Chihiro: Wait a minute.
Without any more delay, Chihiro manages to cross the little river.
Once again, the higher-ups scoffed at the little girl. Only to make the goddess more ticked off by their attitudes.
That is until she got a wicked idea for them. Something to make this movie even more…
Realistic.
Seeing her smirking, Mr. Henderson, Martha, The Blackbell's, The Watkin's, Mr. Glooman, and the Forger's knew she was up to something, but what?
Christine 'I know you know that I'm up to something, and I am. All I want from all of you is to help keep the children at a safe distance and not to allow them to eat any new dishes I'm about to serve. And don't worry your head, it's not poisoned. It's more of a try not to eat test.'
Loid "It's odd that she's putting in another test during the movie, but what is her goal here?"
Yor "Maybe… she wants to see how strong-willed we all are?"
Mr. Henderson "A strong hold off on eating is a respectable when in a meeting."
Anya "Besides we have popcorn and candy here."
Becky "And don't forget the drinks too!"
Martha "I've noticed that some of the folks have been getting on Lady Christine's bad side as of late."
Mr. Watkin "I do hope nothing bad will come out of it."
Denis "Famous last words."
Three guesses of what Christine true intentions are.
The next chapter will be sometime on Friday or over the weekend. I must say that I am impress at how much a lot of you are enjoying the story so far, and don't worry, I don't plan on making the next chapters boring when it comes to the Spy X Family character's reactions.