Kirumi Tojo's Palace | The Ultimate Maid's Failures

[kandata]

By now everyone may be used to find themselves in bizarre locations, between going into palaces and visiting Nekyia. It might not come as a surprise that it has happened again.

What might come as a surprise, though...is how empty this place is.

All around you there's nothing more than a large, gray, featureless expanse. In the distance there seem to be bars, curving upwards to gather so, so high above you, possibly hundreds of miles above, so high it’s hard to distinguish.

It’s a cage. So unfathomably large. You could escape, were you to get to the edges of the cage, but...it would take forever. No matter how you look at it, you're trapped. The atmosphere is so...hopeless. Devoid of anything even remotely positive.

Not that you want to hang around for long, do you? After all, this is someone's palace. Not a place to stick around at. What to do, though?

It’s all so...empty. Silent. Featureless. A flat expanse of hard gray tiles.

Gather together, everyone. Gather and choose a direction. North, East, West, South. All directions look completely identical, but could it affect your time in this place, somehow? Probably not. But all treks start with the first step. Perhaps, if you get moving, you'll progress?

Comments

[kandata]

[The axe looks like a run-of-the-mill axe. Doesn't seem like anything special.

...that said, Kirumi has been using an axe during excursions into Nekyia, hasn't she? And into palaces. Maybe nowadays she associates axes with weapons, first and foremost...

While they hold the axe, Kirumi and a boy appear nearby. They don't seem to notice a thing about the storeroom. They have to talk to each other, after all.

They're having a conversation.

When it ends, Kirumi and the boy vanish. That's when Fray and Sayaka may notice something written on the axe, with Kirumi's neat handwriting.

'A maid like myself is not a weapon for anyone's behalf, but lately, I have started to think that if it is for people I care about, fighting is the least I can do. For them.'

There's...also a key carved on the handle of the axe. A bit of a curious thing, to have a carving on this wooden axe handle.

Looks like you're done here!]

[bloodweapon]

[Kirumi the supermaid... She certainly is quite impressive, isn't she?

Fray takes notice of both the words on the axe and the key carved into it, pointing them out to Sayaka.]

Look, these seem important.

[So Kirumi wants to fight for the people closest to her... Well, they'll make sure to fight for her too.]

[destage]

[Sayaka listens to that memory and honestly, she's genuinely shocked by it. The idea that Kirumi could fight so effectively for the sake of her master, getting his daughter back so effectively...honestly, Sayaka can't help but go a little starry eyed, though she tones it down a little bit.]

Tojo-san...you've always thought about how to best help everyone else, never even once selfishly thinking of yourself...

[She pauses when Fray points out the handle and the words on the axe. Were these Kirumi's true feelings? She can't help but smile a bit.]

Do you think we should bring these with us, then? I'll help you carry it if you need to...hopefully the others haven't run into any trouble.

[bloodweapon]

Yes. I wonder if they had to deal with other facsimiles of those we know...

[Yeesh. Only one way to find out! Ready to take that axe along, Sayaka?]

[destage]

That's a good question--I doubt Monokuma would've just done it once. Let's get moving, then.

[To the catherd with axe in hand!!!]