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?

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[strawsandals]

[ The thread breaks. Yoon gasps, and then he's yanked, still below Monokuma, looking up at him with a sharp expression. There's undoubtedly fear, but the thought of Monokuma continuing to torment everyone is what drives him to act.

Yoon's glare turns deadly. It almost rivals Monokuma's expression, but he's had enough. Senseless violence and cruelty and for what? Nothing. Nothing at all, and only for Sayaka and Kirumi to suffer...

He lunges forward and shoves his claw into Monokuma's torso (20). For once, he feels no ounce of remorse. ]

[kandata]

[Monokuma didn't see that coming. He had been underestimating Yoon, that's for sure. The shock makes him drop the thread, but that's too late -- Yoon is hanging from Monokuma himself, and through the power of This Being a Palace, the difference in weights doesn't make him tip over. Instead, he jumps backwards, inadvertently dragging Yoon enough for Yoon to be able to climb to safety.

Growling, Monokuma disappears before Yoon can attack again, Monokuma has other people to harass -- but Yoon is now safe]