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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[destage]

[Sayaka isn't sure what to do here. She feels like an idiot for going about this the wrong way; this had to have been wrong, didn't it? Everything shattered and they faced hell itself, the hell that Kirumi has gone through and how it's warped her psyche. How it continues to warp it.

Sayaka isn't altogether sure what to do, though she'll grab her sword and brandish it. Maybe she should be a little more sympathetic. Maybe she should try to talk a bit.

But someone has to fight to keep people safe.]

Are you truly so afraid of being understood that you'd resort to this, Tojo-san? I can't say I haven't thought of something similar myself, honestly...the idea of being seen by others when I've done something so terrible, and been prepared to do what it took to survive...

...It's kinda sickening feeling, isn't it? I've gotten used to it...I've gotten to accept it, but still.

[She'll cast a Media on Kaine, Yi Sang, and Shalem. Atropos manifests easily, and Sayaka still can't bring herself to completely attack Kirumi.

If anything, the Agilao (5) she sends is a warning shot. It's totally not because her nerves are shot to shit at all of this.]

I don't want to hurt you; you deserve better than this. You're a dear friend, Tojo-san, and you've helped me through some of the worst times we've had. None of this will change that. But if you really give us no choice...if this is really want you want...

[Sayaka steps near anyone who wants to talk, wanting to protect them and bringing out her sword in defense.]

...I'll meet you head on.