[color=fff79a][b]Alice de Arcobaleno.[/b][/color][hr]

Humming to herself, she straightened one of the dolls on the shelves, meticulously going over their appearance to make sure nothing was out of place.

It had been a hassle trying to gain a good place to stay here in Fuyuki, especially considering she wanted a house without anyone around. After some negotiations, she manage to buy off an old house somewhere in the eastern fields, and then had it renovated before she arrived. It seemed like a good choice at the time; it was isolated enough for her privacy, but was also public enough that it didn't immediately stand out from the other houses. It was easy to find your headquarters if your headquarters was a castle in the middle of nowhere after all. Then again, some bounded fields and a large expanse of 'nowhere' worked as a deterrence as well, which could be effective at hiding your castle from discovery. 

The house she bought was a simple two storey house, with a large basement cluttered with the junk of their previous owners. As of now, it was still sparsely furnished, with barely anything in defensive measures save the rudimentary bounded field she had managed to put up to ensure a scene of normalcy from outside. Just enough for her to prepare for the summoning. Alice had already given gifts to her neighbors and suffered through some trivial pleasantries with them, thus there was little chance anyone would come to disturb her.

After ensuring all the doors were locked, she descended into the basement, where a half finished magic circle awaited her. 

A chance, finally, to achieve her dreams. A chance, to regain some of her family's lost glory. A chance, to finally perfect her art. Even if this was just some small ritual in some backwater town, her curiosity and the prospect of furthering and measuring her arts against others was too much to resist. 

Finishing the circle, she stood back and admired her work for a moment, before starting on the chant. With every word she spoke, the circle started to glow, and then stronger and stronger. A sense of joy and anticipation started to well up from her bosom, her words starting to gain more and more emotion as the feeling grew.

[color=fff79a]"If you will submit to this will and this reason... then answer!"[/color]