[b][i][u]Location: Kanzakai School - 2nd Year Corridors[/u][/i][/b] [i]Sumireko reached the second year corridors and looked around to see if no one was around.[/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/bq4rmCt.png[/img] Sumireko: Hehe, everything empty. Well then, next is the third floor. [i]Then, she somewhat felt her cape being tugged from behind. It could have been stuck on the handrail. She looked back to untug it and then...[/i] [b][i]BGM:[/i][/b] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUTK0tyD8pE]Believe in Possibilities[/url] [img]https://i.imgur.com/3XQ2vMe.png[/img] Fuindor: Got you. [img]https://i.imgur.com/wGa7yMj.png[/img] Sumireko: Waaaah!! F-Fuindor?! [img]https://i.imgur.com/XKJnGHo.png[/img] Fuindor: There are bathrooms in the first floor, so why are you here on the second? [img]https://i.imgur.com/6GNr9Nj.png[/img] Sumireko: U-Uhh, I just wanted to see if it's anything different from ours! Yeah, that's mostly it! [img]https://i.imgur.com/6m1lNuy.png[/img] Fuindor: Uh-huh, yeah... and after that? [img]https://i.imgur.com/S3zyLs2.png[/img] Sumireko: D-Don't invade a girl's personal life! That's rude, you know! [img]https://i.imgur.com/4gaxGv0.png[/img] Fuindor: Sure, sure, whatever. So as long as you don't plan on chasing a murderer, I guess. [img]https://i.imgur.com/ySPgwzU.png[/img] Sumireko: Why would I even do such a thing? [img]https://i.imgur.com/Rz4aUqy.png[/img] Fuindor: I don't know. Maybe because you were curious about it back in class. [img]https://i.imgur.com/6GNr9Nj.png[/img] Sumireko: ... [img]https://i.imgur.com/pFrzG32.png[/img] Fuindor: This doesn't have anything to do with us, so just come back to class with me and let's leave this to them. [img]https://i.imgur.com/S3zyLs2.png[/img] Sumireko: Aww, this sucks... and I was so close to the third... [img]https://i.imgur.com/iMKBVqC.png[/img] Fuindor: Now now, there's going to be a lot of other things to pursue, so... [b][i]BGM:[/i][/b] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve617kEP-Jk]Living in Lazy Parallel World[/url] [i]However, Fuindor started to tell that something was off. Mostly because he heard a loud sound from the floor above.[/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/8JmvwoO.png[/img] Fuindor: Did you hear that? [img]https://i.imgur.com/wGa7yMj.png[/img] Sumireko: I did. It was really loud. [img]https://i.imgur.com/0ycdzfT.png[/img] Fuindor: Something's definitely happening with the investigation. No student would do such a noise for fun. [img]https://i.imgur.com/6GNr9Nj.png[/img] Sumireko: I think so too. Do you think it could be another murder? [img]https://i.imgur.com/pFrzG32.png[/img] Fuindor: I have no idea. But I can smell something awful in the air... Sumireko: My occult app is beeping crazily. It's sensing some sort of power and it's indicating the third floor. [i]Quick steps could be heard from the stairs and they were getting closer. Sumireko looked around and saw a classroom open and empty.[/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/J8KdLxZ.png[/img] Sumireko: ...!! Fuindor, inside that classroom! [i]Both went into hiding as quickly as possible. When they spied, the one who was quickly climbing the stairs was Orie. She was rushing to the third floor as fast as she could do.[/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/G7n1MGP.png[/img] Fuindor: That... it was Orie. [img]https://i.imgur.com/jYFidRs.png[/img] Sumireko: If Orie's that desperate, then something really happened and the guys up there are still trying to get it under control. [img]https://i.imgur.com/oOnMnIk.png[/img] Sumireko: Fuindor, let's go after her! Maybe we can help with something! [img]https://i.imgur.com/lsGnLPv.png[/img] Fuindor: Do you want a detention that badly? There are a lot of people there already and the police's already there, right? [img]https://i.imgur.com/6GNr9Nj.png[/img] Sumireko: Maybe you don't know, but the police and nothing are the same thing in this town. If we don't do something, we're done for. [img]https://i.imgur.com/DbhCTnB.png[/img] Fuindor: ... [img]https://i.imgur.com/S3zyLs2.png[/img] Sumireko: C'mon, it's going to be a single peek! I promise I won't do anything strange! [img]https://i.imgur.com/XKJnGHo.png[/img] Fuindor: *sigh* Alright, alright, you win. This is bothering me, anyway... [img]https://i.imgur.com/bq4rmCt.png[/img] Sumireko: Yes! Well then, let's follow Orie! [i]Fuindor and Sumireko left the empty classroom and followed Orie to the third floor.[/i] [b][i][u]Location: Fleeting Memories School - Library[/u][/i][/b] [i]Marina kept searching in her books as Mia got a book of her own to read. Genji was sleeping profoundly in a table far from theirs. The princess suddenly stopped at a page that caught her interest and began to read all of it. Once she finished, she couldn't hide her worry and it was caught by Mia's sight.[/i] [b][i]BGM:[/i][/b] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27MrzZtPoAw]Anima mala[/url] [img]https://i.imgur.com/jqyoftR.png[/img] Marina: ... Oh no... oh no...! [img]https://i.imgur.com/901Fzf5.png[/img] Mia: Marina? What's wrong? [img]https://i.imgur.com/DEL0dJO.png[/img] Marina: My theory... what I feared to be right... is correct in the end... [img]https://i.imgur.com/g57gzHq.png[/img] Mia: Wait, is it that bad? When you do such a search, isn't it normal for you to wish to be right? [img]https://i.imgur.com/Fyjw6aT.png[/img] Marina: This is not the case... this is a case where I hoped to be wrong in the end. But if this is not the case, then... at the shrine...! [i]Marina looked at the window of the library, which faced the direction of the shrine. She gazed at the distance, trying to find the cliff where her current home stood. As she observed a little more, she finally found the direction where it was... only to find it completely empty.[/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/MZy8PIf.png[/img] Marina: The shrine... is gone... the Hakurei Shrine is gone! [img]https://i.imgur.com/zXLpfG5.png[/img] Mia: What? Gone? [i]Mia also looked at the direction Marina was gazing at. She confirmed it: the Hakurei Shrine vanished.[/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/901Fzf5.png[/img] Mia: How... how can a shrine just vanish like that?! Marina, explain to me what is happening immediately! [img]https://i.imgur.com/kHFM33k.png[/img] Marina: ... It cannot be... unless there is a relation to the attack that happened earlier... [img]https://i.imgur.com/EMl2V8O.png[/img] Mia: Attack? What attack?! Who was attacked?! [img]https://i.imgur.com/vxiyQ0o.png[/img] Marina: ... Please sit. I shall explain it. [i]After sitting, Marina told what she heard from the attack that Lucent had suffered from the others. Mia listened to everything, only to get herself enraged.[/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/h5ZefdM.png[/img] Mia: I see... I see...!! [img]https://i.imgur.com/MZy8PIf.png[/img] Marina: M-Miss Mia...? Mia: Do not leave the library and wait until I return. [img]https://i.imgur.com/DEL0dJO.png[/img] Marina: Y-Yes... (Sorry, everyone... I made a mistake...) [i]Mia left the library and went back to the second years floor. She passed right through her class, leaving her furious impression on the other students. Lilina couldn't help but comment it with Kaori and Andorina, since they sat rather close to each other.[/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/gKZUJln.png[/img] Lilina: I can't help but have the impression that Mia found something out. What do you think it could be...? [i]Lilina's impression was confirmed when Mia opened the 2-C class door strongly, leaving the students in shock.[/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/EMl2V8O.png[/img] Mia: Rayla Celest Lilly and Auror Dias Intermezzo!! To the library RIGHT NOW!! [img]https://i.imgur.com/RclEVRN.png[/img] Auror: Oh wonderful, she's pissed... [hider=Welcome to the World of Nightmares] [b][i][u]Location: Spring Zone - Hakurei Gate[/u][/i][/b] [b][i]BGM:[/i][/b] [i]The Secret Whispers -0.2 Ver.-[/i] still playing [i]Jin kept its focus while trying to find a weak spot on the barrier, but it seemed to no use. As Alice have said earlier, the power coming from the barrier was unnatural and different from theirs. He soon stopped and looked back at them.[/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/i2yhT0K.png[/img] Alice: Did you find something? [img]https://i.imgur.com/9JgZltw.png[/img] Jin: Not a single thing... this damn barrier is too complex... [img]https://i.imgur.com/JWQaQKq.png[/img] Kaito: Does that mean we can't enter it at all? [img]https://i.imgur.com/HGLjikU.png[/img] Alice: Unless we find another way, that's correct. [img]https://i.imgur.com/mp5WEtL.png[/img] Kaito: No way... Lucent... [img]https://i.imgur.com/nejBcc1.png[/img] Jin: Chin up, man. I'm going to try again, so don't lose hope now. [img]https://i.imgur.com/vDVUdnu.png[/img] Alice: Are you sure? From the looks of it, this barrier is not going to break anytime soon. [img]https://i.imgur.com/rIPqrIP.png[/img] Jin: I'll try once more. Give me some time. [i]Jin returned to focus. After seeing Kaito's disheartened face and his worry towards his friend at the shrine, he decided to try it out once more. Suddenly, Reimu's voice started to echo around.[/i] Reimu's Voice: [i]Is someone there?[/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/yRut6x7.png[/img] Alice: Reimu?! It's us, Alice and Jin! Reimu's Voice: [i]H-Hold it. The Jin you're talking about...[/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/bE6Whmo.png[/img] Jin: Oh, come on! Don't tell me you just forgot me! [img]https://i.imgur.com/BVcdHPh.png[/img] Alice: I found him lost on the streets. I was going to tell you that over the phone but the call was cut. Reimu's Voice: [i]I see. Listen, I think we're locked in some sort of alternative world. We can't get out of the shrine, so we're stuck here.[/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/UWsb3vZ.png[/img] Alice: From the outside, it looks like the shrine vanished. Only the gate is here. [img]https://i.imgur.com/aDMgjm8.png[/img] Jin: There's a barrier blocking us and we can't open it. Do you think there's any chance of you opening it from there? Reimu's Voice: [i]No can do. Like I said, we're locked in the shrine and the door's shut tight.[/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/MIg8AJP.png[/img] Kaito: Hey, what about my friend?! Is he OK?! Reimu's Voice: [i]One of the kids from back then with Doremy? I can't say for sure. Something's going on inside of his room and it seemed ready to unleash havoc so I sealed it.[/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/VKUQ9wE.png[/img] Kaito: And you sealed him inside the room with this... something?! Reimu's Voice: [i]I had no choice. Whatever's happening to us has a direct relation to his power and I can't even get close to him.[/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/234qeOl.png[/img] Kaito: Damnit... why won't this stupid barrier break already?! Reimu's Voice: [i]Well, you'll need to try it from the outside, because we won't be able to do-[/i] [i]The call was cut once again. More steps could be heard coming from the shrine's stairs. As Kaito, Alice and Jin looked behind them, Kiragi arrived accompanied of Umbra and Ictio.[/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/i5X9Eab.png[/img] Umbra: Here's the place where I felt the irregularity. [img]https://i.imgur.com/JWQaQKq.png[/img] Kaito: Kiragi?! [img]https://i.imgur.com/hm1aRZU.png[/img] Kiragi: Oh, Big Bro Kaito! Good afternoon! Kaito: What are you doing here?! [img]https://i.imgur.com/TFVnZeH.png[/img] Kiragi: Umbra felt something bad coming from this direction so we came to check it out and solve it. [img]https://i.imgur.com/Eg3fEYy.png[/img] Kaito: Wha- are you trying to put yourself in danger like this?! You're crazy! [img]https://i.imgur.com/ngTQBQn.png[/img] Jin: I have to agree with him! Kids like you shouldn't be facing danger like this! [img]https://i.imgur.com/vDVUdnu.png[/img] Alice: I'm pretty sure we have no right to say that after we didn't say such things to him, Jin. [img]https://i.imgur.com/mnb5AdD.png[/img] Jin: O-Oh...! [i]Without giving too much concern to what they said, Umbra and Ictio flew towards the gate.[/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/iIczHsM.png[/img] Umbra: A barrier of the Nightmares... I knew it. The border's weakening over here. [img]https://i.imgur.com/i2yhT0K.png[/img] Alice: Border... do you mean the border between dreams and reality? [img]https://i.imgur.com/i5X9Eab.png[/img] Umbra: Exactly. A powerful Nightmare did this. The real space is locked on the illusion space, with both of them merged. This is why it disappeared out of reality so suddenly. [img]https://i.imgur.com/mxSTVlL.png[/img] Ictio: When a place on reality merges with its illusion counterpart, the place immediately vanishes and gets locked completely on the Nightmare Realm. It stays there until the Nightmare responsible for such a thing is defeated. [img]https://i.imgur.com/2ljnxNw.png[/img] Jin: So the shrine will come back to reality if we defeat the Nightmare, right? Umbra: Correct. Now, we'll open a crack so step aside. [i]Jin nods and steps out of the way. Umbra and Ictio began to concentrate as they used their powers to force a crack on the barrier.[/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/HGLjikU.png[/img] Alice: Reimu said that your friend has a power related to such things. In that case... [img]https://i.imgur.com/io8BiNv.png[/img] Kaito: Lucent would never do such a thing! He would never trap people in such a world! [img]https://i.imgur.com/UWsb3vZ.png[/img] Alice: It doesn't need to be out of his volition. It might be accidental. [img]https://i.imgur.com/QeNuVlu.png[/img] Kaito: Tch... it has to be, then. [img]https://i.imgur.com/4KLRCXU.png[/img] Kiragi: Big Bro Kaito, did something happen with Big Bro Lucent?! Is he hurt somewhere?! [img]https://i.imgur.com/aLnX6XQ.png[/img] Kaito: Well, you see... [i]But before Kaito could answer, a loud cracking sound was heard. Soon, the barrier had a hole on it, leading to the inside.[/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/hayOLFX.png[/img] Ictio: Yosh!! Barrier cracked!! [img]https://i.imgur.com/WWApZ6z.png[/img] Kiragi: Great! Let's solve this! [img]https://i.imgur.com/9S6co1u.png[/img] Umbra: I can feel a bad vibe from the inside. Let's be careful. [i]With firm nods, they began to enter in the space inside the barrier. Before Kaito could enter, Jin stopped him.[/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/mnb5AdD.png[/img] Jin: You're seriously going in? [img]https://i.imgur.com/Bml5VJQ.png[/img] Kaito: Yeah. I need to see my friend. I won't be at ease if I don't. [img]https://i.imgur.com/2ljnxNw.png[/img] Jin: I see. Well then, in that case... [i]Jin hands over a pair of chakrams to Kaito.[/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/a532uBK.png[/img] Kaito: What are those things? [img]https://i.imgur.com/rIPqrIP.png[/img] Jin: Chakrams that belonged to me. They were like a sort of alternative weapon, but I don't need them. My fists are enough. [img]https://i.imgur.com/FY8nGxE.png[/img] Jin: Bummed that I can't teach you now, though. You'll have to learn on your own for now. [img]https://i.imgur.com/5Ni8MqY.png[/img] Kaito: O-Oh, sure... [img]https://i.imgur.com/nejBcc1.png[/img] Jin: Now let's go. Your friend and the others are waiting. [b][i][u]Location: Nightmare Unitia - Hakurei Shrine[/u][/i][/b] [b][i]BGM:[/i][/b] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amtWl3ZKZlI]Sacred Moon -2.5 Remix-[/url] [i]As they stepped inside the barrier, they saw the Hakurei Shrine at last. The sky was completely dark, with dark clouds and an eerie scarlet moon bathing them. They looked back for a second and saw a heavy black fog surrounding the area.[/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/Vvy1SNM.png[/img] Jin: Holy hell... [img]https://i.imgur.com/i5X9Eab.png[/img] Umbra: Welcome to the Nightmare Realm. [img]https://i.imgur.com/yRut6x7.png[/img] Alice: So this is the world of Nightmares, huh... [img]https://i.imgur.com/ur1KAH0.png[/img] Kaito: ... [img]https://i.imgur.com/4KLRCXU.png[/img] Kiragi: This is... actually scary! [img]https://i.imgur.com/8ohyuBZ.png[/img] Ictio: Y-Yeah... I'm really scared too! [img]https://i.imgur.com/HGLjikU.png[/img] Alice: Nevertheless, we need to go inside the shrine and save Reimu and the others. How should we proceed then? Umbra: We need to fight the Nightmare responsible for trapping the shrine here. Doing that will expel the area back to reality and us with it. [img]https://i.imgur.com/bmqMyi9.png[/img] Alice: Got it. Let's go then. [img]https://i.imgur.com/qupLCEM.png[/img] Jin: I'm not so sure if we're going right now... [b][i]BGM:[/i][/b] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krzeqqjs12A]Vim and Vigor -2.5 Remix-[/url] [i]Suddenly, a lot of small creatures began to rose from the ground all around the group. They seemed ready to attack them.[/i] [img]https://www.khwiki.com/images/d/db/Flood_KHBBS.png[/img] Kaito: W-W-What are those things?! [img]https://i.imgur.com/9S6co1u.png[/img] Umbra: Wild Nightmares... knew it wouldn't be so easy. [img]https://i.imgur.com/iUWVUDZ.png[/img] Alice: It never is, honestly. Still, we only have one way out of this. [img]https://i.imgur.com/bE6Whmo.png[/img] Jin: Damn right it is! Time to bust out our weapons and fight them! [img]https://i.imgur.com/cVyb5Sg.png[/img] Ictio: Lord Kiragi, are you ready?! [img]https://i.imgur.com/EVzmQXt.png[/img] Kiragi: W-Well, I'm still scared... but I'll do my best! [img]https://i.imgur.com/iIczHsM.png[/img] Umbra: Hmph. It's not like those monsters will actually reach you anyway, for as long as I'm here. [img]https://i.imgur.com/sElnvwR.png[/img] Ictio: Let's do our best, everyone! CHAAAAARGE!! [/hider]