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The world was starting to attack the group, and Akiko could feel the pressure. The world felt like it was starting to fall apart, even, though it was a lot more real than Akiko had ever felt before. But it wasn't like she could focus in on anything about that, the sounds of her group were ringing in her ears. [color=red][ I hope this means you're starting to care about others. ][/color] Castle remarked, manifesting behind Akiko as she turned to look at the others.

[color=hotpink]"Kanbaru! Riku! Snap out of it, it's just a-"[/color] but before she could finish her sentence, the world shifted to a different reality. One where she was younger, though not by much, and the world around her was much different. A high school courtyard, maintained likely by some gardening club, her cards and tools gone, even Castle having been robbed. Her world was stolen, but something about this reality felt... off. She wasn't sure what exactly tipped her off, but between having a bachelors while attending a high school and knowing she recognized none of this landscape, she could piece it together. This was an illusion, no matter how real it felt, and being on her own sucked, but she'd done this before. She'd do it again.

Thankfully this time, if this architecture was to be remembered, it was Miso High. That meant she had an edge here, given what the Tower experiences taught her.

[i]"Is she okay?" [color=gray]"There's that new girl again..."[/color] [color=lightgray]"Should we get a teacher? She doesn't look so good..."[/color] [color=slategray]"What's her problem?"[/color][/i] 

The other students gossiped as Akiko raced through the halls of the school. The Abyss could try a lot of things on her, the monotony of normal life, the loss of those who finally cared for her as she was, but there was something it couldn't take away. Reality had reports of weird things, and given the pasts that she gazed into, she knew there was one place that stemmed a lot of things, nothing by which was normal.

[color=red]The Detention Club.[/color] Hell, maybe she'd find Kanbaru there. Would be nice to see a friendly face in this school, real or not.