[center][color=firebrick][h1]Afterschool Incursion[/h1][/color][/center]
The sun is setting. The school grounds are bathed in warm, red light, but as the source of day's unapproachable radiance continues to dip below the horizon, the shadows begin to encroach on what is unrightfully theirs.

The halls have already emptied. Some bastions of life still remain, but they have very little reason to still be here. The student at the Library who had lost track of time. A student waiting on her friend from the club. 

The sun is sinking. The shadows are growing stronger.

"Manami! You're finally done!" The girl happily exclaimed.

"Yeah, cleaning up took waaaaay longer than it should have." The other girl sighed. "Stupid Junpei, I don't know why we still have him in the club..."

Their enthusiastic chatter continued long into their journey of Clausewitz's empty halls. They had no way of knowing what was to come next, did they? They had no way of knowing the consequences. But who could blame them? It wasn't their fault, after all.

This school, these students... Really, it wasn't their fault.

"Manami, after this do you want to-..." The first girl started to say, but when she turned, her friend was gone.

The shadows were growing longer, almost as if they were reaching out for her. But she hadn't noticed yet.

"Manami...?! Where did you..." She began to speak again, but a coil of shadow suddenly whipped around and grabbed hold of her leg.

[i]A scream![/i] No doubt discovering the caustic properties of the shadow in question. 

A flash of light, and the shadow retreated. Its prey did have the ability to fight back after all. Clausewitz... oh, Clausewitz, famed for churning out Champions. But mere strength hadn't been enough to stop [i]this[/i].

The bubbling black ooze was everywhere now. Slowly filling the halls, seemingly coming from nowhere. Relish the hunt my little friends. It's time for the invasion to begin.

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