Category: Chapter 15
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10 — The Pale Wardens (pt. 1)
Wandering through a mostly abandoned residential district, Niko, Shinju and Cecilia look around in awe at the destruction. Windows have been broken, furniture and decorations vomited out onto the streets — plundered cupboards, broken tables, abandoned toys, torn-up bedsheets — and the asphalt is littered with shards of glass and splinters of wood, as if…
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9 — A Picture Says More
Not even half an hour had passed after Niko left Paradise Hall, Cecilia and Shinju in tow. The residents now had more room to breathe, if nothing else, but Yui was uneasy. The final battle was clearly approaching, and she knew frighteningly little about what she was up against. After fifteen minutes of pacing around…
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8 — Empty Streets
The next day, at the break of dawn, Niko makes sure she is properly dressed for a venture into the city. Dating off her coat, she can’t help but utter a sigh when she realizes the risk she’s about to take. Niko: How long has it been since I even went outside…? Alice: (crossing her…
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7 — Here’s the Thing
The scene around the office door was one that most of Paradise Hall’s residents knew better than to interfere with. Most simply avoided the area entirely, save for Hanako making sure Koharu had adequate food and water, and anything else she needed— space included. Seeing Yosuke at the door, Hanako kept a wider berth than…
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6 — Boys Don’t Cry
Shakily holding a serving platter with a glass of juice and a plate with two slices of teacake, Yosuke mutters to himself as he approaches the door to the gym’s office, practicing what he is going to say. With little of value being produced, however, he decides to simply wing it and after clearing his…
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5 — See Hell
Pulling aside the curtain slightly, Toi takes a peek out of the window of her apartment to witness the chaos in the streets. Despite her neighborhood being a mostly residential area, with few stores to loot, trash cans have been emptied onto the concrete, windows broken, and the occasional car set alight or reduced to…
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4 — Before the Storm
It’s no longer just Her laughter he still hears in his head now. No longer just Her life fading from Her eyes he sees. There’s another one. A trail of blood leading down the stairs. Splinters on the wooden floor. Silence. Yosuke holds the crumpled picture in one hand, and his phone in the other.…
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3 — Escape Plan
Midori stirs as the sunlight lifts her eyelids. At first the ceiling above her is blurry, and only after a few blinks does it reveal itself as a cheap construction of ready-made steel girders and corrugated sheet. Her body feels like a burlap sack filled to the brim with sand, limply sprawled out on the…
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2 — All the Knowledge in the World
As another of November’s increasingly grey and gloomy mornings breaks, Niko ascends the stairs leading up to Paradise Gym’s common area, putting her hand to her mouth as she yawns. Niko: Ugh… I feel like I’ve slept for days… (she groans) Anisa: I’m afraid you did. Sitting at a small table that has been hastily…
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EX — Scintilla
The streets around the building the former Citizens’ Council used as a meeting place had become eerily quiet. More than the Incubator abandoning Shiori, only the crackling of flames and crumbling of stone could be heard. No immediate rioting, no yelling, no shouting, nothing. Firestarter could almost hear herself blink with this quiet. It was…
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