Category: Chapter 17
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17 — City of Mirrors (pt. 2)
Inside Kiwako’s home, the loneliness of the girl was clear as day. Her furniture came from decades prior, never being replaced. Her sofa was torn in places, her table kept up by books and/or sugar packets. The stairs leading up to the bedrooms were in dire need of repair. Not that anyone beside Kiwako Kobayashi…
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16 — First Dates (pt. 1)
The few hours of class students have to sit through on Saturday mornings before earning their week-end have always come across as particularly cruel to Yosuke, so his class’s homeroom teacher deciding to have his students clean their classroom during the last period of this agonizing coda to an already grueling week must have been…
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15 — City of Mirrors (pt. 1)
There was no visible or tangible barrier to mark the transition into Kamihama City. Nothing to mark where the city began or ended. But as the train pulled closer, a wave of calm warmth spread to two of its passengers in particular. A… not quite desire, or urge, but a subtle seed, planted and swiftly…
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14 — Rock Bottom
A few hours had passed since Yosuke left New Eden, and Yui had finally begun transcribing her findings from the photo into her journal, the Conductors’ Omnibus. It needed a new name, she thought. Of course, if she were to do that, she would likely have to get a separate journal. The Forte’s Omnibus? No,…
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13 — Ticket to Ride
Yuzuki surveys the rail map at the local station, deciding on a destination. Not many places that were “lovely this time of year” in the middle of winter. She hadn’t planned where to go— she specifically told herself not to. This was her first unplanned vacation ever, and she figured this was the way to…
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12 — As Requested
Yosuke: Well, as requested. In New Eden’s office space, Yosuke leans forward in his chair as he passes the woman sitting on the other side of the desk a folder containing several pictures, each of them marred with the telltale dullness of a cheap at-home print job. Yosuke: Hope the resolution’s decent enough. My dad’ll…
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11 — On Behalf of Mr. Nishioka
The newspaper club room is quiet, and mostly empty. Her head resting on her arms folded on top of her desk, Koharu is gazing out of the window, watching the members of various sports clubs running laps around the school grounds — until she is roused from her distraction by the sound of a door…
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10 — Intervention (Yuzuki’s version)
Yuzuki breathes a sigh of relief as another Witch’s barrier dissolves around her. This was an easy hunt, the kind that made her feel like she could be okay continuing to do this for a little while longer. She knew not to trust that feeling– a nasty encounter was always right around the corner. It…
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9 — Cross-examination
In the hallway of the first floor of Mitakihara High’s main building, a group of first-year students are huddled up together. As one of them puts a firm hand on the shoulder of the boy at the centre of it all, Koharu squints, peeking out from behind a distant corner, ignoring the skeptical glares of…
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8 — Intervention (Kohaku’s version)
One snowy morning, Kohaku enters the New Eden gym, brushing snow from her shoulders. She carries with her a tablet with JSDF markings on them. She taps on its screen a few times before calling out. Kohaku: Hello? Arashi-san, are you there? It’s Kohaku. Yui: (a voice calls out from the ajar office door on…
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