Category: Chapter 19
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EX — Caelum
Yui Arashi finally settled back into a routine that could be construed as normal. On the surface, a twenty year old young woman owning her own business and still attending higher education was impressive in its own right, even more so with her “delinquent” appearance and punk attitude. Just past the surface, Yui was still…
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10 — Class Act
Holding a small scrap of paper, Koharu wanders into class 3-2, paying the other students who’ve already arrived at their new classroom for the year no mind and claiming her usual seat in the back. Unfortunately, her entrance has not gone unnoticed, with some girls gathered around a desk in the front trading mutters and…
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9 — Part of the Band
In a cozy breakfast café just off campus, Alice pockets her phone as Yui returns from the bathroom to see a large plate of toast, bacon and eggs awaiting her. Alice: Excellent timing, ma’am! Yui: Daaaamn, babe, this looks incredible! You uh… you’re good to have some too, right? Alice: You’re talking as if I…
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8 — Hey You
April has come, and after a short break, staff at Mitakihara High have put everything in place to start a new term, crossing their fingers that this one wouldn’t be quite as eventful as the last. The graduation ceremony, a few weeks ago, was relatively modest, but to welcome a new generation of freshmen no…
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7 — Aria
New Eden’s weekly “Young Women’s Self-Defense” courses were well under way. Even if this week was a bit lighter on the attendance side. Four girls exited the gym, passing a fifth who was heading towards it. The girls seemed in a bittersweet mood, conversing lightly about how much they would miss this place, all things…
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6 — Private Investigations
The empty lot behind the Berry Mart near the Yashikata underground station used to be a prime hangout spot for cigarette-smoking delinquents, but even since the lockdown, many convenience stores stopped being open 24/7, leaving the area unlit at night and occupied with little more than two vending machines that haven’t been refilled in ages,…
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5 — Naomi
Alice knows it hasn’t fully dawned on her yet what just happened. Sitting here, in an empty waiting room, with her back facing the hallway to the doctor’s office and a television playing reruns of the last-night news on the wall in front of her, she believes the realization will come any minute now. Seeing…
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4 — Body Talk
Lying on a futon in the middle of the living room, Koharu stares up at the ceiling, her surroundings illuminated only by the faint light of the screen of the laptop resting on top of her chest. She never was one for sensible ergonomy when working. If you can even call this working. The worksheet…
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3 — New Noise
As soon as the doors opened, it was clear that Mitakihara had been waiting for The Smile’s grand opening. Months of curfew, followed by a lockdown that had turned going out after dark little more than attempted suicide, had left such an impact on the city’s youth that any place peddling affordable beer and loud…
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2 — Opening Fire
The doors to New Eden open, one day before the usual dedicated training day for wayward Magical Girls. Inside, the telltale subtlety that came from Diana Caelum’s entrance. Today, she was wearing a long, beige coat, just barely hovering over the floor. Her long, blonde hair hung neat and straight enough, and her hands were…
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