"What's happen- OH MY GOD, YUKARI!"
...Oh, the girl with the pink hair just showed up. Another one of Yukari's pathetic human so-called friends.
....and yet, she's running up to Yukari, clearly scared out of her wits. You, on the other hand, are just.... standing there. Stunned. Too shocked to even do anything.
...so, then, which one of you was Yukari's real friend, again?
Noise. More noise. You blink, and suddenly the blue-haired girl has a hold of you by the shoulders, angrily shaking you. For someone a good couple of years or so younger than you, she's surprisingly strong. Probably actually a monster instead of a human, now that you think about it. The pink-haired one, too. Humans don't normally have those hair colors.
"HEY! LADY! TELL ME WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED HERE, OR ELSE!"
The girl.... Kurumu, you struggle to remember... is furious. Moreso than you've ever seen anyone, perhaps barring Her Ladyship's reactions to particularly perverse human transgressions.
You attempt to explain to her that this isn't how you planned it, that this is all a big accident. "I... I-I didn't mean to-"
The girl's eyes widen for a second, before she snarls and slams a fist into your fa-
For a time, the world goes buh-bye.
....
....
You have the impression of sound. It's all distorted, like you're trying to hear a conversation from underwater.
....
Sensation begins creeping back into your body. You're on something soft. ...a mattress, maybe? You think you're under a blanket.
....
You awake with a groan. Your face hurts. You try to remember why.
...that's right. The girl with blue hair. She hit you. ...really, really hard. It feels like the force of that punch is still echoing around inside your head.
Your muscles appear to be stiff, so you must've been out cold for quite a while. You try and open your eyes, and immediately screw them back shut in a pained response to the bright lighting.
You begin to try and get up by reflex, but suddenly find yourself unable to move your limbs. Your ankles and wrists are being restrained somehow. ...the bindings feel... thorny, for lack of a better word.
The one time you're not ready to step into one of your trashy romance novels...
"Don't try to get up, miss Ruby -- you're probably still hurting from earlier." A boy, speaking. His tone is as kind as his words are. Something familiar about that voice.... oh. Yukari's male human friend. You struggle to try and remember what his name was. Tsumo? Tosuke? ...no, no, no.... Tsukune. That was it.
"I apologize for the precautions, young lady, but there are some questions that we'd like you to answer. If you promise not to get too rambunctious, I'll be more than happy to release your restraints."
The speaker is an older man, with a noticeable accent to his Japanese. ...British, you think. He's got a deep voice, that's pleasant to listen to.
Your eyes are still adapting to the lighting, but for the time being you haven't got a clue where your rod is. Without it, you can't use the vast bulk of your magic. You're all but helpless in your present state.
What's your top priority right now?
All dialogue-related options will be taken into account for the next update, but will be addressed according to how many votes each option has.
[]Find out what happened to Yukari.
[]For the time being, agree to answering their questions.
[]Ask how long you've been unconscious/what happened.
[]Attempt to escape.
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