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It is 9:15 according to the watch. It was this late in the story, yet she was still in the shackles placed upon her by STYX.
How on earth did the Ramshackle prefect end up in such a predicament?
[The pages beckon you to take a peek]
Usually, she would've been back in NRC at this hour, just in time to prepare for what was to come with the Diasomnia chapter. Yet, somehow she's still shackled down in Tartarus. Why is that the case?
Guess it's because of those stones she ate, the ones Grim would gobble down in the previous timelines. This time, she was the one throwing these down the hatch.
Kyuu told her that it was necessary to swallow these blotted magestones in order to develop her UM. Each stone swallowed meant that she would get stronger and stronger.
You could say that she saw this as necessary. The ends justify the means, and it's utterly justifiable that she must get stronger to save everyone. Plus, if it meant that Grim would be saved, then she'd gladly take the fall.
And so, stone after stone did she get strong. The hour hand struck harder, and the minute hand moved faster. Each battle from each dorm got easier and easier the more she consumed a stone from the fallen phantoms.
Yet...
Of course, nothing in this world comes for free.
The night after the VDC competition, the Ramshackle prefect went rogue.
At first, Grim went missing from the dorm's premises. This greatly worried Mayuu, thinking that her efforts were futile and that he was bound to go ballistic and get captured by STYX all over again. However, this was proven to not be the case, as he eventually returned from his trip from Sam's shop with a wagon of tuna.
However, later that night, Grim woke to his tail getting stepped on by this stupid human. This would be a normal occurrence, but something about her this time seemed off.
Mayuu's motion was akin to a robot's; stiff and mechanical. The prefect definitely did a lot of strange things, but even this was an outlier for her peculiarities. What was even more strange was that she decided to take a trip outside without her weapons. Presumably, if she were to be awake at this hour, she'd go out to train.
Something was definitely up, Grim just knew it.
Thus, he decided to follow her. Better safe than to be sorry, and he didn't want to feel sorry if his human ended up disappearing just because of his ignorance.
Trailing behind the prefect, they both eventually reached the VDC stage. Everything else that happened went by so fast.
She was hungry, hungry for the magestone buried in the depths of the stage. She was desperate to get that crunch that the murky stone gave, and she was going to do anything in order to get that bite.
Grim witnessed the prefect unearthing the stage with her bare hands, causing them to wear and tear to a degree.
"M-Myaaah human!!? S-Stop it! I command you to stop! You're gonna get yourself hur-"
"H O U R H A N D"
The response Mayuu gave him for his rare concern was a punch to the face. What makes matters worse was that she used her UM against him, dealing a painful blow to the poor thing.
With this incident, Mayuu ended up being taken by STYX. There they discovered a concerning amount of blot building up in the prefect's system. Thus, she is to stay on the premises until it's deemed safe for her to return to the outside world.
To her, this is all worth it. The narrative deviated from the story she knew. Now, there was hope that she could finally change the ending of this tale.
Yet, who's to say that the route she's on would yield better results than the one she already knew?
[ - END OF CHAPTER -]
I am so late... Go crazy if you want?!? Surprise me!
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Might post my reactions/response later on 👁️👁️
[Sneak peak of the poll results event]
KYUU WATCH OUT!! MAYUU IS RIGHT BEHIND YOU!!!! Oh no, he can't hear us... he has his airpods in?!!?
!!! TW: BLOOD AND IMPLIED VIOLENCE !!!
Moments after giving your answer, the sound of ticking disrupts your exchange with the mysterious fellow. A third-party member steps in, carrying an air of savagery with her blades.
This... stranger... no... This... villain. How could she harm someone with such ease? No ounce of remorse or regret is shown. It's as if they wanted this person dead.
Before you could even interrogate her, she just... vanished? The body too?... And the blood?!-
Was anything that happened in the last 10 minutes even real? Did you just happen to hallucinate everything? Were your case of daydreaming getting worse?
...What the hell just happened?
Two 'best friends".... they're going to punt each other to death
coming soon to a timeline near you?
Being Mayuu is suffering
"Hey you! Don't you want to be a hero?"
(TWISTED FROM KYUBEY)
𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬… 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦?
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[A/N] Kyuu goes by he/they, but leans more into "he."
Can other students see him? - He can't be seen by students that aren't "heroes," and this is especially the case for NRC students. However, he can choose to reveal himself to others if he wants to.
Who counts as a "hero?" - Basically, anyone who stands up against the overblots can be counted as a "hero" according to Kyuu.
Where is he actually from? - IN DEEZ N- Idk myself...sorry...
What's he like? - You know those cocky 12-year-olds that shit on you for playing the game wrong? He's basically like that.... but worse. My dude is literally backseat gaming with Mayuu...
There's a plush version of him? - Yes... It's the form that everyone else can see. Mayuu likes to beat this version up as a stress reliever.
...MAYO?? - He likes to say Mayuu's name wrong on purpose. Mayo and May You are his favorite variants!
Do the symbols on page 3 mean anything? - :3
Where the hell is he? - Kyuu is somewhat omnipresent. You may not know it, but he's always with you <3 (only if you made a contract with him, otherwise he'd just leave you alone PFFFT-)
[Illust....hehahasidbak]