vulgaris | 1st Bloom ✿

[There's a lot of things wrong with what's going on right now. One; she's in some new place that doesn't look like her prison cell. Two; she's got some annoying wings on her back that are bothering her beyond relief, and not to mention the pain that they're bringing her. Wouldn't they have someone ready to give out painkillers at an instant? Or something to at least null the pain. Whatever it is, she needs to find out what in the hell is going on. And this...what is it- a journal? Yeah, she figures she'll go ahead and use it for the time being.

But how to go about this...there's a good chance if she's...well, herself, people won't actually listen to her, and would probably go on their way. She doesn't want to have to resort to this, but she's going to have to in order to garner some attention. So there's a sharp inhale of breath (well, partly due to the wings but) as she begins to speak.]

U-Um...excuse me, I have a few questions... [So far so good, she's playing it off with her rather sweet, innocent voice so far.] Is there a reason we have these wings on our backs...? I don't really like it much, and it's really bothering me. [There's another reason why she doesn't like them in the first place- she feels like they're mocking her with that pink color. Jeez.] A-And what is this place...? It's not home...did someone kidnap me? If so, then that's a really mean prank!

I'm also a little bit lost...um, if anyone could help out, I'd be really grateful for your cause! O-of course, that's all up to you whether you want to help me out or not...I'm not going to force you too, that's just a little too cruel... [She'd like it to be as cruel as possible, but hey. New place? She'll screw with people some other time, but right now, it doesn't seem right.]

...oh, I'm sorry, I should have introduced myself too...my name is Minatsuki Takami, it's...it's a pleasure to meet all of you...! Ow...these wings really hurt... [Her voice was a little pained as she was speaking, but she's no stranger to pain in the first place. So she's just trying to keep up this facade through all of it.]

Thank you for your time...um...I...I guess I'll...try and get used to the surroundings for now...

[And with a small sigh, she turns off the voice, a small curse under her breath.]

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[Hah. Maybe she would have to try that method for herself. ~~jane no~~]

That's easy to fix too. All you have to do is find an empty house or apartment and take it for yourself! You can do that on your own without any white knights, right? [It probably wasn't a good idea to provoke Minatsuki like that, but oh well.]

[No, it's always a good idea to provoke Minatsuki. She seems to be grinning, cracking her knuckles.]

Oh? Free houses and apartments? I thought this place was going to be shitty, but looks like my life is turning around at this point. Like hell I'll need white knights for that; but hey, if they help me decorate, I'm fine. [She'll probably coax someone into doing it for her, but.]

Whoa, let's not go too far here. That's all of the good things about this place, but I haven't even started to mention the bad yet! [Well, to her those were all of the good things. More or less.]

Even with all that stuff, we've still got to deal with being experimented on.

[A groan comes from her side. Experiments? She thought she was done with that whole ordeal back at home. Her tone shifts into one of discontent.]

What kind of experiments are we talking about? Are they going to take a part of our stomach? Make us go crazy and give us weird modifications besides these damn wings? I could go on, but my patience for experiments wears thin.

[Yikes. While she didn't quite carry on after that without missing a beat, it was about as close as she could manage.]

Let's see, recently they sent all of us to an amusement park on the moon, made some people deathly afraid of some random thing for no reason, made people younger and messed with their memories...take your pick, I've got more.

Oh, and there are drafts to think about too.

[Those don't seem too bad. She seems to be scoffing at them as they pass by- but there is something in that last sentence she said that catches her attention.]

The hell are these drafts? Do they pick people and send them off to war? Cause if so, I'm underage and I don't need that sort of shit plaguing me.

They're exactly what they sound like.

[She preferred not to think about it. Being used as a experiment subject was bad enough already, but being a lapdog for their captors was stepping over the line in a big way.]

They don't care how old you are as far as I can tell. I'm underage too and they've sent me out on one.

[Great. That's something else she didn't want to hear. She figures with everything being...well, relatively okay, there had to be some catches. Her wings, for one, are still bugging the crap out of her, and now...]

So they expect you to fight for them? Sounds like a shitty deal, but it's nothing that I'm used to. Hell, I've been through worse things.

[Deadman Wonderland isn't a place she wants to return to anytime soon.]

... [Been through worse things, huh? Did that have anything to do with why some people weren't in a hurry to get home?]

There is one thing you can try. When they want to drag us away for something, they usually send robots after us. You'd be the first if you actually managed to fight them off, but it's worth a shot, wouldn't you say?

[Robots? Huh. She's handled worse, but she has to judge on what scale these robots were in terms of danger.]

Please tell me they're not big hulking shits that can overpower even the most powerful being here...? Cause if so, then I think I'd be shit out of luck as much as the next person here...

Well, I was hoping that you'd be another one of those people with special powers! [a light sigh.] They're strong, but somebody's got to have something we can use on them...

And bullets don't work on them, by the way. I already tried that.

You wouldn't be too far off the mark by saying I have special powers. [She lets out a light sigh herself.] If bullets can't work on them, then they must be sturdy as shit.

Oh well, nothing like a little cutting shit up can't solve. If you need something stronger than bullets, I'm your girl.

But if I did need your help, you wouldn't do it out of the goodness of your heart, would you?

...Having said that, I wouldn't turn you down if you were offering your help for free. [Free stuff was awesome, after all.]

Oi, I said I'd help out, but I never said it was for free. [A light scoff comes out of her.]

'Sides, like I'd protect someone I barely met as well. Nah, I ain't exactly the cooperative type...unless you were to bribe me, off course.

Can't blame me for trying. [Still, why no go after every edge she could get?]

Let's talk business, then. What kind of bribe are we talking about here? There's no money here, you know.

Hey, if there's no money in the first place, then that's not my problem to worry about. After all, I'm not the one asking for protection in the first place.

But I'm open for anything you have to offer. Unless you're shitting me right now.

I wouldn't dream of doing such a thing! [Not right now, anyway.]

...And it's not about having someone to protect me, it's about having a last resort!

A last resort, huh...so, having someone there by your side is a last resort, is it?

Why don't you try and pick one of the shitty white knights around here, they'd do you more good then me.

Yeah, I guess I could. It'd probably cost me a lot less too, now that you mention it.

But accepting help from those guys with a straight face is out of the question, so I'll have to go about it like you did.

It ain't that hard to fool them anyways. Hey, show me your face, while you're at it, I wanna see how good of a liar you can really be.

Of course, it all depends if you're cute, too. So I can definitely be the judge of that, as well.

Oh, I know. I never said that I was a stranger to it, did I?

[Still, getting an outsider's opinion could actually be helpful here, so she switched over to video. She was confident that there wouldn't be any problems.]

[Minatsuki's face also pop's up on the feed as she's already tilting her head and squinting a little bit.]

...yeah, looks are definitely there. Though we can probably work up on some features... [She's making a dumb little rectangle with her fingers.] And boom, you'd be making white knights fall for your charms. Gimme your cutest face you got.

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