ACADEMY CITY
Fireworks sound off in the eve of the morning to signify the beginning of the festivities. Tourists pour in from all around to see the opening of the Vespasian Dome in District 7. Schools have been cancelled for the momentous occasion so those that didn't want to go to school probably held joy in their hearts.

Cars pulled in while Anti-Skill cars sat at the road-side to identify the people that came through. Some kids were up early in the morning with their families to play around, be it in parks or downtown where the stores were opened up early for people who may have driven long ways or flown from overseas. It was all very lively just for the early morning.

One boy in particular was sluggish though due to lack of sleep and all the commotion outside. His name?

Kamijou Touma.

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Touma's Apartment

“Ahhhh…” he groaned while he slipped out of bed with his spiky hair. “What… time is it?” he mumbled to no one in particular. “Index?” he said the name of the other ‘loafer’ in the house. A girl with silver-hair, green eyes and a ‘pleasant scent’ which the original ‘Touma’ himself ascribed to the young girl upon their first meeting.

It was an awkward time, really.

Well, it would be awkward if he could actually remember how it happened. His memories from that time are nothing but a blank due to the events that happened afterward.

“Index?” the normal teenage boy managed to pull himself from the sheets to look around.

There was a faint sound.
No, not a sound.
Breathing.

He sniffed the air.

That same faint scent he can’t recall.

There Index slept right beside him in the bed. Again. Breathing contentedly while in slumber. Instead of raising hell about it - he pulled the covers over her while she slept with Sphinx (Index’s cat) curled into her flat chest.

“Sigh…”

The nightmare from the previous night, the reason why he was so restless, played back in his mind. People were screaming. There was nothing he could do about it. There was a distorted space in the sky… then that was when he woke up.

“Hmm.” afterward Touma got straight up out of bed to work on breakfast because if there wasn’t any food out on the table before the girl woke up, she’d be snippy.

Of course Beatrix was not lost. She was not a fool.

All that random wandering through the streets? The hours of traversing the same roads over and over with a confused expression? All just something that someone with inferior intelligence would see. Obviously, the great Beatrix was not at all lost, she knew this place all too well! It was just that her location had changed... location.

"It was right there... I know it..." the heterochromatic girl mumbled grouchily, taking a rest on a park bench, her parasol resting beside her, "...Stupid store. Not even telling me it was moving..."

With said location being a game shop that happened to be located across the road from her position, it may seem like Beatrix had simply looked to the wrong side, but that was clearly incorrect! The shop had obviously moved and disguised itself for some strange reason,
Such impertinence! She needed new games to play! How dare that shop disappear?! When did she ever give permission for that?! And now she was going to sweat from all the walking! Ugh...

Bleh, she needed something to drink. Pointing to a random bystander, she snapped, "Hey, peon! Get me juice! Now!"

Alice had not expected this morning to end up with someone giving her orders like some medieval lord. She had gone through her normal routine and then realized partway through that school wasn't going to be happening today. So she abandoned her normal routine and simply showered, got dressed, and attached her rapier and pocketed her permit before heading out to find a place for food. The girl that ordered her to get juice couldn't be any older than thirteen or fourteen years old.

This situation would be found as amusing by some, and confusing by others. Certainly some people might even have a negative reaction. Alice hesitated trying to decide how she wanted to go about this. She didn't want to upset the adorable girl, but she found herself in the amused section of feelings. It took her a moment to decide on how to go about this. "J-juice? What kind? Apple? Blueberry? Cranberry? Strawberry? Orange? You know, I happen to be going to a nice breakfast restaurant that serves the best pancakes in town. I'll bet they have some juice you'd like." She pointed down the street towards a small cafe with a few people sitting down for their breakfast. Normally she wouldn't pay for a stranger, but this girl would be a complete exception, besides she was interested in such an odd and demanding girl. "I can pay for your drink."

Friendly. That was an easy way to act. Same as being a pushover, something that Alice usually wasn't.

Hikaru had gotten up this morning still feeling a bit tired. She had worked a bit too late yesterday on an order to have it finished before today. She didn't mind the extra cash she got from it though. The rest of her morning ritual went as always. She took a shower and went over to her closet that covered an entire wall. Opening it she looked at all her different sets of clothes and decided she would go with the boys outfit today, though she still put on her hairclips. Then she got ready for school ... "Huh wait a second," she said to herself while turning her head towards the calender. Today the dome in district 7 opened meaning no school, meaning she got up early for nothing.
Now she had to decide what to do in the morning, going back to sleep was out of the question. "Hmmmm I guess I'll just make up the plans along the way" With that she decided to just go get some breakfast and since she had enough money from her little side job she decided to go to a breakfast restaurant.

When she got out of her apartment building she felt like taking a small detour trough the park. There were a lot of restaurants and vendors around the park that served breakfast. Now the question was what she would get for breakfast. There were so much possibilities and combinations that she didn't know what to pick. She also didn't know which place made what stuff the best and whether she would like it or not. She continued this train of thought while not paying any attention to where she was going.
Until she heard someone say: "You know, I happen to be going to a nice breakfast restaurant that serves the best pancakes in town." Right then and there she decided she wanted to eat pancakes. Turning towards the person that said it she saw 2 girls 1 that was dressed like an anime girl and the second had a rapier. She immediately went over to them and asked with a smile: "Hey which restaurant did you say makes those scrumptious pancakes? Also hello I'm Hikaru."

What seemed to be a calm day started up in the worst way expected. Right after getting of her bed, ready to say hello to the whole world, Mashiro tripped over and hit her head. After that, she was going to prepare her breakfast, but she let the eggs she was about to prepare slip through her hands. Now, not only having almost killed herself first thing in the morning, she had nothing else to prepare for breakfast, since she ran out of ingredients last night that she prepared a cake. Now, walking sluggishly through the city and with an imaginary sign of 'DEFEAT' above her head, she was searching for a place in which she could have a decent breakfast. "Totally not my day." She said to herself. However, her hunger-induced super ears helped her hear some girls talking about a restaurant.

She ran as fast as she could to reach the source of such a voice. 3 girls were talking, everyone of them odd in more ways than one, but now wasn't the time to be picky about people. She approached and glomped the girl with a clothing style straight out of an anime. "If you know of a good restaurant, pleeeeeeeeeaseeeeee let me go with you. I'm starving to death here!" She said, with teary eyes. "I'll even pay for whatever you three ask for, just lead me there." Mashiro looks oddly desperate. In the back of her mind, she is remembering a time in which she picked a random restaurant to eat. It was absolutely the worst. They had no pastries in their menu! Totally unbelievable. Mashiro had to eat some stew they had and it left her with a bad taste in her mouth. It was not until she arrived home that she was finally able to dig in on some cake she prepared. For the record, that happened just yesterday and is the reason why she is now begging some strangers to take her with them. "Nothing good comes from trying out random restaurants! You guys seem to know this place, just help me!"

"Of course you can pay!" Beatrix said haughtily, "I chose you to purchase my drink, so you have to buy it!"
And come to think of it, she was starting to get hungry, too... it was a good thing everyone in this City existed to serve her whims! As the young, arrogant child hopped to her feet and picked up her parasol, someone else approached, inquiring about their breakfast. This only served to fuel Beatrix's arrogant assertions of her self-importance. It was only natural that the Commoners desire to partake in her great presence, after all! Well, since she was clearly kind-hearted, there was no reason to deny this person her company.

Though evidently, her 'great presence' proved to be too much for some people, judging by the surprise tackle she received.

Left in a dazed state on the ground, she only half-heard Girl III's please for food as she tried to make her head stop spinning. She was not used to physical contact with anyone, much less hugs that sent one flying. Plus she was quite light, with only the gentlest of breezes unable to bowl the little, arrogant girl.
"...Wha..." Beatrix mumbled, blinking rapidly. "...Um... sure, why not. The more peons,the better?"
Now, had Beatrix Not been surprise hugged... she probably would have accepted anyway. Obedient servants were hard to come by these days, for some weird reasons. Having three of them appear at once was quite the nice surprise. And like hell she'd turn them down!

Alice glanced around as suddenly a couple other people came and asked to join... well one begged. The situation proved to be a bit too much for her to handle and she began to break out in laughter. She finally caught her breath and wiped her tears of laughter away with a big grin. "What a strange day!"

She decided to swap to more of a leader-type role and give direction. She first glanced at Hikaru. "Well the name of the place is odd, but you'll see why." After all, the Pink Palace's name fit itself quite well. Then she took the lead and made her way to the building itself.

The size of it wasn't huge, but the building most certainly was build to look like a palace similar to that of the Taj Mahal. The color it was painted: a brilliant pink that you could clearly spot miles away. She spun around to face the group. "Well... it's appearance has mixed reviews, but the breakfast food they serve is five stars for sure. I've been to other places and still haven't come across anything quite as good."

She pushed open the door and got them a table. A waitress passed them menus and Alice quickly made her way to the pancake page. This festival she was entered into the annual fencing competition and she wanted to be fed and ready for it to happen. She glanced over her menu a couple times. "By the way, I'm Alice, Alice Westrice. Nice to meet you all."

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