Hate. Agony. Pain. Fear. Desperation.
The darkness writhed, nourished by these emotions swirling together.
A student desperately wishes to pass her next test. Another fears being bullied. A teacher wishes he knew how to help one falling behind, and laments his failure.
These emotions stirred together, swirling into is gaping maw.
It was going to feed well.
It was almost time.
The sun fell.
That slow, steady decline across the sky, heralding the approach of evening. And further beyond, the arrival of night. It stretched the shadows of the trees, buildings, and people on the street longer, as if each ray of light hooked its fingers into them and wouldn’t stop pulling.
It wasn’t a particularly abnormal day.
There wasn’t anything that could be picked out as unusual.
The students of the local High School probably didn’t think anything of it, either. Some lingered behind for clubs or other activities, some of them had already gotten home.
A few lingered behind longer, even now. Maybe their club activities ran late, or maybe they had some other reason.
They’d be an obstacle, one way or another. But one they couldn’t simply remove.
The black-haired girl inhaled deeply. They’d been preparing for this for a while, now. Suppressing it at the school could only work for so long, they had to act directly and destroy it.
Makimura-sensei’s efforts had to be respected, but they couldn’t keep going on forever.
How did one develop this quickly somewhere like this? She supposed the average school did have a lot of clashing emotions.
Hiromi folded her arms with a huff.
Still, it didn’t explain how one that was this much of a potential threat was developing so swiftly. It’d be a disaster if it formed fully during the day, and even now there were still students in the vicinity.
They’d have to act to swiftly contain it in one area and destroy it with as few potential witnesses as possible.
Indeed, that was their assignment. It was why so many students had been sent out in the first place.
The plan was simple. Her team would approach from the south. The other team would approach from the North. Both would enter the school using Hiroe-san’s contract ability to remain unseen, corner the Grudge, and destroy it out of sight before anyone else could get involved and it could grow too large and too dangerous.
Hiromi had no doubt that’d succeed.
If nothing else, she was there, wasn’t she? So that meant there was no chance of failure.
If nothing else, the Kobayakawa family didn’t accept failure.
Thus her path forward was to succeed.
As soon as Hiroe-san gave the signal, they’d be ready to enter. Makimura-sensei would lift the suppression field when they were in range, and they would encircle and destroy it.
All they had to do right now was wait.
The sun sank lower. The shadows stretched longer.
Maybe by the time Hiroe-san was ready, the school’s students would be cleared out entirely? It was all she could hope for right now, but anything more would be too unsubtle.
Was she getting impatient?
Perhaps.
@Raineh Daze@Rune_Alchemist@vietmyke@King Cosmos@PKMNB0Y@Teyao
The darkness writhed, nourished by these emotions swirling together.
A student desperately wishes to pass her next test. Another fears being bullied. A teacher wishes he knew how to help one falling behind, and laments his failure.
These emotions stirred together, swirling into is gaping maw.
It was going to feed well.
It was almost time.
The sun fell.
That slow, steady decline across the sky, heralding the approach of evening. And further beyond, the arrival of night. It stretched the shadows of the trees, buildings, and people on the street longer, as if each ray of light hooked its fingers into them and wouldn’t stop pulling.
It wasn’t a particularly abnormal day.
There wasn’t anything that could be picked out as unusual.
The students of the local High School probably didn’t think anything of it, either. Some lingered behind for clubs or other activities, some of them had already gotten home.
A few lingered behind longer, even now. Maybe their club activities ran late, or maybe they had some other reason.
They’d be an obstacle, one way or another. But one they couldn’t simply remove.
The black-haired girl inhaled deeply. They’d been preparing for this for a while, now. Suppressing it at the school could only work for so long, they had to act directly and destroy it.
Makimura-sensei’s efforts had to be respected, but they couldn’t keep going on forever.
How did one develop this quickly somewhere like this? She supposed the average school did have a lot of clashing emotions.
Hiromi folded her arms with a huff.
Still, it didn’t explain how one that was this much of a potential threat was developing so swiftly. It’d be a disaster if it formed fully during the day, and even now there were still students in the vicinity.
They’d have to act to swiftly contain it in one area and destroy it with as few potential witnesses as possible.
Indeed, that was their assignment. It was why so many students had been sent out in the first place.
The plan was simple. Her team would approach from the south. The other team would approach from the North. Both would enter the school using Hiroe-san’s contract ability to remain unseen, corner the Grudge, and destroy it out of sight before anyone else could get involved and it could grow too large and too dangerous.
Hiromi had no doubt that’d succeed.
If nothing else, she was there, wasn’t she? So that meant there was no chance of failure.
If nothing else, the Kobayakawa family didn’t accept failure.
Thus her path forward was to succeed.
As soon as Hiroe-san gave the signal, they’d be ready to enter. Makimura-sensei would lift the suppression field when they were in range, and they would encircle and destroy it.
All they had to do right now was wait.
The sun sank lower. The shadows stretched longer.
Maybe by the time Hiroe-san was ready, the school’s students would be cleared out entirely? It was all she could hope for right now, but anything more would be too unsubtle.
Was she getting impatient?
Perhaps.
@Raineh Daze@Rune_Alchemist@vietmyke@King Cosmos@PKMNB0Y@Teyao
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