Green Rhapsody

Black Moon, White Night: An Urban Fantasy Visual Novel Inspired RP Reboot with a twist

Wakahisa Kanon

Kanon stared at the contents of her change purse in slight disappointment. No matter how tempting the smells that wafted from the bakery were, she just couldn't afford it. With a sigh, she picked up her school bag from the ground and slung it over her shoulder. She had hoped to surprise Shiroi with favorite bread, but taking care of the young shikigami and her assortment of pets were proving to be too much for her measly inheritance.

Maybe it was time to get a job? She was in her final year of high school and could always forgo college to go straight into the work force. And really, it wasn't as if she didn't expect this inevitability from the moment of her father's passing.

Not too far from the bakery, she spotted an underclassman that she occasionally noticed around the school and city. Kanon couldn't remember his name (Higurashi maybe?) but she had heard a classmate or two talk about him once. Not that she could recall what that was about either as she rarely paid attention to gossip, either.

With a friendly smile, she greeted the boy with with a wave. Unfortunately, in her absent minded thoughts about the future, she didn't realize that she had left her school bag open. Or that the contents of her bag had fell out one by one, leaving a trail of paper and books.

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Cornelia Marie Falkenrath

The playground was eerily devoid of activity. Only a single child, clearly foreign, sat on a swing as she stared blankly at the dirt. Cornelia was avoiding going home, or more accurately, she wasn't allowed to return home until the night had passed. Of course, she couldn't even really do anything until it was night fall. So here she was, sitting alone in this empty playground.

Or so she thought.

The crunch of shoes stepping on loose gravel made the young blonde look up. A younger girl stood in front of her, carrying a large purple ball. Curiously staring at Cornelia, she held out her ball, "Do you want to play?"

Cornelia stared back, not uttering a word. Play? She didn't even know how.

The girl scrunched her eyebrows, "You don't want to...? Ah! Do you speak Japanese?"

"... yes," she replied slowly, unsure what to make of the situation. Cornelia really did want to play. But... something in the back of her head told her no. It insisted that she would get punished for playing.

She... hated being punished.

"Does that mean we can play?!" The girl asked again with a cheerful smile.

The magus continued to stare back quietly. A moment passed before she shook her head. The other girl instantly deflated, probably disappointed in how her attempt to make a new friend ended poorly.

"Oh, okay," She said softly before walking off, once again leaving Cornelia alone to her swing.

Black Moon, White Night: An Urban Fantasy Visual Novel Inspired RP Reboot with a twist

Prodigy

Cornelia Marie Falkenrath

Age: 11
Gender: Female
Personality: Despite her overall cute looks, Cornelia is a distant and aloof girl. She rarely speaks unless spoken to and even then her words tend to be very terse and cold. She doesn't trust others, doesn't even want to trust them. People terrify her in ways most couldn't imagine, not that you'd ever be able to tell. If someone ever did give her a reason to trust them, she would show a much kinder and softer side to her. After all, underneath that tough exterior, is just a lonely girl who wishes she could have friends and a normal childhood.
Abilities:

• Magical Affinity: Before the decline of her family's magic, they had a strong affinity for the sky. Cornelia would inherit this affinity, giving her strong wind and lightning based magic. She can also tap into other concepts of sky such as freedom and disconnect.
  
  • Wind Spells:
    • Wind Burst: Focusing mana into her palm, she sends a blast of wind at the target/targets to blast them back.
    • Gale Cutter: Three blasts of air, focused into a sharp edge, are whipped out at the target in quick succession.
    • Air Step: A spell that lets her use the air itself as if they were stones to leap upon. She cannot stay in one place and must only use it for movement.
    • Eye of the Hurricane: A powerful force of wind spins around her creating a temporary barrier. It only holds up for a minute, cannot be used consequetively, and doesn't block certain things such as lasers.
  • Lightning Spells:
    • Spark Bind: It creates a small electric field around the indicated area. A magic circle will appear in the place that the field will go up. If the target isn't fast enough, they will be trapped in the barrier, unable to escape without electricuting themselves.
    • Thunder Bird: Four bird shaped constructs made of pure lighting form above her head. She can send them all at once or one at a time to hone in on the target. They explode into a electical charge when coming into contact with something.
  • Conceptual Spells:
    • Release: A spell that can free the user from most binds, be they magical or mundane.
    • Liberator: This spell temporarily liberates a target or the user from a single thing that may be holding them back. It can be a mental block or something physically wrong. Whatever it is, the target will end being able to tap into a higher potential than before.
    • Contract Sever: A spell that gets stronger depending on how long it is prepared. Its mostly impractical for combat, only being able to sever very weak contracts, but given time and preperation (usually ammounting to several day), she can break most of the powerful, binding contracts in this world.
• Survival Mind: As a result of a hijacked ritual that her family had tried to perform on her to make her stronger, whenever Cornelia feels her life is in danger, she goes into a completely different state of mind. Her movements become autonomous, she's no longer able to react to things like a normal person, instead her sole drive is to survive. In this state, she will quickly analyze the most practical and quickest way to survive. This isn't to say that she'll be able to dodge or counter everything thrown at her. She is still an eleven year old girl with limited physical capability, she can still be blind sided or overwhelmed even in this survival mode.

Skills: She is very aware of her own thoughts and is capable of focusing and/or clearing her mind.
Equipment: N/A
Brief Backstory: For generations, the Falkenrath family has been on a great decline. Once a powerful magus family, they could only produce mages with the minimalist of access to magic. All hope was thought to be lost for the dying family when a child was born the year before the previous White Night. This child had great store of mana and potential for magic they haven't seen in a more than one hundred years. Hoping to regain their glory with the next White Night, they quickly put the girl through harsh and dangerous training. Taken from parents she never got to know, she spent a very lonely and cold existence, constantly in fear of her next 'trial'. It was this fear that made for a very big, yet profitable, mistake. On the day they would perform a ritual to make her stronger, Cornelia was feeling especially high strung and fearful. So when they brought her out, her fear took over and seized the ritual from them, changing it into something else completely. Several of her relatives were critically injured in the aftermath, resulting in the family taking action in training the girl calm her own mind so another incident like this didn't happen again. Though, they were pleasantly surprised by the results of the failed ritual. It wasn't quite what they wanted, but some considered it a much better alternative.
Now, at the age of eleven, she has been brought to Rokuro to perform the White Night ritual. Accompanying her is an Aunt and Uncle who are here to moniter her progress and make sure she achieves her goal no matter the cost.
Plot Role: Prodigy

Inexperienced

Kanon Wakahisa

• Age: 17 (small for her age)
• Gender: Female
• Personality: An upbeat and friendly girl who almost always has a pleasant smile on her face. She enjoys the company of others and is always seeking out new people to befriend, or, in her unique case, ways to make new friends. Having a strong affinity with animals, she has many pets residing in her home. She loves each of them dearly and if you mess with them, she will show a surprisingly scary side to her.
• Abilities:
  
  • Magical Affinity: Animals or rather beasts.
  • Six Talismans of the Beast: A set of ofuda Kanon created herself to channel the abilities of various beast spirits. Only one can be used on a person at a time.
    
    • Wolf: An ofuda that increases the senses of whoever it placed upon. Specifically, sight, smell, and hearing get significatly increased.
    • Elephant: The sheer weight, strength, and density of an object or person gets greatly increased. A person would be capable of busting through walls effortlessly with this magic. The downside is that it comes at the expense of the person's natural speed and reflexes.
    • Monkey: An ofuda that increases the acrobatic abilities of anyone who uses it. It is most effective when combined with some form of martial arts.
    • Hawk: It grants temporary flight by forming etheral wings on the back of the user. It also makes the user much faster as long as they're in flight.
    • Swordfish: The swordfish ofuda is an odd one that not only gives the user not only the ability to breath under water and very fast swimming ability, but also forms an etheral sword in the shape of swordfish's bill.
    • Horse: As one would imagine, this ofuda increases the speed and stamina of the user. It also gives them more power in their legs, making for very powerful kicks.
  • Creation of Shikigami: Because of her affinity with beasts, she has an easier time of creating shikigami than most. Usually its paper dolls that take the form of animals, but she has a shikigami that she was able to give permanent form to. Her name is Shiroi Nunoe and she is a dog spirit that was able to manifest in a human-like body through Kanon's abilities. Despite her unorthodox creation, she is still considered an inugami and thus has the ability to use black magic. Specifically, her magic is to manipulate the five chinese elements. Because of her direct link to Kanon, she doesn't use her magic too often as it drains from her master.
• Skills: She knows some basic martial arts but nothing too fancy. She also quite good at cooking, cleaning, and caring for her various pets.
• Equipment: Paper Dolls
• Brief Backstory: Kanon was the only daughter of a Daoshi who came from a long line of onmyouji. Her mother had died during child labor, leaving her only with her father to raise her. He was a kind man, who treated his daughter well and taught her everything he knew. His constitution had greatly weakened after the death of his wife and though he tried to fight it, he grew increasingly more ill as time passed. It was when Kanon reached the age of thirteen that her father finally passed away in his sleep. Though this event greatly saddened the young teenager, she didn't let it depress her and instead poured herself in her studies. During this time, she began to unconsciously surround herself in animals. They provided great companionship for a lonely girl. This made an idea form in her head. What if she could make her own family through the creation of shikigami? And thus she began looking into creating a shikigami different from the ones she usually created from paper dolls. After two full years, her efforts came to fruition and she was able to give form to "sister" Shiroi.
  Plot Role: Inexperienced

Black Moon, White Night: An Urban Fantasy Visual Novel Inspired RP Reboot with a twist

Prodigy

Cornelia Marie Falkenrath

Age: 11
Gender: Female
Personality: Despite her overall cute looks, Cornelia is a distant and aloof girl. She rarely speaks unless spoken to and even then her words tend to be very terse and cold. She doesn't trust others, doesn't even want to trust them. People terrify her in ways most couldn't imagine, not that you'd ever be able to tell. If someone ever did give her a reason to trust them, she would show a much kinder and softer side to her. After all, underneath that tough exterior, is just a lonely girl who wishes she could have friends and a normal childhood.
Abilities:

• Magical Affinity: Before the decline of her family's magic, they had a strong affinity for the sky. Cornelia would inherit this affinity, giving her strong wind and lightning based magic. She can also tap into other concepts of sky such as freedom and disconnect.
  
  
  
  • Wind Spells:
    
    
    • Wind Burst: Focusing mana into her palm, she sends a blast of wind at the target/targets to blast them back.
    • Gale Cutter: Three blasts of air, focused into a sharp edge, are whipped out at the target in quick succession.
    • Air Step: A spell that lets her use the air itself as if they were stones to leap upon. She cannot stay in one place and must only use it for movement.
    • Eye of the Hurricane: A powerful force of wind spins around her creating a temporary barrier. It only holds up for a minute, cannot be used consequetively, and doesn't block certain things such as lasers.
  • Lightning Spells:
    
    
    • Spark Bind: It creates a small electric field around the indicated area. A magic circle will appear in the place that the field will go up. If the target isn't fast enough, they will be trapped in the barrier, unable to escape without electricuting themselves.
    • Thunder Bird: Four bird shaped constructs made of pure lighting form above her head. She can send them all at once or one at a time to hone in on the target. They explode into a electical charge when coming into contact with something.
  • Conceptual Spells:
    
    
    • Release: A spell that can free the user from most binds, be they magical or mundane.
    • Liberator: This spell temporarily liberates a target or the user from a single thing that may be holding them back. It can be a mental block or something physically wrong. Whatever it is, the target will end being able to tap into a higher potential than before.
    • Contract Sever: A spell that gets stronger depending on how long it is prepared. Its mostly impractical for combat, only being able to sever very weak contracts, but given time and preperation (usually ammounting to several day), she can break most of the powerful, binding contracts in this world.
• Survival Mind: As a result of a hijacked ritual that her family had tried to perform on her to make her stronger, whenever Cornelia feels her life is in danger, she goes into a completely different state of mind. Her movements become autonomous, she's no longer able to react to things like a normal person, instead her sole drive is to survive. In this state, she will quickly analyze the most practical and quickest way to survive. This isn't to say that she'll be able to dodge or counter everything thrown at her. She is still an eleven year old girl with limited physical capability, she can still be blind sided or overwhelmed even in this survival mode.

Skills: She is very aware of her own thoughts and is capable of focusing and/or clearing her mind.
Equipment: N/A
Brief Backstory: For generations, the Falkenrath family has been on a great decline. Once a powerful magus family, they could only produce mages with the minimalist of access to magic. All hope was thought to be lost for the dying family when a child was born the year before the previous White Night. This child had great store of mana and potential for magic they haven't seen in a more than one hundred years. Hoping to regain their glory with the next White Night, they quickly put the girl through harsh and dangerous training. Taken from parents she never got to know, she spent a very lonely and cold existence, constantly in fear of her next 'trial'. It was this fear that made for a very big, yet profitable, mistake. On the day they would perform a ritual to make her stronger, Cornelia was feeling especially high strung and fearful. So when they brought her out, her fear took over and seized the ritual from them, changing it into something else completely. Several of her relatives were critically injured in the aftermath, resulting in the family taking action in training the girl calm her own mind so another incident like this didn't happen again. Though, they were pleasantly surprised by the results of the failed ritual. It wasn't quite what they wanted, but some considered it a much better alternative.
Now, at the age of eleven, she has been brought to Rokuro to perform the White Night ritual. Accompanying her is an Aunt and Uncle who are here to moniter her progress and make sure she achieves her goal no matter the cost.
Plot Role: Prodigy

Inexperienced

Kanon Wakahisa

• Age: 17 (small for her age)
• Gender: Female
• Personality: An upbeat and friendly girl who almost always has a pleasant smile on her face. She enjoys the company of others and is always seeking out new people to befriend, or, in her unique case, ways to make new friends. Having a strong affinity with animals, she has many pets residing in her home. She loves each of them dearly and if you mess with them, she will show a surprisingly scary side to her.
• Abilities:
  
  • Magical Affinity: Animals or rather beasts.
  • Six Talismans of the Beast: A set of ofuda Kanon created herself to channel the abilities of various beast spirits. Only one can be used on a person at a time.
    
    • Wolf: An ofuda that increases the senses of whoever it placed upon. Specifically, sight, smell, and hearing get significatly increased.
    • Elephant: The sheer weight, strength, and density of an object or person gets greatly increased. A person would be capable of busting through walls effortlessly with this magic. The downside is that it comes at the expense of the person's natural speed and reflexes.
    • Monkey: An ofuda that increases the acrobatic abilities of anyone who uses it. It is most effective when combined with some form of martial arts.
    • Hawk: It grants temporary flight by forming etheral wings on the back of the user. It also makes the user much faster as long as they're in flight.
    • Swordfish: The swordfish ofuda is an odd one that not only gives the user not only the ability to breath under water and very fast swimming ability, but also forms an etheral sword in the shape of swordfish's bill.
    • Horse: As one would imagine, this ofuda increases the speed and stamina of the user. It also gives them more power in their legs, making for very powerful kicks.
  • Creation of Shikigami: Because of her affinity with beasts, she has an easier time of creating shikigami than most. Usually its paper dolls that take the form of animals, but she has a shikigami that she was able to give permanent form to. Her name is Shiroi Nunoe and she is a dog spirit that was able to manifest in a human-like body through Kanon's abilities. Despite her unorthodox creation, she is still considered an inugami and thus has the ability to use black magic. Specifically, her magic is to manipulate the five chinese elements. Because of her direct link to Kanon, she doesn't use her magic too often as it drains from her master.
• Skills: She knows some basic martial arts but nothing too fancy. She also quite good at cooking, cleaning, and caring for her various pets.
• Equipment: Paper Dolls
• Brief Backstory: Kanon was the only daughter of a Daoshi who came from a long line of onmyouji. Her mother had died during child labor, leaving her only with her father to raise her. He was a kind man, who treated his daughter well and taught her everything he knew. His constitution had greatly weakened after the death of his wife and though he tried to fight it, he grew increasingly more ill as time passed. It was when Kanon reached the age of thirteen that her father finally passed away in his sleep. Though this event greatly saddened the young teenager, she didn't let it depress her and instead poured herself in her studies. During this time, she began to unconsciously surround herself in animals. They provided great companionship for a lonely girl. This made an idea form in her head. What if she could make her own family through the creation of shikigami? And thus she began looking into creating a shikigami different from the ones she usually created from paper dolls. After two full years, her efforts came to fruition and she was able to give form to "sister" Shiroi.
  Plot Role: Inexperienced

Synchronization Overdrive: A school-based supernatural RP with a twist

Masayuki Michi

Michi reeled back, wincing at the abrupt pain. Did... did she just get hit? "What was that for!?" She shouted in protest, ready to give this uppity brat a peace of her mind. However, before she got the chance, Rika continued talking to her in an annoyed tone.

Okay, so maybe assuming her partner was a kid from her size alone was a bit presumptious. But this girl's attitude was grating on her nerves. This definitely was going to be a long school year. How did they expect her and this uptight shorty to ever be compatible as partners?

"Kh..." Michi grounded her teeth together, biting back any rude words that wanted to come out, "Fine, whatever you say."

The taller girl shoved her hands into her pockets and let Rika lead the way to their dorm. She'd comply with these ridiculous commands for now, if only to keep from causing a big scene. She really hoped Naoki was having better luck with his partner.

---

Masayuki Naoki

Once again Naoki was struck by how interesting his partner turned out to be. It wasn't often you saw someone cry actual tears of happiness. He could tell. They were going to be great friends!

"Alright!" He pumped a fist into the air, "Lets start operation be the best partners ever to eachother! First off, find our dorm!"

To say the least, Naoki was just as stange as his partner and shared just as much of her enthusiasm. Cheerfully, he began to lead the two of them out the room. Of course, he didn't exactly remember where the dorms were. But oh well, they'd stumble upon them eventually! Especially if they didn't give up!

Synchronization Overdrive: A school-based supernatural RP with a twist

My sister had me babysit her baby all week and last so I've been pretty busy. I'll try to get a post in tomorrow, though.

Synchronization Overdrive: A school-based supernatural RP with a twist

Oh, uh, late Happy New Years, everyone~!

The holidays have been pretty hectic over here.

Black Moon, White Night: A Visual Novel-inspired Urban Fantasy RP

Spirit Wielder

"Ahah, I guess the cat's out of the bag," With a short laugh, Kanon rubbed the back of her neck. She watched as Shiroi fidgeted uncomfortably under Elizabeth's gaze. If her ears and tail were still visible, Kanon could imagine them laying flat with her tail tucked between her legs, "Er, maybe dog would be more apt?"

As the vampire began to scribble on some paper, she waited patiently for her to finish, leaning back and forth on her heel. The slip of paper was then handed to her and Kanon took the time to look down at it. Well, it wasn't completely unreadable. She could make out all the numbers. With a nod, she pocketed the paper, "Alright, I'll contact you if I see anything and I'll try my best not to get caught!"

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Child Mage

"Hm," Cornelia paid no mind to the other woman's complaints about her tone. If she had just listened, neither one of them would have to deal with the other. Of course, the child didn't realize she was the one in the wrong here. Truly, the girl was just awful at dealing with people. But that tended to happen with the sort of anti-social upbringing she had.

"My Aunt and Uncle lives on the edge of town," She answered, looking around to see how to get back. Hoping to get going as quickly as possible, she soon realized a slight problem. She had no idea where she was. If she were alone, she could wander around until she got her bearings. But... with this woman with her, a whole new set of troubles were sure to come from this. Of course, she didn't want to admit to not knowing the way. So, she began walking off at a random direction, "Follow me."

Synchronization Overdrive: A school-based supernatural RP with a twist

Michi Masayuki

"H-hey!" Michi shouted automatically as she was suddenly pulled by the wrist. Taking a closer look at the person who was pulling her, she noted that it appeared to be the girl she was partnered with. Completely dumbfounded by how small and youthful her partner looked, Michi once again began to wonder if there was some sort of mistake. Was she really old enough to be attending this school?

Soon, they broke out of the crowd and went into the hallway. She was still feeling a little perplexed when her partner rounded on her. Word after word, Michi could feel herself getting a little annoyed. All this talk about business partnerships and not being friends, what exactly did she expect from this then? And why exactly was this kid bossing her senior around?

What a troublesome little girl.

"I don't even know what you'd qualify as stupid," Michi finally answered crossing her arms over her chest, "More importantly... aren't you a little young...?"

---

Naoki Masayuki

Naoki's mouth formed an 'o' shape as he watched his partner with wide eye'd wonder. This girl had such an interesting reaction! He waited patiently for his partner to stop spasming in every sense of the word. Nothing about his looks seemed to judge the girl. In fact, he still seemed genuinely interested in getting to know her. She definitely apologized a lot. He wondered if that was some sort of game she was playing, who can apologize the most.

Before he could ask her about it, she bowed her torso suddenly, "We'll take care of eachother, right? Isn't that what being partners is for?" He tilted his head while placing a finger to his chin. His question was genuine. He was sure it was supposed to be that sort of relationship, but he could be wrong.

Synchronization Overdrive: A school-based supernatural RP with a twist

The Twins

Michi had crossed her arms over her chest, listening intently to what the researcher had to say about genetic compatibility. It was when she mentioned the compatibility of relatives being stifled by protectiveness that she faltered, almost sputtering a protest out loud. She held her tongue, though. There was no way the researcher had meant her and her brother. She couldn't be that protective of him. Sure she looked out for him and did everything she could to keep her naively innocent brother out of trouble, but she wasn't detrimental to his growth. Was she?

Her brother didn't seem to have noticed the implications of the researcher's words, or possibly just wasn't bothered by it. Instead, he stood on his tip toes look up at the projection with wide, bright eyes, "Ohhhh, Michinee, you're paired with someone pretty cute~ How lucky~! Now to find my name..."

"It's weird to call your-" Wait, wait, wait. Naoki wouldn't call himself cute like that. Furthermore, why would he need to find his name? Michi looked up at the list and had to do a double take. Sure enough, she was paired with a girl she didn't know, "What...? But I thought... why aren't we paired together?"

"Ehhh, its a little disappointing," Naoki mused tapping his chin, "But this way we'll make new friends, right? I think I see my partner, I'm gonna go say hi."

Before Michi could protest, her brother had already wandered away through the crowd of students. She sighed. Dammit, what was she supposed to do now? She didn't want to paired with someone else, but she also didn't want to go against the school's decision.

Well, she might as well take a chance to get to know her partner. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad? Naoki wasn't wrong, after all. The girl did look pretty cute...

While his sister was still having her dilemma, Naoki easily moved to the center of the group and appeared in front of a girl who was standing oddly still. Not that he seemed to notice, as he leaned back on his heels and smiled pleasantly at the much taller girl, "Hello, I'm Naoki, you're my new partner, right?" He barely came up to her chest, but that didn't deter his eagerness to make a new friend.

Synchronization Overdrive: A school-based supernatural RP with a twist

The Twins

Michi Masayuki had been sitting stock straight, attempting to listen to the instructors intently. As the ceremony droned on, the girl could feel her head occasionally lulling to the side. She had to constantly jerk herself awake and missed most of what was said. Not getting a wink of sleep the night before was definitely taking its toll on her. Though she couldn't help it if she was (and still is) feeling overly anxious about this new school.

The only solace in this whole ordeal was the boy currently snoozing on her shoulder. He didn't quite have the same excuse as his sister for sleeping during the ceramony but its not like Michi minded much. She was just happy knowing he'd be here where she could keep an eye on him. He'd become her tuner and she could guarantee her airheaded brother would stay out of trouble.

It was as she was having these thoughts that she noticed a faint dampness on her shoulder. She looked down.

Yep, he's drooling. Now THAT she minded.

"Hey, wake up," As she nudged her brother, she heard a nervous voice telling new students to go to room 4b, "We have to go."

"'ive more miiinutesh," Naoki slurred into his sister's shoulder.

The older twin sighed in exasperation, "You asked for this."

The boy suddenly let out a high-pitched yelp that was sure to garner some attention as he rubbed his arm, "Michinee, pinching is forbidden."

"Is it?" She gave her brother a wry smile, "It can't be anymore forbidden than sleeping during our opening ceremony."

"Eeeh?" The boy blinked slowly, looking around to see students leaving their seats. "That teacher had such a nice voice, I just found myself getting a little sleepy. Eheh~"

There wasn't a hint of remorse in his voice. Such a troublesome little brother.

"Come on you," Michi wrapped her arm around his neck and dragged him out of his seat and towards the crowd of other students heading to 4b.

---

As they stepped through the doors of 4b, the yawn Michi had been fighting back suddenly slipped out. She hoped no one noticed her as she didn't want to come off as rude.

"Sounds like Michinee should have taken a nap too," Naoki mirrored her previous yawn and looked around blearily, "Let's find a good spot to slee-"

"Shh, I'm fine, now pay attention," As the researcher spoke, her unkempt appearance and obviously shy personality made the white haired girl wonder why she was working at this school. Though, Michi didn't want to disrespect the woman so she kept these thoughts to herself.

It seemed this is where they were gonna get paired up. Ah, so there was no point in her or Naoki being there. They were obviously gonna be a pair, right? That's at least what she had always assumed. After all, who else would be more compatible than her own twin?