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[Open] When darkness is upon your door

Who: Hanako (

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What: Lilly is gone. Hanako doesn't take it very well, and tries to cope with the loss by going to the places she likes.
When: Day 137
Where: There will be two options: Library, and the park.
Rating: PG.

[ A - Gefion Park ]

[ It was nothing short of a horrible week for Hanako, just like it was probably for most people. But what hurt her the most was the notice that her best friend Lilly was missing from her room. One morning she headed there as usual to help her get ready for breakfast, and all her things, along with her own person, were nowhere to be found. The "Contact Not Found" sign on her bracelet was the ultimate confirmation that Lilly was no longer in Asgard. It hit Hanako harder than it should have, considering that now she's sure her friend was safe from the danger that lies here. Her company, although short-living, did help her emotionally during the Darkness attacks. She would have possibly broken down otherwise.

She's going to spend most of the morning in the park, sitting on the grass by the lake. Nashi's been left in the House. Hanako wanted to be alone while brooding. It doesn't look like she had a great sleep lately, either, looking at the clear bags under her eyes. ]

[ B - Great Library ]

[ Towards the afternoon, Hanako can be found at the library, sitting on her usual beanbag and mindlessly flipping through the pages of a random book she picked up. She's not reading it, though... her mind is wandering to other, unpleasant places where it shouldn't be. Not even her most favourite hobby is helping her. ]

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"... Hn." Hanako would mutter a little sound some seconds later, pretty much unresponsive. That was suppost to be a positive answer, but she didn't even nod. "... You?"

"It's pretty good. It's about this guy who gets stuck on a faraway planet with a group of various aliens. They're made to fight in an arena for alien overlords who gamble on who's going to survive." he replied, placing a bookmark to hold his page.

"What about yours? I'm unfamiliar with the title."

That sure wasn't something Hanako would pick up immediately unless she was running out of things to read. But she didn't care about that now. Some pausing later, she showed the cover title to him. The Time Keeper.

"I haven't gotten much into the story yet." That was an excuse to say that she didn't even read the first chapter. She opened the book at a random page and left it at that.

She'd been reading for a while. He had to wonder if she was doing the same thing he did sometimes - reading the words without really taking it in, with his mind a million miles away.

"I see. Well, if it's good, you'll have to let me know. Oh, I finished the Nightlight books."

It had been... a struggle at points. But he'd finished them.

"... You did? All the volumes?" Even with so much going on, Hanako's attention perked slightly when he mentioned Nightlight.

"All four."

They sort of blended together in his mind and it was a little tricky to remember the exact sequence of events. But he'd toughed it out.

"....I think my favorite guy was the Werewolf." Until he wound up imprinting on the baby... though, he didn't want to complain too much about the books, being as Hanako was such a fan.

"Really? He's my favourite, too." In truth, she didn't like the vampire's position in the story. He was... too perfect to her, and the way the protagonist constantly described him was a little weary sometimes. Still, she considered it a good enough writing, and blamed it on her own tastes.

The Werewolf had been the only character he could find any interest in. The girl was too whiny, shallow and selfish for him to feel much sympathy for her, the Vampire was too stiff, cold and strange and he rejected the notion that he had to be told how perfect this was the entire time through the narrative's constant description of him.

"Well, I'm glad we had a similar opinion of that - the Werewolves as a whole were my favorite aspect of the books. They had an interesting culture, too."

"I like how their culture was depicted in general. If I could choose someone that was more deserving of romance, it would be Henry." Henry being the non-fourthwalling character that was the protagonist's other love interest. "I think the story might have evolved slightly better if he was the chosen one."

"I agree, though, I think he probably could have found a much nicer girl than the one he was interested in." Considering the girl telling the story outright used him several times and let him trail after her like a lost puppy.

"Why do you think so? Isn't she good enough for him?" Hanako had the warped idea that the protagonist actually did nothing wrong... okay, nearly taking suicide because her vampire boyfriend broke up with her in the second book was definitely a stupid decision, but she could understand her pain. A little.

"She's just not that nice of a person. She uses him for protection and his mechanical skills and only seems to seek him out when her preferred company isn't available, really doesn't take much notice of his feelings on anything and even admits to him she knows she's selfish." He shrugged a little.

"...though, he isn't much better. He really doesn't stand up for his own interests much at all and can't take the hint that she just isn't that into him. He sort of just allows himself to be mistreated, so, she isn't completely to blame."

"I've never gotten that impression from her." Maybe it was just because she could relate with her, in a way. "Admitting that she's selfish is a good thing, though. It means she's not denying her faults, which is an important trait for a protagonist to have."

"It is. That's very important. The problem I guess I had with it is she can identify it, but does nothing to change it. What good is seeing a flaw if you don't work to fix it? Soon after that, she decides to ride her bike off a cliff..."

Which to him, was pretty much the ultimate act of selfishness. Especially being as she kind of ditched poor Wolf-Boy to do it so basically was riding off right in front of him to kill herself.

"....anyway, the fight scenes were generally a lot of fun, and I did like the Werewolves. Some of the Vampires were interesting. I liked the Doctor, and the girl who had premonitions. They were both pretty well written."

"But I can understand why she did it." Hanako was oddly opposed to the idea that taking their own life was nonetheless selfish. "She was filled with despair, and I don't consider it an act that makes her look bad in my eyes. It was out of her control by now. It's kind of... realistic, actually. Without that despair factor, I'm sure she would have tried to change."

At least she'd agree with the other part. "That's what I think, too. I'd like to focus on the story and characters involved rather than the romance, honestly..."

"I guess I just handle despair differently. It probably isn't something I can accurately judge."

He shrugged. He didn't want to argue about it at all - They would always have a different outlook on some things and this was one of them. He seriously hoped, though, that Hanako didn't see this girl as some kind of a role model.

"Yeah, me too. I didn't find it very romantic but the setting was interesting. I did wind up looking for other books on Vampires and Werewolves too, but in the Non-Fiction section. There are worlds out there where those exist for real, you know."

"That's true."

Everyone'd gonna have different viewpoints. Despite the admiration she kind of felt for the protagonist, though, Hanako would... never do half the things she did in the books, mostly because she wasn't brave enough... or stupid enough.

"There are some people here who claim to be vampires, aren't there? I talked to someone who said he was a werewolf, but I haven't seen him around since then."

Hanako - how do you know everyone?

"I've never met either one here, actually. My good friend Samantha is half demon. I think that's the closest I've ever come to meeting anyone like that."

It's a secret, Hisao.

...

Seconds after the mention of that name, Hanako had a double-take, her eyes widening, freezing on the spot.

"Sa... Samantha? Y-You know her?"

"Hm?"

Hisao was given pause by her sudden change in demeanour. Maybe Hanako was scared of Samantha's reputation? Her 'bad side' had posted around the network, of course.

"Yeah. She's a good friend of mine - She's actually really nice if you give her a chance. I had coffee at her apartment a few weeks ago and we chat every so often."

Unlike Satellizer's case... Samantha had done things that were nothing short of unforgivable, and she wasn't sure whether Hisao knew of those acts or not. Bad side or not, that woman needed to be locked down and cured.

"I see. You don't know what she'd done to Mirel-san, do you?"

"Mirel...? Oh! You mean Karuika? No, I don't know of anything that happened with them. He's another frind of mine, though. I'm actually going to his house for dinner some time soon. He saved me once during the attacks and I told him I owed him a meal, so... He lives with Nakama and someone called.. um.. Shou? I think it was? I've never met him before."

Hisao smiled and shrugged.

"Anyway, I know Sam has her problems, but she's really a sweet person, even behind that gruff exterior she puts up on the network. I get the impression she isn't used to having many friends, so, it means a lot that she's kind of let me in a little bit, you know?"

Hanako tried to fight back the hiss that was coming out of her mouth. He didn't know, and somehow his words stung her- although they weren't suppost to. Karu was becoming more than an acquaintance to her, and what happened to him shouldn't be wished on anyone else, not even the worst enemy.

"Hisao. There is something you need to know." But she didn't know if the library was the safest place to reveal it. All the same, he had to know what his supposed friend had been up to. "You won't like it, but I can't keep it a secret."

"...oh. Okaaay..."

Hisao's reply came with a blank stare. What was she talking about? Had something really terrible happened between the two? He'd just been talking to Karu yesterday and everything had been fine.

"So, tell me. There's no-one else around right now."

She would have never expected Hisao to become friends with such dangerous individuals. This needed to be discussed, before he'd get into serious trouble. Hanako sighed heavily, gritted her teeth, and began explaining.

"About three weeks ago... Samantha attacked Mirel-san. He sustained serious injuries, and was on the verge of death. Mirel-san told me that people with body scars particularly attract her."

... And that wasn't all. But because Karu hid that horrifying particular from her, she didn't know about the sexual implications and how worse she'd hurt him.

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