flightworks | karaniji (kinome) 6

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Content warnings for this chapter include suicidal ideation, attempted suicide, temporary character death (all comedic), and discussion of agoraphobia (serious).

Corbeau: It's about the next fragment! You'll be able to find it due north from here...
Corbeau: They say there's a very strange house that way...

THE EMPTY-HEARTED GIRL AND THE RAINBOW FRAGMENTS

Eba: You're not tired, are you?
Poyoko: Nope.
Poyoko: (His arm... When did he get it back?)
Eba: Hey... would you try smiling for a sec?
Poyoko: ......?
[sfx: grin??????]
Eba: Know what, forget it.
Eba: (Haven't seen the King's influence on her since then...) [sfx: DISAPPOINTMENT]

Poyoko: Hey, Eba. What should I do in order to learn about other feelings?
Eba: Uhhhh... I dunno, try talking to people more? (Not like there's any point to this though.)
Poyoko: You can learn about feelings... by talking?
Eba: Uh... yeah, sure.
Poyoko: Okay.
Eba: C'mon, let's go in.
Eba: Wait, there's no doorknob...
Eba: SCREW YOU!!! LEMME IN!!!!!!
[sfx: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!]
Poyoko: Do you hear that...?

[sfx: WHOMP]

Mimi's Mom: Owie, owie, owie...
Mimi's Mom: Aww... I failed again.
Mimi's Mom: Oh, my! What are you kids doing here...?
Mimi's Mom: You shouldn't play in a place like this. Little boy, you and this little lady should hurry home.
Eba: LITTLE BOY?!?!?!?!?
Poyoko: ......
Eba: HEY, OLD HAG!!! WHO YOU CALLIN A LITTLE BOY!?!???!?!!!

[sfx: PONCH]
Eba: What... is her deal...
Poyoko: I don't know...

Eba: Hey, this room looks pretty normal.
Poyoko: Yeah, normal.
Eba: Let's check out the other rooms.
Poyoko: Kay.
[sfx: twist]
Eba: DWAH
[sfx: STAB]
Eba: What...

Poyoko: ......? What's wrong?
[sfx: click]
Eba: POYOKO! DONT TOUCH ANYTHING! THIS HOUSE IS EFFED UP...
Eba: Huh? She's gone...
Eba: UWAH
Eba: WHAT??? A PITFALL??? ARE YOU OKAY??? HURRY UP AND GET OUTTA THERE!!!
Eba: What..... is this house............ there's traps everywhere..............

Eba: Hm?
[sfx: BEW]
Eba: WAHH
Eba: WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH
[sfx: CRONCH]

Mimi's Mom: The halls are too dangerous! Come with me!
Poyoko: (How did we get so high up...?)
Mimi's Mom: I told you to go home! Why on earth did you come in?!
Eba: This old hag sure is naggy...

Poyoko: We're looking for the rainbow fragments. They say there's one in this house...
Mimi's Mom: The rainbow... Aren't those supposed to grant your wishes...?
Mimi's Mom: ......
Mimi's Mom: This place used to be my own home. It was originally a very normal little house, but...
Mimi's Mom: Then one day, all of a sudden...
Eba: Somebody must've used the power of a fragment. Who...?
Mimi's Mom: It must be my son Mimi.
Eba: Your son?

Mimi's Mom: I want to save him! Please tell me how!
Eba: Owowowowowowowow...
Eba: The shards respond to the desires of the holder.
Eba: So, this house is a reflection of your son's wish. If you know what his wish is, we can get the fragment out.
Mimi's Mom: He must be afraid of the outside...
Mimi's Mom: He was always terrified of being stared at. He's very little and not good at small talk, so he could never make friends with the other children.
Mimi's Mom: I'm sure he's trying to protect himself by making the house and Toeto like this...

Eba: Toeto?

Toeto: INTRUDERS FOUND

Toeto: EJECT FROM PREMISES
[sfx: GRAB]
Eba: WH?!

[sfx: YEET]
Eba: SHIT!!
[sfx: CATCH]

Eba: (She's my King's precious vessel!!! I'm not gonna let her die!!!)
[sfx: LAND]
Poyoko: ...Are you okay?
[sfx: wobble wobble wobble]
[sfx: aaaaaaa!!]

[sfx: WHUMP]
Mimi's Mom: Ooh! It's so violent!!
Mimi's Mom: Ah! Owie owie owie...
Mimi's Mom: I'm so sorry to impose like this!
Poyoko: It's fine.
Eba: Damn! What the hell was that thing?!

Mimi's Mom: That's Toeto... my son's favorite plush toy.
Eba: Plushies like that oughtta be illegal...
Mimi's Mom: It's awful. Toeto's always attacking intruders, so it must be something like a bodyguard to Mimi now.
Mimi's Mom: Mimi was so upset that he couldn't make friends that eventually he shut himself up in his room. After a while he wouldn't even talk to me anymore...
Mimi's Mom: Then one day, not too long after Mimi refused to leave his room...
Mimi's Mom: Sigh...
Mimi's Mom: Eek! Is that an earthquake?!

Mimi's Mom: Our house turned into this strange building...
Mimi's Mom: Eeeeek!!
[sfx: GASP]
Mimi's Mom: Oh no! Mimi's still inside!
Mimi's Mom: There are so many traps inside the house... I was terrified. I kept getting hurt all over, and yet I couldn't find Mimi... but I couldn't give up.

Poyoko: How come? Why didn't you give up, even though you were hurt and scared?
Mimi's Mom: Because I'm his mother.
Mimi's Mom: And besides, I've gotten tough! So I don't mind getting hurt.
Poyoko: Getting hurt isn't scary when you're strong?
Mimi's Mom: That's right!
Mimi's Mom: And it's not just my body that's tough! My heart is, too!
Poyoko: Your heart? How does a heart get tough?
Mimi's Mom: Gosh, you're so curious, little lady!

Mimi's Mom: Let's see... The first step to becoming strong is to get lots of love!
Poyoko: What's love?
Mimi's Mom: Huh?
Mimi's Mom: You don't know?
Poyoko: Yup.
Mimi's Mom: Then I'll give you some!
Mimi's Mom: Come over here.
[sfx: sit]

[sfx: hug!!]
Poyoko: ...This is love?
Mimi's Mom: That's right.
Mimi's Mom: You should take as much as you can get! The more you have, the stronger you'll become!

Mimi's Mom: And one day, pain and suffering won't mean a thing anymore.
Poyoko: Really?
Mimi's Mom: Really!
Poyoko: (...... It's warm.)
Mimi's Mom: Don't forget this hug I gave you, now!
Poyoko: ...'kay.

Oz: I'm tired of being alive!!! Let's die!!!
[sfx: WHUMP]
[sfx: collapse]
Oz: ......
Oz: Once again... I lived...
Oz: I can't even die... I'm so worthless...

Corbeau: Nice show there, Mister Oz! You always die so splendidly! Magnificent!!
[sfx: KICK]
Oz: YOU DON'T MEAN THAT ONE BIT!
Oz: Go away!! You don't even like me!! Stop making fun of me!!
Corbeau: Now now, is this really the time?
Corbeau: Don't you want to know where your precious "savior" is?
[sfx: GASP]

Oz: Huh? Huh? By savior..... you mean the one who can return the world to void?!?!
Corbeau: That's the one!
Oz: Hurry up and take my money. I want the deets.
Corbeau: Thanks for your patronage!
Corbeau: You can find her in that house that's all the buzz! Eba should be on his way there now, and he's the one who has your savior.
Oz: Oh... The patchwork house...
Corbeau: I'll show you the way!
Oz: So the savior's there... Heehee...

Oz: Our savior belongs to we RTV!
Oz: Wahoo! I've found a reason to live! I could hug everyone in the world right now!
Corbeau: Good for you!
Oz: Oh... the moon...
Oz: ......

Oz: I wish to disappear without a trace...
Corbeau: Your heart's a seesaw that just won't stay still...

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