Post #2713351 in Arc 4, a roleplay on RPG

Hotaru smiled a little at the dorm owner.

"Alright, but Gecky-kun really needs help so please do whatever you can. Good luck, Gecky-kun~!"

While she said that, she slipped some of her money in his right pocket, away from Mitsuru's eyes before taking off with the rest of it. She knew Mitsuru told her to spend it for herself but she couldn't just do that without helping out someone who really needed the extra hand. Still, she walked downstairs to see Madoka coming home from his classes. Hotaru grinned.

"Hi, Madoka-kun! I got my first official job~"

Madoka raised an eyebrow as he saw the bubbly brunette jog to him.

"Job? What're you talking about? Don't you have a job?"

Hotaru smiled and laughed.

"I meant my first official job for my career~ I helped design Black Rose a bit!"

Madoka blinked before smirking a bit.

"Did you now. How do you know it was actually a job?"

Hotaru grinned happily before showing him the money she earned.

"Mitsuru-san paid me for my hard work. Wanna go out somewhere?"

Madoka stared at the girl for a bit before shrugging.

"Why not? I have nothing better to do."

Hotaru cheered happily as she led Madoka out. As they left the dorm, a man with dark blue hair walked in, listing to his music while his eyes were closed. Once he opened his eyes, he saw the dorm room greet him.

"This is Blue Lotus... Least that's what the directions should say."

The man just let out a heavy sigh as he stepped into the dorm, lazily glancing around until he found a couch. Immediately, he sat down on it to pass out for a while.

Menou was a bit startled when Asagi suddenly asked her what major she was in. She looked to the side, nervous.

"I... I kind of haven't decided that yet..."

She played with her hair a bit. There was absolutely no way that she was going to tell him that she hadn't decided because she might kill herself by her next birthday. So, what to say to lie to him...?

"My parents didn't really get me into a lot of stuff as a child so I never really got to experience that much. So, I don't really know what I want to do with my life once I get out of college."

It was for the most part the truth. Her parents never really showed her much in regards to the world as they found it full of sin and Menou ended up being corrupted by the sin. Still, what she hid was that she didn't know if she even wanted to live long enough to find out what to do with her life. Shaking it off, she smiled a bit at Asagi.

"What about you? What do you want to do?"

Akeno was very surprised at the turn of events. First, she managed to get Kazuya's name, or Kazu as he preferred to be called. Somehow, it fit him well. Second, she got some new information out of him. He's apparently going to work in the new Black Rose café in the dorm as part of the cooking and brewing. Would this mean that he was going to live here? Honestly, Akeno hoped so. It was genuinely nice to have someone she could be somewhat real around. Third, he called Akeno her friend...

"Friend... Heh... It's actually been quite a while since I heard someone actually call me that... I wonder if he'll stick around..."

Lastly, he introduced her to an old friend of his. She studied the other girl in front of her. Black hair, brown eyes, 5'4'', looked like she could be a model... In other words, she looked to be the exact opposite of Akeno herself. She felt out of place with her light blue hair, pink eyes, petite figure and doll-like appearance. If her mother wasn't so controlling, perhaps at one point she could have been beautiful like this woman. Alas, such was not the case. Yet, she didn't feel bitter about it. She briefly remembered what Kazuya said about images.

"If I had to guess, her image is that of a model. Still, she seems almost like a ghost in some regards. Regardless, she seems important to Kazu..."

She decided to try and be real around this girl too. She flashed the girl a weary but genuine smile.

"Hi... I'm Akeno Furuya, though I think Kazu already said that. Don't worry about my phone talking for me, it's a long and complicated story. In any case, I hope we can get along well... Kirika..."

She felt a small burden being somewhat lifted off of her shoulders as she acted as her natural self. Though she also felt a bit worried. She never normally acted like her usual self, always as the peppy and cutesy doll her mother forced her to become. What would happen if her mother saw her try on regular clothes and act like a normal person around other people? She decided that she would only do it in front of these two, just in case.

Snippet #2713351

located in Unnamed City, a part of Arc 4, one of the many universes on RPG.

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