"My, my, my. I thought you've given up. It turns out I was wrong!"
Youko gasped in shock, looking away from the screen of her device to glance at the direction of her bed. There atop the mattress rested the blue monkey, cackling in delight at her futile efforts.
"I thought you'll smart to forget about going home, little girl. But turns out that I overestimated your intelligence. You can't discover anything of value if you do that."
She had left homework as a late night chore to try to find out anything useful about AGI or SERO and their access to the Core. All the information in the Network seemed too complicated or simply discouraging her to act. No, not discouraging her, because she wanted to search a way back to home sooner or later.
"T...That's..."
"You can't go home, missy", he continued, "When you leave this place, you'll be back into that other world. You'll probably suffer and die if you return there. Isn't it better if you give up and stay safe here?"
Youko looked away, feeling her eyes welling up with unshed tears. She missed her home so badly, but her intuition told her that what the monstrous ape was saying was true. She had grown used to her unseen visitor. No matter how much he tormented her, he hadn't lied to her yet. And she...
I want to go home.
"Although safe is relative, as long you're befriending people like that kid. I can't believe a stupid girl like you would just trust anyone!"
"Give me a break." Youko stood up, turning away from her demonic companion to walk towards the door. Oh god, she needed to clear her head; her heart weighted wearily. "I don't want to hear it." She didn't want him to continue and tell her something irreversible. She was grateful with Loki and his friends for all the help and kindness they had displayed. I can't let him turn me against them.
"Don't complain later if you got hurt, because I warned you." She heard him say as his laughter fit grew grating on her ears. The monkey faded from sight and she shut the door of her room. Sighing in relief, Youko stared at the exit of the apartment and tentatively walked outside.
It had passed a while since the explosions of the Starter Apartments, but the shock and her own timid nature made her politely withdraw herself in her room. She hadn't had many chances to see the house Loki had brought her in during those upsetting events. Nor she had spoken with many people. The prospect of a conversation terrified her. She had no idea what did her hosts and fellow guests expected from her.
(ooc; Notice that the monkey is only seen and heard by Youko, he's like a manifestation of her repressed subconscious).
Thursday the 8th // Apartments. Her room first making her way down // Open
Youko gasped in shock, looking away from the screen of her device to glance at the direction of her bed. There atop the mattress rested the blue monkey, cackling in delight at her futile efforts.
"I thought you'll smart to forget about going home, little girl. But turns out that I overestimated your intelligence. You can't discover anything of value if you do that."
She had left homework as a late night chore to try to find out anything useful about AGI or SERO and their access to the Core. All the information in the Network seemed too complicated or simply discouraging her to act. No, not discouraging her, because she wanted to search a way back to home sooner or later.
"T...That's..."
"You can't go home, missy", he continued, "When you leave this place, you'll be back into that other world. You'll probably suffer and die if you return there. Isn't it better if you give up and stay safe here?"
Youko looked away, feeling her eyes welling up with unshed tears. She missed her home so badly, but her intuition told her that what the monstrous ape was saying was true. She had grown used to her unseen visitor. No matter how much he tormented her, he hadn't lied to her yet. And she...
I want to go home.
"Although safe is relative, as long you're befriending people like that kid. I can't believe a stupid girl like you would just trust anyone!"
"Give me a break." Youko stood up, turning away from her demonic companion to walk towards the door. Oh god, she needed to clear her head; her heart weighted wearily. "I don't want to hear it." She didn't want him to continue and tell her something irreversible. She was grateful with Loki and his friends for all the help and kindness they had displayed. I can't let him turn me against them.
"Don't complain later if you got hurt, because I warned you." She heard him say as his laughter fit grew grating on her ears. The monkey faded from sight and she shut the door of her room. Sighing in relief, Youko stared at the exit of the apartment and tentatively walked outside.
It had passed a while since the explosions of the Starter Apartments, but the shock and her own timid nature made her politely withdraw herself in her room. She hadn't had many chances to see the house Loki had brought her in during those upsetting events. Nor she had spoken with many people. The prospect of a conversation terrified her. She had no idea what did her hosts and fellow guests expected from her.
(ooc; Notice that the monkey is only seen and heard by Youko, he's like a manifestation of her repressed subconscious).