2477/What is Truth

What is Truth
Date of Scene:	16 February 2017
Location:	Seiyou Public School - Royal Garden
Synopsis:	Airi's Truth Comes Out...
Cast of Characters:	Airi Nakahara, Amu Hinamori

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Airi Nakahara has posed:
"Just put this helmet on and relax. Trust me." Airi's voice is almost chilling as she speaks to the young kid. Her gaze goes to Vidya who knows just what to do. The two transform into Random Encounter. Its a really quick thing and the poor boy never sees it coming. "Remember the name of the game. It should be coming out soon. Its called... Virtual Vacuum!!!" The attack is launched and the child's heart's egg forces it's way out.

The Heart's egg immediately turns black and a white X appears on it. "Muri. Muri!" The egg cries as it takes off, floating away. The child loses his self as he just slumps down. The VR helmet is taken off him and Random Encounter takes off.

The two Airi and Vidya seperate. She grabs her phone and calls Amu, "Amu-chan! There is an X-egg! I seen it flying towards the School! I... I'll meet you there." She hangs up. Quietly she's beating herself up. "Lets go Vidya.

Amu Hinamori has posed:
Amulet Spade had been doing homework at the time of the call, well... guardian work. It FELT like homework. Nades had been going through a lot, so she was trying to pick up some of the pieces and put things back together. It hadn't been easy, but she was slowwwwwly getting the hang of it. And feeling like she was contributing.

Of course, then the phone rang. "Hey, Nakahar-- what?" she asked. "I'm on my way! Thanks for noticing it, you're doing great." Always supportive.

"Miki, come on!" she said, before running off and... Amulet spade was soon on the scene, her brush in hand and glaring at the egg. "Hey! Hold still so I can--" And she got rammed in the nose when it sped off. She fell on her butt, rolling a few moments. "Ow ow ow ow owwwww!"

Airi Nakahara has posed:
Airi Nakahara finally arrives on scene. Airi feels like crap about having done this but hey, She's doing what she has to. Now though, She's doing doing what she wants to do. "Vidya! We need to do something. This is crazy! Maybe we can Chara change and do something... Amulet Spade!" She takes off towards her friend. She's definitely worried about her. Quickly she slides towards her and she tries to help her up. "Are you okay?!

Whoops! Someone just made a mistake. One that shows a fair bit of inexperience when dealing with this end of tangling with X-eggs. Airi turned her back on the thing. The X-Egg lets out a loud, "Murrrriiiiiiii!!!!" As it comes sailing up behind Airi and smacking into her and knocking the nerdy girl over. It then tries to fly off.

Amu Hinamori has posed:
Amulet Spade nodded. "I'm fine. Just hurt my nose. It--" And then her friend got slammed forward. She caught her, of course. "Are you okay?" she asked. She then smiled and shook her head.

"Just stay safe, okay? I'll deal with this one. Just don't try to get involved, it can be really dangerous if you can't character transform."

Oh yeah, just add on that guilt.

She raced after the x-egg. "Come on, just stand still! Colorful...canvas!" she spun her brush around and sent the tidal wave of color out and... it missed.

"Hold still!" she yelled, racing after it angrily.

Airi Nakahara has posed:
Airi Nakahara sighs, "Yes I'm okay. Just stop the dumb thing!" She sighs as she slowly gets up to her feet. She just stays back and does as she was told. This is just getting to her. She doesn't want to be the one making these things. She wants to help protect people.

Meanwhile, The Egg continues moving. Its a real pain. It just keeps moving around and trying to make little attacks. Just when things seem like they can't get any worse. *crack* *crack* *CRACK!* The Shell on the Egg splits wide and out pops a little black Chara with a white X on its head. It begins... SINGING?! Notes go flying at Amulet Spade!

Amu Hinamori has posed:
Amulet Spade used her canvas to guard herself, knocking them aside. "Listen, I understand! You're scared your singing won't be good enough, or failed an audition, or that your dreams won't come true. But you just have to never give up! You have to keep trying!"

She pointed her brush at it. "No one is responsible for your dream but yourself! There will always be those who try to turn it down or say you're not good enough, but you can't listen to them. As long as you never give up and keep practicing every day and never give up on your dream, it cancome true!"

Airi Nakahara has posed:
The X-Chara glares at Amulet Spade. It begins launching more notes at her. The little creature takes off flying again, just trying to cause more mischief. It sings at the hero, but this time, Its a much stronger attack. The good news is though, Its stopped.

Airi listens to Amulet Space give her talk to the X-chara. The words are cutting through her. That would be bad enough. That is until it attacks with that big attack. She happens to be in the attack area and gets knocked for a loop!

Amu Hinamori has posed:
Amulet Spade yelps and moves back, shielding herself and... then Airi gets hit! she lands by her a moment later, kneeling down to help her. "Are you okay?" she asked, before... clenching her fist. She then turned towards the x-chara.

"Listen! Getting your dreams is hard! No one EVER said it would be easy! It requires hard work, determination and an unwillingness to give up! But if you use the difficulty as an excuse to hurt other people, then you'll never, ever achieve them! Colorful canvas!" She yelled, unleashing the flurry on her.

Airi Nakahara has posed:
Airi Nakahara is down. She just calls out, "Ow. I'll be okay..." She cries out. "I'm just going to lie here a moment." That is about as honest and to the point as she could get. Quietly she lays there looking a little... beaten.

That did it! The hit from the Colorful Canvas attack is a direct hit on the X-Chara. It just sorta hovers there as it waits for what is coming.

Amu Hinamori has posed:
Amulet Spade grinned and formed her heart with her hands. "negative heart, lock on!" she called. "Open heart!" Heart beams purified the creature a moment later as a white light glimmered within, the egg reforming and then flying off.

She then knelt down by Airi and held out her hand. "Are you okay, Nakahara-chan? I'm so sorry you got hurt. But you did a really good job today! Here, how about I go and get you something to eat, okay? as thanks for helping me." Guilt guilt guilt guilllllllt.

Airi Nakahara has posed:
Airi Nakahara slowly stands up with the help of her friend. "I'll be fine. I've taken worse hits then that before." Has she? Not really. But she's trying to make her friend feel a little better. Quietly she dusts herself off. Getting rid of all the crud she picked up from lying on the ground. "Sure anytime. I just had to do.... something." She goes quiet for the moment.

Meanwhile. A cute little Female chara in a ball gown floats in front of Amulet Spade. "Thank you, Amulet Spade. That was very... Unpleeeeeaaaaasanttt!" The little chara sings happily and then her shell covers her and she returns to the little boy who lost his heart's egg.

Amu Hinamori has posed:
Amulet Spade blinked a few times, then smiled. "I wonder who the girl that belongs to is. She seemed nice, at least," she said with a grin. She then took airi's hand and slowly walked with her.

"Come on, I insist. You helped me out and did a real favor to me, even putting yourself at risk when you had no reason to. So I owe you, okay? I'll get you some Takoyaki." Of course the girls went and high fived vidya.

Airi Nakahara has posed:
Airi Nakahara smiles and shrugs, "Maybe she belonged to a boy?" She states and then Vidya swats her in the back of the head. Airi quickly shuts up and gets out of the way. Vidya smiles. "Anyway, I was just in the area." She sighs. "I figured I could help."

The Chara with her smiles. "Yeah. Also! You didn't need to chara change to go help Amulet Spade! You did it by yourself! That was really cool of you!"

Then the guilt has been DOUBLED! Airi gives a small smiles, "I umm. Well. Thank you." She looks worried. "I mean Ugh." She frowns. "I have a friend who I think got in with the wrong people. She may be doing something not so good. She doesn't want to but She doesn't see any other way to achieve her dreams. What would you tell her?" She asks curiously.

Amu Hinamori has posed:
Amulet Spade blinked a few times. "Wait, why would it belong to a boy? The only person I know like that is--" Then blinked and shook her head. "W-well, if it did, they can be whatever they want to be. It doesnt matter."

She blinked, then nodded. "You did and it was. But you shouldn't put yourself at risk like this. It's dangerous, but I'd hate to see you get hurt. This is my responsibility, after all."

She then blinked. She sighed and reached out, taping her on the back. "Tell her to think long and hard about these people. If they're having her do something bad, does she really think they'll ever help her with her dream? After all, the moment she has her dream, she won't need to work with them any more, right? So it's in their best interest to not just not help her, but to stop her dream whenever it gets a chance to get started. And if these people are bad, then she needs to determine if she can really trust these people with something as important as her dream. What's her dream?"

Airi Nakahara has posed:
Think quick Airi, Think quick! "umm, Err, I think they are wanting to be a Figure Skater or something. I don't know all of the details. I will tell her though. She needs to hear this." Those words hit her hard. The idea that she may never get her dream is painful. Very painful. Immediately Vidya is beside her.

"Are you okay Airi-chan? You're not her right? You're going to get your dream. I'm still here so I know you believe that. You know it." She speaks softly.

Airi looks around and everything feels like its falling down around her. She's panicking. Quickly she gets out her tablet and begins sending a message to someone. A moment later she has a response. She closes her eyes and looks off to the distance. "This sucks."

Amu Hinamori has posed:
Amulet Spade nodded, then grabbed her hand. "But... that doesn't mean she can't get help and her dream isn't achievable. Tell her to come by the guardians, okay? This is the kind of thing we do. We'll try to get her away from these bad people. and then we can help her achieve her dream. Okay? Like we're going to help you with yours!"

She gave her that knowing, confident, Amu-is-gonna-get-stuff-done grin. "I mean, we've managed to turn Lacrima-chan around and she's a vampire. Figure skating isn't so hard. The important thing is to just get away from those people who want to hold her back and use her, and find people who will actually help her. So it doesn't have to suck, you know?"

Shee glanced to the tablet. "Is that her?"

Airi Nakahara has posed:
That single glance at the tablet is the thing thats going to hurt far more than anything else. There is no name. Just a symbol. Easter's. Quickly Airi pulls the tablet close to her body. "Umm I... She isn't wanting to talk right now." She frowns and is starting to shake.

Vidya rapidly moves towards Airi, "Ummm We need to get going now. Raincheck?" She asks in her cute little voice. Immediately she grabs hold of Airi's jacket and begins pulling on her.

Amu Hinamori has posed:
Amulet Spade blinked a few times. Her eyes locked on that symbol, just for a second. She stared. An easter symbol? Why would she have something like that? Why... she sighed.

"Nakahara-chan?" she said, reaching out to give her hand a little squeeze. "No matter what, you know I'm always here for you, okay? We're friends. That's what we do for each other." ... She was sure hse just got it from the store. Easter was a decently popular brand after all.... right?

She hoped so.

Airi Nakahara has posed:
Thats it. Her secret is out. Everything is right there. Her secret... Its over. "Really? What do you want me to tell you. That I just lied right to your face about a friend. That it's me who is dealing with issues? That I am stuck in a situation where I don't have much of a choice in anything?" She frowns and shakes her head. "Baka!" She exclaims refering to herself.

She turns and begins to walk away. Vidya flies over to Amulet Spade. "She doesn't have a choice. She hates it. But she can't do anything about it."

Amu Hinamori has posed:
Amulet Spade blinked a few times. Then... "I... I was hoping you just... picked it up at a discount store or something. It's a... popular brand and... and I..." She stared at her. Then... Stepped forward, grabbed her hand and pulled her back. Her eyes narrowed and...

"And you're still my friend," she said firmly. "I know what Easter does and... I know how bad they are. And I know at least two other good people who are stuck with them. And... I swear. We'll get you out and help you achieve your dream. Because that's what friends do, Nakahara-chan."

Airi Nakahara has posed:
Airi Looks at Amulet Spade. Dammit. That would have worked out better. "You don't get it. There is a lot of stuff I didn't tell you about. I didn't want to tell anyone." She sighs and takes a seat. "When I said I wanted to be a game designer, My parents They discouraged me from doing it. They said I'd need to geti nto school for that on my own. So I started saving up money. I had a good bit saved up. Then I came home to find the money I saved up gone. My dad stole it and gambled it all away." She sighs.

She frowns, "I got upset and went out to find a job. I had Vidya of course. And these people came up to me. They seen I had her and they offered me a chance to get my dream. They told me if I could draw out the Embryo they would cover my schooling for it."

Amu Hinamori has posed:
Amulet Spade blinked a few times. "That... that's horrible." hey, say what you would about her parents, they were a tad uncool. But... they'd never, ever do that to her. They loved her and she loved them. Dorkiness and all. She listened and then... sat down besides her, de-henshioning. "I see."

She closed her eyes, then formed a fist. "Fine then! Nakahara-chan, the answer is simple! We find another way for you to get your schooling, okay? How much yen did you need? And ummmm..." She blinked a few times. "Because there's no way you're going to be able to get the embryo. It's Tadase-kuns."

Airi Nakahara has posed:
Airi Nakahara frowns, "They gave me a home so long as I work for them. I didn't know just what they had in mind for me. Now I am stuck. I don't have a choice. I have things I have to do."

Then there is a challenge. Vidya jaw drops and in that moment, The flower in in her hair turns into a video game controller. "You wanna bet on that, Hinamori-san? I WILL draw it out. I know I will. I can do it I just need to work a little harder." Her attention goes to Vidya. "What do you think Vidya? Should we show Amu and company just what we are capable of?"

Vidya laughs, "We should let them be surprised when they finally see!"

Amu Hinamori has posed:
Amulet Spade blinked and sighed. "No, I don't want to compete with you. I want you to be on our side, to fight with us. But..." She trailed off. "I don't know how to help you yet. I'll talk with the others and we will work something out. I don't plan to leave you, Ikuto-kun OR Utau-chan in their clutches. You're all my friends and you will be saved, somehow. I promise." And then gave her a hug.

"So don't give up no matter what, okay? I promise I won't give up on you."

Airi Nakahara has posed:
Airi Nakahara sighs and her flower pin turns back to normal. She sighs and looks at Amu. "Listen, You know why you've been finding more X-eggs lately? Me. I'm the reason. I'm the one drawing them out. I hate it but I don't have a choice!" She frowns. "Listen. If I do not do what they tell me to do, They will do everything they can to prevent me from ever being a game developer."

She frowns. "I... I should go. I've got a project I'm working on. If its successful I'll be able to do what they want. I'll be allowed to have my dream." She frowns and begins walking.

Amu Hinamori has posed:
Amu Hinamori stared for a few moments. "Airi-chan... I..." her hands turned into fists. What could she say? What could she say that hadn't already been said. "Nakahara-chan... I still consider you a friend. And I won't give up. No matter what."

Of course, her charas gave Vidya a hug. And ran just grinned. "We're going to kick your butt, so don't worry. Any trouble you cause, we'll just fix."

Airi Nakahara has posed:
Airi Nakahara sighs, "I will let you know when.... I work." She sighs. "That won't change. Just Thanks." She sounds crushed. Quietly she makes her way to a vehicle not far away. A man in black is standing there. He's been watching the whole time. She's led into the car and driven off.