Prologue: S T A R T

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"Done."

These words were uttered from a pretty young woman with dark navy blue hair. She also had a periwinkle streak on the right side of her hair.

The young woman was putting away her rulers and tape measurers, admiring the brand new dresses on her mannequins.

It had taken a lot of time, getting all the fabric and pieces together. Luckily the patrons gave her the correct measurements on their chest, shoulders, and stomachs so it wasn't too hard to make.

Whoever drew the designs was certainly a master of the pencil.

She'd never done it on a whim like this, but doing this over a decade did increase her confidence, making her a little more reckless. But she supposed her skills were enough to back her up.

The young woman's name was Lisa Oozora. A renowed fashion designer who started her own business a few months after graduating high school.

She was also a secret service agent, although she didn't say it out loud. But that was also a cover up for the actual name of her second occupation.

Lisa had the liberty of designing the  uniforms for said organization, courtesy of Ted and Lorelei by becoming members of the support staff. Not forgetting the hyperactive Yasmine. 

Taking the dresses, Lisa admired them for a second longer before folding them carefully, wrapping them in plastic and placed them in a large box.

"Ah, thank you John.'' she said with a smile as a young man with a buzz cut opened the door, Lisa handed him the box.

He gave a small nod and closed the door behind him.

"I hope they'll like them." Lisa whispered taking a seat at her desk.

Her room was at the highest floor, with large clear windows, giving her a wide view of the buildings and limitless sky.

Lisa often looked outside whenever she was at a loss for inspiration, the room had a lot of space for pacing around.

She also had more paper then what she knew what to do with. Sometimes if Lisa was too stressed, she'd doddle or talk with the twelve mannequins around her.

Of course whenever Lisa realized she was talking to the objects she'd turn red.

Or that one time Kameko walked in when Lisa was talking to a mannequin about the latest lingerine designs.

Lisa was opening her laptop when, she remembered something important.

"Oh right." She sat up straight,"Kameko did say she wanted me to read her final draft."

Pressing a few buttons, Lisa went to the file Kameko had sent her a few hours ago.

"I might have time..." she said, staring at the phone-like device. "If I read fast enough."

Lisa clicked another key and the file automatically opened.

She already knew what happened, she helped write it after all, but found it great to see it through the audience's point of view once again.

Just like she did back in 2038 when Kameko published the first book.

And so, Lisa Oozora looked at the words with excitement and began to read.

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