Dark Side of Wonderland

Yumi

Halo Twenty-Eight: Yumi:

The following message was found in the Dollars chatroom on December 19th, 2015.

"My name is Akiyama Yumi. I am from the future but I do not know where I am at the moment. I don't have much time. I am going to say this before I get disconnected. Please do not vote for Kitano Chisa. It's only going to lead to disaster for the country. Under her reign, Hell is a paradise compared to how things are now. She is a monster. I've lost friends. She took away the man I loved. Millions will die because of her. If you vote her in office, Japan will be doomed. You will kill us all! Please! I am begging you! I don't care who you vote for! Vote for anyone else! Just don't vote for her!"

Sachie sat at the computer with a cigarette hanging out of her mouth.

"Maybe it's just a setback?" one of the women asked.

"Setback?! This is a fucking disaster!" Umeka shouted.

"Maybe it's just some troll on the internet," Mami said. The other woman looked at her, frowning.

"Either way, we're going to have to deal with trolls and whack jobs left and right!" she said. "This is bad. Really bad." Sachie scrolled through the comments. Already, the wheels were turning in her head.

"We can spin this," she said. Umeka and Mami looked up. Sachie kept her eyes on the screen.

"We could use the troll angle. We can say that this is done by one of our political rivals," she said.

"But why can't prove that it is," the third woman said.

"We can't prove it isn't either," Sachie said.

"What about the troll?" Umeka asked.

"We don't do anything to them," the second-in-command said. The small group of women looked at her.

"There is a little saying that goes 'don't feed the trolls'," Sachie said. "We're going to let this cool for a bit before we give a response." The woman turned around to her fellow sisters.

"We have to play this smart," she said. "How does that sound?" Sachie directed that question over to Chisa who sat on the couch lost in thought.

"Akiyama Yumi," she mumbled to herself. Her flock held their eyes on her.

"Mistress?" Sachie asked. The cult leader looked up.

"Hm?" she asked. She saw the women frowning at her.

"Something on your mind?" Sachie asked. The cult leader shook her head.

"Nothing; just thought I heard that name somewhere," Chisa said. "I just can't place where." Sachie and the other women looked at each other for a moment.

"So how are we going to deal with this recording?" Chisa asked. "Any ideas?" She was going to have to look into who Yumi was later.

Zoryn logged in on the Dollars Chatroom.

Nowhere Man is Online

Already, he had a private message from Taro Tanaka. Zoryn smirked to himself. What did his old comrade had to say now? He clicked on the message app.

Taro Tanaka: What the hell did you say to Anri-chan?!

Nowhere Man: Nothing. I might have let it slip that she died before.

Taro Tanaka: Why would you do that?!

Nowhere Man: She was going to remember one way or another. Don't tell me you were going to keep that little fact from her.

Taro Tanaka: You upset her!

Nowhere Man: So you were keeping it from her. Not good, comrade.

Taro Tanaka: Never speak to my girlfriend again! You come near her again, I will call the police. I don't care if I have to go to a phone booth. I don't care what you think about them. Stay from my girlfriend!