Basic B!tch!

Episode 2

Seeking Help

        With their daughter lying still on the floor, looking like a complete fool, both of her parents can only shake their heads. Her mother, Alexandra, nonchalantly (with love) pokes her with her foot.

        "Hey," she says.

        #79 remains frozen.

        "Hey," she repeats herself to the girl laying like a dead fish, but #79 doesn't move a bit. Her husband watches from the sidelines worried about what his spouse is going to do. Alexandra oggles at her daughter for only a second before, she leans down near her ear and lets in a gust of air and screams (with love):

        "I said hey!"

        Her voice strikes #79's eardrums and echoes through her brain like the voice of God. It sends her heart into trepidation. Accompanied by a discombobulated shriek, she jumps out whatever shock she was in. Holding her heart as her torso heaves up and down, she gawks at her mother.

        "Now, now, calm down! It was completely necessary, my dear," Alexandra laughs, "Hurry up and eat breakfast, so I can send you off before the shop opens."

        Her mom leaves tying her hair back, leaving #79 on the floor in shock.

        "Are you okay?" Her father asks.

        #79 can only nod.

        What monster possessed her mother overnight?!

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        #82 has just switched out her shoes by the lockers when she meets eyes with a girl at the school's front entrance. Within seconds, the girl starts a mad dash towards her. She looks like a complete fool and a mess. She, of course, is #79.

        #79 crashes into her friend clutching on to her shoulder with a death grip, "Please, help me!" she screams.

        Her friend utterly surprised tries to back away, but #79 only steps forward. Seeing a growing batch of onlookers, she tries to push #79 away.

        "Calm down will you!" she says," You're causing a scene!" With this, she finally pushes her off, and soon #79 starts to moan and whine for her. Seeing her friend a blubbering mess, an uncomfortable feeling surfaces inside her. For someone who acts so identical to others to now be behaving so unorthodox, it was nothing she's ever seen before.

        And so she says, "Calm down, clean yourself up, and we'll talk about it at lunch."

        #79 sniffles, "Do you promise?"

        "Yes, I promise," #82 sighs.

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        In front of #79's classroom door, Hamasaki and Watanabe have gotten themselves in another argument.

        "But you look so cute, Murayo!"

         "No, I don't! Now take this off before I get in trouble!"

         "Um, guys. You should stop, you're... Um, causing a scene."

        According to the script, Hamasaki manages to convince Watanabe to dress up a little. (This is caused by the earring incident.) So now Watanabe's long violet hair has been pulled into a side ponytail and her skirt has been rolled up above her knees. Her face has been made up with makeup, and her shirt is unbuttoned just a little. This is something typical of Hamasaki. Once Watanabe saw herself in the mirror, her face went up in flames. She was so embarrassed her cheeks could burn down a forest. She demanded Hamasaki undo her monstrosity. However, Hamasaki refuses to do so. Which is what started this scene here.