Black Swan Wonderland

Rapture

Black Swan Wonderland

Halo Zero: Rapture:

Kitano sat at his desk and hit record on his tape player.

"Sunday, August 2nd, 2015. We are going to try something a little bit different with this latest experiment today. Asato-sensei and I have sent out a few of our interns to inject a handful of the test subjects with the new drug, Ugajin. Interns Yayoi, Yuka, and Rumi came up with the idea. So I figured I would try and see which method works best. Should we keep using the Heartseed? Should we do this personally? Or should we do a combination or both? We are going to find out."

10:00 a.m.

Yuka, Yayoi, and Rumi all sat in a booth at McDonalds. Yayoi finished up her coffee.

"So how do we start?" Rumi asked.

"Go in, inject Chirin with the drug, and stay around the apartment to monitor him," Yayoi said without missing a beat. Yuka frowned at such a simple answer.

"But how do we get in?" she asked. "He already remembers your and my faces. There's no way Chirin will open the door for us." She pointed to Yayoi and herself as she said, "he already remembers your and my faces". The busty intern snickered and grinned.

"But do have a way in," she pointed out. Yayoi pointed over at Rumi sitting across from them. The newbie looked at her with big eyes.

"Me?" she asked.

"Yes!" Yayoi said. "He's never really met you. You weren't even with us in our orderly days. You'll be the perfect way in."

"But how do I even get him to open the door?" Rumi asked.

"You're a smart girl," Yayoi said. "You can think of some way to get in. In fact..." She reached forward and grabbed Rumi's hood.

"Hey!" she shouted. Her fellow intern pulled the grey hood up.

"Now lower your head slightly," Yayoi said.

"What are you doing?" Yuka asked. The busty intern put up her hand. Rumi lowered her chin slightly, the hood obscuring her face.

"Like this?" she asked.

"Perfect!" Yayoi said. She clapped her hands together.

"Remember what sensei said," Yuka said. "We have thirty seconds to subdue him and get on with it."

"Yes, yes," the busty intern said. "Can we go now?" The medical student sighed.

"Yes, we can go," she said.

"Sweet!" Yayoi said. The ladies cleaned up their trash and made their way to their target's apartment.

Mikado doesn't sleep anymore. That has left him to be alone in his thoughts against his will. Ever since last night "earthquake", he started to get more unsettling visions. Something was coming. Something beyond anyone's nightmare. Mikado stared off into space at his sleeping monitor. Who was even going to believe him? There he had Masaomi and Anri, but he wasn't too sure if they were enough anymore.

Suddenly, a knock on the door brought him back to earth. Mikado's heart jumped in his chest. At first, he wanted to run over and throw open the door in relief. But then a sinking feeling washed over him. Maybe he should sneak out the window and run.

"Uh... Who is it?" the tadpole boy asked. No answer came from outside. Mikado approached the door with caution. He opened it a crack. A young woman stood outside with her hood on her head, looking downwards. A confused look came over his face.

"Can I help you?" Mikado asked. The woman seemed to be mumbling something under her breath.

"I'm sorry?" the tadpole asked. He managed to catch something about a boyfriend beating her and she needed to use the phone. He took a step back.