Phantasmagoria ✔

FILE 02 | Jamboree

- Miggie's House - 
- December 05, 2022 - 

Banging at the door, Mirage hurriedly fixed her outfit and hair. She was an utter mess. Getting out of her huge house was nearly impossible, there were so many security measures she had to go through.

The door opens to a friend of hers. Aemi welcomed her by the door. She had long black hair, it seemed rebonded. She had this rather friendly look.

"Mira! You're finally here." Aemi observed her whole appearance, "What took you so long? And why are you so sweaty? Did your new driver bring you here or...? I didn't hear the sound of a car..."

Mirage appeared to be really anxious. She was at a loss for words. Should she give her an explanation? Or should she simply ignore it and laugh?  Before she could think, her friend bombarded her with even more questions.

"Did you run? You wouldn't be this sweaty otherwise. But anyway, Mira-"

"Actually—"

"Mira, I missed you!" Aemi then proceeded to wrap her hands around her head.

"Oh— I missed you too!" Mirage returned the hug. To this, her friend noticed the awful smell even further.

Aemi removed herself from the hug and smeared the sweat off of her clothes, "Okay, you're not just sweaty, you are smelly. What happened??"

Mirage contemplated whether to tell them the truth or lie. She wanted to lie, but the player... Nathaniel... He wanted to tell the truth.

[ Tell them the Truth / Lie ]

[ T3//t*35$%v.* / /#@]

[ Lie / Lie ]

In the real world, Nathaniel was unable to help but feel even more irritated than before.. His game was lagging, it was controlling its own life. Its own choices. Unlike....

< Lie >

"Oh." Mirage then quickly created a realistic excuse, "Mom's car broke down, the driver had to go and fix it by himself. I told him I was in a hurry, so I permitted him to just leave me be. And, your house- I mean, Miggie's house was near anyway so I decided to just run and now—"

"Okay! Okay! I get it, no need to go so deep into detail." Aemi stopped her midway from ranting and rambling by the door, "You know what, let's just go inside. You'll probably want to change into a different set of clothes, did you bring some?"

"Ah... Yes! Yes I did." She nervously responded.

- Miggie's House | Closet Room -
- December 05, 2022 - 

Opening the closet room, it was filled with a few outfits and a set of different shoes. There were also mirrors displayed across the room, and even a bathroom inside a closet.

Aemi directs her inside this room and pointed to each area, "You can go change here, and take a bath too if you want to. Just go down when you're ready, okay?"

Mirage nodded in response and thanked her before she closed the door.

Alone inside the room, Mirage took a deep breath. This was... amazing. It was impressive. She ran away. And she is the only one who is aware of it. She reasoned that she ought to feel pleased with herself, this was for herself. 

She bent down on her knees to pull out two different outfits off of her bag for the party. She also took a newly-washed towel by the corner, and took a refreshing bath.