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It was an early afternoon in the city of Chiba as Kirishima was sitting in the car with his parents as they were heading to the museum on this rainy, gray sky day. An artist that his parents were fond of just opened a new exhibit, so they were going to spend the day there. Kirishima didn’t mind going with them, he didn’t have many friends so going to the museum beat staying at home alone where his thoughts seemed to get worse when he was by himself. “Did you remember everything, Sweetie?” His mom asked as she glanced at the back seat, smiling at her son. “Oh! Do you have your action figure? You know, the one you got for your birthday? Keep him safe and with you, okay? Don’t lose it!” She says with a warning tone in her voice as Kirishima nodded and held his figure of Crimson Riot close in his arms, “Yes mom, I have him. I’ll keep him safe” He whispered as he looked back outside the window as the museum came into view as the car came to a stop.
Kirishima crawled out of the car and followed closely to his parents as they went inside as his mother looked back towards him “Here we are… This is your first time in an art gallery, right Kiri?” she asked as Kirishima looked back towards her and nodded “We’re here today to see an exhibition of works by an artist named Guertena and they don’t just have paintings, but also sculptures… and all kinds of other creations! I’m sure that even you’ll enjoy it, Kiri!” She said with a smile as Kirishima’s father tapped both their shoulders as he smiled brightly “Shall we get to the reception desk?” he asked as she nodded quickly “Ah, yes. Let’s get us some pamphlets,” She says as they walk over to the information booth.
After a few seconds, Kirishima reached over and tapped his mother on the arm, asking if he could go look around the museum “Hm? you want to go on ahead? Kirishima… oh, all right. Just make sure you’re quiet in the gallery, okay? Don’t make a ruckus! Not that there’s any need to worry about you, I suppose… Don’t cause the other visitors any trouble, now!” Kirishima nodded as he turned and headed up the stairs to the second floor, starting to look around at the different paintings and sculptures.
After a few minutes of looking through the different rooms and seeing the different paintings and sculptures, Kirishima walked into another part of the building as he saw a big painting up on the wall. Curious, he walked over and looked over at the small plaque on the wall, curious about the name. “World…” He whispered as he really couldn’t read the first part of the title. As if him looking at the painting changed the entire atmosphere, the lights flickered once then seemed to stop “What the?” Kirishima pondered to himself and quickly turned, running out of the room trying to find his mom and dad. He stopped, seeing the rooms suddenly devoid of any people. “That’s weird… there were people here just a minute ago,” He whispered as he saw that even his parents were gone “They just can’t vanish… Mom! Dad!” He yelled out as he tried leaving the building with no luck as the door was locked.
“Okay, Kiri… relax, I can find a way out. Just have to stay calm…” Kiri said as he turned and took two deep breaths to calm himself down “Check the rooms first…” He whispered as he turned and started looking around in each of the rooms, hoping to find someone else here getting tenser as the lights suddenly went out “That’s not funny! Is someone here?!” He yelled out, jumping as he heard someone bang their hand on a window. “I should have just stayed home…” He mumbled as he continued looking around “Would have been much better than being trapped in a dark and empty museum” Kiri whispered with a sigh as he continued walking around and exploring as he saw a statue of a giant rose. Curious, he read the sign “??? of spirit” He said as he read underneath the title “Beautiful at a glance. But if you get too close, it will??? pain. It can only bloom in??? bodies.” Kiri mumbled, “What does that even mean?” Kirishima says, thinking on it, as he walked to another room.
“This guy had a weird taste in art…” Kirishima said with a soft laugh as he continued looking around, stopping as he saw a shadow pass by the window, “Hey! Wait!” He yelled as he tried opening the window seeing that it was locked causing Kiri to let out a sigh jumping as a hand was heard banging on the window again “I’m over this place” Kiri mumbled as he came back to the big painting on the wall seeing a splash of blue paint dripping down the wall “Weird… that wasn’t there before” He said while examining the paint, pivoting as he saw words form across the floor saying ‘Come Kirishima’
“What is with this place? Wait.. what is this?” Kirishima pondered as he saw more writing on the walls ‘Come down below Kirishima, I’ll show you someplace secret…’ “It must be talking about that giant fish painting” Kiri whispered as he turned and ran up the stairs seeing one section of the gate missing “Okay, below I go…” he mumbled as he stepped on the painting, sinking and dropped into what seemed like a basement area as he saw the word ‘Come’ painted on the walls over and over and a small nightstand that had a vase planted on it with a single red rose inside it “A rose? What am I supposed to do with this?” Kirishima mumbled to himself as he picked the rose and held it in his hand as he walked through the door, seeing a painting of a smiling woman along with a single key laying on the floor “Guess I might need this” Kiri pondered as he scooped the key up, quickly backing away as he saw the eyes of the painting move and look at him. He turned and quickly left the room, as he saw the word thief written all over the walls.