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“Nihaha… at long last!” Koyuki held up a large wooden chest in her arms. “I have finally gotten the Advisor’s secret stash!”
Sure, it was a little challenging. For some reason Yuuka seemed to always be on his office. And even stranger was that the Advisor barely had anything on his devices and accounts, barely even touched them except for some Momo-Friends episodes. That one surprised her the most.
But last night… she finally did her big break in! The security systems that Schale had was lightwork for someone like her! The treasure the advisor had hidden, finally found!
She even purposefully got herself locked up in the Self-Reflection Room so that she could see what he had hidden without anyone suspecting a thing! A truly genius plan…
“Nihahaha!” Koyuki got to opening it. Only a single lock blocking her from achieving her goals that she quickly picked, and with a satisfying click it was revealed to be…
Some… DVD discs?
One of them seem to be an old radio disc that she quickly tossed away, she sadly didn’t have a radio player to see what kind of music the Advisor listened to.
But these…
She held up a few unlabelled DVD discs, these she can watch.
She hopped to the TV that she had… ahem… “borrowed” from the Game Development Department. They had a lot of these in that tiny room of theirs anyways, they won’t notice.
She inserted the DVD disc into the TV before plopping herself on one of the beanbag chairs, remote in hand as she pressed play.
BLUE ARCHIVE
THE HOLIDAY SPE-
Skip. She didn’t want to waste time watching the title crawl.
Kivo-
Skip
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She skipped until the opening crawl ended.
“Finally!” She sunk further into the beanbag, now with popcorn in hand. “This is where the fun begins!”
It was still a mundane day for the Foreclosure Task Force. Well, as mundane as it could be. No one really had much to do today with Serika preparing to go to her part time job and Hoshino slacking off as always. And everyone else was minding their own business until…
“Nn, I don’t like sand.” Shiroko suddenly blurted out. “It’s course and rough and irritating… and it gets everywhere.”
Everyone stopped what they were doing as they all turned towards Shiroko, even Hoshino lifted her head up in confusion.
“Um… Shiroko-chan?” Nonomi was the first to speak up. “What brought this up?”
“Yeah, I mean. I agree with you about the sand, but why now?” Serika questioned.
“You’re not even the one who has to spend the weekends cleaning the hallways…” Ayane muttered to herself.
Shiroko blinked, why did she even say it again? Perhaps, it just came to her mind?
A knock on their door interrupted their conversation as someone nervously pushed the door open.
“Um…” Hiyori peaked through the now opened door. “T-that’s my line…”
Hoshino’s expression turned even more confused and a little shocked at the new arrival, yet that reaction quickly changed when the sound of someone running through the hallway, then a thud, followed by more running. Before coming to a stop as Anakin in his Clone Wars 2003 appearance slammed the door open, spooking Hiyori in the process.
“LIAR!” Anakin said calmly. “That’s MY pickup line!” The eyes of everyone shifted towards him as they wondered just who this new arrival is even supposed to be.
He, too, looked confused on why he was here. Before wordlessly edging himself away before leaving, followed by him tripping somewhere down the line and down the stairs.
“I-I’ll leave too…” Hiyori nervously nudged away as well.
Hoshino could only stare in complete astonishment. “…Uhe~, I think this Oji-san is hallucinating.” She said before forcing herself to go back to sleep.
Ayane was the first one to speak after the confusion. “D-did he say something about a pickup line?”
Shiroko remained silent.
“…I-I think it’s… nice?” Nonomi tried to speak, but her words tripped over each other.
Serika was no where to be found after that.
The Tea Party was having another usual meeting. Sipping on exquisite tea in relative silence due to the nice weather outside. With Seia and Nagisa relaxing in silence, while Mika held a contemplative look on her face.
“Do you ever wonder what those Gehenners are doing?” She asked.
Nagisa sighed before putting her tea cup down. “Mika, please. You can’t still be saying that.”
“I know!” Mika replied with an unapologetic tone. “But don’t you sometimes wonder what they’re doing there as well?”
“…I can’t say I haven’t.” Nagisa relented, before turning to Seia. “What about you, Seia?”
Seia didn’t immediately respond, still continuing to drink her tea.
…
The Prefect Team entered the halls of the Pandemonium Society building, with Hina only bringing Iori, Ako, and Chinatsu with her as they navigated through the halls.
Their destination? Makoto’s office.
The doors opened on their own as they spotted Makoto sitting alone on her desk inside the Pandemonium Society’s office. Makoto herself was playing with her cat before she took notice of the new arrivals.
“Ah, Ms. Hina.” Makoto waved her cat away as the cat jumped off the table before leaving. “I take it that the Gourmet Research Society has been dealt with then?”
“Kihehe…” She let out a menacing cackle. “I must say, it’s strange that you didn’t do it on your own.”
Hina didn’t give a response, instead drawing out her lightsaber, with the rest of her entourage following suit.
“In the name of the Student Council of Gehenna.” Hina ignited her violet blade, the rest igniting theirs in unison. “You are under arrest, Chairwoman.”
The grin Makoto had on her face shifted into a frown. “Are you threatening me Head Prefect?”
Hina’s demeanour didn’t change.
“The Council will decide your fate.”
Makoto hissed in response. “I am the council.”
“Not, yet.”
Makoto held her snarl as she began to get up slowly from her chair, unsheathing her own lightsaber before tightening her grip.
“So, it’s treason, then.”
Makoto ignited her crimson blade, and before anyone could react, spun through the air towards Prefect Team.
Hina barely had enough time to lift her own blade before Makoto plunged her lightsaber towards the unprepared Chinatsu, who was quickly defeated. Followed by a quick flick of her wrist that took down Ako who was caught mid-motion.
Makoto quickly blocked a powerful downwards swing from Hina before swiftly evading a strike from Iori. Using the opportunity to push the Head Prefect back with the Force in order to focus solely on the Field Captain. The Head Prefect crashing through one of the walls as it’s rubble burying her underneath it.
Using a single hand to swing her lightsaber downwards to engage Iori in a clash as a cover to draw a second crimson lightsaber. The second blade catching Iori off guard as Makoto began to overwhelm her. The Chairwoman’s swiftness with the dual blades pushing Iori to a corner before eventually cutting her down.
A powerful Force blast ploughed through the room as Makoto barely blocked a surprise strike from Hina, using both her blades to stop the violet blade just inches from her face before disengaging.
Makoto readied her dual blades before lunging at the Head Prefect. Yet, despite her overwhelming ferocity, the strength and precision of Hina’s strikes matched her for every blow, and even started to overpower her swift swings with equally swift but harder hitting strikes.
Hina pushed her to the backfoot as Makoto leapt from the desk to gain an advantage, only to find the Head Prefect parry her attempted strike before she struck one of Makoto’s blades with such overwhelming force that it knocked the lightsaber out of her hands, forcing her to rely on her remaining lightsaber.
She could barely focus on her own defense before being pushed towards the end of the Pandemonium Society office. The impacts from Hina’s strikes even causing the window to shatter when Makoto was pushed to the wall.
Makoto was forced to duck under one of Hina’s strikes, leaving her defenceless against Hina’s kick that knocked the remaining lightsaber out of her hands and her down with it. Scrambling on the floor under the threat of Hina’s blade before finding herself in the corner, Hina’s violet blade inches away from her neck.
“You are under arrest, Makoto.” Hina declared, the humming of the blade almost deafening the sound of the new arrival.
“Makoto-senpai!” Ibuki opened the door before she cheerfully entered the room. “Ibuki got a perfect score on her test!” She declared while holding up a test paper with a perfect 100 marks. But her enthusiasm turned into confusion at the scene in front of her.
“Um…” Ibuki nervously looked around. “Is… Ibuki interrupting something?”
Makoto was the first to take note of the new arrival. “Ibuki… I told you it would come to this. I was right… The Prefect Team are taking over!”
“Told Ibuki what?” Ibuki tilted her head in confusion before Hina responded.
“The oppression of the Pandemonium Society will never return. You have lost.”
“No…” Malice growing in Makoto’s voice, the look of fear once again turning into a malicious grin as her fingers curled. “No, no! You have lost!”
Hina had a split second to react as lightning struck through Makoto’s finger tips. The cackling electricity being absorbed by her violet plasma blade. All the while Ibuki watched in utter confusion.
“She’s a traitor!” Makoto called out to Ibuki, her voice being drowned by the cackling thunder.
“She is the traitor!” Hina rebuked, pushing her blade closer and closer to Makoto as she strained her power.
“Enough!” Ibuki blew her whistle, causing both Hina and Makoto to stop what they were doing and turn towards Ibuki.
“No more fighting!” She stomped towards Makoto, before slapping a red sticker on her. “Bad Makoto-senpai!” She then turned towards Hina before doing the same. “Bad Hina-senpai!”
“Hmph!” Ibuki pouted before leaving, leaving Hina and Makoto alone.
Hina unconsciously moved her hand towards where Ibuki had placed the sticker. Somehow… it hurt more than any bullet would.
She then turned to look down towards Makoto, who had somehow already formed a puddle of tears under her.
And in the distance, she could hear a sound of a camera click.
She really, really needed more vacation days after this.
…
Seia chose to draw out her silence by continuing to sip on her tea. The others really did not need to know about the insanity currently going on there.
“My lord.” Jeng Droga approached The Emperor’s chambers on Byss. “It is time for you to…”
He was met with the unexpected site of his Emperor, no longer sitting on his throne but rather a gaming chair with a gaming set up to boot.
“…My lord?” Jeng Droga once again called out, finally catching the attention of his Emperor.
“Huh? Who’s there?” Palpatine yelled from across the chamber. “Give me a minute, I just need to get this Victory Royale rq.”
‘…What does “r and q” even mean?’ Droga thought to himself.
He heard the sound of slug fire followed by sequenced beeps.
“Oh, you gotta be f[Galactic Profanity]ing kidding me! How did this sh[Galactic Profanity]thead even kill me like that!? He can’t even do 90’s!”
Palpatine let out a loud groan before spinning his chair to face Droga. “What is it!? You just cost me a Victory Royale, so tell me!”
Jeng Droga was momentarily taken aback before he recomposed himself and clearing his throat.
“The troops are ready for Operation Shadow Hand. All we need is your blessing then we can-.”
“Oh that thing?” Palpatine waved it off. “Delay it, cancel it, I don’t really care.”
“M-my Lord!?” He was taken off guard. “Wh-what of the troops!?”
“Eh, give them paid leave or something.” Palpatine returned to his computer. “Let Bryan handle the rest, he should be able to sort it out.”
“But what of the New Republic and the Jedi!?” Droga raised his voice. “When will we make them pay!?”
“Eh, not feeling like it.” Palpatine disregarded his most trusted Hand. “Only really did it the first time cuz I was bored. Can’t handle being Emperor again. So boring… not like Fortnite!”
Droga couldn’t even come up with a response. He wasn’t one to go against his Emperor’s wishes but…
“F[Galactic Profanity]k!” He heard his Lord swear again. “Why is the connectivity on Byss so sh[Galactic Profanity]t!?”
Palpatine stormed off from his chair before putting his robes on. “Come on, we’re going to Exegol. I heard they got better connection there.”
Jeng Droga could barely form a response to such an absurd request.
“M-my Lord, Exegol is too far away! It’ll take us decades to-“
“Is this about the attack on the New Republic?” Palpatine let out another annoyed groan. “Fine, after we get to Exegol, I’ll allow for an assault on the New Republic. Happy?”
…Even with the absurdity of the request, if it’ll allow for the plan to be carried out.
“Oh, and one last thing.” The Emperor continued. “I’ll announce the assault on Fortnite, I’m sure they’ll be truly scared of our might if we do that! Just imagine how epic it’ll be.”
“…Very well.” Droga relented. The things he’d do…
“Good! Get Bryan to start moving the Star Destroyer Fleet, just tell him to park it wherever. Hell, bury it in the ground for all I care. And fetch my yacht!” Palpatine demanded before leaving the chambers, leaving Droga alone.
…His Emperor was never the same since the day he discovered that game…
“You’re wrong!” Momoi shouted towards her sister. “The Skywalker Saga is truly the definitive way to play Lego Star Wars!”
Midori scowled in response. “Any true gamer would know that The Skywalker Saga is linear garbage with boring gameplay. The Complete Saga is the only acceptable way to experience Lego Star Wars.”
“…What are those two arguing about now?” Kei muttered out loud. Yuzu had already hidden inside one of the lockers, and it seemed like Aris didn’t know what was happening either.
Well, if it’s just some banter then-
“So be it… sister.” Momoi declared before drawing a lightsaber.
“…Only a fool would deal in absolutes.” Midori responded by igniting her own double bladed lightsaber. “I will do what I must.”
Kei could see what was going to happen and decided now would be a good time to leave.
“Come on princess.” She pulled Aris by the sleeve before heading for the door. “Let’s get Yuuka to stop them.”
Momoi ignited her cross guard lightsaber before turning to face her sister. “You will try…”
She leapt through the GDD room to strike her sister, her strikes easily blocked by Midori’s unique double sided lightsaber.
Seeing this, she threw one of the scattered items on the floor at Midori in order to distract her before swinging her blade at her general direction.
She hit the TV by accident as the sisters stopped to look at the damage Momoi had caused.
“…Whoops?” Momoi innocently shrugged.
Midori extended her hand as Momoi did the same, clashing through the Force as they exerted whatever strength they had to try and overwhelm eachother. Yet they were stuck at a deadlock, neither side gaining an edge.
The door suddenly slammed open, the silohoutte of Yuuka standing outside the door with her arms crossed.
KORAH, MATAH
“You two…” Yuuka held out a receipt, the two sisters yelping in fear as they huddled together.
KORAH, RAHTAHMAH
“Why is there a transaction of 50 million yen for laser sword prototypes from the Engineering Department!?”
“We um…” Momoi turned towards her sister for any off ramp, only to see the same frightened expression she had. “We… wanted to try it out?”
“You’re supposed to be making games! How does any of this even help!?”
“…VR?” Midori unconvincingly said.
“And last I checked, VR doesn’t require real laser swords.” Yuuka gave a deadpan response.
“Umm…” Aris popped out from behind Yuuka. “It was me who wanted the laser swords… I’m sorry…” A guilty look engrossed her face. “It’s my fault…”
“O-oh.” Yuuka back tracked before crumpling the receipt and throwing it away. “In that case, I don’t see a problem. Have fun!”
Kei simply stood from the door, a blank stare in her face while she watched.
“Is that seriously how this gets resolve-“
Written and Directed by
GEORGE LUCAS
Koyuki could only watch blankly when the credits began to roll, she didn’t know what she just watched or even what it was supposed to be.
Yet one thing she knew for certain was that it sucked.
She munched on a piece of popcorn before ejecting the disc and throwing away. She doesn’t think anyone would be missing this.
“Hmm…” All these unlabelled discs are probably the same thing, don’t need them either.
Seriously, for someone who just showed up one day it’s quite strange he just had a chest full of random DVD discs. Are these even his or was this in Schale before the Advisor even arrived?
Finally, she came across a labelled disc. Something about a lecture on TTODPTW by a “Darth Academus”? She had no idea what that was, but it’d be better than watching another one of those weird skits.
Normally, Koyuki wouldn’t want to listen to a lecture. But at this rate, better than nothing.
She inserted the DVD into the disc holder before going back on her chair.
“2 hours and 30 minutes long?” Koyuki read the duration. That’s quite long for a normal lecture.
And so, she decided to press play, surely it can’t be worse than whatever she’d just watched.
Yuuka knocked on the door of the Self-Reflection Room. “Koyuki? Your timeout is done, you can come out now.”
It was a little strange that Koyuki didn’t immediately bolt from the Self-Reflection Room like she usually does. And it’s already day time as well, she’s usually very active in the mornings, and no reports of a breakout...
Getting no response, Yuuka decided to place her hand on the door handle. “I’m coming in now…”
She opened the door only to see Koyuki look utterly lifeless on a beanbag chair. The colour drained from her face and foam beginning to build up.
“Koyuki!?” Yuuka hurriedly ran towards Koyuki before grabbing her shoulders. “What happened to you!? Are you okay!?”
Koyuki gagged a little as she weakly began to turn her head. “Yuu…ka. Help… me.”
“What caused this!?” Yuuka began to shake Koyuki who began to cough some more.
“P-please… Cough. Destroy… that… disc…” Koyuki coughed out her last words before falling unconscious.
Yuuka could only stare at Koyuki’s shrivelled body in horror. Just what caused this to happen?
She turned towards the TV, Koyuki mentioned about a DVD disc… Perhaps it’s the one inserted.
Yuuka inched towards the TV before cautiously ejecting the disc, and sure enough there was one present inside.
The label didn’t make much sense other than it being a lecture. But what kind of lecture could make Koyuki look like that?
…A part of her was curious… Perhaps she’ll confiscate it for now.
It can’t be that bad, right?