[Yasu was sure that she had learned all the secrets of Rokkenjima after the trial. The endless magic, the passing of Beatrice's title, the ritual of the gold... it had all been hers, the script for the witch's play falling neatly into her lap after she uncovered that key truth.
But she had simply unlocked the door, not peeked inside. Had been satisfied with the story that she'd acted in. The real truth could remain an unrealized future for her. She could run away forever with A if they made it out; whatever fate laid beyond the illusion was the burden of "another" her.
Then she opens the crane, confident that whatever the Principal had uncovered that it couldn't shake her.
...
That day, Yasu does not emerge from her room. Not to get food, not to go to classes, not to meet face to face with any of her classmates. Whatever is going on inside is a mystery thanks to the room's soundproofing, so the only indication of something wrong is the sudden, precipitous lack of Yasu.
(She wished that could last forever. That she could vanish into the witch's darkness in peace, leaving for oblivion without a trace. Ironic how that was a privilege afforded to the actor, but not the character.)
If one looks closely, however, they will find something... off, at the threshold to Yasu's door.
A few strands of lackluster golden hair, long, but completely dull, entirely unlike her normal vivid blond.
cw: vaguely suicidal thoughts
But she had simply unlocked the door, not peeked inside. Had been satisfied with the story that she'd acted in. The real truth could remain an unrealized future for her. She could run away forever with A if they made it out; whatever fate laid beyond the illusion was the burden of "another" her.
Then she opens the crane, confident that whatever the Principal had uncovered that it couldn't shake her.
...
That day, Yasu does not emerge from her room. Not to get food, not to go to classes, not to meet face to face with any of her classmates. Whatever is going on inside is a mystery thanks to the room's soundproofing, so the only indication of something wrong is the sudden, precipitous lack of Yasu.
(She wished that could last forever. That she could vanish into the witch's darkness in peace, leaving for oblivion without a trace. Ironic how that was a privilege afforded to the actor, but not the character.)
If one looks closely, however, they will find something... off, at the threshold to Yasu's door.
A few strands of lackluster golden hair, long, but completely dull, entirely unlike her normal vivid blond.
Someone should probably investigate.]