Since the Yamada grocery store stayed open until the evening around 9 PM every day, the family couldn't really sit down for a nice evening meal together like other normal Japanese families (except on Sundays when Seina's parents took the day off and left running of the store to normal employees). Store closing activities would probably take an hour or so and then when his parents finally finished things up, they would be too tired to cook a meal and get everyone together to enjoy it. Seina had to make due with warming up a frozen dinner and pouring some hot water into an Instant Ramen cup as usual. Sometimes, Kiriko would be kind enough to bring over some extra home cooked food that had been left over from her own evening meal.
Today is a Tuesday so that meant it would be another dinner consisting of frozen foods (as the leftovers from Sunday's dinner had already been consumed for Monday's lunch and dinner and Tuesday's lunch). After the preparations were complete, he headed back up to his room and placed the food on his desk before closing his door for privacy. He would rather not have anyone else know about Souseiseki. At least, not yet. He handed the cup of Instant Ramen and a pair of disposable chopsticks to Souseiseki, who now wore her top hat. "There you go. It's strange how you can consume food, even though you're a doll."
Souseiseki broke apart the chopsticks before stirring her chicken flavoured noodles. "I am not totally certain how we are able to consume food like humans. We have no true sense of hunger but we are able to attain some energy provided by the nutrients in the food. Perhaps this is a way to lessen the stress on our mediums."
"Dolls who can eat and get energy from food... that's seriously weird. You're not really human but you have human characteristics. What type of doll maker can do something like this?" pondered Seina as he picked at his chicken teriyaki.
"In our case, it would be Father. Unfortunately, I am unaware if there are others with similar talent." The doll slurped a few strands of noodles. "A curious taste..."
"Father's the one who created you? What's he like?" Seina placed his utensils in his unfinished meal as he was more interested in what his new companion had to say.
"None of us Rozen Maidens know anything about him. Father is in another dimension, sitting in a spectator's seat and watching over us. He will only come out when one of us becomes Alice, a girl of supreme beauty who is supposed to be more sublime than any flower, purer than any gem, and without a touch of impurity."
The young man grew somewhat disturbed that her Father would treat his own creations in this manner. "I don't understand this. Why would your Father put you through all of this?"
Souseiseki placed down her partially consumed meal. "Only Alice can ask him that when she has collected the Rosa Mysticas from the rest of her sister dolls. Although I desire to know the answer to this question myself, I have no intention in participating in the Alice Game."
"The Alice Game? How does that work?" Seina had a feeling that he wasn't going to like the answer to that.
"We duel against one another, using our Guardian Spirits and our other abilities to secure victory. The one who wins the duel is awarded the loser's Rosa Mystica as a prize. As for the loser, she simply becomes junk. It is a fate I would not wish upon any of my sisters."
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In a world with no sun, a doll in a green dress was running to find some sort of sanctuary in this realm. Having to carry her case was a bit of a bother but she needed to keep it alongside with her at all times. Her current thoughts were to find a way out of this realm and to find her twin sister, Souseiseki.
"It's no use running, Suiseiseki. This is my world..." She ignored the taunting voice and kept on running. She had to find a place to hide and gather herself. As she turned a corner of one of the desolate buildings, a barrage of sharp black feathers homed in on her location. The barrage struck the ground only milimetres where she had been standing before, sending her flying a few feet away. She scrambled to get up quickly and it took her a few seconds to do that because of her dress. By the time she was back on her feet, she was staring at the tip of a sword wielded by her pursuer.
Suigintou smiled cruelly as she addressed the other doll. "No matter what you do, the end conclusion will be the same. I will claim your Rosa Mystica..."
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(Posted Sun, 24 Sep 2006 09:07)
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