Another dream another yank, but this time Veronique had been able to look at the purple haired woman for a few moments longer and a detail had stuck with her.
On her waist there was some kind of dark purple flag trimmed with a silver thread.
The dark silhouette of a cat was on it.
‘Where did I see that?’ she wondered before she found herself failing, not just feeling like failing, she was failing.
Veronique ended up crashing in some brushes, of which she got out with pained and annoyed groan
“What now?” she wondered out aloud as got herself out of them, then was surprised to see the road she was standing on was made out of asphalt “Eh?” she looked around and could immediately tell she was in a simple modern park, the kind that were common in the world she came from.
She checked at herself and noted with disappointment that she was still in Veronique’s body down to the nightgown, then she was hit by a wave of confusion
‘Wait what did I even look like before?’ she questioned as she really couldn’t recall it, but she couldn’t dwell on it for longer then a few seconds because she suddenly heard some noises
“WAKE UP!” someone yelled, which prompted Veronique to go to check it out and so a couple of turns later she found herself into a plaza, however the sight before her made her hide behind a trashcan in an hurry
“KNITTO! KNITTO!”
That terrifying white suit of armor was right there
‘Is that going to be a reoccurring thing?’ she really hoped to be wrong, as she started to recall the last time ‘how could I forget about it?’ she wondered as she peaked from the top of the trashcan, only to not see it anymore, instead on its place there was some girl with a black bob of hair levitating a few feet off the ground
“Is that a school uniform? Must be she even got a backpack” she said out aloud in a whisper, just then some unidentified blob was rushing towards the girl
“WAKE UP!” the same voice of before yelled out but Veronique couldn’t see anyone, just this blob about to hit the girl but
“KNITTO! KNITTO!” Veronique hid as soon as she heard it, then there was silence again but the redhead didn’t move till
“WAKE UP!”
“KNITTO! KNITTO!”
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‘Wait a moment’ Veronique frowned as she was starting to have her suspicions so she waited some more
“WAKE UP!”
“KNITTO! KNITTO!”
‘Is this some sort of loop?’ she thought as she peaked from her hiding spot
“WAKE UP!”
“KNITTO! KNITTO!”
This time Veronique stayed to watch and indeed it was as if the whole scene had reseted before her eyes, curious but still cautious she got slowly closer, keeping her distance out of fear of either getting stuck in the loop or the armor chasing her.
‘That thing is trapped in the loop, I don’t need to hide’ she thought to herself, but was still ready to run if that cursed armor did as much as twitch in her direction.
Now that she was closer, she could see the whole thing better…kind of.
“Whoa that’s creepy” she commented seeing that the bob girl didn’t have a face and thinking about it even her uniform looked quite generic.
‘I wonder where that thing comes out from, is it the girl transforming?’ she wondered out of pure curiosity as she stayed to watch
“A keychain?” Veronique said out aloud in awe, she had to watch the loop a couple of times before she saw it was the keychain hanging from the girl’s backpack that kept transforming into that thing to protect the faceless girl, who simply ended up getting hidden behind it.
“oh so it’s just a giant piece of plastic” she concluded and suddenly didn’t feel so scared about it anymore then the whole thing faded away from her and felt like failing.
It was cold. And dark
“…fuck” Veronique said in a scratchy voice as she struggled to free her arms.
Road to the Aurelia Estate
It was deep in the night when a man approached the gate leading to the Aurelia estate, immediately the two young Knights at guard had stopped him.
He was plain looking approximately in his thirties, he was neither muscular or too lean, his face was shaved, his long brown hair was combed back and his eyes were an icy blue nearing to gray.
He was wearing a rich red robe with the hood down, but leather armor was over his torso and legs and carrying a leather suitcase along with a comically big backpack on whose top a big orange cat was sprawled out napping without a care in the world.
Hanging from his neck was a palm sized version of the Royal family’s crest, it was quite similar to what Madame Luise had but it had one difference, instead of a black stone it was encased in a faint red metal, which was also the same material of the chain.
He was holding an ornate staff, but he wasn’t using it to aid himself in walking.
The man didn’t seem quite happy to be there, but he was still determined to finish the task that was assigned to him
“Identify yourself” the Knight closest to him had asked of him
“I am Ivan Doppelganger” he declared holding up his necklace “I was sent by the Lorens to teach to the Duke’s daughters”
“We weren’t expecting you till the morning” the other Knight had pointed out with suspicion
“Why wait the morning when I can already be there and get started?” Ivan had said without missing a beat, as he handed over the official documents which the duo visioned before opening the gate and letting him pass.
The gate was fully made of metal, most of it’s surface had engraved on it the Aurelia’s crest with silver.
“Welcome to the Aurelia, Mr Doppelganger” they had said at which the man simply have them a nod and walked on.
Once he was gone one of the Knights scratched his head
“Wait if the staff is asleep, how is he even going to know where his room is?” he wondered out aloud at that his colleague merely shrug his shoulders then went back to his post.
The Knight stayed on the spot for a few moments before he followed suit.
