Chapter 1: Wherein our hero learns of his fate || VIDEO

[zeppomarxdespot]

[ The young man in the faded grey yukata is clearly not familiar with camera phones. The angle is offset, aimed more at the wall behind him than at his face, and the lamp to the side is casting his face in odd shadows. Those familiar with the place might recognize the distinctive decor of Eerie House - where else are you going to get that old-

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[zeppomarxdespot]

Hence my disbelief. Now, I'll allow for a communication barrier. It's entirely possible that I said vampires and he heard kittens, but that doesn't really seem likely.

[devouredtwin]

Are you sure he used those exact words? The vampires aren't dangerous. Because I'm quite certain I've not spoken to you before and Zero...

Well hell would freeze over before Zero would admit something something like that.

[bloodypawn]

[YES. IT WOULDfdgklsgj]

I told him the vampires here would know it'd be idiotic of them, were they to try anything, Ichiru.

[zeppomarxdespot]

[ You're both missing the most important factor here. ]

Your name is Zero?

[bloodypawn]

[...This is now the second person to comment on that. He can only wonder what reaction Brief, Stocking, and Panty might get.

Palm, meet face. Yes, his name is Zero.]

[zeppomarxdespot]

Please tell me you picked that out yourself?

[bloodypawn]

...No. Zero Kiryuu is my birth name.

[zeppomarxdespot]

Man. Your parents were cruel.

[bloodypawn]

[No, what's cruel is bearing witness to those parents, who loved him very much, as they were brutally (and very intentionally) murdered, less than ten years ago. Needless to say, such a comment strikes a nerve in him.

The look within his pale gaze hardens to a cold, irritated edge.]

No, that would be your owner.

[zeppomarxdespot]

[ ...Ouch. Hit a sore spot, huh? ]

Sorry. That was out of line.

[bloodypawn]

And also completely irrelevant.

[zeppomarxdespot]

Like I said, I'm sorry. I'm just a little on edge here, and I get... irrelevant. When I'm nervous.

[bloodypawn]

[Quietly regards him for a moment.] ...

Do what your house madam instructs you to do, avoid talking back even if you feel like it, and work hard. Prove to her that you can be relied on, and you shouldn't need to worry too much about it.

[zeppomarxdespot]

What?

[ He shakes his head. ]

No, it's not...

[ ...Sigh. ]

I don't want to be here. I want to go home. I don't really want to get physically forced into cleaning anybody's dirty socks, either. But the thing that's really got me, you know. Edgy. Is being stuck in a house full of monsters and not being able to do a thing about it.

[bloodypawn]

[Ah, right.]

Most here want to go home as well, but it's not an option. You are able to change houses, though. I can't tell you I know the process of it, but there are others here who have done so. Your best bet would be to address the network about it, and ask if anyone who has done so to give you more information.

[devouredtwin]

Personally, I think it's cute and fitting. [Just...smiles. Good thing you don't know the Japanese word for one is ichi. Zero's is the more obvious.]