"I see....."
[ Mayari places her finger onto her chin as she ponders over this. ]
"You said that Allie's been talking to you about me, right? What did she say?"
To Mayari,
"Uh, hi, Allie was rambling alot about you to me and begged me to start a conversation with you. She was rambling on and whatnot about how you and I would get along really well or something? Oh Lord, where are my manners... I am Oliver Noiralle, I do Fashion Design, pleased to meet you."
@the-feathered-fashionista
[ Mayari's hair glows into white, while her eyes glow into white and blue separately due to the surprise of this. ]
"Oh, you're one of Allie's friends?"
Oh no, how am I gonna introduce myself without scaring her friend off with my talent? But since Allie told him about me, I should be fine, right???
"I-I'm Mayari. Mayari Sadélle.
I'm the..... The Ultimate Test Subject.
Nice to meet you, too."
[ While this is happening, Mayari looks around the room more and finds various kinds of sketches that are on his desk. Some of them are rough drafts, while others might be the alternatives of certain pieces. She'd be lying if she says that some of the sketches don't catch her eyes, but then again...... she's never the type to lie, even if she wants to. ]
To Mayari,
"Uh, hi, Allie was rambling alot about you to me and begged me to start a conversation with you. She was rambling on and whatnot about how you and I would get along really well or something? Oh Lord, where are my manners... I am Oliver Noiralle, I do Fashion Design, pleased to meet you."
@the-feathered-fashionista
[ Mayari's hair glows into white, while her eyes glow into white and blue separately due to the surprise of this. ]
"Oh, you're one of Allie's friends?"
Oh no, how am I gonna introduce myself without scaring her friend off with my talent? But since Allie told him about me, I should be fine, right???
"I-I'm Mayari. Mayari Sadélle.
I'm the..... The Ultimate Test Subject.
Nice to meet you, too."
( A bit of disclaimer in case anyone is confused by the plotline, this is connected to the Valentine's Day aftermath story where it's non KG-AU and the main cast and P:EG AQ cast are living normally as students. Here's the link for the Valentine's Day aftermath story for the full context )
"Well, that event was something.... hm? Another note?"
When Mayari walked into her dorm room to change her attire, she found another gift and note. From the closer inspection, the handwriting seems to be similar to the one she received the night she came back from the Valentine's Day party. And once again, there was no name of the sender.
"Hmm.... this certainly isn't Cherri's handwriting, unlike the one when she gave me the dress earlier.... Let's see what my secret gifter has to say this time....."
She muttred under her breath as she opened her letter, and it read:
"Mayari, I see that you're taking care of my gift from Valentine's Day well. Hope you don't mind having one for White Day. I saw you eyeing on this while we were all on an outing and getting shy about buying it, so I did it without you looking. I hate to admit, it was pricey..... but since I started this whole charade with you, I guess it's worth it as long as you like it. Speaking of, I've been seeing you being more open to others and starting to accept that you deserve to have good things in life. That doesn't mean that I'd stop gifting you secretly though, since you still haven't figured out who I am. Just thought I'd have to remind you in case you forgot. One more thing to tell you, I didn't say this in front of you before, but during the party at Valentine's Day..........you looked beautiful back then and that hasn't changed even after that, and even now."
As she finished reading the last sentence of the letter, her hair was already glowing in white, her eyes in white and blue separately, and her face completely flushed red. Folding back her letter and placed it onto her table next to the vase with the Lunar Tear in it, Mayari fanned her flushed face while trying to steady her hearbeat as her thoughts run frantically in her mind.
This has to be an ongoing prank! There's no way that there's someone who's thinking of me this way and started this whole thing with the secret gifts and letters, unless..... Do I have a stalker in this academy? Is it someone from the research facility who's trying to observe my actions or to take me back? Is it someone from the academy who wants to mess with me? Or is it.....do I actually have someone who genuinely feels this way and I'm just blind to see it yet?
After taking a couple of deep breaths, the glow in her hair and eyes began to dim down. Finally calm from the chaotic thoughts, she realized she hasn't opened the gifted box to confirm her suspicions. So Mayari untied the ribbon and opened the box......
......and found a silver hair ornament, resembling a flower with unique patterns. She got put off by this, not because of how beautiful it is up close, but because this is the very item that she eyed on but turned away from buying during one of the outings with her classmates, just as the letter told her.
Although her suspicions have been partially confirmed, Mayari feels like she need to investigate this......"predicament" even further. Which reminds her.....a certain event involving a musical is coming up soon, maybe she might put this new gift to use in that event. But until then, she needs to find clues around the academy about her secret gifter. She laid down on her bed, placed her hand onto her forehead, and sighed helplessly slight frustration.
"*sigh*......... I might have to need some help, I hope they're patient with this...."
wait does valentine only had 1 or 2 blackmails? i feel like i misread it..
Valentine has only 1 blackmail.
Blackmails in the story so far:
Valentine: 'Valentine has always been a toy to play with, especially by the promiscuous man he called his only love.'
Matteo: 'Ms. Ellis Gatling,/A girl who lost her brother,/Filmed by his killer.' 'Young Matteo Sparke:/A murderer at age ten,/walks free among you.'
Yuriko: 'They would rather lie to your face than to tell you any other anomalies made in their otherworldly expeditions.'
Mayari: 'A jellyfish's glow that was meant to fade still lingers even through her silver hours.'
Ozzie: 'A renegade ready to fire at anyone. All to lose it for a tragedy.'
Luciano: 'If his beloved Captain were to tell him to do the extremes, Luciano would do it with a smile on his face.'
So far... Top row: Luciano, Valentine, Matteo, Tian Top Mid row: Sasha, Soon-To-Be Ozzy Bottom Mid row: Cecile
This isn't related to my P:EG countdown art, but I thought of making (or at least attempting) myself an oc for the fandom. So this would probably take long for me to explain
My oc's animal motif would be the moon jellyfish 🌙🪼 (in case you couldn't tell)
I picked this because the meaning of the animal motif reminded me of my irl experiences, and it looked very beautiful. As for my oc's name and talent, I'm honestly never good at making names for my characters/ocs, so I just basically looked up on Google for it 😅. The talent, on the other hand, I chose my oc to be "Talentless (?)" because I wondered if there's a possibility to actually refuse the offer of the title of an Ultimate, but still accept to become a student of Eden's Garden Academy. (Basically, the oc has the same mindset as Wenona and Eva on the UTP, but unlike them, the oc actually managed to become a student of Eden's Garden Academy without the Ultimate talent and title aka the Reserve Course student) It's also because I don't think there would be any talent where my oc would feel proud of, despite everything.
And in case if anyone's going to ask if I could draw the oc, sadly, I can't. Because, at least for now, I'm not good at drawing people, unlike the animal motifs I did for the P:EG Countdown art, (As you could tell with my first art and Cara art) and I apologize for that.
So, yeah. The 1st Chapter's coming up tomorrow for me, I'm honestly really excited and scared at the same time on what's to come, but I do know that I'd be crying an ocean or scream like a banshee at the end of the chapter. Fingers crossed for our beloved characters to live for another day! 🤞