[That voice feels like a live wire plugged direct into her spine. If it were coming from any other mouth it might be alluring. Instead it has Toko freezing on the spot, white knuckling the edge of the table where she's holding her balance.
Is he serious?! He just put his whole face in her face!!
Can she really keep calling herself the Ultimate Writing Prodigy? Because these days she feels like the Ultimate Universe's Bitch. Nobody can find themselves ensared in a maniac's scheme this many times and still call it coincidence.
So it is with heavy heart and no small clench of the jaw that Toko turns, shoulders still hunched but standing straighter. She does meet his eye. Not happily, but she does. Hers are a faded, surly grey behind broad spectacles. Her mouth remains a resolute line. There's a beauty mark at her chin. Her hair is too long, scattered all over. The schoolgirl clothes are torn at the tie, the sleeve, and most egregiously at the skirt.
Perhaps being a hideous wretch will serve her well for once. He could be hoping for a super beauty and dismiss her as a complete disappointment.
Or he could just take her head off. That feels much more likely.]
Y-you didn't get a good look the first time?
[If you're going to die, die on your feet. Her knees still feel like pure gelatin though.]
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Is he serious?! He just put his whole face in her face!!
Can she really keep calling herself the Ultimate Writing Prodigy? Because these days she feels like the Ultimate Universe's Bitch. Nobody can find themselves ensared in a maniac's scheme this many times and still call it coincidence.
So it is with heavy heart and no small clench of the jaw that Toko turns, shoulders still hunched but standing straighter. She does meet his eye. Not happily, but she does. Hers are a faded, surly grey behind broad spectacles. Her mouth remains a resolute line. There's a beauty mark at her chin. Her hair is too long, scattered all over. The schoolgirl clothes are torn at the tie, the sleeve, and most egregiously at the skirt.
Perhaps being a hideous wretch will serve her well for once. He could be hoping for a super beauty and dismiss her as a complete disappointment.
Or he could just take her head off. That feels much more likely.]
Y-you didn't get a good look the first time?
[If you're going to die, die on your feet. Her knees still feel like pure gelatin though.]