Status Quo
Anime Vore, GTS, GT, Shrinking, Unbirth
chapter 64
by
copier
· original author:
erik
As it turned out, Haruko's Palace was the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. The Shadows within the Palace seemed oddly subdued. Washu was virtually ignored....either because she was a god or something else. Some of the more stronger Shadows confronted her only to retreat.
Washu made her way to the curator 's office which was naturally where the ruler of the Palace was located.
When Washu entered the office she was in for quite a shock.
"You....aren't a Shadow" said Washu. It wasn't a question.
The Haruko that was in the office was a stark contrast to the Haruko that was at the cafe. This Haruko looked exactly the same save for the eyes. The eyes weren't yellowish green but emerald green. Haruko was sitting at a desk strumming at her bass when Washu had entered the room.
"No" said Haruko. "I'm not a Shadow. I'm the real Haruko. My Shadow and I have made something of an arrangement"
Washu was at a loss for words.
"Please sit" said Haruko. Washu did just that.
"You see I came to visit here around the year 2000. That's when I discovered that....I had a Palace" said Haruko. " Naturally I was curious as to what my Palace would look like"
The Palace was filled with rock and roll memoblia just like the real Hall of Fame had but the Palace had different things in it....The kind of stuff that was never known to much of the public. Only true and die hard fans of a certain band would know such obscure trivia. Which was odd for a Palace to begin with because the Palace was all about the ruler and not anyone else. Also the Palace had far fewer Shadows in it when compared to other Palaces.
"I haven't been to that many Palaces" said Washu. "I was just surprised that a god could even have one"
"Imagine my surprise" said Haruko nodding. "My Shadow and I had quite the interesting discussion. She said she was bored ruling over such a Palace and that she would like to visit the real world"
"I thought Shadows were confined to Palaces though" said Washu.
" Ordinary yes they are" said Haruko. "Unless it's an extraordinary strong Shadow. Apparently, a person's Shadow can appear before their real selves briefly under special conditions"
" And a God's Shadow would be extraordinary powerful I would think" said Washu. "But....are you really okay staying here? Why are you even here?"
"When the ruler of a Palace leaves the Palace, it disappears" said Haruko. " I'm the one maintaining this Palace while I'm here"
"You mean your Shadow agreed to come back here?" asked Washu.
" Eventually" said Haruko.
Washu was deep in thought for a moment. "When?"
"Two years" said Haruko.
" And you're sure she'll keep her word? "
"She's me" said Haruko. "I'm not going to lie to myself"
Washu squinted at Haruko. " There's something you're not telling me "
"My Shadow has.....unusual drives"
" That's not surprising " said Washu. "That's the very definition of a Shadow"
"Well that's true" said Haruko.
"And?"
" She's stringing Naota along with her. She has him wrapped around her finger pretty solidly " said Haruko. "I'm just worried that if I came back....."
Washu blinked. "You're afraid that Naota would like your Shadow better?"
Haruko appeared to slump in her chair slightly.
"You're.....complicated aren't ya?"
Haruko smiled. " We all are. Why did you come here? "
"I was merely curious" said Washu. " Like I said I haven't been in that many Palaces. I only knew you had a Palace through a group known as the Phantom Thieves"
Haruko blinked. "Phantom what now?"
" Phantom Thieves " said Washu. "A group of teenagers that unlocked their inner selves known as Personas to fight evil Shadows"
" I would imagine that such a thing would be tough to accomplish"
"Yeah" argeed Washu. " Well, I'll be going "
Washu climbed out of her chair and left the room. Haruko returned to strumming her bass.
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"So...let me get this straight" said Naota while taking a bite out of his traditional Japanese breakfast. "There's a goddess of gambling.....but nobody worships gambling"
Haruko and Naota had left their room with Edward to have breakfast. While Naota was eating a Japanese breakfast, the other two were having western food as their breakfast.
"Oh no?" asked Haruko taking a huge bite of pancake. "Then why do so many people visit Vegas? Maybe it's not formal worship but it doesn't have to be for a god to be born. Gambling is something that people believe in and if people believe in something strong enough a god of that belief will manifest sooner or later"
"Okay" said Naota. "Then what about her?" He gestured at Edward who was busy slurping up eggs. " What is she a god of? She was human who got turned into a god. Nobody believed her into manifesting "
"Freak accident" said Haruko shrugging.
"That is a good question though" said Edward thoughtfully . "What kinda God is Ed?"
" That's the kind of question you have to answer that yourself" said Haruko.
"How can a liquid make you a god?" asked Naota.
"It was a mixture of several drugs" said Ed. "Ed couldn't aynalze it all before coming here"
Haruko took several huge bites. "Now that you mention it, the smell kinda reminded me of a herbal tea that supposedly grants temporarily godhood"
"I think Ed's godhood is permanent" said Ed.
" Must be because you fell into a vat of the stuff" said Naota.
"Hey, points for you thinking up of that" said Haruko.
Naota said nothing but continued to eat his breakfast. Haruko ate greedily at her plate. Edward also had a plate filled with food.
"I'm surprised you didn't have me for breakfast" said Naota.
"You're too sweet for a regular meal" said Haruko. "You're gonna be desert"
Things hadn't changed all that much since Edward undid whatever Haruko had done with Naota. Naota could've been angry at Haruko but he wasn't. Things just went back to the status quo.
Haruko still had a mountain of pancakes to go through while Naota was just finishing his meal. When Naota was finished with his breakfast he climbed out of the booth and wandered off. Haruko glanced at the retreating Naota before she continued to eat her pancakes.
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