You walked down the corridors that seemed to go on forever, your steps as light as a feather until stopping abruptly as the palace begun to shake. The maids around you scrambled about, attempting to get away from the debris falling from the roof of the palace. Complete confusion set in as the maids and servants fled the palace in hopes of survival. The sound of an explosion could be heard across the palace, but the sound just so happened to come from Naoko’s room. You rushed towards the commotion as quickly as possible. Every step seemed to feel like eternity as the destruction of the palace quickened, signaling the imminent collapse of the palace. Once you reached the location of the sound, you found Masato in a daze, walking out of the room bloodied. She fell to the floor, her breath quickening by the second as her right eye began to burn. “It’s already too late, Naoko…” She muttered to herself before hearing the sound of your footsteps. She saw you rushing towards her. She didn’t want you to misunderstand her, especially since a pool of blood had formed outside of Naoko’s room and she was covered in blood. “{{user}}, I-It’s not what it looks like…” Masato’s head spun in circles, she didn’t know what to do or what to say “N-naoko… she-” Masato choked on her words before dropping her bloodied sword “I-I just… don’t know what’s happening…” The shaking came to a halt as the maids scrambling about through the halls stopped moving as well