#kingupin

“You are alone... Yet you are not lost. This is a meticulous game you’re playing, isn’t it?”

A voice suddenly rings out from behind him, and an elegant looking woman faces him with a smile and closed eyes. She looked gentle, despite the situation... As if dreaming.

Izaya Orihara resembles many witches and demons she’s met in her lifetime, she can tell that just by looking at his sly and confident expression. Yet, she doesn’t caution herself around him, and she doesn’t resent him. No, if anything, Virgilia is at ease. ... Even though she values love and care, Virgilia has spent many decades shamefully in the company of monsters.

“I apologize, I’ve been rude. Speaking before introducing myself... How unsightly! Oh-hoh-hoh...!” She lifts her dress up slightly, preforming an elegant curtsy. “... My name is Publius Virgilia Maro, the Witch of Finite. But please, call me Virgilia.”

Even though all she did was introduce herself, Virgilia managed to show off the atmosphere of a witch. Not through spells or maniac cackling--- but through love, care, and gentleness... The three qualities of her magic.

“I have come to guide those who are alone, even confident young men like you.” She smiles knowingly, probably assuming that he wouldn’t like being spoken to as if he was young and innocent. “My knowledge of magic runs for over a century, I can explain the illusion you see....”

“.... You may feel and see the world around you, but it is an illusion. Or, it may be a reality. It is possible for two ‘truths’ to exist at once. They exist before you open up the cat box to see if Schrodinger’s cat has lived or dead. I assume you have yet to decide... Do you prefer the Isola you see, or the Isola that once was? Is the cat dead, or is it alive?”

... Dead or alive? Virgilia is telling him to choose- which does he prefer, hell or normalcy? Even so, no matter what he chooses, it won’t change the world he ends up seeing. No, all Virgilia can do is guide how he responds to it.

“If the cat is dead, then solemnly deliver it to it’s coffin and hold a funeral. If the cat is alive, then hold it gently and nurse it back to health. But, no matter what, you must not run from whatever you see when the cat box is opened.”

Welcome!

You'll be staying in CONDO 467!

You'll be given a wooden dagger.

Enjoy your stay!

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Kumagawa looked both ways before crossing the road-

Only for a car to immediately plow into him. He was sent flying, his whole body thrown and colliding into the wall of a nearby building in a way that he only thought was possible in cartoons. Kumagawa was slowly peeled off the wall by gravity and fell on his back, right in front of Izaya’s feet. 

Then, without even missing a beat he stood up and smiled as always. As if the car crashing into him had never even happened. As if he did not feel any pain. He just sat there smiling, ignoring it all. 

『You’re a pretty cruel person aren’t you? You just sit there and smile when a cute and innocent child like me gets hit by a car.』

Kumagawa did not look very mad contrary to his words. 

『Oh well. I probably deserved it anyway. Hey, stranger, why do bad things happen to bad people?』