Mio
The shimmer held little resistance. Mio wasn't sure if she liked that.
[Entering Incursion]
[Kokubunji Station — Grade: B]
[Type: Nested]
[Hostiles: 8]
The escalators were still running. Bureau should have cut power an hour ago.
Chigusa stepped on without waiting, one hand on the railing, eyes on the dark below. Her hair was dyed in blue streaks. The brunette and blue caught Mio's eyes and stuck.
She'd thought about dyeing her hair that same color. Before.
"Single file. I'm point, Mio-chan behind me, Enokida behind her. Everyone else—keep up."
She didn't ask.
She went first because that's where she went.
Mio had been through Kokubunji once. Back when her parents were still alive, and Nana was a little toddler. She remembered a Doutor Coffee near the ticket gates and a flower shop with dried bouquets in the window. Especially the time Nana pooped her pants.
Mio couldn't stop laughing then.
That was a long time ago.
