The Infirmary, which has become a second home to many recently, is
relatively quiet.  Everyone is fast asleep, the nurse on duty has
conveniently dozed off, but any noise might wake her.  Nanami is in a
worse situation.  After several escape attempts by herself, the staff
have, sadly, been forced to restrain her wrists, making it unable for her
to move.  She lies quietly on her bed, staring at the ceiling blankly,
exhausted from struggling with the restraints, but unable to sleep. 

Utena approaches the outer wall of the infirmary, glancing up the
vine-covered walls and pondering how she can get up it..her hands are
still a little sore/hurting from the rockclimbing to the castle under the
city, her ankle hurts tremendously from the cavein... but she grasps hold
of some of the thicker vines, carefully, hoping they won't give under her
weight.. she only has to make it one floor up to the window.. 

Kiryuu Nanami, in her somewhat semi-dazed/semi-attentive state, hears
noise from the open window..  She does not respond however, not wanting to
wake the nurse.  Could it be Utena?  She did promise to help her escape... 

Utena clambers through the window, wriggling her hips through the open
space of about two feet... exhaling as she drops onto the floor..not
really thinking about being silent, unfortunately. 

Kiryuu Nanami rolls her eyes, before letting out a rather loud
'Shhhhhhhhhhh!' She glares at Utena angrily. "Do you want to wake the
entire school?  You're trying to break me out, not get me stuck in here
for even longer." 

Utena straightens up and blinks."Sa.. gomen.." she rubs at the back of her
pink-thatched head before glancing at you... her innocent blue eyes
opening wide at the sight of your bound wrists... she moves over. 

Kiryuu Nanami sighs softly as you notice the straps. "I got restless.  I
hate this place.  I tried to get out on my own, but they caught me and
tied me up." 

Utena bites her lip and kneels down, her fingers prying carefully at the
straps, gently unbuckling them- not really a problem for her coming in
from the outside... but she tries to be careful not to rattle the metal
parts. 

Kiryuu Nanami, as she is really unable to be anything but a complete
smart-ass at the most inopportune times.. murmurs. "Where've you been?  I
was waiting -forever-." 

Utena circles around the bed and starts to undo your other wrist..'You
wouldn't beliee me if I told you.." she breathes quietly. 

Kiryuu Nanami raises her eyebrows, blinking. "Try me?"

Utena undoes the second strap. "Under the school."

Kiryuu Nanami asks, "Hontou ni?  What's there?"

Kiryuu Nanami sits up, twisting her sore wrists, then instinctively
caressing her still injured ribs.

Utena whispers mysteriously, "The past.." Freeing your last wrist she
offers her ringed hand to you to help you stand. "C'mon..."

Kiryuu Nanami blinks for a moment, then, almost reluctantly, she takes
the ringed hand with a hand of her own.. one that bears no ring, as she
has not recieved her new signet from her brother yet.  She grips your
hand tightly, pulling..

Utena is rock-solid, almost statuesque, making it easy for you to stand
up, though it may be more painful than you anticipate.. her azure eyes
flicker toward the door, nervous of sound bringing someone into the
scene. She steps close to you, ready to support you., hisses softly, "Are
you going to be able to move okay?"
move.

Kiryuu Nanami is being aided.. supported.. by you.  She's relying on you
right now, and she hates it.  Completely.  Slowly, she nods. "As long as
we aren't going through the window, I should be." 

Utena nods, wrapping one slender arm around your lower back.. She's not
too much happier about this than you are, but she made a promise, and a
prince must keep her promises. She bears the burden of your additional
weight and guides you toward the open, uncurtained and unblocked
doorway... moving slow. "Take it easy.." she mutters.. 

Kiryuu Nanami nods, shuffling along beside you, not wanting to move -too-
quickly, as her ribs are sore even from this small amount of movement. 
She moves along with you, bare feet not making much noise at all. 

Utena pauses in the doorway, glancing about herself cautiously,
particularly across the front reception room and the admissions desk.. 

Kiryuu Nanami whispers, carefully, as softly as she can.. "The nurse on
duty right now is bloody lazy.  She's always sleeping at her post.  We
might have lucked out." 

Utena nods, her lips set tight, and her attention focused on getting out
of the door.. easing into the reception room, crossing the area behind the
desk.. 

Kiryuu Nanami doesn't even lift her feet.  The bare soles glide along the
tiled floor without sound as they sneak past.. 

Utena continues to move slowly, almost holding her breath, an agonizingly
LONG process... finaly moving to stand before the double doors, the last
barrier to your freedom.. she eyes the door for a moment, looking for a
latch or lock, hoping there's not keys required to unlock it. 

Luckily, on the inside, there -is- a latch, as the designers didn't expect
the patients to be trying to escape. 

Utena bites her lip and goes for the latch, reaching her free hand out
toward it.. trying to move it as carefully and quietly as she can... eyes
furrowed. 

Still no sound, save the faint snoring of the nurse at the desk.

Utena pushes the door open, a blast of cold air from the night beyond
assaulting yourself and her, and the breeze cries out through the empty
reception room..

At -this-, the nurse begins to stir, waking from her slumber, blinking
quickly, trying to regain her senses. "Huh.. what's going on?"

Utena o.O's and whips her head back, looking nervously behind herself...
"Crap, *move*.." she hisses to the blonde girl she's supporting...
hastily pushing first Nanami than herself through the opened door...

Kiryuu Nanami nods quickly, following, moving as fast as she can in her
injured state..

The nurse curses, jumping up, realizing who just escaped.. 

Utena pulls Nanami with her and tries to hurry as best she can, but
Nanami is too injured to move QUICKLY and Utena herself has a slight limp
you didn't notice before now, when she's trying to move quickly..

The nurse appears at the doorway, ready to chase, screaming out loudly
for the pair to stop.

Kiryuu Nanami takes initiative now, and suddenly -yanks- Utena, pulling
her rapidly, ducking onto a side path.

Utena o.O's and is yanked along by the other girl... at Nanami's sudden
burst of strength the pink-haired Duellist is taken very much off guard..
her eyes open wide as she follows Nanami closely into a shadow under one
of the guarding trees..

Kiryuu Nanami stops, remaining in the shadows, drawing back further into
them...  she gestures for you to do the same.

Kiryuu Nanami ducks down, clenching her teeth in sharp pain, as she
scoops something from the ground.  She raises.. and waits.

Utena shrinks back as best she can, unthinkingly *close* to Nanami,
breathing rapidly from the fear of being caught.. but her black jacket
helps to completely veil her...

The Nurse appears nearby, close to the two hiding figure.. too close.

Nanami then swings her arm with all her might, but still, with barely any
sound. She tosses a small stone across the path.. as far as she can, away
from them.  The nurse hears the sounds, and immediately runs to the
source, leaving Nanami and Utena alone.

Utena *whews* softly after a moment..

Kiryuu Nanami sighs deeply.. "That worked.."

Utena stands back from you, her hand lightly resting on one of your
shoulders she removes in haste. "Hai.."

Kiryuu Nanami looks at you expectantly. "Where are we going now..?"

Utena says, "They'll look for you in your room.. and mine.."

Utena bites her lip, closing her eyes in the dark for a moment. "I'm not
sure where to go."

Kiryuu Nanami sighs. "We can't go back to my place.  Onisama's probably
there.. and he'll kill me if he sees me out.."

Utena says, "We can go back to my old dorm, I guess. I took
Arisugawa-sempai there last night.."

Utena says, "Hopefully they won't think to look there."

Kiryuu Nanami says, "Doubtful.."

Kiryuu Nanami smirks. "Who'd expect me me to be hanging around with you?"

Kiryuu Nanami says, "Speaking of which, before anything, we gotta agree
on something, Utena-san."

Utena blinks and nods? turning her eyes toward you, seeking yours in the
dim shadowlight...

Utena says, "What is it..?"

Kiryuu Nanami extends a hand. "Look.. something bad's going on here.. and
obviously we have to take care of it, so I'm going to call a -TEMPORARY-
truce."

You feel Utena's fingers meeting yours and closing warmly about them for
a moment. "Hai. Truce for now, Nanami-san." For once using a respectful
honorific.. something that might, or might not, escape you. "We'll need
each other's help anyway for a little while." She slides gently back to
your side and eases your arm over her shoulders, once again taking the
lion's share of your weight upon herself. "C'mon, let's get out of the
cold, it can't be helping your injuries."

Kiryuu Nanami nods, and slowly slips an arm around your waist, for
support.. as she walks along with you, to your room..

Utena limps along with Nanami back along the path leading to the back of
the school and the 'haunted' dorm she used to inhabit with Himemiya...
fighting to keep her own pain in her injured leg from showing to you as
she 'saves' you, and leads you into her old dorm room. However, to her
surprise.. Arisugawa-sempai is also waiting there... Utena blinks deeply
for several moments, a flicker of gratefulness/relief/worry/hopefulness
at her sempai's appearance... then realizes there's going to be a SLIGHT
space/bed problem.. easily enough solved however.. as she helps Nanami
into the bottom of the bunk-bed to let her rest there.. Utena, herself,
will take the floor tonight...

Arisugawa Juri glances at the two new arrivals, standing from the desk
she was sitting at. She gazes over Nanami's form, looking back to Utena,
"Are you alright?"

Utena nods faintly, her breathing coming hard out of her mouth as she
presses a hand to her chest.. wincing as she steps back from the lower
half of the bunk bed... moving to the low table in the center of the
room, sitting down and removing her shoes and socks to show a miserably
purple and swollen ankle... hissing softly as she touches the bruise.

Arisugawa Juri sighs softly, walking towards a bag she brought to the
dorm.. apparently she made a trip to her room before coming back, "I told
you to wrap that before you went off.." she removes bandaging strip and a
metal clip from a pocket, and kneels by your foot, taking it gently in her
hand. She examines it a moment and then tenderly starts to wrap it
protectively. 

Utena O.o

Arisugawa Juri glances up at you, "I knew you wouldn't listen."

Utena fights the urge both to laugh (she's ticklish on the feet) and to
jerk her foot back from your hand.. a faint pink color rising to her
cheeks as you lift her ankle and tend to it with such gentle motions..
she didn't expect this... she shakes her head.. "I didn't have time,
sempai.." she swallows with a weak voice... "I'm sorry."

Utena says, "I promised Nanami I'd help her out of the infirmary, and
they had manacled her. So I didn't have a chance to tend to the foot.."
She winces a bit as you move the bandage over her skin a little too tight
in a spot.

Arisugawa Juri nods vaguely, loosening the bandage as she notices your
reaction.. before cutting off the end and clipping it with the toothed
metal piece. "Hai.. just be careful on it. If you want to complete your
plan, you need it to heal, Utena-san."

Utena exhales all at once... emptying her lungs completely before drawing
in a new, long breath. "I know..." She hesitates for a moment, before
pulling her foot back from your light grasp to stretch it out along the
floor, leaning back on her hands, and feeling that embarrassing warmth in
her cheeks. Those soft, childish eyes looking somewhere else as she
mutters, "I'm surprised that you came back here, sempai." 

Arisugawa Juri she watches you stretch your foot, gauging how she thinks
the banage will hold up and then stands and moves back to her bag,
returning the tools in silence. She looks a lot better.. a bath, fresh
clothes, and rest most likely helped, along with the application of makeup
over her still healing bruises. She walks back to the table, sitting
opposite of you as she takes in your comment, "When I returned to my room
it had been tampered with. Someone is apparently looking for me, so I
didn't think it would be wise to stay there. But don't worry, I also took
great care that no one saw me come here, either." 

Utena sighs, "I didn't... Nanami and I were in a hurry and I couldn't move
her over uneven terrain, so someone might have seen us..." She shakes her
head, leaning forward and resting her head on the table. "I hope not.. but
I can't guard against everything at all times.." 

Utena says, "The nurse saw me helping her away from the infirmary, so I'm
probably in big trouble now." 

Arisugawa Juri blinks.. and nods, "Well, that can't be helped now."

Utena nods.

Utena says, "You can have the top of the bed, I'll take the floor tonight,
Arisugawa-sempai..." gesturing toward the upper of the two mattresses, as
Nanami is quite immobile in the other, passed out from the exertion. Utena
herself doesn't look too grand, either. She reaches for the tiny portable
television box, a shockingly illegal item on campus, and flicks on the
black and white screen. A staticy picture comes to life, eventually
clearing up enough to reveal some kind of news report.

Utena is ignoring it, it's basically background noise as she wearily
glances toward the older student. "Sempai.. would it be wrong of me to ask
you a favor..?" 

Arisugawa Juri's eyes are already upon you as she blinks, "It depends.
What favor?" 

Utena says, "Can you go to the West Wing and bring Yamaguchi Kei here?
She's in room 49... I really need to talk to her. If it's too much
trouble, I can try and go myself...maybe.. I guess I should just do that
instead... it's rude of me to ask you." 

Utena starts to sit up, rubbing at exhausted eyes, and reaching for her
socks and shoes. 

Arisugawa Juri glances at you with a mixture of curiousity and confusion..
she shakes her head, "Iie. I won't let you go." 

Utena blinks, pinkening yet again. She searches your eyes intently for a
moment. 

Arisugawa Juri looks just as intently into yours, "If you want her to come
here, then I will go get her. But I won't have you going out there after
just breaking someone out of the Infirmary. They may still be looking for
you." She stands and heads towards the hall, noting, "Besides.. I want
you to stay off that foot." and disappears past the door, the sound of her
footsteps down the stairs followed by silence. 

Utena gazes after the taller girl in some astonishment, blinking several
times before a faint, thankful smile touches those small lips.. 


Kei is sitting in her dorm, going over a large pile of notes she's made on
the duelling records that Touga has her reviewing. 

Arisugawa Juri reaches the West wing after carefully staying within
shadows and side paths, and approaches room 49. She takes a moment before
raising her hand and rapping upon the door with the back of it. 

Kei calls out.  "Come in..."

Arisugawa Juri curls her fingers around the doorknob and turns it, opening
the door wide. The noteable fencing captain looks upon you with her more
usual apathetic air as she inquires, "Yamaguchi Kei?" 

Kei nods.  "Hai..."  She gazes at the older girl for a moment before
recognition strikes; this is one of the long-standing council members, the
duelling club captain.  What would she want with Kei? 

Arisugawa Juri crosses her arms over her chest and continues, "Ten'jou
Utena requests to see you." 

Kei blinks.  "Utena..?  Why didn't she come here, then?"  Something occurs
to her.  "Is she in some sort of trouble that would prevent her from
coming?" 

Arisugawa Juri asks, "I prefered her to stay where she was. She will most
likely tell you what she wishes you to know when she sees you. So, will
you please come with me?" 

Kei hesitates for a moment, then nods.  "Hai."  . o ( There's no immediate
reason not to trust her; Utena considers her one of the more trustworthy
council members, and if Utena does really need me... )  "But first, is
there anything you can tell me?  Is she all right?" 

Arisugawa Juri nods, turning to exit the door once more, "Hai, she's fine
at the moment. She simply has a swollen ankle and I didn't want her to
walk on it. Anything else, she'll tell you on her own." 

Kei nods.  "All right."  She stands up from the desk, but then stops and
gathers the sheaf of papers she was working with, and slips it into a
folder under her arm.  Not quite sure WHY, but feeling that keeping her
notes with her might not be a bad idea. 

Kei turns back and heads towards the dorm room door, waiting to follow
Juri's lead once outside. 

Arisugawa Juri leads you out of the west wing and through dark side
paths.. away from the bright lit areas and dorms, but in enough familiar
landscape so as to not be ambushed by those thugs again. Finally you reach
the old haunted dorm, and she begins up the steps to its' entrance.

Kei pauses, looking up at the dorm.  . o ( Why would Utena want to meet
here? )  But she follows Juri quietly, with only a slight hesitation. 

Arisugawa Juri continues her silence as you walk up the stairs to the
second floor... past the deserted and horribly kept rooms. She walks down
the hall until meeting one door which she opens for you to enter. There's
a light from it, and the sound of a television or radio perhaps.. 

Kei steps into the doorway, gazing into the room within.

Utena glances up from the table, and smiles a tired but genuine smile at
the brown-haired girl, and at her sempai's safe return. "Hi.." 

Arisugawa Juri walks in after you, closing the door behind her.. nodding
faintly towards Utena in reply. 

It's not that dissimilar from your current room, Kei, except for the bunk
bed at the right-hand wall.. the bottom of which is currently occupied by
a snoring Nanami.

Kei moves over next to her friend in concern.  "What's wrong, Utena?"  She
places a folder she's been carrying on the table, to free up her hands. 

Utena sighs, not really even knowing how or where to begin..

Utena just.. reaches out, blindly, her arms for the other girl...

Kei moves over to give her friend a comforting hug, knowing that sometimes
actions are more important than any words. 

Arisugawa Juri blinks at Utena.. and gives the two one last glance before
moving past them mutely for the bunkbed. 

Utena closes her arms tightly around Kei's neck and buries her head in the
other girl's shoulder, shaking a little, flow of shoulder-length pink hair
bobbing against her back... 

Kei quietly caresses Utena's hair, smoothing it back and trying to comfort
the upset girl.  "Just relax.  I'm here and I'll help any way I can..." 

Utena rubs her forehead from side to side in the former Shinsei Duellist's
shoulder, before pulling back and regarding her friend with a gaze of
tormented pity. Blue eyes misted slightly as she lets her real emotion
show to this one person closer to her t han almost anyone else.. except
herself... as she shakes her head in a slow side to side motion.. 

Utena says, "There's so much I have to tell you.. I don't even know how to
start, Kei.." 

Kei says, "It's all right... take your time if you need to."

Utena can't stop herself this time, no amount of effort of will could do
it, as she reaches for Kei's hand and intertwines her fingers with the
other girl's... gazing at her so intently for a moment.. before she
finally lowers her eyes and takes a long breath, ready to drop the
bomb... hoping Kei can stand the impact. "I found out the truth about ...
about the shinsei, Kei." 

Kei blinks.  "The truth...?  What do you mean?"

Utena says, "You believed in the phoenix.. but... I know the truth. I've
seen it. The phoenix... was Ootori." 

Kei says, "Ootori... the school?  I don't understand.  The Ootori
duellists fight for the Ends of the Earth.  The Shinsei duellists... we
opposed the sekai no hate." 

Utena says, "No, you didn't, Kei. You didn't.."

Utena says, "Sempai and I... we found a secret passage leading to ruins
under the school. The ruins.. were of the *original* academy.. it was
destroyed by fire, long ago, and this school was built on top of its
remains." 

Kei stares at Utena, but remains quiet, listening to try to absorb all
this. 

Utena says, "LIke a phoenix. Ootori *means* phoenix. And the school burned
itself down to be reborn from the ashes. Just as the Ends of the Earth
made you into their tools to cause the Ootori duellists to be reborn to
fight for revolution again." 

Utena says, "You were never free of us.. .you were *part* of us all along.
The rebirth was a lie.. another manipulation from the Ends of the Earth." 

Utena says, "You were *serving* their goals by opposing us."

Kei shakes her head.  "It can't be true..."  Her voice is a hoarse
whisper.  "It can't be... Miki-sempai believed so strongly..." 

Utena says, "It was all part of their game, Kei..."

Utena exclaims, "I wish I was lying to you. I really DO!"

Utena says, "But it's the truth. The Ootori duellists were aimless.. the
Ends of the Earth wanted to create fire.. stir up the duellists here... so
they manufactured the shinsei." 

Utena adds with unmistakable bitterness, "Just like they're doing now.
Just like they've always done." 

Kei gazes down at the table, unable to speak to make any sort of response. 
She merely shakes her head slightly, shoulders quivering slightly with
suppressed emotion. 

Utena says, "I've been helping them too.. I realized that when I was down
there under the ground." 

Utena says, "Everything I've done has been for their benefit. Everything
ANY of us do." 

Utena shakes with the same anger, outrage, humiliation that must be
ricocheting through the former Shinsei duellist's mind... "But I don't
have a choice.. not while they are hurting us like this.. while they've
got Himemiya sealed away from me.." 

Kei mumbles something to herself.  "All a lie... it was all a lie..."

Utena nods slowly, agonized. "And not just that it was all a lie. I saw
something else down there..." She glances at Juri for a moment,
strangely... "The thing that made me scream."'

Utena says, "Kei... you can't... can't imagine..."

Arisugawa Juri's laying silent and still upon the top bunk, her face
against the wall. You can't tell if she's awake or not. 

Kei looks up at Utena, still listening.  But now the fire that was in her
eyes - the will to fight and oppose the sekai no hate - is gone, or dimmed
so far it's nearly invisible.  The embers buried under the sand of the
pain of betrayal. 

Then Utena's next words may revive that flame.. because you can see her
fury almost utterly consuming those blue eyes.. as she hoarsely whispers,
"The original school was sacrificed. All its students then were burned
alive and killed to make way for the Ends of the Earth to take control of
it. They were *looking* at me... I saw them down there... running,
screaming.. begging me to help them.

Utena says, "Whatever the original purpose of Ootori Gakuen was... it was
DESTROYED by the Ends of the Earth.. twisted around to become this place
that exists now as a shell to hide the revolutionary game." 

Kei stares for a moment, uncomprehending, then gazes down again.  "So...
that explains it."  She gestures at the folder she dropped on the table
earlier.  "My notes on the duelling records.  I felt a need to bring them
along tonight, but I didn't know why ...I just didn't feel I should leave
them behind.  What I was trying to discover was why there was a noticable
break in the records, almost as if something had been omitted." 

Utena nods slowly, the import sinking in. "Kei.. I'm not even sure this
school is *real*." 

Utena says, "When I think about it... there are things that.. don't seem
right, sometimes." Utena rubs her hand tightly against her temples. "Now
I sound crazy..." she moans low.

Kei makes a small noise, a sort of choking sob.  "SOME things that don't
seem right?  This whole school isn't right." 

Utena gaps softly, taking in air through those small lips, and leans
forward, putting her arms tightly around you, holding you close, trying to
be comforting. "I know... I know.." she finally says... letting the rest
of her dark thoughts remain unspoken for now.. she's hurt you enough for
one night. 

Kei clings to Utena... this time, she's the one in need of comfort.  Her
righteous opposition to the sekai no hate has been proved to be pointless;
a futile effort based on a lie intended to benefit those she thought she
opposed. 

Utena brushes the backs of her hands gently along your cheeks reddened
with anger and pain, and sighs softly. "I hurt you.. I'm sorry... I could
have not told you that truth..." she glances down, before kissing your
forehead gently. "I should have thought a little more before I shot my
mouth off."

Kei shakes her head, still clinging to Utena...  In a pained, hoarse tone
she replies, "No.  Better to know the truth than keep living illusion..." 
But she doesn't look up; her eyes don't meet Utena's. 

Utena feels that broken tone deep within her heart, and squeezes her eyes
shut to fight off sudden tears, as she holds you closely, her private
confusions and embarrassments shoved aside in the face of pain... she who
is prince must not put her own emotions before the needs of those she has
to save.. so all her being focuses now on trying to soothe you, comfort
you, exude her care of you. She rests her cheek next to yours and nuzzles
inward very slightly; is her scent of roses suddenly stronger, or is that
in your mind..? She sighs, and tries to pull out your pain through
herself. 

Utena says, "I'm sorry, Kei.. I'm sorry I hurt you."
Utena says, "Of all people.. I didn't want you to be hurt."

Kei shakes her head.  "The truth may hurt where illusion comforts, but in
the long run, the illusion will only hurt more than the truth."  She looks
up, now meeting your gaze, and you can see that despite the pain, anger
and despair in her eyes, she means what she said.

Utena nods slowly, releasing her arms from about you as you seem to be
strong enough now to stand on your own again... taking a breath to center
herself, the pink-haired girl rubs at the back of her neck, now feeling
her shyness again, hesitations. 

Kei sighs.  "I don't know what I should do now, though.  It was all a
lie... where do I go from here?" 

Utena says, "We have to play along for now.. until we can find a way to
break the illusions once and for all.." 

Utena says, "As long as they have Himemiya, my hands are tied. I can't not
go along with what they want me to be doing." 

Utena says, "But... for now, Kei.. I think we both need to sleep.."

Utena says, "I'm afraid that sempai and Nanami have the beds, so we get
the floor.. but... stay with me... " Ending on a plaintive note with her
last words.. "It's safer when we're all together." 

Kei had turned for the door, but now turns back.  An odd emotion in her
eyes... on top of the pain, you can see surprise and... relief?  Maybe
Utena isn't the only one who doesn't want to be alone tonight. 

Utena smiles faintly, as she simply sinks back first to her elbows, then
onto her back, gazing up at the ceiling as she stretches out on the
carpet, resting her hands behind her head as a kind of pillow. Thankfully,
it's not a cold night, though the wind howls outside, even in this old
building the insulation drives back the draft, making it a comfortable
temperature.. she just gazes up for a while... 

Kei quietly moves over to take a spot on the floor near Utena... lost in
her own thoughts. 

Utena shuts her eyes, engulfing her sight in darkness.. the same darkness
within her mind. How can she fight the Ends of the Earth when she has to
play along for Himemiya's sake..? How can she break through the illusion
to the truth...? She doesn't know..  . and no inspiration comes to her...
leaving her quietly despairing as she drifts down to sleep. 

[Utena logo- 'to be continued']