You wake up in a strange room. It has a mat flooring and is mostly empty, except for a floor bed in the middle of the room.
There is a big sliding door on one of the walls, and a smaller one on the opposite wall. To the side of the smaller door there are a few drawers built into the wall and shelves filled with various items.
The other two walls are each almost fully covered by a huge window. It's afternoon, and the sun is about to set.
You notice two things about this room.
The first is how traditional everything feels, the type of room used by old people.
The second is how big everything is. You stand as a bug on the mat floor, as if the entire room was built for a giant.
'Where am I?' You think. 'Why is everything so huge? Who could have built this, and why?'
While you ponder those questions, the big door slides opens, with a speed unbecoming of something so massive. On the other side, you can see an outdoors area.
Your jaw drops, as the biggest creatures you've seen in your life walk in. There's two of them, one who looks like a woman in her 90s, and another who looks like a 10 year old girl.
They both have blond hair, yellow kimonos and white socks. Apparently, they've removed their sandals before entering the room. The old lady keeps her hair in a small bum, and the girl keeps her hair in large pigtails.
Fearfully, you run to the floor bed. You can't exactly hide in such a short time, but you cower next to it and hope they don't see you.
"Your first day at Hope's Peak Academy comes ever closer" As she speaks, the old lady undoes the girl's pigtails. "The future of our performances hinges on your success in that school. Do you understand that?"
"Yeah, yeah. Of course" Freed from the pigtails, the girl's hair flows on her back, curving outwards.
The lady starts to undress the girl. You look away for the most part, but you can't help it but to steal a few glaces at the girl as she's left in her underwear.
Leaving the used kimono on the floor, the lady walks across the room and opens a drawer. From there, she takes a dark blue robe and returns to the girl. She dresses the girl in that robe.
"Good night, Hiyoko" said the lady.
Hiyoko nods, but doesn't say anything. The lady takes the used kimono away, leaving the sliding door open.
After a few seconds, Hiyoko sits down on her floor bed, laying her socked feet on the floor in front of you. Carefully watching the door, she reaches for something bellow her pillow. The rustling of a plastic bag can be heard as she retrieves a piece of candy. She removes the wrapper, hides it under her pillow, and plops the candy in her mouth.
"Hmmm!" Hiyoko audibly enjoys her candy while eyeing the door. Due to how secretive she's being, you guess that either she's not allowed to have it, or she wasn't supposed to keep it in her room.
Hiyoko continues on like this for a few minutes, periodically retrieving a new piece of candy from the bag bellow her pillow. This gives you plenty of time to reflect on what's happening.
You are shrunken to the size of a bug in this this girl's room, who wears traditional clothes and is apparently soon to be a freshman at Hope's Peak Academy. Of course, you heard all about Hope's Peak. Who didn't?
Hope's Peak Academy is a school of the elite. There are two requirements to be a student there: You must already be attending high school, and you must have a talent you're the best at.
Something bothers you about Hiyoko. No matter how you look at her, she doesn't seem old enough to be already attending high school. Could she have skipped a few years? You don't think so. Her clothes and how that old lady mentioned "performances" implies that her talent doesn't have anything to do with academics.
You shake your head. Talent or not, she's the closest person to you right now, so you hope she can help you with your tiny predicament. Despite your fears, you decide to work on getting Hiyoko's attention.
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