The Kingdom of Demari is one of the strangest kingdoms in all of Grimmhoth. It is famous, and what is also famous is that it has one of the strongest prisons in the world, the prison Sonett.
(Beep)
(1372)
Several days have now passed...
Police Officer: "Move...move...take the photo..."
Fiona: "Yeah...yeah..."
(A few days earlier)
Ms Valentine: "We need to find Sonda...that's why we have to meet Luca Ceaser. He's imprisoned in Demari...which is why...I want one of you to go into prison."
They looked at each other.
Fiona: "Ok...and...how do we do that?...And how are we supposed to get out afterward?"
Ms Valentine: "Your crime won't be serious...you only stole something...let's say...bread..."
Fiona: "Bread huh?...hmmm..."
Ms Valentine: "Well, for that you'll land in prison for a week...but that should probably be enough time to meet Luca Ceaser..."
Fiona: "Ok..."
Sophie: "And what do I do?"
Ms Valentine: "You go to Demari one day later and head to the building called Pizell...it's a building owned by Dark Umbrella...there you'll wait for Fiona."
Sophie: "Ok."
Fiona: "Mhm...and how does the bread thing work?"
Ms Valentine: "Oh, once you get there, put away your Dark Umbrella suit. Don't worry, the people there know you're on a mission. Be careful though...they can only help you if you don't get caught. If you get caught meeting Luca, we can't do anything anymore."
Fiona: "Ok."
(Back to the present)
Fiona: "(and here I am)..."
(Crash)
Fiona: "(in prison)...hahhhhh...I want a salary raise for this..."
(Meanwhile)
Sophie: "Hmmm...Fiona is probably waiting for me. Violet, are you sure you're coming with me?"
Violet: "Of course...but why didn't they send me for the mission? I'd have no problem sneaking around."
Sophie: "Well...maybe because you're not one of the Crows. The other Crows, Rio, Colletta, and Marcus were busy. Fiona had time, and the Lilly Moon members too. Also, you really like sweets, right? Hehe, we can get some here...oh and you're still new...that's why Ms Valentine doesn't want to send you on dangerous missions yet."
Violet: "I've been a member for almost a year."
Sophie: "But you only passed the probation period four months ago, right..."
Violet: "True..."
Sophie and Violet were on the train.
Sophie: "hmm."
Train Speaker: "Demari...Demari..."
Violet: "We're here?"
Sophie: "Apparently...oh by the way...don't be too surprised by what you're about to see."
Violet: "Huh?"
Sophie: "Feel free to look out the window."
Violet: "Uh..."
She did.
Violet: "Hhhhh what the hellllll!!"
They were upside down. Below them was a city...and above them...houses everywhere, even on the walls.
Violet: "I...don't understand. How is this possible?"
Sophie: "Hahhh...we're inside some kind of giant trapezoid...look around. Do you see light?...or the moon?...No?...That's because we're inside a giant trapezoid..."
Violet: "Yeah...but...why aren't we falling?"
Sophie: "Gravity...the systems here are different...also...it's like a flower opening. Since it's evening, the trapezoid is closed...when morning comes it opens and the trapezoid becomes open. The city above us right now is Flora...the city below is the capital Camilia...and the one on the walls is Venolgna. It's like a flower. When a flower opens, there's the middle...left...and right...connected together."
Sophie looked around.
Sophie: "It's been a long time since I was here."
(Meanwhile)
Fiona: "(I used to want to understand other people. I thought if I did, I'd finally have more emotions...but the more I learned about humans...the more disgusted I felt...wars...murder...abuse...and insulting others just because of different cultures or appearances...I think it's better if I don't understand them...I'm afraid...of humans...more than of a Nemesis...there is no love...only lust. There is no humanity...only profit. There is no respect...only fear...If you focus too much on these things...you become weak. The fewer emotions...the better...Honestly...I think as long as humans exist...there will never be peace...If humans finally learned...to point the finger at themselves when they make mistakes...In Weimarer a woman was murdered by one of her own children...instead of blaming the person...they blamed the knife...and suddenly it became 'ban sharp knives'...and that...is completely meaningless...because the knife has no mind...the real problem was the person...the human...We humans love blaming everything except ourselves...and if people blame humans...then only because of stupid skin color...for example...The more I understand and learn about humans...the more I realized that things like humanity or mercy don't exist...only profit...Parents are willing to kill other people's children even though they know what it feels like to lose their own child...and that makes you wonder...why do they still do it?...Drugs are illegal...but only certain kinds...if people really wanted to protect humans, why ban only some?...It's all meaningless nonsense...But...one thing I always found strange was the idea of heroes...there are no heroes...they simply can't exist...For the victim, the savior is a hero...for the criminal, an enemy...That's why heroes can't truly exist...because everyone should see a hero as a hero...Some see the person as a hero...others don't...That only exists in comics...and I never liked hero comics...A man sacrificing himself for others, what is that even supposed to mean? That you yourself are worthless but others aren't?...How is that supposed to be motivating?...How about being fair for once and thinking about yourself sometimes too?...If the hero is really so beloved...then shouldn't the people who love him be sad when he sacrifices his life?...I would never sacrifice myself for others...because I'm not a heroine...I'm a detective...)"
(Beep)
Police Officer: "Number 400...Fiona..."
Fiona: "Yeah."
Police Officer: "It's dark...you should sleep."
Fiona: "Hmm...ok."
Police Officer: "Alright then, lights out...go to sleep you losers."
The lights went out.
Fiona: "One week for bread, hmph...so I have one week...simple...first I need to know where this Luca is...hmm...Oh great...I just realized...I only see a few women here...is it really good for me to be here?...Where there are lots of men?...It smells like toilets or semen everywhere...gross..."
She lay down on the bed.
Fiona: "I hope nobody did it in here...hahhh..."
(Meanwhile)
Sophie: "So we're here."
Violet: "And what do we do now?"
Sophie: "Wait until Fiona finds out more about this...Luca...Ceaser. We stay here and gather information...Oh Violet...if you want to go outside, which you'll probably have to because you're here for observation...under no circumstances should you be outside when the bells ring five times. That means the trapezoid opens again...A lot of people have fallen because of the gravity changes...so stay inside for now...because soon it won't be evening anymore."
Violet: "Hmmm...will Fiona manage?"
Sophie: "She practiced, don't worry."
Violet: "hmm."
Sophie: "Before we were sent here, we had to do all kinds of things...sports and training...I practiced with the new pistol for example...Fiona practiced walking without her cane. She can now even walk for several hours without it..."
Violet: "hhmm..."
Sophie looked around.
Sophie: "Oh, it's about to happen."
(Dong...Dong...Dong...Dong...Dong)
The ground shook.
Violet: "What?"
Sophie: "Look."
Violet: "ughh!"
The city above slowly moved...very slowly...then the walls also began moving.
Sophie: "You better hold on...the flower is opening."
Violet: "Huh...wooooo!!"
Even the houses moved. She watched as the house completely shifted and rotated like a cube being rolled, only staying in the same place.
Violet: "bbbb...I'm gonna puke."
Sophie: "Hahhh..."
(Dong)
Sophie: "Ouch...a cup..."
Violet: "Ugh."
She looked outside again. The cities looked as if they were opening like a book...
(Dong...Dong...Dong...Dong)
(Crash!)
The moon was finally visible...suddenly there were stars and the moon.
Violet: "Huh...what...ugh..."
She looked around. The cities were now side by side instead of above and on the walls.
Sophie: "So...the opening is actually the less creepy part. Wait until it closes again...people have died during that."
(Meanwhile)
Fiona: "Ughhh...wow...I have to admit that was cool...but I need to wait until it closes again...hmm...I think...that'll take about eight hours...I wonder if Sophie and Violet are already here?"
(A few hours later)
Sophie: "So...Violet, how was outside?"
Violet: "I actually found out some really creepy things...there's a certain mafia group..."
Sophie: "Hmm?...their name?"
Violet: "They call themselves the Materazzies."
Sophie: "ughh..."
Violet: "You know them...?"
Sophie: "Yeah...they murdered my parents."
Violet: "ugh."
Sophie: "What else?"
Violet: "And there are also reports about...strange figures."
Sophie: "Hmm?...what do you mean by strange figures?"
Violet: "Uh...well...people...who suddenly transform..."
Sophie: "Hmm?..."
Violet: "Is it a Skinwalker like the one you told me about?"
Sophie: "No, they live in forests...and Demari's forests aren't even near the cities...the forest is at the fourth corner..."
Violet: "Ok..."
Sophie: "Anything else?"
Violet: "Apparently...there's another mafia here too."
Sophie: "You probably mean the Vincis...yeah...Salvatore Euseubio Vinci...they're not as bad as the Materazzies...but still...mafia. Mafias aren't like normal criminals...they enjoy killing even children...and women...Besides, the Materazzies are stronger...because...they come from Arcane bloodlines."
Violet: "What?"
Sophie: "Yeah...the Materazzies are one family...the Materazzo family...and they're Arcanes. Long ago they were honorable people...but then...they turned to the dark side...or however you say it..."
Violet: "Hahh...that's all for now. What about you?"
Sophie: "I'm looking through the documents right now...I'm searching for something about those transforming people you mentioned. I don't know why...but this is not good...one thing I can tell you is that those aren't Skinwalkers."
Violet: "Mmm...(for someone who isn't a Crow anymore...she's working almost the hardest...I feel sorry for her)..."
Sophie: "Alright...you stay here now...and read the documents to me...and don't you dare say you're bad at reading. I taught you."
Violet: "Mmm...yeah yeah...strict teacher..."
They began reading the documents.
Violet: "What...the Materazzies even killed politicians."
Sophie: "Yeah...the most beloved politician...Matteo Angello...was found dead with his family...even the cat was murdered as a warning...don't mess with the Materazzies."
Violet: "Creepy...they brutally kill children too..."
Sophie: "Mhm...what do you think Demari suffered for so long?...It's almost like Roselande back then where Fiona was...with the Thorn Mafia...only even worse...By the way, the Thorn Mafia originally came from here too...but because they weren't really strong compared to the Vincis or the Materazzies...they moved to Roselande."
Violet: "ugh...Sophie...is it true that Rumpelstiltskin was sealed here?"
Sophie: "What?..."
She stood up and took the document.
Sophie: "...Oh no..."
Violet: "huh?"
Sophie: "I don't like this...Tell Dark Umbrella to confiscate every article about Street 41 One Viola...Nobody must even remotely find out about this. Rumpelstiltskin may not be that strong...but...he's truly evil...he makes even Cinderella look good...Other than that we don't need to worry...for now."
Violet: "Ok."
(A few hours later)
(Dong Dong...Dong...Dong...Dong)
Sophie: "Oh...it's happening again...watch carefully, Violet...now it gets wilder."
Violet: "Huh?"
Suddenly the house moved again...and the city...closed like a flower slowly...
(iiii)
Violet: "Huch!!...wow...woow...the house is upside down...we're falling."
Sophie: "Calm down...gravity!"
Violet: "Oh...right...still creepy though...when I look down there...I can see the city...an upside down city...Why did we have to take the upper side specifically, Sophie?"
Sophie: "Well...that's just how it is. That's why Einsenheim and Miss Liam were against sending Ms Sonda this far...We had less money and had to take this lousy place here, hmph..."
The cities moved...Flora climbed higher and higher until it was on the ceiling of the trapezoid...below was the capital Camilia...and on the walls Venolgna...
(Crash!)
(Meanwhile)
Fiona: "Ughhh...I really want to puke...but I need to work now."
She took her nails and scratched at the back of her neck until it tore open.
(Splach)
Fiona: "Ghhh..."
She pulled something out that had been hidden beneath her flesh and skin. It was a lockpick.
Fiona: "Hahh...hahh...hahhh...Hahhh..."
She held her neck. There was a lot of blood.
Fiona: "mmm...good...I covered the cell with my prison outfit..."
She began opening the toilet.
Fiona: "Miss Zantanel was right...this cell really is the best one...so they actually thought of that...interesting..."
She pushed the toilet aside.
Fiona: "ghhh...move out of the way, I don't need you right now..."
She jumped down...into the sewer system.
Fiona: "Woow...wooww...hahh...hahhhh...hahh...that was close."
Below her...there was only darkness...The Sonett prison is located in Venolgna...under the sewer system Fiona could actually see the cities. One mistake or stumble would be dangerous. Of course there were protections to stop the sewer water from falling...but...there were still holes...
Fiona: "Hahh...hahhhh...Bbbbb...No...I can't throw up...bbbb...hhhhh..."
She moved slowly...then looked upward...Flora was above her after all.
Fiona: "Hahhh...the gravity is good...but unfortunately I don't have the shoes people here use for it...hmph...one mistake and I'll fall..."
She already knew where Luca Ceaser's cell was. It actually wasn't far away...still dangerous though...To avoid falling, Fiona moved only by crawling.
Fiona: "Hahhh...hahhh...hahhh...seriously...for this kind of crap...only eight thousand coins...what a complete scam..."
(Meanwhile)
Luca: "Hahhhh..."
(Splach)
Luca: "ohhh...yeah..."
He was peeing.
Luca: "Hmmm. The pee here actually gets cleaned so the sewer system stays clean...just in case water drips into the city below."
Luca: "Hahhh..."
He sat down.
Luca: "(Whistles)...hmmmm...well. well im tired time to sleep.