did they just get basically in some overly-friendly-pushy-version-of-being manhandled into this maze of mirrors, and get pretty much locked in with the only way to exit being through the other side?
oh no.
yuuki knew this "attraction" well enough and it's normally generalized innocent purpose from back home. it was a maze of trickery and orientation and it required one to be perceptive and calm in knowing the way out lied seeing through the false reflections given off by the various panes and curves of glass.
but, that wasn't what this was. there was no way that's what this was because as much as she did her best to take the positives of this place, only an idiot would have been able to ignore that this carnival had a very dark and overbearing atmosphere to it. something was wrong with it. of course something was wrong with it. but, like all things, so long as you stayed away from the parts that really showed its true colors, you could get away with never having to face that reality with proper caution taken.
the house of mirrors was off limits. she'd refused to go in it with yukimura and she had no intentions of going with okita, either. and she's sure he had little interest in going himself, so it wasn't as if this should have been a hard thing to avoid at all.
and yet, somehow, here they are, and she's just staring at one mirror and her reflection, eyes wide in disbelief because while there is absolutely nothing out of the ordinary about what she's seeing, her mind is racing with flashbacks to the real reason she was so terrified of going in here (because this place was bad, would something like her be here, too? in a place where every angle from the walls to the floor to the ceiling are made out of mirrors save for the few clear glass panels made to make the maze a little more of an obstacle course as well, how did one avoid a creature that moved through them like a bird through the air? it wasn't as if they could hope to spot her first: seeing her would mean it was too late to do anything at all).
HOUSE OF MIRRORS
did they just get basically in some overly-friendly-pushy-version-of-being manhandled into this maze of mirrors, and get pretty much locked in with the only way to exit being through the other side?
oh no.
yuuki knew this "attraction" well enough and it's normally generalized innocent purpose from back home. it was a maze of trickery and orientation and it required one to be perceptive and calm in knowing the way out lied seeing through the false reflections given off by the various panes and curves of glass.
but, that wasn't what this was. there was no way that's what this was because as much as she did her best to take the positives of this place, only an idiot would have been able to ignore that this carnival had a very dark and overbearing atmosphere to it. something was wrong with it. of course something was wrong with it. but, like all things, so long as you stayed away from the parts that really showed its true colors, you could get away with never having to face that reality with proper caution taken.
the house of mirrors was off limits. she'd refused to go in it with yukimura and she had no intentions of going with okita, either. and she's sure he had little interest in going himself, so it wasn't as if this should have been a hard thing to avoid at all.
and yet, somehow, here they are, and she's just staring at one mirror and her reflection, eyes wide in disbelief because while there is absolutely nothing out of the ordinary about what she's seeing, her mind is racing with flashbacks to the real reason she was so terrified of going in here (because this place was bad, would something like her be here, too? in a place where every angle from the walls to the floor to the ceiling are made out of mirrors save for the few clear glass panels made to make the maze a little more of an obstacle course as well, how did one avoid a creature that moved through them like a bird through the air? it wasn't as if they could hope to spot her first: seeing her would mean it was too late to do anything at all).
yuuki really wants to leave. ]