(GS3) Home Field: Espoir Mansion

[Hope]

"If you ever need to stay over at the manor, feel free to. Also, I'm in Malaysia right now with my mom. We are heading over to Sweden next, do you want anything? Also tell Yukinee's bf and New Thirst-kun I said hi. ~ <3 BELLA"

[Crystalia]

After a decent length of sleep, she managed to get up. She felt slightly empty after yesterday, and her back hurt from her time in the forest. 'I'm a mess' she told herself as she looked in the mirror. It was obvious to anyone that she'd been crying, and her hair was a mess as well. She decided to check her phone again, and saw another text from Hana. She read through it, and smiled despite the pain in her heart.

Wow, Malaysia? Have fun! Nah, there is nothing I want from Sweden, it's fineee. And I'm actually staying at the manor right now, I might stay here for a bit longer though. Say hi to Mrs. Espoir for me as well, I'll let the bf and thirst know.

With that sent, she walked slowly out of her room, towards the kitchen. 'Might as well see if I can get anything to eat' she thought.

[Hope]

"Oh, you are? Ok well remind Dad-san to bathe doge. Mom-san says hiiiii. Feeeeeel betttterrrrrr.  ~ <3 BELLA"

[Crystalia]

Miyuki hadn't done much after waking up. She ate, and then went back to sleep for another rest. She'd heard a bit of noise outside, a few hours ago, and briefly wondered what it was, but was too exhausted to fin out what was going on. Time just passed, without her doing much. 'I should try to do something tomorrow at least' she thought. Doing nothing today was alright, seeing as she'd been out of it, but it wasn't something she wanted to become a habit.

Her phone buzzed, signalling a message. She quickly read through it, and smiled.

'I'll remind him in a bit sure. Don't worry about me, just enjoy yourself!'

Telling her to just flat out feel better wasn't going to fix how she felt, but it did help slightly. Sighing, she lay back down on the bed, briefly wondering what the noise from beforehand had been about.

[Hope]

"Nope, Nope. I'm going to worry about you. I worry about you a lot. You're my bestest bestest pal and also yeah other stuff. ~ <3 BELLA"

[Crystalia]

She had drifted off to sleep again, without realising it. Now that she was awake again, she checked her phone, and saw another text from Hana. 'She's determined to worry about me huh' she thought. 'Even though I don't deserve it'. She did feel slightly better today though, at least physically.

'Okayy~ Let me know some time how your travels are! Make sure you have fun though, I promise to be fine until you come back.'

With that sent, she lay back on the bed and closed her eyes yet again. 'I'll make sure to go out later today though, can't spend too long just sitting around'. Plus it'd possibly take her mind off of her failure.

[Hope]

After yesterday's events, Father Espoir had called upon Hana and his wife from abroad and had asked them if they could make a detour or at least, make room in their schedule to visit home for Yukino's sake. He also ordered more eggs due to the fact that with  the full family assembled at home, an egg shortage is one of the worst things that could happen.

[Cherry]

Yugure finally returned home, surprising employees at the gate. Though they greeted her back, she stated she doesn't have the time and needs to get inside. They didn't waste a moment, swinging the doors open for her to rush inside. Out of breath, she took a seat on the floor, leaning against a wall. Panting and sweating, she was now accepting consequences of running full speed of the distance between the manor and the construction site. This wasn't something she planned on learning about again.

[Hope]

During the long travels, Hana had told Mom-san about what had happened that had caused her such emotional turmoil. Of course, most of what Hana told was about her dilemma with having Angel Feather rather than her Bermuda Triangle. Mother Espoir was a tall and beautiful woman who didn't look a day older than her daughters, well, Yukino at least. She stood tall and proud, and she wore circular thin-frame glasses which coated her chilling blue eyes. Her hair shining crimson hair was always tied, to a bun, and she would always be wearing her white doctor's coat for work. She could be what is described as a workaholic. Nonetheless, if it came to her daughters, she would try her hardest to make time in order to help them. Despite marrying into the Espoir name, she was already deeply connected to that of Cray. Coming from a long line of medical professionals, her family created a very close bond with the Angel Feather clan on Cray, and through the development, the family ended up gaining other traits such as a power image, and a limit ability to speak to certain Angel Feather units. Mom Espoir always carried around and spoke to her avatar card, Chief Nurse, Shamsiel, which is also a card said to be what best describes her. By the time Hana told her of the problems, she already knew, but she listened to her daughter to let her get the feelings out.

"They aren't them. Mom I know that to you... you love Angel Feather, but I just can't look at them like that." Hana looked down, in guilt and shame. She wanted to talk to her mom about this, but at the same time she mistreated the Angel Feather clan. No one probably loves Angel Feather more in the world except for Mother Espoir.

The Chief Nurse leaned over to her daughter and put a hand on her shoulder and kissed her forehead. She gave her a comforting hug. She wanted to let her know without words that she's her mother and that she understands why she did what she did. "Hana, if another clan were to suddenly come to me, basically, as a replacement to Angel Feather, I may feel the same. Even worse." She adjusted her glasses and looked at the deck in her hand, her avatar card on the top of the stack, facing her.

"I feel guilty, I really do. I want to make it up to them."

"I gave Angel Feather to you... at least, that's what I remember. When Yukino was born, from the moment I saw her, I looked her straight in the eyes, and saw it, a lion. "My first baby girl is basically a female version of my husband!" I cried. While you really reminded me of me, my sister, my dad and grandma. Yukino took after your lion of a dad, and you took after me, so I gave you the deck. But based on what Shamsiel tells me, that wasn't the case in the world that you remember. Even so. Idols smile to make their audience smile and feel better. Angel Feather does the same thing, their smile cures their patients." She took her deck and put it into her daughters hands.

"There is just a lot of fear in my heart that they may take the place the clan that I loved..."

"They know that you won't feel the same way about them as you do with Bermuda Triangle, but as it stands right now with how you are, you are their patient and they want to cure you of their sadness."

"No! I don't want to be their patient! I want to be their friend!" Hana yelled out without thinking.

Mother Espoir let out a tender smile, "Hear that, Nociel?"

"No-Nociel?..." Hana's eyes widened when she heard the name. She just remembered screaming and kicking. What does she do now? How will she face her?

"I understand how you feel Hana-ch-... Hana. While what you did really really hurt, its our job as nurses and doctors to make sure you feel better..." Nociel was trembling, she had obvious fear in her voice.

"I'm sorry..." Hana hear Nociel's hesitation and was at loss for words.

"Hana, understand the Angel Feathers aren't trying to take up a place in your heart that was once filled with your old friends. I know my daughter as a big and accepting heart that can make room for more friends, especially if they're the friends that her mother loves. Well, I actually hate these guys sometimes since they mess up my medical terms." She chuckled.

"Doctor, Cray and Earth have different uses for those terms, it is all your fault!" Shamsiel hissed back at Mother Espoir.

"Mom-san, I want to have a second chance with them, the Angel Feathers. Also Nociel, I know you won't be able to call me Hana-chan after last time or see me as friend or anything, but I realize now how much you guys are to me..."

"BELLA-chan it is. We'll call you your idol name. We won't take the place of Bermuda Triangle and walk hand in hand with you to the stage. We'll be back stage, so that we can fix you up after you break a leg after your show." Nociel replied, not trying to be encouraging.

"It looks like they're willing to help you as friends, but of course, just like me, they're workaholics. They see your case of sadness and they can't resist the urge of working to cure you from it." Mom pat her daughter's head and leaned in to hug her again.

The motherly touch was enough to cure her and all the fears that she had about the clans in an instant. The Angel Feather was here for her to support her and cure her, not to replace Bermuda Triangle, but to aid them during shows, especially when they mess up. Hana messed up here, now Nociel and the crew are on the job to help her out!

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I'm sorry. A second try, we can do this." Angel Feather now supports Hana in her dream, her dream to become an idol. Once could say that Angel Feather plays a motherly role for Hana, comforting, supporting, and helping in her time of need.


Hana and Mom-san arrived at the gates of the manor. Upon them opening, Hana rushed to her room and unlocked her door. She picked up the pieces of her broken tiara and gathered the cards of Angel Feather deck. She cried and held them close to her. She closed her eyes and felt the moment.

Downstairs, the Chief Nurse was having a heated debate with Shamsiel. The Lion of a father was sweating nervously, not knowing whether he should break up their scuffle or not. His wife was his equal, and he didn't want to get a taste of her power... not now, he hasn't trained for days, she might win.

[Cherry]

Dad Espoir decided against trying to interrupt his wife and Shamsiel. He was happy to see his beloved but also not ready to lose one of their grand-scaled fights due to his lack of training. Yukino remained quiet, not bothering her mother, still staying on the floor. The queen lost herself in thought, contemplating on how to go about speaking with her family before anything. Having calmed her breathing, Ezel tried giving her a pep talk... which made her more nervous. Mother hadn't been home in awhile and Father being in the same house that wasn't destroyed by the two was a rare treat. The desire to enjoy what will probably last about two hours was there.

But Hana...

Hana dashed off to her room before anything. Yugure decided not to nag her for a minute, instead, waiting for her sister to come back down.

[Hope]

Hana took a few more moments to speak with them and tell them what she had to say. She even went to her closet and brought the Doge Deck along with her. Sleygal say what what?

"Woof."

Dandy.

She walked down the stairs and saw her sister sitting on floor. While she was happy that her sister didn't go through with it, she still felt a feeling deep in her heart that she had no more kindness to spare for this person. She looked over to Mom-san who seemed to have defeated Shamsiel, their score was now 999345 - 932994, with Mom-san still in the lead. Dad-san and Mom-san were now talking, with father wiping the sweat drops on his forehead, thankful that it was over.

[Cherry]

"Hana, I want to talk to you", Yukino began, still seated. "While I want to offer more than an apology... seems my thoughts on how to go about it get more and more jumbled", the elder sister gave an excuse, trying to come up with things as she scratched her head. From the time in the rift all the way to running home, finding the exact thing to say didn't come to her coherently. Wiping her forehead with an exhausted sigh, she spoke more:

"First, I want to offer the apology. The useless wreck I was... I've been pretty disgusting, and even worse to you more than anybody, especially when it looks like I wasted your efforts."

She stopped.

"Ugh..." a frustrated groan. "Give me a minute... There's a lot I want to say but can't get it out... And I know you have your fair share of things to say to me too."

[Hope]

"You would treat me like some pampered princess but you really should look at yourself." Her light mood suddenly worsened upon hearing her sister's voice. All she came here for was to actually just see that she's ok. Talking to her mom helped Hana understand Angel Feathers and in turn, the clan has been given a place in her heart. Right now she just wanted to see Miyuki, but she was still asleep according to some of the workers. Looking at Yukino annoyed her. It could've been jealousy, but at the same time, it was just a large amount of annoyance. Hana felt dumb to look up to a person that was like this.

"It doesn't just look like you wasted my efforts, its fact that you actually did. Get it right." She put her head down and walked off into the dining hall.

[Cherry]

Yukino shot up, grabbing Hana by her wrist.

"I said I wanted to talk to you, and we're not dropping this until you're okay with it", the queen asserted. "Thank you for the correction, I wasted your efforts. I feel terrible about that as it is and you don't care about the reasons why - you shouldn't care. But I'm keeping your faith you had in me that night in mind, regardless."

She let go.

"I've been a horrible sister to you, and I know judging by your face and tone that my very existence drives you up a wall. However, after finally wanting to not give up, that's exactly what I'm going to do for us. I'm not going to treat you like a pampered princess because you 'need' to be protected or 'need' coddling. I'm going to start doing that because I love you, which is why I wanted to do so in the first place. I'll recover, but my recovery doesn't mean anything if I can't fix what I've done to you somehow."

The woman's tone was rather angry itself, but more at herself. Yet, it was also because she's not taking getting ignored for an answer. She cracked her neck, feeling less numb after everything in order to promote this discussion.

"So, I'm going to do it somehow. I don't have an answer I understand yet, but I'm going to find one. Starting by not being a miserable pile of trash you felt the need to look at with disdain."

There was more she had to say, despite that much. However, she waited on Hana's response before going on.

[Hope]

She rubbed her wrist and turned away.

"You started to recovering without me anyways. You don't need me, you can just have everyone else who was there with you yesterday cause quality over quantity, seems easy enough. Some of them, you didn't even know, but I guess you just wanted the attention? That's great considering you've been the one having it all throughout our childhood anyways so why not just have it now. Hearing an angry tone from someone who's so spoiled is sickening, its like after all that you're still not satisfied."

She leaned against a wall and sighed, seeing as her sister was so intent on talking about something that could've been finished days, even weeks back.

"Also, don't touch me and tell me what to do like you're my big sister cause you aren't..."