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I can take it easy like this.

Chapter Eight : Tales from Bad Girls House

It was morning.
You woke up early : everyone else was still sleeping.
Mister had left to school, brining Marisa with him. You knew you'd never see her again.
In a corner of the yukkurium, your feet already dirtied by the dried feces littering the ground, you were waiting.
Your tummy was growling.
It was time.
You had considered sneaking and feeding from Mister Bowl, but that was before you learned Mister only refilled it in the evening, when everyone was already awake.
You had your eyes on a different prey. A fresher prey.
Patchouli. She was sleeping quietly, alone, on the other side of the small glass box you all shared. The stalk coming from her forehead was bending under the weight of five baby yukkuris nearing birth. Three Patchys with their small hats and purple hair, two Alices with their blonde hair and frilly ornament, peacefully sleeping.
Slowly, you moved, being careful not to wake up anyone.
You passed Alice, resting on her own personal cushion. You passed the burnt Reimu and her daughter, sleeping next to each other. You passed Chen, and arrived in front of Patchouli. You jumped, flapping your wings, and quickly snapped a little Patchy from the stalk.
The thing filled your entire mouth : it died the second your jaw closed on it with full strength, pierced by your fangs. Its eyes would never open, never read a book. Yukkuris would never ask for its wise advices, nor would any human praise its cuteness. Rather, its fluids were filling you as you were chewing on it. The younger the yukkuri, the sweeter it tastes : an unborn yukkuri was the most exquisite of all, a living, sleeping sweet-sweet.
You swallowed it whole, accessories and everything, and knew you were fed for the day.
"Mukyu ?"
Patchouli had woken up.
"Little one... where did you go ?"
"Uu ! Wemiwia ache it !"
"Mukyu..."
There was sadness and fatalism in her voice, but no anger, nor any fear.
"Please, little Remilia, do not do this again."
"Uu... why ij that ? Bwabies tashte the shweetesht !"
"Patchouli... cannot see anymore. Patchouli is weak, and cannot fight. Patchouli can't eat from Mister Bowl if Alice doesn't tell the other, uneasy yukkuris to wait for their turn while Patchouli eats. If Patchouli isn't carrying Alice's little ones, then Alice will let Patchouli alone, and Patchouli will take it easy forever..."
Patchouli was smiling weakly. You, on the other hand, were suddenly struck by sadness. This Patchouli was truly pitiful. Unlike Alice or the young Reimu, or even Chen, she didn't have any animosity in her.
Puffing up with pride, you sudenly jumped on top of her hatless head.
"Mukyu ?!"
"Uu ! Wemiwia will pwotect Patchouwi eajy !"
You had no idea what you were saying. How could you protect her, if your only way to feed were eating her babies ?
And yet, Patchouli smiled again, with a mix of compassion and sadness.
From the top of her head, you felt tall and confident. You wanted tot alk to Patchouli her behaviour intrigued you.
"Why ij Patchouwi a yukkuwi that can chake it eajy ? Mishter shaid only uneajy yukkuwis went here !"
"Patchouli... only wanted to take it easy. Patchouli used to live in the forest, but then Mister took her to Good Girls House, and Patchouli was able to take it really easy. Mister bought Patchouli sweet-sweets and mister manga, and took care of Patchouli's hair with Mister Comb."
She sighed.

"But one day, Mister was doing Mister Homework, while Patchouli was sitting next to Mister, reading what he wrote. Mister was not taking it easy. Patchouli saw a mister error, and Patchouli told Mister so he could correct it easy !"
She sighed, deeper.
"Mister got very angry at Patchouli. He used very mean words that meant he thought Patchouli was un uneasy yukkuri. He took Uneasy Mister Scissors and took away Patchouli's eyes. He took away mister hat too, and sent Patchouli to Bad Girls House."
"What abouch the others ?"
"Chen is the oldest yukkuri here. Chen was in Good Girls House when Patchouli was brought here. One day, Mister bought a Mister Honk for his bike, and put it on the table. Chen went crazy, and during the night she snuck out the yukkurium so she could jump on Mister Honk. It woke Mister up, and he cut Chen's tail with Uneasy Mister Box Cutter."
"Uu... and Weimu ?"
"Reimu called Mister a shitty slave, because he didn't bring enough sweet-sweets. So he killed her daughters one by one, and burnt her feet with Uneasy Mister Zippo. He only let one little Reimu alive and put them in Bag Girls House. Patchouli thinks he wanted to see little Reimu try to save her mother while she would starve, but Alice helps Reimu to have enough food because she is pregnant with Alice's little ones."