The Carnival

[Tamsin]

"Um, excuse me...." a soft voice suddenly interrupted the exchange the two adult women were having, originating from the hallway in front of the hotel room. Turning their heads, they immediatelly recognised the girl standing near them to be none other then Tamsin, her orange uniform and silver hair strongly standing out.

"Oh, Suzaku-chan!" replied Kazuya. This prompted a bewildering response from the blue-eyed female, who did not recognise the person that adressed her. Uzumaki was quick to realise what the problem was and added with slight frustration: "This.....woman wanted to show me that our bodies are actually not here, so she turned me into my great granddaughter."

"I can confirm this to be true. Oh and miss Suzaku, I just wanted to let you know that Gamer considered your actions in the previous round to be incredible," the AI guide further added to the conversation, smiling widely at the maid. Of course, since she was programmed to be upmost polite, she conveniently left out the part that Gamer considered her actions to be incredibly foolish. But it did not matter either way as the maid just kept staring at Mixie questioningly, the beaming smile coming from the beautiful brunette being all but comforting: "Well, I best be on my way. Enjoy your stay!"

"Wait! Aren't you going to change me ba-?!" the now purple-haired Japanese woman attempted to intervene. However, with a blue flash of light, the tanned assistant had vanished into thin air. Uzumaki sighed heavily at the thought that she was now stuck in her successor's body....and somehow, she had the feeling Gamer would not change her back any time soon out of sheer amusement.

With Mixie and her cheeriness gone, an akward silence fell between the two remaining females. This was not only the result of Kazuya's sudden body change, but also the suprising amount of mateship the two had expressed towards one another. As such, both of them were lost for words, unsure what to say to one another. The samurai woman broke the pause first: "Sooooo....what are you doing here?"

"Oh, I......I was looking for you, Uzumaki-sama," the servant replied slowly, carefully choosing her words. "You.....you entrusted me with an important secret and.....and I promise to keep it to myself. But I wanted to....repay your trust by......telling you a secret."

"A....secret?" the adult woman questioned, raising one of her thin eyebrows.

"Yes, a secret.....of my own," started Tamsin. "You see, I......I have a hidden power. I....I do not know what it is exactly. But....for some reason....when I am angry or scared....I am able to move certain objects without....touching them."

"I see....." was the response that came as Kazuya was unsure what to say to that.

"Yes and....there is something else......" added the silver-haired girl, glancing at the floor beneath her as it became increasingly more difficult to for her to speak her mind.

"Yes?" came the prompt from Uzumaki, but the response was not immediate. Suddenly, the maid started to twiddle her thumbs.

"Em....if we ever get out of here.......I....I would like to see you again......and help you.....with......" she started, but she could not speak further. "Em.....on second though, nevermind. We....we can talk about it some other time. Good night, Uzumaki-sama."

With a deep bow, the maid sped off somewhere, leaving the perplexed Kazuya standing at the door of her room as she wondered what the adolescent was about to say.