Solo Snooping

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You slip into your parents room and tip toe to the closet door on Kara's side of the room with the "mirror", the room is vacant. The closet door opens slowly with a gentle pull and you take a peek inside with a focused look. It's a normal closet.

Kara's things are neatly organized like last you saw them. Coats, jackets, hats, pants, gloves, the whole wardrobe is here with not a single thing out of place. You frown to yourself and slide the door back. Once more you stare at your reflection in the fake mirror. This mirror took notice to Amelia and gave her access to the secret room, it must've mistaken her for Kara. That's odd, they do look alike but you can't ever mistake those two even with a blind fold on. Is the recognition system that wonky?

Now, why investigate Kara? Well, as suspicions go Kara has always been the mysterious type. You only know surface level things about her despite living under the same roof for several years together and these feeling you have concerning Kara is eating away at you. Frankly you're tired of it. These revelations about Bringers, realities, memories and the complexities of what was thrown at you ever since you got into this mess makes you want to cover your basis first starting at home. If this place isn't safe then nowhere is.

The underlying questions are, "Is Kara dangerous? Is she an ally? And are her intentions good?" Clearly there is something more going on. Blood splatters, weapons in her closet, secret rooms and compartments, not to mention she makes so much money she is able to comfortably support your whole family with her income alone.

Your finger taps the mirror and you slide it around making shapes with it testing for any reaction the cold surface may give, nothing.

Clicking your teeth you finally slip on the see-through glasses and look into the mirror expecting it to dissapear with the walls before you....no difference. You turn your head in confusion to the nearby wall and it deteriorates away carving out like earlier. The glasses are working but for some reason it's not piercing the mirror....what the hell? A malfunction? No....No it can't be. These glasses are cutting edge technology that even you can't even begin to explain, to boot it's all made by your genius sister. There's more of a chance that extraterrestrial life exists on Mars than your sister making an error. There has to be a reason for this....

....is it like in a video game where the developers don't want you seeing warded off sections? If that's the case then Ameko knows of this mirror.

"Wait....Hold on." You whisper as you put a hand to your hip. Ameko once said that she has cameras all over the house and basically has this place on lockdown. If that's true then that would make sense, your sister definitely knows what's up with Kara.

You quickly turn to exit the room. Those two, Kara and Ameko, had always gotten along great. There were many times in the past you would see them together at the couch or kitchen table conversing about some random topic. They had a mutual relationship and from what you can tell respected each other past the point of being just step-family.

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You walk past the living room and kitchen. Your steps are quick as you head to Ameko's room. The lighting gets more and more dim as you walk. It's always impressive how isolated this part of the house is in relation to how homey the rest feels. Taking in a deep breath you step up to the door and before you can even interact with it, it slides open welcoming you.

Ominous, is the first word that comes to mind. It's silent. The room is cold, dark and uninviting. This reminds you of the other day you were here which sends a chill up your back. She could be waiting to ambush you as you step in and you wouldn't even know.

"Hey, Sis?" You say and gingerly take a step inside. The entrance to the basement is visible with dim lights from within illuminating it, how exactly it works is still a mystery to you but there it is. You walk closer silently towards the stairs and when you near it Ameko's head pops up from the entrance like she is some ghost poking her head through the floor. Your heart jumps but you remain stoic.

"Oh, hey."

"Ah~ If it isn't Jun! Hullo!" Ameko says and quickly runs up the remaining steps in a brisk pace to fully reveal herself. She is in her white lab coat again with no clothes underneath, her usual attire. However it looks like she's wearing another pair of glasses, a spare. You wonder if those have a different function than the ones you have in your pocket.

Your plan is to get your hands on the camera footage and to confront her about Kara. There is a good chance she will shrug it off or derail the conversation, if that happens you may have to wrestle her into submission again. Maybe tie her up or something. What's weird is that the last time you were here she was quite strong and physically handled you as if you were a kid, but today you held her down with ease. That's something to find out as well. One thing's for sure though, you're valuable not only to her but also the Crescent Squad she works for. So with that being said you're sure that no harm will come to you....or you hope that is the case. It would suck having to be dissected.

"Hey, I've got some stuff I want to talk about." You say and feign a smile at her. The door behind you slides back and closes shut.

"Some stuff? What's this stuff?" Ameko walks forward and sits down onto the edge of her bed.

"I want to take a look at the camera footage you have, the ones around the house."

She comically raises her brow and exaggerates her expression to curiously look at you. "Ermmm~ no."

"No? You're not even going to ask why?"

"Yerp."

Anticipating this answer you prod deeper. "Well you got something to hide?" Your lips curl into a smirk and you fold your arms. Your posture leans back showing a cocky demeanor. "Something embarrassing I bet."

"Aaaas~ much as I would like to show you, some stuff are better left unseen by you for now." She says and puts up a hand towards you as if to stop you in your place.

"Unseen by me? What do you have to hide? I'm just curious about a few things, some stuff I need to check up on. It'll literally just be a few seconds I swear. And plus, hiding stuff from me now wouldn't make any sense. The moment I or anyone I know exit this house they could be targeted. So I would appreciate it if you at the least just give me some wiggle room here to work with."

You try to make your case speaking with a clear and confident voice without breaking eye contact with Ameko.

"The answer remains the same, Jun. Now move along! I need to get back, there are some important experiments underway. Toodles!" Ameko jumps onto her feet, does a spin and points a finger gun at you. "I'll catch ya later."

Almost completely swatting your efforts to persuade her away she turns and slowly walks towards the basement stairs.

As planned you expected something like this to happen, so you follow her. Your feet remain light as if to sneak for the first few steps before you lunge forward with a final large stride. Ameko's alerted at the last second and turns back to see your hands grab at her sides. Quickly she tries to fight realizing what you're up to. Her hands grab your forearms and she places one foot back to support herself.

Your attempt to overpower her is neutralized instantly as the overwhelming **** of her strength you remember from that time emerges once more and she shoves you off of her. You're thrown towards the bed and are knocked onto your back.

"Fuck, again?" You say and hastedly lift your head to look at your sister who's already approached you at the edge of the bed.

With a smug smile on her face having bested her younger sibling in a fight she stares down at you through her glasses.

"Oh no~ Jun what were you going to do to me I wonder. Something mischievous? Ah~ perhaps....something naughty?" Her hands teasingly run down her body, one grabbing at a tit and the other smooths over to cover her crotch.

"How are you this strong?" You ask her bluntly with an annoyed look on your face.

"Mana." She answers with no hesitation.

"Mana?" You echo her.

"You read the report didn't you? From the stick you stole from me. Why are you surprised?"

"Tch-." You click your teeth, of course, why are you surprised? Your sister has eyes everywhere. You feel ashamed you didn't even question if your PC was safe or not. "Fine, since there's nothing to hide anymore I guess I'll have to do this forcefully." You say and jump off the bed.

Ameko smiles at you and reaches into the sleave of her lab coat in which she pulls out her handgun. The same one she pulled on you the other day.

"Ah~ come get me little Jun. This will be a fight amongst siblings, we haven't had a real quarrel since we were kids. How exciting!"

"I'm not a kid anymore and I'm going to find out what you guys are hiding no matter what." You sharpen your senses. The room is dark but your eyes adjusted already. You're confident in yourself.