[ There's a scream in the air, Saya's first reaction to seeing a creepy reindeer look at her and run at her. She should run, but her legs won't move and she stands there, eyes closed, body braced for an impact that--
--doesn't come. Light flashes, an invisible barrier in front of her knocking the reindeer away. Saya opens her eyes in surprise when she hears a noise of pain that isn't hers, and seizes that chance to start running.
Not looking where she's going, she runs into someone. ]
PHASE III
[ Her uniform isn't the best for a cold place like this labyrinth, but there's no going back. ...Or, rather, she doesn't know how to get back. Lost inside the labyrinth, she walks in circles and circles ... and circles, because surely there has to be a right way out!
Somehow, everything looks the same and it's really cold, too... She wonders if she can make a fire, a beautiful fire like her senpai can.
Closing her eyes, she scrunches her face and clutches her fists together, trying to imitate a certain someone... It probably looks like she's feeling sick in the middle of nowhere. ]
PHASE IV
[ THEY'VE WON... Somehow Saya's made it safely to the end and even though Santa Bot looks kind of weird, she's so happy Santa is safe again.
...Even if she knows now Santa isn't real.
But the ice queen's message leaves her thinking. Picking up a credit, she asks aloud, ]
saya konohana | gakuen k
[ There's a scream in the air, Saya's first reaction to seeing a creepy reindeer look at her and run at her. She should run, but her legs won't move and she stands there, eyes closed, body braced for an impact that--
--doesn't come. Light flashes, an invisible barrier in front of her knocking the reindeer away. Saya opens her eyes in surprise when she hears a noise of pain that isn't hers, and seizes that chance to start running.
Not looking where she's going, she runs into someone. ]
PHASE III
[ Her uniform isn't the best for a cold place like this labyrinth, but there's no going back. ...Or, rather, she doesn't know how to get back. Lost inside the labyrinth, she walks in circles and circles ... and circles, because surely there has to be a right way out!
Somehow, everything looks the same and it's really cold, too... She wonders if she can make a fire, a beautiful fire like her senpai can.
Closing her eyes, she scrunches her face and clutches her fists together, trying to imitate a certain someone... It probably looks like she's feeling sick in the middle of nowhere. ]
PHASE IV
[ THEY'VE WON... Somehow Saya's made it safely to the end and even though Santa Bot looks kind of weird, she's so happy Santa is safe again.
...Even if she knows now Santa isn't real.
But the ice queen's message leaves her thinking. Picking up a credit, she asks aloud, ]
Was defeating her really the only way...?