[a voice post, made by the network]

[cards_mistress]

[static, then the haunting voice of a young girl starts to sing]

Ring around the rosies,
a pocket full of posies,
ashes, ashes,
we all fall down.

[a pause, a soft laugh, and then -- ]

Yes, you'll all fall indeed. Just like the little girl-child

Comments

[ms_ema_skye]

S-Sakura...?!

Who are you?! I'll find you and get Sakura back, you bastard!

[cards_mistress]

Not here, not there, not anywhere~!

Find me~ catch her~ let's play hide and seek! *childish giggles, then the voice changes to that of Sakura's, cheerful and full of good will* Let's play, Ema-'nee-chan!

[ms_ema_skye]

....!!

Y-you're toying with me, whoever you are. Where is she?

[cards_mistress]

And you're almost as pretty a toy as she is! *a child's cruel laugh* And you'll have to seek for her properly~!

[ms_ema_skye]

I am no one's toy!

Then I'll go seek her. And when I find you, you'll regret this.

[cards_mistress]

*slyly* That's not what Matt Engarde thought, was it?

Forget regret! *more laughter* Catch us, catch us, catch us is you can! Go on, try! It'll be such fun.

[ms_ema_skye]

....

*Ema stares at the laptop for a few moments, then hurls it into the wall*

[cards_mistress]

Oops~ *laughter echoes in Ema's room, coming from the smashed up laptop*