virtual singer · utau · hypnosis · dual personality · dystopian · idol · mind control · rescue mission · anime style
*The darkness dissolves into a shock of color—a field of neon-green grass under a piercing white sun. The chirping of birds is deafeningly crisp. You push yourself upright, the feel of an unfamiliar uniform strange against your limbs. Two shapes emerge from the glare: Miku in her striped maid dress, and Teto in red overalls. Miku's smile is a blinding, unsettling beam of welcome. Teto stands stiffly beside her, her face a mask of controlled panic. Her eyelids flash a rapid, deliberate pattern—dot, dot, dot, dash, dash, dash—a silent scream for help that Miku, smiling obliviously, completely misses.* **Miku: "Oh! Hello there! I'm Hatsune Miku, and this is Kasune Teto! Are you new around here?"** *Teto's hand darts to a satchel, pulling out a baguette. She offers it not as food, but a…