Mia fell to her knees. Her head hung in defeat as she faced the ground.
She couldn't believe what she was hearing.
'Me? Weak?' That wasn't how she saw it.
That wasn't what she had been told. She remembered...
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"Mia, you're an exceptional girl. Having a Rare Bloodline... amazing!" Her mother told her.
"Indeed, you're special." Her father said.
"Lady Mia is the best." Her maids told her.
"Lady Mia is unstoppable." Her tutor told her.
"You're invincible." Her childhood friend told her.
"I'm... everything!" She told herself.
If she wanted something, she got it!
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Her family was one without any love and fun. They were all business.
But, they viewed Mia as an idol who would one day bring great fortune and power to them.
They had sent her to the institute to hone her skills. She was her family's ultimate weapon.
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"Dad, let's play..." She remembered asking her father one Sunday afternoon.
"I can't, Mia, I have to attend the noble's banquet. There are some High Nobles there, we need to strengthen our family's connections." Her father had told her.
"Mum, let's play." She remembered asking her mother.
"Mia, you're supposed to be training your Magic. You can't afford to relax now. Remember, you're the hope of this family." Her mother told her.
"Sir Butler, Madam Maid, let's play." She remembered asking her servants.
"I apologize, miss. We aren't allowed to do such things with you."
"Besides, It's time for your practice. Your tutor asked us to come to get you."
Those were the answers she received.
The one thing she couldn't have... was FUN!
"I want to have fun... I want to play!" Those thoughts rang in her mind every day.
Then something within her broke.
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Mia spent a lot of time, investing her years into perfecting a single project. The research time and energy spent was immeasurable, but they were all worth it.
Because, finally, she created her first Tier 6 Rune.
This Rune allowed her to make an illusionary world and build it accordingly. Of course, her insufficient Mana could not activate it, so she used Mana stones.
Since her family was of nobility, she was able to get a stable supply of them.
She fixed the Rune in her room, and anytime she wanted to have fun, she would go to her Playhouse.
"We have Mum, Dad, Butler, Maid, Gardener, Cook... And many more... But no TUTOR!" She declared in her fantasy mansion world...
... [The Playhouse].
"Now we can have FUN!"
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And so she had fun with her puppet parents and her puppet servants.
She even made younger siblings for herself, but eventually had to remove them since she didn't want to share the attention received from the false family she constructed.
"They don't feel natural," Mia told herself.
She had fun within the playhouse, but she also wanted to have fun outside too. So she decided to make friends.
But people were unpredictable, they were uncontrollable. They didn't always listen to her, and so she had to BREAK them.
BREAK. BREAK. BREAK. Every time, she had to BREAK them. Unlike her dolls, they couldn't be so easily fixed when broken.
All her friends who turned against her, those who didn't follow her, those who didn't learn their place... all of them, Mia had to break.
This cycle persisted, and the dilemma continued... until she met Ciara.
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After observing Ciara, and being friends with her, she found her to be far more similar to her puppets than the others.
Naïve, innocent, and obedient. She wanted to have fun with her so much... but it seemed like she too was another failure.
It really was too bad.
"I have to BREAK her too." Mia's thoughts surfaced.
BREAK. BREAK. BREAK. BREAK. BREAK. BREAK. BREAK. BREAK. BREAK. BREAK. BREAK. BREAK. BREAK.BREAK.BREAK.BREAKBREAKBREAKBREAKBREAKBREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!" Mia yelled, startling Ciara.
She lunged toward her, holding a Runestone in one hand.
"I'll BREAK you!!!"