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Captive Masquerade

Side Story 1


Kanade's Room
Kanade: <It's good... The part Yuki arranged was very well done.>
Mizuki: < I agree♪ Feels like that part made K's composition even more appealing than usual?>
Mafuyu: <You think so?>
Ena: <Well, it's pretty much Yuki's usual stuff, though?
Mizuki: <Which means you think she's usually fantastic, right?>
Ena: <Hey, I said nothing of that sort. Having to go along with her was why we posted this new song late in the first place, so that was the least she could do for us.>
Mizuki: <Oh, Enanan, tough outside but soft inside, she is♪>
Mafuyu: <Since there are no issues, I'll be logging off soon.>
Mizuki: <What? Already? It's earlier than you usually do, though.>
Mafuyu: < I have a committee meeting before morning assembly tomorrow.>
Kanade: <Okay. You should definitely turn in early today, then.>
Kanade: <Good night, Yuki.>
Mizuki: <Night♪>


Mafuyu: I have to get ready for bed...
Mafuyu: Oh... My fish tank.
Mafuyu: (It just draws me in for some reason.)
Mafuyu: (There's nothing inside except aquatic plants and sand...)
Mafuyu: (It's just like me. An empty vessel with nothing inside...)
Mafuyu: (Or, at least, that's what I've always thought. Until...)


Mafuyu: Miku, that song...
Mafuyu: How do you know that song?
Miku: Why?
Miku: I've known this song from the beginning.
Miku: I have been singing this song since this SEKAI was first created.


Mafuyu: (Miku in the SEKAI born from my feelings knew this song from the start. Which means...)
Mafuyu: Kanade's song was inside me.
Mafuyu: (So, I'm not...am empty vessel after all? Besides...)


Kanade: <Yuki, you said before that you can't feel or understand happiness and joy, but I have a different opinion.>
Kanade: < I think, you've probably just convinced yourself that you can't.>
Kanade: <How else would you be able to write lyrics like these?>


Mafuyu: (If Kanade is right, then I should be able to feel as well.)
Mafuyu: (But then, why can I still not feel anything now?)
Mafuyu: !!
Mafuyu: Why am I...thinking of that doll again?
Mafuyu: It makes me feel sick...
Mafuyu: (It makes me feel sick, pain, and agony.)
Mafuyu: (I don't need this. If that's what feelings are like, then I should just do away with all of them—)
Mafuyu: Oh, but...


Doll Exhibit
Kanade: Mafuyu, you're really pale! What happened? You're not feeling well?


Mafuyu: (She came running over almost immediately back then...)
Mafuyu: (Hm?)
Mafuyu: ...
Mafuyu: (The agony is slowly ebbing away?)
Mafuyu: (This is...a strange feeling.)
Mafuyu: But it's similar.
Mafuyu: (It's similar to the sensations I feel when I meet with Miku in SEKAI and chat with her...)
Mafuyu: ...
Mafuyu: (This doesn't feel painful or agonizing. I should keep this feeling with me.)
Mafuyu: (The way I kept Kanade's song that Miku sang...)

Side Story 2


Mafuyu's Room
Mafuyu: ...
Mizuki: <Oh boy, I can't focus anymore. I've more or less finished this section anyway, so I'll be logging off now.>
Ena: < I'm logging off too. I really need to catch up on all that lost sleep.>
Kanade: <Yes, I'll do that after I find a good place to stop—>
Mafuyu: <Hey. Why do you think feelings and emotions exist?>
Ena & Mizuki: <What?>
Kanade: <Why do you ask, Yuki?>
Mafuyu: <...>
Ena: <Hey, don't go all quiet on us right after dropping a bomb like that just before we were about to log off!>
Mizuki: <It's really unusual for you to try to start a conversation. Did something happen to make you ask that?>
Mafuyu: <There's no deep meaning to it. I just wanted something to reference for my lyrics.>
Mizuki: <Right, I see.>
Mizuki: <Well, I actually wonder about that myself too. It's like, do animals really need feelings and emotions to live?>
Ena: <Emotions, huh. Honestly, I find them annoying and a total pain in the neck...>
Ena: <Still, feelings like frustration can sometimes be helpful.>
Mafuyu: <In what way?>
Ena: <Well... Okay, I'm not some sort of hero wannabe, but you know? Like when someone puts you down, the frustration you feel motivates you to want to do something about it?>
Mizuki: <Of course! The classic spirit of defiance♪ You're so cool, Enanan♪>
Ena: Quiet, Amia.
Mizuki: Aww, I didn't mean it as an insult!
Kanade: <But I think I understand what Enanan is trying to say.>
Mafuyu: <Then, what if you lose that?>
Ena: <Lose what? Your motivation because of achieving your goal?>
Mafuyu: <No. What if you lose the ability to feel frustration?>
Ena: < I don't really know... Then I guess I wouldn't be me anymore.>
Mafuyu: <Wouldn't be you anymore?>
Ena: <Yup. It's impossible for me to be me without frustration.>
Mafuyu: <Impossible...>
Mafuyu: <But you don't like to feel frustrated, do you?>
Mafuyu: <You're always chafing at me.>
Ena: <Excuse me? Are you looking for a fight?>
Mafuyu: I'm just telling the truth.
Mizuki: <Relax, Enanan. Keep talking!>
Ena: <Nobody likes to feel frustrated... But without that feeling of frustration, I don't think I'd even be here right now.>
Ena: < I'd become another person altogether.>
Mafuyu: <How so?>
Ena: < I...I don't know how to put it.>
Ena: < I'd just be a completely different Ena Shinonome, leading a completely different sort of life.>
Mafuyu: <Different in what way?>
Ena: <Uh... I'm not sure. Anyway, I just wouldn't be myself anymore, that's all! I know that wasn't exactly eloquent, but that's roughly the idea!>
Mafuyu: <Oh...>
Mafuyu: < I wouldn't be myself anymore... Then maybe...>
Mafuyu: <...>
Mafuyu: <Thanks, Enanan.>
Ena: <Is it just me, or did that sound really hollow?>
Mafuyu: < I'm truly grateful. I think.>
Ena: <Sigh... At least you said something this time. That's improvement.>
Mizuki: <So I guess we can call this case closed for now?>
Kanade: <Yes, case closed.>

Other Mafuyu Card Stories

Captive Masquerade, 114, 4, Asahina Mafuyu, Yoisaki Kanade, Shinonome Ena, Akiyama Mizuki, Hatsune Miku