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Strawberries & Woven Baskets by ToxicPineapple for ghostemore
Fandoms: Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
15 Oct 2025
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It’s still cold today when Katniss rings my bell, rocking between her heels and her toes, as if to check for Peacekeeper activity. Not that it matters; they’ll buy the strawberries off her too. But I don’t want to miss out on the purchase, so I grab a bundle of cash from my father’s desk and make my way down, squeezing my way through the front door to meet my friend.
Her nose is a little pink with cold. Her braid’s grown long enough that it brushes the lower half of her shoulder blades. She’ll probably need a trim soon. I wonder if she’d let me do it for her, or if she does it herself with a hunting knife in her bathroom mirror. I think about that more than I really should. If I ever offer, I’d better try not to let on about it.
“It’s freezing out here,” I huff, rubbing my arms. “Do you want to come in?”
“Is your dad here?” Katniss asks.
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Madge Undersee has a best friend.
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Shifting her bag of snacks onto her other wrist, Rumi turns the knob and steps inside. Mira’s room is the same as it always is, albeit just a little bit messier than usual, although that’s to be expected, given the status of its owner. Rumi picks up a jacket and a single sock that have fallen to the wayside, dropping them both in the hamper on her way to Mira’s bed, where the other woman is laid out with her hair splayed beneath her shoulders, a look of abject misery on her face. And the source of her upset is right out in the open, an elevated leg in a thick, white cast. Rumi shoots a frown at it as she stops at the head of Mira’s bed.
Her convenience store bag crinkles when she sets it on the nightstand. “Hey. I got you some stuff.”
“...Thanks.” Mira’s avoiding eye contact. In fact, most of her face isn’t even visible at all, her forearm laid out across her forehead and the bridge of her nose.
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Mira breaks her leg during practice and has to spend time on bed rest.
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“Is something wrong?” Yukari asks. “You’re acting really weird. It’s kind of worrying me, you know that?”
“Ah, is it?” Kotone’s smile falls. That was probably the wrong thing to say. “Sorry about that… I’m fine, really. I just wanted to spend some time with you.” She pulls the smile back up—not abnormal for her, but as Yukari watches, it seems to require a fair bit of effort, her eyes scrunching in a way that they don’t usually. “If you say we can do it after, then we can do it after… I’ll meet you when practice is over. I should stop distracting you from your studies, right? I’ll see you later.”
As Kotone turns around, Yukari reaches for her wrist to stop her. “Kotone—”
When Kotone stops, though, Yukari’s voice catches in her throat. She finds she isn’t quite sure what she wanted to say. Something just feels so off.
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Yukari meets with Kotone for food after classes. The ritual is common, but the state her best friend is in is not.
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Incurable by ToxicPineapple for ghostemore
Fandoms: New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing
08 Mar 2025
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There are a lot of things that Maki can do but shouldn’t, or won’t, or doesn’t want to. This may fall into all three categories. Time spent alone with Iruma is dangerous—not even just because she’s been acting strange lately, but because her behaviour seems to have been infecting Maki in some ways. Making her chest tighten or her stomach clench, her face fill with unexplainable heat. She tried to describe the conundrum to Saihara, and the man had the audacity to smile at her before telling her it sounded like she had a crush.
Of course he would say that. Saihara falls half in love with everyone he meets. Maki isn’t like that, though. She doesn’t—get crushes. Even if she wasn’t an assassin, it would just be stupid.
And she certainly doesn’t get crushes on Iruma Miu of all people, who is currently allowing the skin of her cheek to squish against the table in a remarkably unflattering furrow.
“Fine,” Maki says. Sometimes the inner workings of her own mind are a mystery, even to her. “You better make it up to me, though. I don’t do favours for no reason.”
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Maki becomes aware of Miu's strange behaviour around her while remaining completely oblivious towards her own.
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Princess Treatment by ToxicPineapple for ghostemore
Fandoms: New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing
08 Mar 2025
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“Mm, one of those nights.” Rantaro’s hand presses against Maki’s lower back. “You should be more worried about Kaede, seems like today’s going to be a slow one for her.”
Maki rolls her eyes. “Somehow, I’m sure she’ll—hey!”
‘Hey’, because Rantaro (the bastard) takes advantage of their position to scoop Maki off the ground, a bracing arm around her back and the other sneaking around her legs. Maki yelps and clings to him—it’s easier with her arms already on his shoulders—and uses her position to take the scruff of his neck and shake him a little too. Rantaro just laughs, tossing his head back to rebalance, adjusting Maki so she’ll rest comfortably against his chest.
“You are such an asshole,” Maki complains, but she’s laughing too hard to sound genuine about it.
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Another slow morning in Maki's house, with the loves of her life.
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“Here,” Shiomi says, and taps a key. “Supposedly this is one of those true story things, although I think the footage itself is made up. Do you like horror movies, Kirijou-senpai?”
Mitsuru blinks. “I’ve… never seen one.”
This is true. Before high school, Mitsuru never had time for movies, and even in her first year with Aragaki urging her and Akihiko to live more as normal students, they hadn’t really been keen on horror. Aragaki had grumbled and called it gimmicky, and Akihiko went suspiciously silent every time they came up. Mitsuru always kind of got the sense he could be needled into watching them, but it was never something she was interested in, on account of…
Well, who likes being scared? Mitsuru doesn’t. But Shiomi looks interested, a big smile on her face as she processes Mitsuru’s response.
“That’s what I thought,” Shiomi admits, with a tongue-in-teeth grin. “Will you humour me? I really want to watch this, but I didn’t want to do it alone in case it was scary.”
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Mitsuru makes a point of checking on Shiomi in the leadup to the fight with their final shadow. Shiomi is more interested in spending time with her.
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snitch/ditch by glownary for ghostemore
Fandoms: Dangan Ronpa Series, New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing
31 Aug 2024
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In order to audition for Season 53 of Danganronpa, Iruma Miu has five days to convince the class president to let her ditch detention.
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Aspirational by ToxicPineapple for ghostemore
Fandoms: New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing
31 Aug 2024
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She doesn’t even really know what she expects to happen—what kind of response she would want or wouldn’t want Kaito to give—just that her palms sweat and her blood runs cold every time she thinks about it. She’s not used to expressing sentiments like this. Dreaming was never something she had the privilege of doing as a kid, and hasn’t been since—at least, not until she met Kaito.
In his food comatose state, Kaito is totally oblivious to Maki’s nerves, just laying there happy as a clam as her leg bounces up a storm in the chair next to him. It takes her as long as it takes him to notice her to build up the courage; just as he’s opening his mouth to speak, Maki’s opening her own in turn.
“I want to take the astronaut exam.”
Kaito blinks, and his jaw shuts with a click. He heaves himself upright. “You huh?”
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Time away from the cult gives Maki the space to dream, and today, she chooses to share her dream with Kaito.
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Picnic Spread by ToxicPineapple for ghostemore
Fandoms: New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing
31 Aug 2024
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As much as Maki had always realised that, it has taken her ages to pry into his shell—and that was after the ages it took to convince herself (with no small amount of help from Kaito, Kaede, and Shuichi) that she deserves someone like him.
But Rantaro in his truest, purest form is actually a little childish. He likes big adventures and expensive outings. He always orders the weirdest thing on the menu and gets excited when Maki will let him feed it to her off his chopsticks. He rambles on about the different places he’s visited and the ones he used to want to see, this giddy little smile on his face and his eyes all scrunched up with eagerness before he abruptly stops, as if remembering to be sad again.
As much as Maki can, she wants to keep Rantaro in that childish state of excitement.
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Rantaro takes Maki on a surprise outing -- somewhere surprisingly meaningful to him.
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Heavylifting by ToxicPineapple for ghostemore
Fandoms: New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing
31 Aug 2024
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Maki, to contrast, has nothing to be so upset about. Nothing happened to her, she didn’t even get injured. Maybe she would’ve scraped an elbow in the month she was in there, but if she did, it’s not messing with her now. The pains she’s experiencing are entirely delusional, memories from a life she never even lived. It’s ridiculous. Miu never asks her to talk about it, but it’s enough to be caught suffering by someone who genuinely has so much to complain about, Maki can’t stand it.
Life goes on, though, and they find ways to move forward. Miu’s nightmares are a regular enough occurrence that Maki begins to plan around them. Her pains are less so, but she nonetheless does what she can to deal with it. The worst thing for her is when they strike when she’s really not expecting it to, when she’s in some kind of public place where she has to be capable of moving her own body, because sitting on the ground and waiting it out isn’t an option.
Like now, for example, in the supermarket.
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Maki's simulation trauma catches up to her in a supermarket where Miu is able to help.
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Childhood Recital by ToxicPineapple for ghostemore
Fandoms: New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing
31 Aug 2024
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“...But that’s semantics, right.” She perks right back up afterwards, arms looping through Maki’s. “Can you blame me, though? I’m going to get to see the place where you grew up!”
“It’s nothing worth getting worked up over.” Maki allows the hug, reluctantly, because she’s already feeling a little bad for making Kaede pout. It’s not like she’s upset about it, that Kaede is so excited. If anything, it’s a little endearing seeing how happy she is about this simple thing, fidgeting with her folder of piano music and bouncing on the balls of her feet, like a little kid.
It’s just that Maki doesn’t want her to set her expectations too high. They’re visiting an orphanage, not a secret garden. Kaede might have all these preconceptions based on the little Maki has been willing to divulge about the orphanage, but there’s nothing special about it. No bells, no whistles. The kids there are the same as kids anywhere, and the old piano is direly out of tune. If anything, Maki is pretty sure Kaede is going to leave this whole venture feeling distinctly let down.
…But at the very least, Maki shouldn’t speak it into existence.
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Kaede plays the piano for Maki's orphanage.
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everything by ToxicPineapple for ghostemore
Fandoms: New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing, Dangan Ronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, Super Dangan Ronpa 2
31 Aug 2024
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Harukawa chokes out: “What do you—what do you want from me?”
“What do I want?” Enoshima blinks. “I don’t want anything, Harukawa-san.”
“Then why…” Harukawa breathes. “Why? Why tell me at all? Why not…” Why not continue to keep the secret? Why not hold it in confidence on her own, if she’s so comfortable doing so, if it doesn’t bother her what Harukawa is? Why?
Enoshima cups her cheek in her hand. “Because… I like you, Harukawa-san.” She gets to her feet with this little smile, her perfect skin flushing rosy. “You’re so… interesting. I’ve been watching you for a while, and it’s so interesting the way you do your job, the way you talk to your friends—I don’t understand how you can keep it all together, how you can keep being you all the time. That’s just so interesting. I want to know everything about you.”
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Harukawa isn't used to being looked at with interest or affection. She'd never considered how good it would feel to have those things -- or what she would do to keep them.
(Or, Harukawa Maki meets Enoshima Junko, and it all goes downhill from there.)
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Call That One A Coffee Break by ToxicPineapple for ghostemore
Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan
09 Aug 2024
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“Let’s go grab some ice cream,” Percy says.
“What?” Annabeth blinks, but Percy doesn’t clarify, nor does he repeat himself. He turns around and starts pulling Annabeth down the sidewalk, into traffic.
They’re not too far out from Camp Half Blood right now, but deep enough into the city that ice cream parlours should be a dime a dozen. That isn’t, particularly, what Annabeth is concerned about. Her top questions look more like what did he just say? and ice cream, is he serious? and did he really just send off all the pegasi without us?
If Percy is at all aware of Annabeth’s incredulity, or her jaw, which hangs open, he doesn’t let it show. He continues dragging her along, ducked forward to check the fronts of buildings, his other hand resting on the front of his pants pocket, as if prepared to draw Riptide at any given moment. In fairness, Annabeth hasn’t even sheathed her dagger yet, is ready to go invisible and sneak into the crowd at a moment’s notice. What’s weirder is that Percy is having her do this at all.
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Tensions rise as Percy's 16th birthday approaches. Always the gentleman, Percy takes Annabeth for an ice cream reprieve.
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Frozen Strawberry Field by ToxicPineapple for ghostemore
Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan
21 May 2024
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Scoffing, Annabeth gave a light shove to Percy’s shoulder. The idiot exaggerated a stumble several steps off to the left, making a loud noise like he was wounded.
“Ouch! Watch it, Wise Girl, you’re stronger than you think!”
“Get over here,” Annabeth responded through a laugh, tugging him back in again by the arm. Percy went willingly, that dumb lopsided smile back on his face, and Annabeth had to kiss him. He didn’t stop smiling through it, so the experience had a little more teeth than she usually preferred, but with the giggles that wouldn’t quit pouring out of her, Annabeth couldn’t really blame him.
They stopped walking for a moment to enjoy the moment, the closeness. Annabeth melted into him, letting her hand creep up his cheek and slide along his face, tracing the stubble that was starting to build up on his chin. (It’d been a few days since he last shaved.) He felt blessedly warm and whole beneath her hands, close and solid and real, and Annabeth couldn’t get enough of it. Of him.
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Percy and Annabeth spent the day before his disappearance together.
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Blue Pineapple Italian Soda by ToxicPineapple for ghostemore
Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan
21 May 2024
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The line thinned enough for Annabeth to see behind the counter. There was a woman bustling in and out from the back, kindly looking and a bit older than your usual college student with streaks of grey in her dark hair. She was beautiful though, with eyes that seemed to shift colour under the light; grey one moment, more greenish the next. She carried a tray of fresh cookies towards the display case, nudging the man working behind the cash register as she passed him.
Speaking of that man: Hoo.
Annabeth looked away the moment she spotted him, and then back again, feeling her heart skip an embarrassing beat in her chest. He was no less attractive than he was the first time she looked, tall with striking features, tanned skin, unruly black curls that fell into his eyes when he shifted his head. And his eyes were exquisite, a shade Annabeth had never seen before, a deep bluish green, like the ocean during a storm. The smile he shot the woman behind him, though, was toothy and bright and crooked, and it dissipated any traces of that dangerous energy almost instantly.
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Annabeth ventures into a coffeeshop she's never visited before, led by Grover's nose, and makes a new friend.
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Beginner's Error by ToxicPineapple for ghostemore
Fandoms: New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing
11 Apr 2024
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“So are you going to kill someone?”
“Sure could,” Iruma muttered, letting out a little scoff. “Could kill you even. Bet you wouldn’t be able to fight me off, babysitter girl.”
Interesting choice in nickname. And also: factually incorrect. From her position, Harukawa could see seven different ways to incapacitate Iruma, and that was without moving from her spot.
She shifted her weight. If Iruma attacked her, she would obviously defend herself… But the idea of killing to escape made her nauseous. The orphanage, inevitably, would find a way to proceed without her. More than likely, one of the older kids would be chosen to replace her, and Harukawa couldn’t stand the thought of that—but the thought of killing someone without being under orders made her feel worse. Her hands curled at her sides. She hated being indecisive. Truthfully, it had been so long since Harukawa was truly acting under her own will, she had no idea what to move.
She wouldn’t, however, kill Iruma.
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Iruma Miu dies. There is no other way that this story was ever going to go.
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Inevitability by ToxicPineapple for ghostemore
Fandoms: Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magika | Puella Magi Madoka Magica
25 Mar 2024
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“I said hold it,” Kyouko repeats, and to her credit her voice is demanding but not hostile. When Homura glances at her, she has an eyebrow raised. “Who are you? I’ve never seen you around. That’s Tomoe’s uniform, isn’t it?” She gestures towards Homura’s neckerchief, her skirt. “You fight too well for me not to know who you are. Where do you come from?”
Kyouko’s voice isn’t sincere. Even in previous repeats, when Sayaka has been able to make her most profound impression on the other girl, they’ve never come quite as far as sincere. But her eyes are wide and questioning, and despite the hard grip she has on Homura’s wrist, it occurs to her that Kyouko is… genuinely asking. She’s not being aggressive, she’s just curious. Intrigued, maybe.
And Homura…
remembers, the way Kyouko barged into Sayaka’s labyrinth, determined to save her, determined to put it all on the line for a girl who they all knew was well past saving.
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Akemi Homura and Sakura Kyouko and the time they had each other’s backs.
(There was only ever one way this was going to end.)
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Not that Mukuro’s stare is particularly assessing. He clears his throat and turns back to the mirror. Says, “I look—I mean, you did a good job.”
Celeste smiles at him. He can see it out of the corner of his eye. It’s not one of her more genuine smiles, but Mukuro will take it. He’s not really sure why she’s so nervous about this.
“You know you did,” Mukuro adds, now taking his own turn to adjust his collar uselessly, knuckles skimming against the smooth fabric of his necktie. He’s worn one before, though never in public. Mukuro has taken a certain amount of pride in how masculine he looks in his uniform, but until now he has never gone to any particular effort to dress up as such. Not out of a lack of interest, but doing something like this, thinking about his appearance in a way that doesn’t make him dissociate, is…
Well, it feels selfish. Maybe. Mukuro isn’t sure that’s the word for it but also isn’t sure what word he would use as an alternative.
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Celeste helps Mukuro dress up for a bodyguard job.
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Urban Winter Wonderland by ToxicPineapple for ghostemore
Fandoms: New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing
18 Dec 2023
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“Did we have plans today? I didn’t remember you were coming over.”
“We didn’t,” Kaito says. He looks at Maki almost expectantly after saying this, rocking slightly on his feet. “But like—it snowed, Harumaki. It’s still snowing!”
Ah. Maki blinks, suddenly reminded of the way Kaito had been acting back in the Neo-World Program, in the killing game simulation. A part of her had assumed retrospectively that Kaito had just been thrilled to be in a simulation where he wasn’t actively dying, but he’d been so excited about the snow… Of course it wasn’t just incidental. Another instinctive smile comes onto Maki’s face at the recollection of Kaito bounding through the snow like an excited puppy, and then she abruptly flattens her lips back out into a straight line. Not that Kaito could possibly know what she’s thinking, but still, can’t get caught lacking.
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Months after the killing game has ended, it snows. Kaito drags Maki out to play.
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A Debatably Screamworthy Experience by ToxicPineapple for ghostemore
Fandoms: New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing, Super Dangan Ronpa 2
06 Nov 2023
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Chiaki smiles. “You’re not easily fazed by horror, Miu?”
Turning away so neither of them will see it, Maki rolls her eyes. It’s not that she thinks what Chiaki said is particularly stupid or anything—or, well, it is, but not on Chiaki’s account—but more that she just… knows Miu, pretty well actually, and definitely well enough to know that she is easily fazed. Not just by the world itself, but by horror specifically. She’s a crier, actually, but Miu has always adamantly refused to watch horror movies around Chiaki on the grounds that they haven’t been dating for very long and Miu still wants to impress her.
Clearly she’s given up on that since she’s here, or maybe Miu’s personal enjoyment of horror despite the jumpscares had just won out over her need to be cool… Whatever the case, Chiaki’s high opinion of Miu’s cojones isn’t going to last all that long.
Despite this, Miu preens under Chiaki’s complimentary words.
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Maki, Chiaki, and Miu take a trip to a haunted house attraction.