Yamashina-ku, Kyoto.
Seven men, all of them with previous criminal records, took a group of twenty-five children from an undisclosed primary school in a trip and their teacher hostage in the main shrine of the Gokoku-ji temple. By the time officials from the National Police Agency and Special Assault Team arrived to the scene, the situation was already under control, apparently, by the actions of an unknown third party.
Eyewitnesses, all minors of twelve years old or younger, agree that someone they all identified as a young female named “Trope-tan” (a popular animated character from the eponymous TV show) appeared from nowhere and without directly attacking them, expertly manoeuvred the kidnappers into her chasing and round them up into a single spot. A particularly outlandish account affirm that one of them opened fire at her and the bullets disappeared into thin air.
It was then when a second, shorter female dressed in white whom the children identified as “Nanoha-chan”, also an animated character from a different TV show, fired a “magical beam” called “Starlight Breaker” at six of the gathered perpetrators, knocking them out cold. The verisimilitude of such statements is obviously questionable, but paramedics confirmed that the condition of the still unconscious men at the moment of this writing partially, and only partially, matches the symptoms found in victims of accidental electrocution.
The seventh and last abductor, who attempted to desert his associates and abscond the premises, was subdued by a woman who chose to remain anonymous. T.A.-san, that only then arrived to the shrine, saw the armed running man and realized the abnormality of the situation. Fast thinking, T.A.-san surprised the man with an incapacitating manoeuvre that rendered him unconscious.
T.A.-san is the mother of one of children involved in the incident and one of several parents who accompanied the class in their trip to assist the teachers at…
| Editor | : | I think I’ve read enough. |
| Reporter | : | What do you think? |
| Editor | : | You know we can’t publish this, right? |
| Reporter | : | Ludicrous as it may be, it’s the truth. From what I heard, even the NPA lady agent in charge of the case can’t make any sense of it. |
| Editor | : | And let me guess, you want to title it as “Cosplaying Girls Saved Primary School Class from Kidnappers”. |
| Reporter | : | Nope, but close. So, it’s a go? |
| Editor | : | Are you kidding me? We are not that kind of newspaper. The story is so absurd that no one is going to believe it. Did you get an interview at the very least? Something we can quote? |
| Reporter | : | No, I couldn’t. All the kids think the incident was some kind live performance and the police advised their parent to not break their delusion. None of them wanted to talk in front of their children. |
| Editor | : | What about T.A.-san? |
| Reporter | : | … I think you’re trying to kid me now. If a woman who just kicked an armed man, twice my size, in the balls and then put him to sleep with a knee in the jaw when he doubled over in pain tells you “I don’t want an interview” you just shut up, smile and walk away. |
| Editor | : | … point. |
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OK, I’ll admit it. I just couldn’t resist to give “T.A.-san” a Mama Bear Crowning Moment of Awesome.
BTW, I actually tried to cast Miyoko as the second Magical Girl to deliver the finishing blow and make Akane’s actions more reasonable by placing Nonoko in more evident danger, but the girl with the ponytail absolutely refused to don Fate’s barrier jacket. I wonder if it was the hairdo…