Alice was surprised when the person in front of her spoke so smoothly. “This, Miss. Miss! It’s not that you don’t know how to fight, but you simply cannot do it. You may have seen a few fights in movies and anime and other such nonsense, but that doesn’t mean that you can pick up a sword and use it! I could show you a little about how the real sword moves, but there’s no need, really, you’re only a little girl after all. The point is that real people don’t fight like those. They don’t just stand there with a sword.”

Alice nodded. “Oh, okay.” She then looked around at all the people. “Who are you, really?”

“Me?” Rina said. “My name is Rina Miyamoto, and you?”

“Alice Rose Alice.”

“That’s not an actual name, I just made it up when I got out of the mental institution.” Rina said as she stuck her tongue out. “Or, at least, that’s what I said. How should I know, I was in there for most of my life. Now, why are you here?”

“Uh, I want to challenge you in a sword fight.”

“Oh, so you thought I was here