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was corpulent and pale,
and Yuuka's chin-length hair was clumped with grease into thick
strands. The thin lips on Yuuka's round face were straight and
smeared with cheap red lipstick. Yuuka's mouth was like a slash
across the abdomen of a corpse. Inside, Yuuka's teeth were also
spotted with red spots of lipstick. Yuuka's eyes had closed
tightly, they were pasted with cheap, greasy black eyeliner.
Lisa stopped looking out the window and looked down at
her. Yuuka Aizawa looked up and down the body on the floor and
wondered who Yuuka Aizawa was and where Yuuka Aizawa had come from. A
matchbook was clenched tightly in the bony white fingers,
and it read "TACKS Night Club" and had a lightning bolt
behind the name. Beneath, in small print, it said "The
Hottest, Biggest NightClub in DC!" It took some time before
she realized that this meant Washington DC, the capital of
the country. Lisa had gone there with Yuuka's parents to see
the inauguration of the new president. Oh, that was so many
months ago. Yuuka's heart fell as Yuuka Aizawa thought wearily
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