Release date: March 16th, 2001
Word count: 5573
Word count: 5573
Thoughts: Having the school enlist the students in cleaning twenty years worth of grime in the theatre sounds hazardous! Such a heavy duty job calls for professionals.
S&S are so frosty to each other. How they manage to make up is a mystery to me. Update: Syaoran uses his magic to stop a soccer ball from smashing Sakura's face. How sweet!
Kaitou sends a package of a trick and some treats. The treats being the Five Force Scroll and theatre blueprints and the trick being unescapable handcuffs! Their hijinx were wonderful to re-read. I wonder if Wish-chan thought of an excuse to explain how they avoided bathroom visits all together…
Naoko tells the story about how mishaps during the Phantom of the Opera rehearsals led to a student dying under the broken prop chandelier. The jury's still out to whether if it's true.
Moonstone is revealed for the first time in present day (the other references were all in the past). Great timing because we learn the story behind Miara's handcuffs and how the key is somewhere in the basement.
Good news is that the key is found and S&S are free. The bad news is that our heroes have officially met The Phantom. He's currently bound to the basement… for now.
Fanart spotlight: I thought that the scene with Sakura and Syaoran in handcuffs would be perfect for the Unbreakable prompt in the 100 Themes Challenge so I was incredibly happy when Dragurok accepted to draw my request. The look of pure shock on their face is priceless.
I completely forgotten that the handcuffs belonged to Miara. More proof that Mizukis are mischievous.
ReplyDeleteThis was funny too: "They tried freezing it, then hammering it off, exploding the chain connecting the cuffs with a dynamite, slicing through the chain with a sword, and literal force. Nothing worked. Syaoran and Sakura panted with effort, glaring at each other as if it was their fault."
This chapter was so funny! Wish-chan has such an amazing sense of humour.
DeleteThanks so much for visiting my blog and treating me to so many wonderful comments. New Trials really is the gift that keeps on giving. By the way, check your deviantArt! I found a way to make a fanart that you drew in 2015 work into NT canon!