[Elegantification, Brainwashing]

“Gaia! Your evil scheme ends here and now! I’ll put a stop to it, for sure!”

“Mikai.”

“Y-Yeah? What is it? Aren’t you supposed to be going into some sort of speech or something?”

“What did I tell you about breaking my window?”

A cold rush of air blew past the armored young girl, as she slowly turned towards it and she felt the sweat running down the side of her head. That’s right, Mama had previously said that she shouldn’t come in through the window…

“Wait, hold on, no! That doesn’t matter!” The armored heroine, Jõtaider Mimoto, shouted as she turned back towards the albino woman sitting behind her desk. “You’ve done a lot of bad stuff, Gaia! I can’t let it continue, especially since you hurt Hiro!”

Gaia Grimwald, the woman that had her hand in most of everything in the city of Mimoto as well as the rest of the world, slowly rested her head on the back of her hands. “And what are you going to do to stop me, Mikai? You’ve already broken common courtesy rules by breaking my window. You’re not going to break more rules by trying to fight against me, are you now?”

“I gotta! You’re not nice, Gaia!” The girl underneath the armor, Mikai Fushimi, puffed her cheeks out as she walked closer. “You’ve been running Hiro ragged and she looks like she could faint at any moment every time I see her! And we haven’t even been fighting any monsters lately! You’re doing bad stuff, and I really, really gotta stop you!” She cried out as she slammed her hands against the desk. “Even if you’ve been nice and made me think you’re my Mama!”

The older woman, who was barely taller than Mikai when the two stood side by side, shook her head as the girl threw a tantrum. “That won’t do. I can’t have you interrupt my plans, Mikai. Especially not when they concern Hiro. She’s far too valuable a pawn to let go of.” She explained as she brushed her hand past her hair. “Truth be told, she has been run a bit ragged. But it’s fine. She’s about to be relieved of her current duties, and she’ll get the time to rest.”

“But you’re just going to do it again until she’s worked to the bone!” Mimoto shouted as her fists started to catch fire. “I don’t like punching people that can’t defend themselves, but you just can’t do this! I have to-”

Right as the young heroine was about to launch an attack empowered by her armor, a set of turrets lowered themselves from the ceiling, firing off a dual set of golden lasers that pierced straight through her armor and shattered it, leaving the poor girl powerless and trembling.

“Honestly.” Gaia said as she got up from her chair, circling around her desk as she looked down at her makeshift daughter while shaking her head. “You’ve been a naughty girl. And an outright fool. Breaking my window, and yet not going in for the kill and allowing my anti measures to prime themselves. You’re lucky that Seiryu hasn’t figured out the way to properly weaponize the energy that you use to transform, otherwise you would’ve been little more than a toy for me, my dear.”

Mikai pouted as she slowly but surely managed to stand back up, gritting her teeth a bit. “Why do you have to be so mean, Mama?” She said, as her cheeks slowly flushed red with every word that left her mouth. She didn’t understand why, but talking was making her feel… strange…

“To protect my status, and protect my assets, I have to play the strongarm now and then. And unfortunately, my dear… You’re one of those assets. Ever since you tried to investigate this penthouse a few weeks back, you’ve been mine.” The older woman explained, as she put her finger on the young girl’s nose. “Not that you act like it. But don’t worry. There’s ways to make sure that you will.”

Her ‘daughter’ tried to swing at her again, though the white-suited shortstack grabbed that fist and casually tossed it away, looking her dead in the eye with her own crimson ones. The strange feeling in her heart was intensifying the longer she looked at her. Like she was disappointing her in some way. But why was she going through this experience..?

“W-What’s happening..?” Mikai muttered as she slowly panted. She felt… weak? No, that wasn’t it. It was like she wasn’t herself. Like something was trying to force her. Like she needed to act a certain way before she felt satisfied. But that wasn’t her style, that wasn’t her at all. She just did things because her heart told her to.

So if her heart told her this was wrong, and she had to act a different way… Wasn’t it right to follow it, instead of struggling and resisting it..? The poor girl wasn’t sure, as she put her hands up to her head, both eyes spinning as she tried to process her own feelings.

“I’ve already told you, my dear.” Gaia explained, as she motioned towards the two turrets. “These things weaponize the Willpower that keep your armor stable. And by adding a bit of my own, you’re forced to act as I want you to.” She continued, as a grin slipped onto her expression. “You’ll be the prettiest little girl once I’m done with you, Mikai.”

Mikai understood immediately, and her heart beat harder. It was trying to make her obey her Mama’s will. But she wasn’t going to..! Not as long as she was still herself. She was going to beat her… beat her right in that smug face..!

“King’s… ERUPTION..!” The young girl cried out as her eyes started to turn a fiery red, with flames covering her hand for a brief moment. Her armor barely manifested as she jabbed her hand forward, and the energies kept within her palm tried to explode outward and consume the woman that had set these events in motion..!

Unfortunately, the turrets were faster. Another pair of beams, and her power was cut short as her armor turned into a gentle and elegant arm-length glove. Appropriate for a woman of culture and high status, not for a girl like her.

Not that she was going to stay a wild and unknowing girl for long, as the energies flushed through her and made her squirm. She could feel her heart screaming, trying to make her obey… And as her eyes started to grow dim, she had a hard time fighting back.

“I don’t like doing this.” Gaia said, as she put her hand on the girl’s cheek. Slowly rubbing it, her grin turning into a smile. “You are my dearest little girl, after all. But it’s because you refuse to listen, and keep committing the same mistakes, over and over again… That I have to do this. It’s for your own good.”

Those words didn’t feel right. But to the girl whose heart was shackled by her Mama’s will, they were gospel. And she slowly accepted them, as she nodded and listened to her Mama speak. Her Mama was her everything. And that meant she had to listen. Listen and obey, and be a good girl…

Mikai trembled as the turrets gave her another shot, just to ensure total and complete obedience. Her eyes glowed gold as she felt the energy rushing through her, panting and whining as she transformed before the woman’s very eyes.

The arm length glove was just the start. The girl’s clothes, the same uniform that she always wore, grew longer as the skirt and the shirt merged together. Instead of being a flimsy and honestly unfitting set of clothes for a girl who kept on acting like she was a hero, the cloth lengthened until it reached all the way down to her ankles. The sleeves shrunk until her arms were completely uncovered, and the fused cloth took on a shade of white that was almost like the older woman’s hair.

Looking at her now, she was dressed in an elegant dress that was a mixture of class and overall appeal. Exposed armpits, yet the rest of her had a level of grace that she never could’ve had if she put on this outfit by herself. Especially those gloves. Those things were so tight that they emphasized her lithe form, especially as she stretched her arms out…

Mikai let out a mewl as she felt her body squirming. Her heart was still beaming her Mama’s will into her mind. And she was powerless to resist, as her eye color turned from a gentle purple to the same crimson in her Mama’s eyes. The same sharp, yet hot color that had seduced and controlled so many people before her.

It wasn’t just her eyes either. Her shade of sandy blonde hair turned pure white, making her look almost identical to her Mama in terms of colors. After all, she was going to be her daughter for real from this point onward. It wouldn’t make sense if they didn’t match.

“You’re looking so pretty now, Mikai. My dearest daughter.” Gaia said as she put both of her hands on the young girl’s cheeks, rubbing them and smiling as she squirmed so positively. She was responding well to the physical feedback. It was only a matter of time before everything settled.

Mikai trembled and panted and gasped. Mama’s touch. Mama’s love. Mama’s will. It was too much for a girl like her, especially after the triple-sized dose. Anybody would’ve been converted just from one blast. But she was something special. And it was because she was that special that she had gotten the full treatment. Only a girl like her, who would never give in, deserved to get shot three times…

Just thinking about her Mama was enough to make her feel at ease. While at the same time making her heart race. It felt really good to think about Mama. It felt good to listen to Mama. It felt good to be with Mama. It just felt good.

It was that good feeling that drove her mind to obey her heart. As her eyes slowly regained their colors, and her smile slowly returned. The smile of an obedient and loyal daughter, the girl that Gaia had always wished for.

Mikai slowly grabbed the edges of her dress as she curtsied before her dearest Mama. “I’m sorry, Mama. I’m so, so sorry. I have done you wrong. I have broken your property, and insulted you, and implied that you want nothing less than terrible things for those around you. When you really want something much more important than that…”

She had been thoroughly repurposed according to the older woman’s will. Transformed from a wild and emotional girl into an obedient daughter. One that would never ever harm her Mama ever again. One that would always listen to her. One that acted with as much grace as her… And one who would show the world what it meant to be part of her family.

“I’m glad you apologized, Mikai.” Gaia said, as she slowly raised her daughter’s chin so they saw eye to eye. Crimson to Crimson. “I’m also glad that you can show how graceful you really are. How much you really want to be like me. It’s adorable. Truly.” The older woman chimed, as she continued to caress her adorable daughter’s cheeks.

Mikai’s wild energy had been tamed. And it was incredibly obvious as her cheeks flushed bright red in response to her Mama’s praise. She was like a delicate flower. Plucked from her original self, and made to grow in a foreign environment. “T-Thank you, Mama.” She muttered,  doing her best to maintain eye-contact.

“Now, you were worried about Hiro, yes?” The older woman said, and the young girl nodded. “How about you take care of her for the next week? I’m sure she’d love to serve you. Especially now that you know your mistakes.”

The young girl nodded… as she slowly let a malicious smile flash. If there was one thing she had inherited from this willpower inflicted upon her heart, it was her Mama’s sadistic tendencies…

Ahhh… She was going to have a lot of fun with Hiro...