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*having gone back to her original self, himeko immediately begins to question yukiko's given history*

himeko: are you sure you're a noblewoman?

yukiko: yes.

himeko: absolutely sure?

yukiko: *annoyed* yes.

himeko: are you absolutely, positively sure?

yukiko: FOR THE LAST TIME, I'M SURE!!!! scream

himeko: how do i know you're not lying?

yukiko: why would i lie about my history?

himeko: well, would you just tell me everything about your family?

yukiko: alright, but it's a long story. are you sure you won't fall asleep?

himeko: i'm sure.

yukiko: alright.

*gathers herself together and then begins to tell her story*

yukiko: in the internet, history differs than here.

himeko: how so?

yukiko: do you know anything about government? rulers?

himeko: nothing. no kings, no presidents, no sheikhs, no emperors, nothing.

yukiko: in our world, there were many kingdoms.

himeko: kingdoms?

yukiko: yes. many in number, but only one was worthy of greatness.

himeko: what was it?

yukiko: ...The Kingdom of Gaia.

...

himeko: THERE WAS A KINGDOM NAMED GAIA?!?!

yukiko: if you're going to do that, i won't reveal anymore.

himeko: alright! i'm sorry.

yukiko: as i was saying, the Kingdom of Gaia took its name from our wonderful and crazy planet. it was founded in 1150 BBYC.

himeko: what's BBYC?

yukiko: it's supposed to signify an important event in our past history. i don't really know what that is since they don't teach it anymore.

himeko: continue.

yukiko: the first King of Gaia was King Nicolas I and his consort was Queen Lucie, his sister, because queen consorts in those days had to be able to bear children in order to be formally called the queen consort. he's one of my ancestors.

himeko: then how did your name go from French to Japanese.

yukiko: after a time of rule by men and women with French names, the Crown Prince, Rainier, married a commoner by the name of Akina. He was fascinated by the name that he often consulted his wife for knowledge of Japanese sounding names for all of his descendants. the first child they had together was a daughter, Yukiko.

himeko: was Yukiko significant? i mean, i don't believe in naming my children after someone unless they were especially important, personally, historically, or in general.

yukiko: she was the founder of the House of Yukiko, named for her.

himeko: did she ever become the Queen?

yukiko: she did and was able to unify the people of her kingdom. the Yukiko Dynasty began with strong rulers. however, their extravagance and the rise of bourgeois families like the Gambino and von Helson families brought down their rule. the last rulers were joint: King Hayato and Queen Nanako. when they died, their children fought over the succession, leading to their downfall and the complete destruction of any history of the Gaian Kingdom.

himeko: what about us?

yukiko: stuff like that never existed in this Gaia. i mean, the founding of this Gaia is a relatively recent event.

himeko: then how did the House of Yukiko live on? how did you come to existence? and what does eric have to do with this?

yukiko: one of King Hayato's sons, the true Crown Prince, Misato, was supposed to marry one of the daughters of the Morihino clan. they were eric's ancestors. Misato-san broke off the engagement, but the head of the Morihino decreed that a daughter of the former royal family must marry a son of the former Morihino clan. that's how we ended up together.

himeko: sounds like that's working out for both of you.

yukiko: thank you. what about you?

himeko: to tell you the truth, i have no clear idea where i came from.

yukiko: like amnesia?

himeko: yeah. i tried so hard to remember, but i can never get anything past a piece of paper i found in my pocket when i ended up here.

yukiko: a piece of paper?

himeko: it read "The House of Yume."

yukiko: another house? no wonder i'm your parallel.

himeko: yeah. so, you're not a noble from another country?

yukiko: not another country...not anywhere, actually.

himeko: i see.

yukiko: maybe we can have Ryd help you with any information. would you like that?

himeko: thanks, yukiko-hime.

yukiko: don't call me that.

himeko: ugyo. e tuh'd caa fro hud. oui yna y bnehlacc.