Idol

'"Yes, it appears recently built. But I assure you that is a normal house."
That's what the Vice Chairman said but...'

We came back from Headquarters, quickly gathering Full Throttle and Tarou to immediately head here.
We all looked as we stood past the gate, shock filling Tarou's and Full Throttle's faces, while Gaia seemed slightly disgusted.
Behind us some passer-by's walked by, with some of them giving us weird looks and talking amongst themselves.
'...This is a known weird house isn't it...'

In the front wall, all around the front entrance there were a ton of posters of a girl with a pink magical girl outfit on. She was beautiful with a slender figure and had long purple twin tails with a pink stripe.
Next to her was a name.
'"The pink cutie will cure your sad lonely lives! The greatest person ever!"... She has to be part of the organization... There's no way she's not.'
Full Throttle turns towards Gaia and asks.
"Is this... Who we're looking for?"
"I don't know, let's just go in so we don't have to look at these anymore."
Full Throttle and Gaia walk ahead, with Tarou and I following behind. Soon we reach the door, with them quickly kicking it open and going inside.

We follow just behind them and are once again surprised by what we see. The walls were all covered with the same poster as if it was wallpaper, the only place not covered being the floor to ceiling mirrors that seemed to be everywhere.
Tarou's jaw hangs open while Full Throttle awkwardly laughs as he says.
"M- Maybe it's just this room?"

Suddenly we hear a door open and stand at the ready when the same girl from the poster walks in, as she stood in front of us I could see how short she was, her face holding a smile as if we weren't there.
"Hello, dear fans please come this way."
'Is that... Us?'
We follow cautiously behind her and she leads us to a neighbouring room with mirrors covering the walls. She motioned to a couch in the center and we sit down as she walks off.
Tarou taps Gaia on the shoulder, who now seemed serious, and says.
"At least it's not covered by posters right?"
"Yeah. Let's just see what happens for now. Stay cautious."

We wait for a moment before the girl appears again, this time coming from a different door than the one she went through and stands in front of us, on top of some colourful pink carpet below her.
"Welcome my dear fans! I do apologize, but you'll have to settle for this, okay?"
With that she winks at us, making Gaia groan.
'...Doesn't she have a stage in her backyard? Why use this...'

She takes out a mic, putting it close to her mouth, and is about to sing when Gaia stands up.
"Actually, we need to know. Are you the only one here?"
The girl continues, giving her a smile as she says.
"Whatever could you mean? Of course!"
Gaia sighs and says.
"I mean how many other summons are there of you?"
'Summons?'
When she says that the girls eyes twitch and we soon hear footsteps all coming towards us as she says.
"I understand now. It's the special package you need. I thought you were regular fans, silly me."
She sticks her tongue out and knocks her own head in a silly fashion when suddenly doors all around us open as many, many more of the exact same girl walk in, filling the room and surrounding us.

Gaia looks all around and says.
"Interesting. Not a single real one."
She looks over at Tarou and I while two of Full Throttle's tattoos are already glowing.
"They're not real. Every single one of them was summoned."
Tarou looks around confused.
"Who has the power to summon so many... Magical girls?"
Gaia shakes her head as she gets ready for an attack.
"You summon golems, not magical girls. Whoever did so however must have a power to change their forms. Which means-"
I realize and finish the sentence for her.
"...We'll never know who it is!"
When I say that, giggling can soon be heard all around us as every single one of them laughs, until finally the one on top of the carpet says.
"What do you mean silly? There's only one pink cutie!"

Suddenly Full Throttle fist goes right through her and she crumbles into rock.
"Damn, made of rock."
When Gaia sees that, she turns towards us, warning.
"Careful! They pack a punch"
As if to prove her point a kick suddenly comes from behind knocking me to the ground.
"AGH!"
"KAZU!"
Tarou quickly turns around, casting an Air Blast in the direction of who kicked me, knocking a bunch of them down.
I get up and before I know it, they all descend on us at the same time. Chaos.
A third tattoo starts glowing as he starts rushing down whole files of them, quickly stomping with all his might to crumble those that fell before more take their place.
Gaia on the other hand starts summoning pillars, crushing a lot of them against the ceiling while Tarou creates a small tornado to daze them.
As all this is going on I'm just doing my best to teleport out of the way of attacks or getting saved by one of them.
The fight continues for a good while until finally it's down to the last summon, which Gaia quickly summons a cage around. Letting the rest of us rest while she walks up to her.

"We're here to find Sloth's friend. Surely you know Sloth? He has come here many times now."
The summon took a few breaths before finally answering.
"Sloth? Oh, I think I vaguely recall some guy named that."
"Vaguely?"
She nods.
"Yeah. After all why would I pay attention to anyone else other than my beautiful self. And my adoring fans that all worship my figure."
'She's definitely in the organization...
Wait... What if...'
I tap Gaia's back and she turns to me as I suggest.
"What if... Their forms were shaped in her image?"
The realization also hits Gaia as a long sigh escapes from her and she turns back towards the girl who quickly says.
"Of course, there is only one image that is perfection. Why would she create filth like you that is imperfect."
Gaia stares ahead with empty eyes and says.
"It would explain this annoying personality."
Suddenly the girl starts laughing.
"Jealous? I bet you are. I mean just look how old you-"
Before she can finish a spike gets launched through her chest as her form fades and the summon crumbles back into rock.
She turns around and takes one last look around.
The room was in ruins, with holes everywhere and every single mirror broken.
Finally she walks to one of the doors as she states to the rest of us.
"Search the whole house, find anything that may be useful."

...

It's now evening as Gaia kept telling to us to be thorough, going through everything without missing a spot.
Finally we rejoin back in the destroyed room and share what we found starting with me.
"Nothing."
I look over at Tarou as he holds up a huge pile of papers, sharing some with me.
"Just more posters."
Full Throttle goes next with just a shake of the head before saying.
"A lot about how beautiful she is, but nothing else."
Finally it's Gaia's turn and she sighs.
"So we found nothing of where else she may be. I sent the Vice Chairman a message too but she came back with nothing, no one's left this house besides Sloth who was the only one going in."
Exasperated I put the poster in my pocket and ask.
"Is there a tunnel or something?!"
Gaia shakes her head and says.
"No. But Sloth did come in quite a few times, some of them with a big bag. It's possible for summons to share their casters magic, so I'm guessing one of them was put in here, and thanks to her having the same personality, she just kept making more of herself."
Tarou sighs too and asks.
"...Is she even real?"
Gaia looks at him and quickly clarifies.
"She is. Thinking about it now, they were definitely shaped in someone's image. Clearly she's quite proficient with magic for the personality and form to be so..."
She looks annoyed for a second as she then says.
"Perfect...".
Tarou nods as Gaia continues.
"And with a personality like that too..."
Suddenly Gaia pauses before murmuring to herself.
"...A personality like that...?"

Gaia chuckles causing us to look at each other confused, before finally she says.
"For a moment I thought we were back at square one with no choice but to wait for them. But I have an idea on how we can draw her out."
She walks forward with a smile and takes some of the posters that Tarou was carrying, before continuing.
"The real one out."