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"Hmm?"
Ren looked out beyond the Velvet Room as he is now seeing some portions of it being destroyed by those black holes.
"Ren? Is something the matter?" Lavenza asked.
"I don't know, I… I feel… a disturbance."
"In the force perhaps?" Igor quipped.
"No. Something worse than that. Could it be that EMMA's doing all this?"
"Perhaps so. This will be their most difficult fight. It's imperative that we bring in Soren for preparations." Lavenza suggested.
"Good idea, I'll bring him in."
Ren exits the Velvet Room for the time being, when he looks at the people being completely glued to their phones.
"Well this doesn't look good."
He saw the others go in the bus and Soren happened to notice him. Knowing his expression, he immediately beelines to the Velvet Room.
"Hey." Ren greeted.
"Greetings." Igor says.
"Hello." Lavenza waved.
"Yo." Soren returned. "So you've heard…"
"Yeah. It's EMMA trying to take over." Ren started. "I've never seen anything like it before, not after witnessing what the god of control could do."
"I fear that this world will not know peace, for as long as threats like this continue to exist." Lavenza laments. "Though this EMMA may be different, the power it possesses has already surpassed the two entities that had plagued this world once."
"Tell me about it."
"Look, I know that you're on your way back to Tokyo, and it sucks that this happened, but can we ask for your help one more time? Please?" Ren pleaded.
"Yes, we also sense foreboding power as well. One, or two, is rather foreign. I am most certain that you know who we are referring to." Lavenza narrows her brows.
"It's that third party, right?"
"Indeed. Their power is ever growing as we speak. Of that, I have little doubt." Igor nodded.
"Hmm. Are they someone one of us knows or…"
"I believe you will encounter them soon enough."
"If you say so. Bro, fuck it, I'll do it. Not just for the world's sake, but yours too."
"Thank you so much, Soren. You don't know how much this means to me." Ren smiled.
"In return, we will help you prepare for what will be your most arduous fight." Lavenza offered.
"Yeah. Let's do this."
Soren places the bag on the counter, with Ren and Lavenza working on refilling the items, Igor summons more powerful Spirits at disposal.
"Oh yeah, you guys are not gonna believe this."
"Believe what?" Ren looked at him.
"I finally figured out who the child of that story is."
"Oh? Who is it?" Igor asked.
"It's Lynn."
"Oh… really?!" And there was Ren's delayed reaction.
"Yeah. Really."
"Why did you make it sound so anticlimactic?"
"I don't know, I just couldn't find a way to deliver the message. I think all the suspense must've been sapped out of me for that part. Sorry I couldn't say it better."
"No no, it's all good, bro. it's just taking me a long time to process that."
"Oh, so you're just like me now, huh?"
"Yeah, I'm like you for real for real."
"Okay, bud-"
"Hey, I heard that shit from other foreigners. Don't fucking put that on me."
"I wasn't even gonna do that, the fuck."
"Okay, what's one thing I don't know about her?"
"She's a lesbian."
"WHAAT?!" Ren shrieked.
"Oh my…" Lavenza covered her mouth in shock.
"Interesting." Igor listened with great interest.
"Yeah, I'm dead fuckin serious. Everyone was losing their shit when she told us that she had a girlfriend once. Apparently, the girlfriend in question had never told them about it. Not even once."
"Oh my god… Did she ever tell you how she fell in love with her?"
"Yeah, I think so. I'm starting to think that singing that song together is what made her feel attached to her in some way, and that's why she's our super gay best lesbian friend now. True story." Soren concluded.
"Wow. Everything about her is so riveting." Ren runs hand through his hair.
"Yeah. There's never a dull moment with her. If you do hang out with her, you'll know why."
"I'm hold you to that. Alright, and that should be it." Ren shoves the bag to Soren.
"And here's the fees." Soren tosses a bag of cash onto them.
"I have made the necessary adjustments as per your request." Igor notified. "Though I do say, I admire your act of balance for each of their attributes. Do use them well."
"Thank you, all of you. Honestly, I don't know how I can repay you for this."
"You can do that by beating EMMA, that third party, and some other wannabe god out there. I have faith in you, Soren Rover, and I know you can beat them and save the world again." Ren stated.
"And we will always continue to support you until your journey has reached its end." Lavenza smiled. "May luck be on your side."
"Thanks. And don't worry. I'll be back. And we'll make this victory count." Soren raises his fist up. "Alright, let's-a go!" The Trickster dives down to the bottom, sending him back to the real world.
"Godspeed, Soren. Godspeed." Ren whispered.
He looks out beyond the scope again, knowing that whatever that the group was about to get into will be intense.