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The Lobby’s your best bet, that much is certain–if TT really was taken away by an Antonlike, any attempt at skulking about would not only pique the staff’s interest, but your favorite fuzzball’s too!
At least… you <span class="mu-i">think</span> it would. Tzah-Tzie’s hard to read sometimes, and she doesn’t need much of an excuse to scurry off somewhere alone with you, even in the middle of an attack! You still can’t believe how much ‘mischief’ she was able to sneak in on the latter half of the train ride… whoof!
The Scendovator doors open with a cheery ding as a fresh dose of normalcy is swiftly injected into your veins! Giddy tourists scampering off to spa treatments, chipper attendants, the calming trickle of multiple water features… you’d never know your friends had just been attacked if you hadn’t been there!
“Wouldn’t it be funny if the floor turned into <span class="mu-i">BOILING BLOOD</span> right now?” Rezalith asks with an idle sniff.
“No. No it wouldn’t.” Answers Morook, the Ranger already hard at work scanning the crowds. “I don’t want to get you down, Anton, but there’s quite a mass of people in here.”
Too true… it takes you a few moments, but you’ve been in Zoral long enough to work your way around! Following a particularly plush path in the carpet directs you back to the reception desk… or rather the <span class="mu-i">LINE</span> to it!
You thought it was just peak hours. You thought it might’ve been some kind of holiday… but taking a few minutes to listen to the <span class="mu-s">ARMY</span> of lineloiterers ahead of you tells you all you need to know:
“<span class="mu-i">A Lutza concert! HERE! Can you believe it!?</span>”
“<span class="mu-i">I’ll bet it’s just a simulacrum, but I hope I’m proven wrong!</span>”
“<span class="mu-i">Do you… do you think if I take a bath first she’ll invite me backstage?</span>”
“<span class="mu-i">Buddy, I just met you and you know what? I think she will! Totally!</span>”
“<span class="mu-i">I keep a few hairs from her tail in a box at home…</span>”
Idol fans. And you thought Trier was gross! While you and Morook take your places in the back of the line, Rezalith takes a parallel path, much to the chagrin of the linegoers!
“HEY! Ever hear of a <span class="mu-i">LINE</span>, dumbass!?”
“Yea! Did you trade your <span class="mu-i">BRAINS</span> for <span class="mu-i">RED EYES!?</span>”
“Look, everyone! This <span class="mu-i">FREAK</span> doesn’t know how a <span class="mu-s">LINE</span> works! What a rube!”
Luckily for everyone in the area code, you and Morook manage to wrestle Rezzie away from her future victims! Good thing she paused to give them a wide-eyed stare first–she’s… she’s getting better, guys! She’s learning!
Unfortunately her little <span class="mu-i">faux pas</span> puts you and your entourage even further back in line when you rejoin it! Drat, you hiss through clenched teeth, it’s gonna take <span class="mu-i">AGES</span> to ask the receptionists if they saw anything!
“It’ll take a <span class="mu-i">LOT</span> less time if we-”
>CONTD.
