>>25140792Before you can respond and admit that you're suddenly drawing blanks, a brash voice speaks out of the blue and does it for you.
"Ideas? I've got one: No more creative input from this kid. I ask him to do ONE thing—just ONE thing—and what does he do? The complete opposite. Not that it bothers me, left this world a disgrace, come back to it, still a disgrace."Your party is drawn to the nearest corridor. Emerging from it, a duo consisting of a former rival and a sagely sheep savant.
"Mister... Dio?" Serena mumbles, having not anticipated an entrance like that.
"As you live and breathe," he confirms. "Came here as soon as I got the call. What did /he/ fuck up this time?"
Though Serena is humble, if not a little indifferent to him, you're more on the agitated side. "Ohh THAT'S a load of bull!" you exclaim, tangent on the rise. "I called you guys with the beacon AGES ago!"
Trailing behind Dio at a leisurely pace is none other than Master Pharos. "Patience, child..." he hums, twirling the Wallflower in his grip. "The art of warping isn't exactly......... an easy thing to master........"
Catching sight of the mystical flower, the wife cranes her head. "Hold on.. Calem, I don't understand. How did they..?"
"Remember when I took that hot coffee break earlier?
I *may* have called these guys, and I *may* used my Wallflower to rip open a portal back home, which I then threw the flower into so they could grab it on the other side and access said portal and come here. Genius, right? Right? I'm right." 