(GS3) Special Field: PSY Shop

[Cherry]

"Rough morning?!" Yukino repeated. A sigh quickly followed what he motioned to, then she turned to the PSY hostesses... two of which did not seem very eager to do much of anything.

"Hello!" TOMO-ZO suddenly jumped out of her seat. "I spy multiple hunks! Cutie Alert, Cutie Alert!" Never mind what the queen thought, this one was suddenly full of energy at the sight of the men. Redhead felt down on her luck, being under paid to deal with a bunch of brats each time PSY's doors opened. But she was rewarded with hot, steaming messes of men here, so she'd let it slide for now. With a jiggle and a wink, she greeted them: "Welcome to Shop PSY!"

TOMO-ZO's glance at Haruka while surveying the men nearly made the irritated queen punch her in the face.

"You all have stuff to explain, like, everything. Starting with what the hell is going on with Cray, and why the memories of people on Earth are altered!"

"Wouldn't know anything about that, try the operator", the tomato shrugged and jested. Yukino threw a box with a shipment of future cards in it at the tomato. She almost didn't dodge it. "Hey now, watch it!"

"Don't give me that, you all stay here in a place that doesn't exist on the same plane as Earth and Cray! So you know something!"

TOMO-ZO looked toward her sisters. Big Sis Mato was going to get thrashed, so backup was required.

[Hope]

Hana tried to convince them, tried to command them, "It's an order, I know I haven't really asked you guys much 'til now, but its been two months and we really are in need of leads!"

"Guhhhhh but Princess they kinda failed us last time why why why why why do we have to tell them anything?" The cabbage complained once more, showing no worry for her soon-to-be smashed tomato of a sister.

"MS. F. CHOPPER. KOGA." FUKI hissed like an angered mother, scolding her child sister, then turning back to the group, "I'm sorry about the other two and their... exploits. Right, please take a seat, and make yourselves comfortable."

Hana bowed to thank FUKI, who was at least trying to do her job. Secretly, Hana actually had scheduled FUKI for a raise, she had every reason to stay in line. *Hana evil laughs internally because the other two don't know* "Everyone please make yourselves comfortable," Hana turned and said to everyone, attempting to make the atmosphere become much more calmer.

"Fine fine, man oh man, wait is that Jellal," Suddenly F CHOPPER KOGA's eyes became fixed on him. FUKI then smacked her head and walked over to Hana, whispering into her ear, "I regret to inform you that F CHOPPER KOGA has developed a crush on Jello."

"Oh my."

[Jello]

The sight of TOMO-ZO and her words made Haruka back up a little. He feared for his life.

Gulp.

Eventually, after the fiery atmosphere had settled a bit, Hana spoke up and got one of the other hostess' named FUKI on their side. She gave them the OK to get comfy and prepare for whatever they had in store.

Haruka actually wasn't all too sure what they had in store. He was just here because he was told to be here. Out of the loop? Not particularly. But all he knew is that they came for answers to questions that Haruka didn't know about.

Also the smallest hostess, in green, has developed a crush on Jellal.

"Good luck, mate." Those were the only words Haruka sent Jellal's way.

No really... Good luck.

Haruka stands at the side, near a collection of shiny cards. Haruka isn't particularly interested in the cards themselves. He was more concerned of staying out of the crossfire of TOMO-ZO and Yukino, to be frank.

[Kisaragi Zane]

"A crush?" Jellal said with the most quizzical look on his face. "Alright, can you all please explain to me what's going on?" Too much was happening at the moment for him and he needed recap. "Like for starters, where am I, who are you, and... why we're all here?" Silence broke over for a brief moment. Jellal continued: "I'm not trying to be rude or anything but like... I have questions of my own based off of certain circumstances that have happened ever since my return."

[Azuki Frappé]

Ighanna and her friends arrive at what appears to be a cardshop however the atmosphere felt very dense, she found it hard to breath than while she was at the Amusement Park.

"This feeling, its neither Earth or Cray but rather something in between" Metatron said to Ighanna, causig her to be surprised as she wasn't on earth. Maybe this was the rumoured cardshop where Neo got his "Armor Break Dragon" she wondered. Many questions popped up and appeared in her mind, could the shop be related to The Girl, how do they have "Special Cards". It seems like other people also have many unanswered questions, we'll have to see, though since retrieving Metatron, many of her friends seem to have received mysterious cards but Ighanna herself has never been here before.

[Cherry]

Yukino was about to kill TOMO-ZO, quite frankly. The redhead was actually scared of being ketchup on someone's next burger, emphasized by her sweating bullets. Oh dear, she must've been hitting on the queen's boyfriend. But the woman quietly cursed at herself, unable to tell who it was. Giving a mischievous giggle, she made a little mental footnote to figure out later, after laughing at baby cabbage getting scolded. Going on the pass out drinks, Yukino took a seat by Haruka. Oh, so it's him.

Yugure was in no mood to deal with two out of three hostesses being raving idiots.

"FUKI..." The queen respected the desire to loosen up the tension in the air, but they really needed to get down to solving Cray's massive problem of missing heroes.

[Azuki Frappé]

"Um you people are the owner of this place, am I right? What is going on, what happened to the clans, why can that girl use them and is there a way to release them? Me and Metatron are willing to help as much as we could to unlock Hana, Yukino, Jellal and Haruka's clan but first we need to know what happened in order to solve." Ighanna questioned the irregular triplet shop hosts as the others seem as aggrevated as her as it involves their avatar, their clans. Ighanna thought if Metatron were to disappear she would also be irritated and annoyed if she can't free her.

[Jello]

Haruka scooted himself over to make way for Yukino. Without missing beat, he chuckles at her furious reaction at TOMO-ZO, and pats her on the head, then whispers, "She's no harm, I'm sure you know." He gives Yukino a quick glance, trying to break the earlier tension that coming in here gave in the first place.

Since most people seemed to be keeping quiet, Haruka took a slight step forward.

"Err, I have a question myself." This was a question he had from two months ago. This was something he was really eager to figure out, so he could make sense of everything. And maybe provide a clue to where Overlord had truly gone. What his message had meant, before he left.

"What happened the night Yukino and Jellal fought, about two months ago?" He turned to face Jellal, and nodded to him. This was for his benefit too, noticing he seemed to be completely lost as to what was going on.

However his question may have been drowned out by the rapid-quick response time of Ighanna. She was always quick, but Haruka underestimated her this time.

[Hope]

"Yes, what is it?" FUKI asked, her back still turned from Yukino, currently working on making tea.

At the same time, F CHOPPER KOGA was stirring faster than a blender, throwing in a bunch of sugar and other unknown things into some drink. There it was, almost complete in front of her, a special drink just for her love, for Jellal. She kept stirring and stirring, very much focused on her mission to win him over with this. It didn't look bad, quite sweet actually. It a concoction, a recipe made from the deepest depths of her heart. Combining the idea of "Love" and Neo Nectar, her clan, she had come up with the drink's name,

Spoiler

Love Nectar

Hana herself was taking it upon herself to help FUKI pass out drinks, she herself was very anxious, but she knows that patience is a virtue. She passed out the drinks to Satoshi, Miyuki, then Ighanna and  then returned to FUKI to get the rest. She thought to herself as she did these actions, her body moved automatically.

"Right, there is a gap in between when the match between my sister and Jello ended.... and when they appeared back on Earth..."

[Cherry]

TOMO-ZO should probably swap out Jellal's drink for a normal one. Something just gave the air of "this'll kill" from the young cabbage's creation. Then again, she was never one to lock herself out of a laugh. In the end, the redhead refrained. TOMO-ZO handing out the last drink to the princess, she plopped into an open seat, kicked her feet up, and relaxed.

Yugure was probably going to get on Haruka's case for protecting this large-breasted, fraudulent hussy of a skank. Later, though. Yukino continued on to speak with FUKI: "Royal and Shadow Paladin are gone. Along with Kagero, and Bermuda Triangle who was gone beforehand. No one on Earth remembers any of those clans. Yet, there's someone who played Shadow Paladin that I met who knew who I was."

Neu EdelWeiss...

"I remember, with Jellal's help, I stopped Shadow Paladin from fighting the civil war. As Exculpate, I got everyone to turn on the Dragon of Hell and kill him. After that, we went back to Earth, and my memory is fuzzy at that point. I don't remember much of anything, why is that? Who is that girl? And where did Ahmes and Yunos get taken?"

[Beryl]

<Two months...> Satoshi was lost in thought, trying to process what exactly the ladies of PSY Shop were going to say. He realized this was an opportunity to get Tomo's number, which made him blush a bit, but he knew that should be the last thing on his mind, especially with the affairs of Cray.

What did he know about two months ago? He knew that Jellal and Yukino had fought, and then from there...all they did was live life and cardfight, and nothing notable...happened? That didn't seem right. It felt like there was more missing. While it could make sense that two months could fly by like that, was it really that easy to explain?

Seph had materialized as he did before. He was surprised no one had really noticed, but all the same, he was considered part of the group in the first place, so it made sense. He stared at the ladies of PSY Shop. If anyone knew anything about what the Rift was planning to do, it would be a great boon for Cray and Earth alike. So hopefully...hopefully, these ladies were less cryptic than Amaterasu had been.

Satoshi chose to sit near Tomo, mumbling quietly, "Y'know, if you're really that bored with your job sometime, we could always hang out a little and get a bite to eat, see a movie, walk on the beach...something different." He paused, then added quickly: "And I'd pay for it all."

[Cherry]

TOMO-ZO looked toward Satoshi, then laughed a bit. "No way kid, you're too easy. Besides, I'm high maintenance", the redhead laid out it straight for him while still having a chuckling tone. For as much teasing as she did, the woman sure did shoot down people as quickly as she did flirt. Taking a swig of an alcoholic beverage, the woman decided to let FUKI explain. Lack of pay meant lack of motivation to work, so that's all on the "favorite" sister. Hana was easy to read, so it was obvious FUKI was getting the raise judging by how they treated one another.

TOMO-ZO sighed, maybe she'd work harder if more money came in. Or maybe more cute fellows.

[Jello]

Haruka almost had to grip his chest in pain to see a fellow brother be shot down in the midst of this war.

Satoshi's pride will be remembered. Probably.

He had also noticed FUKI was the most likely to give any coherent answers. Haruka sat back, keeping in eye's view of everybody. He wasn't trying to disappear per se, just relax a little. The room was way too tense as it is.

The intensity increased only slightly realizing the deadly aura emanating from Yukino.

"S-So, what do you guys know? About that night I mean."

Haruka was pretty done playing the waiting game. He also didn't like tea very much so he found himself without a beverage and that kind of upset him.

Haruka really needed to lighten up about now.

[Hope]

FUKI's calm air suddenly evaporated. F CHOPPER KOGA as well, stopped with all the silly theatrics. They both were silent. First they asked Hana, FUKI speaking first, "You don't remember what happened after the battle between your sister and Jellal?"

Hana tried to remember, but it was all blurry. She was watching the fight, she saw it through an especially powerful image which took her presence onto the field. She didn't remember, not a single memory. The fight ended, and the next day began. She kept playing it in her mind over and over. Jellal and Yukino had decided to take them same side, he discarded the power of the Dragon of Hell. After that, Hana was a home, and her deck Angel Feather.

"N-no... I don't know at all what happened."

FUKI herself was confused, "I thought that you all retained your memories... You all at least remember your old clans yes?"

Hana nodded, "Yes, I could never forget Bermuda Triangle, Royal Paladin, Kagero, Shadow Paladin..."

"Princess it seems that the rift was able to at least get you guys to forget a chunk of what happened, or.. it was her doing, that stupid stupid idiot!" F CHOPPER KOGA explained, looking at Yukino, "Queen, you sure you don't remember what happened after you fought my husbando?"

[Cherry]

Yukino wasn't touching that "husbando" bit.

"I remember... going back to Earth. Then... then that horrible, horrible nightmare", that dream played on rewind so much, it was like a demon had possessed her sleep. "I was... in the rift... and it said I was going to be erased too..." Fear shook her again like it has every night, dreaming of nearly being sealed away in time twice. Father Espoir had to save his daughter, but she had no idea how he did that or how he even knows the entire situation. Hands subconsciously moved up to arms, having the queen hold herself while trembling.

"I saw the Paladins gathering... then... Overlord was in the sky... and that... that thing..."

TOMO-ZO stopped relaxing, leaning forward in her seat. "I thought what we did was to hold onto their memories. You telling me the rift just threw out most of our efforts?"

"Who is her...? Neu EdelWeiss?" Yukino spoke up.