[h3][url=https://youtu.be/MvfQVaOoWk8]Sato Hashimoto // The Crossroads[/url][/h3][b]JUNE 28TH 2015, SUNDAY
Mid-day[/b] 
It would be a regular Sunday morning, but like a weekly chore, Sato had gotten a text from Rui the night before. Three people had gotten kidnapped by the cult, and it took place in broad daylight at the Star Drop Café, or rather, the cosplay café. As Sato walked to the old warehouse, his mind immediately thought of the people he’d seen there… Shizuka, Kenji, Akira, Mako…? Were the latter two even regulars? Despite the circumstances, Sato found a bittersweet smile on his face. who knew that the cosplay café would come back to haunt him like this.

The team met up in the mirror world, at the crossroads from last time. Ryan and Sieghardt (who’s presence surprised him a little, but he barely knew Sieg so he decided not to talk to him) were there, new additions to the group. Did they have enough people if there were three dungeons, let alone enough navigators? Hopefully they had the skill, luck, and endurance to get by with whatever they got.

They walked further down the Mirror World path, only to stumble upon a square branching off three different ways. The dungeon labelled “Moritomi”, and the one unanimously agreed to be Shizuka’s, made Sato’s stomach lurch. His suspicions were confirmed. For the first time, he had actual connections to the victims. Two of the them, at once. It wasn’t like he could choose one to take on first, so he looked to Rui for the formations.
As Sato expected, Rui wasted no time in dividing the team into parties. Sato was with Rui himself, Matthew, and Akane, and they were to lead the exploration of the ‘Super Magical Runway’.

Everyone broke off for a minute to get any last-minute preparation done, and just before they were going to start, Kotori approached Sato’s group to tell them her wish.

“Don’t worry.” Sato replied. “We’ll save her, no matter what. I promise.”