[@Phonic][@Ariamis][@Majoras End]

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[i]IT GOT WORSE![/i]

“Delivery Service”, indeed! Bet that’s a piece of cake with someone like THAT under her employ! “Stacy”, hah! What a generic-sounding name!

Ronin kept still, smiling widely and forcefully as the box was accepted and this new yet familiar girl showed up. Ronin also grinned widely when it was arranged to be for free.

[color=9b83de]‘Thank you, ma’am! Just what we wanted!’[/color] Ronin said, and followed after “Stacy”, somewhat nervous in her steps, but also smiling widely. Because, facing adversary with a big smile got to make it better!

Yeah, she did not miss how “Penrose” was emphasized. Yeah, no, what was a suspicion of a passing resemblance stopped being a passing resemblance and turned into absolute surety. There was no mistaking it. Good lord, what had happened back then?

And Jill’s coming too? HOW LOVELY!!

[color=9b83de]‘Why, I’m honoured! Thank you for tagging along!’[/color] Ronin called to Jill happily, because, well, what else could she do? She felt like she’d have a nervous breakdown if she kept quiet, she had to distract herself by saying something!

Holding hands it was! Ronin took Stacy’s hand… woah, this felt unreal… and then Amanda’s in her right to complete the circle, assuming Amanda came along. Then, finally, after a teleportation of some strange kind, they found themselves on top of Penrose train station. Ronin breathed out a sigh of relief. How nice to be back… but woah, this place looked bad… and even Jill looked surprised! Ronin looked at her in surprise. She’d totally have thought Jill was the one behind it, but apparently not?

Camera? Ronin looked a bit surprised, looking over in the direction, but… it occurred to her that… eh. Someone was looking at her. With a little bit too much focus. Jill was looking at her. “No longer under her employ”? Haha, [i]whatever do you mean, I have no idea what you’re talking about[/i] were words that Ronin wasn’t able to spit out, because they’d been blatantly untrue and an obvious lie of equal measure…

And then the one who she’d be tracking was name-dropped.

[color=9b83de]‘Ah… ahahahaha! Well, I…’[/color] Ronin scratched the back of her head a bit, still grinning. Now, it was true that Ronin wanted to get a bunch of help with this task… but, um, seeking help from the one who’s little sister killed her wasn’t [i]entirely[/i] part of the plan…!

[color=9b83de]‘… Sure! I’m going to need all the help I can get! …’[/color] Ronin smirked at her, meeting Jill’s eyes, and suddenly felt a bit of confidence. She no longer had to hide who she was from Jill, so, a bit of the fear of being noticed promptly vanished. Instead, there was a feeling of [i]wait, this might actually be really good[/i]. Ronin met Jill’s eyes, and suddenly gave a bold little grin. [color=9b83de]‘… I’m here to save my other one. So don’t you touch her, and we’ll be good. Alright. Here’s to a good partnership!’[/color] Ronin happily called, reaching forward a hand to Jill to shake…

[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW3QTFzH3tk]Jill joined the party![/url]

Yes, this was truly the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

Speaking of friendships.

[color=9b83de]‘Hey, Amanda? Valkyrie?’[/color] Ronin looked over to her other two companions, grinning happily.

[color=9b83de]‘Know any place I can meet a bunch of people? Because I’m gonna need [i]all the friends[/i]~!’[/color]

Aaaah, this was just lovely. A wonderful adventure with a bunch of twists and turns. Deni was so excited to see where this would go, now~!