Hazel-Naut's Story

"...Alright, if you insist, brother."

Red's cloak extended its corners around Zarenta and Crunch, rolling them further into its fabric. Red then leaped back from the sniper's laser guide, her cloak still holding Zarenta and Crunch.

River didn't seem to be among the group anymore...?

Sockie and friends begin running in the direction the others went.

We can safely assume that everyone has SOME method of nullifying or avoiding the sniper shots at this point, as the group eventually arrives... at a turret with a single long barrel, with a simple laptop computer at its side. Apparently this was what was causing the sniper shots.

River seems to have gotten here first, and cuts up the laptop with his ice blades.

That is one destroyed laptop.

What a waste. :(

"What a waste?!" Crunch broke the fourth wall, "I was in bad shape, and that narrator said that it was a waste?!"

"Let it go, Crunch..." Kremlouie sighed, "Anyway, we should be closing in for the mastermind behind all this. And yes, there will be traps too."

"Be on your guard... they're more cunning than we thought." Zarenta commented.

"Oi, what we miss?!" asks Sockie as his group reaches the others.

"Good news," River said in a (slightly more) optimistic tone to Sockie. "The snipers are down. Now shouldn't you be helping the others infiltrate?"

Sure enough, Adel, Aria, and Red (with Crunch and Zarenta) were still near the entrance to Majestic HQ. River was wavedashing his way back over there right now.

"How long until Detective Crane gets here?" Adel wondered.

"Not fast enough, apparently..." Red grumbled, "but we can't just leave these two out here unattended."

"Hmmm..." Aria muttered while putting something together with some pieces of metal and his repair rod.

The entrance is still an entrance. According to Crunch's logic, Majestic is cheating by having stairs leading down into their HQ. And probably cheating by having an HQ. And cheating by not fighting exactly like Crunch. They're all a bunch of cheaters is what I'm getting at here.

"Oh, very funny Mr. Narrator!" Crunch breaks the fourth wall, "Har har har! I can hear everything you say!"

"Crunch, are you okay?" Hazel asked.

"Is he ever okay?" asks Sockie as his group heads over to Adel, Aria, Red, Crunch, and Zarenta.

Aria finished building a Regenerator, a hovering spherical drone fitted with a feystone inside. It floated next to Crunch and Zarenta, assisting in their natural healing. Just to be safe, he built a Block Buddy as well - a cube-shaped drone that was ready to project a barrier if danger came near.

"There we go! They should be safe for now," Aria said.

"(!) That was...was...amazing!" Adel complimented. "I mean, how quickly you put them together!"

"Ehehehe...Well, I've had lots of practice on the side - though Ferv usually has me build big weapons."

"We done chatting?" Red cut in. "We have a facility to raid! {to Crunch and Zarenta} Just wait there for backup to arrive while we start things up inside, okay?"

"Are you ready, master?" Nemea asked Adel.

"Certainly," Adel replied, determination gleaming in his eyes.

"I've been ready for over a decade," River said, clenching a fist.

"(Of course, I can't guarantee that we'll get Sarina out in one piece, Toniyo. I apologize in advance...)" Red thought to herself.

And so, Red, Adel, Aria, and River went down the entrance to Majestic HQ...

Sockie, Sockra, Brimstone, Reign Fire, and Paratrol all head down as well.