Lights and Darks: Impostor vs Controller

Dexters of Ribbonat?

Scrappy could only pause at the knock. Who was knocking? Non-Dexters or Foreigners maybe, as they aren't used to barging in even though there's no knocking rule for the Dexter base. She placed her book down and went to the door. Cedar was due back in an hour, but she could hold the line. She opened the door and paused at the group there.

"Yes?" The blonde showed a ribbon, instantly getting Scrappy's mind moving. "Ribbonat Natives? What is it that you need from Minorat?" The blonde paused.

"We're here to speak to the Dexters-" Scrappy's notepad was in her hand in seconds and flipping to the right page. Her skills were well known for this stuff, so this was easy. She finally spoke after a moment of her daze taking over.

"If you go to the center, they should be there. From here, you take the road that way and you'll be there shortly. When you get there, they should be at the fountain doing a request." It took both sides to recover before she spoke again. "Sorry. Instinct. But yes, they have something at the fountain in the center." The blonde paused.

"So you know them?" Scrappy scoffed.

"Know them? It's hard not to. Though, I also have to work with them, but right now, the main group is in the Center. Now If you'll excuse me, I have work to do. Hopefully that helps." She then closed the door before heading back to her area.

^~*~^

Shortly afterwards, Cedar came in and collapsed upstairs. Apparently work had drained him dry and he had no energy to move. She had to help him up the stairs because of how tired he was. He rested while she was able to catch Scarlet, Oat and Purple and got them food while explaining what happened. After they left, Cedar gave a noise of liveliness. She smiled as he came down. His mind was clearly catching up as he scanned the area for food. She finally spoke.

"Sit down." He blinked.

"But-"

"I'll get food. Sit down." He finally moved before he sat down and she got food going. After that she put it in front of him and then sat down across from him. "Better?" He nodded as he ate up.

"Yeah... anything happen?" She hummed.

"Scarlet and Oat paused by with Purple and got food. We had... Some visitors from Ribbonat look for the Dexters. I sent them to the insane group. Not my fault if we get caught." Cedar hummed as he yawned. "We should find something for all of us to do... if not all then some of us."

"You just need something to do..."

"Whatever." She scanned him as he purred.

"I best get ready to go..." He glanced at the clock before finishing his food. "Thanks Scrappy..."

"Of course... but you should sleep." He waved the thought off as he put his plate in the sink.

"Naps are good... I have to go..." He vanished as she sighed. She had yet to see him rest like just now. She went over and cleaned his stuff before he was out the door.

^~*~^

The group was back later when Cedar was passed out with Purple and Midnight. The other two weren't feeling well and were resting with an exhausted Cedar, who couldn't move from the pain he had experienced. Scrappy was able to get them cleared and got bad news for Purple about that the two jobs were sadly closing. She knew she could find something for him, but she still gave him the news. She frowned at the knock before going over.

"You're back." The brown haired male that was originally in the back was now in the front.

"We got news that this is the Dexter base-"

"You mean dumpyard, right?" A sneeze came from one of the boys. She turned to the sound. "Pardon your nose!" A groan followed as she turned to them. "This isn't exactly the base. This is more towards the home of the hardest workers and the dumpyard of the others." The red eyed male paused.

"May we come in? We are here to talk to all Dexters..." She scoffed.

"I sent you to the brunt earlier. All that's here is two sick people and a tired person. Then there's me and two others that aren't showing up for... another 3 hours." They fell silent before she paused. "Why are you here... anyways? No one from Ribbonat just comes here without a reason." They paused before the front brown haired male spoke.

"May we enter? We'll explain..." She sighed.

"Go right to the Kitchen. I'll attempt to get the boys." She went in and went directly up to the boys, who were slightly awake. "Hey, we have people here." Cedar made no comment as the other two finished waking up.

"Yes ma'am..." They went down before she gently shook Cedar.

"You too. We have visitors." He lazily got up, still mostly asleep, before whining.

"Why..." She smiled.

"I know... you just got a really good sleep. More sleep later." He nodded as he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and followed her down to where the others were. The visitors stayed somewhat to one side as Cedar got right back into his spot of the parent of the house, which got a shared groan from the others.

"Here... let me get some seats for you guys-" Scrappy did a 180 and hit her head against the wall as the sick duo sat down on the benches.

"I did not summon you from your slumber to do this!" He didn't hear her as he set 6 chairs up. He then grabbed two water bottles and a box of tissues before getting it to the sick duo.

"So... what is this about?" Scrappy finally recovered before sitting down at the table. The tallest male of the group, who didn't take a seat, paused.

"Can... we get introductions first?" For some reason Cedar didn't hear him as he started making something, so Scrappy spoke.

"My name's Scrappy. Purple's the tall sick person while Midnight's the short one and Cedar's our overworked hell. Scarlet and Oat aren't here as they're working as well. And you guys?" The brown haired female smiled.

"My name's Blue. This is Yellow-" The Blonde smiled. "-Red-" The red eyed male hummed. "-Green-" The standing male nodded. "-Blake-" The dulled eyed male that led this past charge waved a little. "- and Sōdo." The final male nodded. Scrappy smiled as Cedar gave the two sick boys bowls of soup.

"Those should help..." Scrappy sighed.

"Sit down Cedar." He didn't seem to hear her as she sighed and he went back to the sink. "So... what do you guys need from the chaos of this place?" Yellow paused.

"Well... we're part of the Dexters from Ribbonat." That got a lengthy silence from the Minorat Dexters. "We were sent to help with the problem." The four glanced at each other before Pichu vanished downstairs. It returned with a screen before Scrappy spoke.

"The problem? You mean... the reason half this place can't be used as a house? The reason the Dexters aren't viewed as the good guys, the guardians, the heroes?" Pichu showed the screen, which showed the fights. "That's the problem. You have the main Dexters, which fight at night, are exhausted in the morning and then are trying to fix home. Then there's us, the people that have run ourselves into the ground trying to hold the line. We're mostly Fog Stars, and yet people believe we're the only Dexters." Cedar had sat down in that time and put his head down. Scrappy reached over and ran a hand through his hair, gaining a soft purr as he drifted back to sleep. Yellow finally spoke.

"Have... you tried to stop this?" The others shook their heads before Purple spoke.

"This group has been far too busy trying to keep a place open for the Dexters. If we're not careful, we'd have to move and then the others wouldn't have a place to pass out after a night of fighting. But we can't even get them to see that." Scrappy nodded as she kept her hand moving through Cedar's hair, keeping him relaxed.

"This isn't something we can do alone... no matter what we do. So we keep those that can close and try to work behind the others." Cedar gave a soft noise as she sighed. "So try what you want. But don't get us involved. We;re trying so hard to achieve one goal." She then stood up and helped Cedar up to the bedroom. The two sick boys followed as the Ribbonat Dexters glanced at each other. Yellow then gently called up.

"We'll see ourselves out." A soft reply returned before the 6 went out.