DESOLATION. || A FE2 AU.

|| Who were those people? ||

After Fallen said that, the group suddenly went quiet.

It was an uncomfortable silence. It was silent, until Axiom spoke up.

"Hey! I have an idea! We could ask Guide about this and maybe he'll help us?"

The other three looked at Axiom.

"Guide? Who's that?"

MD asked.

"..you guys don't know Guide?"

Axiom was a bit confused.

"No.. we don't know who that is."

Fallen confirmed.

"Huh, that's kind of reasonable. Since he doesn't really show up often."

Axiom shrugged. Fallen lost interest in the conversation and took out their phone, which left MD, BO and Axiom to talk.

"So.. what can this Guide person do to help us?"

Buried ask.

"Well.. he has a knack for inventing! I'm sure he'll help us with one of his inventions!"

Axiom exclaimed.

"Where do you see him often?"

Buried asked again.

"Most times I see him in the lobby."

Axiom responded.

"Well, let's go to the lobby!"

MD exclaimed. Fallen looked up to her, seemingly in a shocked manner.

"Wait- guys- its 8:36 PM on a Monday night-"

But before Fallen could ever stop them, the three went to the lobby.

"..shit."

Fallen went after them.

The three were on the lift, going up and they seemingly ignored Fallen's warning.

"I hope he's here!"

MD exclaimed.

"Me too-! It's really rare to see him these days."

Axiom chimed in.

The lift eventually reached the lobby. And the three ran out of the lift.

..but they weren't met with Guide. They were met with four other people instead.

And they definitely did not look like easy maps.

There was a blue knight, a demon, someone who looked like they were from space, and a purple witch.

Thankfully, they didn't notice MD, BO and Axiom. As they continued to talk to each other.

"eep-?! who are those people??"

Axiom quietly exclaimed.

"Shshshh- Axiom be quiet-"

Buried shushed Axiom.

"Goodness- they look really scary-"

MD whispered. While Axiom and BO agreed with her.

"That purple witch looks so.. similar."

Buried pointed out. The three looked over to the purple witch, safe to say they got reminded by one specific person.

"..she's definitely giving Valley vibes."

Axiom said.

The four people were talking so loudly..

"Yeah! I'm working on a lot of potions today."

"You and your witchcraftery again."

"Aw, come on! Don't be such a killjoy!!"

"It's nice that you're still making potions."

"I know!"

The four continued talking. Until they heard the lift whirring again. They looked over to the gates, in which they saw the three.

"EEP- THEY SAW US-"

MD exclaimed.

"Calm down-"

Buried tried calming MD and Axiom down. But it was almost to no use.

"Ooh! Other difficulty maps!"

"This is peculiar!-"

"What difficulty are they?"

"Are you guys just gonna ignore the fact they might've been eavesdropping on us? God."

"Don't be such a killjoy, Snowy. All of us eavesdrop on each other sometimes!"

The purple witch and demon laughed. While the knight and space inhabiter looked a bit concerned.

"You.. what-"

Just then, Fallen finally arrived.

"THERE YOU GUYS ARE GOOD GOD-"

They stared at the four maps.

"SHIT-"

"Hey-! Isn't that one of the middle insane maps Beneath was talking about?"

The red demon exclaimed.

"Oh god. Excuse us, Ignis."

Fallen pulled the three easy maps in the elevator.

"GUYS- Never do that again."

Fallen seemed annoyed with them.

"THOSE GUYS WERE SCARY."

"YEP-"

"Woah woah woah wait a minute. What do you mean?? One of their names was Ignis?"

Buried asked. Fallen sharply sighed.

"Yes. Ignis is one of my unfortunate workmate's friends. Did you guys manage to see that Guide person Axiom was talking about?"

Fallen asked.

"Well.. we didn't have any luck."

Axiom said.

Fallen sighed again. As the three went back to Fallen's map.