Spectacular World

The Last Night of Peace

"-it seems Lillian had an odd mix of heroes, as Poseidon and Paragon of team Reservoir arrived on scene, along with Oxide and BB of team Sub Enforcers, and Cinder of team Pantheon. Seen here engaging the villain Squid M.D, I have to wonder if they plan to create their own team. It is speculated that the heroes Poseidon and Cinder could be in a relationship after all-"

"What was that!" Sky stared at the TV with wide eyes as it suddenly showed the clip where Poseidon had kissed Cinder on the cheek shortly after the battle with Red Raptor in the sewers.

"T- That was nothing." Lily said awkwardly.

Hope shrunk down a bit in her chair and hit the TV remote, shutting it off. Sky was staring at her with narrowed eyes now. "L- Let's just get back to focusing on the game. You were running a bard, right, Sky?"

"You just picked a bard so you could try and flirt with Hope, didn't you?" Sera asked, letting out a snort.

Sky just let out an innocent whistle and rolled her dice, trying to seduce the barmaid. "Is a nine good?"

"No," Hope said, shaking her head.

"Damn it!"

"There's a lot of math and talking in this game," Ashley muttered, looking down at her character sheet and trying to figure out what each number meant.

"Oh, sweet!" Sera said, reading over her spells. "This says I can make stuff small or big. I basically get my powers in my made-up dude!"

They were all seated around the dining room table now as Hope did her best to teach them the wonders of tabletop gaming. Sadly, it wasn't going that well. The only one who even seemed to get a good idea of how things worked was Sera, who was very chaotic and actively burning everything down. She was still somehow better than the other girls, who were just sort of picking stuff and going with the flow. It didn't help that she didn't really know what she was doing herself. They had none of the books, and Armin was always the one who would come up with the plot and monsters when she and him played.

The sound of the front door opening echoed down the manner, and Lily stood up, dropping her sheet. "Looks like mom is back. I'm going to go check on her. We sort of ditched her and forgot her at the mall. I'm sure she's wondering what happened to us."

"It isn't like her not to text us." Sky checked her phone but still had no notification from her mom. "Maybe she ran out of battery on her phone? Who knows? I'll let Destiny play your character while you're gone. He's been staring down at us, wanting to play for a while now."

As if on cue, the red bird landed down on the table and pecked at Lily's dice, squawking. Hope shrugged. "Yeah, I don't speak, bird; I have no idea what you're trying to do."

Sky shivered a bit. "Turns out Sera's playing a saint compared to what Destiny wants to do to the people in this bar."

That was the last thing Lily heard as she left the room and headed for the front of the house. "Mom!" She heard a loud crash up ahead and turned around the corner just in time to see her mother standing straight in front of the door with wide eyes. She looked almost like a deer caught in the headlights. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah! I am fine! Just fine! Just me!" Her mother said, obviously lying.

Lily shrugged her shoulders. "Right. Hey, I'm sorry we left without saying anything. A lot happened, and I got totally distracted. I hope you didn't have to wait outside for too long before you realized we ditched you."

"Ditched me?" Realization suddenly dawned in the woman's eyes. "Oh, that's right! I was supposed to pick you up, wasn't I?"

"You forgot?"