Working With Phantoms

Calming the Problem

Madran stormed out of the room, with Suga following behind.

"Fwoosh? Please, calm down-"

"Leave me alone, seriously!"

Suga walked up to Madran and placed an arm around her.

"Fwoosh, can I at least know what's wrong? Like, you come into the room all angry and such. I haven't seen you like this for... God knows how long."

"It's, of course, Mitsuru. I am so damn tired of that snooty bitch, sticking her puckered, stupid nose into every damn thing I do! We're so close to this treasure, why don't we just go get it and get her out of our hair for a few days?"

"I understand, Fwoosh. I've known Mitsuru since forever, due to her being involved with our family in a few ways."

"Huh? How?"

"Well, when we figured out mom had apathy syndrome, Mitsuru asked if she could visit us. Dad has his doubts, but she was really nice and understanding."

"To you, at least."

"Well, something happened! If she were as she was just a few years ago when she visited us, she probably would have gotten into a friendly debate about the Metaverse, and even offer to help you! Something's up in the air that we should probably look for."

"Well, I was told by Aigis about Mitsuru's sudden 360, but how do we deal with that?!"

"Fwoosh, stop yelling, please. Take deep breaths, and try to think about things that make you happy."

Suga began to take very deep breaths, and Madran joined in.

"There. Once you're feeling better, we can continue."

Madran, after a few more breaths, looked back up.

"Ok, good. Listen, you can obviously reach most of Mitsuru's team, but it may be harder to reach her."

"Ya don't say..."

"Yep. For now, let's just pretend that she doesn't exist and carry on. We'll see what will happen, but before that, please, do what you do best and let's all go and take down some dumb adults."

Madran grinned.

"Sounds good, Plague. Ooh, I hear someone..."

Madran looked over to see Akira and Ann walking towards them. By then, the rest of Madran's group had rejoined and were listening to Suga calm Madran, but Suga looked up and walked over to them.

"Hey, guys, how's it going?"

"We're having a fun time. Panther got some cool Dormina thing, Arsene learned a thing called Sukukaja, and Mona can use something called Patra."

Philemon chuckled and walked over to them.

"Those are all attack names. Dormina can put an enemy to sleep, Sukukaja speeds people up, and Patra can heal ailments like sleep."

Akira slowly nodded.

"Uh, I might need to have you around a lot more. Hey, Skull, Mona, c'mere!"

Ryuji and Morgana rounded the corner.

"Oh, hi, everyone. Hey, Ryuji, how's your leg doing?"

"Eh, fine, it feels better in here, but I still have that limp."

Suga made a flirtatious smirk.

"Oh, don't worry, it just makes you look more badass."

Ryuji snickered, and Morgana rolled his eyes.