Working With Phantoms

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August 9th

Madran arrived back in the Velvet Room to find all but Sheila in the room.

"Hey, everyone, have any of you seen Sheila?"

Madran looked around to see shrugs and shaken heads before resting her gaze upon Maya, who was nodding.

"Hey, Maya, do you know?"

"Well, from what Lisa told Eikichi, who then told me, Sheila was with her agent for most of today."

"Huh. Wasn't she Miyabi or something...? Sheila told us about her at lunch, I remember."

"Cool. Well, from what I was told, to elaborate further, Sheila had a question to ask Miyabi, and Lisa hasn't heard from her since eight. Take it as you will, but I think that Sheila's having an issue with... something."

Rosana nodded.

"Yeah, I was chatting with Haru the other day, and, like, apparently, according to school gossip amongst Yusuke's school, Sheila's got her eye on him."

"Well, whenever the two have been in a room together, Sheila's all hint-y while Yusuke acts his usual odd self."

"By hint-y, do you mean...?"

"I mean, like, asking Yusuke when he's free, asking him how he's been, stuff like that. Y'know, when girls like a guy, they act all mysterious, I guess. Don't quote me, I mean, Ryuji es muy caliente, pero..."

Rosana looked at Suga and giggled.

"Uh, care to translate?"

Philemon winked at Rosana, who winked back.

"Are you hiding something from me?"

"My relatives are all gangsters, this is to be expected."

Suga chuckled and rolled her eyes as Rosana whispered something to Maya, who giggled and partially covered her mouth.

"Oh, Rosana, I'd be careful."

Madran looked over to see Suga on her phone. Madran then scooted over to her to see that she was using a translator of sorts. Then, Suga looked up at Rosana and nodded.

"Oh, you think he's hot? Yeah, same."

"Wait, how'd you... oh, right, Google Translate."

"Nope, that doesn't work. I use other sources."

Rosana smirked as Sheila walked through her door whilst looking like a slight mess.

"Oh, hey, I'm really sorry."

"What were you asking Miyabi-sama?"

Sheila looked at Suga.

"Secret."

"Ok, well, if you say so, I'll just go tell Baofu."

"Ok, fine, fine, I was asking her advice."

"Can we go yet? I'm, well, really interested in changing mom's heart."

"Um... ok?"

"Yeah, uh, we now actually have a deadline."

Everyone looked at Madran with their full attention.

"Ok, so, on the 21st, not only do we have the whole Medjed thing that Futaba still hasn't stopped yet, but there's also Wysteria's funeral."

"Wait, Suga, why didn't you tell us?"

"Well, dad wasn't sure yet, but I guess that my idea of doing it on the Medjed cleanse thing, which was a total joke, by the way, went through."

"Ah. Well, since we have that, let's get moving."