Void Rift (rp) - Intermission

Ali ducks off into the back room with the dirty dishes, emerging another four minutes later.
"Alright, enjoy!" She says, bringing out two extra salads and slices of toast for the others to sample. "Hope you don't mind me getting ready for bed with you out here. Just call if you need anything." She says, hanging on the doorway to the back rooms.

 

"We'll make our visit short then, don't want to keep you up." I say, trying some of the toast.

"Admittedly we could've chosen a better time." Shadow Stephanie admits.

 

"It's alright. I figure you guys are busy anyways." Ali says, closing the door behind her.

 

Once the group finish eating the food, Katie and I take the dirty dishes out to the kitchen, glancing around for Ali.

 

She seems to be in a bathrobe in light clothing, yawning as she enters.
"Whoops, I guess I'm a bit more sluggish than I thought! Leave them in the sink, I'll get to them in the morning."

 

"Oh, we'll do them for you!" Katie says happily, already surrounding a plate with water.

 

"Oh, thanks!" She yawns. "I'm... just going to head to bed. I trust you can use the door by now."

 

"How do you use it again?" I ask, smirking.

Katie and I make short work of the dishes, making them incredibly clean.

 

Ali rolls her eyes.
"Night. Hopefully I'll see you pop in some other time!" She says, heading into her bedroom.

 

Once Katie and I finish the dishes, the group leaves the cafe and goes back to the Realm of Shadows.

 

No interruptions.

 

A day later, one of the guards from the Shadow Palace seeks out Sapphire in the void.

 

They find her working on Alpha, sharpening and cleaning blood off its blades.
"Oh, hello. Can I help you?"
Alpha growls to regain her attention.
"I'll finish your maintainence first, of course." She sighs.

 

"We could kill them all. Easily, in fact, but that presents the problem with the inhibitor..."

 

"I was sent here by the King of Shadows to reward you for your valuable contribution. If you would like a monetary reward, we can provide it, however the King thought you may wish to have some kind of service or other reward than money." The guard says.

 

"Needs royal blood. Why not farm them?"

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"How much of a reward? I could go for a few more puppets. Three doesn't scare off anyone."

 

"Puppets? I'm sure that's well within range of the reward." The guard says.

 

"I don't mean the little ones that are for entertainment. I mean... actual puppets."
Alpha growls at the guard, and Selene lands nearby, looking at the guard.
Cerise leaps from a portal out of the ground.

 

The guard is hardly intimidated.

"We could provide you with three of these." The guard says, gesturing to Alpha, Selene and Cerise.

 

"Three other bodies?" Sapphire asks, hopeful.