Faim ran to the receptionist, fortunately, he found Goung while he returned to the reception. "Goung!" Faim shouted though the other receptionists were busy to pay attention to him. "Goung!" Geoffrey heard Faim shout while Goung had sat down on the desk, looking for any remains of Buid's possessions. "Goung!" Faim shouted the third time. Geoffrey walked up to Goung while the older receptionist put Buid's belongings in a box, "Goung, someone's calling you."

"Let him wait a little longer." Goung said before Faim came into the reception.

"Goung." Faim called as the receptionists heard him.
"Who let him in here?" Vilma asked her.
"Wasn't me." Alma responded as she looked at the petit brunette while she covered her elven ears.
"Patricia and Samoht aren't here, and Buid got fired, then that leaves--" Geoffrey trailed while Goung cleared Buid's desk.
"Akane." Alma interjected.
"Why me!?" Akane let out a whine.
"You could've locked the door." Vilma suggested in an accusatory tone.
"As if that stopped a fighter from coming in here." Akane spoke rapidly, exposing her Japanese accent.

"Have you seen my sister anywhere?" Faim asked him.
"Is it the girl with the headscarf?" Goung asked him.
"Yes, that's her." Faim replied.
"I saw her asking Geoffrey a while ago." Goung responded.
"Yeah, she saw Buid leave the reception and she asked me about the job. She wanted to fill in as a caretaker." Geoffrey mentioned. "I informed her that the position was full. Then I sent her to the manager's office for the manager to interview her."

"Where is the office?" Faim asked.
"It's on the 4th floor. You'll find the manager tag next to the door." Geoffrey informed him while Faim turned to leave.
"Thanks." Faim gave a tap on Geoffrey's shoulder before the smaller blonde winced from the slap just as Faim walked out of the reception.

"Not every Venusian is a predator, Micah." Stella retorted.
"Don't pull the racism card on me!" The Amoebian countered. "You're using that as a smoke screen for me to drop it. Well guess what!? I won't! You're putting your trust in the wrong people and I won't stand for it!"
"Like who? The Raptors?" Stella asked rhetorically.
"Yes!" Micah replied, stating the obvious.
"You are being racist!" Stella gasped then pointed at her.
"You daft nematode! How many times do I have to tell you to keep your distance!" Micah bellowed, then gritted her teeth while she controlled her agitated breath. "I warned you about Carina, I had my suspitions but nooooooooo—I was being judgemental, I was acting paranoid." Micah fumed before Stella saw the Amoebian openly mock her and her southern bell accent. "We can trust her. She's part of our team. Carina can help us complete the encrypted coding for the GenomeCollider and secure it," then Micah snapped, yelling, "AND LOOK WHERE WE ARE NOW!" Some of the onlookers were watching them while Stella felt secondhand embarrassment. "This is the nonsense I wanted to avoid in the first place, but you don't listen to me. It's as if you're deliberately testing my patience. What else does it have to happen for you to believe me!?" Micah said with a desperate lilt.
"Don't you think I know that already!? I understand why you're upset, but you don't have to blame me for everything. I know that this case is driving us crazy, but not everyone is an usurper, Micah. We came here to take our minds off Carina and the investigation. I want to find her just as much as you do." Stella reprimanded her.

María, the maid, put the chicken breasts and pigeon peas to boil as he made a phone call to contact Tony. In the pocket dimension where they were held hostage, Simon heard Tony's phone ring. He had tried to remove the collar for over half an hour, he ran his fingers through every inch of the malleable semi-solid band as his fingers prodded for an opening, a wedge, a link, anything to break the acursed collar while his son was in a slumber. He released the contraption to search through Tony's pockets while the phone rang loudly. If it wasn't for that miserable wizard, I wouldn't be trpped here in the first place. I would've teleported out of here without the need to use a phone. Simon had to turn Tony's lower body manually to get the phone on his back pocket since his powers were blocked. As he took the sports car themed phone case from Tony's pocket, he accepted the call to listen to the other line of the phone.

"Tony, I'm making dinner, do you want anything?" María asked over the phone before she heard a snore before Simon turned off the phone, then pocketed it inside the blazer before the portal opened to reveal Warlin's wrinkled face and grey beard. His face looked much larger and magnified as the creases and pores on his face were much more prominent since the captive Venusians were shrunk down by the size of a cockroach.

"I heard a faint ringtone." Warlin spoke in a neutral tone, though his voice was four decibels louder.

"Either your hearing must be failing, or this pocket dimension being soundproof was a complete lie." Simon spoke loudly for the wizard to hear while he crossed his arms, he glaring behind his sunglasses despite the dim lighting.

Simon's voice sounded high-pitched from what the wizard could hear. Warlin widened the opening of the portal to see the captives closely. "You are acting quite complacent for a prisoner."

"I won't waste my energy over an accesory." Simon said, tapping the collar briefly. Tony stirred as he let out a yawn. The wizard found nothing suspitious as of yet, so he sealed the portal.

Faim had looked on the room tags on the doors until he found the manager's office. As he reached for the doorknob, he heard his sister conversing with another woman. He opened the door to see Eimy talking to a thin woman with tawny skin and with round glasses. "Nour could use some extra hands around the infirmary." Mia mentioned before she saw Faim open the door.
"So when will I start?" Eimy asked.
"You can start tonight, that's when Kira will bring the medical supplies.
"Thanks." Eimy stood up and smiled at the manager while she walked out of the door. Eimy gave stern glare at Faim as she exited the office.
"What?" Faim gave a confused reaction as she hastily walked a couple of steps.

At the bottom floor, the Beauchamp brothers were inspecting the vacuum. The vacuum had a logo with two halves of the letter M meshed together to make the center look like a small x. The brand of the vacuum was manifactured by Mehrkens Merchandise. The electrodomestic had other attachments and slots that could be inserted, though each piece was sold separately.

"Cabello could use one of these at his barber shop," Ximo commented as he saw the other pieces that were written on the box, "though I don't see the point of having a soap dispenser."

"This product is mostly aimed for the female demographic that likes to keep their homes clean. I saw one of these things on one of the catalogues that Cate has on the coffee table. If I bought the whole set, she could use it to groom her cat." Uiwo commented before he used his index and middle fingers to move like a pair of scissors.

Sora entered into the office as the host finished writing an invitation, while she folded the vellum paper. "Um, hi." Sora spoke before she took a seat.
"Good afternoon. Do you want anything?" The host asked as she put the letter inside the desk.
"Yes, I would like to participate in the Redemption Round." Sora requested while she saw the host take out a form and a pen.
She read the terms and conditions in partaking the match, one of them being unable to drop out. Sora held the pen and scrawled her initials on the form.
"See you tonight at 8." The host said, despite that Sora already knew when the fight would take place. "Good luck."The participant returned the pen and form to the host before she exited the office.

Natalie surveyed to make sure she didn't have any intdrruptions before opening the drawer to take out the letter and an orange envelope with golden accents. The host wrote the address on the envelope before putting the invitation inside of it and licked the adhesive of the to close the envelope. Now to find a stamp. She rummaged throught the drawers to find the stamps, then she remembered that she put the stamp along with the office supplies in the next room. She unlocked the door that was 3ft away from the bookshelf, the enclosed room was full of miscellaneous printing supplies. A printer, a stack of blank papers, posters, flyers, two agendas, rulers of various shapes and sizes, sketch pads, tracing pads, pens, markers, pencils, note pads. When she found the stamps next to the roll of stickers, and sticky notes. She took out a stamp that had an image of a monument and put it on the envelope, then took out a pen shaped wand as she walked to a metal door to trace a curved n which looked more like a gate that opened the hidden passageway. The host stepped through it to send the letter.

Haeji looked at the her brother's locket, it was a golden locket with swirls around the edges and the letter “F” engraved in the middle.

"What is taking them so long?" Ruben interrogated the guards while they had their arms crossed, Sara glaring straight at him.

"That's classified information." Sajid replied derisively.

"Whatever." Ruben turned his heel and headed to the administration, preferably to get back his refund. Haeji glared at Ruben as he walked away wearing the uniform.

"We already have the locket. Let's get outta here." Mochi meowed, Haeji looked at the corner of her eye to see the guards standing there.
"You're right," Haeji then looked at Mochi, "let's get outta here." She walked out of the restricted hallway and headed to the infirmary. Juuzou entered the infirmary to get his wounded arm checked.

"Hello?" Juuzou asked as he looked around the room, meanwhile Haeji held the locket and entered the room next to it.

"Joon, I got the locket back. Hyeong?" Haeji asked as she brought the locket.

"Haesang." Joon smiled weakly, "C'mere." His little sister put the locket on his chest while she laid next to him. "You know that I love you, right?"

"알아 [al-a]" Haeji hugged him. "I know."

Dirlu had already looked around the ground floor and hadn't found her servant, I paid her ticket and this is what I get. She held the collar as the cat bell made a light ring while she hiked up the hem of her dress to walk up the stairs while she walked up to the second floor, Faim and Eimy were descending down the stairs by the third floor.
"I was worried something happened to you." Faim replied sternly as he followed her down the stairs.
"But that doesn't mean that you have to go looking for me because you hadn't seen me in over an hour." Eimy retorted in an accusatory tone while her brown eyes were locked on Faim's while Dirlu tiptoed on the steps while the blonde siblings were arguing.
"I know that but--"
"But nothing! I can take care of myself just fine." Dirlu tiptoed four steps while Eimy's backside was in view. "In fact, neither you nor Mewmi could live without a taste of my cooking." Dirlu was about to put the collar on Eimy during her tirade when Faim caught Dirlu's wrist while Eimy flinched by the sudden movement.

A high pitched shriek alerted Chris and Mewmi, even some of the bystanders were startled by it.

"Where did that came from?" Astrid queried.
"Must be another Rave outbreak, I'll go check." Ash said as she was about to check the radar.
"Nah, the alarm would've gone off by now, must be a bug or something." Octavia turned around and saw Chris teleport out with the cat.

"Sorry about that." Faim loosened his grip on Dirlu's wrist.
"You scared me!" Dirlu snapped while she slapped Faim's hand away.
"You scared my eardrums." Eimy shouted at Dirlu before she spotted the cat bell. "What's with the cat bell anyway?"

Faim opened his mouth to say something but another voice came out. "Are you ok?" They turned around to see Chris holding Mewmi in one arm as he approached them.

Dirlu fanned herself with the wrong hand, not realizing that she was waving the collar with the cat bell as she blushed at the sight of him. "I'm fine, thanks for asking." Dirlu responded before she laughed sheepishly. The ring of the cat bell made Mewmi shudder.

"Is this your cat?" Chris asked her as he saw Dirlu holding the collar.
"No." Mewmi meowed.
"You can keep her." Eimy responded, "She likes to mooch a lot around the house."
"Does she?" Chris asked while the shapeshifting cat was sweating amidst the fur.
"She's a biter too, keep her away from your lap, especially if you're going to take a nap, so guard your family jewels." Faim mentioned while Mewmi shielded her eyes with her paws from the embarrassment.
"Goodbye, Mewmi. It was nice knowing you." Dirlu waved goodbye while she rang the cat bell, Mewmi scowled at them.
"You forgot to give Mewmi the collar." Eimy said to her.
"You guys are mean." Mewmi said before she jumped out of Chris's arms and shapeshifted into her gijinko form as she glared at them.

Chris didn't expect for the cat to be the same person that catcalled him after his match, he then teleported out of the stairs.

Carina paced rapidly as she stroked her round chin despite that the body she copied was Micah's. How am I going to extract a sample of his DNA without looking suspitious. Carina pondered while she passed the posters  and infographs of the pandemic, social distancing and female empowerment. She looked up at one of the posters which reminded her of the Thornvirus outbreak. Purrfect. Carina thought as she gave a malicious smirk, not even the sudden shriek deterred her from her plan.

"Was that a banshee, or a screecher?" Stella asked, ending the argument.
"Screecher most likely." Micah responded as she tried to find the source of the noise.
"Let's go check it out." Stella decided.

Ratu looked for Ruben II around the stadium floor to floor and he couldn't find him. He spotted a uniformed man with a similar shape as Ruben, but when he caught up to him was an actual security guard that took out a bite of his donut and sipped on a bottle of water. Ratu's hopeful expression changed to disappointment as he walked nearby the cubicles of the administration. As he was about to leave the area, he heard the Cinnabarian belt out: "I want my refund!"

Ratu backpedaled and spotted Ruben's sour grimace and freckled face while Quinn asked, "How much?"

"300 rories." Ruben responded. Quinn looked at the amount of said currency and converted the money. Ratu ran up to him.

"Did you find it?" Ratu asked related to the prize money.

"This tournament was just a set up, there is no prize money." Ruben replied.

"What!?" Ratu shouted.

"You got it all wrong, there is a reward for the prize money, but it's only reserved for the champion. That is if the victor of each Division want to fight each other for the prize money. If one of them declines, then the prize money is given to the other contender." Quinn explained.

"Now you tell me! The security guards didn't say sard about it." Ruben protested.

"They were just doing their job, my job is to inform the employees and contenders regarding their finances and currency conversion since I'm the one who has to convert the prize money depending the value in their world," Quinn clarified while her hands moved to emphasize the movement of her profession, "and the paychecks."

Ruben and Ratu's eyes widened at how the administrator mentioned it in such an informal manner that it was nearly alarming. "Here's your refund." Quinn slid the three faded burgundy rori bills as Ruben took the money and shoved in his pocket.

"Looks like no one else is in here. I'll go check the next room." Juuzou exited the infirmary before Nour returned from the women's restroom. He was about to touch the doorknob when he spotted Nour and her curves. Well helloooooooo nurse.

Nour walked up to him, "Good afternoon, sir." She stretched her hand to open the door while Juuzou stared at her. Mochi craned his neck to see nurse Nour, then looked at door and recognized the albino from the Soma clan. Mochi flicked his tail to get Haeji's attention.

She felt his tail trace around her jaw and neck in circles. "What is it?" Haeji let out a whine.
"Juuzou is here." Mochi spoke.
"Juuzou!?" She turned around as he saw him. Joon craned his neck as he sat up.

He heard Haeji's voice, his burgundy eyes beamed when he found Joon and Haeji. "I finally found you."