Tsuyoi and Pablo are outside the room. Waiting for any type of response. They have set up 2 foldable chairs. Just 'chilling'. After everything, they deserve it.
"What happened to that girl?" Tsuyoi asks.
That's a good question, a question Pablo also wondered. The answer was either simple, or complicated. Either way, he is just guessing.
"She probably ditched us. I find it hard to believe she lost to him." He waves his hand in dismissal.
"If you say so." Tired of waiting, Tsuyoi pulls out a cigarette and starts smoking.
He changes his position so the smoke doesn't disturb Pablo.
"I've heard those are unnecessarily unhealthy." Pablo points out, the smell of the nicotine is intoxicating. Even a small hint of it is enough to get him coughing.
"Are there necessary unhealthy things? That doesn't make any sense." Tsuyoi leans back, taking a long drag.
Pablo thinks about Tsuyoi's non-serious question. He looks up to the roof where the smoke builds up.
"...Coping." Pablo thinks out loud. But when he realises he said it out loud, he doubles down. This gets Tsuyoi's attention and he side-eyes him.
"...I'm listening." He takes another drag.
Pablo turns to face Tsuyoi, enjoying this conversation.
"It may be fake, but it gets you going doesn't it? In the long-run, it can hurt. But in the near future, it keeps you on your feet."
Tsuyoi acknowledges with a 'hm', he nods.
"Fair. But do you think it's worth it? To destroy yourself later so you can survive now?"
Pablo doesn't respond to that at first. He thinks carefully before answering.
"I believe that-"
Suddenly, the door behind them opened. Tsuyoi and Pablo turn around quickly. The little girls show a thumbs up to Pablo and Tsuyoi.
Tsuyoi quickly hides the cigs to not influence the kids, he then gets up.
"Good job, kiddos!"
He pats their heads and enters the room, Pablo just follows.
"Aren't they too old for that?" Pablo signals the girls to stay here, then closes the door behind him.
"They weren't given a chance to be a kid, so I figured I'd give them that." He pockets his cigarettes and faces Arzt. Tsuyoi reflexively cringes.
"That's… scary." Pablo wants to look away, but doesn't.
Arzt is completely wasted. Barely breathing. Looks like they took out their anger on him… all of it.
"I'll talk… I'll talk god damn it…" Arzt's voice is barely heard. He tries to breathe, but struggles to do so.
"Give us the pin, gramps!" Tsuyoi gets in Arzt's face.
Arzt flinches, and lets out a squeak.
"Okay! It's 111111!"
Tsuyoi raises an eyebrow, so does Pablo.
After an awkward silence, Tsuyoi breaks it.
"That's it?"
Even more silence, so this was… really not needed.
Pablo rolls his eyes.
"Hiding in plain sight seems to be working. Now my turn."
Tsuyoi grins, and steps aside.
"All yours."
Pablo leans in, showing his purple eyes to Arzt.
"What do you know about this?"
Arzt looks closer, realising what they are.
"So that's why they wanted you alive…"
Pablo slaps Arzt. He isn't here to play around.
"It seems like you do know. Then speak."
Arzt's pain is amplified by that slap, he just laughs it off though.
"I…"
The room grows quiet, Pablo desperately waits for an answer. Meanwhile, Tsuyoi is picking his nose.
"...I have nothing to tell you. Other than the fact that you will die." Arzt starts laughing even more.
Hearing this, Pablo pauses. Watching Arzt laugh at his inevitable death.
"Tsk!" Pablo grunts and steps back.
Tsuyoi puts a hand on Pablo's shoulder.
"Don't sweat it bro! We'll find something in the vault room."
Pablo clenches his fist.
"We haven't made any progress."
Tsuyoi exhales and just pats his back. Seeing Pablo like this hurts him a 'lil.
He thinks about what to say, what would make him happy right now,
"Alright, look. I'm sure there is something in the vault room other than money. I doubt this fucker is an actual doctor."
He leads Pablo to the exit, completely ignoring Arzt.
Arzt yells after them, not believing he is being abandoned.
"Wait! You can't just.. leave me here with them!"
Tsuyoi grins and looks back just one more time.
"Oh but we just did. And we'll do it again!"
Arzt yells in desperation, for anything. He shouts for help, but he isn't getting anything.
Pablo and Tsuyoi leave the room. Not caring for Arzt's screams.
As they leave the room, Pablo looks at the little girls.
"This mansion is yours now. I doubt the government will come after us because of this. No news has gotten out, and nobody goes to this house anyways."
They nod, and enter the room in surprising unison.
Tsuyoi keeps leading Pablo. Eventually they reached the vault room and entered the code. The giant metal gate made a loud noise as it slowly opened. Hurting the two's ears. They managed to enter the room.
"Woah… it's like a vault in here!" Tsuyoi says in excitement. His eyes darted around the room like a radar.
"Because it is." Pablo looks for anything useful. He notices a drawer for documents, but there are too many of them to search meaningfully.
He exhales sharply in disappointment.
"It's really over for me."
Consumed in anxiety and despair, Pablo's hands stop searching.
"What the hell is this?" Pablo hears Tsuyoi speak behind him, he turns around to take a look.
"What?" Pablo gets up and walks closer.
"It's saying something about purple eyes. Like you." Tsuyoi inspects the document, flipping it up and down and around.
First, Pablo is very confused.
"I thought you couldn't read."
Tsuyoi raises an eyebrow.
"I can't."
"Huh? But- you- ugh, whatever." Pablo is left speechless.
He then realises Tsuyoi mentioning purple eyes.
"Yeah. What does it say about it?"
"I can't read dude. How dumb are you? But it says something about Sanita Infermum. Whatever that is."
Pablo notices the name, and he tries to think why it sounds familiar.
"Wait, isn't that a Magiborn name?"
Tsuyoi sets aside the document, he squeezed out everything he could've.
"What the hell is a Magiborn?"
Pablo inspected the document, where it mentioned the name.
"You really don't know? I guess I can explain. They look like us, Dawnthinkers, but they are born out of Mana. Their body can maintain mana unlike us. Mana kills us, while they can just use it casually. They don't need Treasures like we do. They do sorcery."
Tsuyoi gasps audibly.
"How cool is that? We gotta find this guy then. He might know something. But it says he is in Eldoria or something."
Pablo gets back to searching for anything else, while Tsuyoi starts to grab everything he deems valuable. From gold to jewelry to just money.
"Eldoria is a Miraculous Island. Isn't it? You can't get to those islands unless you have a map. They actively sabotage your way of direction unless you have a map."
Tsuyoi loots- no, pillages the place. He throws everything around to find something. Anything.
"Well, we don't need to have a map. We'll get on a ship! With the money we get from here, we are set for life baby!"
Out of excitement, Tsuyoi puts an arm around Pablo.
"What do you say huh? Partner? Buddy-o-pal? Bro?"
Pablo is still not certain about this plan. Having skepticism.
"What if he doesn't know anything though? What if he is just a Magiborn with purple eyes? You can't get the full context with… whatever you just did a moment ago."
Tsuyoi pulls back his arm, and grabs his bag.
"Why would that document be in the 'very classified do not touch' drawer then? If he just had purple eyes, good for him. And even if that is the case, its Eldoria bro! We'll learn so much stuff from there! It's a win-win."
Pablo shrugs.
"If you say so. Let's just get out of here while we can."
Time passes very quickly, Pablo opens the doors to his house. It looks… unexpectedly good for Thalorien standards.
"This is it." He opens the door and lets Tsuyoi enter.
"Sick crib man! This is way better than the boat I sleep in!"
Pablo closes the door, and just chuckles at Tsuyoi's absurd comment.
"Doesn't it get cold out there?"
Tsuyoi lays down a couch and gets fully comfortable, like it's his own house.
"Nah. Me and Haisha cuddle up so it's fine."
Pablo rolls his eyes and reaches for his telephone in the kitchen. He starts dialing a number.
"Not surprised."
He makes his call, and puts the phone to his ear.
Ring Ring!
Ring Ring!
Pablo gets worried as she takes some time to pick up. Becoming anxious at each passing second.
Ring Ring!
Pablo grows dreadful, why doesn't she answer?
Ring Ring!
Pablo's hand slowly starts to shake, he doesn't notice this.
Eventually, the call goes to voice-mail. Pablo doesn't understand why she didn't pick up.
"She is busy…"
Pablo decides leaving a voice-mail wouldn't hurt.
"Hi, mom. I'm leaving for uh…"
He takes a peek out of the door and sees Tsuyoi throwing a soft ball at the wall and letting it bounce back.
"...for business. So, I won't be available if you call me."
Before closing, Pablo almost forgets to say the most important thing.
"Oh right, I almost forgot. Lo… L-Love you."
Tsuyoi eavesdrops into the phone call. Amused, he decides to put his oar in.
"You afraid of your mom that much? Speak louder dude."
"Shut up!" Pablo quickly shuts the phone when Tsuyoi comments on his awkwardness.
He goes to the living room to let Tsuyoi know.
"Alright, now that I let my mom know, we can leave." Pablo heads for the exit after notifying Tsuyoi.
Tsuyoi gets up instantly and hops to his feet.
"Man, I just got comfortable!" He follows Pablo.
Pablo puts on his shoes and leaves.
"We just came here to let my mom know. Nothing else."
Kori pats Pablo's back, right next to him. No urgency in her tone.
"Yeah, nothing else."
Pablo flinches and his hands immediately search for a weapon. He doesn't find anything other than shoes, but he eventually finds a shoehorn and points it at her.
Then he realises it's her. But he still doesn't let his guard down.
"...What the hell are you doing here?"
Kori tilts her head, smiling. She is very close, Pablo notices she smells nice. Her lips look so soft, her skin so smooth.
Before he knows it, his guard is already down and Kori is behind him.
"I've just forgotten about our agreement, is that too evil?"
Pablo's breathing gets quicker. Watching her move. A faint blush creeps on his face. She is very close.
Eventually, Tsuyoi comes and sees the situation.
"Oh, it's the chick from before!"
Tsuyoi is too calm for this moment. The air is tense, all 3 waiting for something to happen.
"I'm not here to kill you guys. Relax." She steps back and goes down the stairs of the apartment.
Pablo is still focused on what just happened. He was distracted…
"What do you want, Kori?" Pablo doesn't trust her, not one bit.
"Wherever you're going, I want to go too." She leaves the apartment. Pablo follows her. Tsuyoi follows too, curiosity gets the better of the two.
"Why? What's your goal here?" Pablo avoids crashing into people as he follows her.
"Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies." She doesn't even turn to face Pablo, just wandering around.
"We could use her. Sad that she forgot the previous time we could've used her." Tsuyoi's hands are in his pockets, his steps are too wide, taking up space in the street.
The streets of Thalorien were way cleaner on this side of the city. The air didn't reek of garbage… that much. Pablo seemed like he was from the slums, but he was from the "upper-class" it looks like.
How "up" can you be in Thalorien anyway?
"Do you seriously buy into that 'i forgot' thing?" Pablo can't believe how calm Tsuyoi is.
Kori chuckles, she playfully starts to skip as she walks.
"Where are we going boys?"
Pablo interrupts. He puts a hand on her shoulder and turns her around.
"There is no 'we'. Only me and Tsuyoi."
The look on Pablo's face is certain, there is no hesitation left.
"That's a 'we.'" Kori smiles again.
"Whatever. You are not coming with us." Pablo lets go of her, pinching his nose.
"Not coming where?" Kori tilts her head.
"We are going to Eldoria on the ship that is leaving at midnight today. The ship with the blue marks on it. And you are not coming, lady!" Tsuyoi takes a step forward.
Kori hearing this level of stupidity, just raises her eyebrow. Pablo grunts, his hands on his face. Looking at the sky due to embarrassment.
"Alright, works for me." She leaves them alone, cutting straight into an alleyway.
Tsuyoi looks at Pablo. A smug grin on his face.
"See? That's how you do it."
Pablo just gives up, and walks alongside Tsuyoi.
"I guess, dude."
As time eventually reaches midnight, the two get on the ship with their stuff packed. They find a spot where Tsuyoi can watch the ocean and where Pablo can puke if needed.
"It's my first time leaving Thalorien." Pablo leans back, facing the sky. The sky looks so beautiful, it makes Pablo forget how cruel this world is, just for now.
"No way dude, you're bullshitting." Tsuyoi doesn't believe Pablo, he scoffs.
"No dude, I'm serious." Pablo turns to Tsuyoi. His tone changes to be a bit more playful.
He smiles, going back to count the stars.
"I guess I really am coming out of my shell, aren't I?"
He extends his hands to reach the stars.
Tsuyoi high-fives him, chuckling.
"What does that even mean? You're an odd egg."
Pablo doesn't get uncomfortable with Tsuyoi's high five. Instead, he starts watching the waves. Taking in the peace and comfort of it all.
Tsuyoi leans out to look at the sea. So does Pablo.
"Look at that beauty! Isn't it beautiful?" Tsuyoi turns to Pablo.
But instead of Pablo, Kori answers.
"Yeah, beautiful."