In the Land of Tescia.

"Well, you did kind of raise the alarm that Tescia was being attacked." replied Sushi.

Schnickelfritz looked around. No one was in sight but the three of them.

"What do you mean 'everyone'? We're the only ones stupid enough to be hanging around here."

Meanwhile, Lan had returned to the Hidden Palace, finally taking a break. He figured no one was in the Piantabox anyway, and he could look over some new members and whatever needed to be done, when suddenly a large alarm went off.

Tescia had a system installed so that, in emergencies, the members of the country could trigger an alarm signalling staff of an immediate attack. At first, Lan didn't see any dangers outside the walls. But then a strange being was located far off on the horizon. Normally it either meant a new member was approaching, or it was some former villain looking to break into Tescia.

But this was something unexpected. Unless Lan's eyes were fooling himself, it was Sushimo walking toward Tescia, an evil, demented grin slashed across his face.

(Damn Lan, you're good at this.)
The real Sushi, meanwhile, was setting up defenses and generally acting all paranoid-like. He said something along the lines of "We're being attacked! Set up the defenses! Call out our soldiers! Bring the Dramar Frivers! Swing the hammer on all who defy us!

Schnickelfritz placed a hand over Sushi's mouth.

"Do me a favor, Sushi. SHADAP."

Lan decided he'd better see what was going on, so he left to the Random Hotel. It would take him longer to catch Sushimo outside, but he could still get to Schnickelfritz and see what happened.

"So... no swinging of the hammer?" said Sushi in a disappointed voice. Dammit, how about we kill her only a little?

Heart sighs, and walks over to *ShiningStar*. ''So...everything's okay now, right?''

(Wait, I'm confused. Are we still with Star, or are we in the RH?)

(I think were still with Star, but she's controlling Heart too so I'm kind of confused.)

(You guys just left. That's nice of you guys.)

Sushi said "...Well, bye then. Maybe one day you guys will leave less abruptly."

"Wait, what?"

Schnickelfritz looked around.

"Did she leave? I blinked and missed it."

"Well, whatever, I'm guessing those were the two new members. We never got to ki- greet them. How sad. Well, in any case, lets return to the RH."

"I suppose so."

So Sushi and Schnickelfritz returned to the Random Hotel, Sushi trying to make new chopsticks and Schnickelfritz chewing on a bit of cheddar cheese.

It didn't take long for Lan to arrive, knowing the shortcuts around Tescia. He soon saw the crowd around the Random Hotel disperse. Schnickelfritz pulled a girl, possibly that *ShiningStar* girl, out of a bush. They were talking until Sushimo said something. The Chairman of Cheese dropped the girl and mouthslapped Sushimo.

While the two began fighting, another girl, Heartbreaker, walked over and had a quick chat with *ShiningStar*. Suddenly, the two ran off toward the Management district.

It was then that Lan finally realized he was looking at Sushimo. Despite the fact he was outside the wall. Confused and getting very annoyed by the alarm, he walked over to the alarm button and pressed it off. Schnickelfritz and Sushimo, who had just walked inside the Random Hotel lobby, were confused by the alarm suddenly going dead.

"Hey guys. So uh, Sushimo," Lan began to say, following them inside. "You realize there's a nasty version of you walking this way?"

Sushi stared at TFF. "What, are you losing your marbles? You didn't sleep much, Lan, maybe you should get some rest or something... Evil versions of me aren't very common in this big wide wonderful world."

Schnickelfritz thought for a moment.

"Wait, Sushi. Didn't you mention a twin brother a few years ago, when I was hiring you for the position?"

Sushi thought for a moment. "Yeah, I think I did, told you the story of how he tried to take over my old home (the sea) by force-feeding innocent people with disgusting, terrible sushi. But I banished him. He could only be brought back if someone unauthorized touched The Desk of Wisdom, but I have no idea where that is, and what are the chances I touched it?

"Sushi, the Desk of Wisdom is held by the wisest person on Earth, as the legends tell. Who is the wisest person you know, and whose desk have you touched without permission recently?"

"Well, I am a wise person. And I didn't ask myself one time when I touched my desk... NO! I GOT THE GUY BACK BY TOUCHING MY DESK WITHOUT MY PERMISSION! The pain..."

(It's not terribly good RP etiquette to control other people's characters, you know.)