#mesomer

He really missed his swords.

Being back at square one was rough on him. He had gone from a self-taught fool to a hero for everyone and now he felt like the mediocre swordsman he used to be with just these two wooden swords. 

What would Kr-Dad say? “Your technique will be unrefined if you carry such lacking weapons,” or...something like that. Thinking about that just made him feel lonely, so he shifted back to his frustration and lashed out at an unfortunate rock, which soared and collided with a stranger’s shin.

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Arcadia

Steven was in utter awe of the size of the arcade. It sprawled along the border of Four and Five, all glitz and glamour...and with an indoor roller coaster! It was kind of easy to forget the creepy 24/7 social experiment surveillance with stuff like this here...and he apparently wasn’t the only guy who was distracted by the brilliance of it all. Nearby, a young man with scarlet hair was playing one of the games, moving on to another machine every few minutes or so. 

Due to simply not noticing, or maybe even just forgetting--Steven would never know for sure--the young man was neglecting to grab his rewards. Thus, Steven took it upon himself to tail the guy’s trail and do it for him.

Oh man...there were so many tickets...Steven gathered them up, casting a wistful look at the prize wall, but ultimately decided that he simply couldn’t keep these. They weren’t his, after all!

They belonged to...