Tiki was seated on the other side of Robin's desk. From what she had heard, this was usually where Robin would curse out the invited member of the Shepherds before informing them they were no longer needed.

Well, that was the average idea. None of the meetings really went the same way.

This meeting was off to a different start as well, Tiki noted.

Robin was missing.

Tiki sat there in silence for about an hour. She had snuck in about two quick cat naps. She would call them "dragon naps" for the pun, but she decided years ago that a dragon nap lasted centuries.

Tiki was about to give up on the meeting and leave when the doors slammed open.

"CRAP! SHIT! NO ONE TOLD ME WE WERE BACK!" Robin exclaimed, stomping over to his desk. He was wearing sunglasses and appeared to only be wearing swim trunks under his tactician robes.

"We weren't on for like a month, so who can blame me for taking a bit of a vacation with the family?" Robin exclaimed, settling down across from Tiki. "I had to rush back here when I remembered I was meeting with you! I have to warn you, I might be a little eccentric today. I'm a bit rusty on the decruitment thing and, to be honest, I'm three jelly shots deep, and the buzz is kicking in fast.."

"What's a jelly shot?" Tiki asked.

"It's a great way to drink vodka fast." Robin replied quickly. "Now, I'm gonna get this out-of-the-way pretty fast. Tiki, you're probably one of the more stable manakete we have. Nowi is immature and kinda reckless, and Nah is...Nah. Now, you do bring your own…assets to the team." He blushed a bit. "However, from what I understand, you are some sort of God or prophet. Actually, I think you're like the Naga Pope or something."

"Oh!" Tiki said, suddenly realizing something. "You're de-cruiting me, correct? I've done this before."

"...What?" Robin uttered. "When? I pulled that word out of my ass."

"Back when I was with Mar-Mar!" Tiki exclaimed, closing her eyes and smiling. "I can remember it like it was yesterday…"

Tiki sat there in silence, smiling to herself. Robin looked around, confused.

"...Are you having a flashback?" Robin asked. "Shouldn't we be looking in on this or something?"

Awakening is the only Fire Emblem game I played. Cut me some slack.

"Just look it up on TV Tropes or something!" Robin replied. "And are we really about to do this?"

Well, there has been a bit of a change of plans…

"You're not canceling me, are you?" Robin asked. "I'm literally the best thing you've written!"

That...seems like it would be a matter of opinion.

"Really? What do you think is your best story? The Nerdist one? The one about the singing piece of shit?"

Those were my first two stories! It seemed like a good idea at the time!

"Whatever you say, weirdo."

Anyway, I know I haven't updated in a while, and there are two main reason for that.

"Three."

Two,

"No, three. In fact, you haven't had to do school work since the end of March, so that should count as a negative reason or something."

I was helping poor people!

"You're bragging about how good of a person you are on the internet. What an asshole."

You, shut up. Anyway, the first reason I haven't been able to update in a while is that I recently decided that I decided I wanted to focus my energy on one story and finish it. I don't like the idea of leaving a story unfinished.

"I wonder how the Joker is doing with the TARDIS?"

I decided to try to focus on Wayward Son, but I-

"Wait- you chose the BORDERLANDS story over mine?!"

I know it's not as popular as this story, but it was my first long-term story and-

"-and people were just dying to know about the romantic dramas of Tiny Tina!"

It's not about that!

"Right. I'm sorry. I meant the sex life of CLAPTRAP! You gave him a dick and everything just for it!"

Why are you making these jokes? Nobody's going to understand any of them unless they have knowledge of my fanfiction history.

"You're the one making me say all of this. This is all on you, buddy!"

...You know what? I think I'll just move on to my second reason. The second reason I haven't updated in a while is that-

"He's been playing a crapton of video games."

Well, yeah, I guess, but-

"Am I going to be recruiting Edward Kenway anytime soon? Or Ratchet and Clank? Or the cast of Tales of Vesperia? Or Gordon Freeman?"

...You can't deny some of those would be pretty cool.

"Keep it in the fandom, buddy."

Anyway, the other, third-ish reason I took a while to update was that I realized something that would be the perfect sequel to this story, but I have to wait until I have more information on the upcoming game.

"Upcoming game?...You don't mean…?"

Correct. I want to make another sequel of this story with the Super Smash Brothers.

"That's actually pretty badass! Wait- I'm still in it, right?"

Robin, you are actually one of the least expendable parts of this story. In fact, I'm going to be updating the story less often because I want to wait for the next Smash Brothers game to come out. That way, I will know for a fact if Robin or any of the Awakening characters are involved in the game.

"I could see myself as a Smasher…"

I'm kinda thinking of calling it 'Decruited: UnSmashed' or something. Maybe something that's a play on words of 'New Challenger Approaching.'

"The first one's kinda dumb and the second one's kind of wordy. Just throw it out to the crowd or something."

Yeah. If you guys have any ideas, just let me know.

"For the record, I was joking about reviewing Ratchet and Clank. There is no way I am letting you outstretch my skills to the Piss Station All Star ripoffs!"

I'm not exactly surprised a Nintendo character is a bit of a Nintendo fanboy. Although, since I am talking to you, I've always wanted to ask you something.

"Shoot."

Does it bother you that you're aware of the fourth wall? That there is some outworldly force controlling all your actions and, while he may not know exactly how he gets you there, already has a plan set out for you?

"Not really."

Really? I'm surprised you aren't bothered by that.

"Says that Catholic."

Hey, let's not bring religion into this. Just because I'm Catholic-

"What's a Cat-Lick?"

Robin looked at Tiki, who had a curious look on her face.

"Oh. Tiki. Right. Forgot about you." Robin said sheepishly.

"Who's the voice you're talking to?" Tiki asked.

...Um...I'm...Naga?

"...You do realize she of all people would know what Naga sounds like, right?" Robin asked. "There is no way she would-"

"Oh! Naga!" Tiki exclaimed. "Forgive me for not recognizing you! Why are you contacting Robin today?"

Oh...Well, that's not important, Tiki. What is important is this special mission I have to give you.

"Really?" Robin and Tiki both asked, with their tones being suspicious and eager, respectively.

Yes! I want you to...um...eat a tree.

"...What?" Tiki asked.

Yes. Turn into a dragon...and eat a tree.

"...This some kind of fetish or something?" Robin asked. Tiki, however, didn't seem to hear him.

"Very well, Naga." She said, somewhat hesitantly. "I suppose I should go...eat a tree." She transformed into a dragon and flew through Robin's newly repaired window, shattering it.

...For the record, it's not a fetish. I just needed to give us some time.

"Time for what?" Robin asked.

Time to end the chapter.

"Oh." Robin said. "Since I assume you don't need endnotes, when are you going to end this?"