Chapter 10
When they finished with karaoke, Garon's group headed to Nordstrom. Coincidentally, Lucina's group had gone there too. So, they shopped together. While they browsed, Lucina started ranting. "Anyway, I saw this really cute choker at the Poké Mart a few stores down."
Pyra gasped, and placed her hands on her mouth. "B-but Lucina, that was an Escape Rope!"
Lucina smirked. "I know."
Pyra thought on this. Lucina knew it was an Escape Rope, but she called it a choker anyway? A chok-Oh Architect… She realized what Lucina had meant.
Anyway, the group went to the register to check out. "Will that be all today?" asked the cashier, who was wearing a hood for some reason.
"Yes, I think so," answered Garfield, who had indeed arrived back by part 10.
"...are you sure, Garfield?" the cashier asked, a malicious undertone in their indeterminate voice.
But despite the voice being indeterminate, Garfield used His 「D R . R」to recognize it-the voice from Denny's, none other than…! "Everyone, get back!" Garfield suddenly shouted, and everyone dodge rolled except for Chrom, as he can't since he's not in Smash. So, Chrom got stabbed as the cashier rushed at him with a knife.
"For the love of Naga, what was that for!?" Chrom shouted, somehow not bleeding as Fire Emblem characters do not bleed when they get hit, even if it's something like getting run through with a spear. Lucina quickly reclassed to Bride and fired her Brave Bow, but the cashier easily dodged. Pyra pulled out her sword and used Flame Nova, which FeRobin enhanced with her Balognanone. The cashier tried to dodge again, but this time they were too slow-however, the sweater Garon wanted to buy got burned in the process. Enraged by this, he swung Bölverk, knocking the cashier into the counter. But the cashier now had an opening. Pointing at the ceiling, the cashier shouted out that despicable Stand-" 「 E」!" Throughout the store, the sprinkler system turned on, as they sprayed out the cursed soda.
Luckily, Obama arrived just in time. " 「 R」!" he shouted, and its protective dome shielded our protagonists. The cashier glared. "Fine. Be that way."
But before they could act further, Chrom rushed out and charged, shouting "I'm being helpful!" and he swung Falcion at the cashier. The cashier stumbled back, and their hood fell off, revealing their true identity, the face behind the leader of Diet Coke…
