Zeno got a melon ramune while Atari got orange flavor. Afterwards, they found a sweets shop and split a brownie. In the store, Atari was looking at a lady that with long, cyan hair that reaches her midsection, and matching eyes. She wore a necklace with diamond-shaped beads wrapped around her forehead, with a single feather at the center and a larger bead necklace around her neck.
She also wore faint purple eyeshadow underneath her eyes. For her outfit, she was wearing flat black heels, a full-piece bodysuit colored royal purple, with a dress of a darker shade overlaying it, and gaps cut at the thigh area. It was further overlaid with light brown strips of cloth, with the remaining strips tied into a large ribbon behind her back, and baggy sleeves of the same color. The woman also had a staff that was almost as tall as herself.
Zeno noticed Atari staring at the lady and pulled her out of the store by her left hand.
"It was Tenjian that said that. That Lily was the key to Eden's mission and cause." Gunvolt remembered.
"What significance does she have in Sumeragi's endeavours?"Joule questioned.
"I don't know, all I know is we need to make sure she isn't again." Gunvolt replied.
"Is there anything we can do to help?" Lumen offered.
"Keep an eye on her while she's here." Gunvolt replied.
"What are we gonna do now?" Lumen asked.
"Why don't we play a game?" Gunvolt wondered.
Joule agreed that a game would make the best distraction. Everyone was worried about her and the Sumeragi's revival. The rest of the day was spent happily. Sleep didn't come easy. Zeno sat on the couch, watching TV while Atari slept. But, the TV couldn't keep him from worrying. The night Atari was kidnapped, the windows were shut and locked tight. Copen stayed up trying to gather intel on this new enemy. There wasn't anything new other than that the missiles came from the Middle East, presumably Saudi Arabia. Nobody was going there to check though. Zeno eventually fell asleep on the couch with the TV still on. When he awoke, he started watching the news.
"Shortly after the missiles touched down, the following places were overtaken: Desert Base in Tottori Sand Dunes, Hashima Island Coal Factory, Neptune Megafloat and Yakushima Forest. Tsutsuji-ward is no longer stopping at Tsuwakai Station." Zeno turned off the news and began to wonder how those events had any relation to the missiles. He requested a group meeting at his house. For some unknown reason, everyone brought muffins. Mytyl brought chocolate chip, Moniqa had lemon poppyseed, Joule made blueberry and Quinn baked banana nut. They talked about ATEMS and the data Copen had obtained last night.
"I also obtained some data on the knights. Grazie is at the desert, Sistina is at the abandoned factory, Prado is at the Neptune Megafloat and Serpentine is in the forest. Their original jobs are known somewhat. Grazie's origin is unknown, as is Prado's. However, Sistina was an exotic dancer and Serpentine was a fortune teller." Copen explained.
Mytyl raised her hand. After knowing Copen noticed, Mytyl put her hand down.
"What's an exotic dancer?" Mytyl queried.
Half of the rooms residence turned red in the face, Moniqa in particular. Being quick to save, it was Zeno to the rescue.
"They do Brazilian dances. You know, from those exotic countries." Zeno lied.
Mytyl smiled, with this "information". Breathing a sigh of relief, they continued thanks to the averted crisis. Probably the one time Copen was grateful for an Adept, if ever.
"I wanted to bake Pokeball cupcakes, but Nori said we don't have any icing right now." Mytyl stated.
"There's so much we don't understand though which concerns me. But if we go after them, we'll be certain to uncover their goal." Copen added.
"Atari, Mytyl and Joule were in the kitchen, placing all of the muffins on the counter. The three played in Atari's room with some of Zeno's games. Again, after noticing the girls -save for Moniqa, Lumen and Lola were missing, Zeno instantly thought Atari got kidnapped again. But after checking Atari's room, Zeno's heartrate returned to normal. They all sat and talked about how they were oing to deal with this new enemy group.
"How are we supposed to take them down if we don't know anything about them?" Moniqa queried.
"We know their names and what they look like. The girl with rabbit ears is Layla, the woman with brown hair is Prado, the pink haired one is Sistina, blue hair is Serpentine, glasses is Grazie and we know who the ringleader is." Copen elucidated.
"Where are we going first?" Gunvolt wondered.
"We'll start with the desert, then the factory, next the Megafloat and finally the forest." Copen elaborated.
"When do we start?" Atari chimed.
"We'll start that mission as soon as we figure out how to proceed." Copen elucidated.
Everyone talked about their favorite things when the meeting was adjourned. Zeno began procuring a list, of which he would most certainly use to blackmail Gunvolt. Snickering happily, Zeno thought of all the possible ways he could threaten to expose his younger coworkers secrets to get him to cooperate. Unfortunately, Zeno couldn't think of anything he could extort other than Lumen or Joule.
If Gunvolt decided to attempt extorting Zeno, it'd be nothing short of a piece of cake. Gal Gun, Mighty Beck, Mega Man, Atari, and probably more. Just the thought of Gunvolt's spotless record ticked him off. Deciding to scrap that plan, everyone except Copen took turns playing the game while the Adept Slayer went over the process of coding and explaining it to everyone.
During the driving game, it caused Zeno to crash, Leaving Joule the victor. Zeno was fuming, and all of his ire was aimed at the white tiger.