Chapter 46: Astrid's Palace, Part 1

July 20th.

We went back to the apartment where Astrid was in. Cattleya got out her phone.

"Ok, let's try and call her." She said, "Ren, you got your metaNav app ready on your phone?"

"Got it right here." I replied as I showed them my phone with the metaNav app on,

"Alright."

Cattleya then started to call Astrid on her phone while we were outside of Astrid's apartment. Astrid picked up.

"Hello?" Astrid said,

"Hi, Astrid Kilobite!" Cattleya said,

"Hit." The metaNav app said,

"It's Cattleya Tightwad! How are you?"

"...Meh?" Astrid replied, confused, "Why?"

"Because I'm always worried about you. Considering you're a secret hacker and all that."

"Hit." The metaNav app said,

Astrid sighed while on the phone.

"I'm not here for your shenanigans, Cattleya." She said to Cattleya,

"We always had our shenanigans back then." Cattleya said, "We first met and our lives turned around during our time in Pride. But then you changed when you became jealous of The Phantom Thieves and I.M.P for being better than you."

"Hit.' The metaNav app said,

"Listen, Cattleya and listen carefully." Astrid said, "The internet is a treasure trove to me. And my hacking skills are what I steer a wheel to as captain of a pirate ship."

"Results found."

"What was that?"

"Nothing! I just hope you'll change!" Cattleya said,

"Whatever."

"Bye!"

"Piss off."

Cattleya ended the call with Astrid as she sighed sadly again.

"Well at least we know that she has a palace." She said,

"Yup." I said,

"Alright, guess we're ready to go to her palace in The Cognitive World." Lars said,

"Beginning navigation." The metaNav app said,

We entered The Cognitive World Of Hell and noticed that we were on the boardwalk.

"Huh?" Lars wondered, "Where are we?"

We looked around the boardwalk and shops. We then saw the beach and saw a big pirate ship on the dock.

"And I think that's Astrid's palace over there!" Cattleya said,

"And why is it a pirate ship?" Selene wondered as she was amazed by it, "Amazing colors, and amazing structures though. For a huge pirate ship, it's got everything!"

"I guess I should tell you all why it's a pirate ship before Selene continues to be inspired by it."

"Go ahead." Lars said, "We're listening."

Cattleya sighed sadly again.

"Me and Astrid have a thing for pirates." She said, "Movies, shows, everything pirates."

"Is that one of the reasons why your code name and Phantom Thief outfit is Pirate?" Boris wondered,

"Yeah. That… Me and Astrid would also play that one rpg pirate game a lot until her jealousy kicked in, which made the two of us separate."

"We're sorry to hear." Selene said,

"We'll make sure we'll get Astrid to come to her senses." Lars said,

"Right. Let's focus on that." Cattleya said,