"I don't like sugar cookies, they're too sweet. And Mytyl said her banana bread wasn't sweet enough." Naomi explained.
"Is that so? I never took you as the type to turn down sweets." Nori remarked.
"I prefer savory foods. The only sweet foods I won't turn down are semisweet things and fruit. I tend to drink my sugar if I want something sweet." Naomi responded.
"Or banana bread clearly considering you ate it all." Nori added.
"I'll also eat zucchini bread, carrot cake, red velvet and german chocolate, chocolate chip cookies too. You know what? Nevermind, I've got a sweet tooth." Naomi confirmed.
"How's work been?" Nori wondered.
"It's been great." Naomi lied.
"We all know who you work for Naomi, you can be honest about it." Nori notified.
Naomi sighed with her eyes shut and head down. She lifted her head up, as she did with her left index finger. Naomi then puffed up her cheeks, opened her eyes and put both her hands over her mouth.
"Are you sick sis?" Mytyl worried.
Naomi shook her head.
"I won't, I can't, I won't." Naomi denied.
"We're aware of what'll happen if someone finds out too." Nori assured.
Naomi sighed again. She really wanted to let it all go and pretend it was a figment of the past.
"A-are you sure, n-no. I can't say anything. Well, my lunch break's going to be over soon. I'll be back for dinner." Naomi added before teleporting back to Firmament with a solemn look on her face.
Naomi's next assignment was to monitor the orbital elevator. Watching cameras wasn't what Naomi had in mind for her day. Deciding to do a more interesting activity, Naomi had opted for downloading the game Mytyl had and used the time available to her to have some fun. When the soldier in charge of the cameras came in, Naomi was told to write a report of her gunshot incident with Copen and Gunvolt for the top brass.
The recent events made them decide they needed to update their security. While walking down the hall writing her report, Naomi stopped and was looking at the ginormous tangle of vining wires through a "window". It was there so the maintenance crew could see what they needed to repair and where it was. After looking at the lengthy tubes for a moment, Naomi got an eerie and ill feeling so she decided to stop looking.
When she was about to turn around, her mouth was clasped shut, and she was tossed into the wall by an incredibly strong kick to the stomach. Naomi proceeded to elbow her attackers shoulders, steep on their feet, backflip and land feet first. Naomi had her legs folded, her right knee pointed forward while her left knee was pointed up.
"That was a bad idea." Naomi warned as she transformed.
Even though she knew who it was, Naomi had no choice but to defeat him. Testing a new move she made, Naomi wrapped her left leg up to her knee around Gunvolt's right leg. With her left knee below his. Throwing her leg to the side, Gunvolt slammed into a wall. First his back and then his head.
"T-that's not good." Gunvolt whispered as he passed out.
Naomi sensed another person approaching her from behind at high speed. Naomi spread her arms, grabbed the persons elbows, flipped them over her back and onto the floor directly in front of her. Looking down revealed it was Zeno she just "demolished". Naomi quickly dashed to the left of the hall; just in time to dodge one of Asimov's bullets.
"We can't keep going in circles like this. It's either I go or I stay, so pick one." Naomi growled.
Naomi obtained enough info, so she was going to go back with QUILL eventually.
"Here's the plan, you use all of your EP and I'll use Voltaic Chains after you use Septimal Strizer to make it look like you fought me. I'll shock you afterwards. If you go along with it we should both be able to get out safely." Asimov informed.
"Yeah, that's what you think. But if you shock me, the person on the other end of those cameras is going to find out that Special Skills don't affect your EP levels. Why don't we just use our Special Skills and continue the plan from there?" Naomi advised.
Asimov used Voltaic Chains at the same time Naomi activated her Septimal Strizer Special Skill. Naomi feigned passing out. It was so hard for her to not laugh as her boss dragged her across the floor by her left ankle. Not knowing if she would make it out before being tickled to death or laughing at her employers ridiculous idea. Naomi decided to have her face hidden by her folded arms and her back up so nobody would see that Naomi was barely getting by containing her laughter. But with the slightly confusing feeling in her ankle, embarrassment took hold.
'Nobody at work's gonna let me live this down.' Naomi realized, her entire face going red at the thought.
It was bad enough that Gunvolt did it already. But her boss doing it was certainly grounds for mocks and teasing from her fellow team sheeps members. Upon reaching the orbital elevator, Asimov dropped Naomi's ankle.
Aware that something was wrong, Naomi instantly rose to her feet. She transformed and generated two Luxcalibur swords in her hands, ready to attack if the situation called for it. Looking forward, Naomi saw a group of nine Sumeragi gunner soldiers in the elevator. Hoping to end the fight early, Naomi aimed for the soldier in the center of the group, shot them and used her Trick Bullet Septima so the others would be shot at the same time.
