The newly named "Red Fanclub" continue, going up stairs, till they reach the elevator, and notice a, "Floor -1" button, pressing it, the elevator goes sideways, ending them up in what looks like a, medical ward? They wander down a flight of stairs, until they reach a door, with a strange voice on the other side
"Hello little stagehands! Are you ready to join me in the mainstage? The show is about to start! And we still have lots of lines to rehearse-continue!"
"All you have to do, is get the key back from that TRAITOROUS cat-kitty! I bet you know him! Plus, I have a very COOL prize-gift for participating!"
"So, whaddya say? Deal or no deal?"
After a bit of deliberation, the 5 (well, 4 really), decide to talk to that shopkeeper about the key they need
After heading all the way back to his shop, The shopkeep notice the look in their eye and
"Ah, you met with my old partner? Very well then, I assume you want the key to her "Hospital room"
"I'll give you the key, sure, but first, I must tell you why she's in there"
"A few years ago, we were a traveling team of storytellers, she wrote, I managed to finances and other matters, and we both acted, but one day, a strange man talked to her, giving her new ideas, but, not good ideas"
"Her stories seemed rushed, increasing the pace far too fast for us, and even trying to evolve more than two characters at once, but I helped calm her down, but"
"She started to take a decline in health, coughing, sneezing, and more, with it getting worse and worse over time, untill she was too sick, and became bedridden"
"But she didn't act like it, and we locked her in there so she doesn't keel over from her endless plague"
"And she's still in there, rehearsing plays she'll never finish"
"...But, maybe you, the heroes of legend, can save her from her endless fate"
He hands them the key, a broken key in a cross shape, and they head back, put the key in the door, and enter her room, though, Alice hops in november's bag, while red heads off to chat with the king
"W-HONDEROUS! Though, there is one token fee I forgot about..."
"What fee? We got your key, what more do you- WAAH" Melissa says, as she and the rest of the teabarely dodge an axe from above
"You 3 must perish-die before the show can continue!!!"
She knocks Melissa and November on the ground, before stepping closer to November,
"Especially you, with that soul-essence!"
She tosses a sword directly at November, but...
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"Get away from my friend!"
"Well, it seems your friends-amigos are back by popular demand, now..."
"Let the show begin!"
[Battle Start]