The group of 9 sat in the living room, crowding around a small desk. Neptune was sitting on the floor near the desk with a piece of paper meant to write down their plan. She was the one that suggested it and Rantarou approved. Rantarou walked up to the paper. "Let's see what you thought of so far." He said as he looked over Neptune's small hands.
Operation Save Shucci Thicchara:
Rantarou blinked at the ridiculous title written at the top of the page in round, childish handwriting. "What? Isn't that his name?" Neptune asked with genuine innocence. "No! His name is Shuuichi Saihara!" Rantarou said as calmly as he could, trying not to show some annoyance. "Eh really? The t-posing man said his name was Shucci Thicchara." Neptune said as she gestured to Freddie Freaker. "Whatever just change the name." Rantarou said with a sigh as he pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Uh I can't." Neptune replied. "Why not?" Rantarou asked. "Because I, uh, sorta wrote it in pen." Neptune answered as she looked down at the purple ink. "Get a new piece of paper then." Rantarou replied calmly but Neptune shook her head. "This was the only empty piece of paper I could conveniently find!" Neptune replied with persistence. Kaito looked over the stupid title. "I mean it's kinda true to an extent. No homo." Kaito said, making sure to emphasize on the fact that he's not gay.
"Oh yeah, for us who don't know, shouldn't you be showing us a picture of who we're saving?" Rayman suddenly asked. "Right, I'll pull it up." Rantarou said calmly as he got out his phone to show everyone an image.
"He looks weak."
Hikage was the first one to comment. Her voice was monotone and her yellow eyes blank, her voice only stating the truth that came to her. "Don't smack talk my bro like that!" Kaito shot back at her. "I'm just saying what came to mind." Hikage blankly replied. "Well you shouldn't say something like that about my bro! I believe in him!" Kaito shot back. "Whatever you say, idiot." Hikage calmly replied. "I am not an idiot!" Kaito said with great offense. "Well you dug your own grave by having it set as your nickname on Craigslist." Hikage replied. "I didn't put that there!" Kaito said defensively.
"He looks like a soft boy." Neptune noted as she looked at the picture of Shuuichi. "I thought he was a girl." Freddie Freaker said as he looked at the image again. "Same vro." Lil Broomstick added. "I don't give no shits about any ANIME. Let's just get him and go home, I need to cash out on my YEEZY." Baku said with annoyance. Rantarou put down the phone. "Anyway we need to start thinking, we don't have much time." Rantarou pressed calmly as everyone started to think. "Quick, does anyone know about the layout of Bank Bill's lair?" Rantarou suddenly asked as an idea popped into mind. "No but I can check!" Rayman offered. "Don't put yourself in danger." Hikage said. "No I can fly there!" Rayman exclaimed and the blades of his hair started to spin and he began to float. "I think I know where it is, I'll scout! See ya!" Rayman called out before flying out the window.
"Wait! Take this paper!" Neptune called out as she threw it out the window. "Hey! What the hell are you doing?!" Kaito called out as Neptune let the paper fly. "I was giving it to Rayman." She replied calmly. "What if he doesn't—" "got it guys!" They heard Rayman call out in the distance. Neptune shot Kaito a smug look. "Kaito! You need to step up your game and start believing in your teammates, like how Neptune believed in Rayman!" Nekomaru scolded.
"So in the meantime, we should start assigning roles." Rantarou brought up. Neptune perked up. "Oh oh! Are we giving codenames too?! I wanna be Nepranger Z or Purple Ranger!" Neptune said excitedly. "No, we're not going to do that, just some basic team roles to organize things." Rantarou said with a chuckle. "Oh! Like an RPG team!" Neptune exclaimed and Rantarou laughed again. "Who has healing experience?" Hikage first asked, on board with the suggestion. "Yuh! I do!" Lil Broomstick answered. "That's hard to believe." Rantarou replied. "Yo I dropped out of ICDC college for my rapping career. Ya boi was once a pre-med student, yuh." Lil Broomstick stated.
Out of nowhere, Hikage pulled up her pant leg and used one of her knives to plant a small cut above her ankle. "Prove it." She simply ordered. "Yo Lil Rannie, do you got any rubbing alcohol?" Lil Broomstick asked and Rantarou pointed to a cabinet. The others watched in anticipation as Lil Broomstick put his apparent pre-med skills into the test.
"And there." He said as he backed away from the bandaged wound. Everyone, including Hikage, slowly clapped. "Alright, this M&M Guy is the healer." Neptune declared. "Excuse you I'm Yung Cash Register aka LIL BROOMSTICK." Lil Broomstick declared in great offense. "Alright, time to write that down." Neptune said before she started to scramble for paper. "I don't have anything to write on! Quick Hikage! Let me write on your boobs!" Neptune randomly yelled. "No." Hikage simply answered. "You can write on mine!" Nekomaru offered but Neptune backed away. "Um.. who's going to offer their face?" Neptune asked but everyone refused. "Maybe write it on the wall?" Kaito suggested but Rantarou immediately refused. "This apartment has been vandalized enough!" He replied. "Wait." Neptune suddenly said as she dug through her hoodie pockets.
"What is that?" Rantarou asked as she got something out of her pocket. "It's a pudding cover, I forgot I had this in here." She said with a chuckle as she turned it to the shiny grey, blank side. She set it down and began to write on it. "Rayman is the scout since he flew to get the layout." Kaito contributed and Neptune wrote it down. "I'll be the strategist and thinker." Rantarou offered. "I'll be the brawns!!" Nekomaru bellowed. "I'll be the transportation, I can drive a truck!" Kaito declared. "Since when?" Rantarou asked, his voice filled with doubt. Kaito did not answer. "I'll be the assassin." Hikage stated. "Speed fighter sounds cooler." Neptune said with a smile and Hikage shrugged. "Oh! I'll be the swordswoman!" Neptune said cheerfully. "What? You can use a sword?" Kaito asked, bewildered and Neptune nodded. "I can swing a meeeaaaan sword!" She said with a prideful and childish triumph. "Oh yeah what are those two?" Kaito asked as he pointed at Freddie Freaker and Baku. "I can do a mean T-pose dance!" Freddie Freaker declared. "Diversion." Rantarou and Hikage said almost in a unison. "Green minds think alike, huh?" Neptune chuckled as she wrote it down. "I don't give two shits." Baku simply said. Neptune tapped her pen to her chin.
Before they could keep pondering, Rayman flew back into the house from the window. He held out the paper. "I got it!" He said cheerfully and Rantarou took the paper from his hands. "Alright, I'll begin thinking of an actual plan." Rantarou said as he placed the paper on the table. "Alrighty!" Neptune cheered as she slouched back on the floor.
There, everyone started to go to "work". It was mostly with Rantarou writing things down and everyone throwing in nonsense ideas. They're trying.
