Roy tried to hide his smile with a cough, but Adam had noticed it.
"...Roy." [Adam]
"What?" [Roy]
Adam raised a finger at Roy with a brow raised.
"You're not… planning anything… are you?" [Adam]
"Uh…" [Roy]
Averting his gaze, Roy made a sad excuse of a whistle.
"...What do you think, Felix?" [Adam]
"I think we should wake Orion up and go." [Felix]
"Good idea." [Adam]
Felix slapped Orion harder than Roy had, causing him to jolt.
"Ack!" [Orion]
"Wake up. We're going." [Felix]
Orion rubbed his face and slowly righted himself.
"Ugh… Where am I…? Did… did we lose?" [Orion]
"Yeah." [Felix]
Orion looked at Felix in disbelief.
"How?" [Orion]
"You got done in with a single blow, and I put up an actual fight." [Felix]
"Wait, this is the first I've heard of it." [Adam]
"Haha!" [Roy]
Almost returning back to his previous fit, Roy let out a quick laugh.
"I don't know what the guy's ability was, but he threw us around like ragdolls." [Felix]
"Huh. I kind of remember getting sent into a wall." [Orion]
As he spoke, Orion's eyes wandered to Toban.
"Hey. What's this dipshit doing here?" [Orion]
"Fuck you too." [Toban]
"What'd you say?" [Orion]
He stood up with clenched fists, clearly showing off his hostility.
"You heard me." [Toban]
The two approached each other, just stopping a few feet away.
"...Hold on. Who is this guy again? I wasn't introduced." [Roy]
"No one you need to know." [Orion]
Though he said that, Orion glanced at Roy with confusion.
"Wait. Who are you?" [Orion]
"Oh, me? I'm Roy. The super cool guy that everyone likes." [Roy]
"He's lying." [Felix] [Adam]
"Uh-huh…" [Orion]
He looked at Roy strangely, unsure of what to say.
"I promise, I'm not lying. And- uh, what's that?" [Roy]
He pointed at the silver case Toban held.
"I can smell something in there." [Roy]
"...Bro. You're being weird." [Orion]
Adam looked at Toban and motioned for him to open the case.
"Open it." [Adam]
"...No?" [Toban]
"Do you think you have a choice?" [Adam]
"No…" [Toban]
He reluctantly opened the case, revealing multiple white pellets encased within.
"If I remember correctly, those people wearing the hood called them something-something boosters." [Adam]
"Ooh! I know those!" [Roy]
Treading over to the silver case, Roy inspected the pellets.
"They're illegal substances. Imperfect boosters. They're made with low quality materials to achieve the same effect as regular boosters, but since they're not made by the government… It's against the law." [Roy]
After hearing those words, everyone gazed at Toban with awkward stares.
"Uh… It's not mine." [Toban]
"Mhm." [Roy]
Without saying much, Roy closed the case and took it into his own hands.
"I'll be taking this with me. Unless Aurora wants to deal with it." [Roy]
He nodded towards Aurora, but all she did was blush and avoid his gaze.
"Huh. I guess it's all on me. Luckily I've got connections, so I'll deal with this bad boy." [Roy]
Slapping the case, Roy headed for the door.
"W-wait! I need that!" [Toban]
"For what? These things aren't that effective you know. Also, the pain is way worse." [Roy]
"It's for Dante! He'll kill me if I don't get it for him!" [Toban]
Though many in the room reacted to the name, Roy had a puzzled expression on his face.
"Who's Dante?" [Roy]
Adam sighed and looked to Felix to answer.
"Really?" [Felix]
Adam shrugged.
"Who else but you is good at these kinds of things?" [Adam]
Felix seemed unamused.
"Fine…" [Felix]
He leaned back into the couch, trying to find himself a comfortable spot to relax.
"It's a long story, again." [Felix]