Sonia wasted no time. Once approved, she sprinted towards the Inn, her footsteps echoing in the quiet street. She raced to find Tohgi and bring him to their leader.
Sonia: Yo, it's time to go, but protocol demands you be unconscious.
Tohgi: I'm hurt, I thought we had a bond.
Sonia: Unfortunately, I don't like you that much. But I do like you enough to allow it be painless.
Sonia pressed a small vial into Tohgi's hand. Tohgi hesitated for a moment, the strange liquid swirling within the vial, but Sonia's insistent gaze pushed him to obey. He swallowed the potion in one gulp, the bitter taste lingering on his tongue. The world spun, darkness swallowing him whole. When he awoke, he found himself sitting on a hard-backed chair in a dimly lit room. Five other figures, their faces obscured by the shadows, sat around a rough wooden table.
