Alita had opened the door to one of the many buildings, making Emma think 'How could someone even distinguish the buildings apart and find the one there looking for? They all look the same.'
"Welcome to Avid," Alita remarked.
Walking into the building Emma noticed a whole bunch of people sitting and eating in the bar. The place they had come into looked just like a bar, if not, it was one. With multiple small brown tables with four chairs in each table across the room and a giant bar right in front of the entry. It had a massive display of drinks that Emma had thought to be alcohol.
"Who invited the princess!" shouted someone from the bar. Emma had not recognized who it was so she had continued on following Alita who had continued to walk towards somewhere.
Alita had stopped in front of a room at the end of the bar. It had a decorated sign that said "Executioners."
"Because of George's absence as a ruler the people decided to make a policing system themself, that's how we got this super cool thing called Avid. Of course there are still other things that want to name himself the police too, but the people deny them, so they try to forcefully impose themselves. That's the kinda things we gotta stop here at avid." Alita finished explaining.
She opened the door to show an empty room with just a desk and chair in it and took a seat.
She had bent down and begun looking through the desk, searching for something for a few minutes. Then suddenly stopped as if she had found something that she had been looking for and went looking up at Emma with a pen and paper in hand.
"I'm ready to become your patron now, I just need you to sign this contract… oh yeah I forgot to ask your name."
"Emma, Emma Rosie."
"Alright Emma ready to sign this contract with me? it'll make me your patron," Alita asked.
"Yes," Emma responded in a calm voice.
Emma grabbed the pen from Alita's hand and began writing down her name one the contract.
Just as she did she had felt something happening to her, this time she had felt like a chain had wrapped around her heart, this made Emma scared for a bit she gripped her chest as if she was trying to grab her heart. Then suddenly it felt like the chain had disappeared making Emma feel relieved.
Emma thought the process was over and let out a sigh, and just as she did, she noticed that Alita had done the same.
"Man that was unexpected," Alita blurted.
"What just happened?" Emma asked.
"We just became an official patron and patron-ee pair, so rejoice Emma," Alita answered.
Emma was now double relieved, if that was even a thing, that she finally did the first part of the wishing stars mission. Now all she had to do was become stronger.
Just when they had finished the contract signing they heard some noise from the bar behind them.
"Give me all you got and more if you don't want to become Shy Houses next meal!" Shouted a man in black leather jacket and ripped jeans.
"Executioner! They really can mess with us, show them the boundless hunger of Avid!" the crowd in the bar shouted.
Alita got up and announced to Emma "that my cue, Emma you're going to help deal with these guys."
"Huh?" Emma blurted.
Alita grabbed Emma's hand and got her and Emma to the bar.
"Shy House! Onnnnnnnnnnnnnn Top," The leather jacket man shouted in response to the crowds shouting.