It was almost dusk, when Alex and Ryan arrived at Simons grotto.

Upon returning to Simon with the assigned Items, Alex and Ryan stand disgruntled and pissed off at Simon for the limited information he keeps providing them on these bosses.

Simon looks at them with complete amazement with the items they hold in their hands. With him now knowing one of his tormentors is now gone and forever out of this world, he conjures them in a table and a fully cooked meal of Spaghetti and meatballs and some other appetizers that was lit up by candle.

The smell of this meal was heavenly and immediately made them drop their anger they had built up towards him. They grab a seat from across each other and Simon smiles and floats down from the ceiling.

“What lies before you is a meal prepared from the food god himself. Gordon Ramsey made this meal from the other dimensional realm I am also trapped in. He is cheering for you all has put extra work into this meal for you” Simon says to them.

“Wait whoa hold on. So, you’re telling me you are also trapped in the same realm with Gordon Ramsey?” Ryan says while putting a fork full of food in his mouth and pointing at him.

“Isn’t that like illegal in like 8 dimensions?” Alex says sarcastically while also putting a forkful of food in her mouth.

“Oh, so everyone is a critic now” Simon says while floating above the table. “Look I don’t like the guy and neither does he like me. He is hoping you can break me out of this bi-dimensional prison I am trapped so he can be left all alone. He is willing to help by giving you two any nutritional buffs any way he can from his end so you can ease his “suffering” by removing me from his presence.” Simon replies.

Alex looks at him and smirks. “Hold on, so you can relay any message I want to him from here?” Alex asks.

“Yes of course” Simon says.

“Oh man I been wanting to ask this my whole life!” Alex says with excitement. She then gets up out of her chair and drops her fork on her plate. “I got high once with a friend, and I had this weird idea that I wished Gordon Ramsay would make me a Peanut butter, Jelly, Ham, Cheese, Mayonnaise, and a Glazed doughnut on-top Sandwich with a glass full of milk. Can you ask him to make me one of those?” Alex asked appearing all hyper and clapping her hands in playful excitement.

Simon and Ryan just look at her with concern.

“Um I will be right back?” Simon replies appearing really concerned and confused. He then teleports out of the room. He then comes back with a frown on his face.

“Gordon told me to tell you quote: “Bloody fucking no. He will not make that monstrosity of a sandwich” Simon Replies back to her.

“Um Tell him I want one. I want one now or I will not do the next part of the quest and you both will be stuck in the same realm forever” Alex replies with a smirk on her face.

Simon rolls his eyes at her and teleports out. He then comes back with that sandwich and glass of milk.

“He told me to tell you he hates you. He also told me to tell you that this was so sinful and shameful that he just had to add an Eleventh commandment to his cooking religion. Commandment 11: “Thou shall not make a Peanut Butter, Jelly, Ham, Cheese, Mayonnaise, or Glazed Doughnut On-Top Sandwich”. He said anyone caught violating this commandment will be tried and burnt at the stake.” Simon replies.

“Ahh so he was THAT pissed. Well, I can’t believe he made this for me, I can now finally cross another fantasy off my list then” Alex says while taking a knife and cutting her sandwich in half. She then takes a bite of it and smiles.

Ryan upon seeing this gets up and prances around the room trying not to throw up. Simon then decides to leave without any explanation. When he sees Alex take the sandwich and dip it in milk and take a bit he almost throws up.

“Alex what the fuck is wrong with you! Are you pregnant or something?” Ryan screams feeling all nauseous.

“No, I’m just weird” Alex says with a smile while taking another bite.

Ryan then takes his plate of spaghetti and walks outside with it. He eats outside and then comes back into the cave to find Alex and Simon talking. When they see him arrive Simon teleports the table away.

“Alrighty then. Now then. Let me give you your next task” Simon says calmly. The next task I require from you is to just retrieve an item. But unlike the other ones this will be very very hard to acquire” Simon explains.

“You mean Like everything fucking else you sent you sent us on?” Ryan replies sarcastically.

“Yes, but this item is very different and acquiring it is going to be a little more difficult. Unlike the other items where you had to actually search an area for, I know exactly where it is. But getting to it and leaving with it is going to be more on the impossible side with just you two alone” Simon tells him.

“And what is it we are getting? Is it More flowers? A flux capacitor? Or Exhaust bearings?” Ryan replies with a feeling of annoyance.

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“No. I need you to bring me a Celestial Rune. Have you all ever heard of the Celestial Witch Kansas?” Simon asks them seeming curious.

“I heard of her, hell I actually stopped a summoning of her into this world with an epic “kiting” trolling stunt of mine actually. But I don’t know what she is about or anything of that sort. All I know is she is feared by rulers” Ryan replies.

“Well Kansas is on par with Ponce. Ponce when you first fought him was weakened due to lack of souls. Same with that “Second” encounter as well. Well back in the day when he was fully “fed” he was damn near unstoppable. No one couldn’t defeat him at all. Leaders of the world came together and put their differences aside to save the world from his devastating destruction. Kings and Archmage’s alike got a plan together to help get rid of him. The problem though was they couldn’t kill him. Someone had the idea of just “Burying” the problem until they had a solution to deal with it. So, they did just that. They barricaded his ship in the middle of an island near Staug City and lifted up one of those islands and dropped it right on top of him. Thereby “Sweeping the problem under the rug”. Simon then pauses and moves around the room.

“Now the story with Kansas is a little… different. She was a sorceress who predates Ponce by 500 years. She was much more powerful than him and caused way more destruction in her wake. Kansas had a best friend named Arkansas who was the polar opposite of her and was said to always by her side in battle. Both of them ended up destroying Bunnell’s capital city and your mother Ryan, was able to catch Kansas and Imprison her in a star far far away from the planet. Arkansas however managed to escape but was later captured by your mothers’ Generals. Your mother made Arkansas a deal and offered her mercy from enduring the same fate as Kansas for her crime against her territories. All she had to do was work for her and defend her nations from any of Yulee’s attacks. She agreed and all was good until of course Yulee attacked a town of hers. Arkansas was dispatched to counterattack the Palmlandian capital town of Manatee but that plan of hers didn’t go well. Yulee manages to beat her ass but with being in a pinch on time and power, chose to imprison her in a Rune slab” Simon says while conjuring an Ancient medieval Art style painting of Arkansas being condemned to the stone.

“This Rune is locked up in a highly secure bank vault over in Deland. New Boss City, to be exact. I need you both to get that rune and bring it back to me. When you do so I can use it to escape my fate. Then can you Alex, get your wish” Simon says.

Alex and Ryan look at each other and smile. Ryan was so excited to hear the words “END OF THIS QUEST” while Alex was excited for the wish she could get after she and him completed this.

“Okay then. We are happy to partake in the end of this quest. Let’s do it!” Ryan cheers excitedly.

“Well hold on guys. You forgot what I said earlier. It’s not going to be easy. Its going to be damn near impossible with just you two alone. I’m authorizing and highly suggesting, you both Acquire some friends to pull off this heist. This is going to hard and extreamly tricky. This thing is pretty much locked up in a highly secure bank. They don’t want that bitch coming back!” Simon advises in a Concerned voice.

“So we can brings friends for this? That’s freaking awesome!” Alex shouts in excitement.

Ryan who was a little skeptical looks Simon in the eyes and says: “Hang on, there has to be a catch” Ryan asks.

“Well glad you asked. The thing is if you DO manage to get the Celestial rune, you can’t put it in your magical void storage vault and send it to me or can you take any portals with it. The binding magic of the rune will prevent whoever is carrying from taking it through a portal or teleporting with it. So, escaping with it is going to be tricky. You need to protect it and carry it just over 1200 miles from there over to here. That could be a handful if you get caught and they send the Deland military after you. So, this is highly risky” Simon says.

“Okay we are in. You can count on us” Alex says while doing a little dance.

Ryan who chooses to walk over to the wall and sit down on the other hand thinks about how they are going to do this.

“Alex, hang on. I might know the perfect people for the job” Ryan says with a smile.

“Who the girls back at your house?” Alex asks.

“Not even close. I got… “Others” who would be perfect for this. Let me make a call to Citra” Ryan replies.

Ryan then attempts to reach out to Citra.

“Hey, I got a question. I need you to help find some people we ran into in the past” Ryan telepathically calls out.

“Who?” Citra asks back.

“The girls we met in the Eyefore PvP corridor. Asylum and her sisters” Ryan replies back.

“They are in hiding right now. Some things have happened in Staug that are not good. Things I should have told you about while we were one our little walk to the other day. They killed two city council members and fled Staug along with Breanna. Zephyr said something about them hiding out in Wyozonia until things calm down and they can come back home. I can push her for details if you want me too” Citra explains.

“Please do.” Ryan asks.

“Give me a sec” Citra says.

2 minutes later Citra gets back in touch with Ryan.

“Zephyr says to meet her in Shine, Wyozonia. She will personally walk you out to their safe haven” Citra instructs him.

“Will Do I’ll be there as soon as I can” Ryan says. He then gets up.

“Simon, can I get a teleport to Wyozonia again? I need to go to town of Shine” Ryan asks.

Simon Snaps his fingers and a portal opens up in front of both of them.

“Well Alex, Follow me.” Ryan says while making an arm gesture to her.

“Hold on, before you both go. Take these crystals. If you get hungry break them and Gordon will send you down a fancy meal to eat. Just like your phone, his meals are magical. The Spaghetti you all just ate provided you a Fifty percent boost to problem solving skills for five hours, however that sandwich Alex ate reduces her intelligence by 80% according to Gordon” Simon states while handing Ryan a handful of Salt and pepper-colored crystals.

“HA! WORTH IT!” Alex shouts teasingly. “Hey, can you ask Gordon to make me a Peanut Butter, Jelly, Mayonnaise, Ham, Glazed doughnut on top GRILLED CHEESE sandwich for the trip tonight?” Alex asks.

Simon frowns, but then suddenly disappears. He comes back 5 seconds with a frown still showing.

“Gordan said quote: He will not make you that bloody fucking Monstrosity as it is a sin to all food. He also said to tell this poem to you: “I will not make it in a fuss, and I will not make it on a bus. I don’t want you to eat it over there and I don’t want you to eat it in a chair. Alex I am, NOT going to make you a bloody fucking: Peanut butter Jelly, Mayonnaise, Doughnut, Grilled cheese and Ham” Simon says poetically.

“Meh worth a Shot. Alright let’s go” Alex says while following Ryan through the portal.

As they walk through the portal, they both see the nighttime Wyozonia desert starry sky coming into focus with the ruby red and purple plasma galaxies lighting up space up from above.

Alex then sees Zephyr ahead of them with Arcadia beside her. Zephyr runs over to Ryan and gives him a huge hug and he kisses her on the lips as a present.

“So, what is going on?” Ryan asked her.

“Arcadia go ahead and give us a portal to closer to them” Zephyr orders.

Arcadia then opens up a portal and they teleport 100 miles away near the Wyoming Void. They all arrive a mile from their campsite.

“Let’s walk and talk baby. There is so many bad things that have happened to our town since you been gone” Zephyr says while they start walking toward the girls Refuge camp.

Zephyr then starts telling them both everything.