As Lusha led them to Smoothie City, Emberlyn, who had been quiet, spoke up. "If I may ask, who are you?"
Lusha turned around with her smile showing her sharp teeth. "I am Lusha. The embodiment of planets."
Emberlyn nodded and turned around. "And who's the giant dinosaur?" she asked. Boomerang lowered his neck and said, "I'm Boomerang. I'm from the Fiji Islands."
"Oh, you're from Earth?" Emberlyn asked. "No, the planet Fiji Islands." Boomerang responded.
Emberlyn turned back around, wondering why everything had to be a planet in this story.
"Well, here we are!" Lusha shouted. "Welcome to Smoothie City!" she concluded. The city was very futuristic with flying cars everywhere.
Floran turned to Lusha and said, "I'm guessing the national drink of this country is..." Lusha cut her off and responded, "Yup that's right! Pomegranate juice."
Brazilian Bug Boy's eyes widened. "THAT'S MY FAVORITE DRINK!" he shouted. Octopus Man shook his head. "I don't care about that. I only care about biscuits." he stated.
Lusha turned to a building and said, "Well lucky for you, we are in front of the pomegranate juice and biscuit restaurant. She then turned around to notice Octopus Man had disappeared. He looked back at the store and saw him ordering biscuits through the window.
"Oh well, I guess we know where we are eating." she said with a smile.
As they stepped in Boomerang said, "I'm a too big to get in, so I'll stay out here." Lusha nodded. "Okay. See ya." she said.
They all sat at a large table and Octopus Man and Kookakoo were engulfing biscuits by the dozen. Brazilian Bug Boy and Emberlyn were just sipping on pomegranate juice, and Floran was looking at the menu with a disturbed face. "Wow, there literally is only pomegranate juice and biscuits here." she said with an unamused tone.
Cutecumber looked at Lusha and asked, "So, what is the other way to get to The Triune?" Lusha giggled to herself and responded, "We have to go beyond all the sections, which is no easy feat without the key. Another way is handing an ancient artifact to the center of reality."
"Wait, what are sections?" Cutecumber asked. Lusha looked up to the ceiling and replied, "Oh yeah, you weren't there when I explained this. Let me just explain this to you after a short timeskip to save the readers some time."
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"And yeah, that's basically it." Lusha said with a shrug. Cutecumber nodded. "I think I got it, but where is the center of reality, what is the ancient artifact?" she asked, tilting her head a bit.
Lusha sighed and responded, "I honestly don't even know where it is. And as for the artifact, it's so rare there is no way you'd have it. It's squishy socks. The rarest item in all of existence."
Octopus Man, Kookakoo, Floran, and Brazilian Bug Boy all looked over at Cutecumber. Cutecumber got defensive and backed away. "What? No no no! No way, I'm sacrificing my squishy socks. They mean so much to me." she said in defiance.
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Octopus Man sat back and sighed. "What is The Triune even doing that's so bad anyway? They can't be worse than that weird void we just defeated." he said.
Lusha shook her head with a smirk and replied, "You think THAT THING was stronger because you were directly affected. The Triune effects things on a much more fundamental level. You wouldn't even notice if they decided to destroy our reality."
A figure stepped up and said, "Are you ready to pay your bill?" Lusha nodded, while taking out her wallet. "Yeah, we're..." she stopped talking when she saw that the waiter was a giant spoon.
Kookakoo gasped and yelled, "CHARLIE IS THAT YOU? MY LONG-LOST COUSIN!" The spoon nodded in response and walked away.
Brazilian Bug Boy looked confused and said, "That spoon was my therapist." They all stared at him with blank expressions, before getting up and leaving. "Wait! What I do?" Brazilian Bug Boy asked.
As they stepped out of the restaurant Lusha turned to them and said, "Let's go to the capital building. Surely whoever is there can help us out."
Cutecumber sighed and said, "This is like King La all over again." Floran gave her the death stare and said, "Yeah it is. So don't betray us again like you did there."
Cutecumber nodded vigorously in fear. "Ok. Understood!" she said loudly.
Emberlyn just looked confused. She felt left out as she wasn't there during that time.
"Wait. Where's Boomerang?" Floran asked. They looked around and he was nowhere to be found. Octopus Man looked under a rock and said, "Well he's not there. I give up."
"Don't worry. He'll probably turn up eventually." Lusha said calmy. "Now come on, let's get going." she concluded.
Floran turned over to Emberlyn and said, "I can get Lusha to transport you back to Earth if you want." Emberlyn shook her head. "No way. You saved my life from Claw, so I will follow this group from now on." Floran smiled and nodded, and they started following Lusha.
They walked over to the capital building which was much smaller than the one in Landland. They opened the door and saw the princess of planet Morocco. A woman in a white and gold dress. She had long silver hair and turned over to look at them. "What brings you here?" she asked.
Brazilian Bug Boy looked around. "Woah, that was easy. We didn't even have to walk through a fancy hallway." he said to himself.
"Tell me who you are at once!" the princess commanded.
Lusha inhaled and spoke very fast, saying "I'm Lusha, That's Octopus Man, Kookakoo, Floran, Cutecumber, Brazilian Bug Boy, and uh... I never learned the flaming girl's name."
"I'm Emberlyn." she said.
"Ok, and Emberlyn." Lusha concluded.
The princess nodded. "And what do you want?" she asked.
"Biscuits!" Octopus Man yelled out. Lusha sighed and said, "No, we want..." Kookakoo then yelled out, "Machine guns!" Lusha looked over confused. She began to speak again. "No, we want..." Brazilian Bug Boy then yelled, "A reason to live!" Lusha grabbed her head in frustration and yelled, "SHUT UP!"
Lusha then sighed and said, "We want to know if there is a way to get to the center of reality."
The princess looked up and thought to herself. "I may have an idea. Allow me to call my assistant." she said before snapping her fingers. Instantly a girl ran up. She had short black hair, wearing a white beanie and 3D glasses. "How may I assist you?" the girl asked.
The princess said, "This is Lola. A highly advanced android capable of human emotion and feeling. Her glasses can search through reality quite easily." The princess then turned to Lola and said, "Search for the center of reality."
"Yes, your highness." Lola replied. Her 3D glasses began glowing as she searched. They all watched intently as she was doing so. Her glasses then stopped glowing and she said, "I apologize. I was close, but a man holding a fork was blocking the way there."
The princess nodded and said, "Ah yes. The gatekeeper. May you find a way to get to him at least?" Lola nodded and replied, "Yes. You can reach him by playing a sick riff on the golden guitar."
The princess turned back to them and said, "I believe we have the golden guitar in the back of this building. Follow me. Oh and, my name is Zara Al-Fihri."
Lusha nodded and started following her. Floran, Cutecumber, Brazilian Bug Boy, and Emberlyn followed behind her. Floran turned around to see Octopus Man and Kookakoo sleeping in sleeping bags on the floor. "Do I have permission to murder them?" Floran asked.