Sharon returns exhausted from all the socializing she’s done, however she bears good news to Tatsuo.

“Tatsuo! I’ve got good news!” She spots Tatsuo and Victor working on something at the table. The two boys look intensely at what appears to be a mess of paper scattered in front of them on the table, with Victor having his arms crossed in front of him and his lips pursed. Next to them are drinks that Tatsuo had bought for them. She walks forward to the two to figure out what they are doing.

Sharon: What are you guys doing?

Victor: Making a guild.

Sharon: Why??!! – She exclaimed befuddled.

Victor: Tatsuo said it’d be fun. And why not? There’s three of us.

Sharon: …Are you going to stay with us?

Victor: Nope.

Sharon: Then why are you so into this too??!!

Victor: Anyways, we’re having problems coming up with a name.

“It’s just a name. How hard could it be?” She says while begrudgingly grabbing a seat.

Tatsuo: Ah! I got one!

Tatsuo: The Tri Guys.

Immediately Sharon is reminded that an actual person like Tatsuo exists.

Victor: The Tri Guys? Really? That’s a terrible name…

Sharon sighs: Finally, a reasonable person…

Victor: The Terrific Trifecta.

Sharon (thinking): Yours is just as lame!

Tatsuo: Corpse Maker.

Victor: Irenian Inquisition.

Tatsuo: Beast Pack.

Victor: Crash Warriors.

The two boys continue to bounce back and forth silly names for their guild. With every name they come up with, Sharon’s mental fortitude dwindles.

Sharon: Why are you guys so terrible at making names?!

Victor: Hey naming things is hard.

Tatsuo: Yeah, why don’t you try it then?

Sharon: Eh?! Me?!

Sharon slides back into her chair. She begins to play with her hair while she thinks of an idea for a name. She tucks her face that’s turned into a bright red behind her hair, her eyes averting their gaze. She shyly reveals her idea for a guild name.

Sharon:….B-blooming tale….

The two boys blankly stare at Sharon. The long awkward silence forces Sharon into a sudden flustered outbreak.

Sharon: Cuz like…! You know…! It’s like a symbol to the start of our adventure or something like that…! Like how a flower blooms and….It’s…it’s poetic…!

Tatsuo and Victor: How girly.

Sharon: I am one though??!!

Tatsuo: Well I guess that’s what you’d expect from someone who named their pet ‘Windie’.

Victor gasps in appall, – “Did she really give it that name? Poor thing…”

While the two boys converse between themselves about Sharon’s questionable naming schemes, Windie cluelessly looks up to see Sharon’s face wearing a ghastly gloomy expression.

Sharon: As if any of your names are better!!! – She yelled, snapping back.

Sharon: Gosh you guys are so indecisive…! In that case you mind as well just make the name ‘guild’ and be done with it!

The two boys pause looking at Sharon.

Tatsuo: That’s not a bad idea.

Sharon (thinking): Me and my big mouth!

Tatsuo picks up a pen and the two boys bend forward to begin filling out the forms laid out in front of them.

Tatsuo: So that’s it then. Guild yeah?

Victor: Yeah. – He says with affirmation while noticing his straw has gone missing.

Sharon: Why are YOU ok with it too??!!

“Wait! Wait! NOOO!” Sharon cried in a desperate attempt to stop them. “You can’t name our guild “guild”! That’s just lazy and lame! The guild name has to be something creative and original! It’s like naming a human, ‘Human’! It has to be different!”

Tatsuo: Oh? Is that so?

Victor: She makes a fair point…

Sharon slides back in her seat in relief: Phew~! Thank god they’re not total airheads…!

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Tatsuo: Let’s just change it so that it’s spelled out as “Geld” instead.

Victor: Oh! That’s smart!

Sharon goes into a complete dead silence. The impudence shared between the brain cells of these two rotted her brain to the point of pain that no migraine she has experienced could ever challenge it. She couldn’t comprehend whether the two are doing this on purpose, or if they truly fancied the idea of using such a ridiculous name for the guild. Truly, her mind was at its wits end. If there was a hell, her experience the past week has been it for her.

She begins to maniacally laugh – “Ah ha…Ha…! Hahahahaha…!”

Sharon: Oh I get it…! This is all but a joke…! An elaborate prank!

Her hollowed, wrinkled expression changes to a blissful smile: You almost got me! There’s no way you guys would actually be foolish enough give a name that stupi—

Tatsuo shows her the paper – “Hm? No, that's the actual name, see?”

Sharon’s soul leaves her face as she stares at the official document in front of her.

Sharon: Ah…I wouldn’t have it any other way…. – She utters in visible contempt.

Tatsuo: Alrighty~! Now with the name down, we just need to make a symbol!

Sharon springs forth from her seat, her arm stretched out making a ‘stop’ gesture exclaiming out loudly, “WAIT!” – As she desperately tries to salvage the remaining process of making their “Geld”. Her loud exclamation brought the attention of the two boys to look up to her.

Sharon: Allow me to make the symbol! You guys took up the liberty to make the guild name…The least you could do is have me make our guild symbol…!

A simple glance at her face showed that she was determined to at least save this part from tweedle-dee and tweedle-dumb. Her eyes glare with a keen sense of passion.

Tatsuo: Well this is a group effort.

Tatsuo: Sure. – He says while handing over the paper to a delighted Sharon.

She excitedly takes the paper and gets on to blissfully drawing. However, what seemed to have been a good idea on paper to her quickly left her feeling visibly frustrated.

Inevitably, it was time for Sharon to reveal what she drew for the guild symbol. She reluctantly hands over the paper for the two to view. The two look over to see a crude drawing that was drawn so amateurly, it could give a stickman a run for its money.

On the paper handed to them, the two see a scribbled drawing of circles intertwined together, with disfigured triangles jutting out from them.

Tatsuo and Victor:…..

Victor: Cute lion.

Sharon: It’s a flower!!! – She exclaimed against Victor’s remark.

The two boys move the paper closer to their face to take a closer look.

Tatsuo: A flower…?

Victor: What are we, a guild for gardeners….?

Sharon bashfully puffs her red cheeks in reaction to their judgmental comments. “Fine! You don’t have to use it then!”

Tatsuo: Nah it’s fine, it is what it is. Let’s just turn this in.

***

The three make their way to the reception to turn in their forms.

Receptionist: Congratulations on making a guild! Here are your copy of the official documentations and your guild stamp as well! Please do not lose these items as replacing them will cost you a fine…!

The three of them curiously go through the documents and items that were handed over to them by the receptionist.

***

*Later that day.

As the newly formed guildmates walk through the barren street, the two boys notice Sharon moping along behind them.

Tatsuo: What’s wrong Sharon?

Victor: Why the long face?

Sharon takes a deep inhale. She arches her back backwards, letting out a cry of desperate salvation to the sky – “I want out of the guild!!!”

Tatsuo: Huh??? But didn’t you say you always wanted to be in a guild?

Sharon: I meant an actual guild! Not whatever the hell we just made!

Victor: Oh come on Sharon! Like you said earlier, just think of it as a joke! Something to do for fun. In the end you can leave anytime, like me. – He says in an attempt to comfort Sharon.

Victor: Besides, you had at least a little fun too right?

Sharon lets out a resigned sigh before admitting quietly, “You’re not entirely wrong…”

Victor: See? Now let’s go get us some maps so that we all can go our separate ways.

Sharon stops in a sudden realization,

Sharon: Hold on. Tatsuo, where’s our treasures?

The four of them stop at Sharon’s mention. The box that Tatsuo was always carrying is now gone.

Tatsuo: Hm? Oh yeah, making a guild costs a lot of money, so I gave our treasures to them.

Sharon and Victor: WHAT??!!

Sharon turns to Victor, scolding him like a mad wife with her husband.

Sharon: When did he do this??! Weren’t the two of you together??!!

Victor mutters in confusion – “I…I don’t…”

Tatsuo: Oh, it was when I went to go buy us drinks.

Sharon and Victor stare at Tatsuo with a blank expression. They then grab Tatsuo by his shoulders.

Sharon and Victor: Come with us Tatsuo…

***

*In an alley.

Both Sharon and Victor are furiously beating up Tatsuo at a dead end of a deprived alleway.

Sharon: Why’d you go ahead and make a guild if it was going to make us go broke??!! Do you have any idea what you just did??!!

Victor: How am I supposed to get myself back home now??!!

Tatsuo has his arm raised to his face to defend himself from their blows. Despite his pathetic attempt, their assault seems to have no effect on Tatsuo at all.

Tatsuo: W-wait guys…Stop…! Hear me out…!

Victor and Sharon momentarily stop to hear Tatsuo’s excuse. The two of them still had a shred of humanity left in them to at least hear him out, even if their faces resembled more of an angered orc that had dropped its club on its toe at the moment. Both Sharon and Victor huffs out of breath, awaiting for his answer.

Tatsuo: They asked me for a down payment and offered various payment options! Can you believe it!?

Tatsuo: They dare challenged how rich we were!

The two immediately resume to beat down on Tatsuo with no remorse.

Sharon: Then you should’ve just done that instead!!!!

Sharon grabs hold of Tatsuo.

Sharon: Listen up Tatsuo! I want you to go back there, get our money back and disband this joke of a thing you call a ‘guild’!

Tatsuo: Geld.

Sharon: GUILD!!! Don’t make me have Windie dice you up!

Tatsuo: B-but I can’t…! Only the guild leader can do all that…!

Victor and Sharon look at Tatsuo confused.

Victor: You’re not the guild leader…?

Sharon: Wait…then who is our guild leader…?

Tatsuo: Henteko.

Sharon and Victor stare at Tatsuo with a grave blank look.

Victor:….Who?