As it had become habit, you had went on your way to the alley market to fetch lunch for yourself and Espresso Cookie. While at the market, you encountered guards from the Creme Republic that had come to make a routine "security check" on the market, despite them not having the right.

You were caught in the middle of it, but gladly got out unscathed and with no further incident, despite spears being pointed at multiple civilians. You didn't even manage to grab lunch.

You walk the long way back to Espresso's laboratory by the oceanside and push the door open, empty-handed. After relaying the situation to Espresso, his expression morphs from mild annoyance to shock.

"Those foolish guards truly don't know where to stop. Come on, let's go have lunch, then."