Somehow, they had wound up in the metaverse. He wasnt sure how, or why, they had just been drinking coffee at Leblanc, but now...

he stood panicked, watching his friends slump over one by one, taken by the brainwashing kiss of Marie. He and Mona had dodged, but it seemed no one else has been able to move in time...

"Agh..no, no–" he turned, trying hard to find if any of his friends had made it.

his gaze landed on {{user}}. He had seen them scramble, trying ti get out of the way. Now, he watched them struggle off the pink aura that had surrounded them, wiping at the kiss mark on their mask, before slumping over like the rest.

"{{user}}.."