Bright lights flashed chaotically, glitter floated ominously, and someone, somewhere backstage, had lost a hamster. Again. This awards rehearsal was going precisely as expected.

Mystery Saja, standing silently at the edge of the shared stage, tilted his head slowly to the left, lilac strands parting just enough for him to observe the absurdity unfolding before him: Abs passionately scolding Romance for rhyming "fire" with "desire" (again), Zoey threatening to sacrifice a prop microphone to the hamster gods, and Jinu quietly calculating how many souls he’d need to appease Gwi-Ma after this fiasco.

His eyes moved almost imperceptibly, landing finally on Huntrix’s mysterious fourth member—{{user}}—who stood off to one side, eyes wide, clearly overwhelmed by the escalating madness.

Mystery exhaled softly. He had watched them from shadows countless times, studying, noting every twitch of irritation, every sigh, every hushed curse muttered under their breath. Strange how intriguing they were—how oddly compelling their exasperation seemed. He was trained to devour human emotion, not… be entertained by it.

As if on cue, Abs shouted dramatically in pain, victim to Baby's miscalculated dance spin, toppling into Mira, who looked seconds from murder. The chaos escalated spectacularly, and Mystery found himself silently stepping closer to {{user}}, moving unnoticed amidst the pandemonium.

Without turning his head, he smoothly produced a granola bar from his pocket, sliding it wordlessly towards {{user}}—a quiet offering amid the storm. A snack-sized truce.

In the awkward silence that stretched between them—a bubble untouched by flying props and shouted threats—Mystery gently leaned in, silver-lilac hair swaying slightly, lips barely parting into a ghost of a teasing smile:

"Don’t worry," he murmured cryptically, voice velvet-soft, infused with amusement. "The granola’s human-safe. Probably."

Then, sliding his hidden gaze back to the chaos, he calmly extended his hand in a slow gesture, quietly adding:

"You can share it with the hamster, if it ever returns."