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"Hey, are you cool if Blues sleeps with us?" Artemis asked after meeting back up with Lu.
"What? " Lu asked, not entirely understanding the question.
Artemis laughed. "I should have worded that better. I mean like, are you cool if they share our room while they're here?"
"Ah, for a second I thought- Erm yeah that's fine, yeah. Wait, are they expecting to share our bed too?"
Artemis thought about this. "...That's a good question. We don't have a lot of floorspace... As a robot can they just sleep standing up?"
"I think we've established that you shouldn't make assumptions about robots."
"Hm... Would you be opposed to them sharing the bed? I think it's plenty big enough. I don't think I personally mind?"
Lu shrugged. "I think it'd be pretty awkward at first, but the kinda thing that we can laugh off. I don't really care, they seem nice enough."
"We should prolly go find them-"
"Find who?" asked Blues, who just happened to be coming this way.
"Find you. Hey Blues, can you sleep standing up?" Artemis asked, prompting a facepalm from Lu.
"Um, no? Would make for a neat party trick though."
"There isn't much extra space in our room. If you stay with us, you'll have to share the bed with us," Lu said, cutting to the chase.
"What is this, a cliche fanfiction?" Blues asked, looking right at the camera. "I would hate to intrude in you guys' personal space, it's really not a big deal, I can just stay with Rock 'n' Pit."
"We really don't mind, it's just a matter of whether you're comfortable. I know what it's like to share a room with Pit, I don't want you to have to deal with that," Artemis explained.
"Well then, I don't have any objections. I've shared many a bed during my travels. As long as I get to sleep through the night, I'm good."
"Inviting someone to join you in bed? How scandelous!" Palutena said, appearing in front of them.
"Yeah yeah, and make sure to use protection, I've heard it all before," Artemis said, unamused.
"Damn I need some new material."
Blues laughed. "Don't worry ma'am, I have no intention of courting your daughter. Although I can't speak for her intentions..."
Artemis blushed. "No, no no, the thought never crossed my mind, I am loyal to Lu."
Blues smirked. "The funny thing is, I've seen the way you BOTH look at me."
"This drama is killing me, I'll need some popcorn!" Palutena exclaimed.
Lu looked away, embarassed. "...I will admit that I find you attractive, but I did not intend to imply that I was interested in anything like that."
"Well there you have it, Lady Palutena, there shal be no shenanigans between us," Blues said with a smile. "But really, I was just teasing, sorry if I made anyone uncomfortable."
Palutena cackled as she walked away, off to do whatever she was on her way to do in the first place.
"We're fine," Artemis assured Blues, to which Lu nodded in agreement.
"We should just get to the room, before Palutena finds us again," Lu suggested.
Simon, Pit, and Mega Man were all gathered around in the latter two's room. The three were longtime friends, having met during their adventures with a man named Kevin, the self proclaimed Captain N. But that's a story for another day.
"What's up, Simon? You seem upset about something," Pit asked.
"Ugh, it is my grandson, Richter. He had the nerve to come to me claiming that he wants to be a woman now!" Simon explained, the other two suddenly looking uneasy.
"Why is that a problem?" Rock asked after an uncomfortable silence.
"Why wouldn't it be a problem? It's unnatural, heresy even!" Simon exclaimed.
"Simon... That's really not cool," Pit said with a frown.
"Am I, as a robot, not unnatural?" Rock questioned.
"That is different!" Simon insisted.
"Simon, my sister is trans, like Richter. Are you going to call an angel a heretic? What about Lady Palutena, she's dating a trans woman, are you going to call the goddess a heretic too?"
Simon sighed. "Icarus, you're just a Kid, I don't expect you to understand. You don't have a family legacy to worry about."
"What about Blues? They're visiting right now, why don't you go tell them all of this and see what happens?" Rock was fuming.
"I'm not looking for a fight!"
Pit just looked sad at this point. "Simon. Please have an open mind. Apologize to Richter, treat her like a woman. You don't have to approve of it, but if you care so much about family then you need to make her feel accepted."
"Psh, whatever. I'm done here." Simon stormed off, out of the room.
"Poor Richter..." Pit muttered. Rock wrapped an arm around him to comfort him.
Palutena carried a tray of food up to Robin, after finally convincing her that she should eat something.
"I'm back, dear. How are you feeling...?"
"I feel like shit. I don't know, I'm not so sure I understand how I feel. But um, thank you for this."
Palutena sat down beside Robin on the bed. "Just take it slowly, I'm gonna help you get through this."
"...How are you so composed?"
Palutena smiled. "I have to be. Really don't worry about me, please. I just wanna help you."
Robin took a deep breathe. "Thank you."
Simon Belmont entered his room. Upon turning on the light, there sat a figure, waiting for him.
"Well well, Simon Belmont, I've been expecting you."
Simon was startled. "Hm, Star Wolf?"
"Please, it's just Wolf."
"What are you doing in my room?"
Wolf grinned. "I just so happened to hear through the grape vine that you haven't been respecting your grandchild's identity. This wouldn't happen to be true, would it?"
"So what if it is?" Simon asked, getting annoyed..
"Well, I'll be watching you. If you keep this up, let's just say that there won't be any of you left to watch."
"You're threatening me?"
"There's no threat, because you aren't going to keep it up, right Mr. Belmont?"
"I'm not scared of you," Simon said with a laugh.
"You will be."
"Well, here's our room, make yourself at home," Artemis said as the trio made their way inside.
"Nice, nice, I see you've got a Sega CD, good taste," Blues said, looking around. "Hey, do you mind if I take my armour off?"
"Depends, are you wearing anything underneath?" Artemis asked.
"Wouldn't you like to know~? Yes of course I'm wearing stuff underneath, I wouldn't just ask to go naked in front of you, not so soon at least."
"Then yeah, I don't care," Artemis said, a bit embarassed.
Blues pulled off their helmet, revealing more hair than should physically be able to fit under it. Artemis wasn't sure at first if the sunglasses were just part of the helmet, or if they were separate; it turned out that they were part of the helmet, but Blues additionally had another set of proper sunglasses behind them. Next they pulled of their gloves, revealing rather small hands compared to how big the gloves made them look. Then came the flexible, main piece of armor that covered the rest of their arms and their torso. Underneath that was a simple black tank top, and a large chest that was well concealed under the armour. They kept the scarf on the whole time, of course.
"You manage to look cool, even without your cool armor," Lu mused.
"Thanks, I try."
"You just constantly radiate coolness," Artemis added.
"Yeesh, want me to sign you two up for the fanclub mailing list? Please, I'm nothing special."
"Sorry, you probably get this kind of stuff all the time," Lu said.
"Nah, in actuality it's really just people I meet through my brother who end up obsessing over me, otherwise I tend to keep to myself," Blues explained.
"...So uh, do you like Eternal Champions?" Lu asked, changing the subject.
"I don't know if I should stay up for the rest of the night since I already slept most of the day, or if I should try to sleep again anyways," Rosalina said, still in bed beside Corrin.
"I am not sure what would be best," Corrin replied.
"You didn't sleep all day like I did, right? Are you planning on sleeping now then?" Rosalina asked.
"Correct, although I can stay up longer for you."
"Nah that's fine. I might as well just go back to sleep with you."
Corrin nodded, before giving them a kiss on the cheek. "Goodnight then."
Rosalina smiled and snuggled up close. "Goodnight 'Rin. Sweet dreams~"
"Back from causing trouble?" Fox asked as Wolf walked into the room.
"This trouble is for a good cause, I assure you."
"...Right."
Wolf hopped into bed beside Fox. "What did you get up to today?"
"Had a boring meeting with the rest of the team, and General Pepper. How is Star Wolf doing?"
Wolf laughed. "Who knows. When I left to come here, Panther took over, and I haven't heard from anyone since. I don't care anymore, there's no point if I'm not fighting you."
"Did you really only do it for me?" Fox asked curiously.
"Of course," Wolf said with a smile.