Because it could never be that easy...

[ww_arcadia]

A little over a month had passed. Occasionally, there'd be word from inside Arcadia. Occasionally, there'd be more deliveries of food. But the uneasy peace was doomed from the start, and at least some people knew that.

Eventually the message comes. Something has been found. Something that Copy X wants to speak to them in person about, but he can't leave the city at the time. He thinks Weil is suspicious and would take advantage of any absence. But he can give them access codes to an area of Arcadia away from the human residential sections, where they can meet...

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[vengeancechild]

"The fewer people up there the better," Zero says. Which he knows sounds like the excuse it is, until he adds, "With the way the simulation is, and the game version, there's barely enough room to dodge. Friendly fire would just make things worse."

Lumine, meanwhile, suddenly becomes shorter and primarily yellow, shifting to Heat. The reason why seems to be to avoid being recognized by Copy X, now exiting the repair building with X and Phantom.