(Pre-Show) The Lobby

[Guu]

As Guu ran out of the recreation area, the familiar presence became stronger and stronger. The girl she left behind so long ago; she hid it well, but she sort of felt regretful leaving her so suddenly. It was for selfish reasons and she admitted it. Guu wanted to break out on her own and do some trolling. It was nothing but pure irony that she would leave for that reason only to become a hero and the leader of a small city-state.

She hadn’t known DA would be her chance to see her again and possibly make it up to her. If she had known that this was her ticket to a second chance, she would have signed up sooner. Even if the rest of this was hell, this opportunity alone would make it all worth it for her.

Guu stopped at the edge of the perimeter of the press. She could still sense her in the crowd near the entrance. Slowly, the reporters noticed her presence and the crowd began to part. They were probably still freaked out from the microphone incident. Eventually, the path was clear enough that she was finally in sight: Desco.

Just seeing that face again had her reminiscing. She was the first person she ever interacted with in the Omniverse. She remembered this cute little demon girl floating up to her as she was swimming around the Nexus fountain. It was a photo of her that served as one of Guu’s first tweets in the Dataverse. She looked exactly like how she remembered her.

Desco was still scanning the crowd for the strange sights when her eyes finally met with Guu’s. The two stand there, the demon girl still processing what she was seeing. Eventually, she broke out in a wide smile.

“Guu?” She said, overjoyed.

Suddenly, Guu ran forward and almost knocked Desco over with a huge hug, wrapping her arms around the demon child and burying her face in her shoulder. She gleefully reciprocated, smiling warmly at seeing her old friend again.

The legions of reporters only feet away were quick to film and photograph every second of the adorably sweet moment. Neither of the two cared. Guu eventually pulled away, never breaking the embrace, to look Desco in the eyes. The two laugh happily, as Guu lets off the tiniest of genuine smiles.

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Eventually, the two leave the crowd and find a nice bench near the lobby. Guu tells her of the adventures she’s had since the two had parted. She told her about the fight with Gilgamesh, about how she was crowned princess to a city of teens, to eventually building that up to the somewhat prosperous city-state of Ambrosia.

“So yeah, I came to Dante’s Abyss to represent them and that’s how I found you.”

”Wow!” She said, her eyes glimmering with wonder. ”You’ve done a lot since we last saw you! Even became a dictator!”

“…I’m not really a dictator…

”Dictator Guu!” She yelled cheerfully.

Guu laughed awkwardly before abruptly changing the subject.

“I’ve been meaning to ask, why is there another you in the room?” Guu asked, as her senses have been display the clone’s existence for a while now.

”Ooh! Yes! I ran into my daddy in coruscant! He made another demon like me! I want Guu to meet her!” She stood up and waved her into the crowd, yelling. ”Des X!”

A second Desco floated through the crowd, except the monster that composed her back was a more goldish color. She paused in front of the two, floating effortlessly a foot above the ground.

Guu, I’d like you to meet Des X!

Hello. I believe Desco has mentioned you before. It’s a pleasure.

But before Guu could respond, the crowd of reporters started to make a ton of noise as new primes enter.

“We should move this meet and greet somewhere quiet” She told the two. She lead them both to the Recreation Dome.