Evolving Threads (Multi-crossover)

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Ren: I could care less about the Thieves being together... That show ended a while ago. But now, everyone's moving out. Doing their own thing, only to get pushed back into doing the thing they've already moved away from. Needless to say they aren't exactly the happiest bunch anymore. What used to be fun and exciting is now like some sort of dead end job for them. No one knows how long we have left until it's over and everyone is slowly getting more and more pissed off and stressed out.

Tatsumi: Well of course it's like that for them. Before, they each specifically signed up to be Phantom Thieves. But now it's gone, they don't want to do this anymore so the things that would just be minor inconveniences turn into major problems to them. Not only that, but the blight thing, is making it ten times worse.

Ren: Exactly... This is the last chance I have to spend time with them before we all go our separate way. Too see it go like this...

Tatsumi: It ain't over yet. We still can find out a lot from Kaneshiro and Madarame.

Ren: And then what? Half of the team is infected with the damn blight. Even before that people were starting to get annoyed, lately it's been getting better but that's only because me and Tatsumi could lighten the mood from time to time. 

Ryuko: Yeah... The girls were on edge for a good chunk of our run in with Kaneshiro... And if what Kamoshida said was true, then that's not a good sign. But hey, if they do turn into monsters, we can just kick the monster out of them right? Bring them back that way?

Ren: Yeah... Technically we could, but that isn't the problem... Did you see Kamoshida when he got brought back?

Tatsumi: All of his desires were gone...

Tatsumi's voice got lower when he realized what Ren was implying.

Ren: We beat them like that, there's a chance that their desires might get taken too... We could accidentally change their heart.

Ryuko: Oh shit... That's... 

Ryuko couldn't even finish, the thought was more than enough for her to realize how high the stakes were for them.

Ren: I can't let that happen, no matter what... They've all gone through so much, too much. They all just started to realize what they wanted to do in life and were on their way to pursuing it. So if they lose all of that now... I'd never be able to forgive myself. It's why I have to do anything and everything I can to lighten the mood... Or else, they may lose everything.

Ren began laughing to himself and just how messed up of a situation he was in...

Ren: Whoever made all of this is one sick bastard... I bet my friends aren't the only people he's infected either, all the shadows we fight outside of the palaces... Who the hell knows what they are?

Tatsumi: You can't start thinking about that... Not now at least, besides if those shadows are what you think they are then a human would've popped out by now.

Ren: Yeah... Yeah you're right. But now you know the kind of situation I'm in right now.

Ryuko: Yeah... Makes me worry about how my sister and the rest are doing...

Ren: Speaking off, you never told me about her yet.

Ryuko: It's a long story... But turns out I had a long lost sister. We were separated at birth and we had only figured out we were related a couple months back. Despite all of that, she means the world to me... 

Ren stares into space as he thinks about his own family.

Tatsumi: I bet you have folks at home that you're concerned about?