Agen't Phoenix's (unhinged) Shitpost Office

Where everything related to I Expect You To Die goes, including my silly character stuff. What you get when some mischievous eldritch entity has human form.

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

"Sometimes, I like to stay after hours just to watch the flame dance in the dark. I find it quite calming.."

Welcome to the shitpost office! Expect significant deviations from canon and possibly rare posts if the fixation ever starts to fade. I'm open for roleplay as well! (mostly text form, maybe some bonus art to go with when I feel like it.)

So, feel free to ask questions directly or through a muse if you want. They won't bite ;) (they do) I've got a decent bit of lore figured out already, some of which I might not reveal until asked about. Oooooh!! oooh! Secrets?! ⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘ Important information ⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘ » ⌘ Calling this the Eldritch AU

Agency file for my Phoenix can be found here » ⌘ Orange text means it's my Phoenix talking, simple enough.

» ⌘ Blue text means it's my version of Reginald Crane talking.

» ⌘ Purple text is Dr. Roxana Prism (I don't plan on using her much though)

» ⌘ I've assigned my Phoenix the title of Lil Phoenix or Numi for multiversal recognition. » ⌘ Topics that may or may not be uncomfortable to some (ie:cannibalism, abuse and trauma mostly) may come up, but I'll try to avoid going too deep into the topics and make sure to tag properly as best as I can. So basically I'll just kinda skim the surface a bit with a silly cartoony twist, mostly. Maybe that'll change later, but that's what I'm personally comfortable-ish with currently. » ⌘ might have the Handler/reg reply based on if whether it makes more sense for him to respond or if someone asks him directly. (Haven't figured out a design in my own style for him yet, but he's there somewhere) » ⌘ this AU has a lot of comedy. It's not all going to be dark, so no worries!! §(*￣▽￣*)§ It's also subject to changes based on whatever I think is either funniest or cooler. » ⌘ There's some eldritch/mild to moderate horror themes in the lore. Be warned!

» ⌘ There may be certain details/recurring motifs in some lore pieces. So keep your peepers peeled!

» ⌘ There is some swearing, but I'll try to keep it to a minimum. » ⌘ Feed my stuff to slop AI and I will feed you to the creature. None of my content is to be used to train AI of any kind, be it generative or otherwise. » ⌘ Interactions welcome and hyped! (Roleplay included. If you ever want to end an rp for any reason just lmk! I value boundaries and won't judge) » ⌘ I have little experience in these types of blogs, but I'm getting better!

» ⌘ My artstyle is very inconsistant and I struggle greatly /silly

» ⌘ If you send me your OC/sona I might try to draw it at one point!! But no promises! (be sure to give details if there's scars or something that's not exactly easy to make out from the reference alone)

» ⌘ Dynamically handicapped girlie 💔 (that's me..) So sometimes I can and sometimes I can't. So simple yet so annoying /silly (Chronic fatigue sucks)

[f3arow]

happy anniversary of the last time i posted ever. here's phoenix and handler :)

[zoraxisescapepod]

Diversity win! Zoraxis death trap will kill me regardless of my pronouns!

We hope your escape pod experience is a pleasant one!

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

@agentphoenixcrittercore We have reached safety for Pyre so you know what that means (new post time)

A quick recap for all who aren't myself and Agent Phoenix Critter Core/ those of you who have not been following our many reblogs: Numi is their Phoenix and Pyre is my Phoenix. Numi is at Prism-1's (also known as Rox) house with Reginald-1. Numi has eldritch powers which led to them accidentally starting a voice call with Pyre. This call has recently upgraded to a video call but the video is seen through a small glass sculpture Pyre has been carrying around. Numi can sort of project themselves on any reflective surface, or at least that's how it looks to Pyre. Numi can only do this in places where the sculpture goes though. As for Pyre, they recently found out that there were a bunch of coroner's reports for them (as in each report detailed a different end for Pyre that happened on a mission. There are hundreds of these reports). The reports all seem legit so Pyre went to check out the Lost Asset Retrievel Unit (which is mostly located at o e of the agency bases)for any clues on what the reports meant, they got caught and then escaped with Numi's help. The agency did get their bag sadly but it only had a few things including the Phantom's note (oops for them). All the coroner's reports were signed by Morales; also the piece of glass was taken from his office when they were caught. When Pyre did get taken, they were moved to Morales' office and told to wait (they were locked in the room). Pyre is currently on an earpiece call with Roxanna-2 (also know as Pris) who is going to leave once she helps Reginald-2 and Pyre get a safe spot to meet. Pris is leaving because she has been on the call for a while and is getting tired.

The part about the glass being used for the call I didn't explain well so here's a better explanation: Numi used their powers to connect the surface of a stopwatch in their world to the surface of a shiny object (the sculpture was what Pyre chose) in Pyre's world. Numi can project themself on any reflective surface near the object. This includes access to any cameras nearby which means they can also stop the cameras.

Prism-1 and Reginald-1 refer to the version from Numi's universe and Prism-2 and Reginald-2 are from Pyre's universe. You get the idea I'm sure.

Might be good to mention that my Phoenix uses red text, Numi uses orange instead, the handlers both use blue and the Prisms are purple.

If you do want to read the other parts, here's the link to the last chain which has links to the ones before it and so on. Reading then will definitely give you better context but it may take a while. We continue the story by each rebloging. I think this is the 5th or 6th chain (?)

Reblog by @agentphoenixcrittercore

💬 18  🔁 45  ❤️ 5 · "Pretty much!" Numi's shape moved between each facet of the shard one by one in succession as soon as it was placed down

Anyway I think I got all the important stuff but when you (I'm referring to Agent-Phoenix-Critter-Core) reblog it add anything I missed. Now, we shall resume the story:

"I'm like 90% sure that's meant to be some kind of a sculpture... Ooh or maybe it's an award or something?"

"Pyre" Prism addressed them.

"Yeeees?"

"Reggie said that a safe meeting place should be at that restaurant down near the end of the city. He's friends with a lot of the people there and they don't know about the agency so they wouldn't alert anyone."

"Oh, well that's perfect. I started in that direction so I should be there in a few minutes." Pyre felt their stomach rumble. It was almost dinner and they hadn't eaten anything for the entire day so they were starving once they realized the time.

(This whole thing has happened in one day which is crazy because we've been writing this for multiple weeks)

Pyre drove for a few minutes before finding the slightly run down restaurant. They never minded if a place was run down, though. Pyre has eaten moldy food plenty of times and most places were way better than the moldy sandwiches left in a Zoraxis escape pod.

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

(Small corrections to the recap: Numi purposefully messed around and found pyre by coincidence. Also it's a pocket mirror, not a pocket watch. /lh /nm /gen) Numi nodded along to Pyre's musings, legs kicking in the air as they sat on Pris' main living room couch.

Their shadowy reflection kept bouncing from one spot to the next inside the car, taking a good look around to pass the time. "Wow.. I don't know what I'm in right now but this is hard to see through. Everything looks so weird!" they say with an amused tone while looking through one of the belt buckles' metallic bits. On their end it's like the image is broken up into a blurry UV map of the piece (like 3D art texturing basically).

Then the restaurant came into view.

"OOoh! Restaurant!"

The thought of a restaurant reminded them of food, which reminded them of how hungry they are as well. They let out a small groan. "Ro-butleerrrr!" they half-wiled pleadingly. "Fooooood!" Numi might be a little spoiled, honestly.

"Coming!" shouted the robot from out of frame. Rushing in with the plate in hand plus a complementary juicebox (Rox has those because it's convenient sometimes.. Also this isn't the first time Numi came back here). "Here you go! Be careful, it's hot! If you need me again I'll be charging up over there. Goodbye~" And off it goes into the-- the thing! You know the thing.

Numi had a large smile on their face when they saw the food arriving. "Thanks! And have a good nap." They took the plate and set it down on their lap, then the unopened juice box which they deposited on the cushion next to them.

The child looked down at the steamy plate of food and started to drool. There were no more words, only the sound of a consuming VOID (/silly) devouring everything on that plate with the energy of a kitten that hasn't eaten in 5 minutes.

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

"Oooohhh what food did you get?" Pyre asked as they got out of their car.

They grabbed the glass and started walking to the restaurant, getting a few wierd glances on the way. Pyre walked into the bar/ diner and spotted Reginald at one of the tables in the back corner. The diner was average sized and had enough people in it that nobody would be able to hear your conversations from far but it wasn't so busy that you could call the place 'popular'.

Pyre moved to the table and sat down across from Reginald. He opened his mouth to talk but was interrupted by a server who (luckily for Pyre) was ready, Reginald seemed to have already ordered and water which Pyre had definitely not drank for a while.

"Hi, you can call me Elliot, I'll be your server today. Your friend here already ordered for the two of you so here is a roast beef sandwich with extra cheese for you~" Pyre was given a plate with a delicious looking sandwich, and Reginald had remember that they liked extra cheese yayyy. "And a hotdog, extra cooked for you." Reginald got himself a hotdog that was slightly burnt, of course. The server walked off to go attend to other tables and left Pyre and Reginald to talk.

Pyre dug in while Reginald started talking.

"Well then, Agent, would you like to go first? Because frankly I did not hear a lick of what Roxanna was saying except for that you had been kidnapped- or was it caught?" Reginald sighed heavily. "Agent, would you care to explain what happened between when I left you and that radio alone, until now- and why do you have that thing? Is it meant to be art or is it some kind of award?" Reginald said stirnly as he poked the sculpture.

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

They let out a small burp, licking their mouth then wiping it with their sleeve before responding; "Sandwich! And an apple juice." Said apple juice was picked up after setting the empty plate aside, in goes the straw! Siiip. slurp. ssllllrp. SSLLLLRRRP. Ahh. Good stuff!

They watched and listened as Pyre entered the establishment, going "Ooo, yum!" at the description of what Pyre was getting for dinner.

Then came Reginald's monologue.

Sensing an opportunity to be silly, they moved their figure to the most prominent facet of the shard that faced Reg-2 directly.

"Boo!" The scribbly white eyes squinted up in amusement whilst they greeted Reginald-2 with a friendly wave. Snickering.

"I am the evil genie of the trophy thing! Fear me!"

The shadow made a gesture that could be easily recognized as drinking out of a straw from something in their hand which can't be seen. Pyre can hear the slurping.

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

Pyre was the only one who could hear Numi until they suddenly said boo and found some kind of a way to make it that Reginald heard it too.

"Aaaaah" Reginald shrieked in a very high-pitched tone. He startled and nearly jumped out of his seat while Pyre broke out in laughter. "Goodness gracious, what in the world is that THING, Agent???"

Pyre took aa minute to calm their laughter before saying: "The- the person from the radio-" their sentence was interrupted with occasional laughter "The other Phoenix, it's them." Pyre paused "wait you have a juice box??? Luckyyyy."

Reginald sighed again. "Agent, how on earth did you two do that?"

"I didn't do anything. It's Numi who has the powers. They did something- I'm not sure what- and were able to connect something shiny over on their end to something shiny here. So we can see them and they can see every shiny surface here. But they're connected to the sculpture so can only see stuff in the same place as it."

"That's quite interesting but I still believe I'm missing some context on why you had problems with the agency?"

"Oohhhhhh that. I found a bunch of my own death certificate's and went to go investigate. Pris was being my handler buttttt let's just say she didn't account for the many cameras. I got caught, blah, blah, blah, skip to me being taken down to Morales' office. I stole this." They held up the glass Numi was in. "Then Numi helped me get out by stopping the cameras. That sums it up I think."

"And why didn't you let me know about any of this before breaking into an Agency building?"

"I was pretty sure I could trust you but I had to be safe." Pyre chuckled slightly awkwardly. "Remember what happened with Juniper? Didn't want another of those." It was true but that was not Pyre's reasoning in the moment. In hindsight they definitely should have told Reginald, the person who knew Agency buildings like the back of his hand.

"I guess the trust issues were never written on your resume. Hmm but what can I expect from an Agent like you?" Reginald mumbled. "Alright. Wait, Agent have you slept at all since this morning? You woke up at 3 am didn't you? That is not good for you you know-"

"Whatever, I'll sleep tonight." That was probably untrue. They had barely gotten any sleep this week.

"Anyway, here's Numi. We can't really see what they look like unless we're in person but-"

"Hold on, Agent. Did you say you were brought to Morales' office?"

"Yeah? Why?"

"Why did Morales want to see you?"

"Uhm, he signed all the coroner's reports so I assume that has something to do with it."

"What? He signed the reports?" Reginald's Spidey senses are tingling.

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

They set the juice box in the air (Remembering about the TK!) and the pocket mirror in front of them (with TK as well ofc). Reclining back on the couch to stretch noisily. GGGHN!

"Yep! Me! From the radio!" they chimed in after Pyre explained who they were. "And yeaaah! I'm the lucky juice winner." they smirked smirkingly.

They lean back and bring the mirrow closer, hovering it in the air. Listening to the rest of the exchange in silence up until Pyre introduced them towards the end. Waving enthusiastically only to stop when Reg-2 cut Pyre off and asked about the reports.

Ohh.. That's a Reggie look of 'something's up' if they haven't seen one!

"Suspicious, right?!" they threw their hands up in the air to emphasize.

"So, of course we had to get Pyre out of there before whatever was coming next!" They grabbed the juice box out of the air and hastily slurped down the rest of its contents until it crumpled up, then tossed it into the nearby trash bin/can and missing it.

They frown and use their TK to 'fix the problem'. That never happened.. /silly

All the meanwhile, they could see the shadow do all of those movements and emotes. It looks kind of adorable.

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

"You always get the best snacks!!!" Pyre craved juice.

Pyre's explanation of the report's left many questions in Reginald's head. "It is quite suspicious."

Pyre heard Numi talk about getting them out and has to add to it. "Ooohhhh yes, Numi was a great handler! "

"Alright, I have many more questions but my first one is... What are they doing?" Reginald seemed very confused.

Pyre looked over to Numi who was throwing their juice box with their TK. They laughed a bit.

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

"I just threw the empty juice box into the trash from afar in one shot!" they lie with no hesitation, only pure confidence.

Numi grabbed the pocket mirror and got up, grabbing the plate to set it down on a surface that's not a seat before walking about the place, exploring as they kept talking.

"This place is huge! This is a lot for just one person to live in. Wow."

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

"That sounds like quite the feat." Reginald wasn't sure if it was true that they got the juice in but he couldn't prove that they didn't. /Silly

Both Reginald and Pyre finished up their meals. Pyre felt much better than before now that they had eaten. They looked into the glass and could see Numi moving. The shapes around then weren't super clear but they could definitely see Numi moving.

"Oooh yeah! Prism does have a massive house."

The waiter returnd, "Is there anything else I can get you two?"

"I'll have the cheque, thank you."

The waiter left and then came by not long after, "Here's your cheque, sir." The cheque was handed to Reginald and the server left them to handle it. Reggie looked at the paper, took out his wallet and pulled out a few bills.

"Well then, Agent, we best get moving too. I don't believe that the Agency knows I'm helping you for sure so they wouldn't be tracking my car but they would definitely be waiting for yours. I suggest leaving it here and coming in mine. Prism or I could pick it up later but right now we've got to find a safe place for you while we sort this out."

"Fineeeeeee, I guess." They did not feel like having to hide out somewhere while people do the talking for them but it's better than whatever Morales probably had planned.

Pyre grabbed the sculpture and he two walked out and down the road to Reginald's car. Pyre got in the passenger's seat and held the sculpture.

"So how's it going over there, Numi?"

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

"IiIIi FfOUUuNnDd AaAAH cOooOlL CHAaIIiIIR!" replied Numi vibratingly, sitting on some sort of hyper souped up chair which Roxana DEFINITELY has somewhere in her house.

They truly are having the greatest time, a funny contrast to Pyre's current predicament. The silhouette's outline is cartoonishly ripple-y and fuzzy as a result. At least they have Numi for comic relief.. /silly

The silly goober returned to their scouting duties once the duo exited the establishment, looking out for any suspicious individuals in their (Pyre's) surroundings.

"BaAaACk TooO HaNddLIIiIiing!" Thank you, Numi. Your help is appreciated Numi. /pos

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

"Oooh yayy cool chair!!!" Pyre said about Numi's chair. They strapped in with their seatbelt and Reginald was off and driving. "Soooooooo where are we headed?"

"Well, I don't have many safe places to hide you that aren't run by the Agency but you had the right idea earlier about where would be a good place."

"How so?"

"Roxana's house. She has security cameras all over aswell as an entrance that takes a while to open if you don't know how. She also happens to have a very nice basement!"

"WHATTTTT??? Why do I have to go stay in a basement."

"You know exactly why, Agent. And having someone keeping an eye on you is especially good in situations like this," Reginald talked as he drove.

"C'mon, you don't trust me on my own?"

"Not particularly."

"Mean."

Reginald turned on the car radio and tuned it to the Agency frequency (a frequency only accessible to those with the special Agency radio installed.) A man came through the speaker, broadcasting to the Agency: "Attention, Agents and handlers alike, we need your help! One of our top Agents, Agent Phoenix, has been unreachable for the past few days. If you happen to know where they are or see them please bring the Phoenix to your nearest headquarters. There is Zoraxis ties suspected here, folks, so please make sure they actually arrive at the base. We are not saying that they have joined Zoraxis but please do keep an eye out. They are most recognizable for bright red hair, though, I'm sure most of you know who the Phoenix is. As always keep your ear to the ground, an eye to the spy, your nose in a book and your moth shut."

The two looked at eachother.

"That's not good."

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

They listened in on the conversation in silence through most of it and adding in a little "Oh yeah! Pris house buddies!" and a "Hehe- My Reggie also doesn't trust me to be completely on my own sometimes".

Then came the radio broadcast which they heard. Their silly smile turning into a concerned frown. "Uh-oh.."

"That's not good," they said in unison with Pyre.

"So they're LYING now! That's SUPER suspicious! You weren't gone for days! Now you definitely can't go back, that sucks.."

Reminder that they are still on the chair with the massage setting on and their voice is shaking the whole time.

"But don't worry, I'll help you out!" thumbs up!!!

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

"Prism house buddies!!!!" Pyre said before side eying Reginald for not trusting them alone.

"Agent, I'm not sure exactly what's going on but for your own sake I suggest ducking down below where anyone can see you."

Pyre unbuckled their seatbelt (unsafe!) and ducked below the glove compartment. They brought the sculpture with them and continued to look through it at Numi. They chuckled slightly at the chair sounds before agreeing with what Numi was saying.

"They're completely lying!!! And it is super suspicious!!! And yeah! I haven't been gone for days, it's barely been a few hours."

"Well, Agent, the other Phoenix-"

"Numi." Pyre corrected.

"Yes, Numi, is right. There's no way you can go back now."

Pyre sighed dramatically, "Fineeeeee but I know for sure that there's still something being hidden from me. And I want to know what it is."

"We will find out but right now the most important thing is that you don't get caught, again."

The two continued on their way to Prism's place, it wasn't too far so they should be there pretty soon.

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

"How long until you guys get there?" Head tilt. They got tired of the chair and set it to back massage mode, which made them figuratively melt into the seat. "Ohooh…. I want this in my office."

Their shadow momentarily left the reflection as the pocket mirror was no longer pointed at Numi.

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

"Were only a few minutes away so we'll be there momentarily." Reginald replied.

"Good, sitting here is kind of uncomfortable." You might expect sitting under a glovebox to not be the most accomodating but the reason Pyre was uncomfortable was because they were sitting in the weirdest possible pose. They were positioned in a wierd mix of the shrimp pose and a velociraptor. At least they still could see Numi who looked very comfortable and relaxed. Nevermind- Numi was now out of frame.

"I think I need a message chair too. Being a handler is hard work."

Soon enough Reginald pulled in to Pris' very long driveway. Reginald parked behind a large rock and stepped out. He went over to Pyre's side to open the door for them since they seemed a bit stuck. The second the door opened Pyre tumbled out onto the ground.

"Ouchhhh." The agent groaned in pavement pain.

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

"You really should…" they said relaxingly, which then changed to worry when they heard the tumbling and ouchies, immediately looking back into the small mirror.

The Numi shadow is now back on the glass thing looking at Pyro with worry. "You good? Also, need me to check the perimetter?" (That was not a typo, that's how they pronounce it /silly they're still learning)

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

Pyre, who fell holding the sculpture, was now laying on the ground still with the glass in hand (it's luckily not sharp enough to actually hurt them). Pyre places the piece down, dusted themself off and stood up. They bent backwards to crack their back before picking the sculpture back up and responding. "Yeah, I'm good. Only got a few scrapes and you'd know as a fellow Phoenix that I've been through much worse." The agent stretched a bit more before starting to walk up to the secret elevator that Numi had described earlier.

"Checking the perimeter may be a good idea. I don't expect Pris' place to be the first spit the Agency looks but it's best to be safe."

"Right you are, Agent."

Reginald, who knew the way, immediately walked over to the correct area and pressed some kind of buzzer to open the elevator door. Either that or he pressed the buzzer and Pris opened the door. Pyre couldn't tell which.

The two got in he elevator and ascended up. When they got to the top Pyre knew how to get in so they made a beeline for the sign. The garage opened and both walked in.

"Since when have you known how to get into Roxana's house?"

"Since today."

Reginald gave them an odd look, wondering how they found out, before just accepting it.

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

They let out a small amused snort. "Yeah, that's nothing compared to what happens at work!"

Their shadow remained on the shard for a moment, giving Pyre a silly serious sort of expression and a salute.

Numi sweeps the area quickly then comes back roughly a minute later.

"Area's clear!" they exclaimed with another enthusiastically exaggerated salute.

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

Pyre saluted back to Numi in the shard. The two definitely understood eachother better than anyone.

"Good, nobody suspects I'm here yet."

The Agent and their handler walked through Pris' house and not long after coming through the entry Pris popped over from her lab.

"Ah, Reginald, Pyre, any new on the Agency situation?"

Pyre sighed, "It just got worse."

"What happened?" Pris was intrigued.

"Let me tell you, it has been a long day. They'll tell you all about it after but first and foremost we need to get them hidden. You're basement is quite the nice place I've told them." Reginald's got to make sure everyone is safe before getting to talking. Handler mode has been on all day.

"Sure, follow me." Pris led the way.

Pyre talked to Numi, "Ughhhhh this is going to be soooo boring. At least I have you."

"Be polite, Agent."

"Oh, I meant no offence to you, Pris."

Pris laughed, "None taken. But I do still want to run some tests on you're earpiece and that glass. I mean the abilities Numi has are mindblowing..." Pris continued talking about how she wants to explain Numi's eldritch powers with her science stuff (but I'm sure science can't really explain that) and how mindblown she was for a while as the group went to her basement.

The Agent had to cut her off though, "WAIT, DO YOU HAVE A MASSAGE CHAIR???"

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

They began to test out other buttons while they (the others) made their way inside their own universe's Pris Cave. "Massage chair's upstairs….. OH SHIT IT CAN WARM!" It can indeed warm. Amazing.

"What DOESN'T this thing have?" Audible button click. Machinery noises.sfx. "THERE'S A TOASTER MODE???" Ding! Chhk! "OMG TOASTS--" They were munching so audibly, the toasts sound nice and crispy! Only part of them was visible on the reflection as they leaned 'out of frame' for the snack, eventually returning into full view with some distinct crumbs on their face. "I'm never moving from this spot.." Numi leans back into full comfort mode. "This is where I live now." they added chillingly.

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

I think your goober is very goober

Heheheh.e... You've seen NOTHING yet!!! That's just their SHADOW form... Just wait until they show up in person!

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

these tags gave me such a silly image in my head i had to draw it

Dedication and hunger, NEXT

[i-expect-you-to-be-murdered]

Agent Phoenix: I love spicy food. It's just like normal food but red. My favorite color :)

Reginald: Agent, you've already put in half a container of chili flakes- This is a public restaurant, those are for a bit of seasoning not... whatever you're doing.

Agent Phoenix: I like the crunch

Reginald: I can't even see what you ordered. How can you even eat that..?

Agent Phoenix: *shrugs*

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

@agentphoenixcrittercore We have reached safety for Pyre so you know what that means (new post time)

A quick recap for all who aren't myself and Agent Phoenix Critter Core/ those of you who have not been following our many reblogs: Numi is their Phoenix and Pyre is my Phoenix. Numi is at Prism-1's (also known as Rox) house with Reginald-1. Numi has eldritch powers which led to them accidentally starting a voice call with Pyre. This call has recently upgraded to a video call but the video is seen through a small glass sculpture Pyre has been carrying around. Numi can sort of project themselves on any reflective surface, or at least that's how it looks to Pyre. Numi can only do this in places where the sculpture goes though. As for Pyre, they recently found out that there were a bunch of coroner's reports for them (as in each report detailed a different end for Pyre that happened on a mission. There are hundreds of these reports). The reports all seem legit so Pyre went to check out the Lost Asset Retrievel Unit (which is mostly located at o e of the agency bases)for any clues on what the reports meant, they got caught and then escaped with Numi's help. The agency did get their bag sadly but it only had a few things including the Phantom's note (oops for them). All the coroner's reports were signed by Morales; also the piece of glass was taken from his office when they were caught. When Pyre did get taken, they were moved to Morales' office and told to wait (they were locked in the room). Pyre is currently on an earpiece call with Roxanna-2 (also know as Pris) who is going to leave once she helps Reginald-2 and Pyre get a safe spot to meet. Pris is leaving because she has been on the call for a while and is getting tired.

The part about the glass being used for the call I didn't explain well so here's a better explanation: Numi used their powers to connect the surface of a stopwatch in their world to the surface of a shiny object (the sculpture was what Pyre chose) in Pyre's world. Numi can project themself on any reflective surface near the object. This includes access to any cameras nearby which means they can also stop the cameras.

Prism-1 and Reginald-1 refer to the version from Numi's universe and Prism-2 and Reginald-2 are from Pyre's universe. You get the idea I'm sure.

Might be good to mention that my Phoenix uses red text, Numi uses orange instead, the handlers both use blue and the Prisms are purple.

If you do want to read the other parts, here's the link to the last chain which has links to the ones before it and so on. Reading then will definitely give you better context but it may take a while. We continue the story by each rebloging. I think this is the 5th or 6th chain (?)

Reblog by @agentphoenixcrittercore

💬 18  🔁 45  ❤️ 5 · "Pretty much!" Numi's shape moved between each facet of the shard one by one in succession as soon as it was placed down

Anyway I think I got all the important stuff but when you (I'm referring to Agent-Phoenix-Critter-Core) reblog it add anything I missed. Now, we shall resume the story:

"I'm like 90% sure that's meant to be some kind of a sculpture... Ooh or maybe it's an award or something?"

"Pyre" Prism addressed them.

"Yeeees?"

"Reggie said that a safe meeting place should be at that restaurant down near the end of the city. He's friends with a lot of the people there and they don't know about the agency so they wouldn't alert anyone."

"Oh, well that's perfect. I started in that direction so I should be there in a few minutes." Pyre felt their stomach rumble. It was almost dinner and they hadn't eaten anything for the entire day so they were starving once they realized the time.

(This whole thing has happened in one day which is crazy because we've been writing this for multiple weeks)

Pyre drove for a few minutes before finding the slightly run down restaurant. They never minded if a place was run down, though. Pyre has eaten moldy food plenty of times and most places were way better than the moldy sandwiches left in a Zoraxis escape pod.

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

(Small corrections to the recap: Numi purposefully messed around and found pyre by coincidence. Also it's a pocket mirror, not a pocket watch. /lh /nm /gen) Numi nodded along to Pyre's musings, legs kicking in the air as they sat on Pris' main living room couch.

Their shadowy reflection kept bouncing from one spot to the next inside the car, taking a good look around to pass the time. "Wow.. I don't know what I'm in right now but this is hard to see through. Everything looks so weird!" they say with an amused tone while looking through one of the belt buckles' metallic bits. On their end it's like the image is broken up into a blurry UV map of the piece (like 3D art texturing basically).

Then the restaurant came into view.

"OOoh! Restaurant!"

The thought of a restaurant reminded them of food, which reminded them of how hungry they are as well. They let out a small groan. "Ro-butleerrrr!" they half-wiled pleadingly. "Fooooood!" Numi might be a little spoiled, honestly.

"Coming!" shouted the robot from out of frame. Rushing in with the plate in hand plus a complementary juicebox (Rox has those because it's convenient sometimes.. Also this isn't the first time Numi came back here). "Here you go! Be careful, it's hot! If you need me again I'll be charging up over there. Goodbye~" And off it goes into the-- the thing! You know the thing.

Numi had a large smile on their face when they saw the food arriving. "Thanks! And have a good nap." They took the plate and set it down on their lap, then the unopened juice box which they deposited on the cushion next to them.

The child looked down at the steamy plate of food and started to drool. There were no more words, only the sound of a consuming VOID (/silly) devouring everything on that plate with the energy of a kitten that hasn't eaten in 5 minutes.

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

"Oooohhh what food did you get?" Pyre asked as they got out of their car.

They grabbed the glass and started walking to the restaurant, getting a few wierd glances on the way. Pyre walked into the bar/ diner and spotted Reginald at one of the tables in the back corner. The diner was average sized and had enough people in it that nobody would be able to hear your conversations from far but it wasn't so busy that you could call the place 'popular'.

Pyre moved to the table and sat down across from Reginald. He opened his mouth to talk but was interrupted by a server who (luckily for Pyre) was ready, Reginald seemed to have already ordered and water which Pyre had definitely not drank for a while.

"Hi, you can call me Elliot, I'll be your server today. Your friend here already ordered for the two of you so here is a roast beef sandwich with extra cheese for you~" Pyre was given a plate with a delicious looking sandwich, and Reginald had remember that they liked extra cheese yayyy. "And a hotdog, extra cooked for you." Reginald got himself a hotdog that was slightly burnt, of course. The server walked off to go attend to other tables and left Pyre and Reginald to talk.

Pyre dug in while Reginald started talking.

"Well then, Agent, would you like to go first? Because frankly I did not hear a lick of what Roxanna was saying except for that you had been kidnapped- or was it caught?" Reginald sighed heavily. "Agent, would you care to explain what happened between when I left you and that radio alone, until now- and why do you have that thing? Is it meant to be art or is it some kind of award?" Reginald said stirnly as he poked the sculpture.

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

They let out a small burp, licking their mouth then wiping it with their sleeve before responding; "Sandwich! And an apple juice." Said apple juice was picked up after setting the empty plate aside, in goes the straw! Siiip. slurp. ssllllrp. SSLLLLRRRP. Ahh. Good stuff!

They watched and listened as Pyre entered the establishment, going "Ooo, yum!" at the description of what Pyre was getting for dinner.

Then came Reginald's monologue.

Sensing an opportunity to be silly, they moved their figure to the most prominent facet of the shard that faced Reg-2 directly.

"Boo!" The scribbly white eyes squinted up in amusement whilst they greeted Reginald-2 with a friendly wave. Snickering.

"I am the evil genie of the trophy thing! Fear me!"

The shadow made a gesture that could be easily recognized as drinking out of a straw from something in their hand which can't be seen. Pyre can hear the slurping.

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

Pyre was the only one who could hear Numi until they suddenly said boo and found some kind of a way to make it that Reginald heard it too.

"Aaaaah" Reginald shrieked in a very high-pitched tone. He startled and nearly jumped out of his seat while Pyre broke out in laughter. "Goodness gracious, what in the world is that THING, Agent???"

Pyre took aa minute to calm their laughter before saying: "The- the person from the radio-" their sentence was interrupted with occasional laughter "The other Phoenix, it's them." Pyre paused "wait you have a juice box??? Luckyyyy."

Reginald sighed again. "Agent, how on earth did you two do that?"

"I didn't do anything. It's Numi who has the powers. They did something- I'm not sure what- and were able to connect something shiny over on their end to something shiny here. So we can see them and they can see every shiny surface here. But they're connected to the sculpture so can only see stuff in the same place as it."

"That's quite interesting but I still believe I'm missing some context on why you had problems with the agency?"

"Oohhhhhh that. I found a bunch of my own death certificate's and went to go investigate. Pris was being my handler buttttt let's just say she didn't account for the many cameras. I got caught, blah, blah, blah, skip to me being taken down to Morales' office. I stole this." They held up the glass Numi was in. "Then Numi helped me get out by stopping the cameras. That sums it up I think."

"And why didn't you let me know about any of this before breaking into an Agency building?"

"I was pretty sure I could trust you but I had to be safe." Pyre chuckled slightly awkwardly. "Remember what happened with Juniper? Didn't want another of those." It was true but that was not Pyre's reasoning in the moment. In hindsight they definitely should have told Reginald, the person who knew Agency buildings like the back of his hand.

"I guess the trust issues were never written on your resume. Hmm but what can I expect from an Agent like you?" Reginald mumbled. "Alright. Wait, Agent have you slept at all since this morning? You woke up at 3 am didn't you? That is not good for you you know-"

"Whatever, I'll sleep tonight." That was probably untrue. They had barely gotten any sleep this week.

"Anyway, here's Numi. We can't really see what they look like unless we're in person but-"

"Hold on, Agent. Did you say you were brought to Morales' office?"

"Yeah? Why?"

"Why did Morales want to see you?"

"Uhm, he signed all the coroner's reports so I assume that has something to do with it."

"What? He signed the reports?" Reginald's Spidey senses are tingling.

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

They set the juice box in the air (Remembering about the TK!) and the pocket mirror in front of them (with TK as well ofc). Reclining back on the couch to stretch noisily. GGGHN!

"Yep! Me! From the radio!" they chimed in after Pyre explained who they were. "And yeaaah! I'm the lucky juice winner." they smirked smirkingly.

They lean back and bring the mirrow closer, hovering it in the air. Listening to the rest of the exchange in silence up until Pyre introduced them towards the end. Waving enthusiastically only to stop when Reg-2 cut Pyre off and asked about the reports.

Ohh.. That's a Reggie look of 'something's up' if they haven't seen one!

"Suspicious, right?!" they threw their hands up in the air to emphasize.

"So, of course we had to get Pyre out of there before whatever was coming next!" They grabbed the juice box out of the air and hastily slurped down the rest of its contents until it crumpled up, then tossed it into the nearby trash bin/can and missing it.

They frown and use their TK to 'fix the problem'. That never happened.. /silly

All the meanwhile, they could see the shadow do all of those movements and emotes. It looks kind of adorable.

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

"You always get the best snacks!!!" Pyre craved juice.

Pyre's explanation of the report's left many questions in Reginald's head. "It is quite suspicious."

Pyre heard Numi talk about getting them out and has to add to it. "Ooohhhh yes, Numi was a great handler! "

"Alright, I have many more questions but my first one is... What are they doing?" Reginald seemed very confused.

Pyre looked over to Numi who was throwing their juice box with their TK. They laughed a bit.

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

"I just threw the empty juice box into the trash from afar in one shot!" they lie with no hesitation, only pure confidence.

Numi grabbed the pocket mirror and got up, grabbing the plate to set it down on a surface that's not a seat before walking about the place, exploring as they kept talking.

"This place is huge! This is a lot for just one person to live in. Wow."

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

"That sounds like quite the feat." Reginald wasn't sure if it was true that they got the juice in but he couldn't prove that they didn't. /Silly

Both Reginald and Pyre finished up their meals. Pyre felt much better than before now that they had eaten. They looked into the glass and could see Numi moving. The shapes around then weren't super clear but they could definitely see Numi moving.

"Oooh yeah! Prism does have a massive house."

The waiter returnd, "Is there anything else I can get you two?"

"I'll have the cheque, thank you."

The waiter left and then came by not long after, "Here's your cheque, sir." The cheque was handed to Reginald and the server left them to handle it. Reggie looked at the paper, took out his wallet and pulled out a few bills.

"Well then, Agent, we best get moving too. I don't believe that the Agency knows I'm helping you for sure so they wouldn't be tracking my car but they would definitely be waiting for yours. I suggest leaving it here and coming in mine. Prism or I could pick it up later but right now we've got to find a safe place for you while we sort this out."

"Fineeeeeee, I guess." They did not feel like having to hide out somewhere while people do the talking for them but it's better than whatever Morales probably had planned.

Pyre grabbed the sculpture and he two walked out and down the road to Reginald's car. Pyre got in the passenger's seat and held the sculpture.

"So how's it going over there, Numi?"

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

"IiIIi FfOUUuNnDd AaAAH cOooOlL CHAaIIiIIR!" replied Numi vibratingly, sitting on some sort of hyper souped up chair which Roxana DEFINITELY has somewhere in her house.

They truly are having the greatest time, a funny contrast to Pyre's current predicament. The silhouette's outline is cartoonishly ripple-y and fuzzy as a result. At least they have Numi for comic relief.. /silly

The silly goober returned to their scouting duties once the duo exited the establishment, looking out for any suspicious individuals in their (Pyre's) surroundings.

"BaAaACk TooO HaNddLIIiIiing!" Thank you, Numi. Your help is appreciated Numi. /pos

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

"Oooh yayy cool chair!!!" Pyre said about Numi's chair. They strapped in with their seatbelt and Reginald was off and driving. "Soooooooo where are we headed?"

"Well, I don't have many safe places to hide you that aren't run by the Agency but you had the right idea earlier about where would be a good place."

"How so?"

"Roxana's house. She has security cameras all over aswell as an entrance that takes a while to open if you don't know how. She also happens to have a very nice basement!"

"WHATTTTT??? Why do I have to go stay in a basement."

"You know exactly why, Agent. And having someone keeping an eye on you is especially good in situations like this," Reginald talked as he drove.

"C'mon, you don't trust me on my own?"

"Not particularly."

"Mean."

Reginald turned on the car radio and tuned it to the Agency frequency (a frequency only accessible to those with the special Agency radio installed.) A man came through the speaker, broadcasting to the Agency: "Attention, Agents and handlers alike, we need your help! One of our top Agents, Agent Phoenix, has been unreachable for the past few days. If you happen to know where they are or see them please bring the Phoenix to your nearest headquarters. There is Zoraxis ties suspected here, folks, so please make sure they actually arrive at the base. We are not saying that they have joined Zoraxis but please do keep an eye out. They are most recognizable for bright red hair, though, I'm sure most of you know who the Phoenix is. As always keep your ear to the ground, an eye to the spy, your nose in a book and your moth shut."

The two looked at eachother.

"That's not good."

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

They listened in on the conversation in silence through most of it and adding in a little "Oh yeah! Pris house buddies!" and a "Hehe- My Reggie also doesn't trust me to be completely on my own sometimes".

Then came the radio broadcast which they heard. Their silly smile turning into a concerned frown. "Uh-oh.."

"That's not good," they said in unison with Pyre.

"So they're LYING now! That's SUPER suspicious! You weren't gone for days! Now you definitely can't go back, that sucks.."

Reminder that they are still on the chair with the massage setting on and their voice is shaking the whole time.

"But don't worry, I'll help you out!" thumbs up!!!

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

"Prism house buddies!!!!" Pyre said before side eying Reginald for not trusting them alone.

"Agent, I'm not sure exactly what's going on but for your own sake I suggest ducking down below where anyone can see you."

Pyre unbuckled their seatbelt (unsafe!) and ducked below the glove compartment. They brought the sculpture with them and continued to look through it at Numi. They chuckled slightly at the chair sounds before agreeing with what Numi was saying.

"They're completely lying!!! And it is super suspicious!!! And yeah! I haven't been gone for days, it's barely been a few hours."

"Well, Agent, the other Phoenix-"

"Numi." Pyre corrected.

"Yes, Numi, is right. There's no way you can go back now."

Pyre sighed dramatically, "Fineeeeee but I know for sure that there's still something being hidden from me. And I want to know what it is."

"We will find out but right now the most important thing is that you don't get caught, again."

The two continued on their way to Prism's place, it wasn't too far so they should be there pretty soon.

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

"How long until you guys get there?" Head tilt. They got tired of the chair and set it to back massage mode, which made them figuratively melt into the seat. "Ohooh…. I want this in my office."

Their shadow momentarily left the reflection as the pocket mirror was no longer pointed at Numi.

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

"Were only a few minutes away so we'll be there momentarily." Reginald replied.

"Good, sitting here is kind of uncomfortable." You might expect sitting under a glovebox to not be the most accomodating but the reason Pyre was uncomfortable was because they were sitting in the weirdest possible pose. They were positioned in a wierd mix of the shrimp pose and a velociraptor. At least they still could see Numi who looked very comfortable and relaxed. Nevermind- Numi was now out of frame.

"I think I need a message chair too. Being a handler is hard work."

Soon enough Reginald pulled in to Pris' very long driveway. Reginald parked behind a large rock and stepped out. He went over to Pyre's side to open the door for them since they seemed a bit stuck. The second the door opened Pyre tumbled out onto the ground.

"Ouchhhh." The agent groaned in pavement pain.

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

"You really should…" they said relaxingly, which then changed to worry when they heard the tumbling and ouchies, immediately looking back into the small mirror.

The Numi shadow is now back on the glass thing looking at Pyro with worry. "You good? Also, need me to check the perimetter?" (That was not a typo, that's how they pronounce it /silly they're still learning)

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

Pyre, who fell holding the sculpture, was now laying on the ground still with the glass in hand (it's luckily not sharp enough to actually hurt them). Pyre places the piece down, dusted themself off and stood up. They bent backwards to crack their back before picking the sculpture back up and responding. "Yeah, I'm good. Only got a few scrapes and you'd know as a fellow Phoenix that I've been through much worse." The agent stretched a bit more before starting to walk up to the secret elevator that Numi had described earlier.

"Checking the perimeter may be a good idea. I don't expect Pris' place to be the first spit the Agency looks but it's best to be safe."

"Right you are, Agent."

Reginald, who knew the way, immediately walked over to the correct area and pressed some kind of buzzer to open the elevator door. Either that or he pressed the buzzer and Pris opened the door. Pyre couldn't tell which.

The two got in he elevator and ascended up. When they got to the top Pyre knew how to get in so they made a beeline for the sign. The garage opened and both walked in.

"Since when have you known how to get into Roxana's house?"

"Since today."

Reginald gave them an odd look, wondering how they found out, before just accepting it.

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

They let out a small amused snort. "Yeah, that's nothing compared to what happens at work!"

Their shadow remained on the shard for a moment, giving Pyre a silly serious sort of expression and a salute.

Numi sweeps the area quickly then comes back roughly a minute later.

"Area's clear!" they exclaimed with another enthusiastically exaggerated salute.

[bucketofchurros]

friend asked me to draw this lol

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

THe gooobeerr (from the silly little rp I've got going on)

[i-expect-you-to-be-murdered]

Agent Phoenix: I miss my girlfriend Crane...

Reginald: You have a girlfriend???

Agent Phoenix: I miss her a lot...

Reginald: Phoenix- personal relationships need to be documented, what do you mean you have a-

Agent Phoenix: So you're homophobic is that it?

Reginald: What? No- You know what I'm talking about Phoenix-

Agent Phoenix: It's pride month, how could you!

*cue Phoenix having an inane argument with Reginald for absolutely no purpose except the love of the game*

[spymango]

ohhhh my GODDDDDDDDDD thats me thats my art. points at the screen IM WINNING

redraw of it under the cut too

z🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤zor🤤🤤🤤🤤zornix🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤

[agentted]

Last pride month I made two pride month versions of the EOD logo and I forgot to share it here so I decided to share it for this pride month. I'm not sure which one I prefer.

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

@agentphoenixcrittercore We have reached safety for Pyre so you know what that means (new post time)

A quick recap for all who aren't myself and Agent Phoenix Critter Core/ those of you who have not been following our many reblogs: Numi is their Phoenix and Pyre is my Phoenix. Numi is at Prism-1's (also known as Rox) house with Reginald-1. Numi has eldritch powers which led to them accidentally starting a voice call with Pyre. This call has recently upgraded to a video call but the video is seen through a small glass sculpture Pyre has been carrying around. Numi can sort of project themselves on any reflective surface, or at least that's how it looks to Pyre. Numi can only do this in places where the sculpture goes though. As for Pyre, they recently found out that there were a bunch of coroner's reports for them (as in each report detailed a different end for Pyre that happened on a mission. There are hundreds of these reports). The reports all seem legit so Pyre went to check out the Lost Asset Retrievel Unit (which is mostly located at o e of the agency bases)for any clues on what the reports meant, they got caught and then escaped with Numi's help. The agency did get their bag sadly but it only had a few things including the Phantom's note (oops for them). All the coroner's reports were signed by Morales; also the piece of glass was taken from his office when they were caught. When Pyre did get taken, they were moved to Morales' office and told to wait (they were locked in the room). Pyre is currently on an earpiece call with Roxanna-2 (also know as Pris) who is going to leave once she helps Reginald-2 and Pyre get a safe spot to meet. Pris is leaving because she has been on the call for a while and is getting tired.

The part about the glass being used for the call I didn't explain well so here's a better explanation: Numi used their powers to connect the surface of a stopwatch in their world to the surface of a shiny object (the sculpture was what Pyre chose) in Pyre's world. Numi can project themself on any reflective surface near the object. This includes access to any cameras nearby which means they can also stop the cameras.

Prism-1 and Reginald-1 refer to the version from Numi's universe and Prism-2 and Reginald-2 are from Pyre's universe. You get the idea I'm sure.

Might be good to mention that my Phoenix uses red text, Numi uses orange instead, the handlers both use blue and the Prisms are purple.

If you do want to read the other parts, here's the link to the last chain which has links to the ones before it and so on. Reading then will definitely give you better context but it may take a while. We continue the story by each rebloging. I think this is the 5th or 6th chain (?)

Reblog by @agentphoenixcrittercore

💬 18  🔁 45  ❤️ 5 · "Pretty much!" Numi's shape moved between each facet of the shard one by one in succession as soon as it was placed down

Anyway I think I got all the important stuff but when you (I'm referring to Agent-Phoenix-Critter-Core) reblog it add anything I missed. Now, we shall resume the story:

"I'm like 90% sure that's meant to be some kind of a sculpture... Ooh or maybe it's an award or something?"

"Pyre" Prism addressed them.

"Yeeees?"

"Reggie said that a safe meeting place should be at that restaurant down near the end of the city. He's friends with a lot of the people there and they don't know about the agency so they wouldn't alert anyone."

"Oh, well that's perfect. I started in that direction so I should be there in a few minutes." Pyre felt their stomach rumble. It was almost dinner and they hadn't eaten anything for the entire day so they were starving once they realized the time.

(This whole thing has happened in one day which is crazy because we've been writing this for multiple weeks)

Pyre drove for a few minutes before finding the slightly run down restaurant. They never minded if a place was run down, though. Pyre has eaten moldy food plenty of times and most places were way better than the moldy sandwiches left in a Zoraxis escape pod.

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

(Small corrections to the recap: Numi purposefully messed around and found pyre by coincidence. Also it's a pocket mirror, not a pocket watch. /lh /nm /gen) Numi nodded along to Pyre's musings, legs kicking in the air as they sat on Pris' main living room couch.

Their shadowy reflection kept bouncing from one spot to the next inside the car, taking a good look around to pass the time. "Wow.. I don't know what I'm in right now but this is hard to see through. Everything looks so weird!" they say with an amused tone while looking through one of the belt buckles' metallic bits. On their end it's like the image is broken up into a blurry UV map of the piece (like 3D art texturing basically).

Then the restaurant came into view.

"OOoh! Restaurant!"

The thought of a restaurant reminded them of food, which reminded them of how hungry they are as well. They let out a small groan. "Ro-butleerrrr!" they half-wiled pleadingly. "Fooooood!" Numi might be a little spoiled, honestly.

"Coming!" shouted the robot from out of frame. Rushing in with the plate in hand plus a complementary juicebox (Rox has those because it's convenient sometimes.. Also this isn't the first time Numi came back here). "Here you go! Be careful, it's hot! If you need me again I'll be charging up over there. Goodbye~" And off it goes into the-- the thing! You know the thing.

Numi had a large smile on their face when they saw the food arriving. "Thanks! And have a good nap." They took the plate and set it down on their lap, then the unopened juice box which they deposited on the cushion next to them.

The child looked down at the steamy plate of food and started to drool. There were no more words, only the sound of a consuming VOID (/silly) devouring everything on that plate with the energy of a kitten that hasn't eaten in 5 minutes.

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

"Oooohhh what food did you get?" Pyre asked as they got out of their car.

They grabbed the glass and started walking to the restaurant, getting a few wierd glances on the way. Pyre walked into the bar/ diner and spotted Reginald at one of the tables in the back corner. The diner was average sized and had enough people in it that nobody would be able to hear your conversations from far but it wasn't so busy that you could call the place 'popular'.

Pyre moved to the table and sat down across from Reginald. He opened his mouth to talk but was interrupted by a server who (luckily for Pyre) was ready, Reginald seemed to have already ordered and water which Pyre had definitely not drank for a while.

"Hi, you can call me Elliot, I'll be your server today. Your friend here already ordered for the two of you so here is a roast beef sandwich with extra cheese for you~" Pyre was given a plate with a delicious looking sandwich, and Reginald had remember that they liked extra cheese yayyy. "And a hotdog, extra cooked for you." Reginald got himself a hotdog that was slightly burnt, of course. The server walked off to go attend to other tables and left Pyre and Reginald to talk.

Pyre dug in while Reginald started talking.

"Well then, Agent, would you like to go first? Because frankly I did not hear a lick of what Roxanna was saying except for that you had been kidnapped- or was it caught?" Reginald sighed heavily. "Agent, would you care to explain what happened between when I left you and that radio alone, until now- and why do you have that thing? Is it meant to be art or is it some kind of award?" Reginald said stirnly as he poked the sculpture.

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

They let out a small burp, licking their mouth then wiping it with their sleeve before responding; "Sandwich! And an apple juice." Said apple juice was picked up after setting the empty plate aside, in goes the straw! Siiip. slurp. ssllllrp. SSLLLLRRRP. Ahh. Good stuff!

They watched and listened as Pyre entered the establishment, going "Ooo, yum!" at the description of what Pyre was getting for dinner.

Then came Reginald's monologue.

Sensing an opportunity to be silly, they moved their figure to the most prominent facet of the shard that faced Reg-2 directly.

"Boo!" The scribbly white eyes squinted up in amusement whilst they greeted Reginald-2 with a friendly wave. Snickering.

"I am the evil genie of the trophy thing! Fear me!"

The shadow made a gesture that could be easily recognized as drinking out of a straw from something in their hand which can't be seen. Pyre can hear the slurping.

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

Pyre was the only one who could hear Numi until they suddenly said boo and found some kind of a way to make it that Reginald heard it too.

"Aaaaah" Reginald shrieked in a very high-pitched tone. He startled and nearly jumped out of his seat while Pyre broke out in laughter. "Goodness gracious, what in the world is that THING, Agent???"

Pyre took aa minute to calm their laughter before saying: "The- the person from the radio-" their sentence was interrupted with occasional laughter "The other Phoenix, it's them." Pyre paused "wait you have a juice box??? Luckyyyy."

Reginald sighed again. "Agent, how on earth did you two do that?"

"I didn't do anything. It's Numi who has the powers. They did something- I'm not sure what- and were able to connect something shiny over on their end to something shiny here. So we can see them and they can see every shiny surface here. But they're connected to the sculpture so can only see stuff in the same place as it."

"That's quite interesting but I still believe I'm missing some context on why you had problems with the agency?"

"Oohhhhhh that. I found a bunch of my own death certificate's and went to go investigate. Pris was being my handler buttttt let's just say she didn't account for the many cameras. I got caught, blah, blah, blah, skip to me being taken down to Morales' office. I stole this." They held up the glass Numi was in. "Then Numi helped me get out by stopping the cameras. That sums it up I think."

"And why didn't you let me know about any of this before breaking into an Agency building?"

"I was pretty sure I could trust you but I had to be safe." Pyre chuckled slightly awkwardly. "Remember what happened with Juniper? Didn't want another of those." It was true but that was not Pyre's reasoning in the moment. In hindsight they definitely should have told Reginald, the person who knew Agency buildings like the back of his hand.

"I guess the trust issues were never written on your resume. Hmm but what can I expect from an Agent like you?" Reginald mumbled. "Alright. Wait, Agent have you slept at all since this morning? You woke up at 3 am didn't you? That is not good for you you know-"

"Whatever, I'll sleep tonight." That was probably untrue. They had barely gotten any sleep this week.

"Anyway, here's Numi. We can't really see what they look like unless we're in person but-"

"Hold on, Agent. Did you say you were brought to Morales' office?"

"Yeah? Why?"

"Why did Morales want to see you?"

"Uhm, he signed all the coroner's reports so I assume that has something to do with it."

"What? He signed the reports?" Reginald's Spidey senses are tingling.

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

They set the juice box in the air (Remembering about the TK!) and the pocket mirror in front of them (with TK as well ofc). Reclining back on the couch to stretch noisily. GGGHN!

"Yep! Me! From the radio!" they chimed in after Pyre explained who they were. "And yeaaah! I'm the lucky juice winner." they smirked smirkingly.

They lean back and bring the mirrow closer, hovering it in the air. Listening to the rest of the exchange in silence up until Pyre introduced them towards the end. Waving enthusiastically only to stop when Reg-2 cut Pyre off and asked about the reports.

Ohh.. That's a Reggie look of 'something's up' if they haven't seen one!

"Suspicious, right?!" they threw their hands up in the air to emphasize.

"So, of course we had to get Pyre out of there before whatever was coming next!" They grabbed the juice box out of the air and hastily slurped down the rest of its contents until it crumpled up, then tossed it into the nearby trash bin/can and missing it.

They frown and use their TK to 'fix the problem'. That never happened.. /silly

All the meanwhile, they could see the shadow do all of those movements and emotes. It looks kind of adorable.

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

"You always get the best snacks!!!" Pyre craved juice.

Pyre's explanation of the report's left many questions in Reginald's head. "It is quite suspicious."

Pyre heard Numi talk about getting them out and has to add to it. "Ooohhhh yes, Numi was a great handler! "

"Alright, I have many more questions but my first one is... What are they doing?" Reginald seemed very confused.

Pyre looked over to Numi who was throwing their juice box with their TK. They laughed a bit.

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

"I just threw the empty juice box into the trash from afar in one shot!" they lie with no hesitation, only pure confidence.

Numi grabbed the pocket mirror and got up, grabbing the plate to set it down on a surface that's not a seat before walking about the place, exploring as they kept talking.

"This place is huge! This is a lot for just one person to live in. Wow."

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

"That sounds like quite the feat." Reginald wasn't sure if it was true that they got the juice in but he couldn't prove that they didn't. /Silly

Both Reginald and Pyre finished up their meals. Pyre felt much better than before now that they had eaten. They looked into the glass and could see Numi moving. The shapes around then weren't super clear but they could definitely see Numi moving.

"Oooh yeah! Prism does have a massive house."

The waiter returnd, "Is there anything else I can get you two?"

"I'll have the cheque, thank you."

The waiter left and then came by not long after, "Here's your cheque, sir." The cheque was handed to Reginald and the server left them to handle it. Reggie looked at the paper, took out his wallet and pulled out a few bills.

"Well then, Agent, we best get moving too. I don't believe that the Agency knows I'm helping you for sure so they wouldn't be tracking my car but they would definitely be waiting for yours. I suggest leaving it here and coming in mine. Prism or I could pick it up later but right now we've got to find a safe place for you while we sort this out."

"Fineeeeeee, I guess." They did not feel like having to hide out somewhere while people do the talking for them but it's better than whatever Morales probably had planned.

Pyre grabbed the sculpture and he two walked out and down the road to Reginald's car. Pyre got in the passenger's seat and held the sculpture.

"So how's it going over there, Numi?"

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

"IiIIi FfOUUuNnDd AaAAH cOooOlL CHAaIIiIIR!" replied Numi vibratingly, sitting on some sort of hyper souped up chair which Roxana DEFINITELY has somewhere in her house.

They truly are having the greatest time, a funny contrast to Pyre's current predicament. The silhouette's outline is cartoonishly ripple-y and fuzzy as a result. At least they have Numi for comic relief.. /silly

The silly goober returned to their scouting duties once the duo exited the establishment, looking out for any suspicious individuals in their (Pyre's) surroundings.

"BaAaACk TooO HaNddLIIiIiing!" Thank you, Numi. Your help is appreciated Numi. /pos

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

"Oooh yayy cool chair!!!" Pyre said about Numi's chair. They strapped in with their seatbelt and Reginald was off and driving. "Soooooooo where are we headed?"

"Well, I don't have many safe places to hide you that aren't run by the Agency but you had the right idea earlier about where would be a good place."

"How so?"

"Roxana's house. She has security cameras all over aswell as an entrance that takes a while to open if you don't know how. She also happens to have a very nice basement!"

"WHATTTTT??? Why do I have to go stay in a basement."

"You know exactly why, Agent. And having someone keeping an eye on you is especially good in situations like this," Reginald talked as he drove.

"C'mon, you don't trust me on my own?"

"Not particularly."

"Mean."

Reginald turned on the car radio and tuned it to the Agency frequency (a frequency only accessible to those with the special Agency radio installed.) A man came through the speaker, broadcasting to the Agency: "Attention, Agents and handlers alike, we need your help! One of our top Agents, Agent Phoenix, has been unreachable for the past few days. If you happen to know where they are or see them please bring the Phoenix to your nearest headquarters. There is Zoraxis ties suspected here, folks, so please make sure they actually arrive at the base. We are not saying that they have joined Zoraxis but please do keep an eye out. They are most recognizable for bright red hair, though, I'm sure most of you know who the Phoenix is. As always keep your ear to the ground, an eye to the spy, your nose in a book and your moth shut."

The two looked at eachother.

"That's not good."

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

They listened in on the conversation in silence through most of it and adding in a little "Oh yeah! Pris house buddies!" and a "Hehe- My Reggie also doesn't trust me to be completely on my own sometimes".

Then came the radio broadcast which they heard. Their silly smile turning into a concerned frown. "Uh-oh.."

"That's not good," they said in unison with Pyre.

"So they're LYING now! That's SUPER suspicious! You weren't gone for days! Now you definitely can't go back, that sucks.."

Reminder that they are still on the chair with the massage setting on and their voice is shaking the whole time.

"But don't worry, I'll help you out!" thumbs up!!!

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

"Prism house buddies!!!!" Pyre said before side eying Reginald for not trusting them alone.

"Agent, I'm not sure exactly what's going on but for your own sake I suggest ducking down below where anyone can see you."

Pyre unbuckled their seatbelt (unsafe!) and ducked below the glove compartment. They brought the sculpture with them and continued to look through it at Numi. They chuckled slightly at the chair sounds before agreeing with what Numi was saying.

"They're completely lying!!! And it is super suspicious!!! And yeah! I haven't been gone for days, it's barely been a few hours."

"Well, Agent, the other Phoenix-"

"Numi." Pyre corrected.

"Yes, Numi, is right. There's no way you can go back now."

Pyre sighed dramatically, "Fineeeeee but I know for sure that there's still something being hidden from me. And I want to know what it is."

"We will find out but right now the most important thing is that you don't get caught, again."

The two continued on their way to Prism's place, it wasn't too far so they should be there pretty soon.

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"How long until you guys get there?" Head tilt. They got tired of the chair and set it to back massage mode, which made them figuratively melt into the seat. "Ohooh…. I want this in my office."

Their shadow momentarily left the reflection as the pocket mirror was no longer pointed at Numi.

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

"Were only a few minutes away so we'll be there momentarily." Reginald replied.

"Good, sitting here is kind of uncomfortable." You might expect sitting under a glovebox to not be the most accomodating but the reason Pyre was uncomfortable was because they were sitting in the weirdest possible pose. They were positioned in a wierd mix of the shrimp pose and a velociraptor. At least they still could see Numi who looked very comfortable and relaxed. Nevermind- Numi was now out of frame.

"I think I need a message chair too. Being a handler is hard work."

Soon enough Reginald pulled in to Pris' very long driveway. Reginald parked behind a large rock and stepped out. He went over to Pyre's side to open the door for them since they seemed a bit stuck. The second the door opened Pyre tumbled out onto the ground.

"Ouchhhh." The agent groaned in pavement pain.

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

"You really should…" they said relaxingly, which then changed to worry when they heard the tumbling and ouchies, immediately looking back into the small mirror.

The Numi shadow is now back on the glass thing looking at Pyro with worry. "You good? Also, need me to check the perimetter?" (That was not a typo, that's how they pronounce it /silly they're still learning)

[agent-calivide]

"I like bar-tending because it's like Chemistry, but nothing explodes. Except for the occasional beer..... And I did have a waitress set herself on fire, we had a drink that we would light and it caught her on fire, the table on fire, the dance floor....... We weren't allowed to serve that drink on fire anymore-"

An excerpt from my mother that I can't place right now, but does feel IEYTD in nature.

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

Agent Phoenix/ Pyre drawing!!!

(Non-TK version + no affects version and some free lore under the cut)

So one piece of lore that I don't think I've mentioned is how Pyre does have a fear of fire. They are both afraid of fire and a pyromaniac. They are fine as long as they're in control of the fire or at least that they purposely started it but an open fire will at minimum put them on edge. The reason is because they always loved fire, yes, but around 13-14 their house was burnt down and let's just say they weren't the one the arsony was targetting. That may have to do with why they want to fight Zoraxis ;⁠)

So in short they have a bit of a love/hate relationship with fire

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

@agentphoenixcrittercore We have reached safety for Pyre so you know what that means (new post time)

A quick recap for all who aren't myself and Agent Phoenix Critter Core/ those of you who have not been following our many reblogs: Numi is their Phoenix and Pyre is my Phoenix. Numi is at Prism-1's (also known as Rox) house with Reginald-1. Numi has eldritch powers which led to them accidentally starting a voice call with Pyre. This call has recently upgraded to a video call but the video is seen through a small glass sculpture Pyre has been carrying around. Numi can sort of project themselves on any reflective surface, or at least that's how it looks to Pyre. Numi can only do this in places where the sculpture goes though. As for Pyre, they recently found out that there were a bunch of coroner's reports for them (as in each report detailed a different end for Pyre that happened on a mission. There are hundreds of these reports). The reports all seem legit so Pyre went to check out the Lost Asset Retrievel Unit (which is mostly located at o e of the agency bases)for any clues on what the reports meant, they got caught and then escaped with Numi's help. The agency did get their bag sadly but it only had a few things including the Phantom's note (oops for them). All the coroner's reports were signed by Morales; also the piece of glass was taken from his office when they were caught. When Pyre did get taken, they were moved to Morales' office and told to wait (they were locked in the room). Pyre is currently on an earpiece call with Roxanna-2 (also know as Pris) who is going to leave once she helps Reginald-2 and Pyre get a safe spot to meet. Pris is leaving because she has been on the call for a while and is getting tired.

The part about the glass being used for the call I didn't explain well so here's a better explanation: Numi used their powers to connect the surface of a stopwatch in their world to the surface of a shiny object (the sculpture was what Pyre chose) in Pyre's world. Numi can project themself on any reflective surface near the object. This includes access to any cameras nearby which means they can also stop the cameras.

Prism-1 and Reginald-1 refer to the version from Numi's universe and Prism-2 and Reginald-2 are from Pyre's universe. You get the idea I'm sure.

Might be good to mention that my Phoenix uses red text, Numi uses orange instead, the handlers both use blue and the Prisms are purple.

If you do want to read the other parts, here's the link to the last chain which has links to the ones before it and so on. Reading then will definitely give you better context but it may take a while. We continue the story by each rebloging. I think this is the 5th or 6th chain (?)

Reblog by @agentphoenixcrittercore

💬 18  🔁 45  ❤️ 5 · "Pretty much!" Numi's shape moved between each facet of the shard one by one in succession as soon as it was placed down

Anyway I think I got all the important stuff but when you (I'm referring to Agent-Phoenix-Critter-Core) reblog it add anything I missed. Now, we shall resume the story:

"I'm like 90% sure that's meant to be some kind of a sculpture... Ooh or maybe it's an award or something?"

"Pyre" Prism addressed them.

"Yeeees?"

"Reggie said that a safe meeting place should be at that restaurant down near the end of the city. He's friends with a lot of the people there and they don't know about the agency so they wouldn't alert anyone."

"Oh, well that's perfect. I started in that direction so I should be there in a few minutes." Pyre felt their stomach rumble. It was almost dinner and they hadn't eaten anything for the entire day so they were starving once they realized the time.

(This whole thing has happened in one day which is crazy because we've been writing this for multiple weeks)

Pyre drove for a few minutes before finding the slightly run down restaurant. They never minded if a place was run down, though. Pyre has eaten moldy food plenty of times and most places were way better than the moldy sandwiches left in a Zoraxis escape pod.

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

(Small corrections to the recap: Numi purposefully messed around and found pyre by coincidence. Also it's a pocket mirror, not a pocket watch. /lh /nm /gen) Numi nodded along to Pyre's musings, legs kicking in the air as they sat on Pris' main living room couch.

Their shadowy reflection kept bouncing from one spot to the next inside the car, taking a good look around to pass the time. "Wow.. I don't know what I'm in right now but this is hard to see through. Everything looks so weird!" they say with an amused tone while looking through one of the belt buckles' metallic bits. On their end it's like the image is broken up into a blurry UV map of the piece (like 3D art texturing basically).

Then the restaurant came into view.

"OOoh! Restaurant!"

The thought of a restaurant reminded them of food, which reminded them of how hungry they are as well. They let out a small groan. "Ro-butleerrrr!" they half-wiled pleadingly. "Fooooood!" Numi might be a little spoiled, honestly.

"Coming!" shouted the robot from out of frame. Rushing in with the plate in hand plus a complementary juicebox (Rox has those because it's convenient sometimes.. Also this isn't the first time Numi came back here). "Here you go! Be careful, it's hot! If you need me again I'll be charging up over there. Goodbye~" And off it goes into the-- the thing! You know the thing.

Numi had a large smile on their face when they saw the food arriving. "Thanks! And have a good nap." They took the plate and set it down on their lap, then the unopened juice box which they deposited on the cushion next to them.

The child looked down at the steamy plate of food and started to drool. There were no more words, only the sound of a consuming VOID (/silly) devouring everything on that plate with the energy of a kitten that hasn't eaten in 5 minutes.

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"Oooohhh what food did you get?" Pyre asked as they got out of their car.

They grabbed the glass and started walking to the restaurant, getting a few wierd glances on the way. Pyre walked into the bar/ diner and spotted Reginald at one of the tables in the back corner. The diner was average sized and had enough people in it that nobody would be able to hear your conversations from far but it wasn't so busy that you could call the place 'popular'.

Pyre moved to the table and sat down across from Reginald. He opened his mouth to talk but was interrupted by a server who (luckily for Pyre) was ready, Reginald seemed to have already ordered and water which Pyre had definitely not drank for a while.

"Hi, you can call me Elliot, I'll be your server today. Your friend here already ordered for the two of you so here is a roast beef sandwich with extra cheese for you~" Pyre was given a plate with a delicious looking sandwich, and Reginald had remember that they liked extra cheese yayyy. "And a hotdog, extra cooked for you." Reginald got himself a hotdog that was slightly burnt, of course. The server walked off to go attend to other tables and left Pyre and Reginald to talk.

Pyre dug in while Reginald started talking.

"Well then, Agent, would you like to go first? Because frankly I did not hear a lick of what Roxanna was saying except for that you had been kidnapped- or was it caught?" Reginald sighed heavily. "Agent, would you care to explain what happened between when I left you and that radio alone, until now- and why do you have that thing? Is it meant to be art or is it some kind of award?" Reginald said stirnly as he poked the sculpture.

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They let out a small burp, licking their mouth then wiping it with their sleeve before responding; "Sandwich! And an apple juice." Said apple juice was picked up after setting the empty plate aside, in goes the straw! Siiip. slurp. ssllllrp. SSLLLLRRRP. Ahh. Good stuff!

They watched and listened as Pyre entered the establishment, going "Ooo, yum!" at the description of what Pyre was getting for dinner.

Then came Reginald's monologue.

Sensing an opportunity to be silly, they moved their figure to the most prominent facet of the shard that faced Reg-2 directly.

"Boo!" The scribbly white eyes squinted up in amusement whilst they greeted Reginald-2 with a friendly wave. Snickering.

"I am the evil genie of the trophy thing! Fear me!"

The shadow made a gesture that could be easily recognized as drinking out of a straw from something in their hand which can't be seen. Pyre can hear the slurping.

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

Pyre was the only one who could hear Numi until they suddenly said boo and found some kind of a way to make it that Reginald heard it too.

"Aaaaah" Reginald shrieked in a very high-pitched tone. He startled and nearly jumped out of his seat while Pyre broke out in laughter. "Goodness gracious, what in the world is that THING, Agent???"

Pyre took aa minute to calm their laughter before saying: "The- the person from the radio-" their sentence was interrupted with occasional laughter "The other Phoenix, it's them." Pyre paused "wait you have a juice box??? Luckyyyy."

Reginald sighed again. "Agent, how on earth did you two do that?"

"I didn't do anything. It's Numi who has the powers. They did something- I'm not sure what- and were able to connect something shiny over on their end to something shiny here. So we can see them and they can see every shiny surface here. But they're connected to the sculpture so can only see stuff in the same place as it."

"That's quite interesting but I still believe I'm missing some context on why you had problems with the agency?"

"Oohhhhhh that. I found a bunch of my own death certificate's and went to go investigate. Pris was being my handler buttttt let's just say she didn't account for the many cameras. I got caught, blah, blah, blah, skip to me being taken down to Morales' office. I stole this." They held up the glass Numi was in. "Then Numi helped me get out by stopping the cameras. That sums it up I think."

"And why didn't you let me know about any of this before breaking into an Agency building?"

"I was pretty sure I could trust you but I had to be safe." Pyre chuckled slightly awkwardly. "Remember what happened with Juniper? Didn't want another of those." It was true but that was not Pyre's reasoning in the moment. In hindsight they definitely should have told Reginald, the person who knew Agency buildings like the back of his hand.

"I guess the trust issues were never written on your resume. Hmm but what can I expect from an Agent like you?" Reginald mumbled. "Alright. Wait, Agent have you slept at all since this morning? You woke up at 3 am didn't you? That is not good for you you know-"

"Whatever, I'll sleep tonight." That was probably untrue. They had barely gotten any sleep this week.

"Anyway, here's Numi. We can't really see what they look like unless we're in person but-"

"Hold on, Agent. Did you say you were brought to Morales' office?"

"Yeah? Why?"

"Why did Morales want to see you?"

"Uhm, he signed all the coroner's reports so I assume that has something to do with it."

"What? He signed the reports?" Reginald's Spidey senses are tingling.

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

They set the juice box in the air (Remembering about the TK!) and the pocket mirror in front of them (with TK as well ofc). Reclining back on the couch to stretch noisily. GGGHN!

"Yep! Me! From the radio!" they chimed in after Pyre explained who they were. "And yeaaah! I'm the lucky juice winner." they smirked smirkingly.

They lean back and bring the mirrow closer, hovering it in the air. Listening to the rest of the exchange in silence up until Pyre introduced them towards the end. Waving enthusiastically only to stop when Reg-2 cut Pyre off and asked about the reports.

Ohh.. That's a Reggie look of 'something's up' if they haven't seen one!

"Suspicious, right?!" they threw their hands up in the air to emphasize.

"So, of course we had to get Pyre out of there before whatever was coming next!" They grabbed the juice box out of the air and hastily slurped down the rest of its contents until it crumpled up, then tossed it into the nearby trash bin/can and missing it.

They frown and use their TK to 'fix the problem'. That never happened.. /silly

All the meanwhile, they could see the shadow do all of those movements and emotes. It looks kind of adorable.

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

"You always get the best snacks!!!" Pyre craved juice.

Pyre's explanation of the report's left many questions in Reginald's head. "It is quite suspicious."

Pyre heard Numi talk about getting them out and has to add to it. "Ooohhhh yes, Numi was a great handler! "

"Alright, I have many more questions but my first one is... What are they doing?" Reginald seemed very confused.

Pyre looked over to Numi who was throwing their juice box with their TK. They laughed a bit.

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

"I just threw the empty juice box into the trash from afar in one shot!" they lie with no hesitation, only pure confidence.

Numi grabbed the pocket mirror and got up, grabbing the plate to set it down on a surface that's not a seat before walking about the place, exploring as they kept talking.

"This place is huge! This is a lot for just one person to live in. Wow."

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

"That sounds like quite the feat." Reginald wasn't sure if it was true that they got the juice in but he couldn't prove that they didn't. /Silly

Both Reginald and Pyre finished up their meals. Pyre felt much better than before now that they had eaten. They looked into the glass and could see Numi moving. The shapes around then weren't super clear but they could definitely see Numi moving.

"Oooh yeah! Prism does have a massive house."

The waiter returnd, "Is there anything else I can get you two?"

"I'll have the cheque, thank you."

The waiter left and then came by not long after, "Here's your cheque, sir." The cheque was handed to Reginald and the server left them to handle it. Reggie looked at the paper, took out his wallet and pulled out a few bills.

"Well then, Agent, we best get moving too. I don't believe that the Agency knows I'm helping you for sure so they wouldn't be tracking my car but they would definitely be waiting for yours. I suggest leaving it here and coming in mine. Prism or I could pick it up later but right now we've got to find a safe place for you while we sort this out."

"Fineeeeeee, I guess." They did not feel like having to hide out somewhere while people do the talking for them but it's better than whatever Morales probably had planned.

Pyre grabbed the sculpture and he two walked out and down the road to Reginald's car. Pyre got in the passenger's seat and held the sculpture.

"So how's it going over there, Numi?"

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

"IiIIi FfOUUuNnDd AaAAH cOooOlL CHAaIIiIIR!" replied Numi vibratingly, sitting on some sort of hyper souped up chair which Roxana DEFINITELY has somewhere in her house.

They truly are having the greatest time, a funny contrast to Pyre's current predicament. The silhouette's outline is cartoonishly ripple-y and fuzzy as a result. At least they have Numi for comic relief.. /silly

The silly goober returned to their scouting duties once the duo exited the establishment, looking out for any suspicious individuals in their (Pyre's) surroundings.

"BaAaACk TooO HaNddLIIiIiing!" Thank you, Numi. Your help is appreciated Numi. /pos

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

"Oooh yayy cool chair!!!" Pyre said about Numi's chair. They strapped in with their seatbelt and Reginald was off and driving. "Soooooooo where are we headed?"

"Well, I don't have many safe places to hide you that aren't run by the Agency but you had the right idea earlier about where would be a good place."

"How so?"

"Roxana's house. She has security cameras all over aswell as an entrance that takes a while to open if you don't know how. She also happens to have a very nice basement!"

"WHATTTTT??? Why do I have to go stay in a basement."

"You know exactly why, Agent. And having someone keeping an eye on you is especially good in situations like this," Reginald talked as he drove.

"C'mon, you don't trust me on my own?"

"Not particularly."

"Mean."

Reginald turned on the car radio and tuned it to the Agency frequency (a frequency only accessible to those with the special Agency radio installed.) A man came through the speaker, broadcasting to the Agency: "Attention, Agents and handlers alike, we need your help! One of our top Agents, Agent Phoenix, has been unreachable for the past few days. If you happen to know where they are or see them please bring the Phoenix to your nearest headquarters. There is Zoraxis ties suspected here, folks, so please make sure they actually arrive at the base. We are not saying that they have joined Zoraxis but please do keep an eye out. They are most recognizable for bright red hair, though, I'm sure most of you know who the Phoenix is. As always keep your ear to the ground, an eye to the spy, your nose in a book and your moth shut."

The two looked at eachother.

"That's not good."

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

They listened in on the conversation in silence through most of it and adding in a little "Oh yeah! Pris house buddies!" and a "Hehe- My Reggie also doesn't trust me to be completely on my own sometimes".

Then came the radio broadcast which they heard. Their silly smile turning into a concerned frown. "Uh-oh.."

"That's not good," they said in unison with Pyre.

"So they're LYING now! That's SUPER suspicious! You weren't gone for days! Now you definitely can't go back, that sucks.."

Reminder that they are still on the chair with the massage setting on and their voice is shaking the whole time.

"But don't worry, I'll help you out!" thumbs up!!!

[iexpectyoutoaskwhy]

"Prism house buddies!!!!" Pyre said before side eying Reginald for not trusting them alone.

"Agent, I'm not sure exactly what's going on but for your own sake I suggest ducking down below where anyone can see you."

Pyre unbuckled their seatbelt (unsafe!) and ducked below the glove compartment. They brought the sculpture with them and continued to look through it at Numi. They chuckled slightly at the chair sounds before agreeing with what Numi was saying.

"They're completely lying!!! And it is super suspicious!!! And yeah! I haven't been gone for days, it's barely been a few hours."

"Well, Agent, the other Phoenix-"

"Numi." Pyre corrected.

"Yes, Numi, is right. There's no way you can go back now."

Pyre sighed dramatically, "Fineeeeee but I know for sure that there's still something being hidden from me. And I want to know what it is."

"We will find out but right now the most important thing is that you don't get caught, again."

The two continued on their way to Prism's place, it wasn't too far so they should be there pretty soon.

[agentphoenixcrittercore]

"How long until you guys get there?" Head tilt. They got tired of the chair and set it to back massage mode, which made them figuratively melt into the seat. "Ohooh…. I want this in my office."

Their shadow momentarily left the reflection as the pocket mirror was no longer pointed at Numi.