It was stupid. She will admit it. Marley felt crazy doing this. Tarot? Really? But she couldn't undo it. Marley had already bitten off the piece but she wasn't sure if it was too much for her to chew. "What are you going to do? Hm?" Dissonance said. 

     She held a card. Dissonance nearly started laughing. "Oh no, you are going to read my future! What a terrible fate!" Dissonance mocked. She tosses the card and it directly hits Dissonance's eye. "OW FUCK-" Dissonance said, rubbing her eye. Marley then throws more of them at her. 

   Thespis was still holding the zombie-like audience back. Dissonance shrieks. "WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO ACHIEVE?-" Marley stands there. "Well... look around you." Marley says.  "Hm?-" Dissonance noticed her guitar in pieces on the ground. Dissonance then glances over at Jane. "Minji..?" Jane looked at her. "...nonononononono.." She stared down at herself. "..what have I done..?!" Dissonance faded back to the guitarist. "..I...I..." She says. 

   The audience snaps out of it. Everyone is dazed and confused. Jane glanced over at the girl. "...we need to talk.." she says, and the two walk off the stage. "Welp.. take a bow. You two earned it.. I tried to hurry but my older sibling wouldn't let me go-" a little voice said from behind. It was that kid who helped Thespis in the first mission. "Goldenrod!" Thespis walked over to him. "Nice to know you are okay, buddy." He smiled. "Yeah.. I'm just really sorry I couldn't help. You guys did good though!" Goldenrod says. 

    "And hello Tarot! It's good to see there is more heroes in town!" Goldenrod says. Marley was honestly not expecting a welcome from the kid, but she appreciated it. "Thanks." She replies. "..oh no... my sibling is calling me.. I'll try to show up next time." Goldenrod says and then walks away. 

    A moment of silence. "I probably have to leave too. See ya, Phantom of the Opera." Marley says. She runs back to the closet. Marley is back into her normal clothes. "Huh... I guess Thomas left." She then says. That relieved Marley, knowing he was safe, but at the same time, she kind of missed him. Odd. 

    She was about to leave when she ran into Thomas. "Oh uh. Hey Marley. Uhhh.." Thomas says. "WHERE WERE YOU?!" She yelled, grabbing his ear scoldingly. Marley shouldn't have said that. She wasn't really around during it either, so it'd make her a hypocrite, but she was still worried about him. "I was trying to get out. The exits were blocked.. sorry.." Thomas apologized. "..sorry for shouting, I was just...concerned. It'd be pretty stupid if you died, you know." Marley said. 

  "O-oh..okay.." Thomas says. "Alright." Marley replies. A moment of silence. "Uh..thanks for asking me to go here with you anyway," Thomas said, "even if it was kind of a disaster." "No problem." Marley smiled. They manage to leave as the exists were cleared, and he drove her to her house. 

    They walk up to her porch. "Alright. Thanks." Marley said. "No problem." Thomas smiled. She kissed him on the cheek and then walked inside. "Huh-I-what-uh-" Thomas stammers. "Just thought you earned it. Goodnight." Marley shrugs, then shuts her door, leaving Thomas momentarily flustered. 

"Hm..." Marley said to herself. "Maybe i could bring Tarot out once in a while."

((it's been forever since i worked on this! it was sitting in my drafts since FOREVER!))