Word had gotten out around the world that Popful Kitty had returned through Freddy's news show, Razzmatazz could no longer ignore it.
Eager to see himself the very person who stole his title of King of the Arcade, Razzmatazz ordered a homecoming at the Quarter Bros Arcade, the fans lined the red carpet as Razzmatazz emerged from the limousine with short blonde hair, sunglasses, a cane and a glass of his terrible energy drink, dressed in a formal white military coat.
"Jesus christ Nero, you look like a pimp" Dawn shaking her head in digust.
"We're no longer on first name basis Firestorm, just tell me where Popful Kitty is!" Nero was in no mood.
"Poppy is not here, she's already moved on to her next job, honestly you could've just looked at her god damn Wikipedia page instead of showing your traitorous face here!" Dawn's eyes glow yellow in anger.
The lights from the manager's room glows at the two gamers indicating to break it up, as the red mist cleared, a tense meeting between Nero and Dawn occurred later in the bar.
"So you're telling me I lost to a five year old girl?" Nero was twitching getting close to snapping.
"The only thing that scares me is how quickly she picked up a game she's never played before, if she took this seriously, she'd easily wipe out both our teams, I hired her for Polygon Express and she accepted but whether she turns up at the majors is anyone's guess" at least Dawn was more calm.
"Is she really part of that dumping ground the Shark House?" Inquired Nero.
"She is, don't even think about trying to buy her around, she's just a hard worker who wants to pay off her debt her way and don't pull any bull shit in trying to force her to play against you, you've already got two strikes for harassment and no amount of crypto is going to buy back a banned account" Dawn's eyes glow yellow again.
Nero broke his wine glass and snapped.
"I am the Razzmatazz! I am the hype! I am the one true arcade king! Not this meek pathetic marathon runner! When the time comes, she'll be wasted! I'll make sure she faces the most humiliating of defeats!" Nero storms off in anger.
"I'd laugh my ass off, but it sickens me how pathetic you look Nero, Lazeld must be turning in his grave right now" Dawn leaves the arcade, shaking her head trying to hold back tears.
The next morning over at the beach area, Poppy arrived in her Mini, waiting for her was Lisa standing next to her motorcycle.
"Okay Poppy, you've got a whole morning to complete the delivery route, try not to get yourself killed out there" Lisa popped on her helmet and rode off.
Popuri wondered why the route was so dangerous.