One Small Step for - Eh, nevermind. [Trey/Invite]

"Hmm" Sophie murmured as Skull suggested that she was meant to meet Lantis the way she had. "Well, I guess there's no other way that can explain it" she said with a shrug. "Oh, right. I should ask, Trey, is this your first visit to the digital world?" she asked, out of interest.

Soon after, they arrived at the security headquarters in the east ward of Terminus City. "Well, here goes nothing" Lantis murmured, and entered.

He approached the desk. A Flamedramon was there, watching him approach. As the Spadamon finally reached it, he gave a salute.

"Ah, Cadet Spadamon, there you are" Flamedramon said, folding his arms. "You're only four days late for reporting in".

"Four days?" Sophie repeated. "He's only been with me since last night". How could that be?

Lantis gave a pleading look at her for silence. He turned back to Flamedramon. "Yes, sir... I appear to have become a human's partner, so, I'd like to hand in my resignation".

"Hmm..." Flamedramon said, saying nothing for a few seconds that made both Sophie and Lantis think an explosion was coming. Instead he simply gave a disappointed sigh. "Oh well. It's a damn shame, Spadamon, you've been a good cadet. But, I guess, that's just the way things go, eh?"

"Yes, sir" Spadamon agreed, somewhat glad this parting seemed to be amicable. "Of course I'll still do what I can to keep the peace, sir, but..."

"Yes, I know, but you serve your partner now rather than the security force" the Flamedramon officer said. "Well, I'll let the bean counters know that you've resigned and they'll go through all the motions. Very well, Spadamon, it's been good working with you". He took his claw-glove off and offered his hand to shake. Lantis gladly shook it. "Good luck on your travels".

"Thank you, sir" Lantis replied. And, just like that, it was all over. He returned to Sophie, still looking a little nervous.

"Well... that was easy" Sophie remarked.

"It was probably planned that way" Lantis said, shrugging. "I've been AWOL for 4 days, so, they probably guessed something like this was up. It's not like I've been with security very long, so, yeah" he looked at Bulk and Skull. "So then, do you guys want to go to the cafe now?" he asked, supposing they could talk about it more on the way.