As they were traveling through space towards their intended destination, the cards started floating about the cart the Robot Masters occupied, gazing at every single constellation they could find while searching about for planets beyond the moon (with the obvious exception of Justice, who's isolated herself into a corner with the back end of her card facing the rest of the cart). The other Robot Masters, save for Bin Man who's dimly staring out the window at the lingering debris left behind by destroyed Arwings, were deep in thought over Hajime's recent request, and how it was going to affect the balance he has been trying to maintain in order to keep good business and trust with everyone he had befriended in the past.
Suddenly, Minotaur Man spazzes a snort, instinctively jerking his head side to side like a bull shaking some tension and dust off its fur. Often considered the second dimmest bulb in the set, whatever deep thought he was in quickly derails upon regaining his senses and seeing Tarot Cat lingering around, looking at every single card in the area.
"Is something wrong, Tarot?" he grunts. Tarot Cat quickly flies up to him, spouting "nyos" noises while waving its arms up and down and pointing to some of the cards, "You're saying some of your cards are missing?"
He looks towards the cards already loose in the area, "Well, you did let them out a minute ago; I don't see why you're so upset."
Tarot Cat quickly shakes its head and continues making more "nyos" while continuing to point at the cards. Minotaur Man looks towards the cards again, seeming to remember there being more lively, carefree cards running loose and chatting among themselves, but aside from the ones stargazing, the entire cart was dead silent.
Minotaur Man prepares to contemplate who was missing only to notice the ruined Wily Star II in the distance.
"Oh, wow! Look at that mess. Looks like we're gonna be here all week," he sighs before heading towards the front of the cart, "I'd better tell Hajime so he can give us a game plan on how to tackle this."
Tarot Cat watches Minotaur Man exit into the next room before making one final "nyo" and facepalming, squeezing a drop of snot from its non-existent nose.
Unknown to nearly everyone that had been near the Storage Lab, the scuffle between Empress and World had accidentally knocked a couple cards loose, causing them to get left behind during the transportation while some snuck away from the deck for their own personal reasons.
"So what we gonna do today,
Erika?"
The Lover asked.
The card in front of her, Srength's only daughter, spins around and sticks her index finger in front of her grit teeth, hissing at her to be quiet, "Keep it down! You want the old man to know we slipped away from the deck!?"
She then lets out a huff and looks towards the nearby control room, "I want to make sure he isn't doing anything to hurt the Fool or his friends."
Giuseppe wiggles its piggy nose while Lover presses her finger against her cheek in the cutest manner possible, "But won't we get in twable for hawassing Mr. Tanaka's fwend?"
"Friend, my bare foot!" Erika huffs, "What friend goes around trying to take over the world and swindling those who trust him into doing his bidding!? I'm telling you that old man is up to something and I'm going to make sure everyone in that truck knows it!"
Suddenly, her pet lion, Leo, pops up from below the card, letting out a loud roar before she panics and shoves his head back below the frame.
"Leo! You're supposed to save your victory roar until after we've exposed the old man's tricks!"
"And how are you going to announce his old tricks when you hear them...?" grumbles a voice from behind them. Erika nearly falls off her lion as Rini turns to see
The Chariot standing behind them with his arms crossed and his trademark spear tucked against his right arm.
"Hi Danny!" she squeals, waving towards the less than enthused knight, "Did you come to pway with Erika too?"
"We are not playing!" Erika spouts, "This is real life espionage and I want to be the one to make sure that old man sticks to his promises and doesn't use their friendship to commit more unjustifiable crimes!"
"Yeah...well your attempt at real life espionage has already gotten half the building's attention by now. So if I were you, I'd start looking for places to hide if you don't want to be the first to expose the old man to your inner circuitry."
Erika begins beating her fists against her chest, "Let him try! I'm the daughter of Strength! I can take on any challenge that-!" as she continues to ramble on proudly about her family heritage, Chariot nonchalantly materializes halfway out of his card and grabs the top of hers, yanking it into a flat up position while dragging her away from the control room.
"C'mon Lover. Let's get away from here and find the other missing cards before one of his feet-kissing robots finds them," he says.
"Okay, Danny!" Lover giggles as she follows after Chariot.