"Ah! Here we are!"

Adagio's voice had a sense of contentment to it, causing Sunset to, after some time, look up and see what she was talking about. There, at the end of the street from them, was a tall apartment building, which Sunset knew to be the home of both Adagio and her sisters. She turned, giving her companion a smile and a nod, before starting to follow her towards the building. For the time being, Adagio's story did not continue to be told, and instead, the two girls remained silent as they journeyed forth. Into the building they went, up the stairs and passing by many doors on the way to their destination. But, eventually, they reached it. Adagio, rummaging around in her pockets for a few moments, soon pulled out a set of keys, which she then used to unlock the door. A few seconds more, and it was open, with the two girls entering the apartment in earnest.

"I'm home!"

Adagio's call was responded to immediately, as both Aria and Sonata looked up from what they were doing to see her. At first, there was some surprise on their part when they saw Sunset behind her, but, after a few moments, they gave her a nod, with Sonata even smiling and waving to her. Sunset smiled back, but, before she could step in any further, she was halted by a hand from Adagio.

"Shoes, Sunset."

While at first confused, Sunset understood soon afterwards when she looked down and saw that both Aria and Sonata's usual boots were by the door they had just entered. She looked up, giving Adagio a knowing nod, before starting to crouch down and pull off her shoes. Adagio acted in kind, and left hers beside the door, with Sunset doing the same not long after. Now fully inside, the former unicorn had a chance to look around the place. It was a fairly modest apartment, just the right size for about three people, and appeared to be well-furnished. Turning, Sunset noted that both Aria and Sonata were in the middle of preparing what appeared to be their evening meal, with the sounds of sizzling permeating the room. As Adagio walked past her, Sunset saw her take a seat on a nearby couch, letting out a contented sigh as she did so.

"Ah! Much better!"

Turning to her sister, Aria raised an eyebrow.

"I'm guessing we'll be having a guest around for dinner tonight?"

While there was a slight sense of annoyance to her voice, it was, nevertheless, genuinely curious, and Adagio soon looked to her before giving a nod of confirmation. Aria looked to Sunset for a few moments before simply shrugging her shoulders, making it clear that this did not bother her. Sonata, however, seemed more intrigued by this, as she then stopped her side of the food preparation before looking to her guest.

"So...how've you been, Sunset?"

Chuckling slightly, Sunset looked to her with a smile.

"I'm fine, thank you, Sonata. Me and Adagio have just been doing some song practise and, well...just talking."

Sonata nodded to that, looking more than a little pleased that her elder sister had apparently taken her up on her suggestion of singing lessons, as evidenced by the wide smile she gave her. But, while Adagio rolled her eyes at this, it wasn't long afterwards when Aria looked to them once more, raising an eyebrow and looking somewhat curious about something.

"Talking? About what?"

And it was here that Sunset shut her mouth tightly, looking rather awkward and uncomfortable all of a sudden. She looked to Adagio, uncertainty as plain as day in her eyes. The elder Siren noted this immediately, but did not mock her for it. Instead, she took on that same look of seriousness she'd been wearing so often this evening, and looked to her sister before speaking up in a matter-of-fact fashion.

"We were talking...about Forte."

Immediately, her words yielded their expected fruit, as both Sonata and Aria dropped whatever utensils they were holding, leading to a sudden and loud clinking noise as they hit the ground. The look they gave their older sister was one of pure shock and disbelief. Even Sonata, who wasn't normally one for taking things as seriously as her siblings, recognised how important this was. In utter silence, they looked to one another, as if to confirm that they had both heard the same thing. Sunset looked from one Siren to the next, feeling very uncomfortable about all of this, but even so, she kept quiet. Eventually, and after an agonizingly long silence, Aria cleared her throat, looking to Sonata and forcing a smile as she spoke.

"Say, Sonata? You know what? I think I forgot to pick something up at the store earlier. You wanna come with?"

Sonata stayed silent, looking over to Adagio briefly, who gave her a quick nod, before looking back to Aria. She gave a nod of her own, but said nothing. And so it was that the two made all haste away from the open kitchen, making sure to switch everything off before doing so, before heading on over to the front door. Sunset watched as they slipped their shoes on before leaving the apartment in earnest. Now, it was just her and Adagio, much like it had been for most of the evening in fact, but still, Sunset said nothing. However, mere moments later, she turned to her host as the latter let out a deep sigh.

"I hope you don't mind, but I just feel the need to slip into something more comfortable before we continue."

Sunset nodded to that, and after giving her guest an appreciative smile, Adagio got up from her couch, heading over to what Sunset could only assume was her bedroom. With the Siren closing the door behind her, Sunset was now alone in this place, so, naturally, her eyes began to wander around a bit. There were a few signs of the place's owners strewn about the place, from what seemed to be home-made clothing in the corner, to a few punk-rock albums beside the nearby music-players, and even a few books on music and song. But, after a while, Sunset's eyes focused instead on something else entirely. She couldn't quite believe it, but there, on a nearby shelf, on a carefully-crafted pedestal, was a sword. It was old, that much was clear, but effort had clearly been put into keeping it from rusting or wearing over the years. Sunset didn't need to ask who's sword this was. Not now.

But, before she had a chance to get up and even approach the thing, she was distracted by the sound of a door opening. Sure enough, Adagio had returned. She walked back into the main room of the apartment with that same confident swagger of hers, barefoot and clad in a simple bathrobe, purple, as was most of her usual clothing. Giving herself a brief stretch, Adagio developed into her standard smirk, before sitting back down on her spot at the couch, crossing her legs and looking to Sunset.

"There we are! As nice as my outfit is, I can't help but love having something less...restrictive when I get home."

Sunset nodded to that, leaning back into her own chair before folding her arms and raising an eyebrow.

"I can imagine. Knowing you, you'd probably walk around naked if you thought you could get away with it."

Letting out a brief chuckle, Adagio looked to her guest with a sultry smile.

"You know me all too well, dear."

As expected, Sunset developed a fierce blush at that, immediately regretting her comment, to which Adagio couldn't help but look very amused. But, after a brief silence between the two, the elder Siren finally spoke up.

"So then...I imagine you wish to know what happened next?"

Looking back to her, Sunset gave a nod, her look of curiosity returning.

"Yeah."

Adagio nodded back, leaning back into the couch and looking up at the ceiling, a ponderous look crossing her face.

"I assure you, Sunset...you may be surprised at the answer."