Moonlighting

Moonlighting is a miniature arc of Balance that took place between Here There Be Gerblins and Murder on the Rockport Limited.

Summary
The gang enters the Bureau of Balance for the first time. They meet the Voidfish, a powerful creature inhabiting the Bureau, who, when given memories, will block them from remembrance by every mortal being in the universe who has not consumed its ichor. They are informed that the static they've been hearing out of people's mouths was the result of the Voidfish blocking their brains from processing Voidfished information that the Bureau members they met prior could speak about and understand. The boys drink the ichor to get inoculated into the organization and immediately remember dozens of disasters and wars that the Voidfish has erased.

They then meet the Director, the woman in charge of the Bureau. She has them watch as the Phoenix Fire Gauntlet they recovered is destroyed so it can do no more harm. She then subjects them to a test of strength, wit, and bravery, fighting ogres and robots, to prove that they are worthy to truly join the Bureau. After passing, they are given permanently affixed arm bracers displaying the logo of the organization and told about their new responsibilities as Reclaimers. They obtain several items to help them on their quests, some through luck from the Fantasy Gachapon and some by purchase at Fantasy Costco.

Characters

 * Killian
 * Avi
 * Johann
 * Voidfish

Locations

 * Bureau of Balance

Legacy

 * Moonlighting was succeeded in spirit by the Lunar Interludes.
 * The in-house Bureau of Balance setting for an arc was later revisited, in a way, during The Crystal Kingdom.