Vitcon High School

"First we gotta save him, then ya' can tell him all about Morgan and this Solaria gal. Her an' Tab are right about askin' fer help though, I don't know much about Solaria and I didn't see ya guys fightin' Galleon but if he's got some kinda water powers I reckon they'll do a number on those fire guys."
(I can't remember if Robbie ever met Solaria, but if not then ignore the part about not know much about her.)

(Uncle Punk is a little busy right now, but he said he'd be back in a few days. I'll just move the other players for now.)

Lyon

As Lyon sits with Avalon and as he speaks, she looks up a bit surprised. "Oh, Lyon! Ha, you're probably right. I've been pretty focused. This song is a special one. I actually wrote it myself. I'm getting ready to perform it for someone." She smiles at the thought of performing.

Natsumi

"97! 98! 99! 100!" The girl with the soccer ball lets it finally drop to the floor before placing one foot on top of it. "Whew!" She wipes the sweat off her brow before looking over at Natsumi. "Oh? Hey, sorry, I didn't notice you there. Uh...how long have you been watching me?"

Tai

Tai heads over to Jimmy and sits with him, glaring at those that laughed at him the other day. They all seem rather intimidated and don't say anything, mostly shrinking away into their chairs to avoid his gaze. Jimmy notices Tai and smiles a bit, seeing him there. "...Hey."

Investigation Team

Tab starts eating his lunch in a kinda mopey manner. "As much as I enjoyed being pursued by an incendiary army, last night was incredibly close to ending badly. While it's... great that we got Karl back, and that we managed to find another location to investigate, it's also ANOTHER heavily guarded location by the sounds of it. And the last time we had to break into a place like that in the other world, we cut it too close. It's a strong lead, but we'll need strong planning to do it. And there's also the question of Zack..."

"Wait, whats happening to Zack? After my plan to escape failed, I sort of passed out because of lack of bodily fluids. Give me a sum-up, ol Tabby boy!" Karl puts his arm over Tab.

"True Tab has a point they are most likely waiting for us as soon as we go back there." Morgan seems to be looking around for small and fuzzy animals.

"I have to be honest, we just searched for Karl and missed on most of the action... What exactly happened in there? I don't think Somnis had some of us captured once again to "protect them". Right?"

Lisa shakes her head. "No, Somnis didn't kidnap Karl. She would have told me and it wouldn't make sense for her to help us rescue him if she did."

Julia continues. "If there is a guardian in there, I assume it's not in control of the situation...None of them were evil as of now. Maybe whoever captured Karl also captured the guardian this time."

Fox thinks for a minute before responding. "Well, none of the Guardians have been evil, but that doesn't mean they haven't tried to hurt us. Balar attacked us, but only because he was protecting the forest."

Lisa then adds to his point. "Yeah, and Galleon wasn't evil either. But he wasn't full on our ally the second we met him. While he was only trying to help Somnis when you guys met him, all of the monsters there hated humans while we were there."

Tab pushes Karl off of him. "Don't touch me. Personally, I suggest collecting more materials for new armor first. Maybe we could even spend a night asking someone like Galleon or Solaria for information. That's my take on what we should do."

"That's right maybe Solaria can help us. It's has been a while since I seen her and she is really pretty." Morgan blushes thinking of Solaria.

Karl seems surprised at Morgan's response. "Holy crap? You like plant girls? I gotta tell Zack about this..."

"What no I just think she is pretty. Wait why tell Zack of all people would he even care?"

Robbie cuts into the conversation. "First we gotta save him, then ya' can tell him all about Morgan and this Solaria gal. Her an' Tab are right about askin' fer help though, I don't know much about Solaria and I didn't see ya guys fightin' Galleon but if he's got some kinda water powers I reckon they'll do a number on those fire guys."

Mattea crosses her arms and tilts her head slightly. "As nice a thought it might be to be prepared with new equipment and information, how can we be sure we even have time for all that stuff?"

Tom leans back against the gazebo and adds to what Mattea has to say. "She's right. While we had all the time we needed with Lance since Galleon wasn't going to hurt him, who's to say these guys won't just execute Zack?"

Lance seems to be thinking deeply on what to do. "Well we can't just go in guns blazing. We nearly got wiped out last night by that huge army. Not to mention the Hellhounds. We need to make sure we're properly prepared and have a good plan. As annoying as it is to say we have to wait, we can't rush this."

Laura seems to remember something. "Right...if we fall in battle then there won't be anyone else that can save Zack. Actually...has anyone seen Alice recently? She's been gone for a while too." The others give a collective shaking of their heads to say no.

A look of concern comes over Fox. "I did think it was weird that she'd be absent from school two days in a row..."

Lisa then notices Somnis spacing out and nudges her with her elbow, whispering to her. "Somnis, pay attention."

Somnis then looks around surprised. "What? I'm paying attention! You need to pay attention!" Lisa rolls her eyes at that comment. "Hey, Raine, did you grow these all by yourself?"

"Um...the flowers? Yeah..."

"Oh, cool! So which one of you is the murderer...?"

Raine looks shocked. "Wh-What!?"

"Hey. Someone bothering you? You look kind of down." Tai says as he scoops a bit of flavorless mush supposed to be mashed potatoes in his mouth.

Investigation Team

"WELL..." Somnis takes in the deepest breath ever.

"I remember hearing Zack talk to some girl in the basement at school. She said his name, that's how I know it was him. They were talking about the other world and how they needed to 'get rid' of Lance. So I know for a fact that Zack has to be connected with the murderers, but neither him or the girl seemed like they wanted to kill Lance. In fact, I think the girl was crying. So we know that someone ELSE is MAKING them do it. But I don't know who it is. I also don't know why they would want to kill Lance either. What reason would they have to go so far as to kill him if their entire operation is secret? I also don't know if the other murderer is in this group or if there's some outside group we don't know about. There might be more than two killers. But I know that Zack was with one of them. Now that brings up the fact of why was Zack captured? Was this part of the unknown's plan that is controlling him? Was it a mistake and he was caught off guard? Maybe it's all a setup to make him look innocent. I also had a dream where Morgan killed Solaria and that's really really suspicious. Also also my dreams are really weird and seem to magically help me look into the past, present, future, and see helpful visions. There's also this guy in my dream that gave me three items and when I woke up I was holding them. It was a letter to Avel, a locket for Mattea, and a coloring book for Zack. Maybe that means all three of them are connected somehow and are part of the murderer group. He said something about it helping the heroes that were lost or something like that. Maybe the guy in my dream is evil and playing us all for fools! I dunno! He just randomly showed up one day. Actually, I think my first dream with him was when I first moved here. I feel like I have a pretty good guess as to who the murderer is, but I'm not completely sure and accusing people of being a murderer makes me look like a murderer and I am not the murderer. And I don't wanna call you guys fake heroes or anything, but there HAS to be some kind of traitor in the group. And...and...I think that's everything?"

Most of the group just stares at her in silence...

Morgan

Morgan stands up without saying a word and calmly approaches Somnis.

Before Somnis or annyone can do or stop her. Morgan punches Somnis as hard as she can in the jaw.

You stupid f****** b**** accusing me of murdering a guardian when the truth was at the time she was holding Fox hostage. You know what i dpubt someone like you can understand words.

So tell you what meet me at this location (the location to Sunshine Plains) bring whoever your computer bea or butt friend. Really of all the things to accuse me of.

Meet me at that location at midnight or i will personally drag you kicking abd screaming.

Morgan plops next to Julia and turns her back to Somnis and Lisa

Natsumi

"Start all over...? I think I've done enough for now. But if you really want to watch me play, you can show up after school to soccer practice. My name's Freya, by the way." She holds out a hand for you to shake.

Tai

"Nothing really special...just the usual...well, I mean, as usual as it gets. I accidentally set the chemistry lab on fire today. Bad luck strikes again..." He sighs and leans on one hand. "I got in a lot of trouble for it even though it was an accident..."

Natsumi takes Freya's hand. "After school? OK. I don't make promises I don't intend to keep, so I'll be there. Unless I trip and break a leg or something like that. Which is entirely possible. I'm a bit of a klutz. Well, when I'm not paying attention, anyway. When I am paying attention, I'm surprisingly dexterous. But I don't know much about soccer. Can you tell me a bit now so I don't end up embarrassing myself later?" Natsumi makes a game of pretending to forget and seeing how long she can hold onto Freya's hand through her spiel and into the continuing conversation and all through lunch if Freya's either that oblivious or decides she's playing chicken.