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"I never really thought about it that much. I've always been pretty smart. Getting good grades and all that has been really important my whole life. It felt like everything had been set up for me without much choice. But singing was originally my parents' idea. My mom's specifically. She said I needed an outlet for my emotions. A way to relax and be myself while I wasn't working. It worked out pretty well. I loved singing. It made me feel free. I could choose for myself and I could be myself. It felt like I wasn't following a set path, but making one for myself. So that's how I grew to love it so much. Over time, I kept practicing and got better. But...my parents never thought I'd be as into singing as I am. Once I asked about it, my father was mad with me. He said I needed to follow through with becoming a lawyer and have a real job." Avalon seems a bit sad. "I know he's only trying to look out for me and is worried for me, but he can't keep acting like this. I need to be able to choose for myself and live my own life. I just...can't seem to get him to see that." She shakes her head and looks back at Lyon. "You know how parents are. They don't change their mind very easily."

Tab angrily glares at Somnis after her first remark. Then, as Somnis goes on, Tab starts to feel the weight of Somnis's words, looking away.

"......I understand. I... need to take the risk, then. For... myself. No more fear.

...Thanks, Somnis." Tab gets up and readjusts his hat. "Well then, it's about time for me to start heading off. I suppose Morgan already told you about our team's meeting tonight. You're free to show up. But I won't forget what you told me. If you're ever in another sticky situation... or if your dog does turn out to know something... let me know."

Tab starts up the scooter and heads off to the meeting.

Wait... Yeah.

Investigation Team

(This will be after Morgan and Julia make out talk. I dunno how long it's going to take so I'm just starting this now. I also gave you both a boost to Courage and Understanding.)

The investigation team all get a together at Julia's house, gathering around in the main room. It looks like Somnis and her friends are here as well, although Lisa is glaring at Morgan and watching over Somnis carefully. The two of them are a bit distanced from the group. Although Somnis waves at Morgan and smiles. Buttons stands next to them, acting like he's not paying attention. Dogachu sits in Somnis' lap with his tail wagging.

The others mostly gather around in a main group together. Fox stands, leaning on the table and supporting his head with both hands and Raine sits quietly next to him. Lance sits at the head of the table with his hands folded together in thought with Avel on one side of him, quietly watching everything and Mattea on the other side, leaning over the table and resting her head on one hand. Tom leans against a wall, watching over everyone and Laura stands behind Raine.

Tom is the first to speak. "Alright, everyone. There's something you should probably know. Karl was caught by the police yesterday and questioned. They're suspecting that he's involved with Zack's disappearance. This is bad to say the least. We need to be careful from now on about being spotted going to and leaving the other world. We especially need to be careful with the cops. Of course, telling them about the other world would make us look crazy, but they'd probably think we were hiding something about the murders. So if they ask you any questions, try to keep your answers vague. They'll probably know if you're lying. And selling us out is definitely going to get us nowhere. Remember, only we can do anything about this other world business. If we're caught, it's game over."

Lance nods and continues with his own plans. "Alright, now that we all know about that, I may have a plan on how we can rescue Zack." Lance looks over at Avel and he takes out what looks like a hand drawn map of the volcano. It's not necessarily accurate and he obviously doesn't know all that much about the different rooms, but it's a good visual aid. "So here's the plan. Instead of just busting in there, we take a more stealthy approach. We'll need to send in different groups to sneak past their defenses. The first issue is the alarm. Avel and I did a little snooping around when we first got there and we may have found where the main power source for the volcano is. We need to send a group in to take that out. Then, once the power is out, we only have a limited amount of time to get in, get Zack, and get out before they repair it. We'll need a fast team to sneak past the guards and do that. Finally, we need to steal the Fire Soul. Laura and Tom found out it's hidden in the throne room by listening in on some of the enemy's conversations. So in total, that's three groups for a stealth based plan. We'll have to be pretty careful. So, thoughts?"

"This plan sounds good Lance...

It's just that I am REALLY not stealthy.

Even though I don't want to, I might be better sitting this one out..."

Somnis tries to speak across the room to the group. "Hey, my mom's a detective. I think her current case is involved with the other world. She's investigating the murders and disappearances."

Mattea sighs. "We're supposed to be avoiding the people trying to arrest us and you're directly connected to them?"

"She's not trying to arrest us, she's trying to arrest the bad guys."

Tom speaks up. "This might not be such a bad thing. Somnis knows what the police are going to be up to with her mom and can check how their progress is."

"Well, I was going to say that someone has been manipulating the data in the police department. There's some deleted files about this case. I don't know who, but they must have a connection to the police to access their files."

Lisa is thinking. "Or they're a skilled hacker..."

"Huh?"

"Whoever is working with the enemies must be skilled with machines. I mean, just look at how complex the Soul Keys are. I wouldn't find it hard to believe that they'd be able to get into the police files."

Fox seems to be paying little attention to this and is still thinking about infiltrating the volcano. "Hey...I'm kinda like a fox ninja in the other world. I bet I'm good at stealth."

Somnis then responds to him. "Oh. Right! So I think Dogachu and Buttons should be on our Zack rescue team. And Lisa should be on the alarm team. I bet she could take out the power really easily with her skills."