◌ 022 ◌ The power of belief brings even monsters into existence

[wind-of-reason.livejournal.com]

[The scream that comes directly after the CAT's strange message makes Fuu's head snap up from where she'd been resting it on her hand, staring vacantly across the street. Eyes wide, she at once focuses her gaze towards what had been the object of her fixation for the past two weeks- and sees a woman's body collapsing outside the White Rabbit, part way into the street like she'd been about to cross-.]

Ahhh--!

[A thin scream of her own erupting from her, she runs over to the person-- no, not just any person. That hair...
With shaking hands she tentatively kneels beside her and reaches over to touch her shoulder, brush away the hair, glimpse at her face--]

No- no, no. Oh, Miss Ardes-

[Unsteadily she tries to find a pulse, but it's impossible with her hands shaking like this, and she knows she shouldn't move an injured person... So she takes out her CAT and broadcasts in the hologram mode to all the residents.]

I- I need help! A d-doctor, anyone- please! Please. Out s-side the White Rabbit, Miss Ardes- she- she's just collapsed- she's not moving-

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[wind-of-reason.livejournal.com]

Really close. [She thinks for a beat] But, I couldn't say for sure who screamed.

[She glances around, belatedly looking for the source. There are no random passer-bys, no shoppers across the street, she can't even see any staff through the window of the pub.] ...Where is everybody anyways?

[lamb_of_gold]

A good question. Fuu, I need you to check around here, anywhere someone might be hiding. I'll see if I can find out what killed her.

[wind-of-reason.livejournal.com]

[Grateful for the distraction, she nods. Picking up her CAT and turning it off, she turns to go into the pub.

She takes her time to look around well, even going into the staff-only areas. But she can't find anyone. Drinks are cold, food is warm, but everything is left like... the rapture happened or something.
She walks around outside the building, then crosses the street to the shops. Not finding anyone, she comes back to Mu.]

I can't find anyone. This... has happened before too. [And don't think she hasn't been watching her back for moving statues and killer plants. But...] It's even more quiet than then, though.

Have you... found out anything? [She feels ice in her stomach again, but tries to hold on. She won't let what Miss Ardes did - whatever she did - go to waste.]

[lamb_of_gold]

Has it? What happened then?

Nothing that could have killed her. There's a half-healed injury on her head here, but I do not think that is the culprit.

[wind-of-reason.livejournal.com]

[She shakes her head sadly at Mu's news. What could have possibly happened-?]

Well, last time all of the residents except for a few disappeared. At that time, some statues came alive and attacked us, and all of the plants also were able to grow really fast and tried to hurt us.

[lamb_of_gold]

Have you seen evidence of that yet?

[wind-of-reason.livejournal.com]

No, thank goodness!
But then, Luministi doesn't seem to like doing the same thing twice, even if there are some similarities.

[lamb_of_gold]

Hm. That does complicate things.

[wind-of-reason.livejournal.com]

When things get simple, watch out!

[lamb_of_gold]

That's often how it works, isn't it.

[wind-of-reason.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid so... [She trails off, looking at Miss Ardes.]

Mister Mu... what do we do next?