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Seeing that Harper was agreeing with him made him feel a little better about his decision, albeit he still had some deeper pangs of guilt that he wouldn't show on his face except for a few moments where he heard the roar of the turtle dragon behind them and his face would show signs of discomfort. While his attention was turned to the group the little witch that had appeared before them had apparently decided it was a good idea to throw a rock at the bush behind them and a small dragon showed up from behind it. Inadi turned to see the commotion and he immediately wished that he hadn't.

It was the damn rainbow dragon that he remembered seeing with the hooded figures in the past. He automatically knew that the group was probably nearby and that this was probably just some kind of scheme to lure them into a trap. Turning to Harper with a disappointed look he nodded in response to the question. “Yep. He certainly brings back memories doesn't he?” He said in a very tired tone and the chase was suddenly on. 

The stupid little witch was quite fast and it was clear that she had an idea as to who the hooded figures were when she mentioned their tea. That made this all the more interesting as to whether or not the little witch was under their employ. Was the dragon just a way of getting them to the cottage faster or was she literally just in the right place at the right time? Either way, Inadi felt his chest tighten on him on more than one occasion chasing down the witch and the Rainbowzilla as she called it through the woods until they eventually found themselves at what looked to be a door into a hidden little home inside a hill side. Seeing one of the hooded figures at the door welcome them did almost nothing to calm his nerves.

As they walked towards the house Jasper grabbed his arm in what he could only guess was fright. There was no telling what this crew was going to do and they needed to be on guard. Wanting to settle the girl next to him's nerves, he quickly brought her hand to up to his face and gave her hand a quick kiss of assurance. In the moment, Inadi hadn't even thought of it, but that was the first time that either of them had done anything related to kissing. Inadi the whole time back at the castle was very slow and nervous as all hell to make a move to quickly like that when they first started dating and it had carried over throughout the relationship to that point. Hell, even the idea of kissing Jasper on the cheek made Inadi nervous that he was going to screw up the relationship. Yet he goes and kisses her hand without even a word? He shook his head at himself, shocked and even embarrassed at his own insecurity.

“We'll be fine. Harper has the list and we are going to get back everything they stole from us,” He told Jasper with a determined look and a smile. “And maybe even a few answers to go along with them.” He told her as he continued walking hand in hand with her while the other hand gripped Kain tightly as they went further into the little home.

Ace in her usual bold way brought up the fear of poisoned food and it made Inadi feel a little more normal in the given situation. If Ace could still be herself, perhaps his nerves were a little unfounded. However the veins in his head began showing up when the one hooded figure who offered the cookies to them mentioned Mr. Cuddles. So the bear was here after all. And he was making treats for the little rendezvous. Slowly letting go of Jasper's hand, Inadi let his mind roam in thoughts of what would happen when he saw Mr. Cuddles. Toby continued his chatter about wanting a cookie, but it fell of deaf ears as Inadi reached into his pocket. He felt the newspaper clip still inside and let out a low growl of frustration and anticipation. "Well how soon can we go inside then if you don't mind me asking. We have things to discuss in the end don't we?" Inadi asked as calmly as he could. This whole time he was praying that the bear was only mistakenly assumed to be working with the hooded figures. Now it was clear that he was there and collaborating with them. The sooner he saw the bear, the better. Looking over at Toby who was still going on about the food made him roll his eyes and a quick whistle shot out past his lips. Waiting for Toby to turn back around, Inadi held out his hand as if to try and tell him to calm down. "I'm sure we will be getting all the food we could want once we sit down and start the talking. No need to act like a spoiled children in front of the hosts after all." He said looking back at the hooded figures who had arrived and the original one that greeted them at the door. Nothing about this smelled right. Everything felt like it was a trap. Now it was just a matter of whether they spring it and got caught or they got out of it before things went south.