Ayaka had picked up Rikami and parked her cart when she remembered Mystique had said something about needing clothes. If she remembered that too, then she likely went to the General Store. Ayaka figured she must have just missed her friend on the way out in her rush to the candy store. She ran back to the General Store with Rikami in her arms to see if Mystique was there. She was of course and with a cart full of clothes and other things "Mystique? Are you sure you need everything in the cart?"

"Actually I am not sure of anything but I grabbed a lot of things, didn't I? Well it is free today so I just had to get everything that looked good to me. I even picked up something called a Virtual Library. Not sure what it is but it sounded so cool. But we should grab our food and head upstairs......" Mystique spoke happily.

Suddenly the lights began to dim slowly.

"Ayaka..... Did we miss the time limit?" she asked nervously.

"Yeah...." Ayaka said not sure if she even looked at anything she put into her cart. "I don't know what it is either, but I figured I'd get it too. " She was about to object to getting food because they really needed to get upstairs when the lights started to dim. "I think we might have..." Well hopefully, they won't get in too much trouble for this. "What do we do now?"

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Skotadi was glad that she hadn't been found, for the first time in disobeying the rules she was doing pretty well. The lights were finally starting to dim, as it got darker she switched on her flashlight and could see the back wall of the General Store. As soon as it was totally dark she got out of her hiding place and headed to the middle of the village, she went around to the front of the store only to find that she wasn't alone. There were two girls, one with a hound and another with a cartful of basically everything, she thought about going up to them for a moment but then thought that it might be a trick just in case anyone had stayed behind. She quickly went down an alley next to the cafe and hoped that they hadn't seen her.

Wynn finished his meal and gave a sigh of content. It was very delicious, spaghetti always was his favorite. It seemed he had finished just in time, it seemed they were leaving soon. He hurriedly grabbed his cart and dropped it off in the appropriate section. Now it was time for dessert, he looked at the candies he had, something called a creeper, it was wriggling for some reason and there was a tear in the wrapper. Curious he unwrapped it, immediately and much to his surprise, the small candy jumped away. "Hey come back." he stammered somewhat belatedly and began chasing it. He had no idea where it was going but it was a fast little bugger, he could barely keep it in sight.

He chased it and as it rounded a corner into an alleyway he lunged forward and caught it triumphantly saying, "Got ya!", then upon standing up he saw a remarkably pretty girl with long smooth brown hair who looked slightly older than him. "Uh, hi there. I was just catching my candy." he said gesturing at the still wriggling candy as he brushed the dirt off it with surprising ease. "I guess it was following you or something, magic candy I guess." He said shrugging and popping it into his mouth satisfied with the sour taste. "So what're you doing? If you're still shopping you should finish up we have to go soon." he asked attempting to make it not awkward but probably failing.

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@Eklispe

Skotadi jumped, it had been so quiet and then the sudden rush of noise had scared her a little bit but she soon became calm and said," Hello, again....what do you mean we have to go soon, time is already up, haven't you noticed that it's dark. Anyway, can you please be quiet so that I can hear myself think?" She hadn't meant to sound so frustrated but she hadn't seen anything since it went dark and was wondering if it was just one of those rules that they made because 'they wanted to' instead of a rule made for safety." What are you doing here anyway?" she asked the boy in a much softer tone than she had before. While she waited for his answer she listened out to see i she could hear anyone or anything but nothing, she put one of the PoP rocks in her mouth and ate it, she loved anything that popped or was sour, lolly-wise.

@Aisling

Before it went dark she went to get the free food locker. She was extremely excited about the free food. So she quickly got it and once she got it she hugged Lady Violetta. "Hey where are we going now that its gone dark?", she asked her letting go excited. When she heard the notification she smiled. "Okay see you on the bedroom floor", she said. She ran all the way up to the bedroom floor looking at the map.

Aisling was looking around as she picked up the kitten. It was very dark now and she could not see anything in front of her eyes- not even her own hand that she waved.
'Ayaka.... are you near by? I know that we are just outside of the general store..."

@Aisling
Ayaka thought she had seen another girl run out of the general store before it was too dark to see much of anything, but dismissed it. Who would actually still be here on purpose? By the time they got outside the store, she couldn't see anything. "Yeah I'm nearby. " The question was how were they going to get around if they can barely see anything and should they just go back to the cafe? Rikami's a dog right? Well a type of wolf really, but same thing...

Ayaka figured that her frost wolf pup might be able to help. He was able to smell things around them right? "Mystique, Rikami might be able to help us to get around the village....you think we should try and get back to the cafe?"

Elizabeth had a relaxing meal at the cafe, but she was now on her way back to where it was that she had came from. The area was now dark, which was quite peculiar, considering it had not been too long ago that she had breakfast. Elizabeth thought that it was impossible that time had really passed in such a flash. She'd assume that it was just the village. The stars here were noticeably different from those she was used to. Still, even here there were stars.

Feeling a bit sluggish, Elizabeth decided it would be acceptable to the Lady's message no heed. She made an assumption that the stores, and not the village, would be closed. Elizabeth thought she would find some way to leave herself. It was likely that the Lady would not even notice, should Elizabeth appear late.

@Ninkitty

"He might because canines can smell really well. And he was there for a bit. Let's try it and see what happens." Mystique spoke as she put Ember into the basket and tied his leash to the cart.
"Just keep speaking so that I can tell where you are, please...."

Creeper A gave a low moan for it heard someone that it did not know. That alerted Creeper B who simply turned towards the sounds but it always gave itself away because of the rustling it made. Creeper C was not paying attention at this time.

@Aisling
Ayaka put Rikami down. "You think you can get as back to the cafe?" The pup started smelling the ground. Ayaka held onto his leash while trying to continue speaking so Mystique can know where she was. This seemed to be working. The frost wolf seemed to know exactly where they needed to go, until he suddenly growled and started barking that is.

"Rikami? What's wrong?" Ayaka was starting to think there really was another classmate here with them. Or was it that Rikami was trying to alert them to something else? She couldn't tell which it was.

Skotadi decided to go back to the Sweet Shoppe as she was running out of PoP Rocks and strangely enough she was starting to find them quite addictiive. That made up her mind, she was staying away from the Sweet Shoppe, she was getting a little bored actually and decided to leave, she figured that everyone else that wasn't still in the village would be having a lot more fun than she was. She couldn't bare the thought of missing out on some valuable information, she silently jogged towards the exit which happened to be next to the Wand Shop. When she got close to the exit she saw a shadow of something in her flashlight so she flipped around but all she could see was some bushes, she looked for a while and there it was again. The shadow always stayed at the edge of the light like it was curious but afraid of the it all at the same time.

"Who are you? I know you are there so just come out will you. On the count of three, 1....2....2 1/2....2 3/4....3." She was starting to become a little scared which was unusual for her as she always believed that there was always a logical explanation for everything.

Creeper B decided that since he was found that he should come out so the girl could see him. He was very nervous and scared of being made fun of again.


Meanwhile Creeper A was curious about who was stupid enough to be down in the Village when it was closed and decided to move closer to the group who were just ahead of her. One of them got a canine. It loved animals but animals were always scared of it. It's eyes couldn't see too well in the dark or in the light but soon the star lights would come on....

Creeper C heard some who were in the Village. It could see very well in the dark. It wanted to have some fun so it hopped forward quickly towards the students. It had to decide which one to bother first.

Rikami wouldn't stop barking. Ayaka bent down and started petting the pup to try and calm him down. "Is someone there Rikami?" She was only met with more barking. As if being stuck in the village when it's so dark she couldn't see was scary enough. She just continued petting him in an attempt to calm him down. In the end, she started looking around, but of course couldn't see a thing. "Whose there?" she finally asked hoping this wouldn't freak Rikami out anymore than he already seemed to be.

Creeper A crept closer to where it heard the puppy. When it got with a few feet of the puppy, it knelt down and a hand extended out towards it.

The night sky began to glow and the light shining down on the Village. Everyone could see their surrounding area of about ten feet.

Creeper C saw a girl ( Skotadi ) near by and knew that when the sky began to glow, the girl would see it. It wanted to be seen.

@RavenTLark
From the distance Elizabeth could see someone in the distance, by the general store. She wasn't surprised that someone else had been left behind. They had, after all, left the village so suddenly. The Lady only gave them fifteen minutes before departing. On the other side of Elizabeth were sounds of a voice in the distant, and the glare of a flashlight.

Elizabeth would make her own way. She might as well as head back, as she had nothing to do here. The place was now desolate, and free from any activities. She walked away from the Cafe and headed left, nearing the Sweet Shop. Skotadi was there with a flashlight, looking terrified at a bush.

"Out late?" Elizabeth said suddenly. "You don't seem to used to it, however. Have you never snuck out late before?"

Creeper B headed to the Sweet Shop. Creeper A could move freely and was there first. It was close enough to touch Elizabeth.

Creeper A was tempting the puppy to come to it by slowly moving towards it and making noises.

Creeper C hopped right up to the girl ( Skotadi ) and reached out to touch her shoulder with its cold hand.

Mystique spoke softly to Ayaka
"It is trying to make friends with your puppy!! I think....."

@Aisling

Skotadi screamed as the creature went to touch her, she accidentally dropped her flashlight and all went dark. She waited as her eyes adjusted she could see the girl that had talked to her and looking around, she answered," No, I generally don't sneak out, or disobey any rules as a matter of fact but well.... I guess I thought that I would give it a try. When you were walking over here did you see anything strange?"

At this point Ayaka wasn't sure to be afraid or not. A creature she had never seen before seemed to be trying to make friends with Rikami as Mystique was saying. The barking turned into growling when the creeper's hand extended toward Rikami, but the pup backed away a few steps seeing that it was only slowly moving toward him. Ayaka pet the top of us head hoping he'd realize her and Mystique were ok. It seemed to work because the puppy was now moving slowly toward the creeper.