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[b]"A hungry bear does not dance...[/b]

She wasn't really listening anymore. Instead, the girl focused on the pipe on the ground and the light tinge of red that was smeared on it. The humans were here now. The newest batch, the batch with the list. She eyed them up and down, they were an interesting cast. The boy introduced himself as Zabluda then asked if he could make a deal. It made her chuckle, they weren't here to bargain. They were here to put an end to the madness. He kept talking, but it was nothing but a dull buzz in her ears. The only thing she had really heard were his words about a hungry bear. How silly, everyone knew that Rory the bear danced for Honey.

"Rory dances for honey." She stated in an informative tone, as if she were speaking to a child who didn't know that dogs barked and that cats meowed.

She picked up the fallen pipe only to see Gary running around with her pole. ??? stared and watched as her friend whacked the captured human on the head. She didn't laugh, but simply stared on blankly. What mattered now was the list, not some dancing bear. If he didn't talk she'd ask the others.

"You," she pointed a Mado and Leon with her pipe. "Have you seen the list?" The girl wasn't trying to be threatening at all. She asked as if she were looking for a simple item that she had lost and needed to find once more. 

"Ey, Gary." Luke frowned. "Put that away before you poke out someone's eye. Last time you nearly impaled Mrs. Cinnamon bun...it could have gotten really messy." Compared to ??? he looked calm and carefree. He held Leila's hands behind her back but didn't try to act tough at all, he simply stood tall with a grin. "Y'know if you tell us where it is it'll go better for all of us in the long run." He watched as Gary continued speaking to the boy in the coat then looked to Sacha. "Make sure she doesn't blind anyone, okay?" 

For kidnappers they were a weird bunch and all dressed in hooded cloaks that matched. They had no order and judging by the way things were going, weren't the most organized criminals out their either. 

[b]"..the list is important....wish the entrance, but the exit...."[/b] The girl with braided hair spoke up.

[b]“What list?”[/b] Another voice, this time from a boy with a feather earing.

"Mhm," Luke appeared really. "That list is important which is why we'll be needing it, for the greater good of course." He twirled his pipe in one hand and held Leila in place with the other. "We're on your side." Luke said with a hearty chuckle.

??? stared on and the rained poured. "It's all a game."

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Alligators. Crocodiles. 

Maybe...maybe it would be better if they left the swamp to the others. No, no, they had to be brave. He gulped in a breath of air and gave both Jasper and Ace a nervous smile. The swamp area was dreary and depressing, but they had news to deliver. They were one step closer to solving this crazy case and it made him feel good. A few moments after asking his question he noticed how Ace went quiet, but he didn't question her. If she or Jasper didn't want to talk about the wish then he wouldn't ask because it was kind of personal, wasn't it?

[b]"There's a lot of things I want, but I don't know what I wished for."[/b]

He gave her a smile. "Did you see anything on the train or did you just decide to hop on?" The thought of Ace hopping on the train on a whim wasn't hard to imagine. He had known her for less than a day but she was spunky and brave. Someone who would probably hop on a magical train the first chance she got. The thought cheered him up a little.The trio walked on and Jasper bumped into him. The boy let out a yelp as he nearly fell over, but she yanked him by the shirt before he could fall flat on his face.

"T-That was close." Jasper proceeded to apologize and he shook his head to say it was alright.

The girl then proceeded to tell them about Rosen and Harper felt a pang of pain. "Sorry I asked." He muttered, not wanting to unearth bad memories. "I know what that feels like." He offered Jasper a sympathetic yet weary smile. "I jumped on the train to save my sister." Speaking about it hurt, but in a way getting it off his chest lifted a load of his shoulder. He would have said more but before he could speak Jasper tumbled into a hole full of foul smelling, icky green slime.

"Ace!" He scrambled towards the hole. "Give me a hand." The boy reached out for one of Jasper's hands and with Ace's help managed to pull her out. She was covered in a weird goop he couldn't name but it wasn't acid and he was relieved. Not long after it began raining and Harper frowned at their horrible luck. "We should get her somewhere safe..." his eyes landed on a cave in the distance. "Maybe we can wait for the rain to stop in there?"