Void Rift (rp) - Intermission

The pair can just see Artemis quickly heading up the stairs, following me.

 

They part, letting you pass.

 

Artemis heads to the top of the stairs, after me and Aj.

"I swear, Aj classic sounds like a baby elephant running up stairs." Abigail comments casually.

 

Muffin seems confused about seeing you and your form, opting to just leave out an open window.

Linoa snickers, Rineth sighs.

 

A long while later, Artemis runs downstairs, myself following her.

"I think we found Stephanie." Artemis says happily.

 

"Was she just upstairs the whole time?" Rineth asks, annoyed.

 

"No." I say, unamused.

"It's called the internet!" Aj calls.

"We have a few locations to check, but I'm fairly certain one of them is where Stephanie is." Artemis says confidently.

 

"Oh, that thing that everyone worries about getting hacked?" Linoa asks.
"Honey, they were probably just scared of you."
"Isn't everyone?"
"Well... not in the ways you want them to be."
"Hey!" She scowls.

 

Abigail awkwardly slides past Linoa, keeping her distance.

"You really think we can find her?" Abigail asks.

"Aj seemed to know what he was doing. The locations are pretty far away, but we should be able to get to them." Artemis says.

"There's a lot of rich people with limos split apart, annoyingly." I say.

 

"Well, then we just check all the rich people houses and limos." Linoa says. "If they resist, you stab them or I mortar their property!"
"You've spent too much time in the Realm of Shadows, dear." Rineth mumbles.

 

"Or just force them to comply, search for Stephanie everywhere and leave them be with wiped minds if they resist." I say flatly.

 

Linoa winks at you, grinning. Rineth just sighs.
"I think we'll get along just fine after all, shadow king."

 

I sigh, sounding exhausted already as I head out the front door; Abigail getting up from the sofa and heading toward the front door too as Artemis follows me.

 

Rineth and Linoa follow as Sgavrinn comes launching out of the forest, as if launched by a catapult.

 

The group seems to head down to a car parked on the driveway, myself getting into the drivers seat and Artemis in the passenger. Abigail gets in the back, glancing at Rineth and Linoa.

 

Rineth and Linoa close the car doors.
"We'll trail. If things get dicey, we interfere from illusions." Rineth says.

 

"Alright. Try not to make yourselves too obvious." I say, starting up the car before driving off.

I drive for a couple of hours down roads and motorways, before finally heading into a town. After driving through the town for a short while, it's fairly evident I'm headed toward the large mansion near the outskirts.

 

Sgavrinn goes through a portal as you leave, no signs of the draconian couple as you approach the mansion.

 

I drive up to the gates of the mansion, before talking into a speaker and mic for a while, discussing why I should be allowed into the mansion before finally being allowed entry and driving up to the mansion itself.

Abigail, Artemis and I get out of the car, heading to the doors of the mansion, where a butler waits in the doorway.

"How may I help you, sir?" The butler asks, turning his nose up at the trio already. Strangely, he doesn't seem to notice I'm a Shadow.

"I'm looking for my lost friend, Stephanie. We believe she's staying here." I explain.

"Stephanie? There's no records of anyone named Stephanie here." The butler says.

"Do you think we could come in for a look around?" Artemis asks.

"Very well, if you must." The butler says, sighing, letting the trio in.

 

The draconic couple slides in as well, still cloaked.