"Nine outta ten times the evil boss is in the largest, most decorative or picturesque part of the mansion." Luka said, nodding as if to confirm what she just said. Hey, it was true! "Couldn't get any more cliche if you tried, you old coot." She murmured, starting on up the main corridor and towards a grand hall. If he wasn't there, then he was in some kind of underground laboratory. If this place even had one of those... "Wow... I just realized. You could call a lot of villains 'mainstream' these days. I mean look at this place. How many places do you raid that look almost exactly the same, with the same layout, same ridiculous gullible guard force and.. god damn it, the first thing this guy will say is [I]"How did you get in here?!"[/I], right?"

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Hana put her arms around Joseph and buried her head in his neck, "...To think, our clan has been protecting the Council for centuries. And then in the blink of an eye..." She sighed, trying not to think about it any longer. She couldn't help but wonder if Heise, his mother and her father were alright. Hana & Misaki's mother had disappeared a long time ago, so she would likely be off the council's radar.. if she was alive. Somewhere.