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"Is everyone alright? Then how do you suppose we can get it?"

Mayor Spicy Tuna focused his bulging eyes on Jasper and he blinked again and again, he was being thoughtful but with a fish head it was pretty hard to notice. He tapped his shoe, thinking hard about the question the young woman had asked her. He observed the humans and watched as they began regaining consciousness, some were still flat on their backs but most were coughing up lake water and stumbling to their feet. Everyone was breathing and it made Mayor Spicy Tuna click his tongue in delight. "Why...now that you ask, I do notice that everyone is still breathing. Isn't that delightful." The mayor let out a hearty laugh, happy that no one would be dying in his city. The queen would have been upset if she learned her precious humans had drowned and died in his lake.

Serenade noticed the twinkle in his fish-like eyes and felt a pang of anger. He didn't care about the humans, he only cared about his town and his name. "You better be darned happy they're okay, Spice." The black rabbit's expression contorted into a scowl and Dissonance looked taken aback. The black hare was usually calm and peaceful in her dealings with others but it was clear that Serenade was seething and just about to snap.

"Calm down, sis." The white rabbit grinned from ear to ear in an attempt to lighten the situation. She walked towards the dripping wet humans and as usual went for Leila and Hakuren. The white rabbit pulled them both to their feet and practically dragged them towards Serenade. "See, see! No harm done, so just lighten up."

Iro fell into a coughing fit and Serenade turned to look at the soaked magician. He was trying to look calm for everyone else because he was the adult wasn't he and if he broke down that would have been pretty bad. His teeth chattered and he was a ghastly white. Serenade made a mental note to keep the magician in the sidelines, he needed to rest. The black rabbit narrowed her eyes at Dissonance and gritted her teeth. "It's not okay," she spoke, slowly and in an icy tone of voice. "They could have died."

The white rabbit deflected her sister's rage with an innocent smile. "But they didn't, so just relax." She hooked her hands with Leila and Haku and realized just how cold the humans felt. Maybe Serenade had a right to be upset, but she didn't want squabble to take place between the mayor and her sister. The white rabbit beamed at the two humans she held captive. "Tell sis you're okay! I mean you guys are alright, right? Haku, I know you're tough." She added in, pulling them both closer. The black rabbit sighed but looked away in defeat and Dissonance grinned even brighter. However, before she could chatter on she noticed Mado walking back towards the cabin. 

Dissonance lacked commonsense, but walking in the fog and all alone couldn't be what one called safe. "Hey! No face girl! Pasty skinned human...I mean, Mado!" Dissonance waved a hand in the air and motioned for the girl to come join them. Mayor Spicy Tuna turned to look at the source of all the shouting then cupped his fins around his mouth. 

"Human, do come here." He called before clearing his throat. "I've got a few important things to say." He waited for Mado then once again focused his eyes on Jasper.

"So your question miss, well, I'll be honest." The fish smiled brightly. "I, uh, don't know. It's up to you humans how you obtain the items on your list. We nobodies have nothing to do with it."

Serenade sighed, that was true though she didn't like the way the mayor was trying to get away Scot-free. She gave the fish her most convincing evil eye.

Harper fumbled with his glasses, dripping wet like everyone else. He staggered towards Jasper, figuring that she was the most sensible one at this point. He gave her a reassuring smile then voiced out his own question. "Still, this is your town." He was through with games...he just wanted to go home. "Do you have any ideas? You must, right?"

The mayor scowled, what was this, an interrogation? He eyed the humans one by one then grudgingly decided to give them the information they sought. He didn't want the queen getting upset and she'd be angry if the humans got hurt or worse. "Well...you see there was a woman accused of sorcery once. Everyone called her a witch, drowned her in this lake." He noticed Serenade's eyes widen and the puzzled expression that made its way onto Dissonance's Face. Harper wasn't puzzled, but he looked horrified, disgusted even. "Claimed she wasn't a witch, no one believed her...ever since she died people have been walking into the lake in the dead of night. It's been happening for a while. No one could stop it or figure out why."

Harper actually looked angry. "I...I've had it," he sputtered, face turning a shade of red. "I've had it with this crazy place of flying trains and talking donuts! I want to go home." He yelled and as he did so tears stung the corners of his eyes. Getting stranded in a weird place was one thing, being sirened into a lake where a woman had been drowned and nearly dying was another. On the SSF they had lost a child, but this was the last straw. "We want to go home, we don't belong here." After his previous outburst his voice had grown desperate. "How do we find the siren's song!" He balled his hands into fists. "How?!"

The mayor looked away. "I don't know, I really don't, but maybe you could investigate? Find it? Talk to it?"

Harper looked away. "I'll do anything..." His throat felt horribly dry and suddenly he found his vision blurred with tears. Why was he such a cry baby...why couldn't he be brave. Serenade placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder and the boy struggled to blink away his tears. "Thank you," he mumbled, there wasn't anything else to say.

"Why don't you all get a change of clothes and rest for tonight. We can investigate tomorrow...for now you all need to rest and get yourselves warmed up." The black rabbit focused on a shaking Iro and sighed. Tomorrow she'd ask Song for some earplugs and when the siren began singing in the evening they'd find it and maybe they'd figure out how to capture its song.

"Songbird," Serenade called out. "Brandy, Martini, thanks for saving them...you guys came just in the nick of time."

Dissonance waved at the trio, happy to see them, but she didn't go to greet them and instead focused on trying to blow on Hakuren and Leila, maybe that'd help them dry faster...

The black rabbit on the other hand approached the item hunter and Brandy with a serious expression. "Song, you've been travelling for as long as I can remember...do you know how we might be able to capture a siren's song and do you have enough earplugs for everyone? I can pay you in stars for them when we get back. Martini, by any chance did you understand that weird tune?" Serenade sighed, they'd be spending quite some time in Yonder.

"Everyone," she stated in a loud voice. "We'll need to investigate and crack the case of Siren Lake."