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Back inside, he hadn't really been listening, but now that they were out, Ace's words began to sink in. The queen a villain? That was ridiculous, RIGHT? She was helping them after all and she was offering them a ticket out of Nowhere, a chance to go home.

Harper shot Ace a pointed look, if that was the case, then the items and everything, what was it all for? He wanted to see the best in Nowhere and he was trying so darned hard! He didn't want to think poorly of the Nobodies and of the queen, not when they had been helping them from the beginning. If not for some of the Nobodies then they'd be dead by now, in fact, they would have died all the way back on the Shakespearean Star Fisher.

"Yeah, it was Mary." His eyebrows furrowed together in worry. "They're criminals though...maybe that's why she's after them." His mind wandered back to the encounter in the caves. The way those hooded figures had demanded for the list, the way they had bashed Haku in the head, they were the ones who couldn't be trusted. They were dangerous. Well, at least, that was what the boy believed. 

The two of them trudged on through the pouring rain with Ace once again taking the lead. "That sounds like a good idea. I wonder if the others found anything as well. We could pool together the clues we gathered and maybe try to make sense of this mess." They walked through a field, the mansion coming closer into view. "Say Ace, what do you think about the hooded figures?" Harper didn't like them one bit, but they were from back home too so in a way they were all in the same boat, all stuck in this nonsensical world of sky pirates and ice cream mountains.

One of the birds swooped down, nearly yanking Ace's beloved hat off her head. It cawed loudly and soon even more birds began swooping down on them. How were they even able to fly in this horrible rain? The duo eventually reached the porch and entered the mansion. It was warmer inside and none of the birds followed. "They told us to regroup at the library, right?" The duo made their way upstairs only to be greeted by Haku and a cobweb covered Leon.

"What's up?" Haku was sprawled out on one of the couches, a philosophy book in hand. "You two look a little cold."

Harper blinked then eyed Leon. "What happened to him?"

"A vase fell on the poor queen's head." The ice mage gave his friend a pat on the head and Leon fumbled around with his now dusty clothes.

The wind mage scowled. "It was disgusting! But my ruined clothes aside, Elsa and I found some cutouts. What did you two find?"

Harper looked towards Ace, cutouts huh? "We found some clues too. I guess we'll be waiting for the others then."

Hakuren sighed, "slowpokes through and through, but what did I say? Birds of a feather always flock together." 

Harper was no longer listening, the boy plopped down on one of the couches and sighed. "Things are getting strange, aren't they Ace?" He stared at all the books. Now they had to wait for the others and the guides. Hopefully they'd be able to make sense of all this.