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Ace sat up when she saw Riley and Leila appear from the bookcase and she smiled. "Flashy entrance, nice." When Harper made the mention of exchanging clues, she pulled the newspaper clipping out of her hat. She didn't have pockets and she wasn't going to stuff it in her shirt so her hat was the next best thing. She handed the newspaper over to Harper, figuring she would explain where he missed. 

"Along with the drownings, there's also someone who really doesn't like those bunny guards. It was not a pretty picture." She remembered the writing on the wall and added. "The rabbits are not what they seem... so it said on the wall. In paint- well it's still debatable. It could've been blood." 

She listened to the rest of the findings, giving a curious look when Riley mentioned summoning the Midnight Man. She recalled the old tree saying something about him, but didn't think much of it at the time. Now apparently, it was a big deal. She should really pay more attention to detail sometimes.

 Everyone was together and Riley took the lead. She stared at the door with her bloody fingerprint next to get name. She pricked her finger for it and then had been sitting down, hugging herself to fight the cold. The rain really did a number on her. Ace tried to focus on everything but the cold, but then Harper brought it back to her attention. "Eh, I could be worse. A little cold will at least keep me awake..." She couldn't help but laugh between the banter on safety. 

"What is safe anymore?"

And rules. Of course. Everything had rules. Ace sighed and decided to TRY and remember them. "Stay to the rules. Only use the glow bugs. Don't go outside- well it's raining anyway. Who wants to go outside in this weather? Oh, um, and don't forget the salt." When they all were placed into a group, she fist bumped Riley and grinned. "Sweet, we're in a group together!" She gave a supportive salute to Harper and Jasper. "You guys will be fine, don't worry! And you have Lesley and Avian. He's a warrior and such." She smiled and then turned to the game Riley had started. 

A bright flash made her shut her eyes, only to see writing on the walls. They like just like the messages on the wall in the basement. . . Did that mean the Midnight Man was the one who wrote them? Maybe. . . "So. We have to find a sword somewhere in this house." Ace shook her hat, trying to get at least that dry. But it was to no avail. "Well, I hope he doesn't mind if we trash his house." She said when Harper asked where they would find it. 

"Don't worry Harper. With the groups, we'll cover more ground. We'll be safe!" She patted his back before taking a step forward. When she took a step forward she plopped her hat back on her head and grinned. 
Riley was already next to Leila, so she pulled Inadi along between the stairs. "C'mon Riley, we'll take the downstairs area. Sounds good?" As she moved forward, she almost forgot the guides and Haku were following them too. "Don't fall behind you three. We gotta hurry after all." As they walked, Ace looked at a painting on the wall. 

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She tilted her head and stepped towards it. "Hm..." The redhead removed it from the wall and put it on the floor. She tapped the wall behind it and didn't hear anything. "Well, there's no hollow secret door here. And the painting can't hold a sword." She shrugged and kept it moving with the group. She remembered from being with the gang she was raised in that some of the guys would do that only to find secret compartments with money stashed in them. Normally, paintings were where they hid. But this was not the case, so they just had to keep looking.