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 [u][b] Los Paraisos: Streets[/u][/b]

Aria muttered to herself angrily as she strode down the streets, hands wringing at her scarf twisted loosely around her arms. This had not been shaping up to be a good day, with her waking up on a random roof wearing Chirps’ clothing, finding Chirps in a pile of hay all but naked, and later being found by Xan who had somehow ended up as a clown last night. She wondered how the others were faring- had they ended up similar situations as well? 

[i] “Hotel… sleep… sounds good… but… Aria… give me my clothes. You… can have your dress back…”[/i]

Hadn’t he noticed that the dress was an illusion yet? She frowned and took a breath to reply, but ended up inhaling the scent of burnt wood and metal. Coughing, she looked up only to see a large crowd of onlookers blocking off their path as they surrounded the blackened husk of a building. A very familiar building. 

“[i]Wait… Isn’t that… the restaurant?”[/i]

And indeed it was. The Hell’s Kitchen restaurant where they had dined only the day before had been reduced to nothing more than charred remains. The three could only stare up at the blackened sign above the building in shock. 

Had anyone been hurt? And wasn’t the head chef Moira’s brother? “Excuse me, but what happened here?” Aria approached the crowd and asked one of the men who was observing the building. 

“Huh? Oh, the restaurant caught fire last night.” The man had eyed her baggy ensemble for a second but thankfully chose not to comment. “It was after it had closed so I don’t think anybody got hurt though.” He rubbed at his chin, then gestured to the police walking around the place. “They’re still trying to find the cause of the fire. I think they said it was a stove that got left on, but from what I’ve seen of him the head chef was always careful about things like safety despite the amount of plates he chucks around.”

With a quick thanks she returned to the other two, still refusing to look at Chirps and addressing Xan instead of what she had learned. Really, all of these things happening did nothing to soothe her throbbing head. 

“We should go back and inform the others. Xan, do you know if there’s a shortcut back to the hotel?”