A third voice spoke up amidst conda and the mysterious stranger, and at the same time, an odd blue light flickered to life. Vivi ducked behind the banister of the staircase and mulled over her options.

She could sit where she was, and wait in order to keep quiet and out of sight, or she could go down and see who the new voices were.

Vivi was already halfway down the steps before she committed to a decision.

"Conda! Hey, conda, who were ya talkin' to?" she posited, rocking back and forth between her heels and the balls of her feet. "I heard someone else talking, and then the flame lit up, and there was a third voice."

She squinted her eyes at the strange blue flame and blinked. "It has eyes? Huh..."