Clair took a breath while the others, or rather Thomas, decided to follow the noises coming from up into the castle's ominous spire. Given that they couldn't find any proper goods to 'borrow' around, she had no objection to that move. [color=gold]"Well, I guess we should get going then,"[/color] she said, agreeing to him before following through.

Nevertheless, by the time the others arrived at their destination, she would be nowhere to be seen. It was almost as if an unknown force whisked her out of reality. Or as if something in the castle rejected her presence. Eventually, the blonde thief would be back to the bar just like everyone else, but for the time being she had her own problems to deal with.

Meanwhile, in her Throne Room devoid of gravity, Victoire finally figured the reason for her migraine. It had to be the Snake. She was sure that she saw it before somewhere else, but her memories were being manipulated by some unknown force.

[color=crimson]"A stolen card? I don't remember anything about a... Ugh!"[/color] Victoire clutched her head harder as another bout of pain assailed her. She knew she had lost something to a thief, however even trying to think about this Card stolen by Annabel was enough to make her heel in pain.

Not only that, now she was seeing something... flashes of memory about... a tower? Something golden? What in the world could that mean?
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