"Really?" Lin wondered. "If it's a new location within your zone, it must mean there's been a shift in your thought processes. Zones always react to changes in a dreamer's mental patterns, although whether that's good or bad remains to be seen."

Hez continued walking ahead of the others, approaching an upside-down teacup that had a significant chip on its side. She was just small enough to squeeze through the chip like it was an entrance. Upon reaching inside, she created a small light to illuminate the dark space. To her surprise, the inside was lined with broken ceramic fragments, bloody handprints, and some deep red writing that eerily drooled below it. It was almost like this was the scene of a murder, but no bodies or weapons could be found. Hez stared at the writing with vapid fascination...

[b]ICN[/b]

It was those three letters again. Just like the last fridge-dungeon, those symbols popped out at her. Did anyone else know about them? What were their significance? Could it be a clue to why certain people were able to reach Vivi-Dream and not others? Hez had neglected to say anything about the previous letters to Lin because of how frantic things were. This time, she wondered if it was worth mentioning it when they were busy trying to help Alice. She didn't want to stray her friends too far off from their objective, so she silently exited the teacup-murder scene and rejoined Lin.

"You were in there for quite a while," the one-eyed girl said as she finished examining a right-side-up cup that had nothing remarkable. "Did you find anything?"

Hez shook her head. She opted to keep quiet about her findings for now until their job was finished.