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[b][u]Thaum Square?[/b][/u]

Lisette managed to walk backwards quickly enough avoid tripping on the treadmill beneath them, and she looked incredibly unwell as she gazed upon all of the panicking food, some injured and some not. Being a vegetarian to avoid animal cruelty, it wasn't a pleasant sight at all to see produce screaming about not wanting to die, and she might remember the way the cookie crumbled for the rest of her life. Or at least until she felt like eating cookies again. 

Aria had to come and pull her along in order to literally pull her out of her daze, and the group was able to get past the treadmill. A giant baby dressed in a diaper and a police hat shone the flashlight right into their eyes, and with a surprisingly deep voice for a baby, told them to honor the curfew and run along.

A few minutes later and they were now alone in the street. By then, Lisette had finally realized that Kapi was not with her, which explained why she bolted up from the bench and ran a few feet away towards a moving lump on the ground.

"Kapi!!" she yelled, bending down to pick up the lump.

[url=http://www.colourbox.com/preview/3120487-544450-bread-loaf-isolated-on-white-background.jpg]The lump[/url] looked at her, seemingly offended to be harassed by a complete stranger. "Put me down this instant!" it said in a female voice. "I just want to walk home in [i]piece![/i]"

"Oh, um... Sorry..." Lisette said, plopping the bread loaf back on the ground. The loaf trotted down the sidewalk at a quicker pace than before.

She walked back to the others, pulling on her pigtail awkwardly. "Now what should we do?" she asked.

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[b][u]Bugtanical Gardens?[/b][/u]

The situation was scary, but Kapi knew the giant lady would come through for them, and they also had the tall man that smelled like smoke too. They were just bugs, after all, and he spent an entire afternoon watching his friends beat them up. These ones would fall to the might of the Pride for sure! Although unfortunately, Kapi's hidden fire magic wasn't coming out no matter how hard the capybara concentrated. 

Kapi felt small hands wrap around his body and pluck him from where he had been sitting. The small hands were connected to similarly small arms that wrapped around him tightly, the same way Lisette would whenever she was upset. He couldn't see behind him, but he knew from the girl's socks that it was Trixie, who rarely even looked at him, much less hugged him.

He did his best to comfort the girl by sniffing at her trembling hands, and even tried to speak a few wise words (which came out as squeaks, but they were very insightful squeaks).