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Mei nearly snorted at the thought while she took her seat and then gestured for Elle to take the other. "Yea, it's kind of hard taking them out sometimes," she blew off a stray strand of hair. "I'm just lucky Kyru's small enough to be mistaken for a toy or else I might have to you those basket things you've got as well." Ellandra's arrival had briefly put Mei's grumpy attitude about the weather to rest, but it was making a second come back. Sweat pasted her hair to her face making it rather uncomfortable but it was still bearable to an extent. "And in regards to the sibling fights, I guess I'm not that surprised. It's strange that they've got emotions and even their own personality. Scientifically speaking, they are really nothing but dolls but somehow influences affect them almost like how they affect humans...sorry if I'm sprouting gibberish." She scratched the back of her head and then taking an ice cube from Kyru's pool and putting it into her own mouth. Isn't it nice of him to leave it?

"Wait a minute...where are the Essentics?"

Kyru flapped his wings faster as he saw Rhian following along around the side of manor where a glass building stood. The summer heat had evaporated a lot of the liquid inside, which fogged the windows slightly with a thin layer of dew. The outside door appeared to be locked but one of the windows was open, most likely for ventilation. He squeezed his way inside and waited for his friend to arrive. The air was thick with a moist and thick stench but the sight was beautiful. Banning had a large variety of exotic plants probably covering every color of the spectrum. It was only his second time he's been in here and a lot had changed, but it was every bit as gorgeous, if not more than it had been before.

Doesn't it seem the day's full of unpleasant surprises? "They couldn't have wondered off far," Mei said without much confidence. She knew for certain that Kyru wasn't an idiot, but it doesn't mean he wasn't daring and with his recent attitude, she couldn't quite convince herself that he wouldn't try to leave the premise. However, she knew that he wouldn't put someone else in danger since Rhian wasn't here, she was definitely with him. "They're in the area, they have to be. Let's check the house and ask the staff." Banning's place is HUGE, maybe huge didn't quite cut how large it really was. Where would they start? Surveillance, yes, they should check that first. "Come on! This way! We're gonna check the tapes first!" and took the lead.

Kyru stepped towards a large purple flower, very much like a lily but in a pot. The plant rumbled a bit and growled at him, he barely made it out of the way from it's snapping pedals. So the changes might not have been so great! A quick glance told him that every plant in that section might be just as deadly because a white substance that appeared very much like drool was coming out of the plant next to it. Moving along... There was a giant bush in the next row filled with blue and red flowers, the gardener probably wouldn't miss one flower right? He picked the brightest one and held it up to the view it in the sunlight. Next thing he knew, the whole bush withered. Errr... He quickly flew back to Rhian and held the flower out with a guilty and apologetic grin. Although he hate to admit it, it seems like he might have caught some of Mei's bad luck.

Mei looks back as she reached the interior, "Of course they're alright, don't say silly things. We're just going to catch them and drag them back before anything happens." Which ways the surveillance room again? She ran through the visual layout of the manor that she had memorized since her first few visits then ran ahead again. It didn't take long to find the room...which was empty. Invisible angry sparks flew off in all directions. "Where the hell is the person watching this place? Damn it!" She hated snobby rich people but she hated the incompetent more. They weren't on any of the screens at the moment, maybe they were on the tapes?

It seemed almost by chance that the camera in the greenhouse was blocked by a small potted tree from the angle they floated. Of course Kyru was completely unaware of the fact that Mei might even be searching for him. They were probably still having their little Mei chitchats, not something he could participate in anyway. He was glad that his new friend appreciated the flower, well, it reminded quite a bit of her since they were both Pretties. Carefully with both hands, he tied the stem to the base of her antenna and grinned. It suited her well. It's also a chance to explore the manor more, afterall, it has been a month since he last visited. He climbed back out the window and gave her a hand to follow.