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Ul wved her hand to the D-Corp complex, not sure why Liang was still standing stock still in front of her while all of the other children were running aroud trying to find things. "Go on," she coaxed, "I'll be right here if you find anything." She tucked her knees up against her chest, sitting up on the hood of the van. Even if the toddler was determined to stay here and avoid participating in the hunt she wasn't going to leave the parking lot. This place still kind of gave her the creeps. "How about a deal?" She asked, rummaging around in her pocket, "If you go and play and have fun with the treasure hunt then I'll get you a big banana split with lots and lots of walnuts and almonds. That sound good?"

Liang lowered her fan from it's usual place over her face, thinking over the offer. "Kay," she said finally, deciding that a few hours of annoyance would be worth the treat. Hey, she might even find some other snackie to make it worth it on the hunt. She made her way toward the dome, the most interesting building in her opinion, and started to search along the ground and the lower walls, trailing one hand along the wall behind her.

So white and fluffy! She had nearly fallen in love with the poofy white forms that where seemed to be called sheep. They where so nice, and soft, and warm, and they had such thick fur like stuff on their bodies! Sahra was surely fascinated by these odd creatures, she had never heard of or seen them before until now. Odd enough isn't it that a girl of such an age of herself, even though not really being that old, had never heard of a barn yard animal such as a sheep? And even after coming to school as often as she did, she never really paid attention to them until now. But boy was she glad she did, she just loved animals that where big and fluffy!

Weaving in between the various forms of white, Sahra looked under the sheep and around the ground below them. She didn't even think to look near the fence, since a fence was really just a nothing stick to her, which made absolutely no sense. Well, it just had no practical meaning, so, she simply ignored it. "I wonder what I'm even looking for." She purred to herself, tail swishing along the shady, cool ground. She had had no luck around the foofies, so she decided that she would press on. And it was then that she remembered, "G-Bird!" She howled, eyes glancing this way and that, trying to locate her 'colourful' companion. "Where'd you go!?" So she just speed onward.

Sliding amongst the sand, Sahra had found it hard to keep her balance in this type of terrain for some reason or another. She could never figure out what it was about her feet and sand, but they just didn't seem to match very well. When there was a surplus of dry sand around, her feet would just sink on in; it was worse than muck! "ERK!" Slipping just past the bird as she 'hide' behind a rock. She nearly slid right over the edge! Into sudden doom, no doubt, yep, and that would be the end of her! Twisting around, her eyes locked on the fluttering wings of her target. And she was...she was...what was she doing? Sah padded over to Gabby's side, looking down at the ground curiously with her head tilted to one side, she observed what seemed to be, "A piece of metal?"

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Finally giving up, Laial stomped out of the room. It was probably just some old storage room anyway. The purple haired woman probably just forgot to lock it anyway. He stormed out of the empty room, angry that he had yet to find any clues. The others were probably so far ahead of him by now. He just let his feet take him where they wanted.

Soon, he stopped outside a different door, this door looking much more friendly. He pushed it open, only to find the playroom on the other side. Surprised to be in one of the few rooms he knew, he started his hunt for clues, using his tentecles to lift up objects that a clue could be hiding under.

Vivina noticed something golden in the third bush she checked. It was a paper parchment with something written on it. She beamed with joy and rushed back up the canyon to find Et. She didn't stop to catch her breath when she found her mom waiting at the entrance to the building. "Mooooommmmeeeee! I found a clue thing! The paper! The paper! Read it and hurry!!!" She jumped impatiently and waited for a bewildered Et to respond.

Et took the paper and read the message. She puzzled over it and read it for Vivina. "It seems you have to go in this building here and go to the third floor. Then you go find an empty room three doors down. By the looks of the last part of this clue, there should be three more clues." She gave the paper back to Vivina who immediately dashed towards the door. She heard Vivina saying thank you faintly as she disappeared up the stairs. She smiled and and shook her head. What a desperate girl...

Vivina trudged up the stairs and counted the floors. One. There were a lot of stairs to go up. She wondered if anyone else would be there. Two. Is there another way up this building? Do people really have to walk all these stairs to get to the top? Three. This was the floor. She exited the stairwell and counted the doors. There were doors on either side of the hallway, alternating down as far as she could see. She counted the doors also. One door from the left, the second from the right, and the third door to the left. She opened the door, finding it unlocked. She peeked in and turned the lights on. The clue was right. This room was empty aside from three desks, a bookself, and a box. She searched through all the desks, boxes, and bookshelf, but found nothing. Maybe there were hidden doors or rooms in this place or maybe hidden compartments in the desks. Vivina put her hands to the wall and moved slowly, feeling the walls for anything out of place. "I'm gonna find the treasure! And I'm not giving up!" She said that to herself and slowly made her way around all four walls.

Laial left the playroom, piece of paper clutched happily in his hand. Finding the clue gave him more much-needed determination. He wandered the halls, occasionally glancing at his clue while he tried to figure out what it meant.

As he passed the base, he suddenly relized what it meant. Running inot the base-room, he looked at a map. It was a bit of a struggle, but since he tried it finally paid off. The second floor, 'room' 289 was where his next clue was. He ran as fast as his legs and shell would allow, screeching to a halt just outside the kitchen door.

Once inside, he looked at his clue again. Frowning when it said to have a parent help. Psh, yeah right. He didn't need an adult's help. Why would he? He looked at the clue again. 'Top cubord'. Ahh...that might complicate his 'no adults needed' plan. He looked around the room a bit. Ah ha! That would be just the thing!

Less than a minute later, Laial had dragged a chair over to the counter-side. He climbed onto the chair, then onto the counter. Standing on his toes, his tentecles could reach the top cabnits. He searched this way, unaware that this way was very dangerous and that no one should try this at home.

As Ana opened the second book on the shelf, a little slip of paper fell out. She let out an excited squeak and slowly sounded the words out. She carefully put the book back in it's place and exited the room.

She took a right down the hallways and walked all the way to the very last room. She pushed gently on the door and it swung inwards. The little girl found herself in a huge library.

Ana gasped. She hadn't know there were this many books in the whole world ! She kept very quiet, and walked up to the table, neartest the door. She had been told to look there. There were a few books strewn across it, and some pieces of paper and pens ...