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Amity held the compass close to her chest, wings furled against her back as they entered the library and started going down the center of the building. She'd visited the Gambino library a few times now to check out different things, but she still wasn't use to the quiet atmosphere that was present in these kind of places. Not a bad atmosphere, per say. Just different.

Ronan went ahead and murmured back to Louis. "I figure we'll move around it in a circle, or close to it." He leaned back over towards Amity, checking to see if the needle had changed its current direction or not.

The quiet atmosphere of the library became even more pronounced when the group reached the second floor of the library. This was where the more mature library goers tended to hang out. Unlike the kid’s corner with their colourful wall decorations, mascots and brightly coloured chairs, the second floor contained mostly reference materials. Reference materials which were quickly falling out favour as more and more students brought their laptops along for a quicker and more convenient data search, the decrepit old computers provided by the library mostly ignored.

There was currently no librarian on duty here. Which was a good thing since they’d be combing the area for a missing fel essence. “Is the needle still reacting?” enquired the Sigel as he floated over to the librarian’s desk, perhaps hoping to find a small note stating the estimated time of return for the absent librarian.

“Give a call if anyone finds anything suspicious,”

Ronan nodded at Xiu's instructions. "Will do." While the floor was far from crowded there were still a decent amount of people present, several students studying at tables off to the side and a few people browsing through the books. He was glad that where ever the essence was it wasn't causing a disturbance, though that did make it a little more difficult for them to find.

Amity's head turned at Fisher's question, looking back to the compass a second later. Time to see if there was any sort of change.

Xiu felt his heart beginning to race when the compass indicated the direction in which Team B should proceed. Unlike its previous wobbly approximates, the compass was now steadfastly pointing in a single direction and that direction seemed to indicate that the group should go through the door behind the librarian’s desk. Which was…tricky.

Mostly because Xiu knew that it was wrong to do so. There was even a black and white sign saying “staff only” pasted on the door’s wooden surface. Giving a furtive glance at the other library goers, the Sigel gingerly floated over to the closed door and tried its handle. Locked.

“We need a key,” said Xiu as he turned his attention towards the librarian’s desk. “Perhaps the key is in one of these drawers,”

As his hand poised above the handle of the first drawer, the Sigel hesitated. This felt wrong. He was breaking in. What if they were caught by the librarian who happened to returning from her break? Or what if one of the other visitors raised an alarm.

Worriedly Xiu withdrew his hand. Then as though stalling for time, the Sigel glanced at the expectant faces of his team mates. “P-Perhaps this would be a good time to tell you what to look out for in a fel essence,” mumbled the Sigel distractedly.

“Basically, we will be looking for something that is not…man-made. Fel essences are in short…anomalous occurrence in nature a-as I am sure Ronan is aware of. Err…seeing that you already have Amity. So we will be looking for something seemingly natural. A rock, a puddle, an unnatural gust of wind or even a feather…,”

As those words left his mouth, the Sigel felt his eyes inadvertently drawn towards the fake potted plant with the peacock’s feather stuck roguishly at its side.

“Amity, if you would be so kind…,” said the Sigel quietly.

While the others went behind the desk to look for what the needle might be pointing towards Ronan went ahead and kept watch. He had no idea what the librarian might look like, but at the very least he could give warning if someone started coming their way.

Amity saw the feather Xiu pointed out, but internally she was a little doubtful. He'd mentioned the stuff acted weird, so... shouldn't they have probably noticed something by now with it? She could be wrong of course, but part of her wanted to see something flashy. Floating in between the desk and the door Amity rotated towards one, then the other, to see which direction the compass would point.

It was not behind the locked door. This was certainly a relief. But a short lived one because the compass Amity was holding indicated that the fel essence was right before their eyes. While Xiu was fairly certain it was the feather (since it looked the most organic of the lot), there were other items in the way that might conceal the essence. For example, what if the fel essence mimicked objects?

Gingerly picking up a ruler from the far end of the desk (with the intention of placing it back later), Xiu gingerly nudged the potted plant further to the left. If the fel essence was indeed the item he had suspected, the needle should likewise move accordingly in its direction.

Amity's face changed to one of pure confusion. The needle was pointing straight ahead but there was... nothing there? Or at the very least, nothing that looked like it was out of the ordinary. Slowly she waved her hand in front of the compass, then the air in front of it before patting the section of desk it was pointing to. Was the thing... invisible or something? Or just looking like something else and rather non essence-y?