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Mac didn't mind Lizzy using his computer ever since he put a parental lock on it. Now she couldn't get into those damned relationships sites (or the porn ones, but he was willing to take this particular hit) that so often gave her ideas that made him groan in the unpleasant way. While she browsed he was playing a game, sitting on the floor with his back against the side of the bed.

Eventually the shifting, the sighing, the sound of the phone being checked over and over and over got to him. His game was paused and he rounded the bed, falling on it with enough force the mattress bounced, his laptop wobbling on it's tiny little stand.

"Alright you, what's with all the---" He read the post, and then let out a low ohhhh noise. "That's that backwards brat isn't it? Are you sure she's not just...I dunno, out with her boilfriend? She's dating that creepy igor, isn't she?" Maybe he finally got into her rotten pants.

Mac only shrugged. "When you hang out with me, sometimes never check your phone." Dark eyes moved between the computer and his ghoulfriend, wondering how she'd act if he just...closed the laptop. But for once he knew his place, and for once listened to the little voice in his head. "Okay, you keep using kid metaphors and I DO NOT AGREE WITH IT but here, in terms you'll understand; Lizzy, your daughter could be hitting her rebellious stage." It probably physically hurt him to say that. "Did you try to get in touch with him to check if he'd seen her?" The post elluded to Lizzy asking around, but he had to check.

Jack, things like to pile up on you don't they?" He snatched the vial from her, holding it between his fingers to inspect it. "As for Mitsu's group...if they need help they'll contact us. It'll be fine." Admittedly he was worried too, but he was doing damage control; Lizzy worried too much, as far as he was concerned. "Plus, Arel's gone isn't he? Of course the roster wouldn't be updated. The whole school's been slacking."

"They don't stay scarelings forever, screechheart." Mac sighed, shaking hishead as if it were such a shame. He continued playing with the vial as she texted the Igor, and handed it back once she was done. "You should be fully aware of what happens when a sweet ghoul is corrupted!" He laughed, rolling onto his back to stare at her.

Man, he hoped he was right too. Even he thought this was sounding more and more suspicious.

"Buuuut say I'm wrong...what can we possibly do?" It wasn't like they knew how to get to the hunter island, right?

"Corrupted?! Amritaisnotgoingtobecorrupted! I can't even imagine her-" She tucked the vial back into the box, making sure that it was safe before pausing very suddenly, mouth slightly agape as she buried her face in her hands; Mac might had broke Lizzy's brain. She only snapped out of it when her eyephone started to buzz, and for a moment, she was filled with hope that maybe Amrita or Amphi had texted her back.

"Oh," She sounded disappointed as she stared at the text on the screen, feeling a sense of dread; other than Christof and herself, she wasn't sure who else Amrita might go to for comfort. The next best place to check was her room, since she might be there, hibernating after that terrible experience.



"... Again, I don't know. I have a feeling that the horsemen know the way there though. I'll go to them for help if I have to. For now, I'm going to check up on Amrita, if you want to come with me," She muttered, looking depressed as she hopped off her seat to get to the door, slipping on her shoes. Pausing at the door, she looked at her boilfriend, "What would you do if I got taken away?"

"Yeah and you couldn't imagine yourself either, and it happened." One day, that awkward little ghoul would---eugh, okay, gross, he couldn't even finish that thought. He watched Lizzy react to the text, and even a few feet away he could see it wasn't good news.

"Check up on her? So...she is with patches?" Mac rolled off the bed, suddenly very confused. Regardless he followed Lizzy's lead, putting on his boots and moving quickly after her. Well, at least, until she stopped at the door.

"I don't want to have to find out." He said simply. He didn't want to imagine Lizzy being taken anywhere.

(( AND THEN WALKING HAPPENED ))

Amrita's dorm was locked. Or it was, until one of them picked the lock to get in. The only greeting was a horribly vibrating mournful howl from a very lonely little Death Charm, who continued making all the upset noises his little body could muster. At some point he crawled on his belly to Lizzy, flopping dramatically on her feet, giving one last unhappy huff before falling into depressed silence. It hadn't been long since she left, but even he could tell something was wrong.

He couldn't even bring himself to growl or try to bite Christof.

Outside of that, everything had been the same as always; the plethora of fish, the vaguely Amrita-shaped burn outlines on the concrete floor. Her homework was still open on her desk, having been going through selected readings of The Untaming of the Shrew Demon for language class before the urge to trespass happened. The Flowers Christof had given her in a vase on her dresser, various trinkets from Lizzy littering the room.

The only obvious things missing where the ghoul herself, and her skelephone. Nothing had changed, nothing was unusually disturbed; it really was just like she had stepped out for only a moment.

"I thought you said she was here...?" Why check up on someone who wasn't home?

Christof had gone quieter than usual as he waited politely for Lizzy, which was saying something. The look of worry still gripped his eyes and brows, stitched lips worming as they had opened the door.

Nothing.

A sad Death Charm.

His first instinct was to tear the place apart for any sign of where she might be, but after the little knowledge he had gleaned from a quick SEEDs lurking, he knew.

His legs felt weak.

Stiffly, he shambled forward to crouch by the burning beast, not caring that his hand caught on fire as he shifted to give it a pet on the head.

"If she has to hibernate somewhere, she would be somewhere familiar to her," Lizzy whined, lips pressed in a thin line, brow furrowed. Her grip on his hand tightened, and she gave it several squeezes, trying to calm herself down, "Let's assume she got taken... Let's assume Amphi and Yin-" Her phone buzzed and she paused, reading the several new messages on the thread.

"-And Israfel and Mei. They were all there in that underground cave," She typed a reply to the thread, although it took longer than expected because her hands were shaking, "Someone is requesting audience with Medea now... I just..." She let out a little noise of frustration, too distracted - or rather, too focused - on the fact that there were missing students to actually pay attention to the fact that something was burning.