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Scritch. Scratch. Anneliese skimmed, scrawled, and stamped through the paperwork at her desk without a care. Of course, every now and then, she had to take a break to stretch out her sluggish limbs. That was fine by her since she at least got paid for doing nothing. The less effort she had to put into things, the better. The languid pace that she set forth was rather relaxing. Not to mention, there was a coffee maker here. Yeap. She was pretty comfortable around here. It was even to the point where she started stuffing snacks and whatnot into all sorts of nooks and crannies. After all, why waste the effort of walking to grab a bite when she could just pull out some chips from some random desk.

Speaking of which, she was really craving for a cup of joe, but that meant she had to get off her chair. With a small sigh at the effort she'd have to make, she dragged herself over to where the coffee maker was and began preparing up a new brew.

-Julian Fate-

Julian wasn't really late, if you counted three minutes late. Which by Romane Bissette's standards was scandalous. The man would be lying if he didn't do it on purpose sometimes just to test her non-existent patience. But that would be a childish thing to do at work, she was not only his guardian, she was his boss. "Fate is very much accounted for, Bissette." Though it would seem childish would be the way to go about this with him anyways. He wasn't one to behave like this, especially not with Romane. But as a policeman now, and he did find it hard to adjust to have her calling him Fate. There was something in the way that she said it, that just made him reply that way. Not the smartest choice, but a choice nontheless. Julian was just entering the station when he had caught Romane's words, replying himself. His original plan had consisted of getting there on time and maybe help out the new kid with Romane. Well if helping out was telling her to look busy... that was about as much as he could offer. He was too indifferent on her many variations that he just went with them, for the most part of course. In any case, the male would move about the room to his desk before Romane told him otherwise. There was dreaded paperwork to do anyways.

Oh, so Fate was here. And calling her by the wrong surname, no less. Romane's eyes narrowed for a moment as she felt the impulse to punish him for such blatant disrespect, but she couldn't to that. Not to Rachel's son. She shut her eyes and took in a breath, letting it out through grit teeth, but managing to still exude at least some calm. She reopened her eyes and said in an aggravated, but not entirely furious tone, “I will remind you that you will address me as Sheriff Murrow, officer.” She would have gone on more – perhaps questioning why he had insisted on calling her by her maiden name and if he had any problems with his stepfather that they should address to maintain the appropriate amount of compatibility among the family, but the door had opened.

She walked into the main room without another word to the others and looked at one Chun Fei Li – one of two daughters from the secretary at the clinic, but certainly not the more favorable of the two. Chun Fei was normal, had a history of disrespect, but had not done anything that would warrant the police's special attention. She had looked to be on the receiving end of someone who did, actually, so the woman didn't hesitate to approach after the quick identification. “Ms. Li. Do you require assistance?” She was already sitting behind one of the steel desks to get started on preparing the paperwork for whatever the girl had to report.

Chun Fei leaned against the police station door, feeling like the breath had literally been intimidated out of her as the red-headed sheriff addressed her. She knew her name, which had shocked her initially, even though there weren't really that many Chinese people on the island, so it wasn't that hard to guess her surname. Still, she didn't like the way Romane looked at her, so unaccommodating. The teenager sucked in her bottom lip as she looked at the desk Romane had just taken as her own, then to Romane, than to the desk again. "Should I...?" she squeaked, but then decided that maybe it was better to apologize for jumping to conclusions than to ask permission, so she stepped hesitantly over to the desk, keeping her head ducked just in case. Her hands were almost shaking, this was one of the first times she ever had to deal with an adult, a figure of authority no less, without someone there to rely on. She didn't like doing this alone, not one bit.

She stopped on the other side of the desk, staring down at it and Romane with balled fists. She almost wanted to apologize, but for what she wasn't sure. Maybe it would be better to just explain. "Um..." she began, having to wrack her brain for the reason she was there. "T-The other morning... Um.... I woke up? And... My mother wasn't there..." Her voice was trembling, she was so nervous. Oh, where was Jian to hold her hand? "I think... I think she's been kidnapped? Maybe?" She finished the sentence as if it were a question, as if asking Romane if she was wrong for thinking so.

[ooc: I'm gonna go ahead and post now, sorry Fantasy!]

Kidnapped? Romane's perpetual frown grew as those words registered in her mind, going over the various previous instances in which a kidnapping took place, her own included. Though, she would rather not go too deep into that, even if it was just her own thought, so she forced herself to react as any law enforcer should. She cleared her throat, knitted her fingers together, and stared at the teenager for a moment to assure herself she wasn't lying. Chun Fei seemed to be honestly shaken and, though she was definitely the weakest of the family, she wasn't exactly known to make false reports, certainly not of this nature. But, her mother.. Romane wasn't very on the ball in regards to local gossip, but she knew that the clinic's secretary often had an erratic schedule at work to where even her employer had no clue where she went. This may very well be a false alarm, but.. it wasn't worth risking it.

"That is irrelevant, Officer Fate." She stated as she stood up, handing the paperwork to him before turning to the teenager. "Ms. Li, you will remain here with Officer Fate and divulge every detail that may aid in your mother's immediate return." She looked to Julian next, "Fate, you will fill out the necessary paperwork, accompany Ms. Li home, and proceed to investigate from there. You will alert me if Mei Hwa Li is located immediately." Now, for the last officer, "Officer Dahl, you will accompany me to begin searching the town." She would have preferred to work with Julian, to be honest, but she hardly knew the new transfer. She couldn't trust a young teenager in her hands when she could very well be the perpetrator. "I expect us all to return here to log any findings before the day is up. Dismissed." With that, she left the station with expectations that Anneliese would follow her. She had better, at least.

~Exit to Detective Agency~

"Well, it would help to know what to call you. Um..." Angela didn't know how to break to to the woman that she wasn't, well, immortal. Or a cloud. Though the last part should have been self evident, really. "And I already said I don't have siblings. It's just me and my father and he's...well...around somewhere. I haven't seen him today but I'm fairly certain he's alright."

When they reached the station and the other woman started telling people about the missing clouds, Angela positioned herself just behind her and tried to motion for help because she was certain this people had dealt with the mad lady before and probably knew where she lived.

And Angela really wanted them to catch on to the fact that she was having an episode of whatever her condition was. Then again, that was also probably evident from the whole 'missing clouds' thing. And the fact she'd just called herself a goddess. Angela just hoped they noticed her motioning frantically (but as subtly as she could), and realized she was just a hapless bystander who'd been pulled into this whole thing against her will.

As Chun Fei flinched, Xochiquetzal mimicked her with a hiss – she was rejecting her? Did she reject her Goddess as well? How infuriating! But, before that irritation could cause her to so much as scowl, she felt herself get a little dizzy and maybe just a.. extraordinarily.. drowsy... She brought a hand to her head and staggered around the desk to where Julian sat with aims to take a short nap in his lap because that would be far more comfortable than standing or sleeping on Chun Fei, the blasphemer. But, rather than crawl onto gracefully, she simply toppled over him and sent both falling to the ground.

The officer must have been tired as well, however, as, when Xochiquetzal roused, she saw he was sound asleep. Ah. She supposed that meant they didn't have the police to help them, seeing as the rest of the station was empty outside of one stubborn follower of the Goddess. She slowly rose to her feet and brushed herself off, glancing coldly at Chun Fei. “...We should depart, spirit, before Her wrath comes for the blasphemer.” She walked past the teenager and back out the door, pausing briefly to glance at the cloud, “The.. fairies, Her children, they will know where.. the lost can be found.” She added before allowing the door to shut behind her and heading off to the closest shrine to the police station.

~Exit to the Beach Cave~