Hinata nodded.
"I will. Thank you, Matthew. Good night." Hinata offered a weak smile, turning to head to the rooms. She stretched since as she stepped into the first unclaimed room she came to, stepping inside. She was ready to just go to sleep, and she'd probably punch someone if they decided to stop her.
and because no one is going to stop her for the night, we shall head to the next morning!
(oh my God, when was the last time she got a full night's sleep in the Labyrinth??? XD)
(Uh… never? XD)
(Anyways, wake her up! lol)
Hinata slept peacefully that night, her jacket draped over the bed. When she woke up, though, she found she'd forgotten to finish braiding her hair, and was faxed with the free half being a tangled mess. She did her best to fix this before heading downstairs for the day ahead.
Because she went down quite early, no one, apart from Tenshi—the light fox, was awake at that time. He was staring up into the sky in his humanoid form—light skin, white hair, soft yellow eyes—and was showing a rather attractive smile. He looked calm… at peace with himself.
(A. Go Talk with Tenshi)
(B. Head Outside from the Back of the House)
(C. Return Upstairs)
(D. Stay in the Living Room)
Hinata was still running a brush through her hair, looking up to see Tenshi. She remembered him, vaguely. It had been quite a long time.
"Good morning," the woman said after a moment, offering a smile as she walked some towards the fox.
The light fox turned as Hinata approached him, smiling. “Good morning Hinata,” he spoke softly, looking at the sky and breathing in the fresh air. “A good morning, isn’t it?” He said with a small smile, reaching out his hand forward and letting a fallen leaf from a nearby tree land gently on his hand.
Hinata wasn't about to argue with that. Really, there was no reason to. Even with the happening of the world around them, they could still have good mornings.
"Yes, it is." Hinata smiled as well, letting her hands fall to her sides as she joined Tenshi.
The light fox had turned to Hinata, looking at her with softened eyes. “There was a report earlier in the middle of the night, about the sudden disappearance of some children in the nearby neighborhood. I wanted to go investigate the scene,” he averted his eyes and turned back up to the sky “—if you’d do me the honors?”
(A. Head there immediately with Tenshi)
(B. Wait for the others to wake up)
(C. Change the topic of discussion)
Hinata's eyes narrowed some with concern at the news.
"I think I would want to go with you," she said, mind churning. Did it have something to do with the person she saw the day before? With the Infected? Or was it an entirely new problem?
“Well? What are we waiting for?” With that, the fox had stepped forward and onto the road of the Sector’s build. He turned to Hinata, making sure that she would follow him to the scene. “We can talk your stress away along the way, if you’d like to—“ he extended his hand towards her gently “—milady,”
Hinata followed after, thinking to herself some.
"Oh, ah… thank you." Hinata offered a small smile, taking Tenshi's hand as she continued to walk with him.
"There is something that has been bothering me," the woman admitted, looking around some.
“Go on, I’m listening,” the light fox had said with a small smile, holding her hand gently as they walked down the road towards where the case was.
"Well… Matthew and I encountered an Infected Knight on the way to the house," Hinata noted. "And, after the fight… I saw someone. I didn't think much of them then, but I found it strange the way they were looking at the scene. Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but I have a bad feeling about them."
“That could be another infected Knight… or it could be something else entirely, that I’m not sure,” he replied, thinking of something. “Or it could just be one of the patrol groups investigating the Infected scene,” he said, trying to calm Hinata down from her paranoia it would seem. Judging from what she said, it was likely that she hadn’t seen the person’s features. It was hard to go anywhere else with this little information. “Anything else you want to get off your chest?”
"Right, those all make sense. I hope that it will be something good, but I intend to plan for the worse." Hinata sighed some, shaking her head a bit.
"And no, not really. It's a bit surprising to me, but I really haven't been going through a lot. Plus, I have just got here, so other than what I've described, things haven't been… horrible."
Hearing that, the light fox had suddenly turned her body to meet his, gently hugging her.
“Things will only turn out for the better, believe me on this,” he said through his sudden movement. Of course, she hadn’t given him the consent to hug her but… he thought it’d be better if she understood that she was going to be safe and sound around. For the most part at least.
Hinata was surprised by the hug, but after a moment she returned it, humming some.
"Thank you, Tenshi," Hinata said, smiling a bit. "I'm glad you think so, it does mean a lot." Hinata pulled away after a moment, her hand going back into Tenshi's.
"O, shall we get to the scene?"
“We shall,” he had slowly let go of her and had returned to holding onto her hand. His smile slowly faded when they got to the scene where some blood and a chuck of formerly active infected flesh had been found. Some officers were at the scene and had gone to the side when Tenshi came along. “Reports said that the blood was of a bystander while the Infected—now dead—chuck of flesh came from a Knight, given by its residual aura,” the fox has said.
(A. Investigate the blood splat)
(B. Investigate the blood trail)
(C. Investigate the flesh)
(D. Ask the officers for reports)
Hinata's smile fell as well, becoming much more serious. She didn't bother saying anything to the officers- she never trusted the police to do anything at all to help her. Really, Hinata would have been a full-blown anarchist if it wasn't for the fact if she stopped obeying the government everything would fall into absolute chaos as other powerful beings decided to go rouge as well.
"I see," she said softly, examining the scene once. She let go of Tenshi's hand, going over to the blood trail.
The blood trail had led outside the alleyway where it had taken a left before completing disappearing. With how abruptly the disappearance of the trail was, it was as if something just came and ripped it apart of reality. Or at least, took it somewhere that wasn’t as real as the Labyrinth. Or rather… it was in the Labyrinth, just not near here.
Hinata followed the trail as far as it went, sighing and rubbing her eyes some when it ended. She knelt, careful not to touch the evidence. It ended abruptly, enough to where she knew the… source, hadn't been picked up. She stood slowly, hands in her pockets. This was quite intriguing, in a macabre fashion.
“The blood trail doesn’t make sense physically…” the fox had said, rubbing his chin. “Do you think someone had dragged the man away un-physically somehow?” He’d asked.
(A. Suggest portals)
(B. Suggest pit holes)
(C. Suggest flight)
(D. Suggest teleportation)
"Yes, it's the most plausible answer." Hinata thought for a moment. It wasn't a portal, unless it had been opened directly on the body. This eliminated flight was well- there would have been some indication the body was lifted for that, which usually left a faint trail for a little after the main part.
"They were probably teleported," she finally said, looking back up at Tenshi. "It would explain why the trail just cuts off instead of having some kind of taper at the end."
Tenshi had nodded to her idea. “Sounds likely,” he had presented. “That can be a lot of people then, a lot of Knights here have teleportation abilities, although they aren’t exactly similar,” the fox had said, smiling softly. “Then again…” the fox had continued before shaking his head. “Unlikely,”
"And unfortunately there isn't very much we can tell about the type of teleportation used, except that it seemed some form of instantaneous due to the point that I see no indication of blood pooling while the victim was resting on the ground stationary." Hinata tilted her head.
"Who do you have in mind? We shouldn't eliminate any suspects yet, no matter how unlikely."
“I have many suspects in mind. The one I was thinking about was a Artistry Knight from the Fallen Sector,” he mentioned. If he was being honest with himself, Tenshi didn’t want to even get close to the Fallen Sector as he doesn’t feel welcome there.
"I see." Hinata let out a breath. "I believe that's the Sector I was taken to when first brought here, but I'm not entirely sure on that. The man I did meet was polite, I'm sure there might be some chance I could go talk to him…" Hinata thought a long moment on that.
“That man must’ve been Zeros. He’s well known for being quite polite with everyone but one person in the entire Labyrinth,” Tenshi had claimed. “Though… if I could, I’d prefer not going there myself. You can go, of course. It will be a great course of action if we can confirm or cut out certain people from the ‘currently infected’ list,” he added, sighing some.
(A. Go alone)
(B. Stay with Tenshi)
(C. Try to persuade him)