Strange Encounters

Negotiation Part Two

AHAaaAAa THIS IS SLIGHTLY EARLY COMPARED TO MY USUAL UPDATES

Recap:

"Mason-- there's nothing the headmistress can do." Kanna frowns. "I realize you're upset but we need to think rationally.."

Sonya nods. "I don't want you to do anything bad." She looks up at Evi

"And you don't want to end up getting suspended as well." Thresh looks at Mason

"For now, let's just talk to Sonya and Evi like we planned on doing and get to know them better.. Okay?" Kanna smiles

"And possibly get Evi to ditch her current form for a new one so I can braid her hair..." Kiki smiles

We all carry on talking and move to the "lounge" area with the chairs and couches, and a beanbag that Kanna had brought into a room. Sonya had brought some incredible Pad Thai, strange for a girl that looks so young to have such a professional cooking skill. Everything returned to normal and everyone appeared happy, all was well with the world again

However, even as things continued as normal, there were two people in particular that seemed to have a certain goal in mind, that was far from everyone else
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Other than that, the rest of the afternoon went relatively well. No one tried to kill each other and Kiki braided Sonya's hair after the 300th time Evi said no, and we even got Mason to perk up.

By seven o'clock Nami decided to cut the gathering short, cause we all really did have homework to do, which considering the loss of four hours, was now going to take us the rest of the night.

What kind of homework would take us five hours to complete? The kind that we missed out on all opportunities to work on over the course of our crazy lives.
We all ended up falling asleep anyway, whether we were sitting in a chair or on the ground
All of this running around and chasing Firo or running from what we think is chasing us, starts to tire us out eventually
I guess we all subconsciously decided that we deserved some rest. And so we rested and woke up the next morning, refreshed and well rested.

Except we didn't.

One of my ears briefly twitches as I hear quiet footsteps around me, and I awake five minutes later to someone quickly shaking my shoulder.
"Yeah...?" I sit up slowly. "What is it..?" I rub my eyes and look at the person who woke me. "Did we fall asleep..?"

Kanna looks panicked. "Mason is gone." My hearing is a little fuzzy, probably from the sudden awakening

"What?!" That wakes me up real fast

"Someone tripped on me and I saw them escape through the window .. I think something really bad is about to happen..." Thresh panics.

"That makes no sense... I would've heard them come in.. and don't you think Mason would've put up a fight or teleport-- or at least  yell or make some kind of noise...? Plus, I definitely would've heard something if someone was in here..."

Kiki reaches out and grabs something from the top of my head, and removes it

"Better?" She asks, her voice clear

"Uhh.. yeah, actually..." I blink

"Yeah I would think it would be hard to hear us with that towel on your ears." Kiki blinks

"Towel...? oh... That explains the muffle...." I look at the red towel  in her hand

Kiki nods

"Guys-- we have to go find Mason." Thresh states. "Quickly.."

"He probably just went hom--"
An engine starts from outside

"Yeah I'm sure he's just going for a little drive at three in the morning.. With the car he doesn't have.."