Dimension Tripper

Bane of the Demon
"Is she still shivering?" Blake asked Olivia, leaning over the bar table. "What did she see?"

"I'm not sure..." The blonde woman looked a bit downcast; seeing her adorable Mina so terrified was physically painful for the woman. "When we heard the cry of terror, I rushed down and saw her in the basement, right in front of a door she'd opened that I didn't even know existed before." That was the curious part. Olivia knew the guild's layout better than anyone besides Jason and Mr. E, so for there to be a room she was unaware of made her curious.

Blake's eyes narrowed, much like a cat that scented a mouse. "And you're just going to brush that off? How'd the girl even find it?"

"We've been over this, Blake, Mina is innocent." Olivia said snappishly, nearly dropping a glass she was in the process of polishing. "When she woke up, she said she was on the way to the restroom. I assume she must have gotten lost."

Blake sighed, her eyes on Olivia. The sad thing was, she had no counterargument. The child had spent her time sleeping when she was here, she wasn't as familiar with the layout of the guild as everyone else, so it was entirely feasible that she'd gotten lost.

"You see? Now leave my child alone already." Olivia could tell she'd won this one; Blake, for all her cunning and stubbornness, didn't have any way to refute what Olivia was saying.

Blake downed her drink, slid off her seat, and walked out silently. Out of everyone, it seemed only she and Iris saw anything suspicious about that child — in fact, she might be good to talk to. Neither of them was human anyway, perhaps they'd be easy to relate to each other. She headed upstairs, and proceeded to call out Iris' name, hoping the girl's sensitive ears would pick up on it.