The Dating Sim

Tab starts eating his lunch in a kinda mopey manner. "As much as I enjoyed being pursued by an incendiary army, last night was incredibly close to ending badly. While it's... great that we got Karl back, and that we managed to find another location to investigate, it's also ANOTHER heavily guarded location by the sounds of it. And the last time we had to break into a place like that in the other world, we cut it too close. It's a strong lead, but we'll need strong planning to do it. And there's also the question of Zack..."

"Wait, whats happening to Zack? After my plan to escape failed, I sort of passed out because of lack of bodily fluids. Give me a sum-up, ol Tabby boy!" Karl puts his arm over Tab.

"True Tab has a point they are most likely waiting for us as soon as we go back there." Morgan seems to be looking around for small and fuzzy animals.

"I have to be honest, we just searched for Karl and missed on most of the action... What exactly happened in there? I don't think Somnis had some of us captured once again to "protect them". Right?"

Lisa shakes her head. "No, Somnis didn't kidnap Karl. She would have told me and it wouldn't make sense for her to help us rescue him if she did."

Julia continues. "If there is a guardian in there, I assume it's not in control of the situation...None of them were evil as of now. Maybe whoever captured Karl also captured the guardian this time."

Fox thinks for a minute before responding. "Well, none of the Guardians have been evil, but that doesn't mean they haven't tried to hurt us. Balar attacked us, but only because he was protecting the forest."

Lisa then adds to his point. "Yeah, and Galleon wasn't evil either. But he wasn't full on our ally the second we met him. While he was only trying to help Somnis when you guys met him, all of the monsters there hated humans while we were there."

Tab pushes Karl off of him. "Don't touch me. Personally, I suggest collecting more materials for new armor first. Maybe we could even spend a night asking someone like Galleon or Solaria for information. That's my take on what we should do."

"That's right maybe Solaria can help us. It's has been a while since I seen her and she is really pretty." Morgan blushes thinking of Solaria.

Karl seems surprised at Morgan's response. "Holy crap? You like plant girls? I gotta tell Zack about this..."

"What no I just think she is pretty. Wait why tell Zack of all people would he even care?"

Robbie cuts into the conversation. "First we gotta save him, then ya' can tell him all about Morgan and this Solaria gal. Her an' Tab are right about askin' fer help though, I don't know much about Solaria and I didn't see ya guys fightin' Galleon but if he's got some kinda water powers I reckon they'll do a number on those fire guys."

Mattea crosses her arms and tilts her head slightly. "As nice a thought it might be to be prepared with new equipment and information, how can we be sure we even have time for all that stuff?"

Tom leans back against the gazebo and adds to what Mattea has to say. "She's right. While we had all the time we needed with Lance since Galleon wasn't going to hurt him, who's to say these guys won't just execute Zack?"

Lance seems to be thinking deeply on what to do. "Well we can't just go in guns blazing. We nearly got wiped out last night by that huge army. Not to mention the Hellhounds. We need to make sure we're properly prepared and have a good plan. As annoying as it is to say we have to wait, we can't rush this."

Laura seems to remember something. "Right...if we fall in battle then there won't be anyone else that can save Zack. Actually...has anyone seen Alice recently? She's been gone for a while too." The others give a collective shaking of their heads to say no.

A look of concern comes over Fox. "I did think it was weird that she'd be absent from school two days in a row..."

Lisa then notices Somnis spacing out and nudges her with her elbow, whispering to her. "Somnis, pay attention."

Somnis then looks around surprised. "What? I'm paying attention! You need to pay attention!" Lisa rolls her eyes at that comment. "Hey, Raine, did you grow these all by yourself?"

"Um...the flowers? Yeah..."

"Oh, cool! So which one of you is the murderer...?"

Raine looks shocked. "Wh-What!?"

A. "Well..." (Explain all you know)
B. "I heard Zack and some girl talking, so it must be a girl in your group."
C. "Haha! Just a joke."
D. "I guess I should say murderers since it could be more than one of you..."
E. "Well, the murderer is probably..." (Select a character and give evidence)
F. "Hmm...probably too soon to make a call, huh?"