“Where. Did. They go?” Elizasmith wondered as she and the others searched Cloverbell. The house had clearly been visited, but the wayport destination records had been partially erased. They had been looking for about five minutes now, but there was no sign of Lana, Ariana, or even Anhe. Healina and Derwydd shared a knowing grin with each other.
“Here it comes,” the Sea Elf remarked, and her werebear-druid partner softly chuckled.
“Hahhh... DANG. It. That kid! I was all set to just complain about it, but now I've gotta give her seven different kinds of heck for this little prank! Tch... ack!! I'm working Sunday... which means Sean'll probably log off early for Monday... unless they decide to do an all-nighter again... they like doing that now... uggghhh, but Rachel will probably convince him that they should get off early because they'll have a full day Monday and I won't get to see him until lunch that day!! Gyaahh!! All because we didn't have a Shadow Warrior for the last boss! And it's no good asking Myanihia or Rayna because they'll both only talk to Lana! What the heeeeeecck. Ruuuuuude.” Lizzy ranted exasperatedly.
“So all she wanted to do was softly ask Lana for help next time?” Derwydd remarked.
“As softly as Lizzy can be in this game, which isn't often soft when it comes to Lana.” Healina nodded back.
“Um. What the heck? Rude. I can hear you.” the blonde Nordian returned.
“Ah--!”
“Sorry!” the two of them quickly replied.
“Hahh... it's fine... you're right... I do harass her a lot here... but it's so fun!” the other girl grinned cheekily. “Especially 'cause she's really a--”
“Yes, we get it, thank you.” Healina quickly stopped her, poking her in the nose.
“Umpf!” Lizzy softly squawked as she recovered from the softer jab. “Anyway; did everyone else go back to Owldale?”
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“My guildies did; the others are still here, though.” Derwydd said.
“Hmm?” Lysandra said as she entered the room with Belle and Maryn.
“Good timing! Let's check Queen's Haven next!” Lizzy beamed.
“We're not gonna find them,” the older girl smiled back.
“Definitely not.” Belle shook her head.
“Might as well work on crafting and then sleep until we have to wake up and log out.” Maryn said with a shrug.
“Boo!” Lizzy retorted. “What makes you think we won't find them?” she asked adamantly.
“Lizzy, who knows Lana best?” Healina asked with a smile.
“Ari. Why?” the other girl replied, and then she groaned. “With both of them working together we really will never find them tonight, huh?”
“You just thought of that now?” Lysandra sighed in amusement.
“Rrrggghhh!” the Nordian girl fumed. “Right! I'mma work on some crafting and sleep. Then I'm gonna spend Sunday figuring out my Monday rant at lunch. Yep, that's a good plan, Lizzy. 'Night, peoples!” she said cheerily, and headed downstairs to do just that.
“We're gonna go visit Pirate Isle,” Maryn said to Healina as the older girls behind her nodded in agreement.
“There's a secret area we definitely have to check out for ourselves.” Lysandra said.
“Now I want to go...” Healina softly pouted.
“We'll tell you about it later; let us older chicks have some fun for a change!” Belle grinned as the three of them headed out.
“Sheesh, what was that about?” Healina wondered as they exited the room.
“Hmm...” Derwydd frowned thoughtfully. “Who knows.” he shrugged.
“Hmph.” his girlfriend sighed.
“I'm sure we'll hear about it later.” he smiled back. “But anyway; where are we headed for?” he then asked her.
“Ari mentioned a town of flowers once somewhere in this region where they have a live band for dances. Wanna go?” she said to him.
“Let's go!” he smiled back brightly, and the two of them set off for their own fun as the day in Panarena came to a close.