"Master. Won't you buy a flower?" The girl asked Oz, she had a dirty dress and a kind looking face. Oz reached his hand out towards the flowers taking them to inhale.
"Thank you master! Does master live in this town?" The girl inquired.
"Naw, I don't. I came to look for someone, but my companions got lost, so… Papa went looking for them!" Ravens steps had halted only a few feet from Oz, he glared death at Oz, "Who's Papa?" Evan giggled while Alice looked completely embarrassed. "Ah! Evan, Alice, I'm so glad he found you!" Oz exclaimed. "Geez, such trouble makers…" Here Raven glanced sidelong at Evan, she stared at the ground.
"Well I'll be off then…" The girl who had brought the flowers began,
"Ah! Hey, wait!" Oz cried.
In the blink of an extremely slow eye Oz had placed the flowers behind the girls ear, "If I take these with me, they'll wither right away. But if you wear them, they'll keep blooming in my heart, along with your image, see?" The girl had shrunken to a mortally embarrassed child. Raven sighed, "What host did you steal those lines from?"
As the girl left Raven growled, "Man… we ended up wasting precious time, all because Alice and Evan got lost." Evan was about to protest before Alice interrupted her. "What are you saying! You guys left me! You're the ones at fault!" Evan stepped away before she became the newfound center of attention. "Why you..." Raven yelled. Evan reached for Aamir, he gradually crawled up her back till he was wrapped around her neck, and she rubbed him absentmindedly. Vaguely she could hear Alice call Raven seaweed head, and Raven in return call her a hick, Oz then stated how embarrassing it was for him to be here with them. Finally Evan had decided that this arguing should stop. "Hey… we didn't come here for a picnic!"
Later at the mansion:
"To the mansion where your coming of-age ceremony was held?" Break questioned looking up from his book. Oz opened up his pal in which he held the watch, "Since I found this Watch there, I thought we might be able to figure out something about Alice's memories there to." Evan glanced at Oz, searching his face, she smirked. Oh how Alice had him around her finger. Suddenly Oz looked innocent. "Can we go…?"
Break looked up from his book, stared at Evan, and then sighed. "OF course you can." OZ was clearly dumbfounded. "Now then. Why ever are you so surprised?" Break asked poking Oz.
"Well, you told me to 'work for Pandora', so I thought you'd take me to them." At this Oz rubbed the spot where Break had poked him. Break looked at me, "I would really love to… but we would need to make considerable arrangements beforehand… Don't worry! I'll give you lot plenty of work to do!" Break laughed manically. Evan fumed, "Idiot that's not what we meant!" Xerxes flowed over to her, placing an arm around her shoulders. "An illegal contractor has been committing many murders in the town listed in that document." Xerxes suddenly released her grabbing some sort of jar and holding it out in front of him ridiculously, Oz immediately went for it.
"Do forgive me for asking, but please stop there en route and arrest the criminal!" Break cried giddily,
"Why do we have to take a detour!" A Girls voice demanded.
"Alice?" Evan questioned.
Alice was crouched behind a chair glaring at the three of them. Aamir followed lazily after her; casually he played with his Capuchin tail. "We felt it necessary to know our contractors plans… I admit I played devil's advocate." Evan glared.
"I want to look for my lost memories!" Alice stated angrily.
"Yes I'm well aware of that, so…" He had begun walking toward her.
"Get away from me, you clown!" Alice screamed at him.
"Evan, do you think the young lady hates me?" Break asked childishly. Oz answered for her.
"Silly. She's just trying to cover up her embarrassment."
"Why you… OZ!" Alice snapped.
Sharon offered Raven some tea.
"Ah-ha-ha! But well… we might find your memories there, right?" Sharon said casually, finally entering the conversation. "What…?" Alice said confusion lacing her words.
Oz continued for Sharon, "The memory in my watch opened a path to the abyss. And the chain that emerged devoured it. So we can't ignore the possibility that your memories might be in places where chains can exist. Right?" Oz was smiling widely, while Alice was looking cornered. Break then began intricate little circles around Raven and Evan. "I say~! Though his appearance says otherwise Oz possesses significant powers of comprehension!"
"Unlike the stupid rabbit!" Emily called. Aamir burst into a fit of chuckles rocking back and forth in such a way that would put any other homosapien child to shame. "Now, now! You mustn't go blurting out the truth like that, Emily!" Oz was having some difficulty holding Alice back. She finally calmed down.
"Hmph…well, whatever. I've got a big heart! So I'll help out with that mission. Just make sure you don't get in my way, you ignorant humans!"
"Big words for someone who can't even fight by herself." Raven stated in the background. Evan couldn't help but agree.
"Shut up!" Alice screamed.
"Hmmm-! There seems to be a growing rapport… but…" Xerxes then grabbed Evan and Oz by the shoulders and pulled them back. "It would be better if you didn't trust her too much. The young lady is not you 'ally'… and she's probably still hiding something. Surely you were told as much when you were little. 'Those who lie or keep secrets from you-" Evan pivoted away from Xerxes and walked over towards raven and Alice, but no matter how far she walked away, it seemed as if she were still standing there listening to them talk. "Yeah. There's a good example of that right in front of me. Break and Sharon are hiding more things from me than Alice or Evan are. 'You shouldn't trust people like that too easily.'" Oz smiled, while break seemed a bit surprised.
Evan could see Breaks cruel smirk appear on his face, lecherously he looked over at her, then grimly said, "Exactly, that approach will do just fine."