And now we're on the caste: Leni's! After doing Lori's caste last chapter, I was pondering if I should do Lily or Leni's caste next, but then I realized two things; There aren't that many Lily-caste characters, and I have a very specific character who's part of Leni's caste.

Who's this character? Well, let's read the chapter, shall we?

P.S: I know it may seem weird that I'm reuploading this chapter, but I have a reason. You see, the chapter I originally posted wasn't spellchecked by my pal A Hopeful Observer, and by the time I realized that, it was too late. So I handed the chapter to them, they gave me the notes for it, I updated it, and here we are. I'll make sure this doesn't happen again, I promise.

Lisa was checking the Royal Woodroid 5000, trying to get her mind out of the bizarre question presented by the last subject she interrogated.

"Everybody has powers."

The Prodigy briefly paused, giving the statement some thought, but she quickly shook her head and returned to reality. She had a job to do, dang it, and that was to find as much information about the castes as possible.

Speaking of which, wasn't it about time for the next subject to arrive?

Just then, the elevator opened and someone came out of it, probably the very next subject Lisa was supposed to interrogate. This subject was a girl with light blonde hair-so light it almost looked white- a white long-sleeved sweater, and a matching combo of red skirt and red shoes.

"Do I have business with you?" Lisa sternly asked, focusing solely on her work as the girl walked closer. "In case you haven't noticed, I'm kinda busy. In fact, how did you discover the location to this facility?"

The girl reached for her pocket and took out a chocolate bar, which was surrounded by a turquoise glow as she slowly opened, letting the sound of the paper ripping apart to catch the prodigy's attention. She briefly turned around, and almost as if she had lost all thought, she leaped from her seat and snatched the chocolate, completely missing the girl by a mile.

When she tried to take a bite out of it, however, the chocolate poofed out of existence, and the girl giggled as Lisa slowly realized what just happened.

"Name's Mabel, though knowing how your kind works, you're likely just going to consider me "Leni Caste Subject." Such an insulting denomination," Mabel stated as she folded her arms. "How far off am I?"

"Something tells me you're not exactly friendly with scientists," Lisa said as she got up and walked to her chair. "Did you have a traumatic experience with an individual from my profession?"

"It was just a test," Mabel chuckled. "Believe it or not, where I come from, the idea that all people like you are to be feared or hated was drilled into me."

"People like me?" Lisa frowned. "What are you implying?"

"You know, people who're so engrossed in their projects that they fail to take the rest of the world into account," Mabel frowned in disapproval. "People who're willing to use their friends and even family just to get closer to success."

Lisa narrowed her eyes and snapped, "I'm nothing like that!"

Mabel raised an eyebrow, clearly not buying the statement.

"Nevermind, we don't have time to waste!" Lisa took out her clipboard and pen. "Are you one of the subjects I'm supposed to interview, or am I incorrect?"

"Yes, I'm an interviewee, but just for fun, let's assume that I'm not," Mabel folded her arms. "It might be awhile until another arrives, since Leni's caste members aren't all that common. Nor are Lori's caste members, for that matter."

"How do you... whatever," Lisa rolled her eyes. "How did Lincoln convince you to take part in the test?"

"Oh, he didn't convince me, in fact, we didn't meet at all," Mabel casually answered. "I heard about what you were doing from... a reliable source, and I decided to cut you a break and help you out."

The scientist flinched for a moment, then narrowed her eyes. "Who told you about this experiment?"

"Oh sweetie, do you really think I'm going to divulge such sensitive information," Mabel chuckled, waving her hand in a dismissive manner as she added. "Besides, as long as you get what your after, it doesn't matter where the girls come from, right?"

Lisa turned back to her clipboard. "Just tell me what your caste can do so we can get this near-farce over with."

Then, with a stern tone, Mabel answered, "I can create illusions."

This immediately caught Lisa's attention. "Illusions? You mean, you can create distortions of reality at will?"

"That falls more along the lines of being able to control reality, which is not something anybody can do," Mabel answered. "No, I mean illusions as in phantoms, fake images, basically create things that look real, but are simply imaginary."

"Like the chocolate you tricked me with earlier!" Lisa snapped, causing Mabel to gently hit her head and stick out her tongue as she blushed. "Well, what sort of illusions can you create?"

The sweater girl got off her seat, and walked away a little for space, the scientist watching her carefully as she moved. Then, once she was far away enough, Mabel reached for her back and took out a pair of sewing needles.

Lisa raised her eyebrow in confusion. "Why pray tell do you have sewing needles?"

"Silly, these aren't just any pair of sewing needles," Mabel took out next a pair of yarn balls. "With these items I created I can use them to create my illusions! Allow me to demonstrate..."

The sweater girl stabbed the yarn ball with her sewing needles, and pulled them apart to reveal a thread already tied to them. She placed the needles together and made the sewing motion while she closed her eyes and hummed to herself, her chest glowing a turquoise color as the thread slowly came together and formed a familiar, humanoid figure.

After a couple seconds, the figure was fully completed: And it was a clone of Lisa.

However, one thing caught Lisa's attention the most; "What was that weird glow on your chest just now?"

"Nothing important," Mabel casually answered. "Anyway, here you go: I get the threads, I get the needles, I sew it up, and here's an illusion for you."

Lisa got off her chair and walked closer to her phantom-like copycat. She raised a hand, and the copycat did the same. She then spun around once, and the copy repeated her exact motion. Then the prodigy started dancing... really badly, to the point Mabel blushed and covered her eyes as the illusion repeated the dance moves, at least until Mabel snapped her fingers, causing the illusion to vanish from existence.

"Okay, your illusions can imitate someone's movements perfectly," Lisa wrote down in her clipboard. "Is there anything else those illusions can do?"

"If you promise not to dance like that again, I'll show you all the types of illusions I can make and what they can do, okay?" Mabel replied, uncovering her eyes. "Seriously if you do, I'm outta here!"

"Alright, geez, you're so sensitive," Lisa rolled her eyes. "So, where do we start?"

Mabel took a deep breath, and smiled as she got ready to sew more illusions to life. Among these illusions was a dragon that flew around the place, one that even let Lisa ride on it's back as it flew deeper inside, with the prodigy having so much fun, she didn't notice that Mabel went deeper as well, until she found a certain sight that caught her attention.

This sight was Lily, leaning back and forth on her baby crib, while close to some capsules.

"Well, look who we have here," Mabel remarked with a sneaky tone, which she changed for a happier one as she walked to Lily. "Hi there, cutie, I'm a friend of Lisa, she's kinda busy with something, so she told me to come check up on you."

The baby stopped leaning and raised an eyebrow. And once Mabel reached her, the baby girl tilted her head in confusion, though Mabel was seemingly not buying it.

"Oh please, I know you're smarter than this," Mabel stated, folding her arms. "You may not have the enhanced intellect of those from Lisa's caste, but I know when someone is playing the fool."

Mabel parted her sweater a bit, and revealed the birthmark on her chest: A spiraling circle, the first segment of it colored turquoise, the second segment being purple, and the final segment was a green square.

Though Lily couldn't recognize the birthmark or what it meant, she did understand what Mabel just said, so she narrowed her eyes and backed away a Little.

"I know I may seem like I'm your enemy, but really, I'm not," Mabel put her hands on her hips. "The one you should be wary of is Lisa herself!"

Lily blew a raspberry at the girl. "I know it sounds like baloney, but hear me out: Lisa's the kind of person who'll do anything in order to get closer to her goals! She created a trash monster and did nothing to get rid of him! She built a robot that destroyed everything below average or so, and it was only after complaints from her teacher that she dismantled it!"

Mabel leaned closer to the baby, who was starting to grow unsure about Lisa at this point. "And she has even used her own family members as guinea pigs for her experiments!"

Mabel leaned even closer, and put up a worried look as she gently caressed Lily's cheek. "In fact, she has even used you before, hasn't she?"

The baby didn't say anything, she just frowned and looked at the ground. And unfortunately, this was more than enough to help Mabel confirm her suspicions.

"Can you really trust somebody who would use even an innocent baby like you as a guinea pig?" the sweater girl grabbed Lily's cheeks and made her look at her straight in the eyes. "Listen up, your sister may be a genius, but even she has dumb moments! You're one of the only people who can save everybody from the impending Loudgeddon, and if she winds up getting you killed thanks to one of her dang experiments, that's one less chain capable of keeping all of existence intact! Do you understand how big that is, Sandalphon?!"

Lily raised an eyebrow, prompting Mabel to correct herself, "I-I mean, do you understand how dangerous that is, Lily?! Look, I don't feel comfortable talking to a baby in this way, but that's how serious the situation is. Just... promise me, if she wants to try use you as a test subject, don't let her do so by any means."

The baby girl smiled and nodded in agreement, and as soon as Mabel returned the pleased smile, she heard a phone ring. So she took out her phone from her skirt and, seeing someone was calling her, she answered soon afterwards:

"Hello?"

"Mabel, it's Paige," the other voice, Paige, answered from the other end. "Have you passed the info to Sandalphon, yet?"

Mabel narrowed her eyes. "Use her real name, please."

"Sorry, did you give the info to Neo-Lily already?"

The sweater girl turned back to Lily, who waved hello at her with a wide smile. "Yes, that little thing's dealt with."

"Alright, get back here ASAP," Paige requested, though her desperate tone made it sound like she was giving an order instead. "I was just tasked to come find some random girl, looks like Lincoln got himself another love interest."

The knitting illusionist raised an eyebrow. "What will you do to her?"

Paige didn't answer for a moment, almost as if she was hesitant to give an answer. But eventually, she stated:

"Just... just get back here, okay?"

"Alright then," Mabel hung up the phone and turned to face Lily. "Listen, I have to go back help a friend with some business she has, and you probably won't remember me next time we meet, but please, think about what I told you, okay?"

Lily looked around the room, almost as if she seemed unsure about the deal, but she eventually turned back to Mabel, smiled, and gave her a thumbs up.

"Thanks, I really appreciate it," Mabel brushed Lily's hair. "And now, I have to be on my way. And also, don't tell Lisa we talked, alright?"

Lily nodded, and Mabel walked towards the elevator as Lisa reunited with her, still riding the illusion dragon. "Hey, this one's rather fascinating! I already wrote down illusions as part of your powers, now, what else can you do?"

Mabel shrugged. "That's all I can do, sorry."

Lisa's joy immediately vanished, and she got off the dragon and ran towards Mabel as fast as possible.

"Don't deceive me, liar!" Lisa exclaimed as she got in Mabel's way. "I mean, that would make sense for a liar, but don't do it anyway!"

"Listen, I already told you I've done everything I can at this point in time," the sweater girl folded her arms sternly. "I have nothing else to show you!"

"B-B-But that can't be all you can do!" Lisa exclaimed in frustration. "I mean, your illusions are impressive, but there has to be more! I mean, the last subject could control electricity, be used as a communication beacon, and ride on clouds!"

Mabel's illusions poofed out of existence, startling the genius into shutting up so she could listen Mabel say, "Darling, as much as I'd like to show you more, any other power I may have simply go back to being just an illusion."

Mabel silently nodded. "So, if I understand what you just said, and I assume that I do, then your powers use illusions as a base?"

"That's basically the gist of it," Mabel nodded and turned back to the scientist. "I mean, I could put all of my effort into making quite the spectacle, but in the end, it's the same thing: an illusion."

"Well then, as much as I'd like to keep on going with the examination, there doesn't seem to be anything else I can get out of you," Lisa wrote that down and sighed. "You may leave now, Mabel, thanks for coming in."

The sweater girl nodded with a smile, and left through the elevator.

"Man, she's such a nice girl, ignoring her sass of course," Lisa remarked, scratching her chin as she thought out loud, "I wonder who told her about the examinations, though."