Renamon was still confused about Beelzemon's actions from a half hour ago. Could it be that he had a gentle side after all? That maybe he just hated humans and not Digimon? Was it possible that he was even…lonely? All these questions and more made her head boggle. None of it made any real sense. She was pulled out of her thoughts when she heard two voices.
"Maybe she can. But I doubt it. He'd kill her first" one voice, male, said.
"Don't be so negative, Tai. I really think she can help him and the rest of us".
"That's what you said about the last one, Kari".
"How are you doing that?' Renamon interrupted the conversation.
She was surprised to find that the two speakers were inanimate objects supposedly. The fox grew to be a little confused at this. How in the world were they talking?
"We were human once" Kari, now in the shape of a feather duster, answered, "It's a spell that Angewomon put on everyone here".
"Kari!" Tai, a broom (I couldn't resist doing that to him, Tai fans. I wanted to be humorous), tried to quiet his sister, "Master's not gonna be too happy about this".
"Well, she asked".
"Doesn't mean you go blabbing it out to every stranger who comes here".
"What spell?".
"We all had to pay the price because the Master was mean to everyone".
"Well, that's not fair".
"And you're telling us? You, you don't even have to worry about it!" Tai yelled.
"Tai, be nice. I'm Kari, this is Tai, he's my brother".
"I see. Could you show me to a bedroom? I can tell it's easy to get lost here".
"It is. Not a problem. I'll help you. Follow me".
Renamon followed Kari up several flights of stairs until they came across one special room.
"It's a guest room. I try to keep it as clean as possible".
Renamon opened the door and found the room to her liking. The walls were painted a lovely lavender color. Everything, in fact, was lavender with the exception of a mahogany night stand, dresser, and desk. Renamon found that to be ironic, seeing as how it was her favorite color.
"He has expensive taste" Renamon noted.
"He sure does. It's a magic room, you know".
"How?".
"It was pink and black last time".
"A color changing room…I like it".
"Glad you do…the master just wants you to be happy".
"Why?".
"You could help us…and him".
"With what exactly?".
"That we can't go into detail about. The master says you have to figure it out for yourself".
"Hey, you wouldn't happen to know what's in the west wing do you.".
Kari shook. "No one's allowed to go there, not even us. His quarters, his business. It's got nothing to do with us".
"Odd, he said the same thing to me".
"Guess it's what he tells everyone. Well, if you need anything, Tai and I are here for you".
"Thank you".
"Not an issue".
A/N: Next chapter: Renamon begins her investigation about the west wing, and some others along the way.