Dimento was somewhere out of the castle, and Mimi was left behind by herself. The moment she was certain he was gone, she tried again and again to teleport out of the castle and get back to Flopside, but she would only end up in another part of the castle.
She really was trapped here.
Nevermind the fact that Dimentio was even alive, what was he planning? He must have gone looking for that book the Count always carried around; the Dark Prognosticus. But the heroes destroyed that along with the Chaos Heart...and nobody had heard from Lord Blumiere or Lady Timpani since then.
Mimi kicked the wall.
"Dumb clown!"
Her voice echoed off the walls, and she got no response. She was alone here. Mimi was never alone in the castle before; there was always someone around. Nastasia finishing paperwork, The Count...doing Count things, O'Chunks traning, Dimentio practicing his magic (or harassing someone), or Mr. L at work on Brobot. Without anyone here, the castle felt cold and ominous.
I wonder where this castle even came from, Mimi idly wondered. She decided sitting around moping and otherwise being bored out of her skull wasn't going to help anybody, and she went back up to her bedroom.
She was going to open her door when she noticed something strange. Dimentio had left his door slightly ajar.
Mimi gave the hallway a quick once over before tiptoing down the hall. She had never actually been in Dimentio's room, and she was curious. What could the jerk be hiding? Probably several million copies of her diary keys, or some more dumb masks, or maybe something even more stupid.
As she stood in the doorway and her eyes adjusted to the darkness of her room, her eyes widened.
There wasn't anything in the room.
Mimi walked into the center of the room; there was nothing there. Not even the slightest hint that anyone had ever lived in that room. This was Dimentio's room; it was always the door right across from hers and to the left. She'd encountered him leaving many times.
What did Dimentio need with an empty room?
"What, indeed?"
Mimi shrieked and turned around. Dimentio was hovering in front of her, arms crossed. His face wore its ever-present grin, but it looked a bit forced.
"Stop sneaking up on me, meanie-head!"
"What were you doing in my room?" Dimentio asked. His voice was tight and controlled. Mimi shook her head.
"Nothing. I was looking for an extra...flashlight."
Dimentio's grin twitched. "And did you find one?"
"No, and I will just be on my way," Mimi said, turning around and storming into her bedroom. The door slammed shut behind her.
Mimi sat on the floor and pressed her ear against the door. She heard the clicking of Dimentio's heels on the floor, his door shut, and then the telltale sound of him teleporting away.
She carefully opened her door, peeking her head out.
This was getting old, Mimi thought, Dimentio sneaking up on her, her running around and doing nothing. She sighed.
Castle Bleck.
She wondered how the person it was named for was doing now.