Gate of Memoirs/Snowy Sojourn

After hearing from the town guard, Linlin, Bjorn, and an unenthused Kitsu begin their search for the missing children. Will they pick up the trail?
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Music: "Frozen Tears"	Music: "Frozen Tears"
 	
*On a snow-covered road leading to a small alpine town...
 	
*Linlin: Come on, big guy, we're almost there!
*Linlin: After that we can get a nice, big mug of eggnog, okay?
*Bjorn grunts and plods on. Linlin giggles, and turns to the fox-eared man beside them.
*Linlin: Kitsu, do you like eggnog?
 	
*Kitsu: Can't say I've had it...but I'll gladly take any hot drink in this weather.
 	
*Linlin: It's delicious and it'll warm you right up! Every tavern would have some at this time of year.
 	
*Kitsu: Sounds good. Hopefully there'll be news of that little girl we saved, too...
 	
*Linlin: I'm a spirit of luck, remember? Everything will be just fine!
 	
*Kitsu: Heh... Can't argue with that.
 	
*Bjorn: *huff*
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*As the trio make their way into town, they find a small crowd gathered around a community board.
*A man standing on a box appears to be giving instructions of some kind.
 	
*Linlin: Oh! What's going on over there?
 	
*Kitsu: Doesn't seem particularly cheery to me.
*Kitsu heads over to a lone elder standing just outside the circle.
*Kitsu: Pardon me. This seems to be quite the commotion.
 	
*Elderly Man: Aye. Folks are preparin' to head out into the woods.
*Elderly Man: Spirited away the children be, is what I say.
 	
*Kitsu: The children? What happened to them?
 	
*Nearby, a tear-streaked woman dabbing at her face pipes up.
*Stricken Woman: My son...He went out to play with his friends and none of them came home for supper!
*Stricken Woman: And not only that, even the mayor's daughter has gone missing, too!
*Elderly Man: Aye, she be a feisty one, that girl. Always givin' her father a headache.
*Elderly Man: Naughty children here get taken away by spirits, sonny. They beat the sense into 'em.
*Stricken Woman: I'll have you know my little boy is the sweetest angel around!
*Stricken Woman: Besides, that's just an old wives' tale to scare the little ones!
*Elderly Man: Pah. It ain't just a tale if it's happenin' right now.
 	
*Kitsu: Could there be kidnappers?
 	
*The man on the box finishes speaking. Noticing Kitsu and having followed the conversation, one of the town guards answers.
*Town Guard: Mm, yeah. We get bandits roaming the roads sometimes.
*Town Guard: I wouldn't put it past them to pull something like this.
*Town Guard: Anyway, are you a traveler? I'm afraid we're a little tied up in our own things right now.
 	
*Kitsu: That's fine. I wish you the best in—
 	
*Linlin: Kitsuuuuu! What's this I hear about missing children?!
*Linlin: First it's the girl we saved, and now a whole bunch of them has gone missing!
 	
*Kitsu: Linlin, not so loud!
 	
*Linlin: Well, I'm not letting any other kids go missing under my watch! Right, Bjorn?
*Bjorn: *grumble*
 	
*Town Guard: Is...Is that kid on a bear?
 	
*Kitsu: Please excuse us.
*Kitsu drags Bjorn and Linlin away to a less crowded area, leaving behind the now confused town guard.
 	
*Kitsu: Sigh...It's been one big thing after another.
 	
*Linlin: Yup. But no worries, 'cause Kitsu, Bjorn, and Linlin are on the case!
 	
*Kitsu: Wait, I didn't...
 	
*Linlin: C'mon, big guy, off we go! Kitsu, chop chop!
*Linlin: We've gotta find those kids and return them to their families!
 	
*Kitsu: Guess we're all in now...