Gate of Memoirs/Whispers in the Cave

Meanwhile, a cheerful girl named Annette lends her aid to the effort! This ought to be a blast!
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Music: "Frozen Tears"	Music: "Frozen Tears"
 	
*Annette: Hm hm, do-be-do-bedooo...Ooh, it's another lovely day today!
 	
*Annette: Perfect for delivering good news to the soldiers' families.
*Annette: Can't wait to see the look on their ma and pa's faces!
 	
*Shouldering her large brass horn, Annette skips off in high spirits toward the town center.
*Annette: Hello! Hi there! Is anyone...
 	
*Annette: ...Here?
 	
*The crowd from before has dispersed, leaving a lone man sitting on a box.
 	
*Annette: Huh? What's going on?
 	
*Man: Hello lass. You with the army?
 	
*Annette: Yup. I'm part of the marching band. I've come to bring good news for their families!
 	
*Man: We could use some of that, yeah.
 	
*Annette: Oh no. What's happened?
 	
*Man: Children have gone missing, and we're sending out our best to search.
*Man: We don't know who took 'em. Bandits, maybe. But some are saying it's the work of monsters and spirits...
*Man: If you want to help us, it'd be nice if you could join the search.
 	
*Annette: O-of course! It's the army's responsibility to help the common folk!
 	
*Annette: Monsters, huh? Those kids will be back before you know it, good citizen!
 	
*Man: I-is that so...
 	
*With a boisterous salute and a cheerful grin, Annette was gone.
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*In a nearby copse of trees, Bjorn, Linlin, and Kitsu are looking for clues to the missing children.
 	
*Kitsu: No tracks here, either. Besides ours, at least. This is strange.
 	
*Linlin: If they flew...they wouldn't leave too many traces behind.
 	
*Kitsu: Do most spirits take an interest in humans?
 	
*Linlin: We're a varied bunch. Most of us stay out of sight, but some, like me, enjoy hanging around people!
 	
*Linlin: Not all of them are good, though! And I betcha this one definitely isn't!
 	
*Bjorn: *sniff sniff*
*Linlin: Bjorn? Did you find something?
*Bjorn points at a path deep into the forest and wiggles his ears.
*Linlin: Kitsu, did you hear that?
 	
*Kitsu: A weird, low sound...
 	
*The sound grows slightly fainter, as if its source was moving away.
 	
*Kitsu: Ugh. We might have bitten off more than we can chew.
 	
*Linlin: Monster or not, we've still got to save them! Let's go, Bjorn!
*Bjorn: *growl*
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Music: "Devil's Heart"	Music: "Devil's Heart"
 	
*As the party draws closer, the eerie nature of the sound seems to weave some sort of magic into the air.
 	
*Linlin: Huh...? I feel kinda weird...
 	
*Kitsu: Yeah...It's almost as if...*yawn*
 	
*A loud horn note sounds out of nowhere, rattling the cave and reverberating all around the trio.
 	
*Kitsu: Ow! My ears!
 	
*Linlin: I-I feel dizzy...
 	
*???: Hey! There's people in here?!
 	
*A girl decked out in a military uniform skids into the cave, a large brass horn by her side.
*???: Whoa! Whoa whoa whoa!
*???: Is that a real bear?! Is...Is the circus in town?!
*???: Wait! No! Where are you taking that kid?!
 	
*???: Put her down right now! Or I'll blow your ears out with this horn!
 	
*Kitsu: Gods, no.
 	
*Linlin: No! Bjorn's my friend! And I'm not a kid!
 	
*Kitsu: Why don't you calm down and let us explain everything?
 	
*???: O-Okay...
 	
*Annette: Aaahh, I see! Sorry we got off on the wrong foot.
*Annette: It's not every day you run into a walking bear!
 	
*Kitsu: Heh. Trust me, I was surprised too.
 	
*Linlin: I'm glad everything's cleared up!
*Linlin: Bjorn, don't be so huffy. She's got a good heart.
 	
*Annette: Seems like that weird noise has stopped, but if you feel sleepy again I'll wake you right up!
 	
*Kitsu: I appreciate that, but maybe try to be a little more...gentle?
 	
*Kitsu: Anyway, good to have another pair of hands. Let's get moving.