Gate of Memoirs/A Shadowy Meeting - End

A shadowy figure appears out of nowhere and strikes at the party! How will they resolve this?
Portrait 	Dialogue
Music: "Mimic" 	Music: "Mimic"
 	
*Bjorn: *ROAR!*
*As Bjorn delivers a powerful thump with his fist, the shadowy creature vanishes.
 	
*Bjorn stares in disbelief while Linlin hops down to its space.
*Linlin: It's gone! I guess it really was a spirit of some sort...
Music: "Earth Lament"	Music: "Earth Lament"
 	
*Kitsu: Could it be the perpetrator of the kidnappings?
 	
*Haido: Kidnappings?
 	
*Annette: A couple of kids went missing in the nearby town. Something about monsters taking them away!
 	
*Haido: That sounds terrible. I didn't see anyone else here, though, or I would have helped them.
 	
*Kitsu: Hmm. But what did it mean just now by "the wicked and the naughty?"
 	
*Haido: That sounds familiar! Like something Nick would say.
 	
*Annette: Who's Nick?
 	
*Haido: Why, a jolly, happy old man with a heart like a fireplace in winter!
 	
*Kitsu: Someone like that doesn't sound like he would turn his wrath on people...
 	
*Haido: Well...It's a long story...
 	
*Haido: I think he would know what to do! If it's helping others, Nick does his best!
*Haido: I've got to go find him. He must be around here, I can feel it!
 	
*Annette: He sounds like a great guy. I'll come with ya!
 	
*Kitsu: Hmm. There's nothing more we can do here. I think we should head back to town.
*Kitsu: We'll let them know what we've found so far. Or did not find, in this case...
 	
*Linlin: Poor kiddies! They must be terrified.
*Linlin: We can beat back bandits, but if it's anything like that black shadow...
 	
*Kitsu: Yeah. We really don't know what we're dealing with.
 	
*Kitsu: Annette, Haido, meet us back in town when you've managed to find Nick.
*Kitsu: We'll confer with the townspeople and search the area again in the meantime.
 	
*Annette: Roger that!