Gate of Memoirs/Leads Nowhere

An ominously coincidental disappearance spells some grave new developments in this burgeoning mystery.
Portrait 	Dialogue
Music: "Dark Pursuit"	Music: "Dark Pursuit"
 	
*Giselle: Well, that could have gone better.
*Giselle: Not the first time she threw me out, anyway.
 	
*Giselle stands back from the mess of books before her, a scowl on her face.
*Giselle: Better get to work before this evolves into a crisis and Noel has my head for disappearing his favorite Summoner.
*Giselle: Where did I put my notes?...
 	
*The Summoner had all but vanished before Giselle's eyes in the Inquiry, following a jammed signal.
*These past few months had been a cascade of discoveries and revelations.
*With the tireless work of Noel at his laboratory, a new method of surveying transdimensional worlds was developed.
*, ever the pioneer for these sorts of scientific breakthroughs, 
*was more than instrumental in securing a basic understanding of the shifting Void.
*With two Echoes under their belt and evidence that the mysterious entity Kranus was involved beyond the Veil,
*it was time for the Summoners' Hall to finally pierce the gloom with the light of inquiry.
*Soon, the mysteries of the Void would be revealed, and perhaps so would Kranus.
*In the interim, received another prophetic dream from the Queen in Cobalt...
*...resulting in a demon pact in order to travel to an island frozen in time.
*Following that, all connection was abruptly lost.
 	
*Giselle runs a frustrated hand through her hair, irritated by her prospects.
 	
*The Queen—it was true she had watched for a while now.
*Ever since Kranus had first attuned to the Summoner and had dragged them through the Veil to walk the Echoes,
*she'd had her eye—or eyes, really—on their dimension-walking friend.
*No other person could claim to be a plaything for forces beyond human ken.
*...But then again, there had been no one to tell such tales.
 	
*Giselle: I won't let get thrown around like a ragdoll.
*Giselle: There has to be a way to get them out before...
 	
*Giselle: Before she turns them to dust, too.
*And for the first time since she had formed her own identity away from the wasting grey,
*Giselle Tyndalos shivered.
Portrait	Dialogue
 	
*With a minute tremble, Giselle places her hand upon the dull emerald crystal once more.
*The ritual was only meant for a single contact, and there was certainly little, if any, energy remaining within the conduit.
*But Giselle still had a trick or three up her sleeve. Desperate times called for desperate measures.
*A mere human would have found it ineffective at best and themselves unconscious on the floor at worst.
 	
*Giselle: (No time for dithering... It's now or never.)
*Giselle: (It had better work. I followed EVERY instruction to the letter!)
 	
*On the count of five, Giselle takes a deep breath, and concentrates.
*A loud whoosh announces the stumbling arrival of a tall figure.
 	
*Giselle: What—
*Giselle: Are you doing HERE?!
 	
*Hakuzo: I'm the one who should be asking, miss...