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"My lord may I help?" Lucienne approaches the slumped endless. "Is this all we have of Rose Walker?" He skims through the book.

"And Jed Walker but, I shouldn't think that there's anything in those you don't already know" she stops in front of the table. "Except perha-"

"Except perhaps why she was able to wander around into my throne room" looking up from the volume. "What do you think" Leaning on the table with one hand.

"Why did Gault target her brother and not her" Staring intently at the librarian. "Did you read about Unity Kincaid?"

"The day you were imprisoned.." She turn around finding a book. "There were people from a all over the world who fell asleep and could not wake up"

"Unity Kincaid is the sole survivor of what they called the 'sleepy sickness'" peering over to the endless then approaching him. "The day you returned, she woke up" handing the book to the slumped figure.

"Rose walker is her Great Grand-Daughter" she states giving him a stern look. "Which would seem to suggest that my absence caused the birth of a vortex"

"is that not a possibility" cocking her head to the side. "Vortexes are naturally occurring phenomena, No one knows why they happen. Not even I know"

"But I do know that they are not caused of created. they simply happen" the endless lets out a huff.

"Then this is all a coincidence? And not an imminent threat?" The librarian furrows her eyebrows. "My instinct says no, but tonight when Rose Walker sleeps, I shall see it more clearly"

"May I?" He waves the book on his hand to the librarian. "Of course"

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"I've been trying to remember my dad's friends but, I don't think he had any" She places down a poster on the car. "He was a pretty unfriendly guy"

"Well, do you remember any golf buddies, or drinking buddies or.." Hal questions walking beside the girl. "What else do married straight men with kids do?"

"Well, if they're anything like my dad, they have affairs" Rose sighs. She's been searching for her brother for months now, giving out flyers, asking people where her brother might be, it wouldn't have been hard if the agency just told her where Jed was.

"Oh, That's why your mom divorced him" His tone suddenly saddens at the thought of it. "That was just one reason"

Little did they know there was a shadow lingering just behind them, continuing on following them she decided it was the right time to show up.

"Hello there" I peek behind the car. "Who is.." Hal furrows his eyebrows.

"Wait, you th-" Rose was abruptly cut off when I made a shh sign to her. "Rose? Who is this?"

"Hi! My name's Y/N" I approach the guy holding my hand out. "Oh! What a cute lady we have here" He shakes mine.

"Didn't know you had beautiful friends Rose" Chuckling, he pulls his hand back. "Yeah, Uhm, may I talk to you..." Glancing to Hal "Privately?"

She pulls me behind a hedge. "W-what, wait, why-" She stuttered out, not knowing what question to ask. "I'm here to help you" I smile, I couldn't come near Dream myself, but I could use some wing woman right now.

"Isn't the raven supposed to be watching me rn?" She furrows her eyebrows. "Matthew is supposed to guard you, while I am here to help you with your brother!"

"How do I know I could trust you?" Lifting an eyebrow up. "I suppose you couldn't really trust me right now.." pretending to think, I search my small pea brain mind, of ways to make her trust me. Having trust issues are good, but are also worst for some.

"Well, by helping you find your brother, I can prove that I can be trustful enough! Deal?" I held out my hand. There was a short moment of silence between us.

"Can both of you hurry up? The faster we put these up the better"

"Deal.." She then lifts a finger up. "But, If I sense any possible attempts of you endangering me or my friends, your dead"

"As if she could kill me"

"Come on now Y/N, we have work to do!" She smiles waving her hand towards me. "Coming!"

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"This- This is our old house"

"The last time I saw Jed was right there, seven years ago" pointing to the parking way. "He's been missing for 7 years?" I took a flyer.

"Yes- and no actually, he was fostered to one of my dad's friends, and now I want to get him back" her smile faltered a bit, I don't really know why humans want to take care of such annoying, pesky, stinky children, its such a klutz, why would anyone want little minions running around destroying whatever they see?

"You haven't seen him since?" Hal, that I forgot was with us, spoke up. "When my mom got a job in New Jersey, my dad cut us off completely"

"Stopped paying alimony, child support, he wouldn't let us see of talk to Jed." Hal hummed as a response, I was just walking with them... awkwardly.

She went ahead and rang the house's doorbell and even knocked on it. "So.. how did you and Rose meet?" Hal leaned sideways and whispered to me.

"I um- we met at a ..." shit, humans have such random questions at random times, for random things. "A... uhm, a library!, yes a library" I smiled awkwardly.

"Ahh, I guess she printed her flyers there.."

"You know, do you have a place to stay here? I don't really see you here often are you new to this place?"

"Uh, no, not really, just came here a.." my pea brain couldn't take this test, oh dear Lilith help me. "just 2 weeks ago, yes, and then I met Rose just a few days later haha" nervously chuckling I switched my attention to Rose who was slowly approaching us.

"My mom sued him, she didn't gave up, while I went to college" She started. "I haven't been a very good sister"

"Mm, you're making up for it now, though am I right?" I nudge her elbow. "hm, I'm trying"

"And Y/N, Since you don't have a place to stay for the moment, do you want to rent a room in my place?" He peers to me. "Rose and her guardian is also living there"

Well, anything that can benefit me, is an OK! "Sure! how much will the rent be?"

"Oh! Don't worry about that the rent is super cheap, that your like buying a restaurant meal here!" He laughs.