For several minutes, Doce zipped over rather obvious tramplings in the grass. At one point, she saw signs of a second battle, but didn't slow down for a more thorough investigation.<span style="font-style: italic">Find the others. Bring them back,</span>she thought, and chuckled.<span style="font-style: italic">It's like a game quest... I should enjoy things while they're this... non-life-threatening.</span><br/><br/>Before long, the etchings of a town rose upon the horizon, and the soul-swapped girl was surprised at how fast a simple playing card could fly.<span style="font-style: italic">No.. not a simple playing card,</span>she reminded herself.<span style="font-style: italic">A piece of my... or.. Frahlah's.. soul. I still don't understand that part.</span>As the town sped closer without her quarry's footsteps erring, quickly became obvious where they must be.<span style="font-style: italic">I wonder how I'm going to do this..?</span>she thought.<span style="font-style: italic">I didn't speak to them before; they only saw me for a moment, and that was when I was captured. What will they think when I come rushing back? Obviously they'll be suspicious.. at least, I would be. Saying I simply "escaped" someone as fast as that espada-- or beat them in combat --would be idiotic. So how'd I get away? ... Okay! They locked me up and I broke out when they weren't paying attention. They don't know Phibrizzo's there, and save for that it's a perfectly believable lie. Oh~ I can't stand lying, but there's not much choice here. I'll say I overheard a way for us to return to normal, and use that to ask for their help retrieving it. I'll make a big operation out of it. I'm a skilled improv. actor-- they won't suspect a thing as long as I keep my cool.</span><br/><br/>While in the midst of her scheming, Doce didn't realize she'd just flew right past her quarry. When she came out of her imagination zone and saw not the tracks she'd been following, but a jumble of other footprints, she jolted her ace to a stop and cursed herself (internally and externally) before turning herself around and back-tracking several dozen meters. She almost passed them by a second time, but jumped at a sudden shouting from inside a tavern of some kind. She had keen ears, and loud noises always surprised her.<span style="font-style: italic">Deijavoo... I know that voice...</span>Turning her head to look inside from a window several meters away from them, she recognized the group she was hunting. She very nearly ducked her head from the window, but avoided it at the last minute. She was looking for them for aide. No suspicious movements.<br/><br/>Doce hopped off the ace, shrunk it down, and returned it to her hand, then trotted to the tavern entrance. She stopped a few feet from the group, which had added Sonic to its numbers. "I have found you!" she said with a gentle tone of awe waxing her new accent. She tilted her head slightly and let Frahlah's wide green eyes catch the light, as he might do in this situation, then straightened her head and smiled with a relieved chuckle. Whatever heavy mood she'd walked into, she could feel it cracking under her intentionally oblivious Frahlah-esque interruption.