“Wha…” Mr. Gozen says to Fuyuko rubbing his head and slightly dazed from his fall. “Fuyuko! Wait!” Mr. Gozen calls out, as she rushes through the kitchen door, the more cautious Onbin following behind. Mr. Gozen then begins struggling to his feet muttering a curse under his breath. When he gets to his feet he glances at Elizabeth as she tries to bring some semblance of control to the chaos.<br/><br/>The kitchen area consists of a row of three large stoves along the right hand wall. The left hand wall consists of a large sink, a large steel refrigerator, several cabinets and a steel shelving unit where most of the larger pots and pans are kept. Two large wooden tables divide the center of the room along with another steel shelving unit used for cooling. The back wall has three doors, one for the walk-in freezer, one for the pantry and one leading into the back hall that leads to the shop’s little office, the upstairs stairwell and the back exit to the alley behind the shop.<br/><br/>Currently the room is occupied by a large, howling monster standing just in front of the row of stoves. It appears to be around seven feet tall. In shape it is generally humanoid, but appears to be made up of an oily, vaguely translucent, black gel. Its right arm ends in a plated metal gauntlet armed with five large, claw-like blades. Its left arm seems to consist of three wildly writhing tentacles. The head appears to at one point have been covered by a metal death’s head skull, but the left half of the mask seems to have been shattered, revealing a smooth black, completely featureless head. A glowing red orb the size of a chicken egg seems to be suspended in the gel where the monster’s left eye should be. Another red orb can be seen floating above it in the center of its forehead. The eye hole in the right side of its face, where the mask is still intact, glows with the same red light as the other two orbs. Other then that, the monster is smooth and featureless with no discernible bones or musculature, its legs ending in wide stumps rather then proper feet.<br/><br/>The monster’s attention seems to be on the second occupant of the kitchen, a girl with pale blue hair, wearing a strange costume that seems to consist of a silvery breastplate, silver greaves, a short silver skirt and black tights. A soft blue light seems to surround her entire body. A silver and white revolver is clutched in her right hand, while her left seems to be tightly wrapped around something. She’s sprawled on the other side of the room partially covered by the pots and pans that clattered onto her when she struck the shelves. With a slight groan, the girl tries to get to her feet as the monster flows toward the center of the room reaching out its tentacle arm to try and grab her.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, Masato quickly finds his way toward the alley in the back of the cake shop. A quick glance down the alleyway confirms that it’s empty for the moment as he makes his way to the cake shop’s back exit. Fortunately, the back door seems to be open for the moment, but unfortunately Masato’s view of the kitchen is obstructed by the angle of the hallway, which runs parallel to the alley. The hallway appears to be empty, he sees the entrance to the back stairwell, the door to the cake shop’s office standing slightly ajar, the broom closet and then finally at the other end of the empty hall, the entrance to the kitchen.<br/><br/>Back inside the cake shop, Mr. Gozen frowns then adds in his voice to Elizabeth’s. “Ikari! Please escort our customers to the door!” Mr. Gozen yells at a young woman wearing the cake shop’s uniform who is cowering near the fire place, the only other Carnation employee still on the premises. At Mr. Gozen’s bark she leaps to her feet with a yelp and begins moving about, coaxing people from beneath tables and towards the door. Mr. Gozen then hurries to the entrance to the kitchen to see what’s going on.