[Coolshaymin]

It was going deep into the night as the Life Sphere showed with it's simulation of the stars above. This was an investigation that was best done after hours when everyone went home to rest and Amithree felt it was the best time to look into it. Fortunately the higher reps seemed to acknowledge that the problem here was good enough to warrant an unsupervised search... Though she was 17 and from what she could tell the people that agreed to come were even older... Did they have smaller kids or siblings that attended or did they attend themselves? Cream was the youngest here and attended the more simple classes. Speaking of, her and the small rabbit was standing by the front entrance of the school, the small girl sitting down with drawing something while Cheese napped on her shoulder, draped a bit. The goddess of time was holding a map she marked with places of interest they could look through before looking to Cream.

"Hey, Cream, what are you drawing, anyway? Isn't it a little late for you to be on this investigation? You need your rest and it could be dangerous," Amithree asked, looking down at the childish drawing. It was Cream, Cheese and... a green haired girl she did not recogonize. She could only assume it was a girl by attire anyway. "Oh, this is me and Cheese and our new friend. She said this seemed interesting and wanted us to come along," Cream said cheerfully... Huh? But there was no one else she knew like that on the team. Not to mention, she did not see anyone here fitting that or sense anyone else at the moment aside the other members. "Oh, I wasn't aware they were coming. Where are they?" she went on to ask. "They are right here!" she said... Oh! Cream was only six, this must be an imaginary friend then. That would explain why she can't sense anything like energy, magic, or the like that would imply someone's hiding. "Of course they are. Just make sure they don't get in the way of me, Richter, and.. Spy I think his name was?" That was an awfully suspicious alias come to think of it. Who went by the title of being a Spy? Either way, the school was... relatively quiet given that nearly no one was supposed to be there. Well, aside from distant music playing that could be heard outside.

[Therider]

Footsteps echoed through the empty streets as Richter Belmont made his way to the meeting place. The school was quiet at night, much different than the bustling halls and loud voices of children he remembered during the day. He had come here often to discuss ideas of magic and holiness with Isonus in the Arcanaeum in the basement, but many time he simply would sit and listen to the joyful sounds of children laughing as they left the school. It was... a stark contrast to the sounds he remembered of children burning, weeping as they tried to wake up their dead mothers and fathers, wailing as monsters cornered them into alleyways and prepared to strike...

Even when Richter could save them, the sounds were nothing like the children here.

Reaching the two younger party-members, Richter slowed his pace and bowed slightly. "Ah, so you must be the Time Goddess, Amithree. I am Richter Belmont, of the Belmont Clan. I have come to see about this spirit haunting the school... which, I assume, is the source for the music. Richter did not look tired, or worried, or even slightly anxious. The Belmont had removed spirits from various places before, peacefully and forcibly; this would be another routine exorcism. "Lady Amitree, I assume you have a bold plan of action regarding this spirit? I am trained in the air of exorcism, albeit my methods being a bit... harsher than a common priest." As if being mentioned, the Vampire Killer on Richter's waist glowed slightly.

"Nevertheless, simply give the word and I will be more than happy to aid with knowledge of the supernatural. It is my duty as a Belmont."

[Deleted]

The Spy made his way to Hylia's Grace Academy under cover of night. Fancy as he always preferred to be, he took the opportunity to straighten his tie a little and make sure there wasn't any dirt or dandruff on his suit. The last thing he wanted was to make a bad first impression with whoever he had to work with. Thinking about the mission further, he thought back to his initial reasoning as to why he decided to join. He had originally signed up because he figured a mission involving ghostly illusions would be easy for someone knowledgeable when it came to illusions and the use of fear. Besides, whatever frightening creature he had to deal with would probably not be enough to scare him, considering the fact that he had been spooked by ghosts before without much lasting impact. Then again, the ghosts he encountered couldn't really be considered frightening, at least not appearance-wise, but the point still remained.

Making it to the meeting spot, he gave a short, polite wave at the three figures waiting for him. Aside from a man who seemed to have come a bit too prepared to fight ghosts, there were also two girls, one looking in her late teens and the other considerably younger. He actually became a bit worried about the prospect of putting a child into the figurative line of fire, but quickly figured that it didn't matter. If she decided that she could handle the mission, he had no complaints.

"Hello there. I am The Spy. I trust you know how to deal with paranormal threats." He said, offering to shake hands with the blue-clad Ghostbuster. Afterwards, he decided to greet his other two teammates. 

"I'm assuming you two attend this school." The Spy noted, addressing mainly the older of the two. He then approached the smaller child and crouched down, so that he could introduce himself while speaking at eye level. The Assassin paused his string of introductions when he noticed the girl seemed to be drawing something. He nonchalantly leaned over, so he could see what she was drawing, and became somewhat confused due to what he saw. Alongside her and her strange little friend, there was another figure.


"Strange. I don't believe I know anyone with that appearance. Who is that?" 

[Coolshaymin]

"Oh, that is me, yeah..." Amithree said, taken aback by the signs of respect that Richter was showing. She... really wasn't used to this treatment even after becoming a Goddess and it felt weird especially with her conflicts on it. "Please, there is no need for those formalities, Richter, just call me Amithree," she insisted... Despite that not being her true name she still went by it so she did not confuse people with her for the other two Amities... "I don't know if the music has anything to do with the strange... visions people have been seeing but I listed down abnormal things on this map that we could investigate. It is weird that there is no one that should be there this late this consistantly..." She noted to Richter as Spy came in.

"Oh, yeah, I take lessons for a few things here. Cream attends some of the classes as well though more things like Art and stuff," she replied as Cream looked up and Cheese tiredly waved before going back to his nap. "Hello! I am Cream and my friend is Cheese!" she introduced. "Oh yeah! This is one of my friends. She plays with me and the other students. She does not seem to want to hang out with the older kids though..." Cream addressed as she stood up and put the drawing away.

Evidence Collected: Cream's Drawing

"... Anyway, we should get started so let's head inside. We should probably check out the music in that classroom first before checking some of the more... strange rumors..." Amithree said as she lead the group into the school and began to walk down the hall, that is until a phone like device on the wall started to ring which caused Amithree and Cream to stop for a moment. "That's weird, no one should be trying to contact this place this late..." Amithree addressed in confusion. Well, it's not like they worked here so they should probably ignore it-"My friend says we should answer it. Just in case someone needs help," Cream addressed... It was definitely not the exhausted Cheese in her arms that said that... "What do you two think, should one of us answer it, just in case? It's not on the list I collected but..." Amithree began, looking in Cream's direction. There.... was no way someone was there, right? So was that Cream thinking that or... Something was not right but it's not like the ringing phone was necessary.

Evidence	Description
Cream's Drawing	A drawing of a girl that apparently plays with the young members of the school but not the elders. Cream suggests that the girl is with them but that can't be possible since no one can be there with zero trace... Right?

[Therider]

Richter nodded slightly, listening to the Time Goddess speak. She had an air of humility, or in the least, an unfamiliarity with praise. Despite Richter's devotion to his Lord and Savior, in this new world there were more than one deity and those with the power of gods walked among the people without fear or disdain. "I see... Forgive me, Lady Amithree. If, however, we are working with specters that are causing the children to fear, then we need them to be gone."

He bowed deeply to show respect, before noticing the newcomer extend a hand. A masked man, wearing a "suit" as the others, from more modern times, called it? Was this the aptly-named Spymaster in their travelling and adventuring party? So be it; a man of the shadows and intrigue would most likely learn something interesting from this adventure.

"Belmont, Richter Belmont. An honor, Sir Spymaster. Shall we hunt ghosts and ghouls then?"

Cream spoke up. Richter had not checked the picture yet, but glancing down at it, it was... unique. Who was that child? Richter didn't know, and it might just be someone he missed in this large Life Sphere. However, from the fact that Amithree didn't know, and the Spymaster did not know, this was not someone whom anyone here was familiar with save Cream. Odd, then, that the whip by Richter's side did not react to anyone nearby, ghost, ghoul, or otherwise. Richter glanced around, before following behind Amithree. Turning to speak more with the Spymaster, Richter stopped when the odd device on the wall began to ring What was this thing? Was it a demon?.

It appeared to not be a demon, but a small box with a receiver of some kind.

Ah, so this was a telephone device? To think in the time that Richter Belmont would have missed coming to Li that mankind would have created not one, but two different ways of communication over the Atlantic and across the world was mind-wrenching. It appeared that both Cream and Amithree seemed to be wary of the ringing device, but Richter had little fear of a small technology like this.

Richter walked up and grabbed the phone. With some dumb luck, he grabbed the receiver, and held it in front of his face, speaking directly to the box, which had suddenly stopped ringing. "...Who is this? Speak, now. I will not be so patient in a moment."

[Deleted]

After some introductions were had, everyone seemed ready to enter the school and investigate. Spy was interested in getting started so he could figure out what the heck was going on in the school, so it was good that they were finally moving forward. "Good! Let's begin." He said, stepping inside the school.

The group walked through the halls, towards the source of some odd music, a classic indicator of supernatural phenomenon. The place looked as empty as would be expected, and Spy didn't notice anything peculiar in particular, at least not with a simple glance. However, they had to stop when a phone on one of the walls began to ring.

Spy wasn't that knowledgeable on the supernatural, but he was pretty sure this was a good indicator of spooky goings on. He could only imagine what the voice on the other end would say, if anything.

"I'm sorry, what?" Apparently the small girl wanted them to pick it up. Why? According to her, her friend wanted them to. 'What friend?' Spy thought. The small blue thing she had with her? Highly unlikely. The assassin didn't even have time to answer the phone before their teammate Richter did so for them.

Spy couldn't help but let out a light groan. The man seemed to be technologically illiterate. Sure, Spy was only from the later half of the 20th century, but he at least knew how to operate a phone. The man was speaking directly to the phone, holding it in front of him. How had he not yet learned how phones work?

"Give me that, you idiot." Spy said, wrenching the phone from the man's grasp. Calling him stupid was probably too much, but the Spy was frankly unwilling to have his teammates slow them down, and he was becoming rather annoyed. Spy held the phone up to the side of his head (IE the correct way), and addressed the mystery caller.

"Who is this? Why are you trying to call us?"   

[Coolshaymin]

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Amitie looked away for a moment at still being referred to with a beginning like Lady... Well could not be helped too much. Still, the two were kind of brave and... odd to be insistant on answering the phone but it might have a clue... Afterall, Cream seemed to think so as the Goddess glanced to the girl and her sleeping Chao. Still, she could not help but feel like something was up. "My name? It doesn't really matter~. Afterall, I am right behind you," a very young sounding voice replied in a very cheerful manner. That was when Amitie noticed another ringing sound before something appeared behind Spy with a knife weapon. Wait, she didn't sense anything before she appeared. In a quick moment she focused and stopped time, rushing forward and seizing the knife before time continued... When she looked back she noticed no one was there and the knife vanished... Even odder was she could not recall what the person looked like. She... knew she saw someone but it was like the memory was quickly fading.

Cream was also crying a bit she noticed. "... Someone or something is evading our senses. I am not sure how but until we figure that out they could be hiding anywhere and we wouldn't know," the girl said as she walked back over to Cream and kneeling and putting her hand to Cream's head to pet her a bit. "Are you okay, Cream?" she asked. Cream tearing up was odd too... "Y-yeah. I just... N-nothing, we should keep going to the music room," she insisted as she got up. Cream seemed to still know what happened, still, she seemed dismissive on it. "Sure, go on ahead, we'll be right behind you," the goddess said with a smile as Cream nodded after a moment before walking up. "... We should keep an eye on her. I don't know why but I think she is more aware of what happened with the phone than I am," she suggested as she followed Cream. "... Hey, Richter, your whip is a blessed weapon, right? Did it pick up on anything when that... girl appeared behind Spy?" she asked. If he was astute he might of noticed that there actually wasn't. "After obtaining my powers I became more away of spiritual energies but it came and went with her, as if it entered my mind and then left it soon after. I don't know of anything like that but I am not sure it was just an hallucination..."

Cream's Picture	A drawing of a girl that apparently plays with the young members of the school but not the elders. Cream suggests that the girl is with them but that can't be possible since no one can be there with zero trace... Right?
Cream	She's acting a bit odd now that Amitie thinks about it. She is not that familiar with the girl but she seems to be keeping something.
Mysterious Phone Entity	A being that appeared and then disappears after the phone was answered. Was it some monster? It seemed to be sloppily mimicking a legend for some reason but even odder was the girl seemed to disappear from mind as well as the area.

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[Therider]

Richter stepped back as the Spymaster took the phone. Obviously the man had more experience with the foreign object than he, before he felt movement behind him. quickly grabbing his whip, he turned only to notice Amithree lunging at the Spymaster. Richter loosened his grip as Amithree stammered and mentioned something about seeing a being who wasn't there now. Powerful specters, hiding in plain sight... Would the Vampire Killer have noticed? Richter lifted the whip's handle before Amithree turned back to him, and asked the question in his head.

"Aye, 'tis blessed, but the specter you speak of passed by both my senses and the whip's sight. Whomever or whatever we face is powerful enough to mask it's presence. Be on your guard, Lady Amithree." Richter slid the whip back into it's slot on his belt, before grabbing the spy's shoulder and pulling his ear close. "Keep a closer eye on the younger child, Cream. Her connection to all of this must be integral to our... investigation."

Letting go and watching the Spymaster carefully for a few more seconds, Richter stepped beside Lady Amithree and looked forward. "If I may, milady, perhaps we should move forward? I would very much desire to meet this foe who deceives us."

[Deleted]

Spy became confused by what the mysterious voice was saying. Right behind you? That was more something that he would say, not some annoying specter. The Frenchman couldn't think about it for long. Amithree suddenly seemed panicked, having apparently seen something behind him. The figure couldn't be described, but it seemed to be hostile, as it was seen holding a knife, as if trying to copy his shtick.

Spy scoffed. "Amateur. If I snuck up on someone like that, they'ed be dead. Either it's not really trying to kill us, or it's very bad at it. Either way, I'm not too worried."

"Cream? Yes, I believe there's something off with her. I'll try to stay close and see if I spot anything." Richter seemed to be on the right track, but there was still the question of whether or not they'ed be able to spot anything at all. The way Cream was talking about her "friend" implied that she was talking to someone who simply wasn't there. Obviously, they would never be able to spot something that didn't exist. Still, Spy would try his best to keep an eye on Cream. There was something about how she was acting that had to be connected to their investigation.

Spy then decided to get everyone's attention. "Alright, everyone, let's continue forward. It's likely there's nothing else we can uncover by staying here."

[Coolshaymin]

"... Right, we should keep moving," she nodded at the other two before following after Cream on her way to the Music Room. As they got closer a piano playing got very clear through the halls. The piano's tune being one played with significant skill as well. Cream waited at the door as the girl breathed out for a moment as she reached out and turned the handle, opening the door to show a room with some books with music on shelves as well as instruments around the room of all kinds, from string to precussion and the like. In the corner was a piano that looked like it was playing itself... Although to those that could sense the like, there was clearly something invisible, perhaps a phantom or ghost.

"...Hey! Mind if we talk!" the girl called out towards the Piano... that did not skip a beat or even seem to acknowledge her or Cream hiding behind her. "Hello?!" She called out again... "... We need to get the spirit's attention somehow..." she said as she looked to the instruments. "... Oh! I got an idea!" Cream blurted out, going to mess with a one of the smaller string instrument, playing a... relatively similar melody to the ghost although it was off... Which caused the piano to pause, a ghostly girl image appeared as she turned around in the seat. "Been a while since I've seen someone so young play something that close," she acknowledged before looking to the other three, Cream quickly zooming back behind Amithree... Before focusing on the Spy and Richter. "... You two don't look like you attend the school. Do you need something?"

Melody Pianissima

Ghost of the Music Classroom after Dark