(Note: RPG Rollback about 10 – 15 minutes before Maribelle sees Moro.)
 
Karl leans/sits on the front bumper of his SUV. Marvin stood by him watching as ordered. Karl looks up at Marvin, seeing his arm is still bandaged though the cast was taken off some time ago.
 
“You are in no shape to drive.” Karl says.
 
Marvin holds up his index finger to Karl in a test most managers give their fighters during breaks between rounds when they are fighting. “How fingers you see?”
 
“Two, three... stop moving them around.” Karl complains.
 
“It’s only 1 finger and I’m not moving it. It is you who cannot see straight. You are no shape to drive. My arm only has a bandage, not a cast, not anymore, so I’m OK to drive.” Marvin tells him.
 
Karl just grimaces at the prospect of being able to drive. Li Li and La La walk up to them as they look over Karl’s SUV. They look inside at the covered seats with blankets and pillows before they turn to Karl and Marvin.
 
“Where are we going to sleep?” They ask in unison.
 
Karl turns back to look at them and his SUV before hopping off its front bumper. He walks past them and opens the rear hatch door, showing another made up bed area on the floor and the bed area on the rear bench seat.
 
“I don’t know. I think you two maybe sleeping here on the floor or on the bench. Teri and Maribelle will be sleeping where you two won’t be.” Karl explains.
 
“And where you sleep?” La La asks.
 
“Why we are not sleeping in the trailer?” Li Li asks.
 
Karl sighs, Marvin steps up to answer, “Karl will be sleeping in the front seat next to me while I drive. Mister Fernando says that it is unsafe to be in the trailer while rolling with the caravan.”
 
“What about food?” La La asks.
 
“What about bathroom?” Li Li asks.
 
“We will ask Mister Fernando about those things later.” Marvin answers.
 
Maribelle arrives with Teri, leading the younger girl by her neck. They stop by Karl’s trailer with Maribelle almost demanding, “Show me what you got from our old home.”
 
Teri slowly opens the trailer and they both go inside. She goes to various storage areas until the seats, pulling out bags that she had filled up with various things. Though the door closes on its own behind them, they can be heard from her yelling at Teri inside. Karl is not liking what he is hearing and goes investigate. Marvin takes Karl by the shoulder and shakes his head at him.
 
“Let’s go find Mister Fernando and let him deal with Maribelle.” Marvin tells Karl.
 
“I think he is with Mister Hondo in his camper.” La La replies.
 
“Mister Hondo’s camper?” Marvin asks as he looks over at Hondo’s truck.
 
“Mister Fernando’s camper.” Li Li answers.
 
“Let’s go get him. Girls, stay here. If they leave, tell us where they went. Karl, come with me.” Marvin tells them.
 
Karl sighs, not wanting to leave his ride and trailer. Marvin puts his hand on his shoulder and leads him to Fernando’s camper just a few feet away.
 
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“Hondo, I will tell you this much. Val will be found and reunited with you and the girls. That much I know. And then we will kick the asses of those responsible. But I need you to think before you act. OK?” Fernando tells him.
 
Hondo just nods before looking at the bible with the 1911 .45ACP in it.
 
There was a hard knocking on the Camper’s door, though Marvin did not intend to be so heavy handed. Fernando and Hondo look at each other for a second before putting away the various items from view. After they clear the things not to be seen, Fernando nods at Hondo to open the Camper side door. The door slides open revealing Karl and Marvin outside.
 
“How can I help you, fellas?” Fernando asks in a solemn tone.
 
“It’s Maribelle. I seen her being abusive to Teri.” Karl replies.
 
“Abusive, as in how?” Fernando asks.
 
“We seen her drag Teri into my trailer and closed the door behind them, and then she was yelling at her.” Karl explains.
 
“Marvin, seen any of this?” Fernando asks.
 
Marvin just nods.
 
“OK.” Fernando replies. He adds, “Hondo, I’ll see you later around dinner time. Close up behind yourself.”
 
Hondo nods before Fernando hops out of his camper. The sliding door closes up behind him for Hondo to gather the questionable items. Fernando looks at Karl and Marvin, “Take me to them.”
 
Fernando follows Marvin and Karl to Karl’s camper. As they approached the trailer, they can hear Maribelle being loud inside. Fernando puts his hand on the trailer door handle and finds it locked but quickly undoes the locking mechanism with a spare key he has and opens the door.
 
“...AND...” Maribelle was yelling at Teri though her attention quickly turns to the door, “WHO THE #$@! ARE YOU TO BE ENTERING LOCKED ROOMS!”
 
“The co-leader of this god damned misbegotten group.” Fernando tells her as he walks in. He turns to Karl and Marvin and nods to them. They close the door without getting inside the camper/trailer. Fernando continues, picking up one of the sex toys on the bench seat and points it at Maribelle “Now, what is the problem? Teri brought over the wrong Tally-Whacker to whack your Tally with?”
 
“This is personal between her and I!” Maribelle tells him.
 
“When you are yelling at the top of your lungs where everyone outside of this locked trailer can hear you, this personal business between you and her becomes everyone’s business.” Fernando tells her.
 
Maribelle looks at him in disbelief, but then again she forgot that she is in a tiny box camper trailer and not in her room in her family’s mansion. He tells her some more, “Teri is no longer your Wesson doll though she is still a minor. She is no longer your slave and is free to do as she so wishes. You asked her to do you a favor and she did it to the extent of her ability. If there is something wrong or something missing, consider it that it may have been stolen by the raiders. I was there to witness where Teri went about to take from the house for you as you told her to do. There was not much for her to take except what she brought over here. So what is missing?”
 
“You saw her go through the safes?” Maribelle asks. Fernando nods at her. She continues, “Then where are the guns that were inside the safes?”
 
“Those rusted pieces of metal crap were not worth taking. In fact they were dangerous. Put a bullet in them and fire them, they will explode in your hand, blowing off your hand with it. Yes, I have seen them and told Teri not to take them because they are dangerous. If anything, blame me.” He tells her.
 
“And these are not all the gold coin and old money bags...” Maribelle begins to say.
 
“These are the ones that Teri found. You better remember half of your house is burnt down to the ground. There were a few safes out in the back area of the house where they were blown open from the looks of it. Anything else?” Fernando tells her.
 
Maribelle looks at him with her arms crossed. She turns away from facing him, “No.”
 
“Then what’s the problem?” He asks.
 
“The holy books are missing, money’s missing, guns are missing, a lot of things are missing.” Maribelle complains.
 
“Consider it as a loss, take what you got and continue onward to where you are going.” Fernando tells her.
 
“Hmph...” Maribelle lets out.
 
“Take account of what Teri brought for you and leave it at that. She brought you what she had found, for that was all there was to find, for I was there to see it to be found.” He tells her.
 
“If I did not know better, I would say you are covering for Teri for some reason. You beginning to like my wessen?” Maribelle states and asks.
 
”If it were a choice between you and Teri, I’ll take Teri any and every time. Teri has not lied, she does not cover up, she does not hide things, at least not with me. She is honest with me more than most people I know and that there are a lot of people out there, including you. And yet compared to you, you rank towards the bottom where she ranks near the top. Now when you account your things Teri brought over, go see Moro about your inventory you want to throw out so she can use it for others. Consider it a ‘donation.’” Fernando tells her.
 
“You think Teri never lies?” Maribelle says, more to herself, holding back her laughter. She continues, “Teri is my Wessen and she will do and say as I need her to do and say. That includes lying to you.”
 
“However true that may be, I still trust her over you.” Fernando tells her. He then throws at her, “But she is no longer your property. She is, if anything, your ward. And you are to treat her as such – teach her, nurture her, take care of her and not use her like you have been all these years like some sex doll you used her as. Though she knows a lot, she needs to be equal to you when you are done and that is a long way from where she is at now.”
 
“Got anything else to add to that?” Maribelle tries to mock his authority.
 
“I got plenty to say but there are more important things to do.” Fernando tells her. He adds, “Dinner will be ready in an hour or so. So be ready when General Jastrey says it’s time, take this time to wash up and get your things ready so we can leave without delay. See you then.” He steps to the door and pauses for a second, “And don’t be yelling so loudly, everybody in the camp can hear it.”
 
Fernando steps out of the camper/trailer box and closes the door behind him.
 
(Note: Had to end it here to make it fit with the RPG.)

Shizuku turns around to face Jeanette and the others. "Now you know."
 
Hikaru is not at all surprised. "We were wondering when you were going to say something; we figure you would say something when you're ready."
 
"Other than Miss Miller, who knew?"
 
Hikaru, Mavis and Ariel, the three who read Jeanette's journal, raised their hands.
 
Shizuku turns to Jeanette. "Miss Miller, I thought you scratched out my real name from your journal."
 
"I did." Jeanette does not know how the others knew.
 
Hikaru is cautious. "I know we are not supposed to say anything. Your real identity gets revealed in a future entry of the journal."
 
"Not even my friends at the orphanage know who I am. It's funny when you think about it because Nemu worked on a fanfiction. What I did not realize is Whisper of the Heart was very popular." Shizuku tells them what happened in the library.
 
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"Wait," Jeanette asks, "you autographed a library book? What happened to it?"
 
"It was pulled from the shelf and put in the display case with the other rare books."
 
Hikaru confirms this. "The stamp and signature were verified to be authentic."
 
"Of course it's authentic." Shizuku smiles.
 
"Chihiro." Jeanette begins. "I don't know what you've been through or what's going on in that head of yours. You spoke highly of your dad and your life in Japan. You talked about the boy you fell in love with who is studying to be a violin maker and yet you expressed no interest in returning to your time. Moreover, the people you call friends do not know who you are. That suggests you want to distance yourself from your life as a writer. On the other hand, you autograph a library book, you're working on the second story and you seemed to enjoy talking to a fan."
 
"I did not know Whisper of the Heart was that popular until Sumika told me." Tears start to form in Shizuku's eyes. The smile disappeared from her face. "The next day I went back to the library and researched my disappearance. By all accounts, I never returned. How can I? I'm part cat. Anyone can see that the minute I open my mouth. In Charlton, I'm a regular girl."
 
"You can still be a normal girl and let people know who you are."
 
"I don't know. I'm normal now but what will happen if people find out that Shizuku Tsukishima is a cat?"
 
Jeanette Isabelle

(Note: RPG Rollback a couple of minutes and into when Maribelle sees Moro.)
 
“Neither Master Fernando or Master Hondo wants our help in fight town.” Marvin says in a concerned tone.
 
“I gave them my warning, they do not want to listen.” Karl points out.
 
“They are not wessens, they are people. They are not strong like us. They will be hurt. They will be killed.” Marvin throws in.
 
“And you’re telling me this because?” Karl asks.
 
“If they get hurt or even die in Fight Town, where will we go? Who will lead us?” Marvin asks.
 
 “We will wait and see what happens in Fighttown. As for me, I have family in Texas, I’m going there.” Karl answers.
 
“Then, who will protect us as we go to Texas?” Marvin asks.  “You ask too many questions.” Karl throws at him.  “You expect that strange one to protect us? Or those crow spirits that follow her?” Marvin asks.
 
“We will wait and see what happens. Until then, we have to protect ourselves. And you learn to shut up and look and listen.” Karl tells him.  
 

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(Note: Skip several minutes to catch up on posts.)
 
“If you have something of your original DNA, reverting a Wesson back to human would be easy.” Fernando tells them. But he adds, “The question is, how did this transformation happened: corporeal, technological, or magical? It is not like one can wave a wand and ‘POOF!’ things are back to normal. Things have an order in which things were done and they have an order in which they can be undone.”

Hondo checked on the girls then made a trip to town for the tire for Karl's rig, which he had dropped off to be fixed, some other small supplies, and a couple spares tires, which he had ordered earlier. on the way back he got a treat for the girls. He stopped by the camper giving the girls the treat he had bought, ice cream, which was promised to them if they behaved during the meeting. Zoey squealed with delight at the treat and gave him a quick hug and ran to drag Macey out of the bedroom for some. Macey hadn't said one word yet. Has Hondo not had so much on his mind it might have bothered him and he'd have felt bad for the burden the young one currently felt upon her shoulders. Tonya gave him a hug and a peck on the cheek.
 
Tonya: It will be alright. we'll get her back.
 
Hondo just nodded and returned the hug, though slightly half hearted. Half hearted not because he didn't care about her but his mind was busy and his heart heavy. he told the girls once they were done with their ice cream to finish packing and rest before supper. He then grabbed a couple cans of beer, a full flask, and a couple cigars and headed back outside. Once outside he completed work on Karl's SUV with James's help as Red-Molly finished checking fluids and securing outside loads. Once they were done with Karl's rig Hondo told James and Molly to finish what they had to, be ready for the meal, but be ready to pull out sooner if he called for it. They nodded and went about their business for the time being. Hondo had finished all he had to do and more so he found a tree not far off and sat down underneath it. he finished off his beer then lit his cigar, taking an occasional sip of Scotch from the flask as he smoked. His thoughts were on Valentine and the girls. what could he give these girls without her? He knew they would get her back but in what shape? At what cost to her mind or to their band?
 
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Valentine half woke some hours later. She was cold and naked, shackled to a wall and sitting in filth. She was battered, bloody, and bruised. From the noise outside she could tell they had landed somewhere. before too long two men came in and unshackled her. one drug her to her feet by her hair. they both laughed, sneered, and commented on what they would do to her body given half a chance. one grabbed felt up her lower body and grabbed her firm breasts. she tried to fight but there was not much strength left in her. A woman guard came in shortly and yelled at the other two for messing around. They grumbled and drug her out the door into the bright sunlight. the light blinded her, as her eyes were used to the dark. They drug her around a dirt path, then across concrete, her feet dragging and the skin cutting and breaking on them as they drug, leaving a bloody path.  She was hauled down several flights of stairs into a deep, wet, cold dungeon like area, lit only by flickering, failing lights. As she was drug down a long hall, with cells on each side cat calls, wolf whistles, and sexual comments were yelled at her by guards and prisoners alike. the guards roughly threw her into a cell. She landed on the floor, beside a smelly cot, but had not the strength to stand. she just lay on the cold floor as unconsciousness took over her mind and darkness filled her vision once more.

"No, my hair is longer now than it was then." Shizuku corrects herself. "Oh, wait, my hair did need some trimming."
 
Jeanette Isabelle