Jun crossed his arms over his chest and nodded slowly.

"Yeah... that's fair." he said. "Well, I hope she can do SOMETHING." he told her. "Because Encrae is starting to step on some very serious toes right now." he muttered.

At that same time, Ilias and Ty stepped in through the main entrance, where they saw a young female tidying the area up... and Ilias could immediately feel the chilled aura coming off of her.

"Ah, hello there." he greeted her.

"Vae told me to grab Ty and come here." he said further.

"Odds are she should be here by now, but I don't know where she'd be or anything." he went on.

"If you could tell her I'm here, or direct me to where she might be, that'd be great." he added.

Ilias nodded in response.

"Thanks." he said to her, smiling softly, though she could see concern behind it.

Ty just looked outright concerned, but nodded at the young woman.

"Yes, thank you." he chimed in.

The two then made their way past her, through the door, and downstairs, being mindful of where they were, and where the doors were and such. The woman had said probably the first large living space, and sure enough, when they encountered the open door to said space, they saw Jun and Vae there.

"Well, here I am." Ilias said.

"And I brought company." he added, gesturing to Ty.

Ilias nodded in response.

"All right, I'll go check on her... them... yeah." he said.

He then sighed and shook his head, as he made his way through the door, with Ty watching. Once Ilias was gone, Ty turned his gaze towards Vae and crossed his arms over his chest.

"I was brought here because my good friend Hazel is not doing well." he told her.

"You can deny me all you want. Torment me. Torture me. Kill me. I am not leaving until I am allowed to at least TRY and bring her SOME level of comfort in the misery she must be... or will be... feeling." he continued.

"...that, and I'm pretty much the only one she can look at without her blindfold." he then added. "No mana and all."

"It was." Jun replied.

"...couple of days ago." he then recalled, thinking about it.

"And I know that because I now recall Paul making a pot-noodle in it recently. Need water for that." he chuckled. "Regardless, should be useable once again." he summarised.

"Now, is there anything else I'm needed for?" he asked, standing up.

"If not, I have more books to balance and bookings to figure out." he reasoned. "Depending on Kaia, we may need to postpone or outright cancel some shows." he told her.

Jun got up, excused himself, and left the room, as Ty thought about what Vae had told him.

"Hmmm." he mumbled. "Well... for starters, do whatever it takes to free Hazel, but... 'serious repercussions' for YOU does NOT sound like something that should be risked." he said.

"I know for a fact it would devastate Hazel if something were to happen to someone because they were trying to help her." he went on.

"As for myself wanting anything... either coffee or a bottle of cold water." he then answered her.

"Honestly, I could go for either." he shrugged.

Ty was silent as she left him there, pausing and thinking about it.

"Hm." he mumbled.

"Well, Ilias DID tell Hal I would probably be here for a bit." he muttered, looking around.

"Free reign, huh?" he then mumbled.

"No judgement? Seems they're very open-minded here." he chuckled, before thinking about Hazel and hoping she'd be all right.

Many thoughts raced in Ty's head, but through it all, one stayed the same. One stayed consistent. Hazel. He would do all he could to help her. He would sacrifice himself again and again to make sure she was all right, to make sure she would get through this.

For Vae, clearing Kaia was decidedly easy. She was up and about and mostly herself again, the first out of the three. Kiah followed, several days later, and while she was a little discombobulated, she was free of Sebastien's control and influence.

But Vae was still trying to help Hazel. She was succeeding, piece by piece, and Hazel was showing signs of coming through... and if Ty had not been there, she would have shut back in and given control back, due to sheer instinct on her behalf.

With that said, though, Kiah was deemed ready to head back to her life, and Ilias would be going with her. They had left the theatre, after properly thanking everyone there, and after a night of sleeping in their own bed at their own home, the time came where they returned to the Unit. And when they entered the security checkpoint, they were greeted by Jake.

"Ah, hello you two." he greeted them, his tongue darting out slightly.

Jake was silent, and just hung his head a little, a soft sigh escaping his lips.

"Fair." he said.

"If anyone can help her, it's him." he muttered.

"Your voice is sounding a lot better, by the way." Ilias then commented.

"Ah, yes." Jake responded. "Seems your sister's wife threw some mana into me that REALLY helped that move along." he told Kiah.

"Chaos mana is really something."

Jake couldn't help but smile now.

"Yeah, she really is." he said.

"Regardless, in you go, obviously." he told them, buzzing them in.

"Go and do whatever you need to do in the lab. Sharp'll be on his way down there soon." he said further. "Mainly because I'm going to be calling him and telling him you showed up, and he'll be headed there in a bit." he clarified.

"Still. Good to have you both back." he finished.

Ilias followed Kiah into the building, and the two made their way through the hallways and corridors, down the lab. They reached the door and unlocked it with her keycard, stepping inside.

When they did, they found the place to be looking well enough, and they saw they were alone there.

Or were they?

As soon as they stopped looking around, they sword they could hear... noises.

Specifically, the sounds of... muttering and mumbling.