The user transmutes their aura into mold and can create or combine the effects of mold they've studied.

For someone looking to cause harm, you can fill a person's home with toxic mold without them noticing, and for those who need a snack, they can create edible molds, or even molds that can be turned into medicine once certain conditions are met.

Expelling mold spores into the air can make it hard for anyone attacking you. Of course you can create mold with stronger and faster effects than real mold.

As a last resort, you can make a mold that can eat away at things that it touch.

An ability to erase an audience's memory of a target.

The user has a constantly active nen beast. It is a mix between a cute puppy and a mimic chest nen beast. It has paws and a tail.

Like a dog, it has a set sleep and awake schedule. And sometimes it may just fall asleep when tired. It must be taken care of and treated well.

When the user is experiencing strong negative feelings toward a person, they can set that person as a target. The mimic then gets access to a "scent" of the target. The trace of the scent is stronger / more traceable the more the user knows about the target. Etc. Their name, state, their line of work or schooling, interests, etc. The scent also grows stronger the closer you are to it.

When the dog is awake, it can track a scent. You can only have up to 3 scents recorded. When you want to track someone, say "show me (insert number)" and the dog will follow the scent until you order a different number or for the tracking to cease.

If the scent is weak, the dog will be able to lightly follow it. But it can be like a weak compass where the dog may stop sometimes or get confused. The more efficiency, the better the tracking and the closer you get, the more excited the dog will become. It will be easy to tell when a target is nearby, for instance, a few blocks away.

When you're close enough to the target, you can say "get 'em, boy / girl" and the mimic will rush to the opponent. It can be made to look like a real dog when you're in public.

As the dog approaches, it sees a collar around the target with their name on it. It licks its lips hungrily and approaches. The dog will go up to the person and likely enjoy pets and pats if the target is a dog lover. But at any moment, the dog will enlarge and swallow the target hole. The enlargement is done when near a person it wants to swallow. It will expel the person and shrink back down to normal size. It will hold the target's collar in its mouth for the target to see, unless the target flees, and then it will run back to it's user.

Once the dog returns, it will swallow the collar to add to its collection and you can head home. However, the target can't remember their name, and the people around them won't remember who they are. The memories will still exist, but will be out of sight and mind. Reminding people and showing them evidence won't work as the people will simply refuse to believe it.

The only way to get the memories back is for the target to remember their name, and to get the dog collar back around their neck. In which case it will turn into aura and return to them.

The user can temporarily put someone else's dog collar on theirself or another person so that people perceive them as the target. However, to get access to a stolen collar, you have to fight it away from the dog. It won't try to kill or seriously harm you, but it will be like taking a ball or other toy away from a pet dog. Once the collar is taken off and stored back into the dog, then the target will be forgotten again.

To set a new target, when all 3 slots are full, you can tell the dog to erase a number so you can set a new one. At any time, you can set an old target to one of the number slots by having the dog sniff the associated collar. However, it won't be able to steal an already stolen identity. It can only be used to track and trace the target.

You ever have someone who, you didn't wish them harm but you hoped their day was inconvenienced?

The user conjures a tiny black cat, if the target sees the cat crossing their path then the ability activates. Once the cat is out of sight, it becomes ghostlike and the target can no longer perceive it.

The cat will proceed to inconvenience the target for a prolonged amount of time. The cat might hop on the target's counter and knock things over. Or hop on their desk and headbutt their coffee before they drink it, causing hot coffee to spill.

Maybe bites their shoelaces loose, drags their phone behind a couch to lay on it, and just other little inconveniences.

If it has a battery, the user can force it to rapidly overheat and use enhancement to create a more powerful explosion. Emitting aura on these objects can cause them to create delayed or remote explosions.

The user can manipulate batteries and their devices in order to force them on or to charge.

With added conditions, the user can do things like speak to someone over a phone while emitting aura to blow the battery up.

Recap.

A chaotic clash between all 500+ examinees began. Despite the wave of violence, Isori quickly managed to get away and run off into the distance, though at the cost of using an excessive amount of aura due to his inexperience in aura control and not knowing his own strength when enhanced. 

When trying to recover using a meditation Geeno taught him, Isori was interrupted by a woman in a theatrical renaissance outfit and masquerade mask named Romlette. Playful, mischievous, and mysterious at best, Romlette introduced herself as an inmate and examiner and offered Isori a choice. She handed him a badge to the tower that has a 50/50 chance of being fake, then enticed him with a chance to get a genuine badge provided he follow her. 

Meanwhile, examinees all over are on the hunt to acquire a badge. Most notably, the handsome man who has killed several examinees despite already having a badge, Damien, who alongside his group is beating down an examinee who is taking the exam in hopes of curing his sister’s illness, and the guitar girl, who is currently watching Damien and his group at work. 

We now continue where we left off. 

Back at Isori’s location

Romlette guides Isori through the building down a hall. The hall has a carpet and a clean feel to it like a privately owned public business. He cautiously watches her from behind as he follows. 

Romlette: “Ah! Here we are. 🌟”

They reach a door with rainbow paint on it, and when she opens it up, a bright colorful light from the room shines on Isori, whose eyes open from the vibrant surprise. 

They enter a wide room that almost makes them feel like giants. They see small chairs along the walls. In the center of the room just ahead of them is a carpet with some plushies and toys and to the left and right of Isori are a treasure chest and bookshelf respectively. In the far corners of the room are both a larger plain table with chairs as well as a small table with painting supplies.  

Romlette: “Welcome to class, kiddo! So I’ll be taking care of you. Feel free to grab a book, and I’ll be getting you snackies soon. 🌟”

Isori makes another expression of distaste, not being able to fully encapsulate just how much he doesn’t understand what’s going on. 

Romlette: “Oh, learn to have a little fun! This is actually where your challenge will be taking place.” 

As Romlette rambles, the door closes shut. 

Romlette: “It’s story time! If you want to make it out of here in time, you’ll listen up.”

Romlette: “It’s another day at the ‘Romlette’s Happy And Wholesome Daycare.’ Unfortunately, the lady of the hour had to bid adieu early, leaving her assistant Isori to close for the night. But for some reason… he couldn’t find his badge to leave the building!”

Romlette: “He looked and looked but just couldn’t find it. That is until he realized. One of the children wanted to be a big help today. They were such a big help that they even wanted to put your badge in a safe place for you while you were distracted. Only, in doing so they unintentionally hid it from you. If you want to make it out on time, you have to find out where the badge is hidden.”

Isori further inspects the room for clues as to where the badge is.

Isori: “I see. So it’s like an escape room.“

Romlette: “Hm? It wasn’t complex but you catch on quick.” 

Isori: “Yeah, can’t waste any time… Though that said, I wish you shortened the explanation to “the badge is in here somewhere.” Would probably have saved time on the challenge.” 

Romlette momentarily reveals an expression of annoyance, but they catch themselves quickly and regain their composure and smile. 

Romlette (thinking): “What a frustrating protagonist I’ve given myself.” 

Isori: “That explains the door at least. When I saw this was a daycare room, I was surprised that the inside of the door looks like some sort of high level security thing. When does the timer above it start? This is a puzzle, right.” 

Romlette snickers a bit and walks to the table in the center of the room. 

Romlette: “Yes, but this is different from what you’re thinking.” 

Isori tries to open the door but it is locked very tightly. 

Romlette: “That door is synced to the timer. It will unlock once time runs out. However, the timer won’t begin until after you’ve found the badge. Of course time won’t accrue unless…. Whoopsie~.“ 

She gently nudges a plushie off of the center kids table with her foot, and in response, a distinct Beep can be heard from the door. The timer went from 0 to 5. 

Romlette: “That’s 5 minutes by the way. Just to quell any confusion.“

Isori: “Hey!“

Romlette: “Most things in this room will add onto time or give you a clue. And that’s all I can say for now. Have fun!“

Feeling a bit cornered, Isori turns his head to scope around the room. Looking at each area starting at the toy box and going all the way around to the book shelf. He very quickly understands the situation he’s in. 

Isori: “Dang it... There’s a lot of things here. If just touching them can add to time then I might be screwed. “

Thinking it's a sensible place to start, Isori goes to the toybox and as they touch it, it pops open. As it opens quite a few toys pop out and fall onto the floor. 

A distinct Beep can be heard from the timer. Isori looks back in a bit of a sweat to see that it has now gone from 5 minutes to 15 minutes.

Romlette: “Waoow! 15 minutes? You’ve already accrued quite a bit of time! Careful now~.“

He tries to ignore her teasing and instead focuses on the treasure chest. But with all of the toys both in the chest and on the floor, it's hard to make out anything important other than the increasing feeling of dread.   

Isori notices a rubik’s cube and carefully picks it up, associating it with the puzzle that he is currently in. He looks and notices that the timer hasn’t reacted to his lifting the toy. 

Isori: “Okay. If touching the toys doesn’t set the timer I can at least experiment.“ 

He carefully charges a miniscule amount of aura in order to take the rubik’s cube apart and he not so gracefully breaks it into pieces. 

Beep. The sound of the timer can be heard once again, revealing that the timer has grown to 20 minutes. 

Romlette: “Bwahahahahah! That was so stupid! Please, keep going.“ 

Isori: “Ugh…“ 

Isori looks at a wall clock in the room. 

Isori (thinking): “It’s really been 30 minutes since this challenge started… The added 20 minute wait after this challenge is bad enough on its own. But at this rate I might end up stuck here.“

He glances over at the smiling Romlette. 

Isori (thinking): “I doubt she’d mind being stuck in this room with me forever. Maybe I should ju-.....“

As Isori pauses, his eyes widen in surprised realization, causing Romlette’s own mischievous smile to become more profound. 

Isori (thinking): “No… Wait a minute, it doesn’t matter how careful I am! If she suddenly decides to start knocking things over for the heck of it, I’ll never make it out of this room on time.“ 

Romlette (thinking as her menacing smirk increases): “It seems like you’ve figured it out my trap, Mr. Aspiring Hunter. Half of your challenge is to keep me entertained. Or I’ll ruin everything for you. Like doing excellent work for a class but still being denied by an arrogant teacher.“ 

Isori (thinking): “If things get hectic, I’d like to say I can get out of here with ren. But now that I know a little bit of nen, I can tell she’s not weak. There’s no guarantee she’ll make it easy for me to get away…“

Romlette: “May I offer you some advice?“ 

Isori looks at Romlette once again out of the corner of his eye. 

Romlette: “Have fun!“ 

Romlette: “You’re not going to get anywhere overthinking. Just enjoy the game while you can and hopefully you’ll find the badge.“ 

Isori (thinking): “She’s right I guess. There’s not as much point in overly worrying.“ 

Isori crouches down and gets deeper into the toybox to look for any clues. 

After quite a bit of time scanning for clues, Until he finds himself surprised once again. 

Isori: “Oh!...“

Romlette: “Oh?...“

Isori brought out a small green bouncing ball. 

Isori: “This used to be one of my favorite toys when I was a little kid! I didn’t expect to see this at the hunter exam.“

He continues to rummage through the box and finds another treasure. 

Isori: “And these! These game character figurines, these loaded spring frogs, this spinning top! My parents used to love these jacks as well. Oo, a dragon head.“ 

Isori plays with the head as well as a small wooden cube with a hole on top. He playfully looks into the hole and then picks up a bag of marbles. 

As Isori rambles on about his favorite toys, Romlette stays watching in the background with their devious smirk. 

Somewhere in the business plaza.

An area with a park atop fake grass or “playground turf.” Complete with a set of swings, a sandbox, spring animals, a teeter totter, and play structure with slides. A man in an old, worn jumpsuit holds a knife and tosses a badge into the air repeatedly, catching it after each spin. 

Inmate: “Haha! You wannabe hunters are pathetic!“ 

A lanky man is shown tied and restrained onto a string with a defeated expression, another sinking into the sandbox as if it were quicksand. 

Inmate: “You fools followed the hints I left, knowing you’d come across a badge, and you still fell into my traps! I bet you thought that since this park was in an open space, it’d be hard to be caught off guard. Next time, pay closer attention to your surroundings. You never know what's waiting right around the corner!“

The inmate begins to watch the card as he tosses it up and down. 

Inmate: “Hm… Y’know, I already have a badge. Maybe I should enter the tower myself and join the hunter exam. Stahlia would definitely kill me. But maybe I’d be protected by the rules. Anything to get rid of this sentence, am I right? Hahahahaha!“

As the man laughs, a small bird that seems to be a swift speeds in and snatches the badge right before it lands back in his hand and flies off. 

Inmate: “Huh?... Wai- where’d it go!? Aw, damn! I was going to use that to become a hunter!“

The swift soars high over the city. First they fly over an area deeper into the complex where the handsome man is looking in each direction with his hand over his forehead. 

Handsome man: “Hmmmm. Where did you go?“

Soon, the bird flies back toward the tower and the situation around it seems to have changed drastically. 

Many strategic examinees fled from the initial battlefield to obtain or hold onto their badges. Many badge holders seem to be hiding, observing the state of the tower. There are hidden traps everywhere set by badge holders and seekers alike. 

Bodies of incapacitated examinees are strewn all across the battlefield. A few examinees are still fighting on the outer and middle layers of the battlefield. There is still some fighting going on the middle and outer layers of the battlefield, however, closer to the tower the energy has become completely different. Several examinees near the tower are standing watch in several intimidating poses from standing with their arms crossed to sitting on the steps. 

Examinee 1 (thinking): “Heh. The game’s simple at this point.“  

Examinee 2 (thinking): “Anyone who approaches this tower with a badge is going to have to have a bad time.“

Examinee 3 (thinking): “We’ll fight amongst ourselves after we steal their badge. It’s every man for themselves at the end of the day.“ 

Examinee 4 (thinking): “But still. There’s that guy…“

Examinee 4 turns to the tower and sitting just underneath it is a young man around Isori’s age decked in white wolf pelted leather armor. Complete with leather padded gloves, a fur hood and collar, boots, and the like. At their side is a large combat knife with fur between the blade and the handle. They are also wearing a wolf eared hood. 

Standing next to him is a young girl with braids. The girl is carrying a travel bag that's almost as large as they are. 

Examinee 4 (thinking): “I heard he took down a lot of people after the fighting started. Hell, I don't want to fight em. We should probably give him a badge before anything else. Just to lower the competition…“

The young man glares at examinee 4 who quickly looks away in fear. 

The swift flies high above the tower and quickly dives down behind it before sneaking behind the man in the armor. And putting the badge in their hand. 
 
Armored young man (quietly): “Got yours too.“ 

Young girl (quietly): “That’s awesome, thanks!“

Armored young man (thinking): “I wish the tower would open up already. It’s not like there’s any point in waiting anymore for the other contestants. Anyone worth their salt should be here already.“ 

At Isori’s Location

[46 minutes have passed since the start of the exam. 1 hr and 14 minutes before the tower opens. 2 hrs and 14 minutes before the challenge completes. ] [The door’s timer is set to 40 minutes.]

Isori: “Hehe. Hahaha.“ 

Back in the room Isori is playing with some of his childhood toys in the center of the room. He finds himself having a joyous time at that. 

Romlette looms in the background. 

Romlette (thinking): “The effects are much quicker than I thought they’d be. This room can alter your mind depending on what's in it. I was hoping Isori would give me a lovely surprise and escape this room like a wonderful protagonist. But it looks like it won’t be long before I have a new toy myself. Though… I’m not sure what I’ll do once I’m bored of him.“

Romlette (thinking): “Oh well! Guess I’ll just take my own advice and have fun while I can! :D“

That is until the door slams open. 

The girl with the guitar leaps into the room while being chased by Damien and friends, who can be seen approaching the door. 

[part 2]

Flashing back to Damien and friends attacking the man in the brown sweater vest. 

Guitar Girl: “M- Maybe... We should just let him go…“

Damien: “Hey…Are you sure you’re cut out to be a hunter?“

The girl shyly looks away as Damien rests his hand on her shoulder. 

Damien: “You’ve hardly said a word up until now. I’ve been thinking of this since I saw you fumbling around before the exam started, but how can you be a hunter if you can’t even speak up for yourself.“ 

Follower 1 (quietly while standing over the beaten man): “There he goes.“

Follower 2 (quietly): “Yep, that’s our rookie crusher.“ 

Muscular Follower in the purple tunic (thinking): “He joins this thing every year and takes the most joy in taking new examinees down. Not my choice activity, but I’d hate to make an enemy out of him.“

As the girl is confronted she can’t help but hear a murmuring sound accompanied with shades of bright and dark orange. Like an enchanting meditative track with whispers that can come across as darkly alluring. 

Guitar girl (thinking): “There it is. He was really nice to me so I didn’t want to believe it. But he just wants to take advantage of me… “

Damien: “If this is too stressful for you, we can just give your ticket to one of the guys. You’d be safer back home, trust me.“ 

The girl tries hard to hold back her frustrations but all she hears is another person who doesn’t believe in her. 

One final kick from one of the followers causes the brown sweater vested man to release his badge. 

Follower 1: “Hey hey! We got it!“ 

Damien: “Good going guys. We’re that much closer to moving on to the next stage. You never know, we might even pass this time.“ 

Damien and his men all chuckle in their moment of triumph.

But then the girl removes his hand from her shoulder and in a dash speeds down the stairs, takes the beaten man’s badge, and runs. 

Follower 2: “What the hell?“ 

Follower 1: “H-hey!“

Damien: “….. What are you guys staring at!? Let's get her!“ 

The men chase after her, eventually running her into a building. She tries to open locked door after locked door to get away until eventually, they all find themselves in the room with Isori and Romlette. 

Once again back to Isori’s Location

The girl with the guitar rushes into the room and is surprised to see that there’s people in it. Damien and his men are equally confused. 

Romlette: “Oh? I wasn’t expecting guests.“ 

Isori looks very confusedly at the toy blocks in his hand. 

Romlette (thinking): “Well… The effect is cancelled if the door is opened from the outside. It appears the show will go on.“ 

Damien looks at the room and studies the metallic door with suspicion. 

Two of his followers step into the room talking to the guitar girl who finds her back quite literally to the wall with a defensive expression and matching posture. 

Follower 1: “Didn’t you hear us? Give us your badge-“

Isori moves in front of the person. He thinks back to Damien befriending the guitar girl as well as the guy in the tunic protecting her. 

Isori: “Aren’t you guys friends? Why are you trying to take her badge?“ 

Follower 1: “Huh! That’s none of your business. Let us deal with her and we can go about our way.“

Damien (thinking): “That’s the rookie from earlier. We could probably beat him if we ganged up on him. But that jump he did earlier was like a small explosion. I don’t want to get myself hurt…“

He takes one glance more glance at the door, specifically looking up at the timer. 

Damien (thinking): “But I’d love to crush him too!“

Damien: “Hey, guys!“

Damien’s followers look back attentively. 

Damien (already closing door): “You two take their badges, we’ll see you guys when you’re done.“ 

Follower 2: “Uhh, Damien?“

Isori realizes quickly what's going on and tries to run after the door.

Isori: “Shoot! Wait!“  

Follower 1 gets in the way and the door closes before Isori can do anything,

Follower 1 (snickering at Isori): “Look at what you did. How do you think you’re going to pay for interrupting us, huh?“

The follower's demeanor changes as he senses something different about Isori. Even if he can’t see the infuriated aura swirling around him as he’s glared down. 

Isori: “How am I going to pay?“ 

Isori gets in the face of the man which makes the man step back a bit surprised. 

Isori: “Y’think I don’t see chase off poachers and boars in morning!? I survive wild bulls, you’re just a koala!” 

The man stops in confusion, trying to grasp what Isori is trying to say while also being perplexed by the sudden confrontation. Not knowing what to do, he just starts swinging his fists, however Isori has already disappeared from sight. The follower looks down to see Isori in a lowered position with his hands on the floor. 

Isori (thinking): “Right. No nen or I’ll probably kill this guy.“ 

Isori springs up with his hands and delivers a kick that sends the guy back into the door. The man falls limply and goes unconscious. 

Romlette (clapping profusely): “Oooooooooooooo!“

The 2nd follower runs and tries to get to the girl from the right side of the room. 

Isori leaps in over everything in the room. The follower stops as he is about to be attacked. However, Isori puts too much force into his jump, and promptly goes head first into the wall, causing two wooden animal portraits to fall off of it. Along with a brass pin that was resting on one of them. A Beep can be heard as the timer jumps from 40 minutes to 1 hour. 

The follower brings out a knife to kill him but as Isori’s body falls, the guitar girl can be seen rising from behind the view. She’s holding up her guitar. However it doesn’t seem like an ordinary guitar. 

It seems to be a white, gold, and rainbow colored keytar, or a mix between guitar and midi piano keyboard.

Isori looks up and sees a sparkly pastel rainbow colored aura swirling around the guitar.  

Isori (thinking): “Whoa.“ 

The girl slams her guitar down on the follower’s head and he is knocked out as well. 

She hugs her guitar a bit tightly for comfort as Isori gets up. She turns and they find themselves face to face. 

Isori: “Ummm... Hey.“ 

A little burnt out from all of the social interaction, the girl recoils back but she’s able to let out a word in a whispery tone. 

Guitar Girl: “Uh. Thank you.“ 

Isori: “Oh, no problem. Are you hurt at all? You should check for injuries you haven’t noticed yet.“ 

Note: Isori’s currently drawing from his experience in helping and rescuing people in the mountains.

Guitar Girl: “I’m fine, thank you“

Isori: “Okay… Well I’ll give you an update since this affects you too.“

Isori: “See that timer? It won’t start counting until I’ve found a badge hidden somewhere in this room. The door won’t open until the countdown is finished.“

Guitar Girl (a bit floored by the new information): “Wait what???“

Isori: “Yeah, I’ll give you some space to rest. But don’t touch anything or you might add more time to the timer.“

Isori walks back to the smiling Romlette. 

Isori: “Now where were we?“ 

The two proceed to talk while the guitar girl sits against the wall hugging her guitar. She finds herself a little confused as if two adults were talking over her head. 

Isori: “So that chest didn’t really have anything important, did it?“

Romlette: “If that’s what you choose to think~“

Isori: “That was a total waste of time. You pulled some kind of trick, didn’t you?“ 

Romlette: “Maybe.“ 

Isori: “Whatever. I still have to find the badge somewhere. I guess I can move somewhere else. Maybe that bookshelf.“ 

Isori walks away from the toybox but he can hear the girl again.

Guitar Girl: “Umm.. Excuse me. What is that brown box?“

Isori looks down at the cube near the toybox that had a hole on top of it.

Isori: “Oh yeah. This cube thing caught my eye at first, but it doesn’t seem like much interesting around it. Looking at the hole, it's probably just a toy with a piece broken off.“ 

Guitar Girl: “Can I see it?“

Isori brings it over and the girl reaches for the brass pin that fell. She inserts the pin into the hole and the block opens, revealing a spinning ballerina and a beautiful nursery melody. 

Guitar Girl: “This is a music box. People used to make ones like these send hidden messages. But now it's mostly used for hide and seek games with kids. My dad and I used to play all the time.“

The girl looks at Isori who is staring in awe. Upon noticing she looks away shyly. 

Isori: “Wowww. You did that so fast! You do have a guitar, are you an expert at music?“

She looks at him in surprise of the sudden admiration. 

Guitar Girl; “Well… I wouldn’t say I’m an expert. But my dad’s a pro, and he taught me a lot since I was little.“ 

Isori: “That’s so cool!“ 

The guitar girl feels stricken by an arrow with the word cool on it. Two compliments in such a short amount of time. The girl doesn’t know if she should feel excited, nervous, or both. 

Isori: “Hey, I never asked. What’s your name?“

Guitar Girl: “You want to know… my name?“

Isori: “Sure do.“ 

Guitar Girl (Thinking with glossy eyes): “Ahhh. He thinks I'm cool and wants to hear my nameee. Should I try to sound cool when I say it?“

Guitar Girl (shyly): “My name is Glitter.“ 

Isori: “Glitter!? That’s a really pretty name.“

Glitter: “Thank youuu… Wait! What’s your name?“ 

Isori: “Isori.“ 

Glitter: “Oh that’s really pretty too!“

Glitter (thinking): “Wait. Are guys okay with their names being called pretty???“

Romlette (thinking): “Hmph. He didn’t get this excited to learn about my name.“ 

Glitter: “Oh um. So this music is actually a really popular lullaby. I wonder if…“

Glitter  walks over toward the bookshelf and very quickly sees a bedtime story she recognizes. 

Glitter: “Perfect!“

She goes to get the book, but instead it only partly comes out. In response to the pull a click sound can be heard from the adults table. A hidden compartment atop the table opens, revealing a flashlight. 

Isori:  “Hey, it's a blacklight just like in other escape rooms. I can’t believe how quickly you did that.  You’re really smart y’know.“ 

The girl is struck by an arrow this time with the word smart. 

Isori: “Oh hey… I’m sorry I didn’t ask before. But would you like to help me with this puzzle?“ 

This invitation brings pause to Glitter again. She’s spent so much time struggling to reach out to others that she’s very excited to be the one invited to do something. She excitedly responds.

Glitter: “Sure!“ 

She quickly goes over to where Isori is while Romlette quivers in the background struggling to maintain herself. 

Romlette (thinking): “Ahh. My spotlight is growing dim! But this is such a charming little secondary protagonist that I can’t just remove her from the scene. Ah but they already look like they’re having so much fun without me!“

Romlette gives in to her own need for attention and goes to the group. 

Romlette: “Oh what the heck. If you can’t beat em join em!“

Romlette joins the pair as they work to solve the puzzle. 

A montage occurs where the 3 enjoy working on the puzzle together. Isori takes the blacklight which causes the timer to beep and Glitter to become a little worried. He is then shown flashing the light on a paper canvas in the painting area to reveal a hidden arrow that points left to the play kitchen. At the kitchen set, Romlette playfully puts miniature pots and lids on her head. Glitter laughs as Isori visibly tries hard to hold back a laugh since he still doesn’t trust her. After some time, they reach into the play kitchen cabinet, reach up to a hidden top corner, and find a badge taped to it. Glitter and Isori are especially excited to find it. The door’s timer begins counting down. 

[1 hr and 15 minutes have passed since the start of the exam. 45 minutes before the tower opens. 1 hr and 45 minutes before the challenge completes. ] [The door’s timer is set to 1 hr and 5 minutes.]

Clarity note: Isori will only have about 40 minutes to get to the tower and enter it once the door unlocks. 

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The End. 

Writer’s Thank You.

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