By: Indumati Eveningnight
There is a girl in the city, who is dressed in a worn, tattered jester uniform, that had golden locks of short punkish hair. She was curled in an alley by a trash can. She was crying and crying. She had lost everything not moments ago, do a horrible tragedy. As she did, a woman in red with bat wings and dark hair approached her through her tears. The woman, however, had a cold look on her face and red malevolent eyes, one of which opened on her head. Mira Belle could feel a flash of red enter her heart and mind, and she felt the darkness swirling inside of her, drawing out the dark bitter emotions she had experience this day, and it started to spawn in Ewahs, dark entities of her own fracturing, troubled psyche, started pouring out. The woman smiled and disappeared as Mira Belle saw the monsters closing in and ran and ran, right as the storm clouds swelled in the sky above, with only the moon shining through the cracks and the flash of lightning filled her with dread. She came to a bridge, the Old Gilded Bridge, and she looked at the water below. She seriously thought about jumping into the dark bitter polluted water below that seemed to call out to her in her mind. But Mira Belle felt a tear stream down her face. She couldn't do it. Instead, she curled up on the side of the road, and cried and cried. Unaware that her own bitterness and fear and despair was spawning in more Ewahs, tulpas born of negative thoughts and twisted emotions, all around her, and they were going on a rampage, attacking anyone they came across. Which drew some unwanted attention...
Because, you see, the Cult of Protagonism was monitoring Ewah Outbreaks during their chosen champion's patrol through the city from the strange high tech fantasy knight clad in a white and gold cape with a red dragon on it. His red-armored young blonde haired squire asking him, "New orders from on high?" He nodded, and raised his sword to call forth his silvery-white steed and a host of The Ascended, angelic monsters originally from the Celestial Realm, and set off, jumping with his squire jumping behind him atop their steeds and they ran through the city on a mission-and what they found was Mira Belle, caught up in a dark flux of despair, as the Ewahs poured out of her. The Squire remarked, "She's just a kid." However, Knightwatch was undeterred, "She's summoning the Hellspawn. That means we have to destroy her." The Squire then said, "That's a shame, really. To succumb to such vices while so young." Knightwatch then said, "Regardless, sinners must be purified." And he walked towards her, the monsters posing no real danger as he batted them aside and approached with his gleaming great sword of light. He was ready to strike with a flash of steel under the lightning! But then, suddenly, a blast of light shot his hand from the sky! Knightwatch reacted to this by yelling, "What?!?" And him and his squire looked up to see, in a ray of moonlight that breached the gathering storm, a white winged bat-like woman. The squire reacted, "Who is that?!? A daemon?!?" Indumati held up her finger and waggled it jokingly yet seriously and said, in a tone of jesting authority, "Attacking a defenseless child? That's not very nice of you." Knightwatch however then demanded, "Who are you?!? Why do you side with the impure?" Indumati then landed, and lit up the field with an electromagnetic localized zone, locking Knightwatch in place so he couldn't move. Indumati then said, "I am that which is known as Indumati Eveningnight." The enemy angles then started to move in and cast thunder and light arts towards her, but she surrounded herself in a black moon and enveloped the field in a veil of night while blasting all the enemies with "Nyx"- a dark element magic attack, and the Ascended fell and disintegrated, and she following it up with moonbeams that went around the squire and Knightwatch and hit the Ewahs and blasted them into nothingness. Indumati then grabbed Mira Belle gently and took her up in her arms. Knightwatch then said, "Daemon! I will get you! You cannot hide from the Goddess of Creation." Indumati stopped for a minute and thought a bit as the Squire closed in and attempted to strike with their spear, only to find out they struck an illusion that disappeared when struck. Indumati then appeared and countered The Squire with a punch of sleep dust that knocked her asleep, which Knightwatch feared had killed her and said, "No! You daemon! You'll pay!" Indumati then said to him, "Hey, it's okay, she's just asleep." Knightwatch struggled to move and picked up his sword, though it felt heavy against the electromagnetic field locking his iron armor in place. Knightwatch then said, "You will not escape judgment!" As he went to throw a sonic grenade which erupted in a loud noise towards Indumati. He saw her get staggered and moved in with a precise strike, only to find out it was an illusion. Knightwatch then said, "Damn you!" Indumati landed on a nearby car and said, "Mister, you mentioned the Goddess of Creation. I must tell you something. You're...different then what the Guardian of Dreams taught me. Perhaps you believe you're following the goddess? Though I hardly think she would attack a child. So why?" Knightwatch then said, "She's summoning daemons." Indumati corrected him in saying, "They're Ewahs, not daemons, you silly little man." Knightwatch then aimed an iron bolt for her with a handheld crossbow and fired. Indumati saw it was tipped with something else too with her sharp eyes. When he fired, she set up a barrier, but to his surprise, the arrow disappeared and warped around to his feet. Indumati shielded herself with her wings and dark magic over her eyes to protect her eyes as a bright flash went off. Knightwatch was dazed and couldn't see straight and was dizzy and fell to the ground. He then said, "How?!? It can't be possible." Indumati then flew off with Mira Belle, deep into the city, to an isolated rooftop, and disappeared from sight, as Mira Belle was trembling with fear and tears that seemed to have her trapped in a bad state. Indumati looked gently upon her. She was a small hooman child, cute even. But Indumati knew she needed to help her. And she started to dive into the child's Dream Space. Indumati expected some resistance due to Mira Belle's state, but Indumati braved on regardless. Knightwatch himself, back on the bridge, eventually recovered and his Squire woke up, Knightwatch was angry that the Daemonic Entity that attacked them got away with the child. The Squire then said, "We have to find her." Knightwatch saw the Ewahs attacking people around them, some of them looking like clowns and circus animals and said, "That entity, Indumati Eveningnight, was it? She must have something to do with the Daemon Summoning Incidents in the city lately. If we ever meet her again, I will pass judgment upon her and purify her from this world." He then said to his Squire, "For now, we should protect the people from the Daemons." And they started to fight against the remaining Ewahs, still thinking they were Daemons, and destroyed them while saving people from danger as the night-and the storm-wore on. Though they would have to give a report as to what happened to Father Dual later, the Head Priest of The Church of Protagonism.
Meanwhile, on the nearby roof, Indumati made sure Mira Belle was wrapped in a cocoon of healing magic. This effect is twofold in The Heart Dive. It calms Mira Belle a bit and suppresses negative psychic emotions to help her spawn less Ewahs. Indumati saw Luna in her mind as she dove into the bifrost-a rainbow "tube" leading into Mira Belle's inner psychic world. Luna then said, "Indumati, would you like help? After all, this can be delicate." Indumati nodded. There were a bunch of clown mobsters running about a broken circus that looks like a burnt up big top, where it looked like a pile of toys was, and a bunch of animals were running amock attacking people. Indumati wanted to react and but Luna then said, "What do you see?" Indumati used her "wisdom eye" to look for the source of the trauma. It looked like it was connected to the pile of...toys? Indumati flew over the enemies silently and quickly beyond their sight and headed right inside. As she neared, she heard manic crazy laughter, and the pile of toys erupted upwards into a giant clown like mobster with a heart like clown face on it that smelt of burnt plastic. Indumati sensed something horrible and distressing from it. She gripped her staff tightly. Luna then said, "If we can defeat this one, the rest of them will disappear. However, I sense something else. You can feel it too, can't you?" Indumati observed closely. It seemed this being had some sort of dark magic that seemed like it didn't belong in this dream space here which she sensed with her magic. The giant clown then said to her, "Hahaha, all of this world's dreams have been erased! It's mine now to take as the Great Lumina Night sees fit." Indumati winced at that name and fired a blast at the monster to get it's attention. Indumati then said, "Stop right there!" The monster turned it's head like an owl towards her and down to her. "Oh? And what have we here? You're not supposed to be in here. Who are you? Some kind of shrink who thinks they can defeat me?" Indumati then said, "Something like that." The clown's mouth opened to reveal an eldritch row of teeth and said, "Oh you think you can end this nightmare? I won't let you. Besides, I am a being of darkest darkness spawned by the Queen of Fear itself! And you will never end me!" Indumati observed and said thoughtfully, "Lumina Night...you mentioned her." The clown monster spread it's arms and then said, "We are the teeth innumerable of Red Moon and heralds of the Blackest Night! For We Are Many!" Luna herself winced and said, "So...it begins again. Lilith's spirit really has found a host." Indumati tightened her staff's grip even more. It hurt a bit. Luna then said, "I know, we have to defeat this being. However, don't lose your cool. Calm yourself and observe for weak points and openings." Indumati took a breath and the clown aimed a large cannon at her to fire a bunch of bullets at her. Indumati deflected the shots by creating small mirrors with scattered moondust that got in the clown's eyes. The clown then summoned a giant hammer to swing down, and then threw a giant fist at her, but Indumati grabbed the fist with one hand and blasting it with magic that erupted and cracked the monster's arm as it melted. The clown grew angry and opened it's mouth to fire a series of exploding shots towards her that exploded forth. Indumati flew between the shots and dove under it's legs as it aimed a hammer to strike! The strike struck at an illusion, but the clown saw it missed! It then quickly turned around in shock as Indumati fired a moonbeam that blasted it right in it's mouth which caused it to swell up and be filled with the light element magic and start to break down. The clown shouted, "No! Lady Lumina!!!" And it exploded into a burst of rainbow light that burst into confetti that burst forth in a wave of rainbow light that rapidly shot forth and erupted the chaotic circus city in a color that blasted away the darkness and disintegrated each Ewah away and turned them into friendlier, kinder thoughtforms that were no longer tainted by nightmare. Clowns and animals that resembled things from a fun, now colorful vibrant circus! However, the circus was still grey and lifeless and burnt...and in the center was Mira Belle. Indumati also observed a hole in the sky where the dreams once were...it looked like it was missing from Mira's mind. Indumati then hugged the child. The child ran to her and said, "They're all gone. My family, my business, everything. And on top of that, the mean tall man stole my dreams." Indumati held her in a warm embrace of white magic to comfort her. Indumati then said, "Hey, would you like to learn something cool, burning deep within you?" The child, a crude representation of how the child saw herself right now, suddenly felt a new power that was once chained in her awaken. It felt...warm. Personal. Hers. The child turned to a more normal looking Mira Belle. It said, "Thank you, miss. But I don't know your name." Indumati held her finger to Mira's mouth and said, "Hush, don't tell me yours. I am a fairy, after all." Mira then said, "Miss fairy...you're pretty and nice. Thank you." Indumati patted her head and then shortly after left, as the inner-version of Mira waved after her and smiled a bit. Indumati ascended into the bifrost. Luna then said, "You did what you could for her psyche. It's a good first step towards healing." Indumati then said, "I hope she'll be okay."
When Indumati exited the mind of the child, Indumati looked in her dreams a bit before the girl woke up. Mira woke up and said, "You...what or who are you? Are you the nice fairy who helped me overcome the nightmare I was locked in?" Indumati then said, "Someone or something trapped you inside of something quite foul." Mira Belle then said, "It must have been the red-eyed woman. She had wings sort of like yours, miss." Indumati then took note of this. From Mira's memories, it looked a lot like how her mom described her former advisor-and the one responsible for the Massacre of The Arcs. Indumati changed the subject and then said, "I saw that your dreams...it was like there was a void inside of you." Mira Belle then said, "I don't remember what my dream is, miss fairy. It was stolen from me." Indumati replied as calmly as she could, "Do you know who could have done it?" Mira Belle then said, "My circus was having some trouble with the mafia. They were shaking down my old man, you see. I have no doubt they're responsible for the incident that took my parent's lives. They had a tall man with them. He was dressed in a costume resembling the Jack of Hearts, you know? And his goons looked like they were guys dressed as cards." Indumati had no idea who that could be. Mira then said, "They're the Wonderland Underground, miss. Also, their leader has weird abilities. After I was trying to keep things running, he came by and threatened me and used some sort of magic on me. He stole it, miss. My dream." Indumati then asked, "I shall try to get it back for you. After all, I am a hero." Mira Belle then got up and grabbed Indumati's arm gently. "Hey wait. Miss Fairy, I want to come with you." Indumati then said, "It's dangerous. And you just recovered from quite a foul magic." Mira Belle felt something in her and said, "I have true arts too. It seems. Thank you, for unlocking them." Indumati then said, "Are you certain you wish to come? The people we're after won't hesitate to try and kill you or me, you know. They even already shown they're willing to prey upon good little girls like you." Mira Belle held Indumati's hand tightly and said, "I-I have to do this. After all, they're bad guys who've been doing what they're doing for a very very long time, right? Besides, I think I get the basics of this power. Please, miss fairy, let me help you." Luna then said to Indumati and Mira's minds as she appeared to them, "Take them along. They'll be helpful to you. I can feel it in her. A spark, like yours." Indumati then said to Mira, extending her hand, "I am known as Indumati Eveningnight. What name have you decided on as a hero?" Mira Belle then said, "I haven't thought of a hero name yet, miss. It's a bit difficult for me to come up with one that hasn't been done a million times. Maybe Jester or Punchline?" Indumati then said, "I guess it can be difficult..." Mira Belle then said, "Miss Indumati, I am Mira Belle, for now." Indumati then said, "I see...though please come up with a hero name later. And let us refer to each other as that. After all, heroes need to keep their real name a secret in this dangerous word, no?" as Indumati did a smile and a friendly face. Mira then said, "You have a nice smile, miss. But you look like as if a great weight is on you. Very well, I will be referred to as "Jester" for now, until I decide on a cooler one." Indumati then patted her head, which Mira sunk into and then said, "Very well. You may come. However, one thing I must ask, do not make it personal, okay? Against the Wonderland Underworld." Mira understood and said, "Acceptable. But...that moth..." Indumati then said, "That's Luna. We can see her, but others cannot unless she wills it. After all, she's a bit different from us and is a higher being of sorts." Luna then landed on Mira's nose and said, "Indumati means I am a celestial envoy, serving the Goddess of Creation." Mira tried to grab her on instinct by she disappeared. Luna then said, "Now, Indumati, what's our next step?" Mira then said, "Wait, it's umm...my circus. It's been claimed by them. If we defeat them, we can maybe get a clue, right?" Indumati agreed with this, since at the very least, it's a lead. Indumati then took to sky on her wings, while Mira used springs in her boots to bounce about the city precisely and quietly, yet powerful enough to bounce in the air at will.
At the Circus, it seemingly empty, yet it looked like it was remade, with someone in the darkness counting their money along with minions in card suit like costumes. The strange woman clad in a costume resembling the queen of hearts yet with an ugly stern appearance and a big mole on her face then said, "I am glad the boss was willing to give this place to us. After all, along with the money, people were unaware of the real price of admission to this place. Because thanks to our little "friends", the Playland Puppeteers, we were able to grab all sorts of dreams through that hypnotic, lovely performance and get them a bunch of new toys to play with for later. In exchange for my personal cut, of course." The minions cackled and laughed. The Ugly Duchess then slammed on the table and said, "But this place is about to become serious business for us. After all, it'll help us rake in tons of what we desire." However, then a set of juggling balls fell from the sky. The Ugly Duchess responded, "What's this?" As they poured out some kind of enchanted gas that knocked her men unconscious. The Ugly Duchess stepped back and took an antidote for sleep and said, "What is the meaning of this?!?" Mira Belle then jumped down from the sky and was ready to strike the Duchess with a giant ball. Mira Belle then said, "It's time for the star performer's debut! I, the Great Jester of Justice, shall be retaking MY circus from you miserable miscreants!" The Ugly Duchess recognized the girl and said, "Oh? Are you the one that The Knave of Hearts roughed up a bit to get this place? A shame what happened to your little family." Mira Belle was about to get angry, but Indumati stopped her and surprised the Duchess from behind with a bunch of sleep powder which made her woozy. Mira Belle then struck the Duchess in the toe with a mallet to make her stagger back before doing an acrobatic kick in her jaw, while Indumati did an axe kick to knock her into the ground. The Ugly Duchess spat up blood at this. However, the Duchess got up and shook it off a bit, "Not bad, however..." She pulled out a minigun and started to fire upon them while laughing maniacally, "You're about to learn why it's a bad idea to mess with the mob, kid!" Mira Belle and Indumati dodged the incoming fire. Mira and Indumati then nodded to each other. Indumati soared up high and scattered moondust about, which caused the Ugly Duchess to fire up at Indumati and strike her and make her into bloody holes, which the Ugly Duchess laughed and replied, "One down, one to=" But then a pie struck her face, and she tried to wipe it off but it felt like it was clinging to her face like some kind of bug which freaked her out. Indumati then appeared from the illusion hiding her as the duchess forced it off and kicked her with a leg sweep and Mira Belle did an acrobatic maneuver and struck the Ugly Duchess in the head with a mighty hammer blow that knocked her out cold and dizzy. Mira Belle then said, panting a bit and grabbed the Ugly Duchess by her collar, "You know who was responsible? So, you'll have no problem talking, right?!" Indumati then gently grabbed her hand and shook her head and calmly said, "Jester, darling, it's okay. Calm yourself. Let me scan their dreams and see what they're hiding. After all, what happened to you was definitely part of something far bigger, right?" Mira Belle breathed a bit and agreed but said, still a bit shaken with rage, "O-okay. I guess you're right." Indumati then open the Duchess's dreams and showed the memories and thoughts of the Ugly Duchess. The Duchess was indeed part of something bigger-it seems they were working with another crime group, the Playland Puppeteers, and Mira saw a familiar face- a woman in a red and black striped outfit with short blonde hair with an entitled yet manic look about her. Mira then said, "That's our lead clown from my circus. Miss Latifa Quinn. What's she doing?" Indumati saw that she was working with a being from the fairy world- a guy in a purple suit and clad in a bard-like outfit of old who's song mesmerized the audience while they were performing-and they saw the Knave of Hearts who had stolen people's dreams by infiltrating their Dream Spaces and stealing them, while what was left was brainwashed and enslaved and taken away-and the Ugly Duchess took the rest to the Heartbreaker Hotel and Casino to work as pleasure slaves and to be sold. Mira Belle then said, "Those monsters-they-" Indumati then said, "I know. That's why we need to defeat these guys. To protect people and save them from people like this." Mira Belle agreed and said, "In that case, I am super determined to help now." Indumati then tied the Duchess and her men up while Mira Belle hit them with nigh-unbreakable sticky green slime. Indumati called the police again, and got Ruff Cuffem on the line. Ruff then said, "Who is this?" Indumati gave the location of the circus and said, "It's about the Wonderland Underworld. I have defeated some of their members, one...Ugly Duchess." Ruff then said, "I recognize your voice from The Butcher incident." He started trying to pinpoint her location on her phone. Indumati then said, "I will contact you for more later, detective." And quickly hung up. Ruff got a pinpoint on Indumati's location at where Mira's circus was. Ruff then said, "Boys, we better roll out." He knew what Mira had gone through. He remembered personally talking to her about what happened himself. He couldn't wonder what their little vigilante "friend" had to do with it, but they quickly rolled out. Ruff found the Ugly Duchess and several members of the Wonderland Underground all tied up and hit with pies and goo. He was a bit confused. This was different from last time. He, however, put them in custody because he had questions for them. A lot of them. Least of which was the vigilante friend. When the Duchess talked, she told him that they were attacked by a white winged bat girl and Mira Belle herself. Ruff was surprised. He hadn't known Mira to be the type to do dangerous things. It turned out, the Wonderland Underground did indeed steal the circus, but the Duchess declined to tell why. Though Ruff used a magic crystal to get her to confess to the truth, especially about the rumors about her. He decided he needed to see this for himself...so he sent a crew out to her operations and found a bunch of men, women, and children captive after a brief shoot-out with some of the gang's henchmen. This confirmed what he thought...and knew already. But why were the captured people so out of it? He wondered what else could be connected. Something far bigger, perhaps? He needed to contact the Feds about all this, which he knew would be a big headache, but necessary. After all, extra experienced hands in this would be welcome. He decided this time, he would catch that vigilante friend of his in the act, but where would she strike? He thought for a bit about the gang's operations and one location came up that technically was in a gray area legally speaking- the Heartbreaker Hotel and Casino. He decided to go personally and bring some of the St. Joan's Polices' heavies along with him. He expected something big...and he wanted to be ready for it.
The Heartbreaker Hotel and Casino was a successful front for the Wonderland Underground Gang, posing as a big welcoming hall of pleasure and entertainment, but secretly betting people's dreams-and futures-in the gambling halls along with their wallets, and the secret deals behind closed doors to get all sorts of beautiful wonderful things to come true, shady people who will do anything to have whatever they desire-at anyone else's expense, while losers are enslaved and sent to work in horrible places in secret throughout not just St. Joan, but other realities too. All watched over by the big boss of their mafia, The Knave of Hearts, who discovered at an early age, his ability to dive into dreams, which allowed him to take anything-dreams, desires, secrets, futures, hidden knowledge, all for himself and to use it to get rich, which drew a lot of attention, both positive and negative. He styled his lair and his henchmen on his favorite book-on of a dream even-Alice in Wonderland. The book, not any of the movies, of course. However, right now, he heard of a disturbing event in his liar. It seems someone got The Ugly Duchess arrested. And worse, a couple of gals just infiltrated his liar. He laughed a bit, thinking who could be foolish enough to try their hand at opposing his skill or his empire?
Meanwhile, Indumati and Mira Belle came in guns blazing. The boss already knew why they were here- they were the ones that led to arrest of The Ugly Duchess. White Rabbit, a killer rabbit member clad in a red-and-black leotard with a heart cutout in her chest, said to the men, "Protect the H.O.O.K.A.H! Also any available hands, you best get in here now to stop these two. Indumati was a bit bored. "Ah, it seems they know why I'm here." Mira then said, "Someone probably told them. So, what shall we do?" Indumati then said, "Guns blazing, I suppose." Mira then jumped into fiery hoops and opened them along with Indumati's portals which fired and hurled energy shots and pins that hit the henchmen rapidly and defeated them despite their best efforts. White Rabbit was upset about this. Things weren't going well. She then said, "These two are tough. I better get serious." She then popped her rage and unleashed her true form as a killer wererabbit and started to blitz forth to strike at Mira. Mira dodged a tackle and a bite coming for her. Indumati scattered moondust with a bit of Mira Belle's sneezing powder in it, which irritated White Rabbit's nose and caused her to sneeze uncontrollable and caused her to be lost in a flux of illusion. Indumati and Mira then did a combined hit with Indumati's staff and Mira's hammer which blasted her right into the H.O.O.K.A.H, which contained many of people's dreams and controlled the gambler's prizes-and losses-that they gambled on. White Rabbit weakly said, "N-no, they're all getting out now. I'm sorry, boss." before she collapsed unconscious. Indumati sent out bats all over the place to blast moonbeams and spread sleep powder to take out the rest of the goons, before Mira broke through the door of the Boss' office and shouted, "Here's Mira!" The Knave of Hearts was surprised and said, "You-you're Mira Belle. I though you would have jumped off the flat earth after what was done to you." Mira then started tossing a juggling ball in her hand. The Knave of Hearts then said, "Look, kid, it ain't personal. About the circus, or your dreams, okay? It was just business." Mira then said, "Is that what you call threatening and killing my parents and stealing my dream, then? Seems like you should go into more honest business to me." The Knave sighed and said, "You don't know shit from apple butter, kid. That ain't how the world works." Mira then tosses a pin at his head, but he caught it and crushed it in his hands. The Knave of Hearts then started to fire a "psychic impulse" into her. He then said, "I already took your dream, but I guess I can take just enough to make you a vegetable and sell ya to the Playland Puppeteers. After all, they have...clients with certain tastes." However, when he tried to dive into Mira Belle's mind, he found it was just an illusion. He then said, "Wait what-" Before Indumati appeared next to him and blasted a breath of lunar fairy dust that caused him to become a bit drowsy. He however, quickly takes a potion and then rushes to her with a concealed small gun to fire towards her, but then he sees multiple Indumati's and Mira Belle's. He then says, "I can find your signature, even if you hide behind illusions." He tried to focus but Indumati approached his eye with hers and he found himself lost in a haze and started to collapse under a spell as she put a curse on his mind to lock his true arts up nice and tight. He tried to fight and dive into her mind, but he couldn't. He was surprised. "It's not working?!? How??? Tell me!" Indumati then said, "Aww...but I want it to be a surprise. Besides, you are currently dreaming."
The Knave of Hearts was out cold and asleep, and bound by Mira and Indumati's magic. Indumati scanned his mind to find the evidence of his activity and take all the information from it with her "Wisdom Eye". Mira then said, "What did you do to him?" Indumati then said, "A kind of hypnosis. It also put a suggestion that shut off his ability." Mira Belle then said, "Do you know where my dream is?" Indumati then looked carefully through his memories and found what he did to it. Mira Belle's Dream was taken by Latifa Quinn. Indumati informed Mira Belle of this. It seems it was a plan due to a deal she made with the Knave of Hearts to open her own Circus- Playland. On "Pleasure Island." Indumati winced, not wanting Mira Belle to know what they are doing over there. She then said, "Latifa Quinn has it." Mira Belle then said, "Aside from that, shall all the other dreams be okay?" Indumati then said, "Given the operation, many will be, but many have already been sold and given to very bad people who are using them for their own ends. In fact, it's led to a lot of criminal activity in the city. I'm sorry." Mira Belle then said, "Then...you have a lot to do." in a sad voice. Indumati then said, "It's going to be rough, bringing down this operation and finding your dream. However, I will not give up on it. After all, this is just what I'm here for. Mira, will you do anything to get it back?" Mira nodded seriously and said, "I shall." Indumati then said, "Then will you allow me to take you to the Moon? You're strong and we already work well together, but we'll need to be more prepared for the mission." Mira agreed, and, they headed outside, to the roof, and watched many stolen things go from the hotel to the city. Ruff Cuffem and his men soon arrived. He saw the glowing lights all over the city and remarked on it's beauty, not fully understanding what it is. The police surrounded the building quickly and went inside, to find a mess. Indumati contacted Ruff again. She told him everything about what happened. And told him how to find the evidence, saying the code to the ledger and how to find it. Ruff asked again, "Who are you? Why are you doing this?" Indumati then said, "Just a promise to a friend. It did turn out to be a bigger deal. Be ready, detective." before hanging up. He tracked the location to the roof and had his boys aim a light up to see if someone was there, and saw two figures. A young woman with white bat wings and bat ears clad in unmistakable blue and white stockings. He remembered seeing that figure shortly after The Butcher incident. He also saw a clown like little girl in a blue and white tattered clown outfit. Yet she looked happy and determined. Ruff knew who it was. "Mira Belle...I see. So that's the connection and friend you mentioned." He asked his men to send some boys to the roof, but when they went up, the two had disappeared. In a ray of moonlight. Ruff, however, focused on what happened. The mafia were roughed up something fierce. And Ruff, curiously, followed the instructions Indumati gave him, and found the ledger-evidence. Which he took. And also took the mobsters into custody for their activities, which the cops found plenty of evidence as to what was going on here as well as other criminal activity. Ruff knew the Wonderland Underground's leader would be going away for a long long time, yet Ruff was worried about those two young women, doing such dangerous work, especially given the scale of what they uncovered. Ruff thought he needed to capture them before they really got themselves hurt and answer a lot of questions about this incident.
Meanwhile, on The Moon, Indumati's Mom, who called herself "Stella" after the great noble princess of the heavens and one of the 4 hands of the Goddess of Creation, cleaned Mira Belle up and fixed her outfit for her. She then said, "Sorry, but you have to take care of yourself a bit better than that." Mira Belle then said, "I, umm...I have been though a lot tonight, sorry." Stella then said, "Ah, is that so? I apologize. My daughter should have fixed it for you herself." Indumati then said, "I apologize, we were too focused on other things. But you're right, mom, sorry." Mira Belle then said, "Miss, your daughter is so cool. Shall I tell you about what happened today-she-" And Mira Belle proceeded to talk Stella's ear off, while Indumati went upstairs and started making a mental map of things. She had decided to send her bats, familiars of the arcs, out into the city to map it out. Which is linked to her own mind, which she, using her magic arts of the moon and the mind, in order to look for any clues, any cases, any pleas for help throughout the city, but mostly to map it out and have it as something to help her with later. She also drew it up for Mira Belle, and made another copy for the base. After all, the recon will give valuable information she and Mira could use together. And the scouts could be useful for future endeavors too. Especially finding Mira Belle's Dream. Of course, she also planned on getting everyone's stolen stuff back from the mafia and all the bad guys using them to do evil as well. Indumati was worried even and thought this was a huge quest. Mira Belle, in the meantime, took a guest room in the Moon Civilization's ruins. Stella even told her she could decorate however she pleases. Mira took a soft guest bed, and was happy. It was hers. And she looked forward to getting her dream back and becoming a hero, like Indumati, whom she came to look up to.
Meanwhile, in Prison, The Knave of Hearts is prepared to rot. But then...one of the officers, a crooked cop who was in the hand of the Wonderland Underland's pocket so he would have a separate cell and a window and benefits, then gave a note and said, "It's for you. You may want to see it." The Knave took the note and saw a magical message that was in static with the mark of a jet black Octopus made of ink. He didn't know what to make of this. The message in the note said, "Mister Knave of Hearts, I would like to welcome you to our business. And would like you to be the head of it to help us in our endeavors to defeat certain...troublesome aspects. I, the Mysterious Benefactor, would like you to unite together with the other crime families. I know you can do it. Are you willing?" The note then stopped. The Knave of Hearts thought to the other crime organizations in the city and how they had so many heated conflicts and a rivalry of sorts with each other, but also a bit of an understanding at the moment. He smiled a bit and thought, "Sure. I guess I can try it out. I'm interested in what you have in mind." He then laughed a bit in his cell before crumpling the note. In truth, he already had some people prepare his escape for him. Later, when the next police van came to transport him to the Fairyland Prison for Bad Guys and Monsters, the van took a small detour...to the Mysterious Benefactor's base, where he already met his old friend Latifa Quinn waiting for him who smiled that evil little smile of hers. She then said, "Ooh how wonderful to work with you together. Are you ready for the big leagues?" The Knave of Hearts smiled a bit, amused, and the Benefactor, hidden on a screen showing a message for them said, "Welcome. Now, let's start with why you're here...and our first order of business."
Meanwhile, somewhere, in the dread of the dark, as the storm raged on in the night, there was a woman would heard from one of her minions, a black bat with angry eyebrows, say, "Mistress Lumina Night, mam." Lumina Night then asked, "What is it?" The minion then said, "The first Ewah outbreak was stopped. The Ewahs all disappeared rather than get destroyed. You know what that means." Lumina Night frowned. "Someone accessed that little troubled girl's mind and healed her. Someone who knows about Ewahs and how to stop them." The minion then said, "We have a description of who it was." Lumina Night smiled and said, "Oh? Tell me. Immediately." The minion then said to her, "It was someone with bat ears and bat wings who is of your tribe, Lumina. An Arc." Lumina Night was surprised by this. "That can't be. They all died. I know, I killed all of them myself all those years ago." The minion then said, "Does...that mean we're in trouble?" Lumina Night laughed and said, "On the contrary, I thank you. It means that there's just a little pest to clean up. However, I hardly think they're a problem for now. After all, it was just one Ewah Outbreak. And I plan to cause so many many more. Now, minion, have you found any information about that other thing we discussed? The Book of Creatures?" The minion smiled a bit and let out a laugh, "We sure did. Did you know the Wizard Grey left it in plain sight, at the City Library? To normal people, it just looks like a normal colorful monster book. But to you, well...I think you know." Lumina Night laughed and laughed. "In that case, I will have the ability soon to cause as many Ewah outbreaks as I want and I won't have to target specific people anymore." The minion then said, "And the other Arc?" Lumina Night then said, "They can be dealt with at any time. Of course, we can't have someone messing around in the business of Red Moon. So...have some of our men take her out. And be discreet about it." The minion then said, "For We Are Many." Lumina Night smiled a bit of an evil unholy smile and said, "For We Are Many."
End of Part 2