>Try to force ourself to take a visual check of the situation.
> You try looking around.
> The room is more of a mess than you thought. The table has been flipped on its side, and there are dents in the walls where the yin yang orb has hit. It's currently sitting quietly near the doorway where Kikuri entered through. The doorway, however, has only been opened part of the way, and you can see the beginnings of an empty room on the other side. A few feet in front of you, there are small marks on the floor that you don't think came from the orb.
> You're sure Kikuri was there just now, but she's not. Off to the side, however, you see her walking down the short hallway near the kitchen, soaking wet and shivering. She looks much less threatening than you originally thought. You don't see the face of whoever you're leaning against, but there's a red skirt and an arm in a grey sleeve wrapped around your waist. This is Konngara's house, it's probably her...
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