[GrayGriffin]

"Stay close together!" "Don't wander off!" "If you get lost, we'll never find you!"

"Insignificant," muttered the Fellox-spirit as he moved through the crowd, memories of those voices flitting through his ear. Most of the people were polite enough to get out of his way, but at times he had to resort to dissolving parts of his body in order to fit. No one noticed, but he wasn't surprised. Mortals had such limited points of view on things at times.

Technically, he was supposed to be hunting for the Shartile called Truce. However, he was sure that the others could do that on their own. He had his own things to do, which included investigating this entire festival in general. He had to make sure the earth wasn't being harmed too badly. Already he had collected several bags' worth of trash from the ground. While his face remained an expressionless mask, he was starting to get irritated.

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[Shieba]

Zeo, king of Pandovia, was panicking. What had started out as an amazing afternoon at a festival had turned into hell. Of course he had known that, with his son being only six and full of energy, things always tended to go wrong, but not like that.

When Lelouch had asked to go to the festival, Zeo had hesitated. But since Dio was the one who could teleport and Zeo was in love with Dio, spending an afternoon together as something like a family had sounded awesome. Besides that, Zeo had never had the chance to attend a festival as someone who could simply enjoy it before. As a king, he normally always had lots of appointments around these festivals; judging a contest here, shaking hands there and so on. But only as a visitor? That had never happened before.

However, it had taken a grand ten minutes and the crowd closing in on them until Dio and Zeo had both lost sight of Lelouch. The king was frantically searching for his son now, Dio by his side, and albeit the Dracon-Fellox was calm, Zeo could tell that Dio, too, was distressed.

But then, they had asked at an ice-cream booth (Lelouch loved ice-cream, even if he couldn't eat it in Fellox-form) and the owner said he had seen an unusual-looking Fellox, pointing them in a direction. Both Zeo and Dio had hurried up, pushing through the crowd...but when they suddenly found themselves right behind the mentioned Fellox, it wasn't Lelouch at all. "Damn, that's not the Champ!" Zeo looked at Dio. "Dio, what shall we do?!"

[GrayGriffin]

Anonomastos had just bent down to pick up another piece of trash from the ground, and was turning around, searching for a trash can. However, his eyes narrowed when he saw the other two Felloxes standing behind him. His senses were dulled in this form, but he could tell that neither of them was native to this world. And one of them had said something about him. He let go of the candy wrapper he was holding and allowed it to float in the air beside him, still staring intently at the two.

"What business do you have here?" he asked. The question was left vague on purpose.

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[I hope you're okay with him being able to tell they're not from Evelon?]

[Shieba]

[That's cool~]

Zeo and Dio both paused when the other Fellox suddenly talked to them. At first they thought for a second that he maybe meant someone else from the huge crowd, but since he was looking at them...

Dio took a step forward; even if there was just a floating piece of trash, the stranger was still casting magic and Dio had to protect his king. He wasn't really suprised that someone figured out that they weren't from this world - he had horns and they both had unusual markings, after all. Maybe this Fellox was a friend of Haephnes as well? They had never seen him before, though. "We are just visiting this world", Dio therefore replied. "Right now, we are looking for a small Fellox-child with markings like Mylord here, has, only in gold. Have you seen him? We would be grateful for any information."

[GrayGriffin]

Just visiting? That was interesting. He'd have to ask about that later. However, when asked about whether he had seen another Fellox, he shook his head.

"I apologize, but you are the first Fellox with such markings I have seen today." He tilted his head to the side. Perhaps they could assist in further searching. It would surely be faster to try and find both of the lost children this way.

"I am also supposed to be searching for a lost child," he admitted. "He is a black and red Shartile, and should be accompanied by a Velix." As he spoke, a part of his body began to dissolve into mist, which formed into images of Truce and Hex. "If you have not seen him yet, perhaps we could search for them together."

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[Shieba]

Dio, as a mage, was more and more intrigued by the magic displayed by the other Fellox; however, he was so worried about his prince that he decided to maybe ask later. Instead, he turned to his king. "Mylord?"

"It sounds like a good idea to look together", Zeo agreed. He was a bit unsure because of the magic the stranger used so readily, but if Dio thought it was fine, he had no objections. "And I don't think we have seen a Shartile and a Velix...though it can always be that we have not noticed them consciously, given the crowd and the fact that we were just looking for my son."

"Indeed, I cannot recall seeing these two, either." Dio watched the mist, half to study the image and half because he was so interested in the display of power. He indeed wanted to learn more about this Fellox or at least where he was from and if it could be combined with the search for the little prince, it was all the better.

[GrayGriffin]

Anonomastos nodded. "That is alright. They are not as distinctive as some of the creatures here, so it is no wonder that you would not notice them." He looked around. "What places have you already searched? We could try some place none of us have bene yet." As he spoke, he began shifting other pieces of trash over to himself with his paws, before allowing them to gently blow into the air and float next to him. "Also, would you mind watching out for trash? It seems that plenty of creatures forget their manners and obligations to the earth in such...pleasant...circumstances."

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[Shieba]

"Uhm..." Zeo was a bit distracted by more and more trash starting to float around. "We haven't been here for very long so far, so we've only seen the entrance area of the festival, mainly. I have no idea if my son would stick around trying to find us or go exploring, though. He's really pretty fearless." The king wasn't sure what to make out of this 'obligations to the earth' thing. Was this guy a hippie or something like that? Well, he had to deal with a lot of eccentric people in his job, so he just tried to ignore it for the moment.

"May I ask your name?" Dio wondered. Even if Lelouch missing was the pressing matter right now, he could at least ask Haephnes about this Fellox later if he had a name when they were hopefully all safely back home later.

[GrayGriffin]

"From what I have seen of children, it seems that they tend to at least stay within the general area they are supposed to be. Furthermore, it seems likely he would want to enjoy the festival itself, and therefore would not leave it unless something more interesting appeared to him." Anonomastos paused, as he finally spotted a trash can. A gust of wind swept the trash floating next to him into the can, before he turned back.

"Call me Anonomastos," he said.

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[Shieba]

"I'm not sure about Lelouch, though...normally, I'd check the places where he can get ice-cream, but since he can't eat it in his Fellox-form..." Zeo sighed. "I agree that he wouldn't leave, but he might just decide to explore everything on his own. He believes that everyone loves him anyway and no one would ever harm him." The king looked around again, but couldn't spot any of the children. "Is there maybe a place here where announcements can be made? Or where people send lost children to? Surely I can't be the only horrible father here."

"You are not a horrible father", Dio protested at once. "The Little Heart is just...too bold for his own good." He nodded at Anonomastos. The name didn't ring a bell, which probably meant that he really wasn't living at the Chateau as well - the fact that he seemed to care about cleaning this place so much was another indication. "My name is Dio of Orviska, First Mage of the kingdom of Pandovia. This is my king, Mylord Zeo. It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance. Shall we get to searching then?"

[GrayGriffin]

Anonomastos shook his head. "I myself have not discovered such a place yet. None of my other family members noticed such a place, either." He hadn't been looking very hard, but he had enough sense not to mention that. "Although if there was such a place, it is likely to be closer to the center of this festival." As he spoke, he was still turning his head from side to side, occasionally slapping out a paw to catch pieces of trash that floated by.

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[Shieba]

Dio and Zeo shared a look while Anonomastos was looking around. The Fellox seemed far more interested in collecting trash than in actually finding the child he was looking for and that was pretty worrying. Who would prioritize something like trash over a child? "I see...you do not seem very worried, though", Dio remarked. "Is the Shartile you are looking for already an older child?" Dio honestly hoped he was.

"Standing around here will get us nowhere. We probably should go at least a bit further in, I suppose. Maybe there's an attraction somewhere where we can observe things from above? It will be hard to spot children if everyone else is taller than them", Zeo suggested.

"A good idea, Mylord." Dio nodded. "We should see what we can find."

[GrayGriffin]

"There are many people looking for him," replied Anonomastos. "Furthermore, as I already said, he has the Velix to accompany him. It will most likely be able to keep him safe." He had no real emotions towards the boy, but he did realize that the Shartile being hurt would most likely upset Coco.

Anonomastos tilted back his head. "I believe there are some rides that go quite high up," he said. "However, I believe the Ferris wheel would be the best for the purpose of searching." Technically, he could fly, but he saw no reason to reveal that fact.

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[Shieba]

"I see. That is good, then." Dio felt still uneasy - Anonomastos seemed far too unconcerned about the fate of a child for his liking. Then again, he had little knowledge about what Velixes were like and what they were able to do.

Zeo, meanwhile, was almost sputtering about something else. "T-the Ferris Wheel? Oh yeah...that goes up high, doesn't it...?" Weren't Ferris Wheels these things for lovers so that they could kiss once they were at the very top or something? He couldn't possibly go on such a ride with Dio! His head would probably explode from embarrassment or he'd say something stupid! ...But then again, this creepy Fellox was with them and they also really needed to look for Lelouch.

Dio looked at his king, a bit confused. "I was not aware that Mylord is scared of heights", he commented.

"What? Oh, no, I'm not. I just...eeeeh." Zeo winced. "Uh, it doesn't matter. Don't worry. Let's find this thing and see if we can spot the children somewhere." He looked around until he could see the Ferris Wheel towering over other rides. "Shall we go?" He looked at Anonomastos.

[GrayGriffin]

"Of course. I hope that they allow all three of us to share a seat. We may be slightly too large to all fit." Anonomastos paused, even as he turned in the direction of the wheel. "However, if it becomes necessary, I can always change my own form." He began to make his way through the crowd. If Zeo and Dio followed closely, they may have noticed how parts of his body dissolved into mist as he squeezed through tighter spaces.

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