Group Search

After 3 hours had passed, Finn woke up from his nap, and was surprised to see he was hugging Zoey's sleeping body, very close to his. He smiled a little, from the cute sight of her girlfriend in his arms, but then shook her shoulder to wake up.

"Hello Finn... it seems we slept well..." - Zoey said playfully, as soon as she woke up. And after opening her eyes, she instantly hugged Finn closer, as she almost forgot about the Katsumi situation, and thought she had slept with Finn, right after their romantic date.

"Yea... but I think it’s time to go, the sun is coming out so I'll go see Faranne" - Finn replied awkwardly, as he was a little embarrassed, from having Katsumi see Zoey being very affectionate in front of her. He also had forgotten a little about helping the foxgirl, mainly because he was afraid of going to the forest, but after seeing Katsumi sit next to them, with a perturbed expression, he knew he had to help her find her sister.

"What about you, Katsumi?" - Zoey asked to Katsumi, slightly tired, as she noticed the foxgirl was watching her, and her boyfriend snuggle next to her. Katsumi seemed upset by something, so Zoey smiled in a friendly manner, when she asked her the question, to make her feel better, and see how she was doing.

"I couldn't really sleep at all because I'm still thinking about my sister..." - Katsumi replied, with an unsettled voice, and expression, that clearly showed how she didn't sleep at all, and was still very worried about finding her sister. Finn didn't know how to cheer her up, so he awkwardly stood up, and decided to help her as soon as possible, that was the least he could do.

"Alright... don't worry, we are going to go search for her right now" - Finn said, with an awkward smile, as he knew he couldn't make her any promises that he couldn't keep. But his friendly tone made Katsumi feel a little better, and as she started getting hopeful of finding her sister with the help of her new friends, Finn walked to Faranne's house, to see if she was awake. He peeked through the window, but was surprised by seeing Faranne already dressed up, and ready to come out of her house, so he quickly tried to walk away from the window, to not seem like a pervert. But before he could get in a normal looking position, Faranne had opened her door, and walked out of her home.

"Hello everyon-... Finn... What were you doing there? Why were you peeking through my window?" - Faranne asked confusedly, but as she quickly was realizing what Finn could have been doing at her window, he got very nervous.

"Oh, I see... you were watching me change... you horny little boy..." - Faranne said playfully, which caused Finn to blush from embarrassment, and even stammer, as he tried explaining himself, but with no avail as Faranne, Zoey and even Katsumi a little, started to laugh.

"Okay, anyways... I think I'm ready... we should wake everyone up and tell them about the situation" - Faranne said, after giggling a little more, to then walk to the center of the village, to go tell everyone else about Katsumi's situation.

Faranne, Finn and Zoey quickly gathered everyone in the center of the village, after waking them up. Most of them were confused, but didn't question anything, and followed them to the center, where they sat, and waited to meet Katsumi, who was very shy to introduce herself. But after Zoey convinced her, she walked to the friends, and presented herself to everyone.

"Who is her??" - Lilith asked immediately, after she, Adeline, and Itzel gasped in shock, from seeing the foxgirl in front of them. Her reaction caused Katsumi to get shy again, and even considered the idea of running away, to not talk with the strangers, but after seeing that Lilith is a catgirl, and she looked similar to her, she calmed down, and even got a little curious.

"Okay everyone, this is Katsumi, she is a foxgirl... Don't worry, she is not here to kill us or anything, she is just here because she lost her sister in the woods and is trying to find her... And even if she is here to harm us I will make sure she doesn't, so everyone calmed down..." - Faranne said, with her authoritative voice, as she had to take the leadership, and inform everyone about the situation properly. Surprisingly, everyone seemed to take it well, no one panicked at the sight of Katsumi, quite the opposite, they were all curious to see the foxgirl, so they remained quiet, to listen to Faranne talk, and get to know more about Katsumi.

"Alright then... you'll get to meet her later, but right now we have to hurry up and go to the forest to find her sister" - Faranne continued saying, before starting to head to the forest, as she thought everything was clear, and that everyone was going to follow her, but she didn't expect that some of them still had questions.

"Wait... we are not going to the Darcoak Woods, right?" - Itzel asked, afraid of getting an affirmative response, as he was scared of the forest, and his fears came true, as Faranne nodded to his question, causing him to shake nervously.

"Yes, I know... it is very dangerous, but if we all go we will have a better chance of finding her sister sooner that if only three of us go... So please, we need your help for this..." - Faranne replied, with a sympathetic smile, to calm down Itzel. And even though she got him to relax a bit, he was still uncertain if her plan was good enough to convince them to search for Katsumi's sister, so everyone hesitated to follow her, even Finn, as he didn't want to visit the forest. But then Adeline came up with an idea, and stood up, so everyone could listen to her.

"Hey, everyone... I remember I have these devices... They are able to track creatures so they are going to help us find her sister..." - Adeline said, as she handed a few small electronic devices to her friends. They were mostly confused at first, but they all thought it was a cool idea, so they went with it.

"Alright then, let's go... you two can go first if you want... we will be right behind you..." - Faranne said to Lilith, and Itzel, right as everyone stood up, and were ready to go search for Katsumi's sister. Itzel hesitated a little more, before he realized he got to accompany Lilith, so his fears of going to the forest were gone, after she grabbed his hand, and dragged him to the forest, although it wasn't after they both got to properly greet Katsumi for the first time.

"Hello Katsumi, nice to meet you... we are going to find your sister!!" - Lilith said cheerfully, before running with Itzel into the forest. Katsumi felt very excited now, to see that she had good help to search for her sister, so after she smiled at Lilith greeting her, in such a silly way, she followed Finn, and the rest of the group, while looking forward to find her sister today, or at least soon.