Roselande is one of the largest kingdoms of Grimmhoth... it is a realm full of machines, but also nature and much more, known for scents, suits, and of course other things like museums and the tower la tour fleurie (the Tower of Flowers). This tower is made half of metal, stone, and nature, with a huge tree full of roses right in the middle...
Fiona: "Hahhhh…"
Mr Herold: "Hmmmm…"
Fiona: "I have to say, Herold… Mr Herold… these tea sittings really relax me."
Mr Herold: "Indeed… So then, what do you plan to do in Roselande…"
Fiona: "I plan to first get some rest… and well, as always, continue my work as a detective. After I learned more about my mother, I'm ready to get back to my job again…"
Mr Herold: "I understand…"
Fiona: "It was only two months in Dukewood… but I have to say… it was really fun there…"
Mr Herold: "Will you miss House of Clover?"
Fiona: "Mhm…"
She drank her tea.
Fiona: "At least they treated me well…"
Mr Herold: "Indeed… I'm sure you'll see them again soon…"
Fiona: "Hmmm… I think that in Roselande… that lately there might be a lot of unknown cases there."
Mr Herold: "Hmm?"
Fiona: "I mean probably more than in Dukewood…"
Mr Herold: "Well… it's also bigger than Dukewood, isn't it kind of obvious?"
Fiona: "Hmmm."
Mr Herold: "Hahhh… one more thing… are you perhaps looking for Cruella?"
Fiona: "Huh…"
Mr Herold: "She surely is, or at least was, there… her sister Klara said something like that…"
Fiona: "Yes…"
Mr Herold: "Not really usual for you to worry about others…"
Fiona: "Hhh… I just want to know how she's doing… that's all…"
She stood up.
Mr Herold: "Hmm?"
Fiona: "How about we go for a little walk?… you and me…"
Mr Herold: "Thanks, but I'm not done with my cookies yet… you go on ahead… It's not exactly a good idea for a talking rabbit to suddenly show up…"
Fiona: "All right…"
She left the room.
Fiona: "Hmmm…"
(Patch!)
Fiona: "Hahhh…"
(Woom!)
Fiona: "Ugh."
She fell to the ground.
Fiona: "Ugh… damn, my right leg…"
(Patch) (Patch)
Fiona: "Huh?"
There was someone she didn't know.
Fiona: "Oh, excuse me…"
She immediately stood up.
Fiona: "Sorry…"
It was Casper.
Casper: "My goodness… are you all right… No problem… no need to apologize…"
Fiona: "Ugh… I'm fine…"
Casper: "Hmmm…"
(Patch) (Patch)
Remy: "Casper… damn, what are you doing there… hmm…"
He looked at Fiona.
Remy: "Huh… Casper… that, that uh… that's the girl… Fiona Househould…"
Fiona: "Hmm?"
Casper: "What… ugh…"
Remy: "You're so dumb…"
Fiona: "Sorry, do I know you?"
Remy: "Actually not… My name is Remy Thomas. This one here is Casper van Frenhelm…"
Fiona: "Hmm, your buddy there… does he come from Van De Hag?"
Casper: "Yes…"
Fiona: "I see… Oh… damn…"
She looked at her finger. It was bleeding.
Fiona: "Tsss…"
Casper: "Ugh."
He looked away.
Fiona: "Hmm?…"
Remy: "Uh… hey… Casper, let's go."
Fiona: "Wait a moment… why are you looking away… hmm."
She grabbed his chin and brought his face close to hers… so close their noses touched…
Fiona: "Red… eyes… sharp teeth…"
Casper: "Ugh…"
Fiona: "Hmm… I see… red cheeks… which means my blood is to your taste…"
Casper: "How do you…"
Fiona: "You can tell a vampire right away when he's afraid of blood… probably so he doesn't get caught… red eyes, vampire, sharp teeth means your thirst is there… and red cheeks… when he likes the blood… the smell…"
Casper: "Uh…"
Remy: "Mademoiselle, I don't think you have to hold him like that…"
Fiona: "Hmmm…"
She let go of him.
Fiona: "Hmph…"
Casper: "I must say your blood smells very fresh and smells like… strawberries…"
Fiona: "Strawberries?… Hmph… you can't be serious…"
Casper: "Well, women's blood always smells like fruit… strawberry means they are still virgins and yes… you are a virgin."
Fiona: "Ugh. (Blushes)… ghhh… so what, I'm only 20!!!"
Remy: "Hahaha, I wasn't a virgin anymore at 13 when I slept with my much older neighbor…"
(Silence)
Casper and Fiona: "Nobody wanted to know that…"
Remy: "Hahaha… she had big breasts too…"
Fiona: "(Sweats)…"
Remy: "With you… I could imagine… if you don't feel like being a virgin anymore, then feel free to call me… here's my number…"
Fiona: "Uh."
She took it… then stared at him.
Fiona: "Okay… could you please come a little closer."
Remy: "You're going in pretty hard… okay."
Right then she shoved his phone number into his mouth.
Remy: "Urk!!!"
Casper: "(Sweats) Ugh…"
Fiona: "So that means… shove your phone number into your own mouth… got it?"
She pushed him aside.
Remy: "Mmmmm…."
She walked past him.
Remy: "Ghh… (Gulp!)… hahhh… she's insane."
Casper: "Wooow…"
Remy: "What wow, there's nothing wow about a woman like that."
Casper: "I like her…"
Remy: "Huh?…"
(A few minutes later)
Fiona: "Hahhh....."
It's normal again like in Dehl… the clouds are below and the sea is above…
Casper: "Mademoiselle."
Fiona: "Huh?"
Casper: "Sorry to bother you."
Fiona: "What is it?…"
Casper: "It's just… I think it's not a bad thing to be a virgin… I didn't mean to insult you."
Fiona: "No problem…"
Casper: "(What beautiful eyes… and a beautiful voice… yet… what sad heartbeats… lonely… sad… her eyes have rings… she hardly sleeps, and she looks serious)…"
Fiona: "Hahhh. Can you stop staring at me?"
Casper: "Oh… pardon… Mademoiselle…"
Fiona: "Hahhhh… Monsieur Casper."
She grabbed his suit.
Fiona: "Ils sont plutôt effrontés. (You are rather cheeky.)"
Casper: "You speak the Franken language."
Fiona: "Of course I speak it…"
She let go of him.
Fiona: "I'm a detective… so of course I learned more than just the Germanien language and the Britt language…"
Casper: "Wow… Mademoiselle… Fiona…"
Fiona: "Yes?"
Casper: "May I invite you to a meal?"
Fiona: "No, I'm not hungry."
(Growl)
Fiona: "Ugh… (blushes)…"
Casper: "Your stomach says otherwise…"
Fiona: "Hahhh… fine… you're paying though… you invited me after all."
Casper: "Of course… heehehe… you're quite merciless."
Remy's tongue started twitching.
Casper: "What's your problem, Remy…"
Remy: "My problem is simple… she's a detective… and she's being hunted by the Dark Umbrella."
Casper: "So what…"
Remy: "Hahhh… apparently I have to tell you more about the Dark Umbrella… My father used to be there and he said… even though the organization often protects humans, some of the branches are disturbing… it depends on who runs the branch… their goal is to save humans, but only humans… they don't see dwarves, elves or demis as equals. You saw in Dukewood what they did to the dolls, who were actually just humans who had been cursed."
Casper: "Hmmm… is that the reason why Fiona left the Dark Umbrella… did Mademoiselle Fiona leave because of that?"
Remy: "Who knows… thanks to you we might be able to find that out… So come on… what are we waiting for, let's not keep her waiting…"
While they were talking, Fiona was waiting for them.
Fiona: "Hmmm…"
Casper: "Sorry for being late… I had to talk with Remy."
Fiona: "Hmm…"
Remy: "Bonjour, Mademoiselle Fiona…"
Fiona: "Bonjour, Monsieur Remy…"
Casper: "Let's sit over there…"
They sat down…
Casper: "So you're a detective…"
Fiona: "Mhm… I was in Dehls…"
Remy: "The Kingdom of Mist…"
Fiona: "Mhm…"
Casper: "All right then, how about tea and something to eat, like chicken…"
Fiona: "A Lepsi would be better, I don't like anything warm with food…"
Remy: "I can only agree with that… hey… we actually agree on something…"
Fiona: "Hmmm."
The waiter came.
Casper: "Um… we'll have 3 Lepsi and chicken pieces with salad and pizza slices."
Waiter: "Gladly…"
The waiter nodded and left.
Remy: "(Sweats) Didn't you order a bit too much…"
Fiona: "That is a bit too expensive… here…"
She tossed him a few coins.
Fiona: "Don't want you to think I don't have any money."
Remy: "Hmm… do you actually work with someone?"
Fiona: "I used to…"
Remy: "With who?"
Fiona: "That's secret…"
Remy: "Oh, come on… we're treating you to food here…"
Fiona: "Hahhh… at the Dark Umbrella organization… but I'm not there anymore…"
Remy: "Why?"
Casper: "Uh… yes, why."
Fiona: "I killed my boss."
Remy: "Ugh!!!"
Casper: "Ugh…"
Fiona: "Hmph… now you know…"
Casper: "Hhhh…"
Remy: "Why?"
Fiona: "She sent me and my friends on a mission where we were sure to die… I survived… because I have the Card of the Mysterious."
Casper: "What?"
Remy: "The Card of the Mysterious… the card that makes you go back into the past as a spirit…?"
Fiona: "Exactly…"
Remy: "Hmm…"
The food arrived.
Fiona: "Thank you very much."
Waiter: "You're welcome…"
The waiter left again… they looked at Fiona… and didn't know how to start… but Remy was thrilled and started to become interested in Fiona.
Remy: "Hey… Casper."
Casper: "Yes…"
Remy: "Can we go somewhere else for a second…"
Casper: "Okay… we'll be right back…"
Fiona: "Hm?"
Casper: "You can go ahead and eat…"
They got up and went aside.
Casper: "What is it, Remy."
Remy smiled wickedly.
Remy: "I'm starting to like her… she's very interesting… I like it when women are mysterious…"
Casper: "She killed someone."
Remy: "So did I… so did you… I burned down the orphanage, remember."
Casper: "You mean the accident… it was an accident…"
Remy: "Still… murder is murder… anyway… let's keep talking to her, maybe we'll find out more about the Dark Umbrella… quickly, let's get back to her."
Casper: "Okay."
They came back. Fiona hadn't eaten anything, not touched a thing…
Fiona: "Hmm?"
Casper: "Oh… you waited, thank you…"
Remy: "Sorry, we can start right away…"
Fiona: "Mhm…"
Casper: "Hmm."
Casper noticed that people were looking at them strangely…
Remy: "Hmmm?"
Fiona: "Hahhh…"
She started to drink…
Casper: "Something's wrong…"
Fiona: "Hmmm?…"
Remy: "We're being watched…"
The waiter came again…
Waiter: "Do you like the food?"
Remy: "Hmm."
Fiona: "(That's strange… how did he come so fast)…"
Casper: "Uh…"
Remy: "We haven't even started yet, you didn't bring us the food even 5 minutes ago… what's going on?"
Waiter: "Oh… sorry… It's just, um…"
He was trembling.
Fiona: "Huh?"
Casper: "Hmm?"
Remy: "Let me guess… the people back there aren't invited guests?"
Fiona: "What?"
Casper: "Huh?"
Remy: "Hahhh… that also explains why the ship is so quiet…"
Waiter: "Uh… I… don't know what you mean…"
Fiona: "Hmm?"
Casper: "Ugh!!!"
Casper heard something… it sounded like… reloading.
Casper: "Take cover!!!"
Fiona: "Ugh!!"
Remy: "Ugh!!!"
(Bang!) (Bang!)
Suddenly the people there started shooting… Remy pulled the waiter in front of him as a shield, the waiter was hit several times and fell dead to the floor…
Fiona: "Huh…"
Remy: "Great… just great…"
Casper: "It was quiet just a second ago."
Remy: "I think the other passengers are either dead or captured…"
Fiona: "But why so suddenly?"
Remy: "The waiter probably thought we belonged to the Thorn Mafia… but when Casper and I left, they must have told him…"
Fiona: "Thorn Mafia?"
Remy: "We'll talk later."
(Bang!) (Bang!) (Bang)
Fiona: "Ghhhhh…"
Remy: "Hahhhh…"
Casper: "Ghhhhh…"
Fiona: "What do we do now…"
Remy: "Take them out…"
Behind Remy a dark figure appeared…
Remy: "Just in time, Corvin… get rid of them."
Corvin: "Hehehehe…"
The dark figure came out and with its hands slashed the mafia members.
(Splach!)
Mafia members: "Arghhaaghhhh!!!"
Fiona: "Ugh… what kind of ability is that…"
Remy: "Voile de Nuit, Veil of the Night, it's a curse that's bound to me."
Fiona: "Huh?"
Corvin: "Hehehe…"
Casper: "Then it's my turn now…"
His eyes turned red and blood came out from his hand and formed into a weapon.
Fiona: "Is that magic!!… But… vampires can't use magic, not normal magic."
Remy: "That's not really magic, more like an ability the vampires in his village have… A long time ago there was an elven people living in the village that were then attacked by a vampire… from that arose the so-called vampire elf people… elves who drink blood like vampires. Long story short… half elf and half vampire…"
(Splach!)
Mafia member: "Urkkk!"
Casper: "Hahhh…"
Corvin: "Hehehehe… done…"
She went back to Remy and he petted her.
Remy: "Good girl…"
Fiona: "Ugh…"
The mafia members were lying all over the floor.
Fiona: "Are we even allowed to just kill them?"
Remy: "Who said we killed them… they're mortally wounded, Casper will give them his blood, but before that we quickly have Corvin tie them up…"
Corvin: "Mhm."
With her dark shape she bound them, better said, she tied them up…
Remy: "Now, Casper."
Casper: "Okay."
He gave them his blood.
Mafia member: "Urk… (cough)…"
Remy: "Hello there… monsieur… I hope you slept well… let's put it this way… tell us why you attacked the ship or we'll kill you."
Mafia member: "Hmph…"
Casper: "What did you do with the passengers…"
Mafia member: "What passengers… ahahaha… you mean the people… well… if you want to save them… you better hurry, the ship is about to sink."
Casper: "Huh?"
Fiona: "What did you say?"
Mafia member: "He made sure of that."
Remy: "Um… he?"
Mafia member: "The Dark Bat… it was his order… hehehe… a nasty guy…"
Remy: "I've heard of him…"
Suddenly the ship made a noise…
(Dong!)
It started sinking.
Fiona: "Woooww…"
Casper: "Damn."
Remy: "We have to get out of here… quickly… the passengers…"
Casper: "I'll take care of it… prepare the boats…"
They did so. Casper searched for the passengers… he found them in a room… still alive.
Remy: "Move your ass over here, Casper."
Casper: "I'm coming."
Fiona: "Hhhh… the boats aren't enough for everyone."
Remy: "Damn… woooww!!!"
The ship started sinking even deeper…
Casper: "Quick, get in."
They got in…
Remy: "You go first, Casper… I still have to get the other boat down with Fiona."
Casper: "But…"
Fiona: "Hhh… that's dangerous, the ship won't hold much longer."
Remy: "Do you have any other idea?"
Fiona: "Hahh."
The boat went down, Fiona and Remy went to the other boat. Just as the others got in, the ship slid…
Remy: "Ugh."
Fiona: "Huh!… Hey!!!"
He fell into the sea…
Fiona: "Ugh…"
Casper: "Remy!!!"
Fiona: "I don't have a choice… Mr Herold."
Mr Herold appeared.
Mr Herold: "What is going on here."
Fiona: "Good that you're here, jump into the hat… it's dangerous."
He jumped in… she threw the hat.
Fiona: "Casper, catch!"
Casper: "Whoa!!!"
Fiona took off her jacket and jumped down to save Remy…
(Splach!)
Casper: "Ugh… Fiona!!!!"
She went deep into the sea, Remy was unconscious, he had probably swallowed too much water…
Fiona: "Bbbbbb…."
She held him and pulled him up.
Fiona: "Ghhhhh… ghhhh."
She went down again and then up again…
Fiona: "Casper… I need help… knock… knock on the hat."
Casper: "What."
Fiona: "Just do it… knock on the hat…"
He did it.
Fiona: "Mr Herold… a small boat!!!"
A card popped out. On it was written "boat". It fell to the ground and turned into a boat… she came up and climbed in with Remy.
Remy: "(Still!)"
Fiona: "Ugh… hey… idiot!… wake up…"
He had probably swallowed too much water… she started pounding on his chest…
Fiona: "Hahhh… come on…"
Remy: "Ugh… (cough)…"
Fiona: "Hahh…"
Remy: "Couldn't you have been a little nicer…"
Fiona: "Oh, no…"
Remy: "Well, whatever… help me out here."
She helped him… the ship sunk there and then.
Remy: "not Great…"
Fiona: "Hahhh… I think next time I won't use a ship… I've had enough."
Remy: "Hmmm… oui… ships aren't that cool