#fenixtj

a small thatched building where a sterile white sign flaps in the wind nnow and then... and there is a bell with no clapper.

That's what Mister Vigggo told her about, warned her about.

And there? There it is.

Ariel shivers "Maybe we should go? Just watching it from here makes me scared" she admits

"But imagine being INSIDE there." She holds Ariel and Salma's hands.

Vaeltilde's flying chariot with it's goats look a bit spooked as well. Vaeltilde couldn't come, but she did loan them their chariot. She has promised to come to tthe rescue if the girls don't return. Currently the girls are on the ground though. Don't want to risk banality knocking you out of the sky.

"Yeah" Ariel says with a gulp "So cold"

"Let's look inside."

She breaks forward to look in a window.

"Try to sneak" Ariel reminds her

Salma squeezes a hand before Ellie sneaks away.

Ariel goes with Ellie, sneaking as best she can too.

Ellie gets closer and closer... and clambers to a window. Quietly, she peeks in...

The room she's found appears to an office . There's a desk , metal file drawers, all very sterile, all very clean. It seems to be empty. the door out of it is openly a crack letting hall light come in

"I don't see nobody"

Salma creeps up along side, listening with a long, velvety ear.

Salma's keen ear hears..footsteps in the hall beyond the office. And squish slop rub

She thinks she knows that sound... and mimes 'mopping' to the girls.

She checks the window - could she open it?

Ariel nods

She's not sure, Ellie finds it's stuck, but maybe.. holger? he's strong

Annd waiting by the goats looking positively blue with worry.

Turning, Salma waves him over

Holger moves quieter, stealthing.. okay, he's noisier, but the girls cleared the way

"Holger! Por favor!" She mimes opening the window.

And he nods and shoves up!

And it goes up a bit but not enough for them to climb through

"Exert youself, Holger" Ariel whispers "We must save the day and we can't do that that out here"

Holger nods and muters in Spanish "I must succeed, for justice" And PUSHES, his arms and brow mighty!

And it opens all the way!

"Help me up." Ellie take Holger's hand to go climb inside.

Holger says "I think I should be first, I am the guardian" But he obeys

"You are the tallest, you help the other girls and then come in."

And one by one, the girls go through into the danger of the gray school

"I could stay to guard your amigas cabracitos...?" She offers, but will follow after if Ellie insists.

"Are you sure, Salma?"

She looks uncertain, but then sticks by Ellie's side. "You are my princesca. I just don't want your friend to regret lending her cabracitas."

"We should be sure they are safe.... "

"I will keep an eye on them." She promises, and indeed, does peep through windows as they go.

Holger blinks quite confused but clambers through

She creeps to the door, to look through the crack.

And there's a boy who seems so familiar! From her dreams. His mouth was gone in the dreams, but ..here it's small and sad.

"Hey! Do you want to run away?"

he drops tthe mop with a clatter of surprise, water sprays!

Salma hurries to pick it up and right the bucket, a finger to her lips.

She repeats the message quickly in hushed espanol.

The boy gapes thenn says "You can't be here. Go, go quickly. "

He seems both scared of them, and scared FOR Them

"We came to rescue you, amigo. Take you away from the place you cannot speak."

She switches to spanish. "I dreamed of you. Come with us."