While Grumpus was aligning contentious Kittenz, Vibrissa was touring the three princesses untouched bedrooms with the tearful Viridia. "I've been afraid to touch anything for fear of disrupting a clue. so you'll find it exactly as the Purries found them the morning after the nights they disappeared."

"Nights?," Vibrissa asked.

"Yes, Alitrill escaped the first kidnappings. In fact, she was almost as upset as I was and slept that night curled against me like she did when she was a kitten. The next night she went back to her own room and--" Viridia hiccups with a deep sob, "--the next morning, she was gone too! OH, my darling girls! We must find them!!"

Viridia is in full sobbing now, so Vibrissa simply holds and pets her friend as she looks around Alitrill's room. "This is the Crown Kitlet, right?"

Viridia nods. "The eldest by ten minutes. They all came very close together. "Chiripine and Purrette were only two minutes apart."

The room is an absolute mess. Paint is spattered on the carpet, a large easel not far from the bed. The canvas from the easel has been thrown with some force, and the exquisite painting of vibrant butterflies is smudged. A crumpled can lies empty not far away, with its brushes flung free as though both easel and can were flung as missiles. Clearly, Alitrill did not go quietly.

"She put up quite a fight," Vibirrsa says admiringly.

Viridia calms a bit and manages a wan smile. "Ali's quite a little scrapper. She excelled at her clawing and hissing lessons, despite the fact that she's such a gentle and artistic soul. She must have been working on her watercolor when they grabbed her. Meowla, Ali's personal Purrie, noticed there was blood on one corner of the easel. As I said, we touched nothing, but she must have hit her kidnapper before she was subdued."

"We won't sully the scene either. I'm sure the Protectors will find some clues, " Vibrissa assured her. "Let's move on."

However, the next two rooms are a vivid contrast to Alitrill's. Both are, in a word, tidy. Only the dressing tables and bureaus are askew, as though they had been hastily cleaned and rummaged for all essentials. In a corner of Chiripine's room, a pile of pet dog toys has been rifled."

"Chiri loves pet dogs," Viridia explained. "Scout is the joy of her heart. We haven't found his body or any sign that he was harmed, so we think he must have run off in fear, and is hiding somewhere. He'll come back the minute he hears her voice. I just know that!"

Her tears start again, so Vibrissa pulls her across the hall to Purrette's chamber, where a similar sight awaits. There is a bit more clothing and a small set up labortatory table with much of its essential equipment gone. What remains is not broken nor spilled.

"They must have taken her quickly. She was probably sleeping. That equipment is so important to her. They're my Science girls, those two, Rette and Chiri with her medical bag. Strange." Viridia looks back to the other room. We couldn't find Chiri's bag, either."

Vibrissa keeps hugging her friend, but she can't help but think that the kidnappers must know the princesses well indeed.

I can't wait to so what our Protectors make of all this, and Grumpy should know as well!"

(OOC This is the story thread. You should remain in character. Please post your questions, comments, and shrieks on the accompanying OOC thread.)

Frieda gathered her team, “This is a nasty business this time. Kidnappings rarely have a positive outcome. Let’s do our best to insure one this time around.”

While is still casting suspicious glances in the direction of Organized Chaos, the pepper team slowly begins to examine the bedrooms. "There's a lot to go through but it's not very obvious." They decide and retreat to discuss what questions to ask.