Red Roses --

"I’m like a million years old…. " He chuckled "I’m allowed to…" 

"I bet you're older than some of the paintings and such here!"

"When you’re as old as I am you can finally read it… I mean no. Never. You will always be too young to read this book…"

"That's not fair! I bet you've read it! I wanna read it too!"

"We should get moving. It wouldn’t be good if we started getting chased now, would it?" He asked as gently as possible. If needbe, he’d take any blows aimed for her.

"I mean... We've been in here for how long...? No food, no water, no rest. Just rose petals and puzzles and scary creatures. I dunno bout you... But I'm kinda hungry."

It was Ib. Putting a hand on her head and his other arm around her shoulders, he gave a small, gentle smile. "It’s all right, Ib. I’m here."

"Everything's alright now, cause we're together, now we can protect each other." she stated, clinging to him, but she'd drop down from hanging onto him, after all what if they needed to run, she couldn't be just relying on him all the time, she had to work hard too!

Now that she thought about it, there is a rose on her person. In the front pocket of her shirt, where she reaches and pulls it out by the stem — a purple rose. "Domino Museum?" She doesn’t remember Domino’s Museum having live art. This is really weird. "I… I don’t even know where this rose came from…" Strange. "Do you know what’s going on here?" 

Tears had started to well up before she forced them away, "This place is part of the museum... But it is very strange and I got separated from my big brother." Well, okay Garry wasn't really her brother, but already the child thought of him that way. Garry was her protective and loving big brother, yes. "I need to find him, will you help me...?"

Hisoka glanced to the girl, trying to quickly disinguish if she was an actual person or one of those… creatures. Emotions. He breathed easy. They didn’t seem to have emotions, or thoughts. It was safe. “… Yes.” He stated coolly, trying to process the new information. A person down here. This didn’t bode well. This place was far from safe. 

A nod from Ib, “Why don’t we stick together then…?" he asked quietly. "I don’t want to be alone. Nobody wants to be alone, right…?" she whispered, reaching out to hold his hand. "…I wanna go home so will you help me…?" 

He knelt down and looked at the small girl. “I’ll do everything in my power to get you home to your parents. I promise. Alright?” He forced a smile onto his face, trying to show her that he wasn’t as scared as he actually was. He held out his pinky towards her. “I won’t let anything hurt you.”

"You save me from the monsters and get me home and I'll be your little sister and make sure you're never alone and don't go mad or something, okay?" she stated, smiling happily.