The learning curve was steep, and Susan made a metal note to check herself; 'Monster' felt like whole new territory, but there was a charm to the child-like, onery threat. If this entity had found herself within the office space of the Bureau then she was meant to be here. One way or another. The Agent decided to play along, and gave a placating smile as she feigned defeat:

"Ah, my stapler..." Susan bemoaned, shoulders drooping. "I suppose that explains where my very special, limited edition note book went too. It had all my field notes."

Was it truly missing? Yes.

Was...was this lady trying to boost her ego right now? Oh. Oh! That's what this totally was! She didn't regard her as an actual threat! Grey eyes soon narrowed as her fists clenched. It's on now.

Eyes trailed to a stack of papers and whisked her hand forward to make them spread everywhere. Drawers flung outward and the items thrown about in whatever manner she wanted. If this lady wanted to give her credit then it would be for the absolute mess she'd leave this place in!

No doubt that Draculaura was talking about the Gems. It was hard to not notice them, as colorful as they were. That always seemed to be the first thing tourists noticed. There had even been speculation that Gems were the reason some of them had come to visit. Spinel wasn't sure how to feel about this. Sure, tourism was good for the town. And while she didn't mind curiosity, she didn't like the idea of being ogled like a zoo animal. It was an entirely different thing.

"Well, it's a long story, but the non-human people you see around are Gems. We're...aliens, basically. The reason you don't see Gems elsewhere is that most Gems have made this their safe place. I guess some could choose to leave and explore, but none have done so yet."

One question was burning on her lips. She hesitated for a moment, but given the topic, this seemed okay to ask.

"Say...you're not human either, are you?"

"This must've been recent then. I feel like I would've heard about it sooner." Then again, the monster world could be pretty shut at times. Draculaura nods her head to the question as a hand presses against her chest.

"We'll just ignore that house for now. Besides, the two stashes we get from the other two houses will be more than enough! Heh heh heh." The ghoul takes a moment to crack her knuckles before peering down towards the red house. That one will do first.

"What do you have there?"

"I can't reach it! Give me a hand, would you?"

"I told you this was a horrible idea!"

"Thanks for helping me out with that. I couldn't have done it by myself."

"Don't worry! I already got us the tickets! See?"

"I'm really craving a sundae right now. Let's stop by that shop."

"I'm not saying it was my fault, but it might have been my fault."

"If we pick up the pace then we can still make it! Hurry!"

"Sorry. I stopped paying attention about halfway. That bug over there really grabbed me."

"Did you miss me? Come on, tell me the truth!"

"I'm feeling chaotic today. Let's go do something morally questionable!"

"So, what do we do now?"

"I feel like all of this could have been avoided had we just put a little bit more thought into this."

"Everything is ready! I can't believe we managed to do this. I really thought we'd mess this all up somehow."

"Can I touch it?"

"Shall we play a game of Truth or Dare?"

"I know you didn't do this. We'll figure this out together."

"I hope I can see you again soon. I enjoy your company."

"So, I got you a present. Just felt like buying you something."

"Hey, want to check out that new place that just opened up?"

"Woah! Come over here! You've got to check this out!"

"I'll be honest even though I'm nodding my head I still don't understand what was asked of me."

"You can be so annoying sometimes!"

"Huh, wonderlandian doors…?" He supposed it did make sense that they were from Wonderland - hence the name, but where the heck was Wonderland…?! "Is that, uh, far from here…?"

"Oh, awesome!" Seeing her move to grab her wallet, Ryuji couldn't help but lean in to get a better look - now completely intrigued! "Man, you've got a real amazing collection of hats there! Is it pretty hard deciding on what hat you're gonna wear for the day then…?"

"Well, yes and no! Wonderland's alllll the way off in the storybook realm but with the right door you can enter into it! It's as far away and as close as it needs to be which is just right!"

The comment gets a laugh out of Maddie before shaking her head. "Oh, no no! Not even slightly! I always wear my tea-cup hat! It's my favorite after all. All my other hats are for collection sake and specific events. The birthday hat? Well, that's for celebrating birthdays of course!"

"Doesn't make any more sense than flat out telling me that you want to eat me…!" Came his immediate response, indignant and baffled at her honesty.  "B-Besides, wouldn't you want something way tastier to eat…?!" His eyes darted around before landing on his fishing rod, lying discarded a few feet away.  "Y'know, like a nice fat juicy fish…?! Way tastier than me, just saying…!"

"Aha, but human is very tasty! That's why I want to eat you!" Probably helps that as a monster, she's biologically driven to seek them out from the get-go. Like a...cat seeing a mouse for the first time! It's eat at first sight. Eyes narrowed in response as she moved back and forth rather than towards him.

"I think I would've struggled more if I had it. Besides, I didn't have much of a choice at the time." It was either get with the times or remain socially isolated. And as much as she wasn't a people person, as a human, she still yearned for connection. Staying silent wasn't an option.

Flint peered over at the other's teen selection of art with wide, interested eyes. Sometimes, she forgot phones existed. Her's was...somewhere. Someplace. Probably stuffed in the back of a bag dead.

"Oh, how exciting! I wonder if any of it is still out there?" 50,000 years is a long time after all but the possibility was indeed there! So long as humans could reach the areas.

Geez, the Diopside knew she had reacted awkwardly all of a sudden. She really didn't want to explain the whole story to Barbara, especially since they had only just met. Black Star would slowly turn her form around to face the other woman, biting her lower lip for a moment.

But then, Barbara expressed that she didn't have to talk about it if she would be uncomfortable. That, was rewarded with a huge sigh of relief. Then a grey hand would wipe the forming sweat off of her forehead. Indeed, she had made a nice save.

"Thanks Barb', it's ah.. a touchy subject.. and kinda long, too." After a few sheepish chuckles, Black Star would turn her body forward once more and continue. The two reaching the field of beautiful pink flowers with unfortunate history.

Hands travel into her pockets as she just starts to look around while walking with Black Star. Her gaze looks the lighthouse over. "Yeah, I bet. It doesn't beat the trees back in the Glade though! Woo boy! Climbing one of them can be a journey if you don't have a bouncy mushroom around. The view's killer though." Barbara would turn back towards Black Star before continuing.

"What are bugs like? are they crunchy? Or are they kinda like squishy?" Never had she thought she'd be eating bugs, but she isn't against it!

"Depends on the type of bug truthfully. Some are squishy, some are crunchy. There is a lot of variety amongst them." Personally, she preferred the crunchy ones.

"Huh?" She's taken out of her hungry thoughts by Reika's voice and soon turns her attention to the rolling mat. The sea monster does indeed struggle here and there with her final result looking like it's barely held itself together.