"I think that sounds like some good rooms to start in." Agreed Kittybell. "Maybe we could pair off by stating which of the rooms we'd like to investigate and pair off that way? Such as, I'd like to look in the Office this time. There might be something that the previous searchers of that room missed last time they were in there. It's where a lot of the paper work and such is stored for the workshop, so maybe there will be a note or something that can lead us to think there was someone who wanted to hurt Blinky!"

"That's a good idea Kittybell!" Silverbells said smiling, "I'd like to search the plastic toys room if that's okay with everyone else. Only two elves to a room, let's make sure we remember that, otherwise we won't get much done. Who would like to go with me, who would like to go with Kittybell, and who would like to go into the other rooms?" Silverbells stared at everyone and hoped that this time when they searched, someone would find a clue.

"Are there even that many of us to cover that many rooms in pairs?" Snowflake asked, tapping one finger on her chin. "I've already been to the Plastic Toys room so I'm going to check the Bakery which I think no one's been in yet."

Eggnog felt bad that she had caused a scene before.  Perhaps it wasn't fair for her to point fingers at her friends, but she was just so frustrated that nobody had any information.  She tugged at the sleeves of her sweater and looked at the ground as she spoke up.

"Sorry about what I said, Kittybell.  You have a really good plan.  Mind if I take a peek at the break room?"

"CAN I COME WITH YOU TO THE BAKERY, SNOWFLAKE?" Merrybells asked, jumping up and down.

Now they were getting somewhere. The only question on his mind was why Silverbells didn't mention a plan earlier, let alone search the first time. 

"I'll go with ya, Silverbells." Cosy made sure all of his equipment was in order, grinned, and shut the basket. "Where are we headed?"

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Snowflake had to resist the urge to flinch as Merrybells practically yelled while jumping up and down at the same time. How on earth did she maintain that hyperness all the time? Did her diet consist solely of sugar? "Yes, if you promise to tone it down a bit to like a five..."

"Cosy!" Silverbells said, "I said I wanted to look in the plastic toys room. Were you even paying attention to the whole conversation?" Silverbells was a bit annoye with Cosy, but honestly they didn't always see eye to eye and as long as Cosy was willing to help her look, she wouldn't turn him down. "Okay so we are slowly coming up with a good solid plan of where to search when break time is over." Silverbells said smiling. She went over a grabbed a cup of hot chocolate and waited to see where everyone else was planning to search when break time was over.

"Sorry, Silverbells." Cosy smiled nervously. "There were so many elves talking at once and so many ideas being tossed around, I couldn't keep my thoughts straight."

He really was letting his nerves get the better of him. He normally would have kept track of the conversation. It was a blow to his pride, realizing that Blinky's accident shook him up that much. Cosy scolded himself silently for his lack of attentivness.

At least, Cosy thought, searching with Silverbells would give him more time to examine her for possible motives. He found her most suspicious of all.

Chiemycheer was overwhelmed by all the talking. I just nodded at Bells's plan. He thought it sounded logical.

"Um?" he spoke up. "Who would like to pair up with me?"

Tinsel heard Chiemycheer asking to be paired up with someone and realized he wasn't paired up yet as well.

"I would like to be paired up with you Chiemycheer!" Tinsel said happily.

Chiemycheer leaped for joy. "That is great Tinesl. Where would you like to check?"

Artsytoes noticed everyone was choosing their pairs quickly and she soon found herself alone at the moment. She was used to being alone, but she hoped someone would want to be her partner.

She spoke up, hoping someone would hear her, "when the time comes, I would like to search plush toys, if anyone wants to join me, please go ahead." 

She then proceeded to walk over and grab a couple more cookies. Cookies always seemed to calm Artsytoes nerves.

Bows overheard Artsytoes and decided to go look for clues with her, since he didn't have a partner.

Rosy's eyes widened as everyone started pairing up. She was about to pair up with someone when a horrible thought struck her. What if she was hurt like Blinky if she tried pairing up with someone? But she didn't want to be the only one without a partner...that would be far too embarrassing.

She noticed that nobody had paired up with Kittybells just yet. With a quiet sigh, Rosy approached Kittybells and said, "Excuse me, may I accompany you?" Her cheeks reddened slightly, her shame for being one of the only ones left without a partner showing on her face.

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I have...
Kittybell and Rosy searching the office
Tinsel and Chimneycheer searching together in ???
Bows and Artsytoes searching Plush Toys
Silverbells and Cosy searching Plastic Toys
Eggnog searching the Break Room
Merrytime and Snowflake searching the Bakery

so far Noella isn't searching anywhere

If I missed something please point it out!

"Of course you can come with me!" Said Kittybell excitedly to Rosy. She was getting more and more upset that no one mentioned they wanted to go with her.  Worried that she might have to go off on her own, which would be dangerous. Rosy seemed sweet though, like she wouldn't hurt a fly. So Kittybell felt it was safe to trust her, at least for now.

Singsong had become lost in her thoughts, and looking up, noticed everyone had left to go search for more clues. She closed her eyes and thought quietly to herself in the corner. She decided that for now, she would go looking for clues in Decor.

Kittybell noticed that Singsong had started going off by herself already.

"Oh Singsong! Our break isn't over yet so we haven't started searching, we're just discussing where we would like to go and who we'd like to go with when it's time to get back to work! You could come with Rosy and I, if you'd like, if Noella doesn't want to go anywhere that is! The more elves together, the safer we are!" She smiled softly at the purple clad elf. She knew what it was like to get lost in your own thoughts and get confused once you snapped back into reality.

Singsong stopped in her tracks, scratching the back of her head in embarrassment. "Uh..... sure." she nodded. "I think I'll head with you two to the office." Singsong's cheeks were burning slightly red.

"Alrighty guys. Good luck out there." Cosy parted word of encouragement as the elves split up into their respective teams. 

Here's hoping that this time someone would actually find something.

As every elf paired up to start searching Silverbells met up with Cosy. "You ready to search the Plastic toys room?" Silverbells asked Cosy. She smiled at Cosy hoping that maybe they would be able to find a clue. "Good luck everyone! If you find any clues let us all know! I hope we can start to figure out what exactly happened to Blinky. Maybe the rest of us can sleep well tonight then knowing that we know what happened and the culprit or culprits are in trouble for what they did." Silverbells said.

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The search phase has begun. 


Tinsel and Chimneycheer need to tell me where they are searching ASAP or they lose their search.


Ditto for Noella

"Tinsel, let's go the electronics room," Chiemycheer spoke up. "There should be at least one clue there."

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The search phase is underway. Keep an eye out for a PM from me - if you get one, you found a clue or something happened!


The end of this run will be either really late tonight or early tomorrow morning.

When the elves return , they find a note from Bows. She apologizes for not being able to stay and help, but she is afraid and stressed and went home.

Silverbells walked back to the break room and saw the rest of the elves heading back as well. "Oh Bows went home because she's afraid! We are losing serious elf power here. Everyone keeps leaving or is sick. What's going on here?" Silverbells said to the elves, "Did any of you find anything? Is everyone back and okay?"

Silverbells looked up when she heard a chime ring. Break time already? She glanced around the room one last time, hoping to find something she had missed before.

"Alright guys, let's get back to the break room!" Kittybell walked out of the Office and headed to the Break Room. She hoped that some of the other elves found something to help them decide who hurt poor Blinky. When she entered the room, there was only one elf present though.

"Oh, hello Silverbells!" Kittybell said cheerfully. "Where's your partner that you went and searched for?" Kitty looked around just in case she missed the elf, but there was no one else to be seen.