The first to speak was Filch. "I was followed when I went to get Ishiki." He reported without preamble. "heh... they followed me ever since I left the house in Secondary Ring and all the way inside the Inner Ring and back."
He paused for a moment and then sighed. "And when we attacked them... we found out that they were nothing more than just wooden puppets. They had humanoid shapes and had no faces. Oh... and they even bloomed toxic flowers, as I believe."
Everyone went silent hearing that, assessing the information in their minds.
Jeanne's beautiful face twisted with a mixture of fascination and disgust. "Puppets? That's... creative. And terrifying. Someone's controlling them from distance?"
